Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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HPRC Impact Report

Health & Healthcare | Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

HPRC Publishes Inaugural Impact Report: Paving the Way for Sustainable Healthcare Plastics

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is thrilled to announce the publication of its inaugural Impact Report for 2024.
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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

AllianceBernstein

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sysco 2024 Sustainability Report: At the Heart of One Planet One Table

Sysco Corporation

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Environment

Presentation and Document Design Tips for EHS&S Professionals

Check out Antea Group’s top five design tips for EHS&S professionals to help you create clear and dynamic visual messaging.

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Education

Education Ministry Collaborates with Schneider Electric in Establishing Center of Excellence

The Ministry of Education and Culture collaborated with Schneider Electric, as a global company in the digital transformation of energy management and transformation, to establish the Center for Excellence in Electricity, Automation and Renewable Energy.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Essity Industry Leader in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

Essity, the global hygiene and health company, has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, one of the world’s most prestigious sustainability indices. Essity has qualified for inclusion in both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index, and has also been named industry leader in the Household Products sector.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

UPS Recognized as a VERGE Vanguard Award Honoree

UPS, global leader in logistics, has been recognized by GreenBiz Group in their inaugural VERGE Vanguard awards for being a corporate leader accelerating an equitable transition to a clean power grid, a zero-emissions transportation system and the circular economy.

Events, Media & Communications

Common Impact Launches Pro Bono Perspectives, a New Podcast to Inspire Social Impact

Common Impact, a nonprofit organization that pioneered corporate skills-based volunteering is launching a new podcast – Pro Bono Perspectives. Hosted by CEO Danielle Holly, Pro Bono Perspectives is the latest in a series of new Common Impact initiatives focused on showcasing the people, organizations and ideas that are shaping new models for purpose-driven work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Aligning Community Support With Nonprofit Needs When Disaster Strikes

When natural disasters and inclement weather shut down entire cities and states, an outpouring of support in the form of financial donations and disaster relief supply drives from people far and wide never fails to follow.

Events, Media & Communications

Five Reasons to Attend the 2018 BCtA Annual Forum

The theme this year is on Technological Disruption in the World of Inclusive Business, with a focus digital solutions for the SDGs. We expect to bring more than 150 leading global innovators from multinationals to SMEs together to discuss impactful technological solutions that can be enacted in the near term. In the audience we will have business community representatives, as well as the UN, governments, civil society and the academia.

The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada

Education

MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Cube Aims to Inspire Stem Workforce of the Future

MilliporeSigma is trying to spark interest in science careers this week with a traveling science lab that was once a shipping container.

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Health & Healthcare

WELL Tip: How to Create WELL Documentation

As a project administrator or WELL team member, you may be wondering how to create WELL compliant documentation, what constitutes a high-quality document and how to communicate this information to other team members. To help you start the process, we’ve compiled everything you need to know on generating and submitting WELL documentation.

Diversity & Inclusion

Supporting the Hispanic Community in ‘The New Mainstream Economy’

From consumers and homeowners to small businesses, Wells Fargo will support the fast-growing Hispanic community at every level as a key engine of the emerging U.S. economy, CEO Tim Sloan said Sunday, Sept. 9, at a national Hispanic leadership conference in San Diego. Speaking at the first annual L’Attitude conference, which highlights the expanding impact of Hispanics in the U.S., Sloan noted Wells Fargo’s continued focus on this growing market in recent years. The company, he said, has made a 10-year, $125 billion commitment to Hispanic homeownership financing and set aside $100 million for investment in minority- and women-owned small businesses.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KFC Honors Founder’s 128th Birthday with First Global Community Outreach Project, Acts of Colonel-ness

KFC celebrated its first-ever global community outreach effort this September through a new, annual giving initiative called “Acts of Colonel-ness,” in honor of what would have been founder Colonel Harland Sander’s 128th birthday. To bring the campaign to life, KFC challenged 300,000 team members in more than 130 countries around the world to commit to doing a total of 128,000 acts of kindness in their communities during the month of September.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ScottsMiracle-Gro: Proudly Supporting Our Community and American Heart Association

We at ScottsMiracle-Gro believe strongly in giving back - as a company and as individual associates - to the communities where we live and work. This commitment came to life recently at the American Heart Association’s Central Ohio Heart Walk, where for the third consecutive year our associates propelled us to the leading corporate fundraiser spot.

Environment

Beyond Selfies: African Youth Vow to Restore the Continent’s Landscapes

On 27-28 August, over 60 youth from a dozen African countries gathered at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). Aged 18-35, they ranged from students to farmers to leaders of NGOs, small start-ups and rural enterprises. But they shared one goal – getting “restoration ready”.

