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Innovation & Technology

Making Products Secure, By Default

The path to a more secure cyber world starts with designing, engineering and manufacturing products with cyber security best practices. In short, to make products “Secure by default”.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast Offers Thousands of Grants, Equipment, Marketing and Tech Resources to Small Businesses Hardest Hit by COVID

The multi-faceted program offers grants, marketing and technology upgrades, including media campaigns and connectivity, computer and voice equipment, as well as free marketing insights to all applicants.

Responsible Production & Consumption

A Perfect 10: Introducing This Year's 10 Under 20 Food Heroes

Nine young people & one organization filled with preteens received high honors from Hormel Foods as the 10 Under 20 Food Heroes. In addition to their youth, the recipients share the dream of erasing hunger & creating a more livable planet.

Diversity & Inclusion

Leading Organizations Launch Invent Together Campaign to Narrow Patent Diversity Gap

Today, leading universities, nonprofits, corporations, and other stakeholders announced the launch of Invent Together, a new campaign working to close the patent diversity gap among traditionally underrepresented inventors.

Environment

spotLESS Materials: Sprayable Coatings That Repel Liquid, Sludge, Bacteria, and More

spotLESS Materials makes sprayable coatings that repel liquid, sludge, bacteria, mineral deposits, and more.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Can Pro Bono Counter Inequities in Nonprofit Funding?

Strategic pro bono can make a big difference for nonprofits dealing with systemic inequities. Learn how (and how you can help) at Taproot Foundation's free Pro Bono Week webinar on October 27.

Innovation & Technology

How COVID Accelerated Digital Transformation at Aflac

Before COVID-19 became a reality, Aflac, the $23 billion insurance company, had embarked on a digital transformation. Launched in early 2019, “One Digital Aflac” would use technology to make it easier for customers to buy insurance, for the sales teams to sell into the marketplace, and for employees to deliver.

Environment

The Risks Related to Contracting Fleet Vehicle Services

What are the risks related to contracting fleet vehicle services and how can companies mitigate these risks to ensure a safe working environment for everyone? Antea Group provides some answers in this post.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Growing in Kindness: How ScottsMiracle-Gro Associates GroMoreGood Through the Simple Act of Gardening

A big part of our culture, and who we are at ScottsMiracle-Gro, revolves around the belief that we can all GroMoreGood for the world and our communities––even from the comfort of our own backyards.

Education

Prevention Resources to Keep Kids Substance-Free

Cannabis legalization is on the rise in many states: only in eight states and federally is the substance still fully illegal.

Environment

Renewable Energy Advances Energy Sovereignty in US Tribal Communities

Now in its third year, the Tribal Solar Accelerator fund (TSAF), an initiative of GRID Alternatives, launched with seed funding from Wells Fargo that aims to catalyze the growth of solar energy and expand solar job opportunities

Innovation & Technology

Gildan's Innovation Centre in Action During COVID-19

Earlier this year, Gildan joined international efforts to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to the Company’s Innovation Centre, strategically located inside Gildan’s manufacturing complex in Honduras, the Company was able to leverage its state-of-the-art product-development process to help with this important initiative.

Innovation & Technology

ON Semiconductor Innovative Technology is Shaping the Future of Sports

Technology and the sports industry are becoming intertwined like never before! The definition of “fan engagement” has changed over the past decade due to cultural shifts and technology innovations.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bacardi Spirit Forward Summit Returns for Free Conversations About Authenticity, Intersectionality, the Workplace and Wellness

The 2020 Spirit Forward Summit, powered by Bacardi, is moving to an online format and, for the first time, is offering its lineup of speakers free of charge.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ecolab Ranks in Top 25 on the Just 100 List of Companies at the Forefront on Responsible Capitalism

Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, ranks #22 overall and #1 in the chemicals industry on the 2021 Just 100 list.

Health & Healthcare

LIXIL Collaborates with USAID, Reckitt-Benckiser, and UNICEF to Improve Sanitation and Hand-Hygiene

To mark Global Handwashing Day, LIXIL Group Corporation announced it will work with three global change-makers to improve sanitation and hand-hygiene in the world.

Diversity & Inclusion

On Rural Women's Day New Holland Celebrates the Crucial Role of Women in Agriculture

On International Rural Women’s Day, New Holland, a global agricultural brand of CNH Industrial, takes the opportunity to celebrate the crucial role of rural women in our society.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Herbalife Nutrition Commemorates the Inaugural Year of “Nutrition for Zero Hunger”, the Initiative to End World Hunger

Herbalife Nutrition is commemorating the first year of its Nutrition for Zero Hunger initiative and sharing the results in advance of World Food Day. Nutrition for Zero Hunger is a global program that is aligned with the second...

Green Infrastructure

Smart City by Mohawk Group: Product Innovations 2020

Mohawk Group’s Smart City carpet collection reinterprets transit maps into soft surfaces. Contributing editor Sarah Kloepple explores this sustainably created flooring system with Mark Page, Mohawk’s senior director, creative design and development.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why You Should Care More About Single-Use Plastics, From 3 Titans of Marine Conservation

While the pandemic has caused untold devastation around the world, lockdown measures have brought some unexpected environmental benefits: Global emissions have plummeted and in some areas wildlife has flourished — even along some city streets.

Health & Healthcare

Putting Purpose Into Action: A Message From Our CEO

Geoff Martha, the Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic, discusses adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic, the power of supporting a global workforce and the importance of environmental stewardship and working responsibly.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bridging Racial Inequities With an HBCU Education

This year has been historic in so many ways – a global pandemic, social unrest, and increased awareness of racial inequities and injustice. Many Americans want to help, but do not know what to do.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Intel Earns #4 Spot on Forbes and JUST Capital's JUST 100 Ranking

This year, Intel also earned a #1 rank in the Human Rights category, underscoring our commitment to maintaining and improving systems and processes to avoid human rights violations related to our own operations, supply chain, and products.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Receives Excellence in Health & Well-Being Award

Merck is honored to recognized by the Business Group on Health as a Best Employer: Excellence in Health and Well-being for providing one of the best workforce health and employee well-being programs in the nation.

Events, Media & Communications

Join General Mills and Other Food & Agriculture Leaders for the Launch of MBOLD™

Join us on World Food Day to celebrate the launch of MBOLD™, a coalition that leverages Minnesota's unique concentration of food and agriculture leadership in addressing global challenges facing the food and agriculture sectors.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Communities and People
    Employees are our most valued resource and are at the center of everything we do. Their talent, diversity, and commitment are crucial to our...
  2. 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...
  3. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  4. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
  5. 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...
  6. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  7. Subaru Love Promise: Community
    Subaru is dedicated to supporting those who need it the most in our communities. From donating food to Feeding America, providing essential items to...
  8. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  9. Scotts Miracle-Gro | Environment Improvement
    Earth's beauty and resources should be appreciated now and preserved for generations to come. Discover the stewardship initiatives underway to protect...
  10. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  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. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.
  13. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  14. FedEx Cares | Overall
    FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...
  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...