Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Green Infrastructure

What SEC ESG Disclosure Mandates Might Mean for Your Business

Apr 5, 2022 11:15 AM ET

Earlier this month, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose convened 17 CEOs and key legal leaders to discuss newly proposed environmental and social governance disclosure requirements from the SEC. Here are four key takeaways from the conversation.

Diversity & Inclusion

Inner Work: The Heart of Organizational Equity Work

Apr 5, 2022 11:00 AM ET

We hear about "inner work" often when we work with companies on equity. What do we mean by "inner work" and why is it so important? Professional and personal examples from FSG's Nikhil Bumb.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AEG's Dignity Health Sports Park's ASCSC Community Foundation, LA Galaxy Foundation, and Kings Care Foundation Partnered With Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, AT&T and Becca's Closet to Host Prom Dress Giveaway “Yes! That's My Dress"

Apr 5, 2022 11:00 AM ET

Three of AEG’s Foundations -- Dignity Health Sports Park ASCSC Community Foundation, the LA Galaxy Foundation and the Kings Care Foundation -- partnered with the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, AT&T and Becca’s Closet to host

Education

T. Rowe Price: Families' Excitement for Cryptocurrency Brings Risks and Opportunities

Apr 5, 2022 11:00 AM ET

T. Rowe Price’s 14th annual Parents, Kids & Money Survey, which sampled more than 2,000 parents and their 8- to 14-year-old kids, reveals insights about parents’ and kids’ knowledge and interest in cryptocurrency.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Road Ahead With Expedia Group's Inclusion Business Groups

Apr 5, 2022 11:00 AM ET

Earlier this year, we launched a “Meet our IBGs” blog series to reintroduce you to our Inclusion Business Groups (IBGs) and the talented global leaders guiding these communities.

Sustainable Development Goals

How to Harness Business Innovation for a Better Future

Apr 5, 2022 10:50 AM ET

How can businesses around the world take action that helps reduce inequalities, while fostering innovation to promotes inclusive and sustainable industrialization?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Foundation Invests $6.6M to Build, Repair & Renovate Homes for Veterans

Apr 5, 2022 10:30 AM ET

More than 400 U.S. military veterans nationwide will receive new, renovated or repaired homes thanks to an additional $6.6 million granted by The Home Depot Foundation to several of its nonprofit partners.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Field of Dreams: Sports Matter Grant Will Provide New Facility for Deserving Girls Program

Apr 5, 2022 10:30 AM ET

We gave the Jerome High School softball team $100,000 to build a field to call their own.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Supporting Cambridge's Life Sciences Ecosystem: Q&A With James Seppala and Tim Schoen

Apr 5, 2022 10:15 AM ET

James Seppala and Tim Schoen discuss BioMed Realty’s footprint in the UK and the opportunity in the life sciences real estate market in the years ahead.

Diversity & Inclusion

Boosting Women's Role in Work on Climate Change: HP, MIT Encourage Girls to Address Environmental Issues

Apr 5, 2022 10:05 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

KeyBank Named #2 Affordable Housing Lender in U.S.

Apr 5, 2022 10:00 AM ET

KeyBank has been named the #2 Affordable Housing lender for 2021 in Affordable Housing Finance magazine's annual rankings.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Morgan Stanley's Plastic Waste Researcher on the State of the Crisis

Apr 5, 2022 10:00 AM ET

When Morgan Stanley launched its Plastic Waste Resolution in 2019, we knew that reducing the waste problem would require an integrated approach that brought together science, industry, capital and government.

Diversity & Inclusion

Get Inspired - and Get Involved!

Apr 5, 2022 10:00 AM ET

Here, Regions associates share their favorite women’s organizations and talk about why their work is so meaningful and valuable to their communities.

Research, Reports & Publications

Toward Mandatory Climate Disclosure in the US? What the SEC Proposal Means for Sustainable Procurement

Apr 5, 2022 10:00 AM ET

On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) introduced a landmark proposal requiring companies to include climate disclosures in their annual filings.

Environment

Cool Effect Celebrates the Good on the Ground and Positive Impact of Carbon-Reducing Projects

Apr 5, 2022 10:00 AM ET

Cool Effect, a Bay Area based nonprofit dedicated to supporting voluntary carbon projects around the globe, is celebrating the positive impact carbon credits can have for people and planet by highlighting “The Good on the Ground”

Health & Healthcare

For Kidney Transplant Recipients, a More Accurate and Tailored Care Plan

Apr 5, 2022 10:00 AM ET

For years, clinicians have used genomics to better inform treatment and personalize therapies. Now, Verici Dx, an immunodiagnostics company based in Tennessee (US), wants to turn that personalized medicine lens to a different field: kidney transplants.

Diversity & Inclusion

P&G Recruits and Supports People With Neurodiversity

Apr 5, 2022 10:00 AM ET

Juan José Sibaja Shares His Journey to P&G—And What We Can All Do to Create an Inclusive Workplace

Research, Reports & Publications

Marsh McLennan Charts a Path to Net-Zero Across Its Operations by 2050

Apr 5, 2022 9:00 AM ET

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) recently announced its commitment to set and execute low-carbon transition strategies that chart a path to net-zero across its operations by 2050 and reduce its emissions by 50 percent by 2030.

Research, Reports & Publications

Supply Chain Sustainability Management Leader Assent Issues 2021 Sustainability Report

Apr 5, 2022 9:00 AM ET

In today’s market, you can’t be a CEO without thinking about ESG as investors now require the same due diligence in sustainability transparency as they do for financial transparency, and customers expect the same.

Environment

The Arbor Day Foundation Partners With Clayton® to Plant Over 2 Million Trees in 2022

Apr 5, 2022 6:00 AM ET

The Arbor Day Foundation is partnering with Clayton to plant 2.33 million native trees in forests around the US in 2022.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

America's Charities Named '2022 Best Nonprofit to Work For' for Second Consecutive Year

Apr 4, 2022 5:55 PM ET

America’s Charities Named ‘2022 Best Nonprofit To Work For’ For Second Consecutive Year

Innovation & Technology

Arrow Electronics Sponsors FIRST® Robotics Regional Competition

Apr 4, 2022 5:55 PM ET

Sponsored by Arrow Electronics, the event challenges high school students to build industrial-size robots and maneuver them through a series of challenges against other teams.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Affirms Commitment to Financial Education During Financial Capabilities Month

Apr 4, 2022 5:35 PM ET

As we celebrate Financial Literacy Month in April, we’re proud to report that over 2.8 million people have been educated though our various programs in the past 18 years.

Energy

Ørsted Completes Onshore Wind Farm Haystack Wind in Nebraska

Apr 4, 2022 4:35 PM ET

Located in Wayne County, Nebraska, Haystack Wind utilises existing interconnection infrastructure in Southwest Power Pool (SPP) North from Ørsted's 230 MW onshore wind farm Plum Creek Wind, which is placed close by.

Education

We Need to Stop Talking About the Years Our Kids Lost in School.

Apr 4, 2022 4:30 PM ET

One pandemic-era educator shares what she sees from her side of the screen: When we talk about the learning losses from the pandemic, we need to consider the gains, too.