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Events, Media & Communications

Behind the Masthead: TriplePundit Holds Virtual Open House April 1

TriplePundit, which has covered the business of doing better since 2005, will invite the sustainability and corporate responsibility community into its newsroom April 1 in a virtual open house. Registration is free and open now.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Reforestation: More Than Planting Trees

Climate change and biodiversity loss are on everyone’s minds these days – as they should be.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Albertsons Companies Foundation Wins Community Hero Award at Benevity’s 2020 Corporate Goodness Awards

The Albertsons Companies Foundation won a Corporate Goodness Award, “the Goodie,” for our community outreach programs, especially our work to end childhood hunger in our neighborhoods.

Environment

Olympic Games to Become “Climate Positive” From 2030

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Today announced that the Olympic Games and Olympic Winter Games will be “climate positive” from 2030 onwards.

Education

The Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education Introduce Digital Workplace Training to Combat Opioid Epidemic

The Operation Prevention program, created in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education, today announced a 4-part series to educate workplace professionals about the opioid epidemic.

Sustainable Development Goals

Retail Revival Grows Internationally, Helping Local Businesses Expand Their Sales Online

eBay partners with local city leaders in regions across the world to develop innovative small business programs that address specific retail challenges and scale solutions to benefit entrepreneurs across different communities

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Asset Management Launches Municipal Sustainability Fund

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) today announced the launch of the Wells Fargo Municipal Sustainability Fund, highlighting WFAM’s commitment to provide clients innovative solutions and play a leading role in sustainable investing.

Diversity & Inclusion

Be a Problem-Solver: On a Journey of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Ask yourself: how are you contributing to solving today’s problem? It could be something small, specific to just today, or conceptual and large with a longer time frame.

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Longitudes | Podcast: Quality, Style and Respect for All Women

Kathleen Marran, UPS Vice President of Marketing, Diverse Segments: women business owners face difficulties in raising money and handling that first big order — how exactly do you master the logistics needed to keep pace with rising customer demand?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Congrats to the 2020 Corporate Goodness Award Winners!

Congrats to the 2020 Corporate Goodness Award Winners: Levi Strauss & Co., Adobe, Albertsons Companies/Albertsons Companies Foundation, Splunk, Intel, TELUS, Arm and Tricia Stevens from Lush!

Responsible Production & Consumption

Gaming’s Coolest Chair Design Wins HP’s HBCU Challenge

Meet the winners from North Carolina Central University, who took home the top prize for HP’s third-annual HBCU business challenge.

Research, Reports & Publications

Climate Leadership with the Adoption of Science-Based Targets (SBTs)

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sanofi US Named Top Company by the National Association for Female Executives

The pharmaceutical company’s commitment to gender parity is underlined by its ambition of reaching 50/50 in senior leadership by 2025 and evident in its strong female representation in its seniormost ranks in North America

Diversity & Inclusion

Bridgestone Named First Partner for First Video Game Designed to Celebrate Paralympic Athletes

Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest tire and rubber company and a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, announced today its sponsorship support for the first official video game of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Events, Media & Communications

The Ray’s Highway of The Future Experience at CONEXPO-CON/AGG

From March 10th through the 14th, The Ray is partnering with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) to bring The Ray to CONEXPO-CON/AGG, North America’s largest construction trade show, in Las Vegas.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ON Semiconductor Makes Its Debut at GreenBiz 20

The GreenBiz Conference, held in Scottsdale, Arizona, claims to be “the premier annual event for sustainable business leaders” and in my opinion, they definitely deliver.

Events, Media & Communications

Qualcomm's Own Angela Baker Will be Speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's 10th Annual International Women’s Day Forum

What milestones will we, as a society, reach as we push towards a more gender-inclusive society? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s 10th Annual International Women’s Day Forum will highlight the visionaries creating a better future for all.

Energy

FedEx and Chanje to Develop Groundbreaking Charging Infrastructure

Through an agreement with Chanje Energy Inc., the company plans to electrify 42 FedEx stations in California, making it one of the largest deployments of integrated charging infrastructure by a single commercial fleet to date.

Media & Communications

How the Private Sector Can Do Well by Doing Good

We live in a time of unprecedented growth and global prosperity. A middle class is emerging in China, India and elsewhere. Global poverty is at its lowest point in decades. Babies and children are growing up healthier, people are living longer...

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Stepping Up Our Work on Circularity

The circular economy is a natural extension of Cisco’s own business transformation. As a company, we are moving from product upgrade cycles to recurring cloud computing and a software-subscription model.

Environment

Driven to Tears: Stefanie Lemcke + Jim Parry

Do you ever find yourself sitting stuck in traffic with your thoughts moving from benign irritation with the sheer number of cars on the road, to a fixation upon humanity’s encroaching doom?

Health & Healthcare

As Cancer in Older People Increases, so Do the Challenges to Help Them Live Longer, Fuller Lives

Our multiyear When Cancer Grows Old™ initiative is intended to address the challenges of cancer and aging by collaborating with the global cancer community of advocates, healthcare providers and policymakers around the world to find solutions.

Environment

Effort to Save Burrowing Owls Goes Underground in Chino

When Brian Bielfelt had an opportunity to help build artificial burrows in Chino for burrowing owls, he jumped at the chance. “I’ve loved burrowing owls for a long time — since I was in third grade in Florida,” said the SCE staff biologist

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Katrina 20th Anniversary
    This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...
  3. ESG Recognition
    While our commitment to being a responsible corporation is not dependent on recognition, it is a great validation of our work when external...
  4. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  5. America's Charities Employee Engagement & Social Responsibility
    More than ever, retaining and recruiting employees is a top priority for companies. Aware of the link between workplace giving and employee engagement...
  6. 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...
  7. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  8. 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...
  9. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  10. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  11. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  12. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  13. 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...
  14. Southwire 2024 Sustainability Report
    Southwire was founded in 1950 with the goal of bringing electric light to people who needed it. In 2025, as we celebrate the 75-year history of our...
  15. Tork, an Essity brand
    Tork is an Essity brand. Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Wherever there is a need for wiping, drying, cleaning or polishing...