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Innovation & Technology

From Farm to Fork: How Technology Can Help Lift Smallholder Farmers Out of Poverty

The world produces enough food to feed every individual, yet almost 690 million people continue to go hungry. The irony is that many of those who are undernourished spend their days growing food for others. Smallholder farmers, who cultivate less than 5 acres of land, constitute a large portion of the world’s poor living on less than $2 a day, according to World Bank estimates.

Environment

Keysight Technologies Commits to Net Zero Emissions by End of 2040

In addition to its operational targets, Keysight’s sustainably developed solutions and services enable its customers to meet their own climate goals.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Intel on 3BL's 100 Best Corporate Citizens List

Intel has ranked on the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list every year since 2009 and is the only company in the Russell 1000 to have made the top 10 every year since 2012.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sourcing Ahold Delhaize's First Ever Director of Sustainability & Health for Europe & Indonesia

As the food retail industry continues to change rapidly, fueled by a shift in customer behavior, preferences and market disruption, Ahold Delhaize have committed to accelerate change in five key areas – “healthy and sustainable” being one of these pillars.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PNC Foundation to Partner With Sesame Workshop To Address Racial Justice Through $6.2 Million Grant

The newest phase of PNC Grow Up Great® and Sesame Workshop's collaboration will focus on racial justice and providing children with the foundation for kindness, fairness, and respect, in the critical early years of child development.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sappi North America Highlights Continued Commitment to Communities and Safety in 2020 Sustainability Report

Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and pulp, today released its 2020 Sustainability Report, illustrating Sappi's continued commitment to sustainable development.

Innovation & Technology

A Vehicle Electrification Revolution

Due to advances in technology, many vehicles will offer an electric powertrain as an option or standard equipment in the future.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sharper Focus on Sustainability in Sectors

A consultation has launched to gather feedback on two proposed new Standards under GRI’s Sector Program, which will increase transparency within sectors by focusing attention on the sustainability issues that matter most.

Innovation & Technology

These Former Video Game Designers Are Using VR at Duke Energy

While they used to work for video game studios, the artists and software engineers of Duke Energy’s XR Lab are now designing virtual reality programs to help keep their teammates safe.

Innovation & Technology

A Workplace for Tomorrow

When Gilead set out to design a new research building, the company had big aspirations. The aim was to build a space that would encourage researchers to focus on their scientific visions of tomorrow.

Research, Reports & Publications

ScottsMiracle-Gro 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report: Operations and Supply Chain

Diversity & Inclusion

Building Bridges to Combat Asian American Violence

Chinese American Susanna Chiu, director of Energy Services at PSE&G, says the foundation of her 35-year career at the utility is problem-solving.

Innovation & Technology

Protecting Health Care Data Through Shared Responsibility for Data Security

Tetra Tech’s Nolan Morrison, who supported the implementation of the Data Guardian program for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), discusses the importance of collaboration and shared responsibility for protecting personal health information.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Trane Technologies Recognized by Forbes, Financial Times and 3BL Media for Leadership in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Performance

Trane Technologies plc, a global climate innovator, recently earned three prestigious rankings: Forbes ‘America’s Best Employers for Diversity’, Financial Times ‘Europe’s Climate Leaders 2021’, and 3BL Media’s ‘100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2021.’

Education

Trane Technologies Commits $100 Million and 500,000 Volunteer Hours to Building Sustainable Futures for Underrepresented Populations

Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, announced today that it has launched Sustainable Futures

Research, Reports & Publications

Suzano 2020 Report: Renewing Life Inspired by Trees

Suzano is a Brazilian company and a global reference in developing sustainable and innovative solutions from renewable sources. It is the world's leading producer of eucalyptus pulp and one of Latin America’s largest paper producers, the corporation, through its products, plays a part in the lives of over two billion people.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wells Fargo Recognized Among the 100 Best Corporate Citizens by 3BL Media

Wells Fargo is excited to work with others on 3BL Media’s list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens to create lasting change in our communities and continue our commitment to ESG.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

IWBI Launches WELL Homes Advisory to Extend into Single-Family Home Market

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today announced the launch of its new WELL Homes Advisory to guide IWBI in expanding its evidence-based, third-party verified WELL offerings to address the design and construction of homes worldwide.

Health & Healthcare

Mobile Mindfulness: The Future of Mental Health

Through discussions with health experts and a T‑Mobile employee using the company’s digital well‑being benefits, we take a closer look at how the evolution of mental health tools are providing more viable options for so many people in need.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Four Steps Organizations Can Take On Decarbonization Now

Here in the U.S., the public sector has set ambitious decarbonization goals, including recommitting to the Paris Agreement and outlining the Biden-Harris Climate Plan.

Environment

The Path to Zero-Waste Across South America

Fabio Belasco, Health and Safety specialist for CNH Industrial in Brazil, is a man on a mission. The goal? To achieve zero-waste at all of the Company’s manufacturing plants right across the country.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Qualcomm Named to 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2021

Among the 1,000 largest, U.S. public companies, Qualcomm ranked #2 in the Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment industry, and #28 overall.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

NortonLifeLock Ranks #1 on ESG Performance

NortonLifeLock has again been named to 3BL Media’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking. This marks our second year on this prestigious list, which recognizes outstanding ESG transparency and performance among the 1,000 largest, U.S. public companies.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Comcast Joins Community Organizations to Launch Xfinity WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” Across Greater Atlanta

Comcast announces two new Xfinity WiFi-connected “Lift Zones” in greater Atlanta to support low-income students, families and others impacted by the global pandemic.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Mobile Health Teams Provide Health Care Access Amid Pandemic and Following Civil Unrest

Senam Akyea, a high school student in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, knew this wouldn’t be a typical school year. Throughout the uncertainty of the pandemic and following the civil unrest from last summer, she knows her peers are feeling stress and anxiety.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  2. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  3. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  4. 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...
  5. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  6. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  7. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  8. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  9. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  10. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  11. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...