Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Environment

Ecologists Preserve Earth’s Biodiversity with Sound Studies Using Edge Computing and Data Analytics Solutions

May 21, 2020 3:35 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Diamond Equipment Supports Team Rubicon Tornado Clean up in Tennessee

May 21, 2020 3:00 PM ET

CASE Construction Equipment dealer Diamond Equipment is currently supporting Team Rubicon in numerous operations throughout the state of Tennessee after a series of tornadoes and heavy storms moved through the region in March and April.

Research, Reports & Publications

Keysight Technologies Releases 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Report — Surpasses Social Impact Goals

May 21, 2020 2:25 PM ET

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, has released its 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report detailing the company's environmental, social and governance initiatives worldwide.

Diversity & Inclusion

WBA Celebrates World Day for Cultural Diversity: When We’re Different, It Pays Dividends

May 21, 2020 1:45 PM ET

He previously worked in leadership roles in the healthcare, financial services and insurance industries, developing ways to improve diversity and inclusion that also had positive business results.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CITGO Private Foundation Announces Almost $500,000 in COVID-19 Donations for Venezuela

May 21, 2020 1:00 PM ET

The Simón Bolívar Foundation Inc. (Simón Bolívar Foundation), the non-profit, private foundation of CITGO Petroleum Corporation, is awarding up to $278,380 from its COVID-19 Small Grants Program to ten 501(c)(3) charitable organizations for the ongoing development of health-focused projects in Venezuela.

Social Impact & Volunteering

10 Tips for Commemorating Memorial Day Weekend During COVID-19

May 21, 2020 12:30 PM ET

Here are 10 tips to help you commemorate the Memorial Day weekend and demonstrate your commitment to a clean and green environment at the same time.

Energy

Black & Veatch, ENACT Systems Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Commercial Solar in Southeast Asia

May 21, 2020 12:30 PM ET

Black & Veatch announces a strategic partnership with ENACT Systems that will combine the engineering leader's expertise in global distributed energy and renewables with ENACT's cloud-based platform to advance commercial solar in Southeast Asia.

Green Infrastructure

Smart City by Mohawk Group Is a Path to a Smarter Planet

May 21, 2020 11:35 AM ET

Inspired by the city of today and the cities of tomorrow, one company has created a carpet system that highlights the urban environments of the future, made in a sustainable way.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

USA Homeownership Foundation Receives $100,000 Grant From Wells Fargo Foundation to Assist Military and Veteran Families With Rental and Mortgage Counseling and Education Due to COVID-19 Crisis

May 21, 2020 11:05 AM ET

USA Homeownership Foundation, Inc. DBA Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals (VAREP) today announced a $100,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Brett J. Hart Named President of United Airlines

May 21, 2020 11:00 AM ET

United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) has announced that effective May 20, 2020, Brett J. Hart, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, will be appointed President of United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Boosting the Impact of Social Purpose Leaders

May 21, 2020 11:00 AM ET

To continue backing the communities we serve around the world American Express today announced the recipient of the 2020 American Express Leadership Academy Alumni Summit Award: Prakash Tyagi, executive director of the India-based NGO, GRAVIS.

Environment

Ceres Announces New Partnership With Renowned Research Institute to Drive Investor and Corporate Action on the Global Water Crisis

May 21, 2020 10:55 AM ET

Today, the sustainability nonprofit organization Ceres announced a new partnership with a leading research institute to deliver a new global assessment that will serve as a foundation in developing bold new action steps to better protect the world’s most precious resource: water. This is the first of its kind assessment that takes a comprehensive look at the major threats to our global water supply from unsustainable corporate practices.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Bank Partners to Offer Free Career and Financial Coaching

May 21, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Fifth Third Bank announced it is making its NextJob Job Seekers Toolkit available to the public through January 2021. It also is offering Operation HOPE’s financial coaching services to individuals and small businesses.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Kids Foundation and Lettuce Grow Unite to Donate Hydroponic Growing Systems to Schools and Nonprofits Across the U.S.

May 21, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit focused on children’s nutrition and wellness, announced today that Lettuce Grow is donating 125 hydroponic growing systems and supplies, valued at $1,000 each, to K-12 schools and school garden-support organizations across the U.S.

Research, Reports & Publications

Blackbaud Releases Eighth Annual Employee Engagement, Corporate Social Responsibility Trends Report

May 21, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, today releases its eighth annual Industry Review, which provides key learnings and trends in employee philanthropic behavior and companies’ corporate social...

Media & Communications

3BL Media Newsfeed Debuts on EngageForGood.com

May 21, 2020 9:50 AM ET

3BL Media announced today the expansion of its news distribution network to include EngageForGood.com, a community of business and nonprofit professionals working at the intersection of cause and commerce.

Research, Reports & Publications

Parker’s 2019 Sustainability Report Highlights How Team Members are Leading With Purpose

May 21, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has released its 2019 Sustainability Report.

Health & Healthcare

Freeport-McMoRan Contributes to COVID-19 Relief Efforts

May 21, 2020 8:20 AM ET

Freeport-McMoRan is using the strength of its global supply chain to acquire, purchase, donate and deliver much needed medical supplies and more to Covid-19 relief efforts. Many of the healthcare clinics and hospitals in communities where the company operates are in rural, remote locations.

Research, Reports & Publications

Investing for a Climate-Positive Future

May 21, 2020 5:00 AM ET

Hannon Armstrong is the first U.S. public company solely dedicated to investments in climate change solutions.

Environment

Frederick Kaufman: Voices Inside Our Heads

May 20, 2020 5:45 PM ET

When faced with something overwhelming, terrifying, or incomprehensible, the human mind can get pretty creative.

Diversity & Inclusion

It’s Time to ‘Restructure Everything’ — and Push Diversity

May 20, 2020 4:35 PM ET

VMware recently held its annual Women Transforming Technology (WT2) conference, which focuses on promoting diversity and inclusion in the technology sector. As much as I’d been looking forward to attending the event — my first time — as...

Health & Healthcare

Are Healthcare Flexibles the Next Big Plastic Recycling Feedstock?

May 20, 2020 4:25 PM ET

Learn how HPRC set out to pilot a mechanical recycling methodology for mixed-flexible packaging materials.

Health & Healthcare

Comerica’s ‘Yo Baker Man’ Inspired to Help Metro Detroit Healthcare Frontline Workers

May 20, 2020 3:20 PM ET

Comerica Bank employee Will Rawls, a senior analyst in the bank’s institutional trust group and affectionately known as “Yo Baker Man,” began a Facebook fundraising effort in hopes to make and provide baked goods to local health care workers on the frontlines amid COVID-19.

Environment

WBCSD and BIER Will Develop Guidance to Monitor and Measure Water Circularity

May 20, 2020 3:10 PM ET

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announce collaboration on creation of water circularity metrics.

Sustainable Development Goals

How Farmers Are Keeping Us Fed through the Global Crisis

May 20, 2020 3:10 PM ET

In the space of a few weeks, life around the globe has been upended in the wake of COVID-19. Industries of all kinds have been forced to rapidly change how they work, and agriculture is no different.