Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.



Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mountain Mediation Receives $100,000 Wells Fargo Grant to Support Eviction Prevention

Wells Fargo & Company

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Year in Stories: How Covia’s People Drove Progress in 2025

Covia

Education

Otis Expands Little Engineers STEM Program Globally

Otis Worldwide Corporation

Events, Media & Communications

Recognizing Nicolas Clerget, BIER’s 2025 Steering Committee Chair

Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable

Research, Reports & Publications

Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

IOC Receives Low Carbon Award From Geneva Climate Network 2050Today

International Olympic Committee





Recent Alerts

sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

people in a boat
What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Innovation & Technology

Magnet-Free Electric Machines and Drives for Electric Vehicles

Permanent magnets are vital components in an enormous number of domestic and industrial devices. They are particularly crucial within the renewable energy sector, including the motors for electric vehicles.

Innovation & Technology

Local Engineering Students Design For The Future

The first-place team, “Suds & Studs + Mia” also won the sustainability award, having designed a human-powered washing machine designed for Ugandan refugee camps. The other two winning projects consisted of devices to assist people with limited joint mobility to easily don compression socks and an electromechanical device designed to counteract the tremors caused by Parkinson’s Disease and stabilize the user’s handwriting.

Energy

Edison International 2018 Sustainability Report: Leading the Transformation to Clean Energy

A clean energy future starts with clean electricity. At SCE, we’re charting a path toward an 80% carbon-free electricity supply by 2030, supported by energy storage.

Environment

Ten Finalist Teams Use Lessons From Nature to Create Radical Solutions to Climate Change Problems

Almost 100 teams from 17 countries entered this year’s Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, submitting nature-inspired inventions to reverse, mitigate, or adapt to climate change. The ten finalist teams receive an invitation to the 2019-20 Biomimicry Launchpad, a program that supports prototyping and eventually a path to commercialization and the potential to win the $100,000 Ray C. Anderson Foundation Ray of Hope Prize®.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ebay’s First UK High Street Concept Store Helps Wolverhampton Businesses Boost Sales by 40%

Environment

Meet Sid, Conservation Dude

Sid Johnson’s official title is a mouthful: Process and Systems Manager for Koch Remediation and Environmental Services. But he’d prefer that you just call him “Koch conservation dude.”

Diversity & Inclusion

Love Flies With Us: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in NYC

Today, we became the first public company to be inducted into Pride Live's Stonewall Ambassador program in recognition of our commitment to LGBTQ+ equality.

Diversity & Inclusion

From Planning to Practice: How To Make Inclusion a Part of Your Corporate Culture

Over the past two months, we've been taking a closer look at neurodiversity in the workplace. It's a fairly unexplored topic within the broader diversity and inclusion conversation, and many may not even recognize the term.

Diversity & Inclusion

I Am A Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Jessica joined Chevron as a cyber threat intelligence coordinator where her job was to read and edit reports written by cybersecurity analysts. As she learned more about cybersecurity and got on the job training, her interest in the role of a cyber threat intelligence analyst grew. A big part of her job entails researching and accurately writing about the threats Chevron faces, so the best business decision can be made to keep the company protected.

Research, Reports & Publications

Edmond de Rothschild Makes Progress in Building a Sustainable Future

The Edmond de Rothschild Group publishes its fifth Sustainability Report, which illustrates the concrete ways in which it is living its vision to be “Bold Builders of the Future”.

Environment

HP's Sustainable Impact Report: 5 Key Takeaways For Partners

HP Inc. is making big strides toward achieving its environmental and social goals, and that has major implications for the company's business and for partners' businesses, according to the company's 2018 Sustainable Impact Report.

Sustainable Development Goals

Making People Central to a Sustainability Strategy

At Sappi North America (SNA), we keep sustainability at the forefront of our operations. Together with the 2020Vision— Sappi’s global growth strategy—we use our sustainability goals program to set targets, initiate improvement actions, and monitor our commitment to progress. Our goals are reflective of the desires of our employees, customers, and investors.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Edison International 2018 Sustainability Report: 2018 Community Investments

We partner with local nonprofits to brighten our communities, invest in the future, and build a better tomorrow. Today, Edison International is one of the largest corporate charitable contributors in Southern California.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Business Contributions to Inclusive Growth: Lessons from Israel

The call for inclusive growth—and a new form of capitalism—is rising. So, what is inclusive growth, anyway, and why does it matter?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Durkan Donates to the Shed

After nearly seven years of construction, the Shed — an eight-level, 200,000-square-foot structure in New York City’s burgeoning Hudson Yards neighborhood — is now open to the public. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with the Rockwell Group, the building is set to be a haven for creative expression, with a dynamic line-up of concerts, poetry readings and art galleries, as well as a kung fu-inspired musical later this summer, already underway. And many of these artists — dancers, musicians, writers and more — will rehearse on a floor custom-made by Durkan from Mohawk Group.

