Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Editors Pick

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New IWBI Report Underscores the Powerful Business Case for Health in Buildings and Organizations

International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)

Research, Reports & Publications

3BL Announces 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2025
3BL Announces 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2025

3BL

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Circularity in Action: Decarbonization for Refrigerated Transport
Circularity in Action: Decarbonization for Refrigerated Transport

Trane Technologies

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Research, Reports & Publications

Essity Publishes Annual and Sustainability Report 2022

Hygiene and health company Essity published its Annual and Sustainability Report for 2022 on www.essity.com.

Environment

Biomimicry Institute Begins Search for the Top Nature-Inspired Startup in the World

The $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize ® is now accepting applications in its search for nature-inspired innovations addressing the world’s biggest environmental and social challenges.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

McDonald's Named by Fortune as One of World's Most Admired Companies

McDonald's was just named one the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune for the 15th consecutive year, and we couldn’t be prouder.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Chemours Announces the Winners of Its 2022 Responsible Supplier Awards

The Chemours Company, a global chemistry company with leading market positions in Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials, today announced the winners of its 2022 Responsible Supplier Awards.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

T. Rowe Price Named to Stonewall’s Top 100 List of Leading LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employers

T. Rowe Price was named in Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers 2023 list, the UK’s leading ranking of employers from public, private and third sectors on how inclusive their workplaces are and their demonstrated efforts to support LGBTQ+ staff and customers.

Diversity & Inclusion

4 in 5 Canadian Women See More Opportunity Than Ever in Owning Their Own Business, Despite Challenges: GoDaddy Survey

GoDaddy released data from a new survey exploring the opportunities and challenges associated with women entrepreneurship in Canada.

Environment

Podcast: Effective Carbon Emission Targets & the Road to Reduction

In this episode of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s Drivers of Change podcast, host Lee Green speaks to Liam Salter, CEO and Co-Founder of RESET Carbon.

Education

More Than 60% of People Think They Are Not Qualified for Stem Careers

Most people feel they lack the necessary qualifications to pursue science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers, according to research by IBM.

Diversity & Inclusion

PNC Bank Joins Angel City Football Club As Founding Partner and the Official Women’s Business Champion

New alliance will focus on engaging, supporting and inspiring women financial decision makers and accelerating women’s financial equality

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Newsweek Names Bath & Body Works One of America’s Best Workplaces for Women

Bath & Body Works today announced that it was named to the list of America’s Best Workplaces for Women by Newsweek. The award recognizes companies that lead the way in breaking down barriers and inequities for women.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility Announces Dr. Lisette M. Garcia as Chief Research Officer

The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) announces that Dr. Lisette M. Garcia will rejoin the organization as Chief Research Officer, starting on March 20, 2023.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Kimberly-Clark Named to 2023 Clean200™ List by As You Sow and Corporate Knights

Kimberly-Clark was named to the Clean200™, a list of the top 200 publicly traded companies worldwide that are leading the way among their global peers to a clean energy present and future.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating Black History Month All Year Long at FedEx

We’re glad to have such a beautifully diverse FedEx team and eager to celebrate Black History Month with them in mind.

Health & Healthcare

TCS Infographic: The Future of Heart Health

Following Heart Health Month in February, TCS futurists took a look at how a digital twin of the heart can save more lives – human and animal – in the future.

Education

New Holland and Raven Donate Precision Agriculture Technology Demo Simulators to FFA

CNH Industrial brands New Holland Agriculture and Raven Industries, to support and celebrate National FFA Week, have donated agricultural technology education simulators to 11 deserving Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters across the United States.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

12,000 Women Supported in Vietnam & Indonesia: WEAVE’s Achievements

Together with USAID, Qualcomm Wireless Reach, Kinara Indonesia and WISE, we supported women's entrepreneurship development across the two countries.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Forbes Names Whirlpool Corporation One of ‘America’s Best Large Employers’

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) announced it has been named to Forbes’ 2023 list of the “America’s Best Large Employers.”

Social Impact & Volunteering

How To Measure the Impact of Corporate Volunteering

To measure the impact of corporate volunteering, you have to embrace the complexity. Here’s how.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo’s Service Supply Chain Wins Award for AI-Driven System To Increase Efficiency, Sustainability in Packaging

Lenovo’s Service Supply Chain team recently developed a proprietary, AI-driven process to generate an alert, called the Intelligent Excessive Pre-alert, that identifies high-density packaging within the company’s worldwide distribution hub in Suzhou, China.

Innovation & Technology

The Deployment of Canada’s First National 5G Standalone Network

This is the story of how Rogers became the first operator to deploy 5G standalone services nationwide in Canada, as well as its first steps in commercializing network slicing based services.

Energy

United Names Oscar the Grouch As First Chief Trash Officer

United Airlines today named Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch as its first Chief Trash Officer as he and the airline celebrate his love of rubbish. United Airlines' new, consumer education campaign is designed to promote the expected benefit of using sustainable aviation fuel

Responsible Production & Consumption

Flower Power: Using Beneficial Plants To Combat Pests

While Valentine’s Day may be over, flowers are still “in season” across Musim Mas’ plantations because of their beneficial value to combat pests within oil palm plantations.

Events, Media & Communications

IBM's Lydia Logan at SXSW EDU: How to Build Meaningful Relationships with HBCUs

At SXSW 2023, Lydia Logan, VP of Global Education & Workforce Development at IBM, will explore how businesses and HBCUs can develop mutually beneficial alliances by sharing the work done by IBM, Jackson State University, and the CEO Action for Racial Equity Fellowship.

Environment

Pure Strategies Offers Nature Action Forum for Business

Pure Strategies’ Nature Action Forum is now accepting applications for a cohort of corporate sustainability professionals that will begin meeting in April 2023. This unique learning opportunity will help companies take steps toward a nature-positive future. Apply today!

Education

How Do You Ignite Passion for Chemistry? Host an Olympiad for Future Innovators.

As a high school student, my passion for Chemistry started almost 30 years ago. I remember my excitement when I placed first at the China Chemistry Olympiad (CChO). At the time, I could only imagine where my love of Chemistry would take me.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  2. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...
  3. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  4. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  5. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  6. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  7. Katrina 20th Anniversary
    This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...
  8. ESG Recognition
    While our commitment to being a responsible corporation is not dependent on recognition, it is a great validation of our work when external...
  9. EVP Campaign
    Driving awareness of DP World’s Employee Value Proposition across the Americas, showcasing the company’s purpose-driven mission, talent strategy, and...
  10. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  11. America's Charities Employee Engagement & Social Responsibility
    More than ever, retaining and recruiting employees is a top priority for companies. Aware of the link between workplace giving and employee engagement...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  15. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...