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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

BSR Conference 2019: Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR

In his opening remarks at the BSR Conference 2019, BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer discussed the state of the world that is leading to these new challenges for business and the role that sustainable business can play in this critical decade.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

An eBay for Charity Story: More Than Words in Boston

As part of the $1 billion raised through eBay for Charity milestone, we partnered with three sellers to create video portraits to spotlight how a single purchase on eBay for Charity can impact charities, their recipients and their local communities.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Record 631 Institutional Investors Managing More Than $37 Trillion in Assets Urge Governments to Step up Ambition to Tackle Global Climate Crisis

Largest-ever group of investors calls on governments to phase out thermal coal power worldwide, put a price on carbon, end subsidies for fossil fuels, and strengthen nationally-determined contributions

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

How Intel Is Advancing Respect for Human Rights

Intel’s Global Human Rights Principles formalize our commitment to respecting human rights; embody common principles laid out in multiple frameworks; and apply to all employees and contingent workers, including those in our subsidiaries.

Social Impact & Volunteering

“Plastic Fishing” Arrives in South America Moving Towards a Sustainable Future

Always thinking of a better tomorrow and a more sustainable future, FPT Industrial, a global brand of CNH Industrial, brings “Plastic Fishing” to Brazil and Argentina, an unprecedented action in these countries that promotes environmental awareness.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

UPS Honors Veterans With Support of Wreaths Across America

As part of its ongoing recognition and support of veterans, UPS (NYSE:UPS) has announced it will be joining with non-profit organization Wreaths Across America to support the week-long journey culminating in a wreath-laying event at Arlington National Cemetery on December 14th.

Diversity & Inclusion

National Diversity Council Partners With Wynn Las Vegas to Host 2019 Women in Leadership

The National Diversity Council (NDC) hosted the 2019 Women in Leadership Symposium in partnership with Wynn Las Vegas, featuring the theme “Center Stage: Standing Out and Speaking Up” on Tuesday, December 3.

Health & Healthcare

ON Semiconductor In the News: The Evolution of Smart Healthcare and Personal IoT

Read our roundup of news, announcements and wearable medical devices including wearable biosensors to combat the opioid crisis, wearable biometric-monitoring to combat epilepsy and much more.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Special SCE Tour Engineered for STEM Students

Thirty Cypress High School students recently toured SCE’s Santa Ana Service Center to learn about the work done there and career opportunities in the utility industry.

Research, Reports & Publications

Report: State of the European Renewable Energy Market

The 2019 data set from our database, which informs this report, considers RFI and corporate RFP responses that have been gathered since 2018.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Comerica Earns High Mark in Newsweek's Inaugural America's Most Responsible Companies Ranking

Comerica Incorporated (NYSE:CMA) received national recognition for its commitment to corporate responsibility, placing ninth in Newsweek’s first ranking of America’s Most Responsible Companies.

Research, Reports & Publications

Customer Sustainability at Caterpillar

Caterpillar helps customers build a better world, and customers increasingly want to build that world by using less fuel and generating fewer GHG emissions. Learn how these customer needs provide valuable business opportunities for Caterpillar.

Environment

Water May Be Cheap; Using It Isn’t

In recent years, Domtar has taken a closer look at the costs of using water in making pulp and paper. And thanks to a variety of process improvements, we are seeing greater water efficiency and lower costs.

Responsible Production & Consumption

GROHE Goes ZERO – Carbon-Neutral Production by 2020

With the start of the new fiscal year in April 2020, the sanitary manufacturer will offset unavoidable CO2 emissions through two compensation projects.

Environment

Never Too Late for Due Diligence: An EHS Checklist for Integrations, Location Changes, and Expansions

Antea Group has a handy checklist for companies to perform their EHS due diligence during integrations, location changes, or expansions.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Outlook 2020: Sustainable Investing & Stakeholder Capitalism

Companies face expectations to be good stewards of the environment, to treat their workers well and pay them fairly, to encourage diversity, respect human rights, deliver safe and useful products, and behave in an ethical and transparent manner. This requires making decisions through a sustainability lens, which considers all relevant stakeholders.

Events, Media & Communications

Mohawk’s CSO George Bandy Talks Greenbuild 2019

George Bandy, chief sustainability officer for Mohawk Group, talks about Greenbuild 2019, its keynote speaker, President Barack Obama, as well as the progress of the sustainable movement.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HPE Boasts the Highest Employee Engagement Scores in Company’s History!

HPE turned 4 years old this month and we have a lot to celebrate. Like surpassing industry benchmarks and having our highest-ever employee engagement scores!

Research, Reports & Publications

Arbor Day Foundation's Replanting Our Nation's Forests

Our forests are woven into the fabric of our lives, providing the very necessities we need to not only survive but thrive — clean air, healthy drinking water, a tolerable climate, and so much more.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

A Conversation With Whirlpool About Embracing Sustainability

Ron Voglewede, Global Sustainability Director at Whirlpool Corporation, explains the company’s decades-long commitment to sustainability and how the demand for sustainable living has evolved.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Get Your Free 42-Page Circular Economy Briefing With Insides From Apple, Ikea, P&G and Renault Group

The circular economy is the key to square up to climate change. Corporates, investors and countries all around the world are setting the pace, but there’s still a lot to be done. The time for action is now.

Research, Reports & Publications

Changemaking Trends From 400+ Young People Across the US

Across 428 submissions from the U.S. and Puerto Rico, we’ve not only seen interesting individual projects, but exciting trends that provide a glimpse into the issues Gen Z changemakers care about — and what they’re doing to solve them.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics Cultivates Engineering Skills Through Annual Cardboard Challenge

From a fire-breathing dragon to a vintage video arcade, Denver-area students showcased their imaginative and innovative creations at the Cherry Creek Schools Foundation’s annual Cardboard Challenge, sponsored by Arrow Electronics.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Blue Buffalo Helps Pets Find a Home 4 the Holidays

Home 4 the Holidays is a three-month-long adoption drive that saves the lives of orphan pets and raises awareness about the importance of pet adoption during the holiday season.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Sustainability Insights
    General sustainability insights.
  2. 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...
  3. Scotts Miracle-Gro | Environment Improvement
    Earth's beauty and resources should be appreciated now and preserved for generations to come. Discover the stewardship initiatives underway to protect...
  4. Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
    Vision of Milano Cortina 2026 The Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first Olympic winter Games planned and organised under Olympic...
  5. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  6. Environmental Sustainability
    Cisco is working not only for a more inclusive future, but a more environmentally sustainable one as well. Environmental issues like climate change...
  7. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
  8. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  9. Green Mountain Energy Sun Club
    Since its founding in 2002, the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club has donated more than $4 million to solar and sustainability projects focusing on...
  10. 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...
  11. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  12. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  13. LATAM Growth
    DP World is significantly expanding its operations in Latin America, focusing on enhancing port infrastructure and increasing cargo handling...
  14. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  15. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...