Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Smithfield Foods Receives Best for Vets Employers Award for Second Consecutive Year

Sep 30, 2020 11:00 AM ET

In addition to hiring and developing veterans, the company also has a long history of supporting veterans-related causes through its charitable giving and philanthropic efforts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Land Betterment Corporation Announces Its Entrepreneur Zone

Sep 30, 2020 10:10 AM ET

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the renovation and build-out of the Company’s Entrepreneur Zone.

Energy

Black & Veatch Joins Center for Hydrogen Safety to Help Accelerate Adoption of Low-Carbon Energy Source

Sep 30, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Black & Veatch joins Center for Hydrogen Safety to help accelerate adoption of low-carbon energy sources, and advance safe handling and use of hydrogen across industrial and consumer applications.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Running Away With It

Sep 30, 2020 10:00 AM ET

If the major economies of the world are in a race for the most robust and sustained economic growth, then China may have just broken from the pack.

Research, Reports & Publications

Yum! Brands Annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report Showcases Company's Strategic Investment in Socially Responsible Growth

Sep 30, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today released its annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report, highlighting the Company’s strategic investment in socially responsible growth

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Sustainability Curriculum Launched by GRI

Sep 30, 2020 9:30 AM ET

A suite of high-quality and globally applicable training courses for sustainability reporting specialists are available, following the launch of the GRI Professional Certification Program.

Sustainable Development Goals

Opinion: Mobilizing Domestic Funds is Crucial for Sustainable Forest Management in Indonesia

Sep 30, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Ufroz Ayyub, Tetra Tech’s environment sector specialist based in Indonesia, analyzes the role domestic funding plays in ensuring sustainable forest management in Indonesia.

Innovation & Technology

CRB's SlateXpace™ Gives Cell and Gene Therapy Clients New Flexibility, Control Over Manufacturing Needs To Support Highly Complex Product Pipelines

Sep 30, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Emerging health threats, uncured diseases and the need to deliver critical therapies to patients are driving biotech companies to search for ways to build flexibility into their complex product pipelines and deliver projects in record time. Today, a pioneering multi-modality manufacturing solution addresses that challenge: SlateXpace™.

Media & Communications

UPS Longitudes | Return to Sender: Navigating Reverse Logistics

Sep 30, 2020 8:50 AM ET

In a traditional linear economy, we make goods, use them and dispose them. In a circular economy, by contrast, the end of a product’s life can be an opportunity for new value creation. But for the circular economy to work, materials must be in the right place at the right time.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Hormel Foods Achieves Packaging Reduction Goal, Continues Its Food Journey Progress in 14th Annual Corporate Responsibility Report

Sep 30, 2020 5:00 AM ET

Hormel Foods Corporation today announced the launch of its 14th annual corporate responsibility (CR) report. The report is available online at https://csr.hormelfoods.com/ and includes information about the company’s CR progress in fiscal 2019.

Health & Healthcare

Life Science Companies and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Commitments to Expanded Global Access for COVID-19 Diagnostics, Therapeutics, and Vaccines

Sep 30, 2020 1:05 AM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

College Students Visit HanesBrands' El Salvador Apparel Plants in Episode 4 of “Crop to Campus” Documentary

Sep 29, 2020 6:10 PM ET

The fourth episode of filmmaker Rod Murphy’s “Crop to Campus” minidocumentary, in which college students explore apparel sustainability, dropped today and features the students visiting HanesBrands’ textile fabric and sewing operations in El Salvador.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comerica Bank Takes Part in HACR Research Initiative Measuring Hispanic Inclusion in Corporate America

Sep 29, 2020 6:10 PM ET

Comerica Bank announced its participation in the 2020 HACR Corporate Inclusion Index (CII), a research initiative conducted by the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) and the HACR Research Institute. The index benchmarks the status of Hispanic diversity and inclusion in corporate America.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cisco Webex Earns TrustRadius Tech Cares Award for Service and Compassion in 2020

Sep 29, 2020 5:45 PM ET

Environment

New Holland North America Supports U.S. Beef Industry Through NCBA, CCA, Cattle Producer

Sep 29, 2020 5:00 PM ET

New Holland knows beef. In the 1950s, the brand promoted its “Eat More Beef,” message throughout North America and has been dedicated to supporting beef producers by providing industry-leading hay and forage solutions ever since.

Environment

Three Futures of Company Climate Action

Sep 29, 2020 5:00 PM ET

This year’s Climate Week NYC has advanced a shift from climate commitments to climate action. What will company climate action look like in this Decisive Decade? Three plausible futures for companies considering their climate strategy.

Environment

When Forests Thrive, People and Business Prosper, Too

Sep 29, 2020 4:50 PM ET

In August, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and American Forests launched the United States chapter of 1t.org, the global initiative to plant one trillion new trees within the next 10 years, the UN’s Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Merck's Global Diversity & Inclusion Experience Month

Sep 29, 2020 4:25 PM ET

In January 2015, Celeste Warren, vice president and chief diversity officer, suggested during a team meeting that we need to celebrate the diversity of our employees and provide them with time to pause, learn and reflect.

Events, Media & Communications

CHLI to Honor Senator Roy Blunt and Congressman Pete Aguilar, Alongside Cuban Activist Rosa María Payá, on September 30th

Sep 29, 2020 4:20 PM ET

The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) prepares, connects and honors leaders for their service. The global pandemic has altered the way we communicate, do business and celebrate. However, it is encouraging to see communities across our nation, and even around the world, coming together to support one another during this unprecedented global health crisis.

Education

Enabling Students to Champion Their Learning

Sep 29, 2020 4:05 PM ET

In the second post of our new series, we’re looking at how to use resources from Ignite My Future in School to support inquiry-based practices in the classroom and encourage students to lead their own learning.

Diversity & Inclusion

Motherhood, Entrepreneurship, Empowerment: Latinas Are Doing It All

Sep 29, 2020 3:10 PM ET

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S., Ibi Montesino, SVP of North America at Herbalife Nutrition shares stories of Latina independent distributors. Each of their stories highlights how they balance becoming an entrepreneurs...

Research, Reports & Publications

Explore the 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Sep 29, 2020 3:00 PM ET

Find details of our progress toward enhancing our diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) strategy, reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, and launching ESG tools and investment vehicles.

Diversity & Inclusion

BET: Empowering Black Voters on Election Day

Sep 29, 2020 2:05 PM ET

In fewer than 50 days, it will be Election Day and BET wants Black voters nationwide to know the importance of casting their ballot.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Fair Trade USA Recognizes Partners' Expanded Commitments to Fair Trade Coffee During Price and Demand Crisis

Sep 29, 2020 1:30 PM ET

Fair Trade USA… announces its #JustOneCup campaign to aid coffee farmers amid an unprecedented coffee crisis as the pandemic continues.

Green Infrastructure

Assessing Climate Change Vulnerabilities on California Highways

Sep 29, 2020 1:30 PM ET

Raging wildfires currently devastating the West Coast are a grim reminder of one of the vulnerabilities in the region intensified by climate change; impacting daily life and highlighting uncertainties of the reliability of critical highway infrastructure in the region.