Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives Episode 34: Gary Levante, Bershire Bank

This Pro Bono Week bonus episode returns to Danielle Holly's conversation with Gary Levante, Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility & Culture at Berkshire Bank and one of the collaborators behind Skills for Cities.

Environment

Creating a Rain Forest in the Pacific Ocean

SCE’s Wheeler North Reef expansion project will build 374 acres of habitat for residential fish and marine life near San Clemente.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Freeport-McMoRan Employees Volunteer in Their Communities

Freeport-McMoRan employees volunteered over 3,000 hours during this year’s Global Volunteer Month, doing everything from planting trees to holding food and diaper drives.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Companies and Albertsons Companies Foundation Hunger Is Results by the Numbers: 100 Million Breakfasts, 200,000 Kids and 1 Goal — Eradicate Childhood Hunger

Hunger Is started in 2014 as a radical aspiration to eradicate childhood hunger – an issue far too common in countless communities across the country.

Diversity & Inclusion

P&G Recruits Managers, Especially Women, who Paused Careers

Procter & Gamble has launched an internship program for experienced professionals – especially women – who might have put a pause on their careers to raise children or care for an aging or ailing family member. The intent is to hire them for management positions.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Four Reasons Food Safety Is Not Just for World Food Day

Abigail Stevenson, Mars Global Food Safety Center Director, on why food safety is a critical requirement for food security, and how Mars is proudly taking action to enable safe food for all on #WorldFoodDay and every day.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Council of Michigan Foundations Honors John Erb with 2019 Russell G. Mawby Award for Philanthropy

John Erb has been named the 2019 recipient of the Russell G. Mawby Award for Philanthropy by the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) and the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA).

Health & Healthcare

Fight Breast Cancer While Specifying Flooring Products

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the U.S., but early detection and effective treatment significantly reduce mortality rates. With that in mind, Specify for a Cure gives designers a chance to make each product purchase count.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Top Ten Trends in CSR Reporting in 2019

CSR reporting reached an all-time high this year with 86 percent of companies in the S&P 500 publishing report.

Energy

Chevron Sets New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals

Chevron Corporation has established new goals to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity from upstream oil and natural gas. Emission intensity is the emission rate of greenhouse gas per unit of energy produced.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CNH Industrial Hosts Second Innovation Day in Curitiba, Brazil

Hot on the heels of its first successful innovation day, CNH Industrial hosted a second event at its plant in Curitiba, in Paraná State in Southern Brazil.

Energy

Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods Invest Half Billion Dollars to Become Largest Renewable Natural Gas Supplier in U.S.

Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods announced today the companies are doubling their investment in renewable natural gas (RNG) projects across the U.S. to $500 million through 2028.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

In the Homestretch: NPHY Closes in on Housing Expansion Campaign Goal

With the initial backing from Sands Cares and the JBJ Soul Foundation, NPHY has a goal of raising $500,000 through the Housing Expansion Campaign and will use funds to develop new multi-family property to flexibly house homeless and at-risk youth.

Environment

Carter Rubin: Traffic in Transition

Do you ever find yourself driving down a familiar street and suddenly encounter an unfamiliar right turn only sign that diverts all traffic off your intended route?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PNC Honored with Board Diversity Award

At its annual Sandra Day O'Connor Board Excellence Award luncheon this year, DirectWomen presented its 2019 Board Diversity Award to PNC for illustrating a strong commitment to diversity in our boardroom, C-suite and across the company.

Environment

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, Hawthorne Gardening Company and National Farm to School Network Launch New Hydroponic School Garden Project

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, Hawthorne Gardening Company and National Farm to School Network launched a new pilot project to integrate indoor growing systems into underserved schools across the country.

Health & Healthcare

New Virtual Reality Training from Tork is a Game Changer for Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance

Tork—a brand of leading global hygiene and health company Essity—is one of the first to launch an interactive virtual reality (VR) hand hygiene training simulation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CSRHub Metrics Included in Harvard Business Review Top CEO's List 2019

The Harvard Business Review (HBR) just released its prestigious ranking of the 100 best-performing CEOs in the world.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Capacity Commons

Capacity Commons, a newly launched one-stop shop for skills-based volunteerism, is addressing both the lack of access to pro bono resources and the know-how to effectively deploy them.

Innovation & Technology

Envisioning the Future at XPRIZE Visioneering: Why Not?

Earlier this month, Intel helped the XPRIZE Foundation celebrate 25 years of solving massive problems at their annual Visioneering Summit.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 118: How Companies Can Engage on #GivingTuesday

In this super-sized episode, Blackbaud’s Rachel Hutchisson talks to both Gary Levante, senior vice president of Corporate Responsibility & Culture at Berkshire Bank and Icema Gibbs, director of Corporate Social Responsibility at JetBlue.

Health & Healthcare

IWBI Recognizes Outstanding Leaders in Asia for Advancing Health and Wellness in Buildings and Communities

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today announced a group of Asia-based leaders who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in advancing health and well-being for people through WELL projects.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Afore XXI Banorte Adopta el Código de Conducta Profesional de Gestores de Inversión del CFA Institute

Afore XXI Banorte adoptó hoy el Código de Conducta Profesional del Gestor de Inversiones del CFA Institute, con lo que se convierte en la primera Afore en México en adherirse a este marco.

Environment

Troy Bernal Joins Antea Group Remediation Team

Troy Bernal joins Antea Group as Sr. Consultant with management experience in environmental risk assessment, toxicology, industrial hygiene, emergency response and more.

Research, Reports & Publications

90 Percent of Gen Z Tired of How Negative and Divided Our Country Is Around Important Issues, According to Research by Porter Novelli/Cone

Nearly nine-in-10 (87%) of Gen Zers are worried for the environment and the planet, according to the 2019 Porter Novelli/Cone Gen Z Purpose Study.

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...