Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.



Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Power of Reverse Logistics

T-Mobile International AG

Green Infrastructure

Southwire Partners With Current/OS

Southwire

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Stack Up a Range of Benefits: Kick Off New Habits During Open Enrollment

Aflac Incorporated

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability at Chemours

Chemours

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

When Waters Rise: How PSEG Responds to Flooding and Protects Public Safety

PSEG

Social Impact & Volunteering

Rebuilding With Purpose in Western North Carolina

Truist





Editors Pick

Innovation & Technology

T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile to Participate in FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

To ensure households struggling to pay for Internet service during the pandemic are able to stay connected to work, education and healthcare services, T-Mobile is participating in the FCC’s temporary Emergency Broadband Benefit Program.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Biogen Receives Honorable Mention From Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards

Biogen’s “world changing” idea is Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives, a 20-year, $250-million commitment to go beyond net zero and become fossil fuel free across its operations by 2040 – with an approach designed to advance climate, health and equity.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

IWBI's WELL Health-Safety Rating Honored in Spaces, Places and Cities Category of Fast Company's 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today announced that its WELL Health-Safety Rating, which is being deployed across more than one billion square feet of real estate, has been selected as an Honorable Mention in Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards.

Events, Media & Communications

Ralph Lauren's Chief Product and Sustainability Officer to Highlight Company's Circularity Strategy at Reuters Transform USA 2021

With a longstanding vision of timeless style, Ralph Lauren has a unique approach to adopting circular business practices.

Innovation & Technology

New Holland Combine Harvesters Win Two Medals at the SIMA Innovation Awards 2021

New Holland Agriculture’s innovation in combine harvesting has been rewarded with two medals at the SIMA 2021 Innovation Awards by the international jury panel of industry specialists assisted by a network of technical experts:

Health & Healthcare

Reopening: It's All About the Execution

High expectations around reopening may already be substantially priced into markets, pointing to new risks around how the reopening actually plays out.

Green Infrastructure

Rice University's Betty and Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden Blossoms With Sustainability and Solar Upgrades

oday, Rice University’s gardening community celebrates a solar upgrade and improvements at the Betty and Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden, a place where anyone can learn how to improve their quality of life and neighborhoods through gardening.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Employee Successfully Pivots Career from Admin to Supply Chain Technician

When Omayra Serrano moved from New York City to Dayton, a mid-sized city in Ohio, to be closer to her family, she thought she would continue working in the field of administration. But, an unexpected opportunity — and a leap of faith on Omayra’s part — turned into a new career pathway at our Dayton Mixing Center.

Energy

La-Z-Boy Signs Long-Term Renewable Energy Deal

La-Z-Boy Incorporated, a global leader in residential furniture, has finalized a 10-year resource-backed virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA), extending through the end of 2030, with AEP Energy Partners, a competitive energy subsidiary of American Electric Power.

Environment

LA Galaxy and TreePeople Team Up to Plant Trees in Watts, Los Angeles in Celebration of Earth Month

AEG’s LA Galaxy recently teamed up with TreePeople to plant trees in Watts, Los Angeles in celebration of Earth Month on Thursday, April 29.

Innovation & Technology

Intelligent Locations: Using Bluetooth Low Energy for Contact Tracing and Hospital Asset Tracking

Where is ‘Indoor GPS’ when you need it? Imagine being able to accurately locate each and every piece of equipment down to about a cubic foot in a facility. Imagine being able to accurately track each one of your patients in real-time in this COVID-19 hot environment.

Media & Communications

Celebrating Climate Week & Earth Day 2021 - Global Leaders Gather in “Climate Summit” Hosted by the U.S. - Kumbaya for Paris Agreement Goals Refresh

A highlight of the numerous celebrations of the 2021 Climate Week / Earth Day around the world was the hosting of a “global summit” of leaders from 40 nations and sub-governments, the investment community, the corporate community, NGOs, and advocates, the E.U., multilateral organizations, indigenous communities, and others – hosted by the United States of America.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Emily Pachuta and Olga Sudvarg Named Global Data Power Women

Congratulations to Emily Pachuta, Chief Marketing and Analytics Officer in the Americas and Olga Sudvarg, Global Head of Data Advisory Services and Chief Operating Officer for Data for being recognized as CDO Magazine's Global Data Power Women 2021.

Environment

Moody's 2020 TCFD Report Highlights Climate Action Progress

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) today published its 2020 Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report, highlighting the Company’s commitment to climate action, and reaffirming its support for more consistent and comparable sustainability disclosures.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About TCFD

With increasing number of companies now disclosing their climate-related risks and opportunities in alignment with the TCFD recommendations, a team of WSP experts recently issued a study assessing how firms are approaching such disclosures and how they can be enhanced to bring added value.

Green Infrastructure

Rockwell Automation, Technologies Added and Sustainder Partnership to Build Smart Lighting Highlighted in BBC StoryWorks Video

Rockwell Automation, along with Dutch partners Sustainder and Technologies Added, are featured in a BBC StoryWorks video highlighting the companies’ collaboration to build more sustainable lighting in a smart factory setting.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Owens Corning: Sustainable Innovation to Expand Our Product Handprint

Over the last ten years, we’ve done a great deal to develop innovative products that make the world a better place.

Innovation & Technology

How Technology Is Driving A Sustainable Future

Overcoming the engineering challenges of high performance, interoperability and security is critical to delivering next-generation solutions for decreasing emissions, minimizing waste and preventing pollution.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Timberland Expands Regenerative Leather Offerings, Sets Out to Build World's First Regenerative Rubber Supply System for Footwear

On the heels of Earth Day, Timberland announces important advancements in its regenerative agriculture efforts, working toward a vision for Timberland® products to have a net positive impact on Nature by 2030.

Diversity & Inclusion

From Refugee to R&D: Henkel Celebrates Pamela Lam’s Leadership Journey

The courageous journey Pamela Lam began all those years ago has led to a life of leadership in science, innovation and inclusion — her own American dream.

Health & Healthcare

The Future of Testing and Care: Broader Access

Abbott’s Andrea Wainer sat down with Aspen Institute at Aspen Ideas Health to discuss the impact of COVID-19 and the importance of access and affordability for the future of testing and healthcare.

Research, Reports & Publications

WEC Energy Group Sets Industry-Leading Environmental Goals

WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC) unveiled aggressive new carbon dioxide and methane reduction goals this week.

Events, Media & Communications

Alkermes to Showcase Data From Psychiatry Portfolio at Upcoming Scientific Conferences Throughout Mental Health Awareness Month

Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS) recently announced plans to present clinical data and outcomes research from its psychiatry portfolio at three scientific conferences during Mental Health Awareness Month in May.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

John Deere Named a Winner of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards for the Rayuwa Project in Nigeria

Fast Company selects PYXERA Global partner John Deere as winner of the CSR Award for its 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards in recognition of the Rayuwa project. Rayuwa is launched with John Deere, PYXERA Global and smallholder farm families in Nigeria.

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