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Social Impact & Volunteering | 3M

3M Volunteers Advance Hands-On Stem Learning

As part of a continued effort to inspire the next generation of scientists, 3M is partnering with DoSomething and Amazon MGM Studios to launch Project STEM Heroes, a nationwide program encouraging young people to explore STEM careers and recognize the mentors who sparked them.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Engage for Good Recognizes the Leaders Shaping Corporate Social Impact

Engage for Good

Environment

Water Stewardship: Why Global Trade Must Invest in the World’s Most Critical Resource

DP World

Environment

Assurant and AT&T Tree for Trade‑In Program Supports Ongoing Reforestation in California Through the Arbor Day Foundation

Arbor Day Foundation

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Pricing Water Risk and Scaling Climate Resilience

NatureVest

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Living Incomes Matter

Fairtrade America

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Empowered to Build Better: Meet Venelin Krastev

GoDaddy

Environment

The Continuing Evolution of ESG Due Diligence: Why There Are Always Risks to Be Managed and Value to Be Created

Inogen Alliance

Events, Media & Communications

Heart Water Earns Water Stewardship, Resiliency and Water Positive Certifications for Its Rainwater Capture Technology at Its Buda, TX Facility

SCS Global Services

Featured Brands

Hope on Wheels: FedEx Supports The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army’s canteen trucks—many of them donated by FedEx—play a vital role in supporting communities around the world. While these mobile units are best known for providing meals, water, and comfort during natural disasters and other emergencies

3M Volunteers Advance Hands-On Stem Learning

As part of a continued effort to inspire the next generation of scientists, 3M is partnering with DoSomething and Amazon MGM Studios to launch Project STEM Heroes, a nationwide program encouraging young people to explore STEM careers and recognize the mentors who sparked them.

How To Go ‘Beyond Words’ With Acts of Compassion and Kindness

“Beyond Words” is a story of kindness, empathy and friendship, teaching readers of all ages to express compassion without needing to say a word. The book follows Buddy as he discovers how to support a friend coming home from the hospital.

Gina Adams Honored by Dress for Success As Part of Women Who Inspire Campaign

Gina Adams, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at FedEx, has been recognized by Dress for Success Worldwide as part of its annual Women Who Inspire global campaign.

Prosperity Now Receives $1 Million Wells Fargo Foundation Grant to Support VITA Organizations Nationwide

Prosperity Now receives a $1 million dollar Wells Fargo Foundation grant to support IRS-certified Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) organizations nationwide. Grant expands access to trusted, no-cost tax return preparation services.

PNC Announces New Initiatives to Inspire Outdoor Learning, Classroom Innovation Through PNC Grow Up Great

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., is kicking off Great Month, its annual celebration of PNC Grow Up Great® and high-quality early childhood education, by announcing new initiatives with two longtime collaborators.

Finding Courage in a Feathered Friend

But on that overwhelming day, Arlo was handed something unexpected: a small, soft feathered companion with a gentle heartbeat and a peaceful expression. It was My Special Aflac Duck®, a robotic comfort companion designed for children facing cancer and sickle cell disease.

Scaling Impact and Connectivity Through Technology Donations at Cisco

Through the Cisco Foundation and our corporate Social Impact Investments (SII), we support organizations that use technology in bold, innovative ways — from saving energy to saving lives. 

Medtronic Returns to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List for Second Year in a Row

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, is proud to announce its inclusion in Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list of 2026. The company earned a spot for its BrainSense™ Adaptive DBS therapy for people with Parkinson’s, which was approved by the U.S.

Where Water Flows, Equality Grows: FedEx and Water Mission Bring Relief After Hurricane Melissa

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall on October 28, 2025, Jamaica faced one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CNH Industrial Recognized Among the Leading Global Companies in Sustainable Performance by CDP

The CDP has recognized CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) as a global leader in sustainable water management, naming it as one of only 71 companies included in the CDP’s prestigious Water Security A-List.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Named to Forbes’ List of America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2020

Merck has been named to Forbes magazine’s America's Best Employers for Diversity 2020 list. In collaboration with analytics firm Statista, Forbes identified The Best Employers for Diversity through an independent survey of 60,000 U.S. employees...

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

U.S. Financial Regulators Have a Duty to Steer Us Away From Climate-induced Financial Collapse

It’s beyond time for the financial regulators to heed these clear calls for action and demonstrate the kind of leadership we’re already seeing from regulators globally.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Keep America Beautiful and the National Recycling Coalition Host Joint Recycling Market Development Workshop

To kick off the 2020 Keep America Beautiful® National Conference, national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful is leading a one-day Recycling Market Development Workshop on Feb. 11, 2020 in Memphis, Tennessee, with the National Recycling Coalition and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Verizon’s Big Football Game Ad 2020

Verizon’s Big Football Game Ad 2020

Health & Healthcare

Gildan Partners With Leading US Cancer Research Institute for Cervical Cancer Prevention Project on the Factory Floor

In light of World Cancer Day, an international day to raise awareness of cancer and encourage its prevention, Gildan looks back at a meaningful partnership with The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center and the League Against Cancer Honduras

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

General Mills Awarded Prestigious CDP A List Awards for Climate and Water Actions for Second Consecutive Year

Today, General Mills announced it has been recognized as a global leader in corporate sustainability by environmental impact non-profit CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) achieving a place on the CDP ‘A List’.

