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Environment

Do ESG Scores Really Matter? The Answer May Surprise You

ESG scores are frequently used by organizations to evaluate and report on environmental, social, and governance factors But there’s a problem.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

HP Inc. Announces Sustainable Bond Framework and Inaugural Sustainability Notes Offering

HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) today announced the release of its Sustainable Bond Framework, which the company will use to issue bonds to help finance HP projects that contribute to a more sustainable and just future.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What Does Resilience Really Mean?

Resilient business strategies are essential to achieving a just world and an economy that delivers inclusive and sustainable prosperity. What does resilience mean for business and its ability to capture strategic advantage?

Research, Reports & Publications

Ecolab Helps Customers Achieve Sustainable Operations, Providing Safe Food to 1.3 Billion People and Saving Enough Water for 712 Million People

Ecolab Inc. has launched its 2020 Corporate Sustainability Report, entitled Partners for Greater Purpose: Leading in a Changing World, highlighting Ecolab’s work with leading companies to advance environmental and operational outcomes.

Diversity & Inclusion

T. Rowe Price Earned Perfect Score in Human Rights Campaign's 2021 Corporate Equality Index

T. Rowe Price received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

M&T Bank Corporation Releases Inaugural ESG Report

M&T Bank Corporation (M&T Bank) today released its 2020 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report.

Education

New Training on Tax Transparency

Sustainability and tax professionals have a new opportunity to deepen their understanding of tax reporting – and better address global requirements for tax transparency – following the launch of a training course on the new GRI Tax Standard.

Environment

Environmental Stewardship Partners

4-H Club members from Early County High School joined volunteers with the Cedar Springs, Georgia Wildlife Habitat Conservation Team on a recent project work event.

Sustainable Development Goals

Global Battery Alliance Pledges to End Child Labour

Global Battery Alliance Pledges to End Child Labour

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Shining a Light on Heritage

A rural Hong Kong village abandoned in the 1970s has been brought back to life thanks to power supply restoration. Visitors can now enjoy its rich cultural heritage and diverse ecological environment.

Media & Communications

Podcast: Lessons from Schneider Electric (Part II)

Businesses have a unique opportunity to create a better world, addressing major environmental and social challenges in a way that creates new business value and competitive advantage.

Research, Reports & Publications

HPE Delivers Sustainable Digital Transformation Through Pivot to As-a-service, According to Annual ESG Report

Hewlett Packard Enterprise released its annual Living Progress Report for fiscal year 2020, demonstrating its ongoing commitment to help customers drive digital transformations that reduce their carbon footprint, protect human rights throughout its value chain, and help customers and communities weather the unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events, Media & Communications

Griffith Foods & The Social Gastronomy Movement: The Power of Sustainable Collaboration Models to Create Circular Food Waste Products

Griffith Foods and the Social Gastronomy movement host dialogue focused on the power of sustainable collaboration models to create circular food waste products. This is part of their dialogue series in preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit.

Innovation & Technology

Meet Dr. Marta Karczewicz, the Qualcomm Inventor Who Helped Make It Possible to Stream, Share, and Communicate Over Video

Dr. Marta Karczewicz leads a team dedicated to improving multimedia R&D, making breakthroughs as video moves into more categories than ever before, including everything from remote education & telemedicine to XR & machine-to-machine communication.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

4 Ways Governments Can Help Small Businesses Flourish in a Post-COVID World

Two things that united us during the pandemic were the recognition that small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities, and our collective determination to keep them afloat. But small business owners need support on both sides of the checkout counter.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Kimberly-Clark Partners With Leading Biotech Innovator to Design Sustainable Alternatives to Traditional Plastics

Kimberly-Clark wants to create the next generation of sustainable materials without compromising on product performance and quality.

Health & Healthcare

Food Safety Needs to Be Everyone's Business

An estimated 600 million people currently fall ill after eating contaminated food each year – and the global burden of foodborne diseases affects people of all ages, particularly children aged under 5 and individuals in low-income countries.

Innovation & Technology

Cybersecurity: A Growing ESG Concern

Cybersecurity is solidifying as a top governance concern with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations as cyberattacks increase in frequency and severity--alongside the financial losses and disruptions that can follow in their wake.

Research, Reports & Publications

Nielsen's 2021 Responsibility Update Highlights ESG Commitment Through Change

Through a historical and pivotal 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic and separation into two companies, Nielsen has remained strongly committed to its environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities and performance.

Events, Media & Communications

Register Now! 5 Actionable Steps to Safely Unite Employees at In-Person Workplace Volunteer Events This Year

With vaccines readily available to Americans, the return to in-person events is fast approaching. For many of us, this will also include returning to the office in some capacity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Illumina Recognized in Just Capital's Top 100 Companies Supporting Healthy Families & Communities

We strive to support our local communities and are proud to be featured in the Top 100 for Healthy Families and communities by JUST Capital supported by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Research, Reports & Publications

Intelligent Transportation Systems Focus of New Black & Veatch eBook

The rise of digitization and smart technologies such as advanced driver-assistance systems, smart sensors and other Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are transforming the world of transportation as we know it.

Innovation & Technology

Cummins to Play Critical Role in Ground-Breaking Hydrogen Refueling Station

Accessible hydrogen refueling stations are a vital part of the emissions reduction journey, as they make hydrogen-powered transport a realistic option.

Diversity & Inclusion

Somber Reflections: Memorial to Enslaved Laborers Fosters 'Hope and Healing'

A new memorial acknowledging the historical use of slave labor to build and maintain University of Virginia’s Charlottesville campus has been attracting attention and heightening racial awareness since its completion in what became a turbulent 2020.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Where COVID surges, Cisco Brings Empathy and Expertise

As people around the world look cautiously towards the post-pandemic era, other regions remain mired in crisis.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Principal Financial Group: Financial Inclusion
    Helping individuals and businesses gain access to useful financial products and services to meet their needs—from savings, credit, and insurance to...
  2. 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...
  3. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  4. FedEx | Volunteer Campaigns
    Giving back is part of the FedEx culture. Team members support our charitable investments and local community needs by dedicating their time where...
  5. Whole Planet
    Whole Planet, a pillar of Whole Foods Market Foundation, helps people living in poverty build long-term financial resilience through income growth...
  6. Performance
    Prioritizing ethics, economic contribution, operational excellence, integrity, and accountability in all we do.
  7. 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...
  8. Leadership
    Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...
  9. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  10. 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...
  11. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  12. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  13. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  14. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  15. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...