Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation Quarterly Giving Series: Q2 2025

DICK'S Sporting Goods

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wesco Recognized as a 2025 Blackbaud Impact Awards Finalist

Wesco International

Events, Media & Communications

How AI Is Disrupting Sustainability Reporting

3BL

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The ROI of Sustainability: A CFO's Perspective

Trane Technologies

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

DaVita Marks Major Milestone in 100% Renewable Energy Commitment

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Editors Pick

Diversity & Inclusion

P&G Believes We All Can Lead Gender Equality Progress in STEM

As a company built on the innovation our products have provided consumers for more than 185 years, we understand the important contributions women in science make — not only to our company’s success — but to our world’s.

Diversity & Inclusion

Conversations That Inspire: Raising the Stakes

Steph Wagner, National Director of Women & Wealth, sat down with Erin Lydon, President of Poker Power, to discuss how poker is more than a game; it’s a game-changer for women across all generations.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

13 Key CSR & ESG Insights From Points of Light’s 2023 Corporate Service Council Summit

On February 7, 2023, Points of Light hosted its annual Corporate Service Council Summit at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government & Public Service in Washington, D.C. The Summit brought together top CSR, ESG and social impact experts and leaders from across the country.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Technologies Included in 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI)

Keysight’s inclusion in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index demonstrates its long-standing commitment to building a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, further supporting the initiatives outlined in the company’s most recent Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Rep

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Impact Investors Can Help at a Time of Global Crisis. Here’s How

In a time of global crisis, what can be done to accelerate positive change? Impact investors have a key role to play, whether they are entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, financial institutions or big listed corporations.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

To Act on Climate Change, Today’s Companies Must Be Water Stewards

As a trio of water experts recently observed in the Harvard Business Review, water is often a hidden climate risk for companies.

Education

Resources for Educators That Make Teaching Entrepreneurship Fun

Right now, in the United States, there are approximately 31 million entrepreneurs, representing approximately 16% of the population. With new businesses starting every day to solve problems big and small, the ins and outs of entrepreneurship is a key skill for students to know.

Events, Media & Communications

Culture Warriors Have New Straw Men: ESG and “Woke Capitalism”

The ongoing internal culture war in the United States now includes a full-frontal assault on the alleged “dangers” posed to certain investors by those asset managers who embrace sustainable investing and factor in ESG analysis for their portfolio decision-making.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Viatris Partnership With Direct Relief Delivers Much-Needed Medicines During Ukraine Crisis

“You stepped up in a major way – extraordinarily so. And I cannot thank you enough,” says Direct Relief President and CEO, Thomas Tighe, of the partnership with Viatris.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Beijing 2022: A Year On, Chinese People Enjoy Winter Sports, Reaping Social and Economic Benefits Created by the Olympic Winter Games

One year after the Games, all the Beijing 2022 venues are being enjoyed by the public and local athletes, and the winter sports industry in the country is booming.

Diversity & Inclusion

Business Access Advisors Help Take Minority Small Businesses to the Next Level

Melvin Cannon came to U.S. Bank looking for capital to expand his fleet of luxury vehicles. What he received in return was much more, due to the expertise and resources provided by Business Access Advisor (BAA) Micae Brown.

Energy

U.S. Department of Energy Encourages Southeast Hydrogen Hub To Submit Full Application for Federal Funding

Decision signals DOE’s interest in coalition's proposal to develop a hydrogen energy ecosystem in the Southeast

Education

picoCTF: How Gamified Cybersecurity Piques Curiosity in STEM

Around the world, the need for information security skilled workers is growing. In the U.S. the Bureau of Labor Statistics anticipates a 35 percent increase of IT skilled employment by 2031.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Franklin Templeton Comments on ASCOR’s First Public Investor Framework To Assess Sovereign Bond Issuers on Climate Change

While investors are making commitments to significantly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their investment portfolios, ESG measurement and standardisation remains a problem.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Rockwell Automation Details Strategy and Outcomes in Newly Released 2022 Sustainability Report

Rockwell Automation, Inc. published its 2022 Sustainability Report, showcasing the company’s sustainability strategy and outcomes, and how Rockwell is partnering across the manufacturing industry and communities worldwide to create sustainable impact and change.

Education

The Importance of STEM Education for Girls: Episode 4 of Science Will Tell Podcast

For its fourth episode of season two, Science Will Tell features Shane Woods and Dr. Iva Morse discussing the importance of engaging and retaining young women in STEM-focused careers through opportunities that allow them to explore their science interests.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fifth Third Bank Receives “Outstanding” CRA Rating Across All Categories of Lending, Investment and Service Rated by the OCC

Fifth Third Bank, National Association has received an “Outstanding,” the highest rating possible, on its most recent Community Reinvestment Act performance examination from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Environment

Arbor Day Foundation Reports Rise in Community Tree Plantings in 2022

In a year in which the Arbor Day Foundation announced a commitment to bring renewed focus to neighborhoods of greatest need, year-end data showed it completed 535 community tree planting projects and helped 500,000 new trees find homes in urban areas.

Diversity & Inclusion

CNH Industrial’s Program to Upskill and Hire Women in Brazil

In 2021, just 15 percent of the 2,500 employees at CNH Industrial’s plant in Sorocaba, Brazil were women. The Emprega+Women training program was established to encourage more women into the workplace.

Health & Healthcare

Direct Relief Commits $3 Million for Turkey and Syria Earthquake Response

Direct Relief today upped its financial commitment to $3 million for response efforts in Syria and Turkey following the deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Monday morning.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Enlivant Earns WELL Health-Safety Rating for Second Consecutive Year

Enlivant and the International WELL Building Institute announced today that Enlivant has been awarded renewal of its WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations and Management for its entire portfolio of 214 senior living communities.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Procter & Gamble Innovates To Create Products That Are Both Sustainable and Accessible

At P&G, we’re working to make people’s everyday lives a little better. That’s why we’re including consumers and employees with disabilities in the design of our products, packaging, advertising and facilities to create a more accessible world and superior experiences for everyone

Diversity & Inclusion

People, Processes and Practices: Eaton's Employee Inclusion Index

Our inclusion index score is measured by these four questions In 2021, 74% of our global workforce took part in the employee survey that Eaton conducts every other year to listen to our employees, improve our culture and make us a better company.

Diversity & Inclusion

Taco Bell Honors Black History Month: Meet Sherron H., Director of Talent Acquisition

Sherron believes in the importance representation plays for the communities Taco Bell serves, and that motivates her and drives her passion to provide even more job opportunities that might seem challenging for underrepresented communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast Partners With National Skills Coalition To Close the Digital Skill Divide

Comcast announced a partnership with the National Skills Coalition (NSC) to educate local, state, and national decisionmakers about the benefits of the new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to promote digital equity and opportunity nationwide.

Latest Campaigns

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    This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...
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    The building sector accounts for nearly 40% of carbon emissions and nearly 50% of the consumption of natural resources. The industry stands at a...