Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Research, Reports & Publications

Arbor Day Foundation's Replanting Our Planet's Forests

Generations past cared for our forests, preserving them as our heritage. Like the biological network a forest needs to thrive, our network of tremendous people helped guide that heritage towards a secure future this past year

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Responsible Business Alliance Launches Worker Voice Platform

The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) today announced the launch of its worker voice platform to help members and their suppliers improve conditions in their international supply chains

Research, Reports & Publications

VMware Commits to Building a More Equitable, Sustainable and Resilient World

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced its 2030 Agenda, a decade-long commitment to address critical challenges facing the global community.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

BVCI Names Scean Cherry as Labor Relations Chief

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CBRE Announces Industry-Leading Science-Based Greenhouse Gas Emission Target

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) today announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved the company’s science-based target to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from both CBRE’s own operations and the properties it manages for investors and occupiers.

Education

Stepping Up With Tech Support: CNH Industrial Helps Schools With Online Learning Transition

A CNH Industrial manufacturing site in Wisconsin is helping local families get access to much-needed tech support for homeschooling and online learning.

Environment

Antea Group Announces New Service Offering: Resources-as-a-Service

Antea Group USA introduced a new service to their Health and Safety offerings called Resources-as-a-Service (RaaS). RaaS is Antea Group’s customizable staffing solution for temporary EHS & sustainability resourcing needs.

Innovation & Technology

Two Technologies Available Today to Resolve Climate Change

The primary driver of climate change is carbon emissions, and 80% of carbon emissions are energy related. To confront this climate crisis, we must reduce these emissions drastically.

Health & Healthcare

Manisha's Lesson

It’s time to unite behind the front line. Hear from Manisha, a clinical lead in the UK, to see how COVID-19 didn’t create health equity, but it exasperated it. Manisha describes how the effort to #BacktheFrontline requires a commitment to equity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Retraining and Adult Education Help Close the Skills Gap

The global pandemic has highlighted long-standing economic and social disparities faced by minorities and unemployed and underemployed people.

Research, Reports & Publications

Powering an Inclusive Future Through Corporate Social Responsibility

Cisco’s purpose to power an inclusive future for all is something the company has been committed to for decades. The power of our technology to create positive and inclusive outcomes on a global scale was immediately apparent...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper Global Cellulose Fibers Business Donates 1,000 Feminine Hygiene Kits to Combat Period Poverty

Each year, more than 40 million women and girls around the world are affected by period poverty – the lack of access to sanitary products, feminine hygiene education, toilets, handwashing facilities or waste management during menstrual cycles.

Research, Reports & Publications

Fifth Third ESG Report Feature: New Life Springs Within Old Bank Building in Lima, OH

With one investment, Fifth Third was able to improve families' lives while preserving a building on the National Register of Historic Places, revitalize a neighborhood, create affordable housing, & contribute to an environmentally-sound building.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

CGF China Brings Together CGF Members and Recyclers for Upstream-Downstream Solutions Panel on Plastic Waste

At the China Plastics Reuse and Recycling Association (CPRRA) member conference, the CGF China Office held a panel discussion in Hangzhou, China, to discuss the CGF, its members and other industry actors on their plastic waste and recycling efforts.

Sustainable Development Goals

Continuous Improvements on Saving Energy and Waste Powered by #TeamDow Employees

Our Dow teams continue to find creative ways to optimize energy use and reduce waste, helping us advance our sustainability goals and save costs.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Timberland's Commitments to Better Product and a Greener Future Converge With a Program to Increase Factory Efficiency

Timberland’s commitment to create better product focuses on what goes into each product as well as how it is made.

Innovation & Technology

GoodCarts Offers Platform To Help Mission-Driven Retailers Succeed and Grow

GoodCarts, a platform supporting social impact ecommerce brands, recently launched as a way to connect tens of thousands of purpose-driven e-commerce brands and retailers in order to exchange customers who share the goal of “shopping for good.” The platform is free for all impact brands and generates exclusive free discounts for consumers.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating International Day of Persons With Disabilities

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ninety One North America Named a Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments

Ninety One, an active, global investment manager’s North America franchise, Ninety One North America, is recognized in the 2020 Best Places to Work in Money Management awards announced by Pensions & Investments in its annual survey.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Financial and Sustainability Reporting Must Be Given Equal Footing

GRI has called for strengthened financial reporting that complements sustainability reporting and takes account of the financial risks and opportunities related to a company’s sustainability impacts – with mandatory disclosure to ensure transparency on corporate contributions to global challenges.

Education

Kaiser Permanente, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, and Discovery Education Offer New, No-Cost, Digital Resources Supporting Emotional Resiliency in Teachers and Students

In what has been an unprecedented and challenging year for schools across the U.S., educators now have access to new, no-cost digital content that supports their own and their students’ emotional resiliency from Ready, Set, RISE!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Communities Campaign Raises $658,787 to Support Local and Global Communities

The Whole Foods Market Foundations combined forces in a Communities Campaign in October to raise awareness and funds, enabling shoppers to join causes such as poverty alleviation in the United States and around the globe through Whole Planet Foundation.

Social Impact & Volunteering

ScottsMiracle-Gro Associates GroMoreGood This Holiday Season

From toy drives to care-package deliveries, these programs exemplify the true passion of our associates to GroMoreGood in their communities.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New York State Common Retirement Fund Becomes First US Pension Fund to Commit to Net-Zero by 2040

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced that New York State Common Retirement Fund will commit to the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its portfolio by 2040

Latest Campaigns

  1. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
  2. 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...
  3. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  4. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  5. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
  6. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  7. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  8. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  9. KeyBank's Commitment to Diversity
    Promoting inclusive environments by employing systemic changes to improve the access of individuals of diverse backgrounds. Learn more about our...
  10. 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...
  11. Greener Products and Solutions
    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...
  12. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  13. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  14. Antea Group Webinars and Events
    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...
  15. PSEG People & Communities
    PSEG is committed to improving the lives of our customers, our employees and the diverse communities we serve throughout New Jersey and Long Island...