Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Bread Financial 2021 ESG Report: Fair & Responsible Banking

As a leading provider of branded credit programs, fair and responsible lending is core to our cardmembers’ journey. We take great care and consideration to ensure our consumer credit application and underwriting processes are administered equitably.

Health & Healthcare

CRB Honors International Plasma Awareness Week

In honor of International Plasma Awareness Week (IPAW), Eduardo Munoz, PE, CRB’s market lead for plasma-derived therapies, shares why his work in this segment is rewarding.

Environment

Champion Celebrates Eco Future Collection and Treedom Partnership

To celebrate Champion Europe’s Fall/Winter 2022 Eco Future collection, the brand will plant its 5th forest in partnership with Treedom. The Eco Future Forest will add to the already four forests and nearly 5,000 trees planted through the company’s partnership with Treedom, which began in 2020.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Alkermes Approach to Corporate Responsibility

We recognize that our stakeholders – including employees, healthcare providers, patients, caregivers, investors, policy makers, members of the communities where we live and work, and others – are part of a single community and affect one another.

Energy

New Proposed EPA Methane Rule Aimed at Reducing Emissions Would Strengthen Those Issued Last Year

New proposed methane regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week would expand upon and strengthen already released rules that would reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas

Education

Empower Students To Be Entrepreneurs by Playing a Game

Right now, in the United States, there are approximately 30 million entrepreneurs, representing approximately 16% of the population.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Pentair Celebrates National Philanthropy Day

In honor of National Philanthropy Day, November 15, Pentair celebrates its employees around the world that that are making a difference in local communities as "Team Pentair.”

Education

Revitalizing Language, Spreading the Joy of Reading

In a delightful moment of improvisation, children at a book launch blurred the line between fiction and reality.

Energy

Learn To Spot and Stop Utility Scams

PSE&G urges customers to learn how to spot and stop potential utility scam activity.

Diversity & Inclusion

100+ Rising Creators Take Center Stage in Online Holiday Marketplace Hosted by SkysTheLimit.org (“Sky's the Limit”)

This holiday season shoppers can direct their dollars to the Sky's the Limit Marketplace comprised of emerging entrepreneurs and small business founders traditionally excluded from pathways to business empowerment, and featuring founders who identify as women, LGBTQI+, BIPOC, disabled and low-income backgrounds.

Environment

Corporate Executives Call for Action-Based Approach at COP27

At the UN climate meeting in Egypt, business executives are calling for specific efforts to tackle climate change and requesting clearer policies from governments to support such initiatives.

Energy

Electric Vehicles: Fact vs. Fiction (Part Four)

The fourth and final episode of our video series “EVs: Fact vs. Fiction” refutes the argument that electric vehicles are no better for the environment than gasoline-powered cars.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why AI and Digital Twins Could Be the Keys to a Sustainable Future

Digital twins aren’t new, but AI is supercharging what they can do. Together, they are transforming how products are designed, manufactured and maintained.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability at United Rentals

We’re working to reduce our environmental impact and help our customers reduce theirs.

Innovation & Technology

Michigan Electric Boat Propels the Naval Industry With Cadence CFD Tools, Including Fine Marine

The University of Michigan’s electric boat racing team is propelling the next generation of the naval industry forward with Cadence CFD tools, including Fine Marine.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Southwire's Starkville Plant Receives VPP Recertification

Southwire’s plant located in Starkville, Miss., has received a three-year Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) recertification.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Pallumina™ Thin-Film Process for Automotive Production Recognized for Sustainability Contributions

Henkel has been recognized with an award from the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment for demonstrating outstanding innovation in an advanced manufacturing process leading to significant environmental and economic impact.

Diversity & Inclusion

Partnership With 'Hiring Our Heroes' Helps Build U.S. Bank Workforce

Bernadette Rhoades saw the world as an avionics technician and instructor in the U.S. Marine Corps, travelling to Australia and Japan. After nine years, though, she was ready to return to civilian life – albeit unsure how she’d transition her training and talents into a private-sector role.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Analysis From Principal® Reveals Employer Support for Financial Inclusion Differs by Job Sector

The U.S. is the second most financially inclusive market, according to the 2022 Global Financial Inclusion Index (Index) – driven largely by the financial system and employers’ support of individuals.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women in Business Feel Confident About Their Futures

As we reach the end of a busy year and an economy surrounded by many questions ahead, we’re focused on the resiliency we’ve seen from women small business owners in the face of what has been difficult times for many.

Diversity & Inclusion

Black Women Are Leaders in the Microbusiness Boom

Denise Larell was always a good student and a great hair stylist. She started making extra cash braiding hair at the age of 16. But two years later, struggling with realities of life under the poverty line, she was forced to make a tough choice, and temporarily dropped out of school to focus on making money.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Arrow Electronics Welcomed 73 Interns Into Long-Running Summer Internship Program

Arrow Electronics welcomed 73 interns from the United States, Mexico and Brazil this summer into the company’s long-running internship program.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Booster Names Shenna Bradshaw Vice President, Legal

Legal expert Shenna Bradshaw to help drive business transformation as mobile energy company Booster continues to grow and scale operations.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Griffith Foods: Destination Japan

With its focus on balance and simplicity, Japanese cuisine influences food trends around the globe.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

7 Ways Duke Energy Teammates Give Back to Their Community

While Duke Energy employees volunteer in their communities throughout the year, the company makes a big push every September with its Power of Giving campaign.

Latest Campaigns

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    While our commitment to being a responsible corporation is not dependent on recognition, it is a great validation of our work when external...
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    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  3. America's Charities Employee Engagement & Social Responsibility
    More than ever, retaining and recruiting employees is a top priority for companies. Aware of the link between workplace giving and employee engagement...
  4. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  5. Sustainable Products and Innovation
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  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  9. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  10. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  11. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...
  12. 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...
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    Learn more about Aflac’s survey findings to better understand workplace trends as well as consumer attitudes, habits and opinions toward health and...
  14. 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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