Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Empowerment Over Pressure: Meet Bhumi Patil

GoDaddy

Innovation & Technology

Mastercard: Six Payment Trends for 2026

Mastercard

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A New Year Perspective: Trusted Chemistry

Chemours

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Aflac Celebrates 70 Years of Innovation, Care and the Iconic Aflac Duck

Aflac Incorporated

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Gaziano Lineman Awards Finalists Announced

KeyBank





Recent Alerts

sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

people in a boat
What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Louisiana Clean Fuel Leader Award Winners Announced

Louisiana Clean Fuels (LCF) announced the winners of the Louisiana Clean Fuel Leader Awards on Apr. 14 during the organization’s annual conference and expo at the Lafayette Cajundome. LCF, a designated US DOE Clean Cities Coalition, awards the top alternative fuel users in the organization’s territory each year. This year’s event hosted over 100 attendees.

Innovation & Technology

Making the Right Partnership Connections

It’s very much a case of chips with everything at ARM, the British semiconductor IP company. It patents and licenses chip technology to manufacturing giants that end up powering everything from our smartphones and household appliances to, more recently, our cars.

Responsible Production & Consumption

“Tin Mountain” Stirs Up Conflict Minerals Conversations in the Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo has faced extreme complications and exploitation via conflict minerals within the last decade. A new tin mine has been discovered by mining company Alphamin. Will things be different for mineral mining in the Congo this time around?

Responsible Production & Consumption

EU Commission on Cosmetics Approves Two Previously Restricted Substances For Use

This past October, the European Commission on Cosmetics voted to approve the use of two previously restricted substances in products. Starting May 21st, the use of these compounds will be available for use in cosmetics products. This addition will have a tangible impact on the chemical management of many companies looking to, or already doing business in Europe.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Emerging Issues, New Formats Keep the Forum Program Fresh

One of the hallmarks of NAEM’s annual Forum is the leadership by a committee of peers, who crafts the conference program to showcase real-world solutions to the professional challenges they face. Committee chairman Frank Marino, Sr. Manager of Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability at Raytheon Co. , is heading up this year’s committee. We spoke with him to hear about some of the issues he’s looking forward to discussing this fall.

Health & Healthcare

A Golden Opportunity to Change Diabetes in Johannesburg

In 1886 a large gold reef was discovered on a remote African farm setting off a major gold rush that led to the establishment of Johannesburg. As the news spread, the population of the city exploded with people hoping to find the riches and Johannesburg quickly became the largest city in South Africa.1 In fact, the Zulu name for Johannesburg is Egoli which means City of Gold.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Video Produced by MetLife Foundation and WSJ. Custom Studios Wins Three Telly Awards

MetLife Foundation today, announced that Dispatch from India, a film co-produced with WSJ. Custom Studios, has won three Bronze Telly Awards. This premier award honors the finest in film and video productions, groundbreaking web commercials, videos and films, outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs.

Events, Media & Communications

Team Behind Domtar’s Award-Winning Sustainability Report Share Best Practices on 3BL Media Webinar, June 21

The team that wrote and distributed an award-winning 2015 sustainability report will join 3BL Media’s next “Best Practices” webinar to share their formula for creating unique and engaging content that garnered interest far beyond launch day.

Research, Reports & Publications

Wellness Begins with Safety at Lockheed Martin

Research, Reports & Publications

Customer Input Shifts Cat® 994K Design Into High Gear

Energy

Clean Energy (SDG 7) in Focus for Investors; Corporations Taking Action; Identify Trends

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explores SDG 7 with examples of corporate action to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Corporate Giving & Engagement: Values Alignment

One of the hallmarks of a strategic CSR program is aligning your program with your business values.

Research, Reports & Publications

GRI Podcasts: Beyond Reports - Episode 3, Ernesto Ciorra

Research, Reports & Publications

GRI Podcasts: Beyond Peports - Episode 2, Dr. Nelmara Arbex

This month Nelmara Arbex talks about the initial findings of the Sustainability and Reporting 2025 project in the new GRI publication "The Next Era of Corporate Disclosure: Digital, Responsible, Interactive".

Innovation & Technology

MGMThink – Q+A with Bill Hornbuckle, President of MGM Resorts International

The first week of May is National Travel and Tourism Week - America’s annual salute to travel and tourism.

We are pleased to welcome Q+A guest Bill Hornbuckle, President of MGM Resorts International. Bill has worked in hospitality and tourism for more than 40 years.

Innovation & Technology

Ideagen Convenes the World's Leading Companies, NGO's and Public Sector at Annual EU Leadership and Data for Good Summits

Leading corporations, NGOs, and public sector organizations gathered together for the Data for Good Summit at Gallup World Headquarters on March 18, 2016. Leaders at the Data for Good Summit convened around the creation of new ideas regarding the impact of data and how cross-sector collaboration and innovation can be used to solve some of the world’s most vexing issues and the importance of developing a framework for sharing data across sectors.

Events, Media & Communications

Watch Shared Value Summit Live

May 10-11: Watch live as leaders from across sectors share their perspectives on how business can change the world.

Innovation & Technology

Bloomberg Engineers Tackle San Francisco Civic Challenges with Bayes Impact

This month, engineers from Bloomberg’s Quant and Software Infrastructure teams built a toolkit that allows policy makers to study the communities of San Francisco and identify the types of investments that could have the greatest impact on a given neighborhood. The data used for the toolkit was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities program.

Energy

Saving Energy Pays - For Neighbors and Sustainability-Minded Workers

Here’s how amping up rivalry around the block and rewarding innovative employees can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Social Impact & Volunteering

#GoingToBat Community Spotlight: CC Sabathia

For CC Sabathia, pitching in for his community is as important as pitching for the New York Yankees.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Building Collaborative Networks to Do Sustainability Right

The climate goal will be translated into goals set by countries and, within those countries, goals set by governments and corporations in what needs be the ultimate call for collaboration. But are we ready?

Social Impact & Volunteering

Guest Blog: The Journey of Adoption, from a Mother's Heart

In the life that I have created, and the circles in which I travel, the word “Mother” is almost never used alone. It is simply not complex enough to explain the relationship I have to the children that fill my car, my house and my life. With one glimpse of our family, most people can sense that I am a different kind of mother. One with more layers than what might be typical.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rescued Snowy Owls Released Back Into the Wild

Wildlife Haven, a charity that has been rehabilitating injured, sick and orphaned wildlife from Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario since 1984, has seen a particularly high number of snowy owls come into its volunteers’ care at the end of 2015.
More than 1,700 wild animals are cared for at Wildlife Haven every year — these can include anything from owls, eagles and ducklings to foxes, raccoons and beavers.

Innovation & Technology

Lighting the Way to Women’s Economic Empowerment

The women of East and Northeast India no longer need to fear the dark. ONergy, an award-winning social enterprise, has developed a number of innovative energy solutions that not only address the dearth of electricity in the region – improving safety in their communities – but also light a path toward economic empowerment for women.

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    Subaru is dedicated to supporting those who need it the most in our communities. From donating food to Feeding America, providing essential items to...
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    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...