Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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HPRC Impact Report

Health & Healthcare | Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

HPRC Publishes Inaugural Impact Report: Paving the Way for Sustainable Healthcare Plastics

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is thrilled to announce the publication of its inaugural Impact Report for 2024.
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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

AllianceBernstein

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sysco 2024 Sustainability Report: At the Heart of One Planet One Table

Sysco Corporation

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Energy

Time to Tackle the Demand-Side of the Energy Transition, Schneider Electric Says

Schneider Electric founded its own Sustainability Research Institute in 2020 to reinforce its contributions to the climate and energy debate.

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Environment

How Industry Networks Are Sharing Emissions Data To Tackle Climate Change

The availability and management of accurate, verifiable data are essential to achieving corporate ESG metrics and shared global goals.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper and Global FoodBanking Network Continues to Improve Food Security Across the Globe

International Paper and The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) continues its partnership for a multi-year investment to support capacity-building efforts among food banks in Europe and Latin America.

Education

Taking Up the Torch, Going on the Road

Over the past year, Northwood Tech has been designing a welding program on wheels. Enbridge, a longtime partner of Northwood Tech, awarded the college a $40,000 Fueling Futures grant to purchase the commercial generator that will power the unit.

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Green Infrastructure

FedEx Office Pilots Ford E-Transit Vans for FedEx SameDay® City Service

FedEx Office, in collaboration with Ford Pro, announced it is piloting ten Ford E-Transit vans across its FedEx SameDay City network as part of the goal to transition its entire pickup and delivery fleet to zero tailpipe emission vehicles by 2040.

Environment

Are You Ready To Change the Way You Think About Climate Action?

Our industry may only account for about 1.4 percent of global CO2 emissions, but we are seeing strong collaboration across technology providers and network operators taking firm climate action – a conversation also strongly promoted by GSMA.

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Environment

Yum! Brands Is Driving Change to Build A Sustainable Future

Yum! Brands is committed to growing sustainably by addressing climate change, making progress on renewable energy and emissions reduction in our restaurants and investing in circularity.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Announcing Round 2 of the TaroWorks Enterprise Grant

We are excited to announce the launch of the second round of TaroWorks Enterprise Grant, ​​​​where we will award $20,000 to a social enterprise with last mile distribution needs, with funding from Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Funding a More Sustainable Future

A generation ago, assessing a company’s potential was often confined to a review of its balance sheet. Today, however, a company’s impact on the climate is often evaluated alongside profit—especially for institutions, organizations, and individuals making choices about where to s

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Health & Healthcare

Alkermes Looks To Fill Cancer Treatment Gaps With New Immune Pathways

A conversation with Craig Hopkinson

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Southern Company Named One of Forbes Best Employers for Women 2022

We are honored to be named one of Forbes Best Employers for Women 2022. This recognition speaks to our continued commitment to creating an equitable work environment where everyone feels welcomed, valued, supported, respected and heard.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Expanding COVID-19 Testing Access at Historically Black Colleges And Universities

To enable Clark Atlanta University to safely welcome students back to campus in the spring of 2021, Q4HE worked with university officials to implement a COVID-19 testing program.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Home Depot and the United Negro College Fund Work to Advance Education Through Scholarships for HBCU Students

Since 1992, The Home Depot has been partnering with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), an organization that works to build a robust pipeline of highly qualified college graduates from under-represented populations.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Project Umbra Proves out Scalable Process To Combat Child Sexual Exploitation

The Knoble™ Network, a non-profit network of financial crime and fintech professionals that assists vulnerable people around the world, today announced results from its first phase of Project Umbra

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How Are Fund Management Teams Operating Under SFDR? - Ian Povey-Hall Featured in Sustainable Investment

SFDR has had more of an impact than any other regulatory-driven change asset managers have seen in recent years. Now that over a year has passed since its first implementation in March 2021, we are in a position to assess the regulation's impact.

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Energy

Transformation: Why Flint Hills Resources' Pine Bend Refinery Is Looking to Solar

Flint Hills Resources is building the largest single user solar project in the United States at its Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount, Minnesota.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Acer Releases 2021 Sustainability Report and Shares Milestones on Acer Green Day

Acer has released its 2021 Sustainability Report which includes the strategies, actions, and outcomes of its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KeyBank Introduces New Key Coverage Zone℠ for Clients to Avoid Overdraft Fees

KeyBank is committed to helping clients move forward on their financial journey, and today announces changes to overdraft and NSF fees. Initially previewed earlier this year, new terms have gone into effect for Consumer and Small Business checking and savings accounts beginning September 16, 2022.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Inogen Alliance Ranks in Environment Analyst's Top 100 Environmental & Sustainability Consultancy Firms 2022 Report

Inogen Alliance is pleased to share we have been ranked 11th in Environment Analyst’s Top 100 Environmental & Sustainability Consultancy Firms for 2022.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

ESG and Responsible Investors: Positive Trends Built on Solid Market Infrastructure

As we look forward to the next 30 years, we believe that capital markets are on the precipice of an increase in the impact of corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance on security prices.

Energy

NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Renewable Energy Solutions

Helping companies in various industries across the U.S. and Canada transition from ‘sustainably minded’ to ‘sustainably achieving,’ NRG’s customer-first approach heeds the call for global action around climate initiatives such as the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Net Zero Standard.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Essity Employees Ride To Raise Funds and Awareness for Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation

Avid cyclists, who all are employed by Essity, will put their endurance to the test with a five-day, 800-kilometer bike ride – to raise funds and awareness for the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation towards breast cancer research.

Events, Media & Communications

NBCUniversal Commits to Nonprofit Storytelling

NBCUniversal announced it has launched the Creative Impact Lab, a new initiative that focuses the company’s social purpose on nonprofit storytelling and provides opportunities for apprentices from diverse backgrounds to hone their production skills.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

25 Years of Empowering Sustainable Decisions

This month is a landmark moment in the history of GRI – provider of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards – as the organization reaches its 25 year anniversary.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Award-Winning Robotic Duck Flocks to the Big Easy, Delivering Joy During National Awareness Month for Childhood Cancer and Sickle Cell

Aflac, the No. 1 provider of supplemental health insurance products in the U.S., delivered 50 of their award winning My Special Aflac Ducks for children with cancer and sickle cell disease at Children's Hospital New Orleans.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...

  2. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...

  6. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...

  7. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.

  8. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...

  9. 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...

  10. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...

  11. Coach Foundation | Dream It Real
    To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.

  12. 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...

  13. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...