Research, Reports & Publications

2020 Sustainability Reporting & Compliance Calendar

When it comes to compliance and sustainability reporting frameworks, it's important to stay on track with deadlines. Download our interactive 2020 Reporting & Compliance Calendar for a quick reference to monthly deadlines throughout the year.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Duke Energy Earns Top Marks in 2020 Corporate Equality Index

Duke Energy has received a perfect score for the third year in a row on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking study that annually ranks companies on LGBTQ-friendly corporate practices and policies.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Dow and Avangard Innovative Advance Plastic Circularity With Agreement to Supply Recycled Plastics for Dow Technologies

A new deal between Dow and Avangard Innovative LP is a significant addition to Dow's plastic circularity portfolio that is aligned with the company’s goal to advance the circular economy for plastics and minimize waste in the environment.

Innovation & Technology

T&M Solutions for Automotive Visions into Reality

Keysight is supporting the automotive industry through their latest innovations to improve road safety by leveraging existing smart traffic infrastructure.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Expands Financing for Diverse Small Businesses

The Wells Fargo Foundation announces that it is providing $17.4 million to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) across the U.S. to accelerate the growth of diverse small businesses and job creation in local communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Verizon Celebrates What Technology Will Never Do During the Super Bowl

Campaign celebrating those who serve comes to life with One More Sunday: Verizon and the NFL’s mission to build the largest volunteer network in America

Social Impact & Volunteering

Blankets Donated to Cancer Patients and Their Families in Huntingdon Valley

Volunteers from Colonial Subaru and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society delivered the blankets to Holy Redeemer Hospital.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Intel Honored as One of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

Intel is proud to be named one of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises, the only national award honoring corporations for world-class supplier diversity programs that reduce barriers and drive growth for women-owned businesses.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Bot That: Steph Johnson Programmed Herself Into a New Career

This sort of proactive enthusiasm for constant improvement needs to be a hallmark of Koch culture and its employees, said Steve Daley, president of Koch's Market-Based Management capability

Research, Reports & Publications

Just Released: 2019 Novartis in Society Report, Detailing Progress Made on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Topics

For the seventh consecutive year, Novartis is publishing an annual Novartis in Society ESG report. The report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Core option.

Health & Healthcare

Driving Transformational Innovation in HIV Research

When I was a medical student in the mid-1990s, the scope and impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic was devastating and there was little hope for long-term survival. During rotations at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, I observed people living with HIV...

Events, Media & Communications

Discover the Epicenter of Tech Innovation All New Tech for Tomorrow Virtual Field Trip Premieres Thursday, February 6 at 1pm EST

Join us as we travel virtually to The Tech Interactive, a world-famous science and technology center in San Jose, California.

Diversity & Inclusion

Carnival Corporation Joins United Nations Initiative Promoting Workplace Equality

Carnival Corp recently announced it is among the 1st companies to join the United Nations' Standards of Conduct for Business, a global campaign seeking to tackle discrimination against lLGBTI people in the workplace and in society.

Sustainable Development Goals

Colombian Restaurant Supports Local Talent by Hiring and Buying Locally

Colombian restaurant Wok has joined Business Call to Action with a commitment to provide job opportunities to unexperienced low-income earners, helping to break a cycle of unemployment and poverty.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Measuring Opportunity, One Neighborhood at a Time

“Starfish are not saved one by one,” writes David Brooks in a New York Times column. He is referring to a young child’s earnest argument that saving even one beached starfish “matters to that one.” Unlike the young child, Brooks believes...

Innovation & Technology

Sustainable Beginnings: Lidl, IVECO, LC3 and Edison Introduce the First Biomethane-Fuelled Vehicles

CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI/ MI: CNH) commercial vehicle brand IVECO , collaborated with LC3 Trasporti, LIDIL and Edison to produce five new biomethane-fuelled vehicles for Lidl Italy’s fleet.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Mohawk Honored with Best of Surfaces 2020 Award for Sustainability

This year at The International Surface Event (TISE) in Las Vegas, Mohawk Flooring North America was recognized with the coveted Best of Surfaces Award in the Sustainability category.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Seeking a Sustainable Future One Can at a Time

On the weekends, you can find Adam Shalapin enjoying the outdoors skiing, hiking or fly fishing, but during the week, he’s working at Ball Corporation as the global sustainability manager to protect the land and water that he loves.

Latest Campaigns

GoDaddy | Microbusiness

They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...

PSEG Strength in Service, Sandy and Beyond

Ten years after Superstorm Sandy raged across the East Coast, PSE&G continues to protect customers’ utility service from the damaging impact of...

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

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...

Aflac Voices

Hear from Aflac’s senior leaders and subject matter experts about industry trends and more.

Local Communities

The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...

Climate Action & Environmental Management

Reach net-zero carbon in our own operations by 2030 and partner with suppliers to reduce their climate impact.

Financial health

At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...

Subaru Love Promise: Environment

Subaru works to reduce waste, safeguard resources for future generations, and preserve natural spaces – making real, meaningful commitments to these...

Community Impact

Advancing our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships, and employee volunteerism.