Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway Project Wins Canadian Consulting Engineer Award of Excellence

Oct 25, 2018 9:00 AM ET

Tetra Tech was part of a team that planned and designed the award-winning Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway (ITH) to connect communities along Canada’s Arctic Coast.

Innovation & Technology

Cerro Verde, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Supports Local Agricultural Businesses

Oct 25, 2018 8:35 AM ET

Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde has an Agricultural Development Program for farmers in the Yarabamba and Uchumayo Districts of Peru that provides services to business owners including education and information on warehouses and greenhouses.

Cerro Verde has model farms and demonstration plots for education. Farmers raise laying hens, ducks, and guinea pigs. Many local farmers also grow culinary herbs and succulents, as well as fruits, potatoes and quinoa.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Increase CSR Participation with Positive Actions

Oct 24, 2018 7:30 PM ET

Wondering how to create even more purpose and inclusion in your workplace? Get the scoop on how to go beyond giving, volunteering and grantmaking to create next-level engagement through your #CSR program through positive actions.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Taste Radio: Marcus Samuelsson + Paul Rice of Fair Trade USA

Oct 24, 2018 6:00 PM ET

Taste Radio talks with acclaimed Chef Marcus Samuelsson and Fair Trade USA founder and CEO Paul Rice about what makes food great and how businesses are driving change throughout the industry.

Diversity & Inclusion

Nickelodeon Proudly Supports National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Oct 24, 2018 5:30 PM ET

Jonathan Rodriguez went from being an extremely shy kid in Burbank High’s Animation Program to intern at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio to artist on Nick’s hit show, The Loud House. Hear the accounts from his family, instructors and Nickelodeon mentors that believed and invested in him on his incredible journey.

Nickelodeon proudly supports National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

Research, Reports & Publications

Words in Action

Oct 24, 2018 5:00 PM ET

Martin Currie, the active equity specialist and steward of US$17 billion of assets under management, has unveiled its inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report.

Social Impact & Volunteering

eBay and NASCAR Launch First Joint Charity Sale

Oct 24, 2018 3:30 PM ET

eBay and NASCAR today launched their first joint charity sale giving fans the opportunity to bid on autographed memorabilia and once-in-a-lifetime racing experiences.

Today through Nov. 1, fans can visit eBay.com/NASCAR and bid on 20 items including a chance to see who wins the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series live at Homestead-Miami Speedway and the chance to be a VIP at the 2019 Daytona 500.

Health & Healthcare

VIDEO | Mohawk's Royce Epstein Shares Her Personal Experience with Breast Cancer

Oct 24, 2018 3:15 PM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Bacardi Raises the Bar with Distinct Corporate Responsibility Programs

Oct 24, 2018 3:05 PM ET

With its commitments to alcohol responsibility, disaster relief efforts, women’s empowerment, and significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and water usage, Bacardi Limited solidified its position as a socially and environmentally responsible leader, as demonstrated in the company’s 2018 Corporate Responsibility (CR) Report. As a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, and in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Bacardi’s CR efforts are fueled by its expanded “Good Spirited” platform.

Research, Reports & Publications

Microsoft Works to Empower People, Strengthen Communities, and Protect Our Planet

Oct 24, 2018 3:00 PM ET

As Microsoft pursues its mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, there is great opportunity for their customers, partners and company.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Path to Affordable Homeownership

Oct 24, 2018 2:30 PM ET

In Washington, D.C., available real estate is a rare commodity, and this is especially true in areas east of the Anacostia River. Wards 7 and 8 are considered “the last real estate to develop,” said Bill Winston, chief performance officer of MANNA, Inc., a local nonprofit developer of quality, affordable housing in Washington, D.C. As a result, the area has become more desirable to for-profit developers — and a big concern for the residents living there, he said.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Helps Strengthen North Carolina Nonprofits With Over $800,000 in Grants

Oct 24, 2018 1:40 PM ET

Duke Energy is strengthening nonprofit capacity building efforts and supporting other strategic community initiatives by investing $849,000 in 23 organizations across North Carolina.

Environment

Washington Post’s Greg Sargent on the American “Uncivil War”

Oct 24, 2018 1:30 PM ET

It’s election season. To say that the political atmosphere is polarized understates the wormhole into which the US has fallen. We have a president who tells easily disprovable lies without compunction, and a party of elected officials who line up behind him, drafting off his autocratic slipstream.

