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

Responsible Production & Consumption

Kostajasa Cooperative Achieves Fourth Cycle Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) Forest Management Certification From SCS Global Services

KSU Taman Wijaya Rasa (otherwise known as Kostajasa) – a cooperative based in Kebumen, Central Java province, Indonesia – has once again demonstrated its commitment to sustainable forestry by achieving its fourth cycle of FSC Forest Management certification.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Action Against Hunger Earns Highest Possible Charity Navigator Rating for 18th Consecutive Year

Action Against Hunger, a nonprofit leader in the global movement to end hunger, today announced it has received its 18th consecutive 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.

Sustainable Development Goals

CNH’s Kavita Sah, India CSR Lead, Honored With the Mahatma Award 2024

CNH’s India CSR lead , Kavita Sah, has been awarded the Mahatma Award for Leadership in CSR and Social Impact 2024 for her significant contributions as a CSR leader.

Research, Reports & Publications

GoDaddy Venture Forward 2024 Annual Report | U.S. Edition: Guest Perspectives From Microbusiness Advocates

This report is powered by the latest data from Venture Forward, a GoDaddy research initiative to quantify the presence and impact of over 21 million online microbusinesses on their local economies, while shining a light on the entrepreneurs behind them.

Social Impact & Volunteering

International Nonprofit Provides Homes and Hope in Mexico

TECHO, a Latin American nonprofit, organized construction of new homes for the families with funding via Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s (MPC) Mexico City office, which also provided employee volunteers to help do the work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Leidos Announces $750,000 Donation to Hampton University

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) announced a $750,000 donation to Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia.

Diversity & Inclusion

“Moving Up” Leadership Development Program at Northern Trust

We are thrilled to highlight our 17 female partners from our offices in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing who have successfully completed a six-month leadership development program titled “Moving Up”.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Today in The Lancet Global Health: First-of-Its-Kind Study on Why Some Children Relapse After Being Treated for Malnutrition

New York - December 18th, 2024 – A first-of-its-kind study on relapse among children treated for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) was published today in The Lancet Global Health one of the world’s most respected and long-standing peer-reviewed medical journals. 

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Companies Collected 100 Coats in Winter Coat Drive

Albertsons Companies associates held a winter coat drive across our Plano, Pleasanton and Arlington offices. The drive was a great success and our team collected 100 adult and kids coats.

Environment

Reflecting on 2024: BIER Tackling Interconnected Challenges Through Collaboration and Commitment

The past year, 2024, has been a defining moment for addressing critical global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, water conservation, plastic packaging and deforestation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Wall Street Journal Recognizes Bath & Body Works on Its Annual “Best Managed Companies” List

Bath & Body Works announces its inclusion on the Wall Street Journal’s ranking of Best Managed Companies. This is the second consecutive year that the brand has been included on the list.

Environment

Understanding SB 253: A Guide to California’s New Climate Accountability Standards

California is leading the charge in climate accountability with the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253), requiring companies with over $1 billion in revenue to report and verify their greenhouse gas emissions.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Northwestern Mutual Foundation Expands Support for Families Affected by Childhood Cancer With Scholarships

Childhood cancer is a life-altering diagnosis, not just for young patients but for their entire families.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Celebrates Giving Tuesday With More Than $300,000 in ‘Surcee’ Contributions To Help Fight Hunger in South Carolina

Duke Energy is wrapping up a monthlong initiative to support organizations that address food deserts, insecurities and inequities across South Carolina by announcing more than $300,000 in surprise microgrants and contributions to community organizations across the state.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

‘Doing the Baja Thing’: Off-Road Racer Rallies Adventurers in Support of a Good Cause

Steele’s longtime sponsor Monster Energy came through in a big way.

Innovation & Technology

ACED Through AI

In December 2023, the COP28 declaration set out to triple renewable energy (RE) capacity and double energy efficiency (EE) improvements by 2030.

Social Impact & Volunteering

After Record Hurricanes, Delivering on Relief

According to Deputy Director for Operations Support Lashelle Bullock, Team Rubicon leaned heavily on FedEx to deliver everything from clothing for volunteers—known as Greyshirts—to the tech equipment necessary for serving hurricane survivors to the disaster zones.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sands China Collaborates With the Macao Government To Revitalize Iconic Landmarks

In collaboration with the Macao SAR government, Sands China launched its Community Revitalization Program in 2023 to support local efforts to restore the vitality of cherished Macao historical areas.

Innovation & Technology

3M at CES 2025: Uncomplicating Innovation on a Global Stage

Each January, the world’s biggest brands gather in Las Vegas for the most powerful tech event on the planet, CES, to unveil ground-breaking innovations that shape our future.

At CES 2025, 3M will showcase how we serve as “uncomplicators,” empowering our customers.

Health & Healthcare

Taking Action and Powering Hope for Breast Cancer Awareness and Support

Each year, organizations all over the globe dedicate the month of October to the promotion of breast cancer screening and prevention. At NRG, our people believe in the power of hope, and we’re deeply committed to amplifying that hope through action.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Saint-Gobain Achieves Significant Carbon Emissions Reductions at Roofing Facility in Oxford, North Carolina

Saint-Gobain North America, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed, has reduced natural gas consumption and saved nearly 1,000 metric tons of CO2 in the last year at its roofing facility in Oxford, North Carolina.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

VIDEO: Support the ASPCA When You Get a New Subaru During the 2024 Subaru Share the Love® Event (Donation)

Through the Subaru Share the Love Event, Subaru and our retailers are proud to have supported nearly 2,300 hometown charities, and by the end of this year, we will have donated nearly $320 million to charity, like the ASPCA.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why Alignment, Harmonization Key at Brand & Retail Forum in Brussels

Cascale’s Executive Vice President, Andrew Martin, shares reflections from Cascale's Brand & Retail Forum in Brussels, where brands, manufacturers, and policymakers tackled the challenges of compliance, transparency, and harmonized action.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

DP World Study Highlights Economic Benefits of Sustainable Supply Chains

Integrating sustainability into supply chain operations is more than an ethical imperative—it’s a smart business move.

Social Impact & Volunteering

ScottsMiracle-Gro: From Our Garden to Tables Across Our Community

Thanks to our incredible group of captains, the facilities team and weekly volunteers, we harvested a total of 7,041 pounds of fresh produce that helped our local communities and even our onsite Scotts Cafe.

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...