Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mountain Mediation Receives $100,000 Wells Fargo Grant to Support Eviction Prevention

Wells Fargo & Company

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Year in Stories: How Covia’s People Drove Progress in 2025

Covia

Education

Otis Expands Little Engineers STEM Program Globally

Otis Worldwide Corporation

Events, Media & Communications

Recognizing Nicolas Clerget, BIER’s 2025 Steering Committee Chair

Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable

Research, Reports & Publications

Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

IOC Receives Low Carbon Award From Geneva Climate Network 2050Today

International Olympic Committee





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

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Social Impact & Volunteering

Food For Thought: Our Inaugural BlueBud Mentee – Hot Bread Kitchen

Environment

Shoe Soles and Rag Washing Helps Drive GM Global Zero Waste Progress

Making shoe soles and washing solvent-drenched rags instead of discarding disposables are two ways General Motors is approaching its aspirational goal of becoming a zero waste manufacturer.

With the addition of six landfill-free sites in Mexico and England, the company’s industry-leading landfill-free count totals 131 facilities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Carnival's 'Merry Grinchmas' Celebrations Bring Holiday Cheer to Kids at Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital in Charleston and Baltimore's Ronald McDonald House

Carnival Cruise Line, in partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, brought some holiday cheer to kids at the Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital in Charleston and The Ronald McDonald House in Baltimore, hosting fun-filled "Merry Grinchmas" celebrations with appearances from The Grinch and more.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Building a Stable Future For Our Country’s 48 Million Food-Insecure People

48 million people in the U.S. struggle with hunger – meaning they do not always have access to the food they need to live an active, healthy life. Feeding America aims to get more nutritious food to more people. In this post from our Shape the Future Blog Series, Feeding America shares how they are working to solve hunger in our nation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CSRHub and Bloomberg - Part 2

The first part of this post described the reasons iCompli and CSRHub decided to create the new ESG Metrics Brief report. We thought it might be helpful to provide a concrete example of the kinds of information—and opportunities for action—that these reports create.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Portioned Coffee: An April Fool’s Attitude - A Critical Look At What Is True

So, here is the question that I want to raise: can single serve coffee be environmentally sustainable?

Events, Media & Communications

World Environment Center Elects New Board Leadership for 2016

The World Environment Center’s (WEC) Board of Directors today announced a new slate of officers and board members to lead and strengthen this global non-profit, non-advocacy organization for 2016 and beyond.

Environment

Tetra Pak Signs Paris Pledge for Action at COP21

Tetra Pak today added its name to the Paris Pledge for Action at COP21, reinforcing the company’s long-standing commitment to take the initiative in helping to tackle climate change.

Innovation & Technology

Food Pioneers: Abbott Partnership to Improve Fortified Rice Profiled on BBC Horizons

Recently the global TV program BBC Horizons profiled how Abbott nutrition scientists helped the international non-profit organization PATH to improve fortified rice – which has the potential to help more than 1 billion people worldwide.

Research, Reports & Publications

Responsible Investing Practice at Northern Trust

Our Corporate Social Responsibility strategy is integrated into our core business strategy. This means we collaborate with our clients and acknowledge our responsibility in supporting sustainable business relationships. We proudly advocate corporate citizenship, philanthropy and support for the diverse communities and environments in which we operate.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Wrangler Joins The Sustainability Consortium

The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) announced today that one of the world’s largest denim brands, Wrangler, has joined the organization in an effort to strengthen supply-chain sustainability for the brand and the apparel industry at large.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

U.S. Trust Launches Carbon Reserve-Free Strategy

U.S. Trust today launched a new component of its proprietary and customizable Socially Innovative Investing (S2I) strategy. The Carbon Reserve-Free Strategy (CRF) offers investors who want to express their environmental values the opportunity to invest in a portfolio that excludes companies that own, extract, distribute and/or process carbon reserves, as well as first-order users including the utilities and energy sectors.

Events, Media & Communications

Who's Attending the 2016 International Corporate Citizenship Conference?

Network exclusively with your peers and business leaders at the 2016 International Corporate Citizenship Conference. Every year, Hundreds of CSR professionals join us to explore the environmental, social and governance aspects of business. Our Conference is unique in the fact we only allow corporate citizenship practitioners to attend.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Southern California Honda Dealers Bring Innovative Classroom Technology to Local High School Students

The Southern California Honda Dealers have teamed up with Environmental Charter Schools, a charter school network educating students in South Los Angeles, to help launch a new sustainable living program for high school students. Through its participation in CBS EcoMedia’s EducationAd program, the Southern California Honda Dealers have provided funding for 3D printers, 3D scanners, tablets and other design technology needed to launch this new experiential learning program.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Are Almonds Really Water Villains?

Despite the El Nino weather pattern that is bringing much needed rain to California, experts say it will likely not be enough to lift the state out of drought. So, water conservation will be on the radar for the foreseeable future.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Bloomberg Anchor Betty Liu Uses Social Media to Build her Brand

Every weekday Betty Liu heads to the Bloomberg offices before the sun is up. By 7:30 a.m. she’s in a makeup chair getting her hair blown out and eyelashes curled. She only has two hours to catch up on the latest from the European and Asian markets, prep questions for her interviews, and read through her scripts.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Action Team Captains, Major Leaguers Spread Cheer During the Holiday Season

Jose Bautista, Gio Gonzalez and Jim Johnson provided the support as Action Teams across the country spread holiday season cheer.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Benefits and Implications of a Four-Generation Workplace

For the first time, there are now four different generations working in the U.S. economy. Each generation brings certain preferences or “norms” for communication style and mode, how they make decisions, perspectives on workplace culture and environment and overall behavior. This mix of preferences is impacting the relationship between employer and employee, and how employees work together.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Six Ways To Engage Internal Stakeholders In Your Citizenship Strategy

Innovation & Technology

Domtar Continues to Improve its Safety Measures

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Commits $5 Million to Boost Maricopa Homeownership

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), NeighborWorks America® and its network member Trellis, today announced the Wells Fargo NeighborhoodLIFT® program will expand to Maricopa County with a $5 million commitment by Wells Fargo to help boost local homeownership.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI Launches GOLD Roundtables Program in USA

GRI, architect of the world’s sustainability data, has announced a series of local roundtable meetings to support the professional development of North American sustainability reporters.

Latest Campaigns

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    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  2. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  3. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  4. 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...
  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. Special Economic Zones
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  7. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  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. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  10. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  11. Cisco Purpose Report
    Cisco Purpose Report
  12. Making the World a Better Home | Our Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
    We believe diversity strengthens us and the best ideas come from diverse teams working together. Creating a positive workplace for everyone means...
  13. Making the World a Better Home | Our Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
    We believe diversity strengthens us and the best ideas come from diverse teams working together. Creating a positive workplace for everyone means...
  14. 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...
  15. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...