Environment

INFOGRAPHIC | American Forest Foundation Partnership Extends Conservation Efforts

Oct 24, 2018 12:50 PM ET

Domtar products are part of everyday living for people around the world, and the forests where our products originate are home to a wide range of wildlife. That’s why protecting both habitats and resources is so important to us. Our conservation efforts are a foundational part of our sustainability philosophy of responsibility, efficiency and engagement.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CEO Dan Amos Awarded Key to the City in Columbia, South Carolina, for Aflac's Work With Pediatric Cancer Patients

Oct 24, 2018 12:20 PM ET

After a successful delivery of My Special Aflac Duck™ to pediatric cancer patients at Palmetto Health Children's Hospital, Aflac CEO Dan Amos was awarded the Key to the City of Columbia, South Carolina, by Mayor Steve Benjamin. He was recognized for his work leading corporate responsibility efforts in Columbia and across the country.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Follow the Kit: The Builds

Oct 24, 2018 11:35 AM ET

Las Vegas Sands and long-time partner, Clean the World, have hosted hygiene kit builds every year since 2014. The first year, the large volunteer effort brought in a total of 100,000 hygiene kits for populations in need. The kit builds have expanded into a global event in the US, Macao, and Singapore and support the company’s active approach on community relief and disaster preparedness efforts through Sands Cares, the company’s global corporate giving and community engagement program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Humana Foundation Invests More Than $2.5 Million in Baton Rouge and San Antonio Initiatives

Oct 24, 2018 11:20 AM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Top International Surfers Support Amnesty International in Charity Auction

Oct 24, 2018 11:20 AM ET

16 of the best national and international surfers joined Amnesty International’s BRAVE campaign and autographed a shortboard that is being auctioned at eSolidar. The amount raised will help the human rights’ organization to make the world fairer and freer.

Events, Media & Communications

Breakthrough Impact Measurement Tools Revealing at New Metrics ‘18

Oct 24, 2018 11:05 AM ET

Members of the Sustainable Brands® community will gather next week for the 8th annual New Metrics conference, taking place October 29-31 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. More than 300 executives and global thought-leaders will reveal new methodologies, toolkits and case studies for demonstrating the ROI of Sustainable Business.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI Podcast October: Going Digital

Oct 24, 2018 11:05 AM ET

This GRI podcast episode focuses on the challenges and opportunities of digitalization in sustainability reporting. The guests include John Revess, Head of Sustainability at ABB; Michel Washer, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer at Solvay; and Alyson Slater, Chief Network Engagement Officer at GRI.

Education

Lockheed Martin Donates “Mars Experience” to National Air and Space Museum

Oct 24, 2018 11:00 AM ET

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Selachimorpha Tank

Oct 24, 2018 11:00 AM ET

While not technically engaged in venture capital, my fellow judges and I did award $100,000 to the winning team, along with smaller prize money to the other teams. It definitely scratches the itch.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Industry With the Most Female CEOs Isn’t What You’d Expect

Oct 24, 2018 10:55 AM ET

Patricia Poppe, an industrial engineer who is chief executive of CMS Energy Corp. CMS -0.39%in Michigan, now knows the power business inside and out.

Diversity & Inclusion

Arrow Electronics Expands Opportunities for Disabled at 2018 No Barriers Summit

Oct 24, 2018 10:35 AM ET

Arrow Electronics sponsored the 2018 No Barriers Summit in New York City, a two-day event that unites people from all walks of life and inspires them to reach their full potential.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Nonprofit Opportunity

Oct 24, 2018 10:30 AM ET

What motivates nonprofits and volunteers to engage in skills-based volunteering? Nonprofits use skills-based volunteering to strengthen their infrastructure in ways that better equip them to solve our communities’ challenges. Many volunteers give their skills to help solve a challenge for an organization addressing an issue they care about or to feel connected to the community. In this SNCR 2020 article, Taproot Foundation and Team4Tech partnered to further the social sector’s understanding of the leadership development benefits of skills-based volunteering—focusing exclusively on the nonprofit’s outcomes of such initiatives.