Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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HPRC Impact Report

Health & Healthcare | Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

HPRC Publishes Inaugural Impact Report: Paving the Way for Sustainable Healthcare Plastics

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is thrilled to announce the publication of its inaugural Impact Report for 2024.
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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

AllianceBernstein

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sysco 2024 Sustainability Report: At the Heart of One Planet One Table

Sysco Corporation

Discovery Education

Education

Illuminating the Power of STEM in Hopkins, Minnesota With UnitedHealthcare

Science. Technology. Engineering. Math. The building blocks of our world and today’s childhood education. Even with the big focus, STEM can still be intimidating for students, teachers, and families alike.

Events, Media & Communications

Insights From Goodness Matters: 5 Ways to Engage Employees for the Greater Good

This week, more than 400 companies and nonprofits gathered at Benevity’s annual Goodness Matters conference in Palm Springs, California to share insights and best practices around creating social impact for good.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Contributing to a Sustainable and Inclusive Future

Businesses are part of the global ecosystem. And ecosystems, by definition, require balance and diversity. They also require a point of view larger than oneself and longer than the immediate future. They require an understanding that we are stronger

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sodexo Achieves 100% Responsibly Harvested White Fish in Maine, Announces New Commitment

Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to improving Quality of Life, has achieved serving 100% Gulf of Maine Responsibly Harvested® white fish at all of its Maine locations.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Hosts ‘The Continual Struggle’ Art Exhibit During Black History Month

Brian Washington, who also is an award-winning attorney, arts advocate and thinker, is a self-taught artist who specializes in works that depict the civil rights movement and American society.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

3-minute CEO, Marie Dzanis

"We need to be committed to understanding what the marketplace is and how we can creatively source and support talent to make us a better investment community,”

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Diversity & Inclusion

Trailblazer Takeaways: Commemorating Black History Month with Two Modern Civil Rights All-Stars

Marc Morial and Melanie Campbell went deep on the meaning of Black History Month, the reality of racism in America, and the importance of civic engagement at all levels of society.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comerica Bank Makes Dreams Come True During Inaugural Prom Dress Drive in Kalamazoo

Comerica Bank is extending an already successful and popular event from metro Detroit to West Michigan for the very first time – during the inaugural Prom Dress Drive in Kalamazoo from Friday, March 6 through Friday, March 20

Social Impact & Volunteering

"The BEST Field Trip Ever!"

"This was the BEST field trip ever!" Boys and Girls Club members had the BEST day with Cox Enterprise volunteers from around the country.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Regenerative Agriculture Is a Hopeful Solution to Climate Change

How we grow food can help restore natural resources, help address climate change and its effects on our communities, so General Mills has committed to advancing regenerative agriculture on 1 million acres by 2030.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Standing Up for LGBTQ+ Rights

NortonLifeLock scored 100 on Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index. Jaime Barclay, Director of Corporate Responsibility sat down with Cass Averill, Global Program Manager in the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to talk more about what this means for the company.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third’s African American Business Resource Groups Celebrate Black History Month

During February, Fifth Third Bank employees across the Bank’s 10-state footprint hosted a variety of celebrations and events to celebrate Black History Month. Most were organized through Fifth Third’s African American business resource groups.

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Environment

Mid-Mississippi Delta River Region Potentially a “Next California” of Fruit and Vegetable Production

As California gets hotter, drier, and faces more extreme weather events, we need a plan to increase fruit and vegetable production in other parts of the country. New WWF research finds that the Mississippi Delta region could be one of many “Next Californias.”

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Diversity & Inclusion

Black History Month — a Time to Reflect and Celebrate at Merck

Diversity and inclusion are part of our rich history and fundamental to our future success. In celebration of Black History Month, we highlight employees who have made an impact on our past, present and future.

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Energy

Schneider Sustainability Impact 2018 - 2020

For the fifth year, Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, announces its financial and non-financial results together for 2019 annual results.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Rises to #13 on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies List

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) has been ranked #13 on the Barron’s 2020 list of the 100 Most Sustainable Companies in the U.S., up from #33 in 2019.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Makers of the HORMEL® NATURAL CHOICE® Brand Move Ahead with Good Feeds Us All Tour

The makers of Hormel® Natural Choice® brand are on the road and in the airways, spotlighting organizations and people throughout the United States who work for the betterment of others.

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Education

New Holland Shaping the Minds of the Future

New Holland Agriculture campus in New Holland Pennsylvania, the brand’s ancestral home, welcomed 32 students from the local Garden Spot High School to celebrate its inaugural joint STEM curriculum project

Environment

Global Corporate Sustainability Projects

Through dozens of projects around the world, Medtronic is lessening its environmental impact by conserving energy and water, increasing recycling, and reducing waste.

Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc.

Media & Communications

Getting Serious About SASB – Companies, Investors Are Tuning In. What About Accounting Firms?

The importance of the work of the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board in developing industry-specific ESG disclosure recommendations was underscored with the recent letters to company leadership from 2 of the world’s leading asset management firms

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

BNP Paribas and JetBlue Partner to Close First Sustainability-Linked RCF for the Airline Industry

JetBlue has amended its existing $550 million Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility by including a “sustainability-linked” provision to align its strategic initiatives with its ESG performance goals and objectives.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Empathy and Ethics Take Center Stage at Kimberly-Clark Black History Month Celebration

Anthony Ray Hinton was wrongly convicted of the 1985 murders of two fast food restaurant managers in Birmingham, Alabama, sentenced to death, and held on death row for 30 years. The advocate and author was invited to address Kimberly-Clark employees

Environment

(Part 4) Surviving Climate Change: Can Democracy Save Us?

Liberal Democracy doesn't appear to be able to address climate change or the underlying economic system that’s causing it.

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Diversity & Inclusion

UN Global Compact and Five Partner Organizations Ring the Bell for Gender Equality at 75 Stock Exchanges Globally

For the sixth consecutive year, a global collaboration across 75 exchanges (confirmed events as of 26 February 2020) around the world plan to ring opening or closing bells to celebrate International Women’s Day 2020 (Sunday 8 March 2020).

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

National Grid Named One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies

National Grid has been recognized as one of the 2020 World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

Latest Campaigns

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    To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. AMD Environmental Sustainability
    Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...

  11. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...

  12. 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...

  13. Impacting Today and Tomorrow
    What we do matters and our associates can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in the community.

  14. International Paper | SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS
    Vision 2030 Goal: Improve our climate impact and advance water stewardship

  15. Shared Goodness Promise - Hershey's ESG Progress
    The Hershey Company is committed to publishing annual environment, social, and governance reports that give updates on our publicly stated goals and...