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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Johnson & Johnson Named to Fast Company's 2020 Best Workplaces for Innovators List

From its work on an Ebola vaccine—and an investigational COVID-19 vaccine—to collaboration taking place across its Johnson & Johnson Innovation centers, we take a look at the innovative spirit that permeates the company's culture.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why Does Such A Thing Exist? Solidarity Microfinance for Women in the United States

While most of us generally consider the United States to be a “rich” country by global standards, and while this is true by several measures, many people in the U.S. still live in poverty.

Events, Media & Communications

Keep America Beautiful to Conduct Second Annual Signature 'Plogging' Event on Sun., Sept. 20

Join Stamford, Connecticut-based Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, on Sun., Sept. 20 for the second annual Keep America Beautiful TrashDash™ plogging event and fun run.

Diversity & Inclusion

Podcast: WE Local India Keynote- Rasha Hasaneen

In this SWE Diverse episode, Heather Doty, SWE FY20 President, speaks with Rasha Hasaneen, vice president of innovation and product management excellence at Trane Technologies.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Culture of Care and Camaraderie Makes Bacardi USA, Inc. Great Place to Work-Certified™ for Third Year in a Row

Bacardi paves the way for new talent, innovative thinking, and a family culture that has earned the world’s largest privately-held spirits company the well-deserved accolade of Great Place to Work-Certified™ in the U.S. for the third year in a row.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Why We Love TerraCycle

TerraCycle gives you a box and then you collect the trash and then you mail it back to them. They turn it into something useful and keep the trash out of the landfill.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Goods for the Greater Good: Gildan's Partnership With Good360 to Support Those in Need

Since 2018, Gildan and Good360 Australia have partnered to distribute clothing to people in need across the nation.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Announces New ESG Priorities as Part of 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report

ScottsMiracle-Gro released its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report, announcing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy for the next five years.

Environment

Boeing Recognized for Sustainability Leadership

Boeing [NYSE: BA] today received a 2020 Sustainability Leadership Award from the National Association of Manufacturers. The award recognizes the company’s innovative efforts to recycle aerospace carbon fiber, diverting waste away from landfills across the globe.

Environment

Senator Warren Urges SEC to Tackle Systemic Risk of Climate Change and Mandate Climate Risk Disclosure, Citing Ceres Report

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to tackle climate change as a systemic financial risk, and to heed the recommendations in a report from the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets

Social Impact & Volunteering

Celebrating the Heroes Who Impact Our Communities

Cox Conserves Heroes is an awards program created by Cox Enterprises and The Trust for Public Land (TPL). The program serves to honor environmental volunteers who create, preserve or enhance shared outdoor spaces in their local communities.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Discovering a Flair for Entrepreneurship Through eBay

Longtime eBay seller Julie Yoo traces her lifelong love of vintage fashion to the time spent with her mother during her childhood days, going thrifting at second hand stores around Toronto.

Health & Healthcare

CNH Industrial Harbin Plant Supports Sister Sites by Producing Protective Masks

Determined to provide a secure, high-quality in-house solution to CNH Industrial colleagues around the world, its global agricultural brands the Case IH and New Holland Agriculture plant in Harbin, China, in addition to producing world-class agricultural equipment, has set-up a state-of-the-art ISO Class 8 cleanroom to produce protective masks for CNH Industrial operations.

Education

Intel Launches Expanded Initiative to Help Underserved Students, School Districts Overcome COVID-19 Barriers

The program gives underserved students and educators access to critical tools and resources, including internet connectivity, technology devices and hands-on STEAM learning solutions.

Environment

Trump Administration Rollback of Methane Standards Is Unconscionable and Ill-Advised

The Trump administration’s rollback of reasonable and effective oversight of methane emissions “is unconscionable – akin to saying to auto makers that seat belts and airbags are burdensome and are no longer necessary,” said Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber.

Diversity & Inclusion

Abilities First at Hershey

As the mother of a child with a rare neuromuscular condition, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has had a large impact on my personal and professional life.

Green Infrastructure

Mohawk Group's Fresh Take On Contemporary Plaid

Manufactured according to International Living Future Institute standards that ensures a net positive impact for people and the environment as a Living Product, Pattern & Symmetry is also built to last.

Innovation & Technology

Smart Water for Public Health in Mexico

Smart Water uses a 4G wireless network, smart sensors powered by our Company’s technology and the Dime H2O mobile app developed to continuously monitor the city’s water quality & provide administrators with instant access to accurate, real-time data.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Introducing IBM Service Corps Reignite

We've launched IBM Service Corps Reignite to help small businesses, entrepreneurs, and job seekers find new careers in tech; gain new digital skills, and help their communities thrive - creating lasting community impact, together.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics Employees Build Food Kits for Colorado Students in Need

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Here's How Benevity Helped State Auto's Program Flourish

Find out how State Auto Insurance saw an increase in volunteering participation and giving after implementing Benevity.

Social Impact & Volunteering

ViacomCBS Showed the Spirit of Giving Back with a Virtual Community Day for Interns

Coming off the heels of its first-ever Virtual Community Day, the momentum of giving back from home continued as the ViacomCBS Campus to Career and Social Responsibility teams joined forces to ensure that summer interns could volunteer from home.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Receives Top Score on 2020 Disability Equality Index for 4th Consecutive Year

For the fourth consecutive year, Dow (NYSE: DOW) has received a top score on the 2020 Disability Equality Index® (DEI), again placing the Company among the “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion.”

Energy

NCSEA Features Fifth Third as “Clean Energy Powered Business”

The North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association has published its "Clean Energy Powered Businesses" infographic. Fifth Third was recognized for its 100% renewable energy achievement via its solar power facility in the Tarheel state.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Fifth Third's Commitment to Small Businesses
    Fifth Third believes that small businesses form the foundation of our communities – and when they succeed, we all succeed. Supporting them through...
  2. 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...
  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. 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...
  5. Digital Safety
    We provide tools and guidance so people can manage digital content in a way that’s right for them and their families. Learn more >>
  6. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  7. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  8. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  9. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  10. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  11. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  12. Retail Logistics
    DP World provides end-to-end retail logistics solutions including comprehensive Purchase Order management from origin consolidation to retailer PO...
  13. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  14. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  15. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...