Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mixed-Use: Green Housing and Social Enterprise

GreenMoney Journal

Green Infrastructure

The Ray Unveils Digital Transformation To Fuel National Expansion

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mastercard: The Power of Data To Unlock More Inclusive Financial Experiences

Mastercard

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Spreading Joy and Relief in Times of Need

Bath & Body Works

Events, Media & Communications

IOC Announces Winners of Climate Action Awards 2025

International Olympic Committee





Recent Alerts

Join Leaders From Google, Microsoft, REI & More at GreenBiz 26

Trellis Group

Events, Media & Communications

sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

people in a boat
What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Media & Communications

Who Is the “Best Of” of Sustainable Companies in the Important Annual Rankings? Mirror, Mirror on the Wall – What Reflection for Our Company?

Mirror, mirror on the wall – who is the most sustainable company of them all? That memorable line from the Walt Disney Studios’ 1930s classic is being regularly applied now by a widening range of third party players

Diversity & Inclusion

Arrow Electronics Named Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality in 2020

Arrow Electronics has achieved a 100 percent score on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s premier benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

Media & Communications

PAPERbecause Celebrates 10 Years of Paper Advocacy

Domtar's award-winning PAPERbecause campaign recognizes the enduring value of the printed page. It delivers creative and entertaining reminders of the benefits of paper through eye catching print ads in popular magazines and newspapers.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Consumer Trends That Will Help Communicators in 2020

This Porter Novelli/Cone Gen Z Purpose Study establishes what makes potential customers tick, the stimuli that motivate them, and how their habits and preferences are evolving.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comerica Bank, KPMG's Family for Literacy Donates 4,000 New Books to Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy

Comerica Bank and its community partner KPMG’s Family for Literacy Dallas donated 4,000 new books to Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy library on Thursday, Jan. 30.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investors Have a Fiduciary Responsibility to Combat the Climate Crisis

Investors should consider long-term climate and environmental risks as fundamentally material, and act accordingly. Prioritizing ESG and using all the tools of active ownership to hold portfolio companies accountable for environmental harms.

Diversity & Inclusion

‘The Voice of Blind People Hasn't Been Heard’: Inside the Fight for Audio-described Ads

.@ProcterGamble Company Accessibility Leader Sam Latif decided to lead the drive for audio-described ads and was blown away at how easy it was to produce an inclusive spot for consumers who are blind and visually impaired.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Cocoa For Good

Supporting our cocoa communities is more than an investment—it’s about enabling lasting and systemic change.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

New Blog: The Importance of Framing for Foundations Engaging on Equity

It’s not always what you say, but how you say it.

Environment

This Is How the IOC and the Olympic Games Are Addressing Climate Change

Here's how the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Games are addressing climate change.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The City of Detroit and FCA Seek Artists to Paint One of the Largest Municipal Art Installations in Detroit's History

This Valentine’s Day, FCA will join Detroit’s Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship and City Walls Detroit murals program in showing the city some love.

Energy

Wide Bandgap Technology Enables Future Solar Power Solutions

However, without appropriate technology that is able to deliver energy efficiently and at a comparable price point to existing technology, many government-backed initiatives to promote solar power are unlikely to be wholly successful.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Schneider Electric's Commitment to Sustainability Recognized at Davos

Schneider Electric was ranked among the “Global 100” most sustainable companies by Corporate Knights for the seventh year running, coming 29th overall and first in its category.

Education

"You’ve Got to See It, to Be It.” Bristol-Myers Squibb Partners with W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars Institute

"You’ve got to see it, to be it.” This quote by American activist Marian Wright Edelman embodies the personal and professional philosophy of Charlotte Jones-Burton , M.D., M.S, Cardiovascular Development Team Lead, Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Adobe Partners With Teach for America to Bring Creativity to Classrooms

At Adobe we believe that everyone is creative. Creativity is not exclusive or a special gift endowed only upon a lucky few.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Helping Connect Rural Communities in Argentina

The rural town of Tandil relies on its road network to not only enable people to keep in touch with one another, but also to ensure these rural, and sometimes remote businesses, are able to bring their products to market.

Education

APIA Scholars Rings in Lunar New Year With $1.2 Million Donation From Wells Fargo

Asian & Pacific Islander American (APIA) Scholars, the nation’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to the higher education needs of the APIA community, is ringing in the Lunar New Year with a $1.2 million grant from Wells Fargo.

Health & Healthcare

International Paper Addresses Period Poverty in Video Submitted to Corporate Citizenship Film Festival

International Paper’s new video “Fighting Period Poverty in Our Own Backyards” has been entered in the 2020 Corporate Citizenship Film Festival, hosted by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship.

Education

Cisco Networking Academy Creates a Much-Needed Skills-to-Job Pathway for Diverse Midwest Students

Characterized as a ‘job machine,’ the US economy has had several years of prosperity and solid job growth. But this doesn’t mean that it’s prosperous for all Americans and all job sectors.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PNC Helps Children and Communities Grow Up Great

Now in its 15th year, PNC’s Grow Up Great has served more than 5 million children in the U.S. through early childhood education grant-funded programs, educational materials and mobile engagement tours.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Who Do You Trust? It Might Depend on Your Generation

In a collection of essays called Trust, Inc., business school professors James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner write: “The truth is that trust rules. Trust rules relationships. Trust rules your influence. Trust rules you team’s cohesiveness.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bacardi Launches Shake Your Future in Spain, a Training Program in the Art of Cocktails to Address Youth Unemployment

With a high rate of youth unemployment, which in Spain is around 32%, and a significant shortage of skilled workers in the industry, this project aims to address both challenges, helping young people have better prospects for the future.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Protein Saves the Day

Shelf-stable protein is essential during disasters. Victims and aid workers need long-lasting nourishment and most protein sources spoil quickly when the power is out.

Research, Reports & Publications

Porter Novelli Featured in IPR Top 14 PR Research Insights

We are thrilled to share that Porter Novelli was featured in IPR's Top 14 Public Relations Research Insights of 2019!

Media & Communications

Best of Super Bowl Ads Feature Inclusive Messages, Highlight Sustainability Practices and Urge Us to Donate

Take a look at our roundup of Purpose-driven Super Bowl campaigns that caught our eye.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  2. Advocacy
    Position Action Against Hunger as a leading advocate for policy change and investment—calling for increased public health spending, improved nutrition...
  3. IWBI | Community News
    We believe that people's health and wellness should be at the center of design. That’s why we’re working with industry professionals in real estate...
  4. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  5. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  6. Leadership
    Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...
  7. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  8. 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...
  9. KeyBank Fraud Protection Center
    Advanced security, fraud, and data protection, Keeping your accounts and information secure is a priority for us, and we know it’s a priority for you...
  10. The Ray
    News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.
  11. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  12. Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
    Vision of Milano Cortina 2026 The Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first Olympic winter Games planned and organised under Olympic...
  13. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  14. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  15. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.