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sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

For Aflac’s Mountain Market Team, It’s Not Just Business — It’s Purpose

When Ashleigh George, Aflac regional sales coordinator and Aflac Childhood Cancer ambassador, learned the Beads of Courage program at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare in Atlanta needed funding, she and Aflac’s Mountain Market team stepped up.

Environment

Niro Ceramic Group Announces Environmental Product Declaration for Its Porcelain Tiles

Niro Ceramic Group (NCG) announces publication of a verified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for its Niro Granite and Portino porcelain tiles, illustrating the environmental impacts of its products.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ImpactAssets’ Twelfth IA 50 Impact Fund List Showcases 163 Fund Managers and $122 Billion in Assets Under Management

ImpactAssets announced today that it has released the ImpactAssets 50 2023 (IA 50), a free publicly available, searchable database of impact investment fund managers for impact investors, family offices, corporations, foundations and institutional investors.

Education

Showtime and Paramount Global Donate $300,000 to ‘Boys in Blue’ Minneapolis High School (Exclusive Video)

As part of their Content for Change initiative, Showtime and Paramount Global have donated $300,000 to North Community High School, home of the student football team featured in the new Peter Berg-directed docuseries “Boys in Blue.”

Environment

Arbor Day Foundation CEO Names Nonprofit’s New President

Arbor Day Foundation Chief Operating Officer Katie Loos was recently promoted to president of the organization.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Human Rights Coalition Hosts Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop With Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and Malaysian Palm Oil Suppliers

In collaboration with the Malaysian Ministry of Plantation and Commodities, The Consumer Goods Forum Human Rights Coalition hosted a practical workshop for Malaysian palm oil companies on best practices for implementing a pragmatic business approach to human rights due diligence

Diversity & Inclusion

Sealed Air’s “Better Together” Podcast: Honoring International Women's Day

On Episode 8 of Sealed Air's "Better Together" corporate podcast, employees discuss embracing equity in honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.

Innovation & Technology

INOVUES Announces Its First Higher-Education Energy Efficiency Retrofit

INOVUES, provider of the only upfit technology that enables building facades and windows to be upgraded without replacement or disruption, will demonstrate its patented retrofit solution at University of Minnesota’s Saint Paul campus. The project is the first of its kind.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Rise of Participatory Grantmaking

Traditional philanthropy has a problem. The top-down, hierarchical power structure often undercuts efforts to make lasting change.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Southern Company Celebrates Community Through Volunteering, Giving, and Economic Development Initiatives

Southern Company is committed to being “A Citizen Wherever We Serve,” meaning our employees are inextricably woven into the communities we are privileged to serve.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Stuart Weitzman’s Edmundo Castillo Honored for His Empowerment of Indigenous Women Artisans

Congratulations to Stuart Weitzman’s Head of Design Edmundo Castillo, who was honored at Mercado Global’s Fashion Forward Gala.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Owens Corning Named One of 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) today announced that it has been recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies. This marks the sixth consecutive year the company has been recognized with this honor.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sappi Increases the Percentage of Women in Senior Management Roles in 2021

As part of a global objective to enhance the diversity of its workforce, Sappi created this new goal in 2021, which also directly aligns with UNSDG 8, which
promotes economic growth and decent work.

Diversity & Inclusion

Defining Women in STEM: Angela Dodd

For Angela Dodd, finding a career as a female senior scientist meant navigating the STEM world without many women mentors.

Diversity & Inclusion

Digital-First Entrepreneurs Lead the Charge This International Women’s Day

Women in emerging markets are leveraging the digital economy to become entrepreneurs, recent graduates of a training program created by Alibaba Group shared.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Rockwell Automation Named Among World’s Most Ethical Companies

Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, has recognized Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK: NYSE) as one of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Medtronic Named One of World’s Most Ethical Companies

Medtronic , a global leader in healthcare technology, has been recognized by Ethisphere, a leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2023 World's Most Ethical Companies.

Environment

New Zealand Leads the Way on Regenerative Agriculture Methods

As nations around the world seek to measure, manage and mitigate their greenhouse gas emissions, many have their eyes focused on the agricultural industry, and New Zealand is no exception.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Celebrating Women at IP: Laverne Hampton

Meet Laverne Hampton, supply planner team lead, Containerboard. Laverne, like all women at IP, provides valuable insight and a unique perspective to our organization.

Innovation & Technology

Will We Choose Digital Over Physical Goods in Future? Time Will Tell

While it may take time for people to change their habits and become content with choosing digital over physical, it will ultimately help reduce environmental impact and conserve resources for future generations.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Can CSOs Solve the Climate Crisis?

In this guest article, Marie Cloherty, Executive Director of Sustainable Business at Acre, discusses what can be done following last year’s COP27 and the lack of action against the climate crisis.

Events, Media & Communications

IWBI’s WELL Summit Heads to Washington, D.C.; Features Physician and NYTimes Best-Selling Author Dr. Mark Hyman, Panel of Former U.S. Surgeons General on the MainStage

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the global authority for driving market transformation through healthy buildings, organizations and communities, opened registration today for its 2023 WELL Summit, to be held in Washington, D.C., September 25-26, 2023.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Global Expert in Corporate Sustainability Will Chair GRI’s Standard Setting Board

Global Reporting Initiative, the world's leading provider of sustainability reporting standards, is to appoint Carol Adams as chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board

Diversity & Inclusion

‘Showing Up’ at SCE’s Black History Month Celebration

Edison International, the parent company of SCE, saw an opportunity to act by focusing resources on the areas that will provide the greatest impact — increasing workforce diversity to reflect the communities the company serves.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Supporting Young Entrepreneurs One Cookie Sale at a Time With the Girl Scouts

In communities across the United States and every year around late-winter, Girl Scouts put on their green vests and embrace the life of being a young entrepreneur. For four weeks in the Kansas City area, they can be found in front of stores, in neighborhoods and at local events.

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. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  3. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  4. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  5. Community Impact
    Advancing our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships, and employee volunteerism.
  6. 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...
  7. EVP Campaign
    Driving awareness of DP World’s Employee Value Proposition across the Americas, showcasing the company’s purpose-driven mission, talent strategy, and...
  8. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  9. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  10. 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...
  11. Purposeful Technology
    Keysight helps build a better planet through our sustainably developed electronic measurement solutions that accelerate innovations to change lives...
  12. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  13. Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
    Vision of Milano Cortina 2026 The Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first Olympic winter Games planned and organised under Olympic...
  14. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...