Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Health & Healthcare | Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

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

Jun 11, 2025 10:00 AM ET

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

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

Innovation & Technology

Ingersoll Rand Introduces Future Climate Company, Trane Technologies

Dec 11, 2019 10:15 AM ET

Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR) today introduced its pure-play climate company, announcing the new company name, strategy and executive leadership team.

Environment

EHS Global Moments: Emergency Vehicles in the Philippines

Dec 11, 2019 10:00 AM ET

In the Philippines, the law mandates employers to provide their workers with transportation to a hospital or dental facility if they should need it.

Energy

EV Charging Plan for Schools, Recreation Areas Gets State OK

Dec 11, 2019 10:00 AM ET

The California Public Utilities Commission has approved a two-year pilot that will allow Southern California Edison to add hundreds of new EV charging stations at schools and state recreation areas.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: The Climate Talk

Dec 11, 2019 9:30 AM ET

For my part, I want to be proactive in talking to my kids about climate change. I want to teach them the science for sure, but I also want them to feel like our family is already making a difference.

Environment

Turning Cafeterias Into Classrooms to Fight Food Waste

Dec 11, 2019 9:00 AM ET

Every school day when the end-of-lunch bell rings and students return to class, a little something often gets left behind: the remains of their lunch. This food ends up in the trash – as much as 530,000 tons each school year in the U.S. alone.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Improving Reporting on Modern Slavery

Dec 11, 2019 9:00 AM ET

A toolkit to advance reporting on modern slavery has been published by GRI and the Responsible Labor Initiative, an Initiative of the Responsible Business Alliance.

Green Infrastructure

Bridgestone Introduces New Collaboration Center in Museum Tower Kyobashi to Drive Innovation, Design and Brand Projects

Dec 11, 2019 8:45 AM ET

Bridgestone Cross Point (BXP) at Museum Tower Kyobashi in Tokyo is designed to foster open collaboration among Bridgestone, its customers and its partners to help drive innovation and sustainable solutions.

Responsible Production & Consumption

WBA Sponsors 2019 Global Retail Challenge to Inspire Next Generation of Retail Leaders

Dec 11, 2019 8:35 AM ET

Over six weeks, Walgreens Boots Alliance and other leading companies such as Nordstrom and Columbia Sportswear Company participated in this year’s Global Retail Challenge in partnership with the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sustainable Investing: The Enduring Revolution

Dec 11, 2019 8:30 AM ET

The climate crisis is precipitating a sustainable investment revolution. Investors are putting their money where their mouth is: sustainable funds attracted $13.0 billion in net flows in the first three quarters of 2019. I expect the exponential growth of ESG investing to continue in 2020; and I think three factors largely will drive it.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Named One of America’s Most Responsible Companies

Dec 11, 2019 8:10 AM ET

MetLife, Inc., today announced that it has been named one of America’s “Most Responsible Companies” by Newsweek magazine. MetLife is the top-ranked insurance company on Newsweek’s inaugural list, and number 19 of all 300 companies recognized.

Research, Reports & Publications

VIDEO: See What the Arbor Day Foundation Is Doing to Restore Forests

Dec 11, 2019 8:00 AM ET

Thanks to support from members and partners, efforts are now underway to replant the area and ensure this National Forest continues to thrive.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Tackling Child Labor

Dec 11, 2019 8:00 AM ET

The 2019 report shows Nestlé's system to tackle child labor works, education helps prevent it. Read Darrell High's blog 'Tackling child labor' in full.

Environment

Tetra Tech GIS Analyst and Team Complete Tidal Flooding Awareness Project

Dec 11, 2019 8:00 AM ET

Kellie Burdick, a Tetra Tech GIS analyst and Old Dominion University (ODU) masters student, led a group of fellow students, staff, and researchers to complete the Blue Line Project in Norfolk, Virginia, on October 27, 2019.

Innovation & Technology

The New Climate for Ever-Evolving Technology: Q&A With Patrick Browne, Director, Sustainability, UPS

Dec 11, 2019 8:00 AM ET

BSR interviews UPS Director of Sustainability Patrick Browne on the types of new technologies UPS has deployed, the impact they have had so far, and plans to further integrate tech into their sustainability strategy for 2020 and beyond.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alexion Partners With Playworks New England for Team Building Event

Dec 11, 2019 8:00 AM ET

Alexion's Quality Systems, Standards, and Compliance Team connected with Playworks New England for a day of team building exercises. Playworks New England is part of a national non-profit organization that's rescuing recess every day...

Education

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Discovery Education Launch Speak Truth to Power Educator Master Class Series

Dec 10, 2019 7:30 PM ET

In celebration of Human Rights Day, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK Human Rights) and Discovery Education have announced the addition of new resources to the Speak Truth to Power program.

Events, Media & Communications

Webinar, Dec. 12: Climate Risk and Opportunity Planning for a Major Utility

Dec 10, 2019 7:00 PM ET

Register now for a live webinar with Entergy, a leading utility that provides electricity to 2.9 million people across the southern U.S., to learn about climate planning and action in the coming decade.

Research, Reports & Publications

15 Years of Sustainability Reporting

Dec 10, 2019 4:15 PM ET

This holiday season, Cisco has a lot to be grateful for: 35 years of business growth and, today, the launch of our 15th corporate social responsibility (CSR) report.

Innovation & Technology

Research: How Technology Could Promote Growth in 6 African Countries

Dec 10, 2019 3:10 PM ET

Africa is closely watched as the next big growth market – a description that has persisted for a while.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Privacy Rights Are Human Rights

Dec 10, 2019 3:05 PM ET

Over the past several decades, as information communication technology has evolved and proliferated, so too has the amount of private information we share online. As a result, access to our private information has become a trade in itself.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CBRE Korea Volunteers Help Community Child Center

Dec 10, 2019 3:00 PM ET

CBRE Korea employees volunteered time and resources to decorate study rooms and fund-raise for the Guro Happy Community Child Center on November 15,2019.

Innovation & Technology

The Analytics of Hope

Dec 10, 2019 2:55 PM ET

There was a time, just a few decades ago, when the Claiborne Corridor was bustling. The string of neighborhoods that cuts across New Orleans nurtured a world-renowned jazz scene.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

8 Experts On The Top Corporate Sustainability Issue Right Now

Dec 10, 2019 2:35 PM ET

I spoke to eight influential sustainability strategists ranging from a Chief Sustainability Officer to a Former Head at World Economic Forum to ask them either what is the most important directive for their organization around sustainability

Events, Media & Communications

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose Remembers Organization’s Co-Founder Paul A. Volcker

Dec 10, 2019 2:00 PM ET

Twenty years ago, Paul A. Volcker, Jr. Volcker joined forces with Paul Newman; Peter Malkin; David Rockefeller; and John C. Whitehead then Co-Chairman of Goldman Sachs, to form CECP.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Own Your Impact: Actions to Stand up for Human Rights

Dec 10, 2019 1:35 PM ET

With so much unknown to you as an individual consumer, what can you do to make a difference? Here are some ways you can help raise awareness and take action to stand up for human rights.

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Growth Through Sustainability

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Technology for Good

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2025 Wesco International Sustainability Report

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Growth Through Sustainability

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