Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Editors Pick

"Baker Hughes Sustainability Journey"
All In, Carbon Out

Baker Hughes Energy Services LLC

Environment

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Brightening Our Corner - August 2025

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

UN Global Compact: Mobilizing Business to Change the World

Over the past decades, the United Nations has undertaken the painstaking work of convening governments and urging them to take a serious look at how to address the urgent environmental, social, and governance challenges our world faces.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Major Leaguers, Action Team Captains Celebrate Veterans Day by Building a House for a Local Vet

More than 50 Action Team Captains from Maine and Massachusetts joined Major Leaguers and New Englanders Matt Barnes (CT), Chris Iannetta (RI) and Ryan O’Rourke (MA), on Saturday, Nov. 14, for a regional service project to help South East New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity build a house for a local veteran and his young family.

Events, Media & Communications

3BL Media Lunch & Learn on Dec. 1: How Sustainability Communicators Distribute Content

Communications professionals responsible for telling their organizations’ CSR and sustainability stories are invited to a lunch-and-learn webinar Dec. 1 to hear how leading corporations are leveraging 3BL Media’s distribution platform to reach target audiences.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Republic Services Expands CNG-Powered Fleet in Phoenix

Republic Services announced today the addition of four Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste collection trucks to its fleet serving customers throughout the greater Phoenix area. The CNG trucks replace older diesel-powered trucks, and bring the total number of natural gas vehicles operated by Republic Services throughout Arizona to 34.

Environment

Wells Fargo Recognized for Transparency on Climate Change by CDP

Wells Fargo has been selected for the CDP S&P 500 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index 2015 with a perfect score of 100.

Wells Fargo earned its position on the index by disclosing high quality carbon emissions and energy data via CDP's climate change program. The Climate Disclosure Leadership Index lists the top 10 percent of companies within the S&P 500 Index for the depth and quality of climate change data disclosed to investors and the global marketplace.

Diversity & Inclusion

When the Bloomberg Latino Community Leads, Success Follows

Members of our Latino Community share insight into what it takes to lead a successful career at Bloomberg.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bandwagon & JetBlue Bring Smart Taxisharing to JFK

Research, Reports & Publications

BJ's Wholesale Club Releases its Values in Action: 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., announced today the release of its Values in Action: 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Report (CSR) to highlight the company's efforts in helping to improve its communities and planet.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

T. Rowe Price Earns Top Marks in 2016 Corporate Equality Index

T. Rowe Price received a score of 95 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Earn Top Marks in 2016 Corporate Equality Index

Wynn Las Vegas and Encore are the proud recipients of a perfect score on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Environment

Jackson Family Wines Joins Beverage Industry Environmental Rountable

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) welcomes Jackson Family Wines (JFW), a leading international, luxury wine company, as its newest member. Producing some of the world’s highest quality wines, JFW has received awards for both environmentally and socially responsible practices in Europe and North America.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KOHLER Clarity Brings Safe Water to Those in Need

Kohler Co. has developed a ceramic water filtration system to enable people in remote regions to access safe, reliable drinking water.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corporation Receives Perfect Score on Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index for 13th Consecutive Year

Whirlpool Corporation, the number one major home appliance manufacturer in the world, has been recognized for the company’s commitment to diversity and inclusion with a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). This marks the 13th consecutive perfect score for the maker of home appliance brands such as Whirlpool, Maytag and KitchenAid.

Environment

Happy Retirement: 11 Reflections on the Chevrolet Carbon-Reduction Initiative

Please join us for a retirement celebration honoring … 8 million metric tons of carbon. A little unconventional, sure. But so was the Chevrolet carbon-reduction initiative.

Environment

Chevrolet Meets Community-Based Carbon-Reduction Goal

Chevrolet over the last five years has prevented 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the earth’s atmosphere, roughly equivalent to the CO2 emissions from the annual energy used in every home in Detroit.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Raising Compassionate Kids Through Acts of Kindness and Volunteer Service

In honor of Family Volunteer Day, Nov. 21, Points of Light and Disney are recognizing families with the Daily Point of Light Award. Meet the Sjolseths of McKinney, Texas, and nominate someone in your community.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Astellas Named a Best Place to Work for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality for Second Consecutive Year

Astellas Pharma achieved a perfect score on the 2016 Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s (HRC) annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the second consecutive year. The CEI is a national benchmarking tool used to rate companies on policies and practices concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employee equality.

Environment

DuPont Announces 2020 Sustainability Goals

DuPont today announced its 2020 Sustainability Goals as the next step in its more than 25-year commitment to sustainability. The centerpiece of the new DuPont 2020 Sustainability Goals is a companywide commitment to embed sustainability into its innovation process and R&D pipeline.

Innovation & Technology

Barclays Supports Global Entrepreneurship Week

Responsible Production & Consumption

Trim Tab Magazine | The Seductive Ideology of Craft

Peter Korn, author of Why We Make Things and Why it Matters, enlightens us with the beauty, intricacies, and complexities of craftsmanship, delving into its ideology, history, and culture.

Environment

Agreement Between Municipality, Port Authority and Costa Cruises for Sustainable Development in Savona

Today, the Municipality of Savona, the Port Authority of Savona and Costa Cruises signed a three-year memorandum of understanding for sustainable development in the cruise sector in Savona.

Latest Campaigns

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