Research, Reports & Publications

Business Leaders: Sustainability Increasingly Driving Strategic Planning

The results of the 10th Annual BSR/GlobeScan State of Sustainable Business Survey of sustainability practitioners offer a perspective on how major disruptions and trends shaping the broader ecosystem have influenced the business landscape.

Education

From Tikka Masala to Congee, Campus Dining Trends Go Beyond Chicken Tenders & Pizza

College dining halls these days look more like the popular food halls in cities throughout the US and Canada then like the cafeterias that many alumni remember. Today’s students have sophisticated palates and dining services reflect this.

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Environment

Anchorage Daily News | Denali National Park Tackles Trash with Zero-Landfill Initiative

A push to send less waste to the local landfill is working, officials say. Since 2016, Denali National Park has partnered with Subaru in a "zero-landfill" initiative aimed at turning trash into recycling.

Goldcorp Inc.

Innovation & Technology

#DisruptMining Continues to Accelerate the Pace of Change in Mining

Goldcorp is pleased to announce the third annual #DisruptMining innovation challenge and live finale event will be presented on Sunday, March 3, 2019 during the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto, Canada.

Goldcorp Inc.

Education

Investing in Our Future Leaders

At Goldcorp, we believe that developing our people enables them to achieve their ultimate potential and helps them exceed their goals. We are committed to investing in and developing all our employees. As an example, our StepUP program is designed to equip everyone to achieve results in a safe, productive and responsible way, by aligning our business and people practices around a core set of behaviours. Successful performance is a result of not just what we do, but also how we do it and the StepUP behaviours define what we can expect from one another at every level of the organization.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Sands Academy Helped Propel Michelle Rieker Into a Management Role

In her role, Rieker is responsible for maintaining traffic flow in the valet area in front of The Venetian, facilitating guest interactions, ensuring arrival and departure amenities for guests are provided and maintaining overall guest satisfaction and experience.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The UPS Foundation Mobilizes its Disaster Relief Network and Pledges an Initial $1 Million to Hurricane Florence Relief Efforts

UPS today announced an initial $1 million commitment through The UPS Foundation in support of recovery efforts following the devastating flooding, infrastructure damage and utility outages caused by Hurricane Florence.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Whirlpool Corporation Will Open Child Care Facility for Employees

As part of its continued commitment to create an attractive workplace, Whirlpool Corporation today announced that it will open an employer sponsored child care facility to help working Whirlpool Corporation parents in our local community.

This comes as a result of a survey that Whirlpool Corporation conducted to more closely understand the childcare needs of its employees. The survey found that there was a significant need among employees’ families for an on site employee child care facility in the Benton Charter Township-Benton Harbor-St. Joseph area.

Benevity

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Three Top Trends to Leverage This Charitable Season

Today’s leading CSR programs are shifting their approach to doing good by putting their people at the center—and they’re driving more employee engagement and social impact as a result. How are they doing it? Join our webinar on Thursday, September 20 at 10 a.m. PDT / 1 p.m. EDT.

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Environment

New Legislation Is a Critical Step to Advance Climate Risk Disclosure

Ceres applauds Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s, D-Mass, efforts to advance legislation that directs the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to issue rules requiring companies to disclose critical information about their exposure to risks posed by climate change.

Energy

Consumers Energy Kicks Off Battery Storage Era At Western Michigan University

Consumers Energy today ushered in a new technology on the campus of Western Michigan University, starting operation of a new large-scale battery that should store enough energy to power 1,000 homes at any time.

Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc.

Media & Communications

Economic Growth, Protecting & Preserving Our Ecological Systems – Are These Conflicted, or Complementary as We Strive for Greater Global Sustainability?

The continued drive toward greater societal sustainability is very encouraging. The public sector, multilateral organizations, companies, investors, NGOs, and other stakeholders are adopting new strategies and embracing new approaches and best practices. Picture the installation of the vast array of a desert solar generating “farm” – that’s progress to cheer.

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    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.

  3. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

  4. 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...

  5. Community Impact
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  6. Growth Through Sustainability
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  7. Principal Financial Group: Employee Engagement
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  8. Approach: Our Recipe For Good Growth
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  9. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...

  10. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
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  11. Cascale Governance
    Cascale shares updates from its Board of Directors who serve as the principal governing body and are responsible for setting the strategic direction...

  12. 2025 Wesco International Sustainability Report
    Our Sustainability Approach: Wesco’s 2025 Sustainability Report, which demonstrates our commitment to furthering sustainability, innovation and...

  13. Growth Through Sustainability
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  14. 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...

  15. PNC: Commitment to Early Childhood Education
    We're focusing on early learning to help children succeed. Research has shown that the first five years of a child's life is critical to long-term...