Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Software-Defined Vehicles: The Critical Road to a Secure Future

Keysight Technologies

Innovation & Technology

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Northwestern Mutual Sustainability and Impact: Delivering Financial Security

Northwestern Mutual

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

PSE&G Prepares for Hurricane Season With Major Outage Exercise

Just when you think it can’t get worse than a snowstorm on Halloween, several critical facilities lose power, including one as a result of a nearby plane crash – or so went the scenario of this year’s preparedness exercise held earlier in June.

Education

Student Journalists Headline Healthy NewsWorks 2022 Film and Book Fest

Healthy NewsWorks hosted their 2022 Film and Book Fest at the Merion Tribute House in Merion Station, PA.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Financial Health Study Examines Deep Gender Gap in Financial Health With Men Nearly 50% More Likely To Be Financially Healthy

The Financial Health Network, the nation’s authority on financial health, in partnership with the Principal® Foundation, released The Gender Gap in Financial Health report, exploring why women in America continue to fare worse financially than men.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

About the Alkermes Inspiration Grants® Program

Organizations supporting people living with addiction, serious mental illness and cancer have faced unique needs and challenges during the COVID pandemic.

Innovation & Technology

Pursuing Sustainability and Productivity Gains With Digital Project Delivery

WSP, as a world-leading design and consulting firm, is committed to working with contractors and builders to transform our industry and provide leadership in DPD to enable projects to be built faster and with less risk.

Sustainable Development Goals

Greater Collaboration and Transparency in Reporting Are Key to a More Sustainable Semiconductor Industry

The threat posed by climate change is motivating efforts around the world to improve corporate sustainability, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C under the Paris Agreement.

Diversity & Inclusion

Southern Company Invests in Advancing Racial Equity and Social Justice

In 2021, we invested more than $66 million to advance racial equity and social justice in our communities as part of a larger commitment to invest $225 million through 2025.

Diversity & Inclusion

UniWorld Group, Inc., Connecting Brands With Multicultural Consumers Since 1969 and Partnering With The Home Depot for More Than 20 Years

Today, UWG is the longest-standing, full-service, multicultural advertising and marketing agency in the United States, and has been partnering with The Home Depot for more than 20 years.

Sustainable Development Goals

Illumina Among First in the World to Receive Approval of Science-Based Net-Zero Target

Illumina, Inc., a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced today it is among the first group of companies worldwide to receive approval of its net-zero targets by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Environment

Climate Action for Suppliers Helps Make HP's Supply Chain More Sustainable

In 2021, HP announced a range of ambitious climate action targets, including a commitment to be net zero by 2040 — a full decade ahead of the Paris Agreement.

Responsible Production & Consumption

How an ‘Internal Water Price’ Helps Companies Make Better Decisions

Too often, water is seen as a low-cost commodity—and not the precious resource vital to life and business that it is. Setting an internal price focused on the true value of water helps leaders better understand and manage risk.

Energy

Emerging Trends in Biofuels: ESG and the Energy Transition

We are increasingly seeing the need for companies to incorporate ESG risks into their enterprise risk management. This increased demand for ESG is happening across all industries – so what does this mean for the biofuels industry?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SkysTheLimit.org Celebrates Disability Pride Month; Supports Differently Abled Entrepreneurs

SkysTheLimit.org (“Sky’s the Limit”) is pleased to celebrate all the differently abled entrepreneurs who are pursuing their passions and interests by building their business from the ground up.

Innovation & Technology

How 6G Will Change the Way We Interact With Technology

Mobile providers are accelerating their rollout of the flexible, low-latency, multi-gigabit-per-second communications network known as 5G.

Responsible Production & Consumption

How We're Delivering Progress on Cocoa Sustainability

Our pledge to invest half a billion dollars in these communities by 2030 is translating to meaningful results on the ground, helping to keep children in school, helping to diversify and increase incomes, giving farmers the support to build thriving businesses and protecting forests.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2021 ESG Report: Our Approach to Sustainability

Our approach to corporate sustainability and ESG is focused on doing well by doing good.

Research, Reports & Publications

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Vary Dramatically Across U.S. Oil and Gas Companies, According to Updated Analysis

Analysis from Ceres and Clean Air Task Force benchmarking the relative emissions intensity and total reported methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions of over 300 U.S. oil and gas producers finds variation between companies and basins.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Internet Essentials Progress Report: Making a Difference in the Lives of Millions of People

Just over 10 years ago, Comcast began an unprecedented journey to help connect under-resourced and unconnected Americans to the life-changing power of the Internet.

Research, Reports & Publications

4 in 5 Asia Pacific Consumers Have Experienced Effects of Climate Change and Recognize the Importance of Environmental Sustainability

Herbalife Nutrition launches its Asia Pacific Simply Recycle Challenge to encourage collective action against climate change

Environment

A Look at Biodiversity Restoration and Renewable Energy in the Ocean

The ocean can play an important role in helping meet urgent global climate goals. We can harness this potential by restoring ocean health and marine biodiversity.

Research, Reports & Publications

IBM Impact: Making a Lasting, Positive Impact in Business Ethics, Our Environment, and Communities

Recently, IBM launched IBM Impact, a new framework for the company's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) work that reflects how IBM aspires to create a more sustainable, equitable, and ethical future.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Research: Fashion Shoppers' Post-Purchase Selfies Are Key to Cutting the Rising Volume of Online Returns

61% of US and UK consumers say seeing visual user-generated content (UGC) from other customers can reduce the growing number of fashion ecommerce returns which is hitting retailers’ profitability and sustainability goals.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Steer Your Career: Map Your Way to Professional Success in CSR

Discover must-knows and resources to excel in your social impact career - everything from tips to identify your personal values, to experiences you should highlight on your resume, and must-reads to stay apprised of the latest trends in ESG and CSR.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

$15 Million Veteran Loan Fund Closes Its First Round With Support From Wells Fargo

The Veteran Loan Fund announced today it has raised $15 million to support current and aspiring veteran entrepreneurs, including seed funding from Wells Fargo.

Diversity & Inclusion

More Than Just a Job: Marcus Felder on Blackstone's Career Pathways™ Program

Career Pathways is our program for Blackstone portfolio companies that provides them with the tools and resources to recruit, retain and advance employees from diverse and historically under-represented communities.

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. Whole Planet
    Whole Planet, a pillar of Whole Foods Market Foundation, helps people living in poverty build long-term financial resilience through income growth...
  3. 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...
  4. Leadership
    Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...
  5. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  6. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    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...
  7. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  8. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  9. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  10. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  11. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  12. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
  13. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...
  14. Southwire Giving Back
    Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...
  15. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...