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Green Infrastructure

Listening Lounge #5: Smart & Sustainable Building for the Future

Research, Reports & Publications

Truist Stands for Better, Builds on History of Service and Philanthropy

One year ago, BB&T and SunTrust completed a historic merger of equals to form Truist. Today, the company is celebrating its teammates’ hard work and collective commitment to the communities it serves through three community impact reports.

Sustainable Development Goals

Accelerating the SDGs: Qualcomm Collaborates for Greater Impact

Qualcomm believes in the power of collaboration. We embrace SDG 17 and the opportunity to work with organizations to expand our impact in our local communities and across the world.

Social Impact & Volunteering

3 Tips for Finding Virtual Volunteering Opportunities

Don’t let your employee volunteer programs falter because in-person engagements are on pause. Read this guide for tips on how to promote virtual volunteerism!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Cares Celebrates Nonprofits Through Giving Tuesday Grant Contest

Over the past few weeks, more than 200 U.S. FedEx team members nominated and voted for their favorite nonprofit for the FedEx Cares 2020 Giving Tuesday Grant Contest. The top three winners based on team member votes will receive a grant from FedEx.

Environment

A Positive Journey: Collaboration and Participation in Creating Forest Positive Roadmaps

The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition brings together 18 companies, retailers and manufacturers, all committed to accelerate progress and transformation towards a forest positive future.

Education

Partnering with Industry, Government and Schools to Improve 21st Century Skills in Vocational Education

The “21st Century Skills in Vocational Education”, is a multi-partnership project led by Koç Holding, largest conglomerate in Turkey, Ministry of National Education and IBM, and executed by Development Workshop, a cooperative for social development.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How Investing in Women Helps Everyone During a Pandemic

When we support women, everyone wins. Use your investments and your voice to provide direct impact and make a difference for working women.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Smashing It, Sustainably!

Our Life Science business ships over 30,000 packages each day. So, how does our SMASH Packaging initiative ensure it’s done responsibly? We caught up with Fabien Thibault, Global Manager of Product and Packaging Sustainability, to find out…

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why We Need Low Carbon Steel for the Green Energy Transition

Renewable energy company Ørsted sees low-carbon steel as critical to achieving the company's ambition of a carbon-neutral supply chain by 2040, and important to meeting global climate goals. The company wants to work with the steel industry on the roadmap towards carbon neutral steel and foster innovation and collaboration needed to get there.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Everything Means More When We Give Together

On Giving Tuesday, employees across the globe donated more than $66,600 through 399 total donations to causes they care about. With NortonLifeLock’s match, we contributed a total of $196,792 on this global day of giving.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

One Baby Boy and Many Pairs of Jeans

Helping associates comes from an unlikely source: wearing jeans at work.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Difference Great Pro Bono Can Make: How Per Scholas Uses Pro Bono to Do More

Damien Howard, Executive Vice President of Social Ventures at Per Scholas, shares how pro bono has been a key ingredient in their work.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Enhancing Sustainability Reporting Capacity in Sri Lanka

The UN Conference on Trade and Development has awarded the Colombo Stock Exchange the International Standards of Accounting and Reporting award in recognition of its engagement with GRI to improve sustainability reporting capacity in the region.

Education

Educators Invited to a New, No Cost Virtual Professional Learning Event Focused on Computational Thinking

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization – and Discovery Education invite educators nationwide to participate in a new, no cost virtual professional learning event focusing on computational thinking.

Education

Going the Distance: Unique Collaboration Makes Remote Learning More Successful for Wichita Teens

Being out of the classroom and cut off from teachers made it difficult to learn, so she was frustrated when Wichita Heights High School announced it would remain remote this fall.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Henkel Employees Care and Act in the Community

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Logitech Gives Back for More Fulfilling Lives and A Better Planet

Together we can drive big change. Through our give back program, we enable people to design more fulfilling lives and a better planet. We believe giving back and driving change are not only our social responsibility, but a key aspect of our culture.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Working Mother Media Names VF Corporation One of the “Top 75 Companies for Executive Women”

VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), a global leader in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories, has been named one of the 2020+ Top Companies for Executive Women by Working Mother Media (WMM).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Companies All-In on #GivingTuesday During Uncertain Year

With the economic strain of the pandemic causing people to give less and in different ways, events like GivingTuesday are even more important than ever. While point of sale donations may be seeing a decline, the virtual nature of GivingTuesday means individuals can donate from their laptops or in their homes, which is especially important as COVID cases rise. Today we explore three companies that contributed to areas of greatest need and extended efforts past just this Tuesday.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Fair Trade USA Appoints Ricardo Crisantes as New Board Chair

Crisantes, a Fair Trade Certified™ grower, will help the nonprofit launch a major technology transformation initiative to deepen its impact with almost 1 million farmers and workers around the world.

Events, Media & Communications

FPT Industrial and Artissima, Promote the FPT for Sustainable Art Award to Support Sustainability in Contemporary Art

FPT Industrial, a leader in the powertrain industry and a brand of the CNH Industrial, consolidates its commitment to contemporary art and its vision linked to sustainability, promoting, in collaboration with Artissima, the first edition of the FPT for Sustainable Art award, a fusion of sustainability, innovation and art.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sappi North America Receives Platinum Rating From Ecovadis

Sappi North America, Inc. has been awarded a platinum score in the latest EcoVadis rating, alongside the company’s regional counterparts Sappi Europe and Sappi Southern Africa.

Diversity & Inclusion

New Coalition Aims To Close The Opportunity Gap In Bioscience

BIIG was formed after a forum hosted by the organizations outlined critical practices for advancing representation of women & minorities. The participants are committed to change and will share proven practices to develop solutions for the sector.

Social Impact & Volunteering

One Day To Celebrate Volunteers and a Lifetime of Thanks

Despite the challenges of 2020, IBM volunteers have so far logged over 1,750,000 hours of time helping others; activity that resulted in nearly 2,000 organizations receiving IBM grants.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  2. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  3. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  4. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  5. 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...
  6. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  7. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  8. Fifth Third's Commitment to Small Businesses
    Fifth Third believes that small businesses form the foundation of our communities – and when they succeed, we all succeed. Supporting them through...
  9. 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...
  10. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  11. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  12. PSEG Environmental Stewardship
    PSEG’s environmental stewardship is evident in programs and strategies that reflect our commitment to clean air, clean water and waste management...
  13. 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...
  14. Digital Safety
    We provide tools and guidance so people can manage digital content in a way that’s right for them and their families. Learn more >>
  15. 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...