Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.

Media & Communications

Rising Heat & Humidity, Rising Sea Levels, Up & Down Shifts in Crop Yields, More Large Fires, Huge Human Migration Within the United States -- What We Are Learning Today

There is so much going on in the global sustainability space that we could draw an apt analogy – it’s “like drinking water not out of a straw but a fire hose!”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Smithfield Foods Receives Best for Vets Employers Award for Second Consecutive Year

In addition to hiring and developing veterans, the company also has a long history of supporting veterans-related causes through its charitable giving and philanthropic efforts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Land Betterment Corporation Announces Its Entrepreneur Zone

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the renovation and build-out of the Company’s Entrepreneur Zone.

Energy

Black & Veatch Joins Center for Hydrogen Safety to Help Accelerate Adoption of Low-Carbon Energy Source

Black & Veatch joins Center for Hydrogen Safety to help accelerate adoption of low-carbon energy sources, and advance safe handling and use of hydrogen across industrial and consumer applications.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Running Away With It

If the major economies of the world are in a race for the most robust and sustained economic growth, then China may have just broken from the pack.

Research, Reports & Publications

Yum! Brands Annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report Showcases Company's Strategic Investment in Socially Responsible Growth

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today released its annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report, highlighting the Company’s strategic investment in socially responsible growth

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Sustainability Curriculum Launched by GRI

A suite of high-quality and globally applicable training courses for sustainability reporting specialists are available, following the launch of the GRI Professional Certification Program.

Sustainable Development Goals

Opinion: Mobilizing Domestic Funds is Crucial for Sustainable Forest Management in Indonesia

Ufroz Ayyub, Tetra Tech’s environment sector specialist based in Indonesia, analyzes the role domestic funding plays in ensuring sustainable forest management in Indonesia.

Innovation & Technology

CRB's SlateXpace™ Gives Cell and Gene Therapy Clients New Flexibility, Control Over Manufacturing Needs To Support Highly Complex Product Pipelines

Emerging health threats, uncured diseases and the need to deliver critical therapies to patients are driving biotech companies to search for ways to build flexibility into their complex product pipelines and deliver projects in record time. Today, a pioneering multi-modality manufacturing solution addresses that challenge: SlateXpace™.

Media & Communications

UPS Longitudes | Return to Sender: Navigating Reverse Logistics

In a traditional linear economy, we make goods, use them and dispose them. In a circular economy, by contrast, the end of a product’s life can be an opportunity for new value creation. But for the circular economy to work, materials must be in the right place at the right time.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Hormel Foods Achieves Packaging Reduction Goal, Continues Its Food Journey Progress in 14th Annual Corporate Responsibility Report

Hormel Foods Corporation today announced the launch of its 14th annual corporate responsibility (CR) report. The report is available online at https://csr.hormelfoods.com/ and includes information about the company’s CR progress in fiscal 2019.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

College Students Visit HanesBrands' El Salvador Apparel Plants in Episode 4 of “Crop to Campus” Documentary

The fourth episode of filmmaker Rod Murphy’s “Crop to Campus” minidocumentary, in which college students explore apparel sustainability, dropped today and features the students visiting HanesBrands’ textile fabric and sewing operations in El Salvador.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comerica Bank Takes Part in HACR Research Initiative Measuring Hispanic Inclusion in Corporate America

Comerica Bank announced its participation in the 2020 HACR Corporate Inclusion Index (CII), a research initiative conducted by the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) and the HACR Research Institute. The index benchmarks the status of Hispanic diversity and inclusion in corporate America.

Environment

New Holland North America Supports U.S. Beef Industry Through NCBA, CCA, Cattle Producer

New Holland knows beef. In the 1950s, the brand promoted its “Eat More Beef,” message throughout North America and has been dedicated to supporting beef producers by providing industry-leading hay and forage solutions ever since.

Environment

Three Futures of Company Climate Action

This year’s Climate Week NYC has advanced a shift from climate commitments to climate action. What will company climate action look like in this Decisive Decade? Three plausible futures for companies considering their climate strategy.

Environment

When Forests Thrive, People and Business Prosper, Too

In August, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and American Forests launched the United States chapter of 1t.org, the global initiative to plant one trillion new trees within the next 10 years, the UN’s Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Merck's Global Diversity & Inclusion Experience Month

In January 2015, Celeste Warren, vice president and chief diversity officer, suggested during a team meeting that we need to celebrate the diversity of our employees and provide them with time to pause, learn and reflect.

Events, Media & Communications

CHLI to Honor Senator Roy Blunt and Congressman Pete Aguilar, Alongside Cuban Activist Rosa María Payá, on September 30th

The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) prepares, connects and honors leaders for their service. The global pandemic has altered the way we communicate, do business and celebrate. However, it is encouraging to see communities across our nation, and even around the world, coming together to support one another during this unprecedented global health crisis.

Education

Enabling Students to Champion Their Learning

In the second post of our new series, we’re looking at how to use resources from Ignite My Future in School to support inquiry-based practices in the classroom and encourage students to lead their own learning.

Diversity & Inclusion

Motherhood, Entrepreneurship, Empowerment: Latinas Are Doing It All

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S., Ibi Montesino, SVP of North America at Herbalife Nutrition shares stories of Latina independent distributors. Each of their stories highlights how they balance becoming an entrepreneurs...

Research, Reports & Publications

Explore the 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Find details of our progress toward enhancing our diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) strategy, reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, and launching ESG tools and investment vehicles.

Diversity & Inclusion

BET: Empowering Black Voters on Election Day

In fewer than 50 days, it will be Election Day and BET wants Black voters nationwide to know the importance of casting their ballot.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Fair Trade USA Recognizes Partners' Expanded Commitments to Fair Trade Coffee During Price and Demand Crisis

Fair Trade USA… announces its #JustOneCup campaign to aid coffee farmers amid an unprecedented coffee crisis as the pandemic continues.

Latest Campaigns

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    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
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  3. Growth Through Sustainability
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    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  6. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  7. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
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    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...
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    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
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    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
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    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...
  12. PSEG People & Communities
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  13. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
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