Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Health & Healthcare

Quest for Health Equity Intern Spotlights

The Quest Diagnostics Quest for Health Equity team sponsored a summer intern program to help Scholars from the AMA’s HBCU, HSI, and the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute programs gain real-world experience in health equity.

Health & Healthcare

Delivering the Future of Diagnostics and Precision Oncology

At the 34th European Congress of Pathology (ECP) in Basel, Switzerland, September 3 to 7, 2022, pathologists from more than 100 countries will convene to share and gain insights on advancements in their field.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo 50K Gift to United Way of the Capital Area To Support Jackson State University and Jackson Communities During Water Crisis

United Way of the Capital Area proudly announces the generous gift of $50,000 from Wells Fargo towards the 2021-22 Emergency Disaster Crisis Relief Fund.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New York City-Based Funders Collective Announces First Award Opportunity

On the heels of layered crises and big challenges for small business in the New York City region, JPMorgan Chase, M&T Bank, Principal Foundation, Santander Bank, and Surdna Foundation have come together to launch the NY Small Business Funders Collective (SBFC).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Foundation Funds Excelsior University Scholarships for Syracuse Housing Authority Residents

The KeyBank Foundation is providing a $12,500 grant to Excelsior University that will provide Syracuse Housing Authority residents with access to scholarship funds.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Whirlpool Corp.: Building Bigger Dreams, Latonya and Family Move Into Their New Habitat Home

Escalating crime in the community near her residence had become a major concern for LaTonya, a single mom living near Nashville, Tennessee.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

They Transformed a Forest Into Bike Park To Honor Veterans Like Their Son

In June, they opened three new trails including Over-N-Out, a 1,200-foot log ride built with more than 60 recycled power poles donated by Duke Energy.

Sustainable Development Goals

Yum China's Innovative Approach to Sustainable Packaging is Driving Meaningful Progress

100% of Yum China’s customer-facing plastic-based packaging is recyclable, in line with the company’s sustainable packaging commitments.

Events, Media & Communications

MarketWatch's Best New Ideas in Money Festival

Whether you’re thinking about investing in an NFT, building a nest egg, or retirement, this is your chance to get real investment advice from the trailblazers, experts and insiders normally reserved for the Wall Street set.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sustainable Investing at KKR

Sustainable investing is a key lever of KKR’s approach to value creation and a way of doing business that we believe helps us make better investments.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

IWBI Governance Council: Meet our New Members

The IWBI Governance Council introduces its newest members.

Environment

From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2021 ESG Report: Achieving Carbon Neutrality in Our Operations

Fifth Third has been carbon neutral for our operations since 2020. This was possible through our efforts to reduce our own environmental footprint through efficiency investments, and by purchasing verified carbon offsets and renewable power.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Electrical Engineering Interns Embrace Life at SCE

Edison International interns dive into projects and make impactful contributions in their own communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Great Place to Work® Names Raven Industries one of the Fortune Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production™ in 2022

Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine have honored Raven Industries, a CNH Industrial brand, as one of the 2022 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production™.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Profile Products Receives Veriflora Certification for Sunterra Horticulture Line of Products

Profile® Products recently earned the renowned Veriflora Responsibly Managed Peatlands designation for its family of Sunterra sphagnum peat products.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Home Depot Foundation Teams Up With World Central Kitchen To Provide Safe Drinking Water to Jackson, Mississippi Schools

This week, The Home Depot Foundation helped its national nonprofit partner World Central Kitchen source 650-gallon water tanks for each elementary school in the district and 1,000-gallon water tanks for each middle and high school.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Corporate Governance at Northern Trust

Our vision for ESG is embedded at all levels of our organization. Our board of directors, and its Corporate Governance Committee engages in active oversight of ESG matters of significance to the corporation and its subsidiaries.

Education

How a Middle-School Summer Program Builds Self-Identity With Tech and Mentorship

"It’s a really important time to be able to have them reflect on who they are: What do they value? What do they see themselves to be in the future?"

Sustainable Development Goals

ESG Talk Podcast: Shaping the Global Climate Transition for All Ft. Simon Mundy

Join our author chat with Simon Mundy, Moral Money editor at the Financial Times and author of Race for Tomorrow: Survival, Innovation and Profit on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Grant Bolsters Bi-National Effort To Expand Air Monitoring Along the Border

“An international border may separate us from Juárez, but we share the same environment and understand the pace of growth, so we recognize how impactful this could be.”

Research, Reports & Publications

Human Trafficking Prevention

American Airlines has become an industry leader in combating human trafficking and child exploitation.

Diversity & Inclusion

Southern Company Scores 100 Percent on Disability Equality Index for the Sixth Consecutive Year

The 2022 Disability Equality Index (DEI) has rated Southern Company as one of the "Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion."

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Dow and Nexus Circular Announce Plans to Build New Advanced Recycling Facility in Dallas, TX, Expediting Circular Plastics Production in USA

The new facility will process and convert over 26,000 MTs of previously non-recycled plastics into highquality circular feedstocks to accelerate sustainable virgin plastics production.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CSRHub Adds Data-Driven ESG Signals From GaiaLens

CSRHub has added data from GaiaLens—a fintech platform that integrates ESG information. Our analysis found overlap and correlation between our data and signals.

Energy

U.S. Power Sector Emissions Ticked Back Up in 2021, According to Annual Ceres Benchmarking Report

Carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power sector increased by 7% in 2021 over the previous year, as economies around the world reopened following shutdowns related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
  2. 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...
  3. FedEx | Delivering for Good
    Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...
  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. 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...
  6. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  10. KeyBank's Commitment to Diversity
    Promoting inclusive environments by employing systemic changes to improve the access of individuals of diverse backgrounds. Learn more about our...
  11. 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...
  12. Greener Products and Solutions
    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...
  13. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  14. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  15. Antea Group Webinars and Events
    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...