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Social Impact & Volunteering | 3M

3M Volunteers Advance Hands-On Stem Learning

As part of a continued effort to inspire the next generation of scientists, 3M is partnering with DoSomething and Amazon MGM Studios to launch Project STEM Heroes, a nationwide program encouraging young people to explore STEM careers and recognize the mentors who sparked them.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Engage for Good Recognizes the Leaders Shaping Corporate Social Impact

Engage for Good

Environment

Water Stewardship: Why Global Trade Must Invest in the World’s Most Critical Resource

DP World

Environment

Assurant and AT&T Tree for Trade‑In Program Supports Ongoing Reforestation in California Through the Arbor Day Foundation

Arbor Day Foundation

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Pricing Water Risk and Scaling Climate Resilience

NatureVest

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Living Incomes Matter

Fairtrade America

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Empowered to Build Better: Meet Venelin Krastev

GoDaddy

Environment

The Continuing Evolution of ESG Due Diligence: Why There Are Always Risks to Be Managed and Value to Be Created

Inogen Alliance

Events, Media & Communications

Heart Water Earns Water Stewardship, Resiliency and Water Positive Certifications for Its Rainwater Capture Technology at Its Buda, TX Facility

SCS Global Services

Featured Brands

Hope on Wheels: FedEx Supports The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army’s canteen trucks—many of them donated by FedEx—play a vital role in supporting communities around the world. While these mobile units are best known for providing meals, water, and comfort during natural disasters and other emergencies

3M Volunteers Advance Hands-On Stem Learning

As part of a continued effort to inspire the next generation of scientists, 3M is partnering with DoSomething and Amazon MGM Studios to launch Project STEM Heroes, a nationwide program encouraging young people to explore STEM careers and recognize the mentors who sparked them.

How To Go ‘Beyond Words’ With Acts of Compassion and Kindness

“Beyond Words” is a story of kindness, empathy and friendship, teaching readers of all ages to express compassion without needing to say a word. The book follows Buddy as he discovers how to support a friend coming home from the hospital.

Gina Adams Honored by Dress for Success As Part of Women Who Inspire Campaign

Gina Adams, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at FedEx, has been recognized by Dress for Success Worldwide as part of its annual Women Who Inspire global campaign.

Prosperity Now Receives $1 Million Wells Fargo Foundation Grant to Support VITA Organizations Nationwide

Prosperity Now receives a $1 million dollar Wells Fargo Foundation grant to support IRS-certified Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) organizations nationwide. Grant expands access to trusted, no-cost tax return preparation services.

PNC Announces New Initiatives to Inspire Outdoor Learning, Classroom Innovation Through PNC Grow Up Great

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., is kicking off Great Month, its annual celebration of PNC Grow Up Great® and high-quality early childhood education, by announcing new initiatives with two longtime collaborators.

Finding Courage in a Feathered Friend

But on that overwhelming day, Arlo was handed something unexpected: a small, soft feathered companion with a gentle heartbeat and a peaceful expression. It was My Special Aflac Duck®, a robotic comfort companion designed for children facing cancer and sickle cell disease.

Scaling Impact and Connectivity Through Technology Donations at Cisco

Through the Cisco Foundation and our corporate Social Impact Investments (SII), we support organizations that use technology in bold, innovative ways — from saving energy to saving lives. 

Medtronic Returns to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List for Second Year in a Row

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, is proud to announce its inclusion in Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list of 2026. The company earned a spot for its BrainSense™ Adaptive DBS therapy for people with Parkinson’s, which was approved by the U.S.

Where Water Flows, Equality Grows: FedEx and Water Mission Bring Relief After Hurricane Melissa

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall on October 28, 2025, Jamaica faced one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Cruise Line Reaffirms Commitment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, Increases Pledge to $33 Million by 2024

Reaffirming its longstanding commitment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, Carnival Cruise Line has announced that it will raise its pledge to a total of $33 million by 2024.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Bridgestone to Supply Solar Car Tires Using Fuel-Efficient Tire Technology to 32 Teams Competing in the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge

Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) will supply solar car tires using its fuel-efficient tire technology to 32 teams participating in the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC), for which Bridgestone is the naming rights sponsors.

Energy

Residents and Dignitaries Join ENGIE to Celebrate the Solomon Forks and East Fork Wind Projects in Kansas

Residents, business leaders, & government officials today joined ENGIE North America to mark the grand opening of the Solomon Forks Wind Project, as well as to celebrate the East Fork Wind Project scheduled to become operational in the spring of 2020

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Alliance Data Associates on the Frontline, Fighting Hunger Where It Lives

At Alliance Data, giving back to our communities is a common thread that connects and inspires us. Over the years, we’ve steadily increased our global community investment and volunteerism. Successful companies like ours must step up and use our expertise to strengthen communities and help create a future where our business and local economies can flourish.

Health & Healthcare

Diaper Need Awareness Week 2019

National Diaper Need Awareness Week draws attention to the issue of diaper poverty in the U.S.. The National Diaper Bank Network states one in three U.S. families struggles to provide enough diapers to keep their child clean, dry and healthy.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

A Dream Deferred

“Look at my choices Mija, and be sure to make better ones.” This is what my mother used to say to me when I was young. I was a happy & precocious child & my mother took great care of me. She made our home a place of love, laughter, learning, & music

Sustainable Development Goals

Towards Global Goal 4 - Quality Education

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), The Global Goals, often seem far way. Global can feel very much out of reach. 2030 can be perceived as far beyond tomorrow.

