Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Q&A With Juliana Johnson, Manager of Inventory Reporting and Sourcing at Gildan

Sep 15, 2020 9:00 AM ET

To honour Hispanic Heritage Month, we sat down with Juliana Johnson, who works at our Charleston office in South Carolina, to learn more about what her heritage means to her.

Energy

25% of McCain Argentina Electric Energy Comes From Renewable Sources

Sep 15, 2020 9:00 AM ET

McCain Argentina, the leading company in the production of frozen foods, is supplying its plant located in Balcarce, province of Buenos Aires, with renewable electricity, currently covering 25% of its total demand.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Raising Civic-Minded Children to Become Allied Adults as We Remember the Birmingham Bombing

Sep 15, 2020 9:00 AM ET

“How can I help?” is a question we often utter when those around us are struggling – even suffering – and we’re actually feeling helpless. We want to do something immediately to make all the pain and discomfort go away, for them and for us.

Events, Media & Communications

SB Brands for Good Announces Three New Developments

Sep 15, 2020 8:50 AM ET

SB Brands for Good, a coalition of leading brands convened by Sustainable Brands, today announces three new developments.

Media & Communications

UPS Longitudes | Podcast: Black Business and Transportation Equity

Sep 15, 2020 8:50 AM ET

Whether at the local or federal level, Anthony Foxx knows perhaps better than anybody how transportation can forever transform a community — for better or worse.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Civic Engagement Content Ensures Employee Votes Count in 2020 Presidential Election

Sep 15, 2020 8:45 AM ET

Benevity and Countable partner to help companies inform people about critical civic issues, educate and encourage critical thinking with regard to media consumption, and make their vote count in the upcoming 2020 U.S. election.

Events, Media & Communications

New Speakers Announced for RBS Europe! CEO of Thomson Reuters, Chief of Staff of Phillips, and More!

Sep 15, 2020 6:00 AM ET

The Responsible Business Europe 2020 [22-26 October], is the world’s leading event highlighting the latest ideas, strategies and collaborations shaping the future of sustainable business.

Sustainable Development Goals

Join Jed Emerson and Zita Cobb at #SVM2020

Sep 14, 2020 8:00 PM ET

COVID 19 has offered few bright lights, one positive aspect might be how our virtual #SVM2020 conference has enable many new connections.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics Sponsors Junior Achievement Initiative for K-12 Students in Economically Disadvantaged Communities

Sep 14, 2020 5:45 PM ET

Arrow Electronics is supporting a Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain (JA) initiative that will deliver increased programming to K-12 students in economically disadvantaged communities in Denver.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IBEW Local 47 Members, SCE Employees Help Feed Those in Need

Sep 14, 2020 5:10 PM ET

As Robert Madrigal lifted the heavy food donation boxes into a car recently at Long Beach City College, he could see the long line of vehicles waiting in the drive-through line stretching back almost to the nearby freeway.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

IES & IWBI Announce Joint Memorandum of Understanding

Sep 14, 2020 5:00 PM ET

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and the International Well Building Institute (IWBI) are pleased to announce a memorandum of understanding enabling future collaboration to improve the quality of our indoor environments...

Research, Reports & Publications

America's Pledge Reveals U.S. States, Cities, and Businesses Accelerated Their Climate Progress Despite Trump, Global Pandemic, and Economic Downturn

Sep 14, 2020 4:20 PM ET

Today, America’s Pledge co-chairs, former California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP & Bloomberg Philanthropies, and three-term Mayor of New York City, unveiled America’s Pledge’s fourth analysis, which finds that despite the past four years of environmental rollbacks from President Trump’s administration, non-federal actors have successfully counterbalanced the climate denial and obstruction from the White House. This has made it possible for the U.S. to reach net zero emissions by 2050 with aggressive federal climate re-engagement in 2021.

Health & Healthcare

Alexion Partners With One Mind at Work

Sep 14, 2020 4:00 PM ET

Advancing the emotional well-being of the rare disease community, our employees, and the communities in which we live, and work is a core commitment of ours. During Mental Health Awareness Month, we strengthened this commitment by joining...

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

A Coalition on a Mission to Eliminate Persistent Poverty in the U.S.

Sep 14, 2020 3:30 PM ET

Education

IBM Envisions Accelerated P-TECH Growth for More Diversity and Opportunity. Is Your Region In?

Sep 14, 2020 3:00 PM ET

IBM is proud to do its part to create a more diverse & equal society. We recently committed to 1,000 P-TECH internships in the US through 2021 alone. We have liaisons stationed full time at the many P-TECH schools were are directly affiliated with.

Environment

Climate Action 100+ Calls for Net-zero Business Strategies & Sets Out Benchmark of Largest Corporate Emitters

Sep 14, 2020 2:15 PM ET

Letter sent to CEOs & chair of the board at 161 global companies sets out benchmark and calls on firms to commit to net-zero business strategies.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Amicus Therapeutics Wins 2020 ENR Regional Award for Best Project

Sep 14, 2020 2:00 PM ET

CRB is proud to announce that the Amicus Therapeutics Research and Gene Therapy Center facility has won Engineering News-Record (ENR) MidAtlantic’s 2020 Best Projects (Award of Merit) in the Healthcare category.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Republic Services Charitable Foundation Finding Innovative Ways to Support Neighborhood Revitalization Amid Pandemic

Sep 14, 2020 1:35 PM ET

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Republic Services is finding innovative ways to support neighborhood revitalization efforts across the country through its charitable foundation's National Neighborhood Promise (NNP) program.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Biogen to Invest $250 Million in a 20-year Initiative to Eliminate Its Use of Fossil Fuels and Improve Public Health

Sep 14, 2020 1:30 PM ET

Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives™ is a groundbreaking $250 million, 20-year initiative to eliminate fossil fuels across Biogen's operations & collaborate with renowned institutions to improve health, especially for the most vulnerable populations.

Environment

Dow Reaches Midpoint of “Valuing Nature” Goal; Company Continues To Deliver Environmental and Financial Value Through 2025 Sustainability Goals

Sep 14, 2020 1:30 PM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

McCain Foods Sustainability

Sep 14, 2020 1:10 PM ET

As the challenges posed by climate change become more acute, the global food system needs to transform significantly.

Education

Subaru of America Nurtures a Love for Science With Online Educational Resources

Sep 14, 2020 1:00 PM ET

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that in conjunction with longtime partner, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the automaker has supported the development of a library of educational science-focused activities and resources for families staying largely at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rock the Vote, Cox Announce Partnership

Sep 14, 2020 1:00 PM ET

Rock the Vote and Cox Enterprises are announcing a new partnership aimed at ensuring Cox employees and customers have the resources they need to register to vote, become engaged, and make sure their voices are heard in this fall’s presidential election.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Johnson & Johnson Signs a Historic Pledge to Uphold the Integrity of the Scientific Process in Developing an Investigational COVID-19 Vaccine

Sep 14, 2020 12:30 PM ET

Johnson & Johnson announced that we, alongside eight other companies working on investigational COVID-19 vaccines, are signing a #WeStandWithScience pledge committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific process as we work towards potential global regulatory filings and approvals of the first vaccines for COVID-19.

Innovation & Technology

Empowering the Blind or Visually Impaired Community in China

Sep 14, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Wireless Reach, alongside BSR, Beijing Baoyi Interaction Scientific & Technological Company and China Academy of Information & Communication Technology, developed the See4me program to address the most pressing needs of China’s BVI population.