Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AB Named Environmental Fund of the Year: Global Category

AllianceBernstein has been named the winner of the Environmental Fund of the Year in the Global category at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Awards 2022.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Give Your Employees a Better CSR Experience With the Right Technology

An innovative corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy can substantially improve employee participation and workplace pride. What's the best way to launch and improve a CSR technology platform?

Social Impact & Volunteering

Georgia-Pacific Distributes Necessities to Homeless

We hosted a shoebox decorating party with our partners at United Way of Greater Atlanta.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How Social and Cultural Responsiveness Helps Social Impact Succeed

Learn how social and cultural responsiveness plays a significant role in the success of your social impact programs. We chat with Dr. Omolara Uwemedimo and explore how to ensure our social impact programs are actually addressing the needs of the community we are serving and how to continually receive their feedback.

Research, Reports & Publications

Qurate Retail CEO Perspective: Inspiring a More Sustainable Way to Retail

Now more than ever, it is imperative that business leaders harness the unique strengths and relationships of our organizations to help our communities develop creative solutions that meet the needs of all stakeholders.

Environment

VMware: Are You Making E-Waste Someone Else's Problem?

50 million tons of e-waste generated every year will more than double to 110 million ton by 2050.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Principal® Named “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion”

Principal Financial Group® was named on the list of the “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion” after earning a 100 score on the 2022 Disability Equality Index® (DEI).

Sustainable Development Goals

Aircraft Fuel Conservation and Fleet Modernization at FedEx

To help reach our goal of carbon neutral operations by 2040, we are building on the success of FedEx Fuel Sense. Since the program’s founding in 2006, we have implemented 70 fuel-saving initiatives, saving 948 million gallons of jet fuel.

Responsible Production & Consumption

How Friendlier Takeout Containers Can Help Cut Down on Plastic Waste

Through meetings with North America’s largest waste management companies, consumer organizations and industry leaders, Scotiabank has expressed a clear interest in providing capital to companies that develop innovations to reduce plastics waste.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Los Angeles Refinery Honored by Local Nonprofit for Its Continuous Work in the Community

In 2021, Marathon Petroleum provided SBCC with a $45,000 grant to support the project, which celebrated its grand opening this spring.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Employee and Contractor Safety at Enbridge

Safety is not only a core value at Enbridge—it’s the foundation of everything we do. If we don’t get this right, nothing else matters. It’s our duty to keep the public, the members of our team and the environment safe.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Tapestry on Embracing Hybrid Work

More than two years into the pandemic, organizations are still shaping the future of return to work for their employees. At Tapestry, we’re very much in a hybrid environment.

Innovation & Technology

Illumina Unveils Its Most Accurate and Comprehensive Secondary Analysis Platform, Boosting Lab Capabilities

Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced today the release of Illumina DRAGEN™ v4.0, its most accurate and comprehensive secondary analysis platform.

Sustainable Development Goals

Lenovo's Journey to Net-Zero: Natural Resources Conservation

How does a global technology leader make progress toward that “Mars shot” of net-zero emissions?
In this video series, we aim to demonstrate how Lenovo is taking action and measuring progress toward net-zero emissions.

Events, Media & Communications

Reset Connect Showcases Net Zero Business Solutions at London Climate Action Week

More than 100 exhibitors have taken part in the Reset Connect London two-day event (28-29 June) as part of London Climate Action Week.

Innovation & Technology

Gen Z Innovators Shine at T-Mobile's Changemaker Challenge Lab

While spending her childhood summers visiting her grandmother in India, Rashmi Alawani, was captivated by how her grandmother used aromatic spices and herbs, like turmeric and rosemary, to help keep food fresh.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Comcast NBCUniversal Named Best Place To Work for Disability Inclusion

Comcast NBCUniversal is honored to be named one of the “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion” after receiving a top score of 100 on the annual Disability Equality Index (DEI) for the eighth consecutive year.

Education

United Aims to Quadruple the Size of Its Fleet of Training Aircraft

United Aviate Academy announced that it aims to potentially quadruple the size of its fleet of training aircraft, in response to the surge of applications to the country’s only flight school owned by a major airline.

Health & Healthcare

BIPOC Americans and Barriers to Mental Health Care

BIPOC mental health month is a time to raise awareness around the barriers that keep many communities from receiving proper mental health care.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ESG Rankings - Do They Reflect Sustainability Impacts or Only Risks?

What is the role of the ESG ratings industry, do they actually determine whether companies are sustainable or not – and how will future changes in the world sustainability reporting affect them?

Education

HanesBrands and Education: Investing in Our Associates

We are committed to helping our associates reach their Full Potential, by providing access to continuing education.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Oportun CEO Raul Vazquez Named to Comparably's List of the Best CEOs for Diversity in 2022

As our CEO Raul Vazquez often says, “creating a work culture that is diverse and inclusive doesn’t happen overnight, it is something that you have to work on every day and every interaction matters.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Eaton Recognized as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion for the Second Consecutive Year, Scoring 100 out of 100 on the Disability Equality Index

The company improved its score from last year by expanding all employee benefit plans to cover hearing aids and enhancing the accessibility of social media content by adding captions to video and providing alt text for images.

Environment

Calling All Packaging Innovators: US Plastics Pact Launches Inaugural Awards Featuring Walmart's Circular Connector

To accelerate the search for — and use of — more sustainable packaging solutions, we are collaborating with the U.S. Plastic Pact by gifting the use of Circular Connector for their first ever Innovation Awards.

Health & Healthcare

Working To Eliminate Health Disparities by Cultivating a Diverse Pipeline of Healthcare Leaders

With Q4HE’s support, BHLI was able to adapt its existing programming to a virtual environment, including the implementation of dynamic virtual meeting technology, conference management resources, and audiovisual production.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
  2. 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...
  3. FedEx | Delivering for Good
    Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...
  4. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  5. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  6. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
  7. 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...
  8. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  9. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  10. KeyBank's Commitment to Diversity
    Promoting inclusive environments by employing systemic changes to improve the access of individuals of diverse backgrounds. Learn more about our...
  11. 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...
  12. Greener Products and Solutions
    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...
  13. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  14. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  15. Antea Group Webinars and Events
    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...