Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mixed-Use: Green Housing and Social Enterprise

GreenMoney Journal

Green Infrastructure

The Ray Unveils Digital Transformation To Fuel National Expansion

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mastercard: The Power of Data To Unlock More Inclusive Financial Experiences

Mastercard

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Spreading Joy and Relief in Times of Need

Bath & Body Works

Events, Media & Communications

IOC Announces Winners of Climate Action Awards 2025

International Olympic Committee





Recent Alerts

Join Leaders From Google, Microsoft, REI & More at GreenBiz 26

Trellis Group

Events, Media & Communications

sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

people in a boat
What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Get to Know 1st Source Bank, Finalist for 2016 Employee Volunteer Program of the Year

What makes the employee volunteer program at 1st Source Bank so successful? According to them, their employees are the key. They recommend finding champions within your company who will set and example and encourage others to volunteer.

Energy

How a Wendy’s in Mobile, Alabama Became the Most Energy-Efficient Wendy’s in the World

At Wendy’s, we understand that energy conservation in our industry is a big responsibility. It’s a long-term commitment and full of complex (and often expensive) changes that aren’t going to happen overnight. I’m lucky to work with a first class energy team that’s fast at work to improve energy efficiency at Wendy’s.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bacardi Named One of World’s Most Reputable Companies

Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately held spirits company, has once again been named among the most reputable companies in the world, according to the annual Global RepTrak® 100 list compiled by the Reputation Institute and published in Forbes. Ranked at #92, this is the third year in a row family-owned Bacardi has made the annual global ranking.

Research, Reports & Publications

CBRE: “Office Space is Meant to Inspire”

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

PayPal & Kiva | Celebrating Ten Years of Making a Difference

At PayPal, we see the transformative effect that affordable financial services can have on individuals and merchants every day.

Diversity & Inclusion

Honda Supervisor in Georgia Featured in “Who Makes a Honda” Video

For Mandy Wheeler-Brown, a production control supervisor at Honda Precision Parts of Georgia, LLC (HPPG), the day begins at 4 a.m. and doesn’t end until well after dark. But Wheeler-Brown wouldn’t have it any other way.

Health & Healthcare

The Neonatal Resuscitation Program: How a Partnership Between the U.S. and China Saved Thousands of Babies

For an expectant mother, one of the most frightening things that can happen during labor is to give birth—and then hear nothing. No tiny being whimper, no I’ve-entered-the-world wail.

For Jia Qiuwan, it happened not once, but twice.

Health & Healthcare

XPRIZE Visioneers 2016 Summit Declares Deloitte’s Conquering Cancer XPRIZE ‘Ready to Launch’

Saving millions of lives globally from cancer is one step closer to a reality as Deloitte’s Conquering Cancer XPRIZE, co-led by Deloitte health leaders and pediatric oncologist Dr. Daniel Kraft, is now officially “ready to launch.” This weekend XPRIZE convened nine international teams to share their Impact Design Proposals across a portfolio of Grand Challenge areas at the Visioneers 2016 Summit.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bloomberg & Pritzker: Africa Could Be the Great Economic Success of This Century

Over the last eight years, America has written a new chapter in our relationship with Africa. Under President Obama’s leadership, we have worked to transition our support for the continent from aid to trade and empowerment.

Diversity & Inclusion

Finding a Home at Olive Garden

Ian Nason persevered through homelessness and a difficult upbringing to achieve new heights as Director of Operations for Olive Garden.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Robecosam Publishes Corporate Sustainability Rankings Together With Bloomberg And Provides ESG Data To Mainstream Investors Worldwide

RobecoSAM publishes corporate sustainability rankings together with Bloomberg and provides ESG data to mainstream investors worldwide

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Kathleen Smith to Receive a Women in Sustainability Leadership Award from Green Building & Design Magazine

International Living Future Institute is thrilled to announce that Kathleen Smith, Vice President of the Living Building Challenge, has been awarded one of Green Building & Design (gb&d)’s Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Graphite: The Newest Mineral Under Public Scrutiny

The electronic and automotive industries are facing increased scrutiny as environmental and ethical concerns regarding graphite productions grow. Already under pressure to determine “conflict-free” Tin, Tungsten, Tantalum and Gold (3TG) sources under the US federal regulation Dodd-Frank 1502, manufacturers and suppliers are now also being pushed to also investigate graphite sourcing throughout their supply chains.

