Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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2025 Principal® Charity Classic Raised Record $10.6 Million for Iowa Youth

The Principal Financial Group

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

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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

Energy

Eaton Vehicle-To-Home Charging Capabilities Enable Customers to Keep the Power on at Home and Will Be Featured at CES 2025

Intelligent power management company Eaton is demonstrating broad capabilities to keep the power on at home while helping minimize infrastructure upgrades to utility and home energy systems.

Education

Webster Bank Celebrates Opening of Taunton Finance Lab

Webster Bank, together with Associates for Human Services’ Taunton Area School to Career, program, celebrated the opening of the Webster Bank/TASC Finance Lab, a program created to provide local students the skills needed for financial empowerment and future financial well-being.

Education

The AI Skills You’ll Need for 2025: IBM SkillsBuild Education Forecast

2024 was a remarkable year for the growth of AI and its impact on everything from work to education and even our personal lives.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Way Finders Receives $10,000 Grant From KeyBank Foundation To Support Ready To Work: My Story, My Goals Program

Way Finders, Inc. of Springfield MA recently received a grant from KeyBank Foundation for $10,000 to implement its Ready to Work: My Story, My Goals program, which provides employment readiness resources to unemployed and underemployed residents in Hamden County.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

T‑Mobile Ready for Winter Storms Blair & Cora (Updated 1/7/25)

As Winter Storm Blair moves into the U.S., T-Mobile is taking proactive measures to help ensure customers, communities and first responders stay connected through severe rain, snow, ice, thunderstorms and freezing temperatures expected from the plains to the East Coast.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Upskilling for a Fresh Start in Tech

When Rifat Kabir Sharna moved from Bangladesh to Columbus, Ohio, in November 2023 with her husband, she had a goal: to make her mark in the tech industry.

Education

PotlatchDeltic’s Electrician Apprenticeship Program

Our St. Maries, Idaho facility’s electrician apprenticeship program consists of a combination of online/classroom coursework and practical experience.

Diversity & Inclusion

Finding Optimal Technical Solutions: Meet Armand Sadovschi

I initially started to work at a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) center as a contingent worker who provided policy and Workday related guidance via phone, live chat, and email. At that time, I did not plan to follow a career in the private sector.

Sustainable Development Goals

Leading the Way To Net-Zero: Lenovo’s Science-Based Emissions Reduction Targets and 2050 Net-Zero Strategy

By working with SBTi and aligning to their Net-Zero Standard, which is also the world’s first framework for corporate net-zero target setting, Lenovo is taking a scientific, collaborative, and accountable approach to reducing emissions.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Year in Review: Michael Mauser’s Reflections on Excellence, Innovation, and Growth

2024 was another remarkable year for HARMAN, defined by groundbreaking innovations and customer successes. Michael Mauser, President and Chief Executive Officer at HARMAN, reflected on the incredible milestones achieved through the collective efforts of our teams.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investing in Gender Equality Offers a Bridge to a Healthier and More Stable Future

For impact investors, the question is not why gender equality matters — it’s how to effectively allocate capital in ways that empower women and catalyze meaningful progress far more quickly.

Environment

Case Study: Industrial PFAS Wastewater Treatment

For municipalities and industries, addressing regulated PFAS is crucial for compliance, mitigating risks and restoring public trust in water sources.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What’s the Key to Success? For This Entrepreneur, It’s 200 Plants and a Vision

When the isolation of the pandemic left Michael Odulana of Union City, New Jersey, feeling disconnected, he turned to nature: specifically, plants — lots of plants.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Everyday Hero – Kris Constantino

Kris Constantino responded to county leaders' requests for help with supply logistics after Hurricane Helene, focusing on the hardest-hit areas of North Carolina. Pensacola was largely cut off and relying on air-dropped supplies from the National Guard.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Mastercard: Doing Well by Doing Good: A Mission in Action in 2024

At Mastercard, we’re proud of the small role we play, alongside a laudable cast of public and private partners, in building a society where everyone has the tools and support needed to thrive.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Nasdaq Is a Triple Honoree at the 2024 Corporate Governance Awards, Including Best ESG Reporting (Large Cap)

Nasdaq’s Office of the Corporate Secretary team was honored to receive the Governance Team of the Year (Large Cap) award, which looked at our team’s structure and training and recognized their achievements in the past 12 months.

Events, Media & Communications

Georgia-Pacific Completes Investments in Mt. Wolf Corrugated Plant

Georgia-Pacific has completed the upgrades to its Mt. Wolf, Pennsylvania, corrugated facility that began in 2022. The investment totaled more than $18 million and funded new equipment to modernize the plant’s operations.

Research, Reports & Publications

How Technology Is Revolutionizing Supply Chains: Advanced Analytics, AI, and Automation

The global supply chain has taken a beating in recent years. From pandemic-induced bottlenecks to geopolitical tensions and climate disasters, supply chains have become a stress test for how businesses adapt—or crumble—under pressure.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Highlights From an Award-Winning Year

In 2024, CARE received numerous accolades that underscore the transformative power of collaboration, storytelling, and purpose-driven work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation Supports Pollinator Conservation Through Continued NFWF Partnership

This is the third year of the partnership between NFWF and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, supporting the Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund.

Innovation & Technology

Accelerating Growth: DOW™ Predictive Intelligence Supports Expansion of Luuna® Mattresses

Since working with Dow, Luuna® has benefited from DOW™ Predictive Intelligence, a digital platform that brings together over 120 years of Dow’s polyurethane formulations.

Innovation & Technology

MEDIA ALERT: A New Era of Supercomputing Efficiency Arrives To Unlock AI’s Potential at Any Scale: Lenovo Delivers the Next Wave of Cooler High-Performance Solutions To Propel AI-Accelerated Transformation

Lenovo, the world’s #1 supercomputer provider, showcased new high-performance innovations that deliver game-changing energy efficiency and accelerated computing to help scientific and industry researchers propel AI-powered transformation at any scale.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

A History of the Women Who Nurtured the Roots of CDFIs

Did you know that today our nation has a healthy CDFI network that makes financial services accessible and economic prosperity possible for millions?

Research, Reports & Publications

GoDaddy Venture Forward 2024 Annual Report | U.S. Edition: 2024 National Microbusiness Survey Results

2024 National Microbusiness Survey Results: From serial entrepreneurship and resiliency to Gen Al use and closing equity gaps, microbusiness owners tell us who they are and what they care about.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Clorox Continued to Reimagine Work in 2024

We’re fostering bolder ways of working that simplify operations and leverage technology to empower today’s workforce, all while building on our strong foundation of inclusion and diversity to attract future generations of talent.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Principal Financial Group: Financial Inclusion
    Helping individuals and businesses gain access to useful financial products and services to meet their needs—from savings, credit, and insurance to...
  2. 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...
  3. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  4. Whole Planet
    Whole Planet, a pillar of Whole Foods Market Foundation, helps people living in poverty build long-term financial resilience through income growth...
  5. 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...
  6. Leadership
    Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...
  7. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  8. 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...
  9. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  10. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  11. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  12. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  13. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  14. 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...
  15. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...