Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation Quarterly Giving Series: Q2 2025

DICK'S Sporting Goods

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wesco Recognized as a 2025 Blackbaud Impact Awards Finalist

Wesco International

Events, Media & Communications

How AI Is Disrupting Sustainability Reporting

3BL

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The ROI of Sustainability: A CFO's Perspective

Trane Technologies

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

DaVita Marks Major Milestone in 100% Renewable Energy Commitment

DaVita





Editors Pick

Energy

The Promise and Challenges of Ammonia in the Global Energy Transition

Amid the global shift towards sustainable energy sources, ammonia has emerged as a compelling candidate for hydrogen production, but this potential comes with critical considerations for safe production, storage, and utilization practices.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Key Strategies for Building a Positive Safety Culture in Your Workplace

A workplace culture that treats safety as a shared commitment by every member of the organization, from top leadership on down, benefits both individual well-being and organizational success. 

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From Bronze Medalist to Employee-Partner: How Passion Richardson Applies Her Winning Skills to Cintas

Passion Richardson waited anxiously, sitting in the middle of a sea of red, white and blue. She listened to the faint chants of thousands of people calling out their country’s names until it was her turn.

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainability Communications in 2024, So Far: Trends, Numbers & Narratives

The first half of 2024 has been a whirlwind of activity and growth, especially in corporate sustainability and social impact communication.

Innovation & Technology

New Documentary Sheds Light on the Surprising Scope of Soy’s Sustainability Benefits

From food to fuel to plastic, soy is making the Earth more sustainable in thousands of surprising ways. In the years ahead, it might even do the same on Mars.

Diversity & Inclusion

Supporting Diversity While Closing the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Jo Justice decided to forgo earning a traditional high school diploma in favor of a GED. Working with computers had long attracted her, so Jo then attended a technical trade school to earn her associate degree in network administration.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Experiencing the Magic of the ‘Gooooal’ With the Patients of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

In June, Aflac spent an entire afternoon at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami with Adamari López, the renowned TV personality who, as a breast cancer survivor, understands the importance of smiling during challenging moments.

Education

The Human Component.

Ah, middle school. Whether you recall your own experiences (I’m still trying to forget) or happen to have a middle schooler of your own (I’ll lend you mine for a while...), you’ll probably agree that it’s a time marked by transition.

Sustainable Development Goals

Shaping Policy: GRI 13’s Timely Launch and Implications for the U.S. Farm Bill

The newest GRI Sector Standard, GRI 13: Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fishing 2022, focuses on three of the world's cornerstone industries with profound impacts on sustainable development.

Environment

Keysight 2023 Corporate Social Responsibility Report: Environmental Sustainability Impact

Keysight recognizes that climate change is an economic, social, and environmental challenge and is committed to helping minimize the impacts of climate change by conducting business in an ethical, environmentally sustainable, and socially responsible manner.

Diversity & Inclusion

Saint-Gobain Canada Partners With Women Building Futures To Open Pathways for Women in Trade Careers

Saint-Gobain, today reaffirmed its commitment to advancing gender diversity and empowerment within the construction industry through a partnership with Women Building Futures a non-profit organization based in Alberta that fosters economic security for women facing barriers.

Diversity & Inclusion

Former Steel Worker Ignites BBQ Business Dream | Made in America, Season 5, Ep 2

Darren W. Carter left his high-paying job in an Ohio steel mill to bet on himself and go all in on Carter’s BBQ with his wife Theresa. Barbecue equals family and community for the couple. It’s Darren’s happy place—one that stemmed from watching his father barbecue.

Education

Students and Illumina Employees Come Together for a STEM Boot Camp

Samantha Goldbaum, age 16, runs a STEM club at her charter high school in Chula Vista, California, 7.5 miles from the US-Mexico border. The club, and her school, are both very small, and she finds it difficult to share her interest in science with others in her community.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Green Mountain Energy for Advancing Sustainability and Helping Customers Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

Frost & Sullivan recently assessed the renewable energy industry and based on its analysis results, presents Green Mountain Energy with the 2024 U.S. Customer Value Leadership Award.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Innovation To Create a Better Circle | Eastman

At Eastman, sustainability is no longer an option. It’s a must.

Diversity & Inclusion

Expedia Group Partners With French Government To Enhance Accessible Travel for Paris 2024

At Expedia Group, we’re always working to provide and improve equitable, inclusive, and accessible travel experiences. An important and growing sector is people traveling with disabilities, expected to grow to over 33 million travelers by 2028 in the US alone.

Diversity & Inclusion

Quest Diagnostics Named a "Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion" for Seventh Straight Year

Quest achieves top score of 100 on 2024 Disability Equality Index® Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion

Diversity & Inclusion

Essity 2023 Annual and Sustainability Report: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Conducting Essity’s business in a socially responsible way is part of our corporate DNA. We have a zero-tolerance approach to unethical business behavior and violations of human rights in the value chains where we exercise control.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Stacy-Marie Ishmael on Why Every Journalist Needs “A Really Good Group Text”

In this article, adapted from an interview that originally appeared on TheMuse.com, Ishmael talks about what drew her to journalism, the value of diverse newsrooms, and why she loves working at Bloomberg.

Research, Reports & Publications

Circular Industry Solutions for a Global Plastics Treaty

This report shares key insights and learnings from industry players across the plastics value chain, who have started to develop and implement circular solutions.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Principal Financial Group 2023 Sustainability Report: Our Global Sustainable Investment Products

We are seeing institutional investors around the world become more interested in sustainable investment products —and we’re responding. As a global asset manager, we have focused on converting and launching new funds that comply with greater expectations of sustainability.

Education

Subaru Supports Milestone 750,000 Students in High-Needs Schools Through Subaru Loves Learning Initiative

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today announced that a milestone of 750,000 students nationwide will be helped following its Subaru Loves Learning® program this year.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sappi’s 2024 ‘Employee Ideas That Matter’ Winners Drive Positive Impact Across Local Communities

Sappi North America, Inc. today announced the winners of its 2024 Employee Ideas that Matter (EITM) grant program, donating a total of $60,000 to 27 charities in the environmental, healthcare, educational and community spaces.

Energy

Duke Energy PowerPair Pilot Program Enrollment Surpasses 1,300 Customers in North Carolina

Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) has enrolled more than 1,300 customers in North Carolina in its new PowerPairSM pilot, a one-time incentive-based program designed to help make a home solar plus battery system more affordable for customers.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Birthplace of Fair Play Celebrated With Launch of Paris Awards

The International Fair Play Committee (CIFP), in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is once again proud to announce the Fair Play Award to honour extraordinary acts of sporting spirit during the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Goals That Inspire: Positive Social Impact
    Through our Goals That Inspire we strive to make a positive difference in our communities by relying on our ability to understand their needs and then...
  3. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  4. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  5. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...
  6. 2024-25 AMD CR Report
    AMD Commemorates 30 Years of Corporate Responsibility with 2024-25 Report
  7. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  8. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.
  9. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  10. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  11. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...
  12. Aflac News and Updates
    See the latest news about Aflac.
  13. Katrina 20th Anniversary
    This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...
  14. Building a Sustainable Future | Decarbonizing the Built Environment
    The building sector accounts for nearly 40% of carbon emissions and nearly 50% of the consumption of natural resources. The industry stands at a...