Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Education

Illumina Expands STEM Education Efforts at BizTown Opening

On May 31, Illumina celebrated the official opening of the newest storefront in The McGrath Family Junior Achievement (JA) BizTown, in San Diego, California.

Energy

Natural Gas: Abundant, Versatile and Affordable

Natural gas is clean-burning and plentiful. It keeps the house warm, the lights on, the meals hot and the economy moving. Ultimately, natural gas fuels quality of life in thousands of ways.

Innovation & Technology

Benevity Launches New Product to Help Companies Amplify Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Initiatives

Benevity Inc., a leading provider of global corporate purpose software, today unveiled Benevity Affinity Groups, Benevity’s inclusion product that helps companies scale, manage and track their employee resource groups (ERGs)

Events, Media & Communications

Does Your Nonprofit Know How to Find Skilled Volunteers?

Sign up for Taproot Foundation's webinar that breaks down how to partner with skilled volunteers, and how the work of a skilled volunteer can benefit your nonprofit!

Diversity & Inclusion

Reflecting Me: The Video

The world is full of diverse groups of people. Our new project, Reflecting Me: Global Representation on Screen, explores perceptions of on-screen representation and diversity.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ConferMED Awarded Grant From the Quest Diagnostics Foundation To Provide Specialty eConsults to Front Line Providers at Federally Qualified Health Centers in Key Regions

ConferMED, one of the nation's leading eConsult companies, has been awarded a $2.3M grant from the Quest Diagnostics Foundation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mastercard and the City of St. Louis Help Small Businesses Go Digital

Mastercard and the city of St. Louis have partnered to launch Digital Doors STL, a new online platform built for St. Louis entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Innovation & Technology

Smart Water Program Expands to Reach Communities in Tekax

Having access to clean water is important and especially so when a community’s sources of water are limited.

Innovation & Technology

Evolution: The Journey From Proof of Concept to Port Digitalization

Private network/cellular technology is essential to support the use cases that will drive the smart ports of the future and advance port digitalization. Ericsson can assist in selecting the right technical solution for the task.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comcast and Red Nose Day Partner With CodePath To Build an Inclusive Workforce

Through a network of nonprofit partnerships and innovative programs, Comcast NBCUniversal and Red Nose Day are creating lasting change, fostering diversity and inclusion, and keeping communities connected.

Green Infrastructure

Minnesota State Lawmakers Must Act Now or Risk Losing Billions in Federal Infrastructure Funds

With Minnesota at severe risk of losing out on billions of federal dollars from the federal Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA), the corporate sustainability organization Ceres is calling on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

Diversity & Inclusion

How To Support Inclusive Entrepreneurship in Local Economies Through the Digital Age

As the business world digitized over the last decade, it has become clear[i] that small businesses need help creating a digital presence and those in underserved communities often face unique[ii] and additional barriers[iii] to success.

Research, Reports & Publications

Mondelēz 2021 Snacking Made Right Report: ESG Progress

We are committed to regularly and transparently reporting our progress.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Scotiabank Women Initiative Ups Commitment to $10B To Help Canadian Women Access Capital

As Canada continues its economic recovery from COVID-19, it is important to support women, who have been disproportionally impacted by the pandemic, as they look to grow, thrive and move past the challenges of the past two years.

Diversity & Inclusion

LA Galaxy HostPride Night With a Home Match Against Austin FC

AEG’s LA Galaxy hosted Pride Night on May 29 when the club played Austin FC at Dignity Health Sports Park.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Michael Elliott Named to 2022 Empower Advocate Executive Role Model List.

Congratulations to Michael Elliott, Vice President of Development and Medical Affairs at Gilead, for being named to this year's Empower Advocate Executive Role Model List.

Energy

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions Announces Construction of Idaho's Largest Solar Project

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions announced the start of construction of the 120-megawatt (MW) Jackpot Solar project in Twin Falls County, Idaho.

Diversity & Inclusion

4 LGBTQ+ Employees Share Stories of Finding Freedom To Be Themselves at Work

Bringing your whole self to work allows you “to be happy not just in your personal life but also in your professional life"

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MetLife Foundation Directs Corporate Art Funds to Underserved Creatives

For decades, MetLife employees enjoyed a front-row view of art history. Today, the global insurer is sustaining its long-standing commitment to the arts and cultural community by investing in a young generation of historically marginalized artists.

Diversity & Inclusion

Key4Women and SCORE Cleveland Sponsor Women-Owned Business Pitch Contest

KeyBank’s Key4Women program and SCORE Cleveland are sponsoring a business pitch contest for women-owned businesses located in Northeast Ohio.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Benton Harbor Family Moves Into 'Buildbetter With Whirlpool' Home

“I was looking for something with more stability and something I can grow with.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Paychex Honored for Excellence in Employee Health and Well-being

For the ninth time, Paychex, Inc. has been honored by the Business Group on Health with the Best Employers

Environment

AMD Powers the Fastest and the Most Energy Efficient Supercomputers in the World

Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) showcased its continued leadership in high performance computing (HPC) by powering the fastest and the most energy efficient supercomputers in the world, according to the latest Top500 and Green500 lists.

Environment

PT Freeport Indonesia Repatriated 167 Turtles to Native Habitat

PT Freeport Indonesia’s Environmental Department helped return to the wild 167 native pig-snouted turtles from the West Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Land Remediation 101: An Overview of the Problem and Solutions

What is land remediation? What are the challenges? LBX has a solution to the problem and how people can get involved.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  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. 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...
  9. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...