Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Grants Aim to Improve Financial Health for Struggling Families

Oct 24, 2019 11:10 AM ET

With millions of Americans wrestling with financial insecurity, the Wells Fargo Foundation today announced $5.4 million in grants to nine organizations that help struggling households manage their finances, reduce debt, improve credit and gain access to other life-changing economic opportunities.

Health & Healthcare

VIDEO: FedEx & Safe Kids Halloween Safety Tips

Oct 24, 2019 11:05 AM ET

On Halloween, twice as many kids are hit and killed while walking than on any other day of the year. The sugar rush, yard-to-yard running and sense of community make it easier for a “rules no longer apply” mentality when trick-or-treating.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Give and Get: Developing and Inspiring Symantec’s Future Leaders

Oct 24, 2019 11:00 AM ET

Our engineers, salespeople, accountants, product managers, and others use their unique skill set to help nonprofits solve critical challenges, giving and receiving in the process.

Health & Healthcare

Walgreens, Susan G. Komen and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Collaborate to Support Research in Tough-to-Treat Cancers and Increase Access to Care

Oct 24, 2019 11:00 AM ET

Walgreens announced today a new collaboration with Susan G. Komen and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to enable research in tough-to-treat cancers and increase access to care with a pledge to contribute more than $25 million to the organizations, collectively, over the next five years.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sodexo Scores Among the Highest in the Diversity Best Practices Inclusion Index

Oct 24, 2019 11:00 AM ET

Sodexo has been recognized in the Diversity Best Practices (DBP) Inclusion Index for the third consecutive year, and has been named to the Index’s “Top 10 Percent” for scoring an 82 percent, among the highest of the 150 organizations nominated.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Keep America Beautiful Partners With Earth Day Network on 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

Oct 24, 2019 10:20 AM ET

National nonprofit Keep America Beautiful® and Earth Day Network today announced a partnership to promote the iconic organizations’ respective missions to keep America clean, green, and beautiful as the 50th anniversary of Earth Day approaches.

Energy

P&G Purchases 100% Renewable Electricity in U.S., Canada and Western Europe

Oct 24, 2019 10:10 AM ET

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Strengthening Supply Chain Reporting

Oct 24, 2019 10:00 AM ET

A leadership forum on strengthening supply chain sustainability reporting has been launched by the Global Reporting Initiative

Environment

Cultivating Student Scientists to Improve Water Quality of Indian River Lagoon

Oct 24, 2019 9:15 AM ET

These students have helped raise over 2,000 native shoreline plants in schoolyard nurseries and filled hundreds of fossilized shell bags, all of which have been utilized in living shoreline restoration projects in the Indian River Lagoon.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives Episode 34: Gary Levante, Bershire Bank

Oct 24, 2019 9:00 AM ET

This Pro Bono Week bonus episode returns to Danielle Holly's conversation with Gary Levante, Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility & Culture at Berkshire Bank and one of the collaborators behind Skills for Cities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The New Climate for Business: Employee Activism as an Asset

Oct 24, 2019 9:00 AM ET

Now, more than ever employees are using their voice to influence the companies they work for, regardless of sector, on issues as varied as climate change and sexual harassment.

Environment

Creating a Rain Forest in the Pacific Ocean

Oct 24, 2019 9:00 AM ET

SCE’s Wheeler North Reef expansion project will build 374 acres of habitat for residential fish and marine life near San Clemente.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Freeport-McMoRan Employees Volunteer in Their Communities

Oct 24, 2019 8:25 AM ET

Freeport-McMoRan employees volunteered over 3,000 hours during this year’s Global Volunteer Month, doing everything from planting trees to holding food and diaper drives.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Companies and Albertsons Companies Foundation Hunger Is Results by the Numbers: 100 Million Breakfasts, 200,000 Kids and 1 Goal — Eradicate Childhood Hunger

Oct 23, 2019 7:50 PM ET

Hunger Is started in 2014 as a radical aspiration to eradicate childhood hunger – an issue far too common in countless communities across the country.

Diversity & Inclusion

P&G Recruits Managers, Especially Women, who Paused Careers

Oct 23, 2019 5:25 PM ET

Procter & Gamble has launched an internship program for experienced professionals – especially women – who might have put a pause on their careers to raise children or care for an aging or ailing family member. The intent is to hire them for management positions.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Four Reasons Food Safety Is Not Just for World Food Day

Oct 23, 2019 5:05 PM ET

Abigail Stevenson, Mars Global Food Safety Center Director, on why food safety is a critical requirement for food security, and how Mars is proudly taking action to enable safe food for all on #WorldFoodDay and every day.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Council of Michigan Foundations Honors John Erb with 2019 Russell G. Mawby Award for Philanthropy

Oct 23, 2019 4:35 PM ET

John Erb has been named the 2019 recipient of the Russell G. Mawby Award for Philanthropy by the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) and the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA).

Health & Healthcare

Fight Breast Cancer While Specifying Flooring Products

Oct 23, 2019 4:20 PM ET

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the U.S., but early detection and effective treatment significantly reduce mortality rates. With that in mind, Specify for a Cure gives designers a chance to make each product purchase count.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Top Ten Trends in CSR Reporting in 2019

Oct 23, 2019 3:20 PM ET

CSR reporting reached an all-time high this year with 86 percent of companies in the S&P 500 publishing report.

Energy

Chevron Sets New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals

Oct 23, 2019 3:00 PM ET

Chevron Corporation has established new goals to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity from upstream oil and natural gas. Emission intensity is the emission rate of greenhouse gas per unit of energy produced.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CNH Industrial Hosts Second Innovation Day in Curitiba, Brazil

Oct 23, 2019 3:00 PM ET

Hot on the heels of its first successful innovation day, CNH Industrial hosted a second event at its plant in Curitiba, in Paraná State in Southern Brazil.

Energy

Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods Invest Half Billion Dollars to Become Largest Renewable Natural Gas Supplier in U.S.

Oct 23, 2019 3:00 PM ET

Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods announced today the companies are doubling their investment in renewable natural gas (RNG) projects across the U.S. to $500 million through 2028.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

In the Homestretch: NPHY Closes in on Housing Expansion Campaign Goal

Oct 23, 2019 2:55 PM ET

With the initial backing from Sands Cares and the JBJ Soul Foundation, NPHY has a goal of raising $500,000 through the Housing Expansion Campaign and will use funds to develop new multi-family property to flexibly house homeless and at-risk youth.

Environment

Carter Rubin: Traffic in Transition

Oct 23, 2019 1:35 PM ET

Do you ever find yourself driving down a familiar street and suddenly encounter an unfamiliar right turn only sign that diverts all traffic off your intended route?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PNC Honored with Board Diversity Award

Oct 23, 2019 1:15 PM ET

At its annual Sandra Day O'Connor Board Excellence Award luncheon this year, DirectWomen presented its 2019 Board Diversity Award to PNC for illustrating a strong commitment to diversity in our boardroom, C-suite and across the company.