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Brands and RILA Announce Conference Partnership

Sustainable Brands® recently announced a strategic partnership with Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA). RILA will merge its sustainability-focused conference with Sustainable Brands to produce a dedicated program track at SB’17 Detroit focused on sustainability-led innovation in the retail sector.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Greenville, S.C., Area Emergency Responders Hone Their Skills on Norfolk Southern Safety Train

Norfolk Southern Corporation’s (NYSE: NSC) safety train rolled into Greenville, S.C., last week, hosting 213 area emergency responders who received advanced training in safely handling potential rail incidents involving hazardous materials.

Research, Reports & Publications

General Motors Corporate Responsibility Newsletter - October 2016

General Motors plans to generate or source all electrical power for its 350 operations in 59 countries with 100 percent renewable energy — such as wind, sun and landfill gas — by 2050.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Accelerating Research to Help End Children’s Cancer

Every day, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer. Every one out of eight children that are diagnosed with cancer will not survive. Sixty percent of those who do survive will suffer late term effects such as infertility, heart failure and secondary cancers.

Green Infrastructure

LG Technologies Bring Unrivaled Energy Efficiency to Greenbuild ‘GreenZone’ Community Center

Energy efficient technologies from LG Electronics are at the heart of a new community learning center developed for Compton YouthBuild, which provides educational and vocational opportunities for young people who are invested in creating a sustainable future for themselves, their families and their communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

California Diversity Council Honors the 2016 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology

The California Diversity Council is pleased to recognize the 2016 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology on October 13th at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara.

Education

Connecting Students to Their Dreams

We’re always looking for ways to link our philanthropy strategy with our technology, so enhancing our robust student mentoring initiative with an online mentoring program is an ideal fit. Working with leading non-profits and secure internet platforms, we’re able to connect our talented employees to students across the country virtually.

Events, Media & Communications

Webinar // Change Maker Series - Doing Well by Doing Good: The Power of Pro Bono Service

Calling all HR professionals! Are you looking for a high-impact way to give back to your community? Do you want to know how you, as an HR professional, and others at your company can engage your professional skillsets to help nonprofit organizations tackle messy organizational challenges? Join Workplace Options and Taproot Foundation, the leading expert in pro bono service, on Tuesday, October 11th at 1pm ET for Doing Well by Doing Good: The Power of Pro Bono Service to learn about this unique way to volunteer and its many benefits to nonprofits, volunteers, and companies.

Social Impact & Volunteering

More Than 100 Smiles Delivered in Brownsville, Brooklyn

On September 8, FedEx volunteers teamed up with United Way of New York City (UWNYC) to distribute more than 100 backpacks covered in beloved heroes and brimming with school supplies to students at P.S. 156 in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

Health & Healthcare

Major League Baseball Players Trust and Our Children’s Vision Take Aim at Avoidable Blindness

Baseball and kids are a classic combination, but what happens when those kids struggle to see? When they can’t see clearly enough to catch a fly ball, connect with a pitch, or read the scoreboard? But it isn’t just about their performance on the field, children with uncorrected vision are hindered in the classroom and in every aspect of their lives.

Environment

Partnering and Innovating for Sustainable Lifestyles

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) today announced that the sustainable lifestyles of the future are taking shape under a new collaboration between Whirlpool Corporation, P&G and Firmenich at the Whirlpool ReNEWW House – a live-in laboratory on Purdue University’s campus in Indiana, USA.

Latest Campaigns

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    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
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    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  11. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  12. Environmental Sustainability
    Cisco is working not only for a more inclusive future, but a more environmentally sustainable one as well. Environmental issues like climate change...
  13. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
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    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  15. Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
    Vision of Milano Cortina 2026 The Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first Olympic winter Games planned and organised under Olympic...