Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Five Years in the Baking: How a Czech Business Is Thriving Post-Pandemic

When the pandemic upended cities and forced thousands of businesses to close in 2020, Daria and Oksana Kulachek bucked the trend. Armed with flaky pistachio croissants and creamy gateaux, they launched Defidu Bakery in downtown Prague.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Helping New Homeowners Realize Their Dreams

Owning a home has long been associated with the American Dream and is an important financial milestone for many people.

Environment

As the Planet Warms: 10 Ways Lawns Offer a Sustainable Path Forward

With global warming intensifying and 2024 marking the warmest year on record, the need for climate-conscious landscaping practices has never been greater. Fortunately, nature offers resilient solutions.

Research, Reports & Publications

Doing Right, A Brilliant Way to Do Business: PNC 2024 Corporate Responsibility Report is Here

With a theme of “Doing right is a brilliant way to do business,” the 2024 PNC Corporate Responsibility Report provides valuable insight into our measurable impact and reflects our commitment to strengthen the trust of our stakeholders.

Events, Media & Communications

Entergy Helping Customers Stay Cool and Save Money With Bill Management Tools and Resources

Although the heat of summer can increase electricity use and energy costs, Entergy is committed to helping customers stay cool and save money throughout the hotter months with bill management tools and resources.

Sustainable Development Goals

CNH Joins the UN Global Compact and Reinforces Their Commitment to Sustainable Agriculture

World-class equipment, technology and services company, CNH, has taken another step in its commitment to lead sustainable development in the agriculture and construction sector in Brazil.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Cascale Announces 2025 Board of Directors Election Results

Cascale, the global nonprofit alliance of more than 300 members across the consumer goods industry, has elected new directors to its parity-based Board, ensuring equitable representation across manufacturers, affiliates, and brands & retailers.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Saint-Gobain’s CisLee Trost Wins 2025 Next-Generation Leader Award by Manufacturing Leadership Council

Saint-Gobain North America announced today that CisLee Trost, Project Engineer for CertainTeed and a graduate of Saint-Gobain’s Essentials of Manufacturing engineering manufacturing training program, has been named the overall winner in the Next-Generation Leader category.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

T‑Mobile Supports Texas Communities Amid Catastrophic Flooding (Updated 7/7)

T-Mobile teams are on the ground in Kerrville helping communities stay connected. We are currently offering free Wi-Fi, device charging and charging supplies, while supplies last.

Energy

PSE&G’s Summer Relief Initiative Protecting Residential Customers From Higher Costs This Summer Moves Forward

Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) has announced the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) approved PSE&G’s proposal to provide all residential customers with a temporary credit that will offer relief on their summer electric bills.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

PNC 2024 Corporate Responsibility Report: A Message From Our CCRO to Our Stakeholders

PNC has long been an engaged and responsible company rooted in the belief that meaningful relationships are built and strengthened through honest and transparent dialogue and action.

Events, Media & Communications

CSRHub Partners With CSR Talent Group To Expand ESG Access

CSRHub is partnering with CSR Talent Group to bring deeper ESG insights and benchmarking tools to sustainability consultants and mission-driven organizations. Learn how this collaboration expands access to high-quality ESG data.

Environment

Key Takeaways From the EHSxRetail Peer Industry Roundtable Event

Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting our annual EHSxRetail event that brought together clients to discuss critical topics in environmental, health, and safety (EHS) within the retail industry.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Filling Backpacks, Fueling Futures: Yum! Brands and Partners Pack 1,500 Meals for Louisville Students in Need

Last week, 70 employees at Yum! Brands, KFC US and Henny Penny teamed up with Blessings in a Backpack Louisville Chapter to fill 1,500 meals for local Louisville, Kentucky students — helping ensure kids have food for the weekend.

Research, Reports & Publications

Preparing an RFP for Sustainability Data Management & Reporting Software

If you need software for sustainability data management and reporting, consider launching a request for proposal (RFP). This can help you find the right software to measure, manage, and share your environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance.

Diversity & Inclusion

Logitech Hosts Its First “Women in Coding” Panel: Empowering Women in Tech

Logitech is committed to providing girls and women with skills, resources and tools to build careers in technology. As part of this pursuit through the MX Women Who Master program, Logitech recently hosted its first “Women in Coding” panel.

Innovation & Technology

A Reimagined Timber Hoistway Helps Complete a New Toronto Building

While the flexibility of working from home is enticing, many companies today are making a shift back toward return to office to enhance collaboration, productivity, company identity and culture.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Principal Financial Group®: A Letter From Our Executive Chair

Principal has a longstanding commitment to making a positive impact on the populations and communities we serve, and this commitment has grown and evolved over time.

Energy

NRG Energy: Exploring Load Growth

Welcome to the first edition of our Load Growth series where Robert Ott, Vice President of Origination for NRG Business, will break down the recent trends in load growth, explaining what they really mean and how they are influencing both the market and customers.

Environment

How Terra Nexus Applies ‘Building With Nature’ in Large-Scale GCC Projects

As cities and infrastructure rapidly expand across the globe, the need to rethink how we build has never been more urgent.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Awards More Than $1,193,000 to Eastern Pennsylvania Organizations Through Tax Credit Programs

KeyBank announces it has awarded Philadelphia and Eastern PA educational organizations with funding in 2024 through Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program totaling $527,222.

Research, Reports & Publications

Takeda Report Highlights Company’s Commitment to Cutting-Edge Science, Putting Patients First

Takeda is pleased to announce the publication of its 2025 Annual Integrated Report. The Report is available in both English and Japanese.

Environment

DP World Highlights Port Sustainability as New JP Morgan Climate Report Raises the Stakes

As global trade is set to double by 2050, according to a new climate advisory report from JP Morgan, port infrastructure around the world faces unprecedented pressures from climate risks, sea-level rise, and escalating demand.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Family and Community: Focusing on What Matters at the Jackson, Tennessee Dixie® Tableware Site

As the first products rolled off the line at the Dixie® Tableware manufacturing site in Jackson, one year ago this month, it marked more than a milestone.

Innovation & Technology

Cisco: Empowering Cleaner Air and Community Resilience Through Data

Data, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital tools can help uncover solutions to complex environmental challenges that can be implemented at scale for maximum impact. However, while much of the data exists, the datasets are enormous.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 2025: Entergy helps customers beat the heat
    This summer, Entergy helped our customers across our service area beat the heat this summer through a number of initiatives aimed to help them save...
  2. PSEG Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
    As a leading company in the energy sector, we know that reflecting, valuing and leveraging diversity is essential to attract, develop and retain...
  3. 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...
  4. Drawdown Georgia
    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...
  5. Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
    The vision of Paris 2024 Paris 2024 will see a new vision of Olympism in action, delivered in a unique spirit of international celebration. We will...
  6. 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...
  7. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
  8. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  9. 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...
  10. Tork, an Essity brand
    Tork is an Essity brand. Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Wherever there is a need for wiping, drying, cleaning or polishing...
  11. Profiles of Good Character and Inspiring Innovation
    There are two pillars to CACl’s culture: character – our commitment to ethics and integrity in all we do, and innovation – our dedication to...
  12. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
  13. Green Mountain Energy Sun Club
    Since its founding in 2002, the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club has donated more than $4 million to solar and sustainability projects focusing on...
  14. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  15. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...