Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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2025 Principal® Charity Classic Raised Record $10.6 Million for Iowa Youth

The Principal Financial Group

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

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Software-Defined Vehicles: The Critical Road to a Secure Future

Keysight Technologies

Innovation & Technology

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Northwestern Mutual Sustainability and Impact: Delivering Financial Security

Northwestern Mutual

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Suppliers Are Creating Access to Microcredit Through Whole Planet Foundation in 2022

Whole Planet Foundation’s top supplier donors for 2022 are funding essential microbusinesses to alleviate global poverty through the Foundation's microlending programs.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Black & Veatch Selects Barry Clegg To Lead BV Operations As the Critical Human Infrastructure Leader Addresses Megatrends Reshaping the World

Black & Veatch announced today that it has named Barry Clegg president of BV Operations, a group comprising a centralized pool of resources and talent serving as the execution engine that keeps the global engineering and construction company

Responsible Production & Consumption

We Need a Faster Food Revolution for People, Planet and Livelihoods

Food is at the heart of every stable and thriving society.

Energy

Materiality in the Energy Industry

In this video, Danielle Pucherelli, a Consultant at Antea Group, dives into materiality for energy companies and which E,S, and G topics are especially relevant.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CACI Named Washington Post Top Workplace for Eighth Consecutive Year

CACI International Inc announced that it has been ranked ninth on the Washington Post Top Workplaces for 2022 list in the Largest Companies category. This marks the eighth consecutive year that CACI has been included on the list.

Social Impact & Volunteering

RealTalk: The 1.25% of Employee Volunteers That Will Change Everything

Join Chris Jarvis and Megan Strand on September 7th for another RealTalk with Realized Worth! This time, we're talking about the 1.25% of your Employee Volunteers that will change everything (and how to find them).

Research, Reports & Publications

From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2021 ESG Report: Climate Risk Management

Fifth Third’s organization-wide focus on climate-related risks is overseen directly the Board of Directors. The Board is responsible for overseeing corporate governance, strategy and risks, which include risks and opportunities related to climate.

Research, Reports & Publications

Great States: Great Companies and ESG Practices

Data and reflection on our Site Selection Magazine review on the connection between company sustainability and CSR and their facility locations.

Events, Media & Communications

Fuel Your Fundraising With Volunteer Support

Register for our upcoming webinar to learn how to fuel your nonprofit fundraising efforts with volunteer support!

Diversity & Inclusion

Paving the Path: First Two American Airlines Cadet Academy Graduates Hired at American Airlines

As graduates of the Cadet Academy, Keith Taylor and Damion Washington continue American's legacy of firsts by becoming the first graduates of a legacy carrier's pilot training program to make it to the mainline flight deck as first officers.

Innovation & Technology

Taco Bell® Testing New Crispy Melt Taco With Proprietary Plant-Based Protein in Birmingham, AL

Taco Bell fans in Birmingham, AL have another reason to be cheesin’. For a limited time, lucky locals are being introduced to the Crispy Melt Taco.

Diversity & Inclusion

PNC Bank Strengthens Commitment to Women and Nonbinary Entrepreneurs

PNC Bank announced it will provide an additional $220,000 to expand funding and support for 200 businesses owned by women and nonbinary individuals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Clara Green: A Passion for People

Cover story in the Birmingham Times profiles Regions’ head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Research, Reports & Publications

Cologix 2nd Annual ESG Report Now Available; Targets 100% Renewable Energy Use by 2030

Cologix, North America’s leading network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company, today issued its 2nd annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.

Sustainable Development Goals

Renewable Materials Offer Opportunity To Meet UN Goals

Companies tend to have a high level of focus on the end-of-life sustainability of their products — and rightly so.

Diversity & Inclusion

2021 Inclusion & Diversity Report - Representing Our Travelers, Strengthening Communities

Travelers are looking for brands and suppliers that represent them and their values. We are committed to improving inclusivity and diversity across all Expedia Group brands.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Ørsted Celebrates £1 Million Milestone of “Skills Fund” As Winners Announced for Coastal Areas of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk

The East Coast “Skills Fund” forms part of the company’s £465,000 East Coast Community Fund 20-year annual commitment and is part of the community engagement programme for Ørsted’s Hornsea and Race Bank offshore wind farms.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Qualcomm's STEM Community Partnerships: VentureWell

With Qualcomm’s support of the E-Team program, VentureWell was able to train 190 diverse early-stage innovators from across the U.S.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Building a Culture of Safety: A Transformative Approach to Environmental, Health and Safety

Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) is more than just saying the right things and ticking the right boxes. And determining how safe a project is shouldn’t just be measured by its incident report or lack thereof.

Environment

Is Carbon Offsetting Worth It?

Significant price spikes in the energy attribute certificate (EAC) and carbon offset markets have many companies are wondering whether environmental commodities are the right way to reach their goals, asking: is carbon offsetting worth it?

Innovation & Technology

Learn How PwC Helps Its Customers Achieve Their Climate Targets

The SaaS solution, based on SAP Business Technology Platform, enables PwC’s clients to calculate the implications of climate risk to better understand challenges and opportunities within the climate crisis.

Green Infrastructure

AeroDelft Takes Measures Against Climate Change With the Help of Cadence Fidelity and OnCloud

AeroDelft takes measures against climate change with cleaner transport by developing a liquid hydrogen-powered aircraft with the help of Cadence Fidelity and OnCloud.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Illumina Deepens Commitment to Customers in China With New Manufacturing Site

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced the opening of its first manufacturing site in China.

Diversity & Inclusion

Martin Currie and Black Professionals Scotland Working in Partnership

Martin Currie, a specialist investment manager of Franklin Templeton, announced a partnership with Black Professionals Scotland, a non-profit empowering black professional and partnering with organizations to support their DEI ambitions.

Health & Healthcare

4 Questions With Jared Baeten: Innovating, Collaborating and Inspiring at Aids 2022

We connected with Jared Baeten, Gilead’s Vice President of HIV Clinical Development to discuss the top highlights from AIDS 2022, and ways the company is looking to help transform care and improve outcomes for people affected by HIV.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Principal Financial Group: Financial Inclusion
    Helping individuals and businesses gain access to useful financial products and services to meet their needs—from savings, credit, and insurance to...
  2. 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...
  3. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  4. FedEx | Volunteer Campaigns
    Giving back is part of the FedEx culture. Team members support our charitable investments and local community needs by dedicating their time where...
  5. Whole Planet
    Whole Planet, a pillar of Whole Foods Market Foundation, helps people living in poverty build long-term financial resilience through income growth...
  6. Performance
    Prioritizing ethics, economic contribution, operational excellence, integrity, and accountability in all we do.
  7. 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...
  8. Leadership
    Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...
  9. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  10. 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...
  11. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  12. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  13. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  14. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  15. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...