Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Education

Reaching Kids Early Is the Key to Driving Interest in STEM, Educators Say

Hundreds of JetBlue crewmembers are alumni of Aviation High School, and now they’re paying it forward by regularly volunteering as student mentors and sponsoring field trips to New York airports.

Innovation & Technology

Relaxing Floors: A Stress-Reductive Approach to Design

Fractals are the building block of many of nature’s patterns and have been scientifically proven to reduce stress and so provide benefits to physical health.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO and Discovery Education Introduce the CITGO Fueling Education™ Student Challenge

CITGO Petroleum Corporation and Discovery Education announce the opening of the CITGO Fueling Education Student Challenge.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Xylem Watermark Expands Impact Efforts With First Large-Scale Mexico Project

Through Xylem Watermark’s partnership with Planet Water and the Flex Foundation, 10 primary schools in Aguascalientes, Mexico recently received clean water access through community-based water filtration systems and hygiene education programs.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Changing Girls’ Lives Through STEM Education

Today, too many girls are locked out of STEM and have to work twice as hard to get half as far. Techbridge Girls is leveling the playing field, striving to empower thousands more girls from low-income communities.

Diversity & Inclusion

North Texas Women In Business Learn, Connect & Grow During Comerica Bank Women’s Business Symposium

Comerica Bank capped off the 2019 season of its national Women’s Business Symposium in Dallas/Fort Worth. More than 600 women in business from across North Texas joined for an afternoon of empowering conversations, learning and networking.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sustainable Impact Takes Center Stage at Annual HP Americas Innovation Summit

HP highlighted its commitment to Sustainable Impact via an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of its Nashville-based recycling facilities for hardware and supplies.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Project SPAMMY® Experience

Hormel Foods developed SPAMMY®, a shelf-stable poultry product that is fortified with vitamins and minerals, to help prevent childhood malnutrition in Guatemala.

Green Infrastructure

Exploring a Real-World Model of Sustainable and Circular Business in Pittsburgh

The Tower at PNC Plaza, a state-of-the-art high-rise in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, has achieved LEED Platinum status, the highest certification awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Research, Reports & Publications

Infographic: Arrow Electronics 2018 Global Impact Statistics

Arrow CSR partner organizations supported nearly 14.7 million people on 6 continents— a 77% increase over 2017!

Media & Communications

Feeding the 9 Billion in Year 2050 Is a Great Challenge for Society

The United Nations Population Prospects 2019 tells us that there will be nine billion souls to feed on this Good Earth by year 2050 (up from seven billion-plus of us today).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Winning Culture at Bacardi U.S.A. Inc. Makes It One of the Best Medium Workplaces in the Country

This is the second year Bacardi in the U.S. is a Great Place to Work-Certified™ and this reflects a strong corporate culture driven by being Fearless, treating each other like Family and thinking like Founders.

Innovation & Technology

Patch PDX: Sharing Our Culture of Community With Portland’s Tech Industry

How do we use technology to improve our communities? This is the question I and 80 of my peers from across the Portland tech community asked ourselves as we gathered in the Zones cafeteria earlier this month for Intel’s inaugural Patch PDX event.

Innovation & Technology

Spotlight on Arya Bairat: 17-Year Old Sustainable Inventor

At just 15 years old, Arya Bairat developed the EES Sustineri – a system that combines innovative technologies to provide a sustainable, cost-effective source of electrical power that could be used in almost any industry.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sycwin Coating & Wires Receives Lead Safe Paint® Certification for All Paint Brands

IPEN announced today that paint products manufactured by Sycwin Coating & Wires, Inc. (Sycwin), a leading paint manufacturer from the Philippines, have been certified under the Lead Safe Paint® standard.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Timberland Announces Partnership to Build Leather Supply Chain From Regenerative Ranches

Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland today announced a new partnership with Other Half Processing to build a responsible leather supply chain sourced from ranches that employ regenerative practices.

Energy

P&G Achieves a Significant 2020 Sustainability Goal Ahead of Schedule

We are proud to share that we are purchasing 100% renewable electricity in the U.S. and Canada, and extended it to Western Europe. These three markets are among our largest and represent over 70% of our purchased electricity, signifying a strong start to P&G’s Ambition 2030 goal of purchasing 100% renewable electricity globally by 2030.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Give the Earth a Treat This Halloween With These Green Tips

We know Halloween can be a sweet holiday, as well as a frightfully wasteful one with all of the disposable decorations, packaging, and costumes that come with the season.

Research, Reports & Publications

JetBlue Uses NextGen Systems to Reduce Carbon Emissions

NextGen benefits lead to lower JetBlue fuel usage and carbon emissions. As climate change leads to more frequent and more intense weather events, we expect benefits to increase.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

'Working Mother' Names GM One of the 2019 100 Best Companies

General Motors was named one of the 100 Best Companies by Working Mother. The 2019 winners were recognized for focusing on inclusive benefits for families, including gender-neutral parental leave, gradual phase-back after leave and accessible, affordable childcare.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cybersecurity Awareness Month—Own IT: Understand Your Digital Profile

Internet-based applications and devices are present in every aspect of our lives—at home, school, work, and on the go.

Sustainable Development Goals

The Arbor Day Foundation and International Paper to Continue Partnership to Reforest Communities

The Arbor Day Foundation and International Paper will continue their partnership to plant trees in forests and communities across the country.

Diversity & Inclusion

Meet One of Our Cherie Blair Foundation Programme Partners: Qualcomm

Qualcomm has been collaborating with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women since 2012. For our first collaboration, we teamed up to provide online mentoring support as part of the Foundation’s Mentoring Women in Business Programme in Malaysia.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

eBay, Hank Willis Thomas, and Public Art Fund Launch Exclusive Sale of Iconic ALL LI ES MATTER Prints for Charity

In the spirit of #Artober, shoppers can purchase this timely and important signed, limited-edition print knowing 100 percent of proceeds benefit the Public Art Fund of New York.

Innovation & Technology

Raising the Curtain on Breast Cancer Awareness

The Tribeca X Award-winning VR film, The 100%, reveals the story of ballerina Maggie Kudirka, whose stage four breast cancer diagnosis at age 23 and continuing battle has made her an advocate for young people with the disease.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  2. 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...
  3. Social Progress
    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...
  4. 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...
  5. Innovation Spotlight: Duke Energy
    At Duke Energy, we’re always improving operations and finding smart, safe and innovative ways to power the communities we serve. We’re embracing new...
  6. 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...
  7. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  8. Subaru Love Promise: Community
    Subaru is dedicated to supporting those who need it the most in our communities. From donating food to Feeding America, providing essential items to...
  9. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  10. AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations
    AEG's sustainability initiatives are designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive sustainability...
  11. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  12. LG Air Conditioning Solutions
    About LG Conditioning Technologies The LG Electronics USA Air Conditioning Technologies business is based in Alpharetta, Ga. LG is a leading player in...
  13. Profiles of Good Character and Inspiring Innovation
    There are two pillars to CACl’s culture: character – our commitment to ethics and integrity in all we do, and innovation – our dedication to...
  14. Profiles of Good Character and Inspiring Innovation
    There are two pillars to CACl’s culture: character – our commitment to ethics and integrity in all we do, and innovation – our dedication to...
  15. Food Systems and Livelihoods
    Illustrate how resilient food systems and economic empowerment enable long-term food security. Cover climate-smart agriculture, local market access...