Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation Quarterly Giving Series: Q2 2025

DICK'S Sporting Goods

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wesco Recognized as a 2025 Blackbaud Impact Awards Finalist

Wesco International

Events, Media & Communications

How AI Is Disrupting Sustainability Reporting

3BL

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The ROI of Sustainability: A CFO's Perspective

Trane Technologies

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

DaVita Marks Major Milestone in 100% Renewable Energy Commitment

DaVita





Editors Pick

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Foundation Forward: The Latest Truist Foundation News | Q2 2024

This quarterly newsletter showcases how Truist Foundation supports Truist Financial Corporation’s purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities through strategic investments in a wide variety of nonprofit organizations centered around two focus areas

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Awards More Than $230,000 to 10 Small Businesses

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) unveiled the recipients of the 12th annual FedEx Small Business Grants Program. Ten U.S.-based businesses were chosen this year out of over 3,900 applications.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The SSCI Engages European Retailers on Sustainability at EMD Member Meeting in Amsterdam

The SSCI engaged European retailers at the EMD member meeting in Amsterdam, discussing sustainability standards and practices. Highlights included SSCI benchmarking, supplier recognition, and the upcoming environmental benchmark.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Philanthropic Solutions: Leaving a Legacy

We all want to be remembered for our time on this Earth. Creating a lasting legacy gives us the ability to continue to make an impact even after we are gone.

Environment

ESG Voices: Safeguarding Nature and Biodiversity Through Women and Indigenous Communities

Sarah Nelson, Global Lead, Nature & Biodiversity at KPMG International, and Camilla Fontenelle, Supervising Consultant, KPMG in Brazil, and Chair of Leaders 2050, discuss the role that women, and local and indigenous communities, have to play.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Northern Trust Wins GOLD in Small Employers Category at the 2024 Australian Workplace Equality Index Awards

Northern Trust wins GOLD in Small Employers Category at the 2024 Australian Workplace Equality Index awards with Pride in Diversity

Innovation & Technology

Harnessing AI in Dealmaking and Corporate Tasks

Many PE firms are waiting for pure-play AI companies—those where AI is ultimately the end product—to mature before investing.

Environment

Celebrating Success: Covia's Conservation Efforts Recognized at 2024 WHC Conference

Covia is committed to protecting biodiversity by preserving intact forests, reclaiming land with over 50% native species, managing avian and migratory bird habitats, protecting endangered species and their habitats

Environment

Delivering Progress on Carbon Neutrality

Laura Lane, chief corporate affairs and sustainability officer at UPS, joins Workiva’s Andie Wood to explore how one of the world’s largest package delivery companies is tackling emissions reduction.

Education

Empowering Educators Through the Know Your Power Program

In the summer of 2023, Entergy New Orleans launched the Know Your Power pilot program, in collaboration with YouthForce NOLA. The innovative internship program exposes high school students to a variety of career paths within the energy sector.

Energy

Ceres Applauds Bipartisan Senate Confirmation of FERC Commissioners To Oversee Energy Reliability and Affordability Work

Ceres Director of Federal Policy Zach Friedman issued the following statement today, after the U.S. Senate approved three new commissioners to ensure a full slate at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission:

Research, Reports & Publications

Mondelēz 2023 Snacking Made Right Report: Letter from Chief Impact & Sustainability Officer

With 2030 on the horizon and 2025 quickly approaching, I’m genuinely inspired by the progress the Mondelēz International team has made over the past year to drive our upcoming goals and have a clear plan to achieve our longterm ambitions.

Innovation & Technology

CNH Begins A Sustainable Year Series With a Focus on AI

World class equipment and services company, CNH, has launched its A Sustainable Year magazine. The annual publication promotes the company’s innovation and sustainability initiatives.

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic LABS Documentary: Better Health for Everyone, Everywhere

Join us as we shadow Jane in her daily life in Kenya, where she educates her community on living with conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bath & Body Works Celebrates LGBTQ+ Community During Pride

This June, Bath & Body Works welcomes Pride Month – a time of celebration and self-acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community and its allies, and a time for reflection on the progress made and the work still needed to achieve equality for all.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kimberly-Clark Awards Bright Futures Scholarships to 47 College-Bound Students

Kimberly-Clark today announced it has awarded Bright Futures college scholarships to 47 children of Kimberly-Clark employees across North America. The high school seniors were selected based on academic achievement, leadership, work experience and extracurricular activities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

She’s All That - Episode 1: Balancing Acts

Tune in to the first episode of "She’s All That," Lenovo Middle East & Africa’s Women in Lenovo Podcast Series, hosted by Celeste Gibbens, MEA Marketing Director.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Leading Nonprofits Join Albertsons Companies Foundation in a First-of-Its-Kind Initiative To Tackle Summer Hunger Among Children in the U.S.

The Albertsons Companies Foundation today announced the launch of a new collective effort focused on addressing childhood hunger this summer.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Five Dow Products Secure Six 2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards

Dow (NYSE: DOW) has been honored with six prestigious 2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards. This recognition from The SEAL Awards demonstrates Dow's commitment to drive innovation in sustainability and environmental stewardship.

Innovation & Technology

T-Mobile Selected by U.S. Navy for $2.67 Billion 10-year Contract

T-Mobile announced today that it was chosen as a wireless solutions provider by the U.S. Department of the Navy as part of the $2.67 billion Spiral 4 contract. This new contract will give all Department of Defense agencies the ability to place orders for wireless services

Diversity & Inclusion

Kohler Design Center Showcases Woody De Othello's Art in Celebration of 'African Americans and the Arts'

In celebration of this year’s Black History Month theme “African Americans and the Arts,” our BLK Catalyst business resource group sponsored a new display at the Kohler Design Center in Kohler, Wisconsin, from Oakland-based artist Woody De Othello.

Education

Keysight Joins Forces With STEM Education Allies To Fuel Student Inspiration: Part Three

Keysight employees often engage with the company’s science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education partners to help encourage young students.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cascale Expert To Support EFRAG in Shaping Effective Sustainability Disclosure Regulations

Cascale is proud to announce that Adrián Branco, senior manager for Higg Index Brand & Retail, has secured a part-time secondment with the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG).

Sustainable Development Goals

Essity 2023 Annual and Sustainability Report: Commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The UN SDGs provide the global community with a roadmap on how to combat challenges related to economic, social, and environmental sustainability. The goals reflect a growing awareness of the relationship between good hygiene and health.

Diversity & Inclusion

Blending a Family’s History With the Future of Textiles

Bailey had never heard about sustainability within textiles, but his daughter encouraged him to learn more about the topic around the time he interviewed at Eastman before joining the company in 2019.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Goals That Inspire: Positive Social Impact
    Through our Goals That Inspire we strive to make a positive difference in our communities by relying on our ability to understand their needs and then...
  3. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  4. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  5. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...
  6. 2024-25 AMD CR Report
    AMD Commemorates 30 Years of Corporate Responsibility with 2024-25 Report
  7. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  8. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.
  9. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  10. 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...
  11. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...
  12. Aflac News and Updates
    See the latest news about Aflac.
  13. Katrina 20th Anniversary
    This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...
  14. Building a Sustainable Future | Decarbonizing the Built Environment
    The building sector accounts for nearly 40% of carbon emissions and nearly 50% of the consumption of natural resources. The industry stands at a...