Environment

5 Million Anglers Called on to Collect Data and Trash From US Waters This Fourth of July

Keep America Beautiful®, the nonprofit steward of litter prevention for more than six decades, is partnering with Fishbrain, the world’s most popular mobile app and social network for people who love fishing, to ask the app’s more than 5 million users in the United States to undertake the largest-ever crowdsourced audit of litter in the U.S.

Innovation & Technology

Bridgestone Introduces Enliten, a New Lightweight Tyre Technology That Requires Less Materials and Cuts CO2 Emissions

Bridgestone has announced the launch of Enliten, a new innovative lightweight tyre technology that represents an unmatchable reduction in material and rolling resistance performance to contribute to the reduction of a vehicle’s CO2 emissions, while providing the same wear life as a standard original equipment tyre.

Education

Sodexo and Drake University Extend Partnership

Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to Quality of Life, announced today the company’s 10-year extension with longtime partner, Drake University.

Research, Reports & Publications

Xylem Advances Commitment to Sustainability, Announcing Ambitious Slate of 2025 Signature Goals

Xylem, a global water technology provider, announced an ambitious set of goals that advances the Company’s sustainability commitment across three fronts: serving its customers, building a sustainable company, and empowering communities through social impact initiatives. The new goals were published in Xylem’s 2018 Sustainability Report: "Creating a Water-Secure World,” also released today.

Research, Reports & Publications

Unum Shares Its Story of Social Responsibility on New Site

A new Corporate Responsibility website from Unum (NYSE: UNM) highlights the commitment of the company and its employees in the U.S., U.K., Ireland and Poland to making a difference in people’s lives, from customers and employees to the communities it calls home.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PayPal's Dan Schulman Ranks Among Glassdoor's Top CEOs 2019

PayPal CEO Dan Schulman has been named among Glassdoor's Top CEOs 2019.
This award is employees choice, based on voluntary, anonymous feedback from employees regarding their CEO's leadership, work environment and other insights over the past year.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aramark Names Diversity Champion Natily Santos, 2019 Service Star Volunteer of the Year for Extraordinary Volunteer Service

Natily Santos, Director, Supplier Diversity, has been named Aramark's 2019 Service Star Volunteer of the Year, in recognition of her commitment to volunteer service and leadership in her community.

Energy

Consumers Energy and DTE Invest in Efficiency for Ludington Hydroelectric Plant

Consumers Energy and DTE have just renewed the license for the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant. The plant began generating electricity in 1973, and licenses are only renewed every 50 years.

Health & Healthcare

Unleashing the Power of Our Colleagues Around the World

Our approach to global health challenges unleashes the full power of our resources to help strengthen healthcare systems and increase access for the most vulnerable people around the world.

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Women Exporters Program Workshops in the U.S.

In the U.S., there are nearly 12 million women-owned small businesses, yet women-owned businesses comprise just 12% of U.S. exporters. The new Women Exporters Program workshops for U.S. businesses program will help women business owners and leaders to gain access to the vast global marketplace, comprising 95% of the world’s buyers.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  3. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  4. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  5. Special Economic Zones
    Driving awareness of Special Economic Zones.
  6. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  7. FedEx Cares | Overall
    FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...
  8. 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...
  9. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  10. Cisco Purpose Report
    Cisco Purpose Report
  11. Making the World a Better Home | Our Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
    We believe diversity strengthens us and the best ideas come from diverse teams working together. Creating a positive workplace for everyone means...
  12. Making the World a Better Home | Our Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
    We believe diversity strengthens us and the best ideas come from diverse teams working together. Creating a positive workplace for everyone means...
  13. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  14. 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...
  15. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...