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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Environment+Energy Leader Awards 2024: Celebrating Organizational Excellence in Sustainability and Energy Management

Join the 2024 Environment+Energy Leader Awards! Showcase your company's commitment to sustainability & energy management. Speedy entry process, diverse categories & global recognition await. Submit by Jan 19. Celebrate your impact on Earth Day! #EELAwards2024 #Sustainability

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

DP World Posorja Welcomes First Maersk Service Route, Boosting Ecuador’s Maritime Connectivity

DP World in Posorja, Ecuador welcomed the first of three key service routes for Maersk. Maersk recently announced that beginning in January 2024, it would reroute three service routes from the Port of Guayaquil to the deep-water terminal at the Port of Posorja.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx and Operation Warm Give Coats to Children in South America

This year, the South Cone chapter of the Operation Warm campaign evolved between June and September, and left a mark in both Chile and Argentina.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Henkel Employees Make an Impact on Tomorrow

We are excited to share highlights of our employees’ wide range of community service for causes close to their hearts. At Henkel we are confident that we can make a difference for future generations through volunteerism.

Innovation & Technology

A Year of Growth and Innovation at ekō Solutions

2023 was a year of growth, innovation, agility, diversification and customer driven innovations at ekō Solutions, a Land Betterment company.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Delivering Tangible Climate Action Through the Circular Economy

By looking at how your business can reduce waste, reuse, and recycle, take responsibility for any unavoidable emissions, and support climate action projects, you can take tangible action to better manage your IT carbon footprint.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sustainability Report: MPC’s Community Investment Strategy

Our employees are dedicated to helping communities, and we support them through our MPC Giving and Volunteerism Programs.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose and Tata Consultancy Services: Enabling Success: Closing Business-Critical Digital Skills Gaps

The world’s first technological—or digital—divide became apparent when people noticed the gaps in opportunity and life quality that existed between people who were able to purchase some the first telephones, and those who were not.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Arla Announces New Sustainability Initiative in Efforts To Lower CO2 Emissions

Arla Foods, owned by more than 8,400 farmers from the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg, set a bold ambition to lead in a more climate-efficient dairy production.

Innovation & Technology

The Cyber Security Shakeup Continues in 2024

Cyber threats and cybercrime show no signs of slowing. The growing risk makes it imperative that organizations constantly evaluate their security posture and take steps to harden their defenses, protect internal networks, and secure data from the barrage of threats.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Smoke Detectors for a Safer Season

In an effort to help keep the communities we serve safe, Pepco has donated smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to fire companies in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties.

Health & Healthcare

No-Cost Testing Helps Bolster I-HEAL Community Wellness Day in Mississippi Delta Region

Quest Diagnostics recently provided no-cost Blueprint for Wellness® testing to more than 100 local community members who attended a wellness day in the Mississippi Delta region.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

U.S. Bank Awards First-Ever Boundless Potential Award to Two Small Businesses

U.S. Bank recently honored two small business clients for their extraordinary commitment to their communities with the bank’s first-ever Boundless Potential award. This award was created to honor the spirit of clients who step up and make a lasting impact in their communities.

Innovation & Technology

HARMAN’s 2023 Year in Review: Our Team’s Top 5 Media Moments

As a global connected technologies leader, HARMAN is always pushing the boundaries of innovation to deliver products that make life easier, more productive and entertaining. In 2023, the momentum continued and our teams delivered cutting-edge technologies.

Events, Media & Communications

How Disclosures and Regulations Will Affect Sustainability Communication in 2024

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Crown Marks Human Rights Day With the Launch of a Global Training Course

As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10), our team at Crown takes the opportunity to recognize the responsibility and profound impact businesses can have on societal values.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Volunteer Support for Nonprofits' 2024 Marketing Plan

Your nonprofit is doing critical work. Let’s make sure you’re able to tell the world about it! Register for Taproot's free 1/11 webinar on nonprofit marketing planning and how to use capacity-building and strengthening support from skills-based volunteers.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Albertsons Companies’ Shaw’s and Star Market Supports Wreaths Across America

Albertsons Companies' Shaw’s and Star Market Veterans Associate Resource Group (ARG) recently came together with division Community Champions to support Wreaths Across America, an organization dedicated to remembering the fallen, honoring those who serve, and more.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Threat of Famine in Gaza Is Increasing Daily

The threat of famine in Gaza is intensifying on a daily basis.

Energy

Duke Energy Florida Reduces Customer Bills Starting January 2024

Duke Energy Florida will reduce customer rates in 2024. The Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) unanimously approved Duke Energy’s request to lower rates starting in January 2024.

Education

HanesBrands Provides Access to Education in Dominican Republic with Annual Back-to-School Program

For more than 15 years, our back-to-school program in the Dominican Republic has delivered school kits to students between the ages of 3 and 18 years old. School supplies are packaged in a backpack, including notebooks, pencils, erasers and other essentials.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pepco and Exelon’s Community Impact Capital Fund Invests Nearly $3 Million in Minority-Owned Small Businesses in the District and Maryland

Earlier this year, community leaders, local officials, and stakeholders joined Pepco and our parent company Exelon as we announced $2.7 million in investments for four local minority-owned businesses that will help each business grow.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Gilead Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Third Consecutive Year

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) announced the company has once again been recognized as one of the most sustainable pharmaceutical companies according to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for the third consecutive year.

Environment

Start 2024 Right: Prepare for PFAS Impacts on TRI and TSCA

Join us for our webinar, Start 2024 Right: Prepare for PFAS Impacts on TRI and TSCA, on Tuesday, January 23 at 2:00 pm EST to learn about how these regulatory changes may impact your operations and how important it is to take advantage of this time before the reporting deadlines.

Latest Campaigns

  1. FedEx Cares | Overall
    FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...
  2. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...
  3. Coach Foundation | Dream It Real
    To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  8. 2025 Global Inclusive Growth Summit
    This annual event hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth will explore how we can build strong growth and economic opportunity for all...
  9. Collaboration and Partnership
    Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
  10. AMD Environmental Sustainability
    Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship
  11. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  12. Whirlpool Corporation Diversity and Inclusion
    Celebrating D&I events, stories and wins
  13. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Gilead Sciences Corporate Social Responsibility
  14. Innovation & Sustainable Solutions
    Chemours chemistry is essential to our daily lives, global commerce, and the future. Our commitment to product sustainability drives us to innovate...
  15. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...