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

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Environment

Who We Are Is What We Leave Behind | There Is No Away

Innovation & Technology

Just Add Water—Cooking Up Successful Corporate-NGO Partnerships

What do you get when you combine a quarter cup of water with table salt and a zap from a car battery? Enough chlorine to purify 200 liters of drinking water.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Fyffes: Valuing the Workforce to Improve Performance

Fyffes’ CR policies apply best practices that improve business performance — and support employees. Miranda Ingram reports…

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Business Case for Generating Mutual Value

The correlation between responsible business practices and profitability has become increasingly apparent as communities, governments and employees hold companies accountable for generating mutual value. Defining that value in relevant terms is equally important – and accomplished through long-term relationships with stakeholders.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

LIVESTRONG and RideAustin Partner to Raise Money for People Affected by Cancer

Innovation & Technology

2016 Ideagen Power 100 Lists - Individuals and Organizations Empowering Women & Girls Across the Planet

The Annual 2016 Ideagen Power 100 List of Individuals Empowering Women and Girls provides us with the opportunity to highlight leaders and luminaries, CEO’s and actors, ambassadors and presidents, most importantly the list is qualitative and a spotlight on these individuals from across sectors, individuals that are changing the world with their ideas, leadership and vision to empower women and girls!

Research, Reports & Publications

Improving Sustainability at the Caterpillar Job Site

Caterpillar recognizes that our customers need to realize the full value of their assets and we work to go “beyond the iron” to increase asset utilization. Designed and delivered by the Caterpillar Job Site Solutions team in partnership with Cat® dealers, these solutions help customers address areas of safety, sustainability, equipment, productivity and financials.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Five Recovery Steps for Business Owners in Louisiana

Our hearts are with the communities in Louisiana dealing with the devastating flooding. In this time of need the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation provides resources and tools to help small businesses recover after disaster strikes. Our Disaster Help Desk for Business 1-888-MY-BIZ-HELP provides one-on-one advice and expertise to help you navigate the recovery process, supported by the Office Depot Foundation. Our Disaster Recovery Quick Guides also have tailored tips for small businesses and chambers.

Innovation & Technology

The Drawer of Many Cords

For a long time, I’ve wanted to teach a course in popular literature exploring how social change is reflected in book series. When prolific authors’ works span years, even decades, you can see how social issues emerge and attitudes change.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers Encourages Others to Rise to the Challenge

Clayton Kershaw can often be found on the mound when he’s at Dodger Stadium. Last Thursday, however, he found himself behind a ping pong table, alongside celebrities and teammates for the 4th annual PingPong4Purpose event.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Here's Progress, the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Way

One cornerstone of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s sustainability strategy, albeit somewhat self-serving, centers on encouraging the use of information technology for "social good."

Social Impact & Volunteering

Timberland Factory Strives for Excellence in Craftsmanship and Service

The Stratham, N.H. based outdoor lifestyle brand, Timberland, strives to make its products responsibly, protect the outdoors and serve its communities. All of these efforts recently converged at Timberland’s factory in the Dominican Republic (DR), where it recognized employee volunteer champions with a unique day-long celebration of service. The factory employs more than 3,000 skilled workers who pour their craftsmanship into 3.9 million shoes on average every year, and also contribute to their community through Timberland’s Path of Service™ program.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Corporate Giving: Tips for Assessing Impact

Dear Andy: My organization is spending money on grants, donations, and sponsorships. The problem is we don’t have any idea whether we’re having the impact we’d hoped for. Further, my team is constantly being asked by executives for reports that slice & dice data we don’t even collect. How can we assess the full impact of our Corporate Giving? ----- Lost with Zero Visibility

Environment

Keep Brevard Beautiful and Partners Launch New Lagoon Friendly Lawns Program to Combat Nutrient Pollution

Protecting Florida’s Indian River Lagoon, one of the most biologically diverse estuaries in North America, can now start right in a Brevard County resident’s backyard with Keep Brevard Beautiful’s new Lagoon Friendly Lawns program.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Resources for Businesses Affected by Louisiana Flooding

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wendy’s Franchisee Keeps Pedaling for Kids in Foster Care

Ed Anderson, Wendy’s franchisee, is riding his bike across the country to help the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption find homes for “unadoptable” children. We catch up with Ed after a grueling day of biking across 91 miles of hills… Hear his update from Louisville….25 percent through his race!

Diversity & Inclusion

IIE’s Women Enhancing Technology Program Celebrates the Achievements of the Next Generation of Female Tech Leaders in India

Multinational corporations and local students are coming together in a grassroots effort to enable new opportunities and empower women in technology and entrepreneurship.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Igniting Youth Imagination in the Fight Against Hunger

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

P&O Cruises Named As Australia’s Most Trusted Cruise Line

Innovation & Technology

CDL Embarks on Its Next Phase of Sustainability Innovation

CDL integrates sustainability into its business strategy to provide a holistic account of its value creation for stakeholders. Adam Woodhall reports...

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Financial Health Means More than Financial Inclusion

Research, Reports & Publications

Las Vegas Sands ECO360 Report | Driven by an Idea, Made Possible Through Dedication

Environment

Subaru NPCA National Parks Waste Challenge | Five Simple Things

Subaru and the NPCA share five simple things we can all do to help the National Parks reach their historic goal of becoming zero landfill. Join the conversation and share how you #DontFeedTheLandfills.

Environment

On World Elephant Day, a Victory for Wildlife

Elephant populations across the globe are threatened due to habit loss and poaching, but on World Elephant Day, celebrated last week on August 12, the beleaguered giants​ and other animals​ have something to celebrate as leading e-commerce and social media companies came together to take action on the sale of illegal wildlife products all over the world.

Health & Healthcare

What We’re Made Of: Our Progress on Using Simple Ingredients, Transparency and Responsible Sourcing

At Hershey, we take pride in listening to our consumers to better understand what they expect from our company and our products. People all over the world are progressively becoming more interested in the ingredients and sourcing of their foods. That’s why we made a commitment in February 2015 to transition products across our portfolio to simple ingredients and continue our work with transparency - sharing information about what’s in our products and strengthening our responsible sourcing programs.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  2. 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...
  3. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  4. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  5. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  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. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. Scotts Miracle-Gro | Community Enhancement
    Our work at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation is to connect more people, in more places, to the life-enhancing benefits of gardens and greenspaces...
  11. Energy Transition
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  12. Mary Kay Ash Foundation: Creating a Safer, Healthier World for Women
    In the U.S. and around the world, Mary Kay remains steadfast in its commitment to ending the cycle of domestic violence and finding cures for cancers...
  13. Protecting our planet
    We believe that people can only live their healthiest lives on a healthy planet. That’s why we reduce our environmental footprint by finding...
  14. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
  15. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...