Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Diversity & Inclusion

From Program to Possibility: Elieth de los Angeles Martinez, Production Coordinator at Gildan

Jun 16, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Over the years, Elieth has participated in a range of programs at Gildan designed for personal and professional development. Today, she reveals how these initiatives have made their mark on her life.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

UPS Longitudes | Supplier Diversity Will Help Businesses Large and Small Recover From Pandemic

Jun 16, 2020 8:50 AM ET

After ensuring Americans’ health, economic recovery will be next on the to-do list. Access to financing will play a huge role but so, too, will access to customers and vendors.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

General Mills Named to 3BL Media's 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2020

Jun 16, 2020 8:00 AM ET

For the third consecutive year, General Mills received the top ranking amongst its food and beverage peers for its actions, and third in the overall rankings.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

3BL Media Announces 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2020

Jun 16, 2020 6:00 AM ET

3BL Media announced today its annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking, recognizing leading environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency and performance amongst the 1,000 largest U.S. public companies.

Diversity & Inclusion

Why You and Your Business Need to Tackle the Hard Work of Change

Jun 15, 2020 6:45 PM ET

Many headlines have called COVID-19 an unprecedented event of human history. That’s not true. As humans have spread across the planet, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks are nearly constant

Health & Healthcare

Shakira Just Asked Justin Trudeau to Step Up Funding for COVID-19 Tests, Vaccines, and Treatments

Jun 15, 2020 6:00 PM ET

Colombian superstar Shakira tweeted at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday calling for increased support for tests, vaccines, and treatments against COVID-19, specifically to ensure an equitable response worldwide.

Energy

Schneider Electric Receives the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label Award for Profitable Environmental Protection

Jun 15, 2020 5:00 PM ET

Schneider Electric today announced that it has been awarded the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label for its EcoStruxure™ Microgrid Advisor and NEO Network™ solutions from the Solar Impulse Foundation.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Leveraging Sustainable Fashion to Achieve Economic Self-Sufficiency

Jun 15, 2020 4:30 PM ET

In the face of COVID-19, Custom Collaborative, a workforce development nonprofit, partnered with virtual volunteers from S&P Global for a data management project to help the nonprofit better support women from low-income and immigrant communities.

Health & Healthcare

Merck Announces Call for Proposals for Second Cohort of Safer Childbirth Cities, Expanding Maternal Health Support Across US Cities

Jun 15, 2020 4:20 PM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Releases Living Progress Report

Jun 15, 2020 3:55 PM ET

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today released its annual Living Progress Report for fiscal year 2019, demonstrating its ongoing commitment to being a force for good by equipping customers with sustainable technology solutions, upholding HPE’s own high Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards across its value chain, and prioritizing company culture to fuel business outcomes.

Innovation & Technology

Stanley Black & Decker and Discovery Education Announce 2020 Making for Good Challenge Winners

Jun 15, 2020 3:35 PM ET

The annual challenge builds upon a Stanley Black & Decker and Discovery Education educational program – Innovation Generation – igniting, engaging, and empowering students to become makers through no-cost dynamic digital resources.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Boarded-Up Storefronts Get Transformed Into Matisse-Like Exhibits

Jun 15, 2020 3:20 PM ET

Proceeds from the Mural Project here in New York City will benefit City Meals on Wheels and Feeding America, and the murals themselves will remain up at the discretion of each retailer.

Education

Building Distance Learning Essentials with Corrugated

Jun 15, 2020 3:05 PM ET

With millions of students across the country forced to shift to study at home, the race is on to get essential resources to those without access.

Innovation & Technology

Cybersecurity Across the Product Lifecyle is Essential to Minimizing Security Breaches

Jun 15, 2020 3:00 PM ET

Cybersecurity is on everyone’s mind. Almost daily, you hear about product vulnerabilities that lead to breaches in some company’s security.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Land Betterment Corp Secures $450,000 in Economic Incentives

Jun 15, 2020 2:50 PM ET

Land Betterment Corporation is proud and dedicated to work with all stakeholders to grow economic diversity and opportunity in areas that have been adversely affected from the decline in thermal coal as our society transitions away from coal-based fuels.

Green Infrastructure

New Solar-Powered EV Charging Station on I-85 in Georgia Delivers 300% More Power

Jun 15, 2020 2:00 PM ET

The Ray, Donovan Energy, and ABB have partnered to upgrade the solar-powered electric vehicle charging station located at the visitor information center (VIC) located off Interstate 85 in West Point, Georgia. This station replaces the original solar-powered EV charging station that The Ray installed with Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia in 2015--the first in the Southeast.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PayPal Announces $530 Million Commitment to Support Black Businesses, Strengthen Minority Communities and Fight Economic Inequality

Jun 15, 2020 1:05 PM ET

PayPal Holdings has announced a $530 million commitment to support Black and minority-owned businesses and communities in the U.S., especially those hardest hit by the pandemic, to help address economic inequality.

Research, Reports & Publications

Today and Tomorrow: COVID-19 and the Increased Relevance of Corporate Sustainability

Jun 15, 2020 1:00 PM ET

At GlobeScan and BSR, we spend our time working with some of the largest businesses in the world. We wanted to understand both the immediate effect on the sustainability efforts of the companies we work with and also to begin to understand what long-term implications they are anticipating as a result of the pandemic.

Health & Healthcare

FedEx Logistics Helps in the Fight Against COVID-19 by Distributing Personal Protective Equipment to Hospitals throughout Latin America

Jun 15, 2020 12:30 PM ET

FedEx Logistics, Inc., a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), is providing essential supply chain services to support the fight against COVID-19.

Research, Reports & Publications

Strong Backing for EU Ambition to Drive Transparency

Jun 15, 2020 12:05 PM ET

GRI, provider of the world’s leading standards for sustainability reporting, has expressed full support for the European Commission’s plans to revise the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), for which a public consultation closed on 11 June.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Do You #BacktheFrontline?

Jun 15, 2020 12:00 PM ET

In hospitals and labs, homes and communities, we all play a role in COVID-19 response efforts. Hear from JNJ Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky on the impact made possible by #BackTheFrontline. We have a long way to go, but we will get there together.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CITGO and Empire Petroleum Support Detroit Metro Area Hospitals During COVID-19

Jun 15, 2020 12:00 PM ET

As communities continue to work together during the ongoing public health crisis, we at CITGO are honored to do our part to give back and support our neighbors.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investors and Labor Leaders Find Hope for Workers in Recovery Efforts to Build Back a More Sustainable Economy

Jun 15, 2020 11:55 AM ET

At a recent Ceres 2020 digital session, Building Back Better: Opportunities for Jobs and Economic Recovery in Clean Technology and Sustainable Infrastructure, Senior Director of the Ceres Investor Network, Rev. Kirsten Snow Spalding was joined by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Torben Möger Pedersen, CEO of PensionDanmark to discuss the opportunities to advance worker rights, safety and jobs while transitioning to a low-carbon economy, all amid the current coronavirus pandemic gripping the planet.

Events, Media & Communications

Fifth Third to Observe Juneteenth Day

Jun 15, 2020 11:45 AM ET

Juneteenth (also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day or Freedom Day) is the observance of the ending of slavery in the United States.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Local Nurse Donates Stem Cells Twice to Help Elderly Man

Jun 15, 2020 11:30 AM ET

Three years after swabbing her cheek, Gloud received a call from DKMS that was she was a perfect match for a 74-year-old man who was suffering from blood cancer and needed a transplant to survive.