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Trellis Group

Events, Media & Communications

sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Innovation & Technology

How Aflac Found a Duck’s Purpose

While those two initiatives define the brand, they weren’t firmly connected until 2018, when Aflac debuted a companion robot called My Special Aflac Duck that the company donates to children undergoing cancer treatment.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Unilever, Patagonia, Ikea, BlackRock, and The Church of England Pension Board on Leading the Decade of Action

The Reuters Events Responsible Business Summit Europe will task 750 global leaders to share how they’re taking action now, to deliver against the 2030/2050 horizons.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bechtel Recognizes Colleagues for Their Commitment to Local Communities

In 2019, Bechtel employees donated more than $5.6 million by fundraising for charities, toy and food drives, walks supporting a variety of causes and countless volunteer hours supporting their local communities across all projects.

Education

Shared Priorities: Corporate Support for the Michigan Engineering Zone

Companies and campuses both recognize the need for a diverse talent pool in STEM fields, and the Michigan Engineering Zone (MEZ) is doing something about it. Qualcomm was one of the first corporate supporters.

Diversity & Inclusion

Advancing Frontline Employees of Color

Employers who intentionally find ways to advance the careers and enhance the experiences of their frontline employees of color are able to gain competitive advantage. Learn more by reading the latest report from FSG and PolicyLink.

Environment

Meet the CEOs at Ceres 2020 in New York!

We’re very excited to feature so many CEOs at the upcoming Ceres 2020 in New York. Check out just some of the CEOs you’ll meet at Ceres 2020. And be sure to register soon—sessions are filling up fast!

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ON Semiconductor Ranks #15 on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies in America

For the third consecutive year, ON Semiconductor is ranked on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies in America; earning number 15 on the list for 2020.

Environment

Thoughts from a Trip Way Down Under

As I write this, my wife Linda and I are heading home after a two-week adventure cruise here in Antarctica. It’s always been a bucket-list item for me to touch the seventh continent. However, as I think back to the planning stages of this trip...

Responsible Production & Consumption

Our Commitment to Safe Pesticide Solutions

Agriculture production needs to meet the demands of a rapidly growing and increasingly more affluent population. At the same time, farmers face increasing pressures of a changing climate in which yields are not a given...

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Infographic | Whole Planet Foundation and Partners Alleviating Global Poverty Through Microcredit 2020

Every quarter Whole Planet Foundation aggregates field metrics from our microfinance partners who are disbursing and collecting microcredit loans to low-income entrepreneurs.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

National Grid Named Top Utility for Energy Efficiency

National Grid Massachusetts has been named the top utility in the country for energy efficiency by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

Education

Freeport-McMoRan’s Greenlee County, Arizona Community Investment Fund Awards $169,000 in Grants

The Greenlee County Community Investment Fund recently selected the recipients and awarded more than $160,000 in grants to local communities and non-profit organizations.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Managing Director, Head of Investment Stewardship, Blackrock Confirms at The Responsible Business Summit New York

Ray Cameron has confirmed he will be joining the speaker roster at Ethical Corporation’s flagship North American show, The Responsible Business Summit New York 2020 [March 17-18].

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Renewables Donates $12,000 to Creswell, N.C., Volunteer Fire Department

The Creswell, N.C., Volunteer Fire Department will soon add 2,000 feet of new fire hose to its firefighting arsenal thanks to a $12,000 donation from Duke Energy Renewables.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keep America Beautiful Recognizes Community Organizations and Volunteers with National Awards at 2020 National Conference

More than 80 community organizations and individuals, including leaders from the Keep America Beautiful® community-based affiliate network and other partner organizations, were recognized at the Keep America Beautiful 2020 National Awards Ceremony.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

When Working From Home Is Good for the Environment

Working from home used to be seen as a perk for the lucky few, but in today’s modern, connected world, thanks to technology, employees can pretty much set-up their office wherever they are.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Special Delivery: Ensuring Product Quality in Our Distribution Centers

At the 15,000-square-foot Medtronic warehouse in Jacksonville, Florida, a team of 35 employees spend their days carefully packing and shipping boxes. And every member of the team knows the value of what’s inside those boxes.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

February Is Marfan Awareness Month! Nearly Half the People Who Have Marfan Syndrome Do Not Know It.

Marfan syndrome affects an estimated 1 in 5,000 people regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, and experts estimate that nearly half the people who have Marfan syndrome do not know it.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating the Agents of Change This Black History Month

Each year during the month of February, Americans set aside a few weeks to focus their historical hindsight on the contributions that people of African descent have made to this country.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bacardi USA Donates $5 Million to Florida International University

The Bacardi Center of Excellence will provide student scholarship opportunities, promote community events and provide pathways to entrepreneurship.

Innovation & Technology

Meet the People Behind GM’s All-electric Future PART 2: Dalya Aboona on Building a Green Grid

To further support its emerging EV portfolio, GM is improving charging infrastructure to enable its commitment to putting an EV in every driveway. Dalya Aboona is an EV charging and infrastructure lead for GM #IntroduceAGirlToEngineeringDay

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sysco Announces Inaugural Sustainability Bond Issuance

Net proceeds from the $500 million offering will fund projects that help advance the company’s 2025 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Goals.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

February Is Cancer Prevention Month: Research Shows That up to 50% of Cancer Cases and 50% of Cancer Deaths Are Preventable.

Research shows that up to 50% of cancer cases and about 50% of cancer deaths are preventable with the knowledge we have today.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alexion Employees Give Back with Holiday Toy Drive Competition

In the spirit of Holiday Season and giving back to our local community, Alexion hosted a toy drive to benefit The Home for Little Wanderers, collecting 650 toys and gifts for Boston-area children.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fostering Our Youth

Vanessa Collins is passionate about opening her heart and home to foster children, and thanks to T-Mobile benefits was recently able to fully adopt a 12-year-old daughter.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  2. 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...
  3. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  4. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  5. 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...
  6. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  7. 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...
  8. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  9. 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...
  10. Wesco Cares
    Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...
  11. People
    As a family-owned business, Bacardi values the importance of creating a warm and welcoming workplace. We do so by fostering an environment where...
  12. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  13. Community Investment
    all community engagement efforts (e.g., Teach for All, volunteerism, etc.)
  14. Advocacy
    Position Action Against Hunger as a leading advocate for policy change and investment—calling for increased public health spending, improved nutrition...
  15. IWBI | Community News
    We believe that people's health and wellness should be at the center of design. That’s why we’re working with industry professionals in real estate...