Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Energy

This Utility Company Is Making a Clean Energy Promise

Sep 5, 2019 4:20 PM ET

National Grid is at the forefront of the clean energy transition.

Green Infrastructure

Bridgestone Bloomington Plant Achieves “Gold Level” in Caterpillar Supplier Quality Excellence Process Certification

Sep 5, 2019 4:00 PM ET

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (Bridgestone) announced that its off-the-road (OTR) plant in Bloomington, Illinois recently achieved the Gold Level in the Caterpillar Supplier Quality Excellence Process (SQEP) Certification.

Green Infrastructure

Pilot Transportation Program Launches at Whirlpool Corporation’s Amana, Iowa Plant

Sep 5, 2019 4:00 PM ET

When suggestion after suggestion poured in that transportation was an issue for Amana employees, management worked to solve the problem.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AIDA Cruise & Help Is Financing Four More School Projects

Sep 5, 2019 4:00 PM ET

With the opening of the first AIDA school in the Philippines in the spring of 2019, the initiative AIDA Cruise & Help launched its first aid project.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Sappi Recruits Its Future STEM Leaders

Sep 5, 2019 3:55 PM ET

At Sappi, we believe it takes great people to make great products. We offer many opportunities for rapid advancement and a culture that fosters innovation and creativity while positively impacting the communities in which we operate.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Pathway to Empowerment: How Inclusive Business Can Help Syrian Refugees Find Economic Opportunity in Turkey

Sep 5, 2019 3:00 PM ET

Since the Syrian crisis began in 2011, more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees have found refuge within Turkey’s borders. Turkey has implemented some crucial measures to ensure their wellbeing, but there is a need to continue building on these efforts.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How We Give: Data & Insights From PayPal

Sep 5, 2019 2:45 PM ET

PayPal works with more than 665,000 charitable organizations globally to support their donation processing.

Events, Media & Communications

Creating Sustainable Communities Through the Power of Green Sports

Sep 5, 2019 2:35 PM ET

The competition, the elation, the despair, the intensity—it's that time of year again.

But we're not talking about football being back. We're talking about the kick off to conference season!

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GM Earns EPA Green Power Leadership Honors Reinforcing Vision for Zero Emissions Future

Sep 5, 2019 2:30 PM ET

General Motors has received a 2019 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The awards recognize companies for their commitment and contribution to helping advance the development of the nation’s voluntary green power market.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ON Semiconductor: Conservation for Sustainability

Sep 5, 2019 2:15 PM ET

Our communities expect us to have the smallest possible footprint; this means low water and electricity consumption and no or reduced emissions and waste. ON Semiconductor must conserve resources to meet these high expectations.

Events, Media & Communications

UPS Appoints New Chief Sustainability Officer

Sep 5, 2019 2:05 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education Award $10,000 in Scholarships and Prizes to 2019 ‘Stronger Than Hate Challenge’ Winners

Sep 5, 2019 12:05 PM ET

In an effort to spark a social movement against hatred in all forms, USC Shoah Foundation announced the Teaching with Testimony 2019 Stronger Than Hate Challenge winners.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ReFED Announces Cohort for Industry-First Nonprofit Food Recovery Accelerator

Sep 5, 2019 12:00 PM ET

Organizations will have access to a world-class group of food business and technology executives, capital providers and subject matter experts who make up the Accelerator’s Expert Network, which includes General Mills.

Energy

From Hog Farm to Wind Farm — Feeding the World Using Sustainable Energy

Sep 5, 2019 11:45 AM ET

Clean energy is a versatile tool to help companies do well by doing good. Sustainability has become a priority and developing a plan to use clean energy helps businesses decrease their environmental footprint and remain relevant in the market.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Global Megatrends Are Driving Pulp and Paper Demand

Sep 5, 2019 11:40 AM ET

As consumers become more conscious of sustainability, they’re demanding eco-friendly, biodegradable alternatives for petroleum-based products.

Environment

The Great Divide: How Companies Are Bridging Gaps in Global EHS Compliance Management

Sep 5, 2019 11:05 AM ET

Read about how some companies have successfully bridged the gaps in EHS management across facilities in different parts of the world.

Social Impact & Volunteering

United Partners With Airlink to Send Search and Rescue Team to the Bahamas

Sep 5, 2019 11:00 AM ET

A team of search and rescue experts from Empact Northwest departed Newark International Airport last week for Nassau to help meet the pressing need for search and rescue services in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.

Environment

Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - August 2019

Sep 5, 2019 11:00 AM ET

The August issue of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation's newsletter is full of exciting stories from their key funding initiatives; RayDay, Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business, Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, The Ray and more.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Partnerships: Taking a Small Piece of the Bigger Pie

Sep 5, 2019 10:35 AM ET

Psychology has shown that, more often than not, we work more innovatively in teams than we do individually. But when should different teams work together?

Innovation & Technology

Royal HaskoningDHV, CEAD and DSM Additive Manufacturing Design First Lightweight 3D Printed Bridge

Sep 5, 2019 10:00 AM ET

Royal HaskoningDHV, CEAD and DSM Additive Manufacturing have designed first lightweight 3D printed bridge using fiber-reinforced plastic.

Green Infrastructure

Xylem Watermark and EarthEcho International Lead the Clean Water Movement on World Water Monitoring Day, September 18th

Sep 5, 2019 10:00 AM ET

In celebration of World Water Monitoring Day on September 18, Xylem Watermark is collaborating with environmental youth leadership organization EarthEcho International to host youth-led events nationwide

Diversity & Inclusion

Bechtel Mentors 100 Girls in First-Ever STEAM Summer Camp in the Balkans

Sep 5, 2019 10:00 AM ET

Bechtel partnered with governments of Kosovo and the United States, as well as the leadership development initiative Girl Up and other companies to host the first-ever girls’ summer camp in the Balkans focused on STEAM.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Telling Your Pro Bono Story in Action: Morgan Stanley

Sep 5, 2019 9:30 AM ET

For corporate pro bono practitioners, telling stories is critical. By communicating the impact of your pro bono programming effectively, you’ll promote your company’s social good initiatives both internally and externally.

Research, Reports & Publications

Clarion Partners Details Deepening Environmental, Social and Governance Commitments in New Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Sep 5, 2019 9:00 AM ET

Our newly published corporate social responsibility report details how we continue to deepen our environmental, social and governance commitments.

Innovation & Technology

My Special Aflac Duck Flies High as a Friend to Kids with Cancer

Sep 5, 2019 9:00 AM ET

For a quarter century, the American insurance provider Aflac has been working behind the scenes with members of the medical community to improve health care options for young cancer patients.