Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

PayPal Is Supporting OpenIDEO’s COVID-19 Business Pivot Challenge

PayPal is supporting OpenIDEO’s COVID-19 Business Pivot Challenge, the goal of which is to find and support innovations that answer the question, “How might businesses of all kinds rapidly adapt to support the immediate needs of the COVID-19 response, and enable a more just and resilient future?”

Social Impact & Volunteering

How Employees Decide to Participate in Volunteer Programs

What motivates your employees to participate in your corporate volunteering program? With so many options available today for giving and volunteering why in the world would anybody choose to do it through the workplace? If you’re not asking that question you should be. Your employees are.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Patriots Foundation Teams up to Donate Food to Local Shelters, Food Banks

Recently, some Massachusetts and Rhode Island shelters and food banks have gotten a little help in a big way thanks to Amazon, Sysco, and the Patriots Foundation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What Nature Can Teach Business Right Now

During this pandemic, it has never been more clear: We are one people, sharing one world.

Environment

Connecting the Dots From Covid-19 to Climate as Earth Day Turns 50

Every Earth Day, we are reminded of the interconnectedness of our world. This year, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, our interconnectedness has taken on new meaning. While the pause button has been pushed, many people have begun to reflect on the greater lessons to be learned.

Responsible Production & Consumption

ScottsMiracle-Gro R&D Team Produces Hand Sanitizer for Fellow Associates

Our R&D team in Marysville, Ohio, knows all too well the mantra of ScottsMiracle-Gro co-founder Horace Hagedorn: “Find a need and fill it.” Typically, their work along these lines takes the form of developing innovative lawn and garden products and solutions for consumers.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Brown-Forman Produces Hand Sanitizer for Employees, Health Care Providers and First Responders

While the Research & Development (R&D) team at Brown-Forman plays an important role in building our brands, they are currently focused on a different type of product to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Health & Healthcare

A COVID-19 Roadmap for Oral Solid Dosage Manufacturers

The global pandemic and economic shutdown facing us today is unlike anything most of us have seen in our lifetime. Around the world, the threat of COVID-19 has forced everyday life to come to a standstill.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Have Your Say on GRI’s Standard-Setting Priorities

Feedback from all stakeholders is being sought to determine which areas GRI’s Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) should focus on over the next three years.

Sustainable Development Goals

Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Supported Technical School in Calama, Chile Graduates First Generation of Students

The Colegio Don Bosco De Calama recently graduated its first class of 141 students in December.

Social Impact & Volunteering

ON Semiconductor Celebrates Service with St. Jude

This week we honor National Volunteer Week, April 19th-25th, an effort led by Points of Light – the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service.

Health & Healthcare

Whirlpool Corporation Donation Helps Fund Local Food Pantries as They See Record Numbers During COVID Crisis

Whirlpool Corporation has made a donation to a special United Way fund that’s helping food pantries with the increased traffic they are seeing due to the Coronavirus. One of those food pantries is run by Harbor of Hope Church in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Resilient Business Strategies: The Road to Recovery Based on Sustainability Principles

In the wake of COVID-19, BSR calling for business to “meet the moment and build the future.” In doing so, resilient business strategies will be fundamentally important to business success as well as economic and social recovery.

Innovation & Technology

How Connectivity Matters More Now Than Ever

Qualcomm President, Cristano Amon, speaks to how connectivity matters more than ever.

Research, Reports & Publications

SABIC Releases Sustainability Report Outlining Progress on Key Drivers, Moving Toward a More Circular Future

SABIC has released its Sustainability Report 2019, covering performance over the past year and detailing how sustainability fits into the company’s broader global business strategy.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper Supports Communities in Italy During COVID-19 Crisis

International Paper, one of the world’s leading producers of renewable, fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper, is responding to the needs of communities in Italy in the face of COVID-19.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper è orgogliosa di sostenere la comunità in Italia durante la crisi di Covid-19

International Paper, in risposta alle necessità della comunità italiana a causa della diffusione di Covid-19, ha donato migliaia di scatole in cartone ondulato a ospedali, unità mediche e organizzazioni benefiche

Responsible Production & Consumption

Add to Subtract: How Kimberly-Clark Is Boosting Sustainability With a Simple Addition to Product Packaging

The sustainability teams at Kimberly-Clark know that small innovations to reduce waste can add up when it comes to protecting the environment.

Environment

Hormel Foods Continues to Make a Difference Through its Environmental Stewardship Efforts

In 2019, Hormel Foods not only made a difference in the countless lives of people throughout the world through our hunger relief efforts, we also made significant progress with our environmental stewardship efforts.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Companies Commits Additional $50 Million to Community Hunger Relief in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Albertsons Companies today announced a $50 million commitment to hunger relief across the 2,200+ neighborhoods it serves in 34 states and the District of Columbia through its Nourishing Neighbors Community Relief campaign.

Environment

Mohawk Industries Shares Highlights on Latest Sustainability Initiatives

Mohawk Industries’ commitment to sustainability is year-round, so the Company is shifting how it shares its sustainability story with a global audience.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Don’t Lose Sight of Climate Risk

While the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments and the private sector globally to take drastic measures, many commentators are pointing out the analogies with climate change. There is a key difference: climate change won’t come as a surprise.

Environment

Our Commitment to Sustainability: Earth Day and Beyond

For more than a decade, Legg Mason has taken the time each year to celebrate Earth Day. Beginning with the founding of our Corporate Social Responsibility function in 2008, our annual Earth Day activities have become increasingly important.

Energy

Tomorrow Rising Web Series by Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric presents Tomorrow Rising: a web series showcasing our international energy training program for determined people and young entrepreneurs from underprivileged backgrounds.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

MilliporeSigma Makes Strides Toward Smaller Footprints

MilliporeSigma is working year-round, not just on Earth Day, to provide customers with the widest range of solutions to help minimize their environmental footprint—something the company is also investing in itself.

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