Research, Reports & Publications

Hormel Foods Achieves Nonrenewable Energy Use Reduction Goal and Has Record Year of Giving

Hormel Foods announced it has achieved its nonrenewable energy use reduction goal and had a record year of giving in its latest annual corporate responsibility report.

Events, Media & Communications

Tetra Tech Sponsored an Engineering News-Record Webinar on Optimizing Water Resources through Recycling

Around the world, we are facing a looming water crisis, pushing developers, builders, and engineers to develop innovative means of addressing water shortages.

Energy

Schneider Electric Cuts Five Years from its Carbon Neutrality Goal, Establishing Roadmap for the Carbon Neutral World

Schneider Electric announced today at Climate Week NYC 2019 that it is drastically stepping up its commitment to carbon neutrality with three new actions...

Environment

HP Partners with World Wildlife Fund on Forest Protection and Restoration

Partnering with World Wildlife Fund, HP is committing to the restoration, protection and conservation of 200,000 acres of forest, an area equal to the size of New York City.

Events, Media & Communications

There Is No ‘I' in Team: How Collaboration and Innovation Are Enabling Inclusive Businesses to Achieve Greater Social Impact

Over three centuries later, his recognition that nothing great is achieved in isolation is more relevant than ever. Would Steve Jobs have been able to transform his ideas into reality without a team around him?

Social Impact & Volunteering

As Diaper Need Awareness Grows, Kimberly-Clark and Huggies Applaud Efforts of Elected Leaders to Champion the Cause

One-in-three U.S. families struggle to provide clean, dry diapers for their baby, and Kimberly-Clark and its Huggies brand aren’t alone in asking Americans to join them during National Diaper Need Awareness Week, September 23-29, 2019.

Diversity & Inclusion

Why Diversity and Inclusion Are Key to Solving Water Challenges

Solving problems like availability and affordability of water and climate change will require innovation and technological advances. According to Xylem CEO Patrick Decker, one of the best drivers of innovation is a diverse and inclusive environment.

Innovation & Technology

HPE Tops the Prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index

“Why are we here? I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists solely to make money... We have to go deeper and find the real reason for our being” –Dave Packard, 1960

Education

LA Kings Partner with Sandy Hook Promise to Train Local Youth and Adults in Violence Prevention Programs at Los Angeles-Area Schools

AEG’s Los Angeles Kings recently announced a partnership with Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) to train youth and adults in violence prevention programs in Los Angeles-area schools and communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sappi North America Awards 2019 Ideas That Matter Grants

Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, today announced the 2019 recipients of its annual Ideas that Matter grant program.

Education

Spotlighting Young Design Talents in China

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sodexo Ranks Best In Class* for the 15th Consecutive Year on the Prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index with Leading Scores in Labor Practices, Climate Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement.

Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to improving Quality of Life, announced it has maintained its ranking as the top-rated company in its sector by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the 15th consecutive year

Responsible Production & Consumption

Albertsons Companies Celebrates National Coffee Day With a Commitment to Sustainability

In recognition of National Coffee Day, Albertsons Companies committed that by mid-2020, 100 percent of Albertsons Companies’ O Organics® coffee will be certified sustainable according to the Fair Trade USA standard or an equivalent.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Carnival Corporation Announces Partnership With Jean-Michel Cousteau and Ocean Futures Society to Support Environmental Commitment

Carnival Corp and plc today announced a new partnership with Jean-Michel Cousteau and his Ocean Futures Society, a nonprofit marine conservation and education organization

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aramark Honored with National Business Group on Health's Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-Being Platinum Award

The National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association of more than 440 large U.S. employers, has honored Aramark for providing one of the best workforce health and employee well-being organizational initiatives in the nation.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Swimming Upstream: The Venetian Resort Las Vegas Navigates Sustainable Seafood with New Partner FishWise

Since partnering at the beginning of the year, FishWise and The Venetian Resort Las Vegas have assessed more than $2 million in seafood spend and identified 53 unique species used in The Venetian’s assortment from 18 different source countries.

Environment

BIER Member Spotlight: Natalie Lau

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) highlights their members' beverage industry sustainability insights and ideas in their BIER Member Spotlight series on a monthly basis.

Environment

Subaru of America Achieves Second Major Recycling Milestone In Less Than Six-Months

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that in less than 6 months it has doubled the recycling milestone it celebrated in February through the automaker's environmentally-focused philanthropic initiative, Subaru Loves the Earth

Latest Campaigns

GoDaddy | Microbusiness

They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...

PSEG Strength in Service, Sandy and Beyond

Ten years after Superstorm Sandy raged across the East Coast, PSE&G continues to protect customers’ utility service from the damaging impact of...

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service

KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...

Aflac Voices

Hear from Aflac’s senior leaders and subject matter experts about industry trends and more.

Local Communities

The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...

Climate Action & Environmental Management

Reach net-zero carbon in our own operations by 2030 and partner with suppliers to reduce their climate impact.

Financial health

At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...

Subaru Love Promise: Environment

Subaru works to reduce waste, safeguard resources for future generations, and preserve natural spaces – making real, meaningful commitments to these...

Community Impact

Advancing our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships, and employee volunteerism.