Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Environment

For Peat's Sake - B&Q Calls for Peat-Free Compost to Boost Carbon Storage

B&Q is urging the UK government to ban sales of bagged peat-based compost by 2024 to enable peatlands to optimise carbon sequestering. The home improvement and garden living retailer set a goal last year to be 100 per cent peat-free.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Way With Words: How This Small Business is Growing

Inner City Capital Connections is a high-impact, tuition-free program that helps entrepreneurs like Dr. Ruth Ollison take their business to the next level.

Diversity & Inclusion

El Consejo de Diversidad Global Será el Anfitrión de la Cumbre Anual de Unidad LGBTQ+ de la Ciudad de México

El Consejo de Diversidad Global será el anfitrión de la Cumbre de Unidad LGBTQ+ anual de la Ciudad de México. Este evento reunira a profesionales para hablar sobre la equidad e inclusión en la fuerza laboral.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Aflac 2021 Business & Sustainability Report: Philanthropy

Caring for others is at the core of Aflac’s culture, and 2021 was no exception. While supporting our customers every day, we still dedicated time and energy to making a difference in our communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Canada Foundation Increases Investment To Prevent and End Youth Homelessness by 2030

Homelessness rates continue to rise in Canada, where unhoused youth make up approximately 20% of the homeless population.

Education

Black & Veatch Named Inaugural CAPS Network Engineering Champion

New challenges, as well as opportunities created by globalization and evolving technology, are having significant impacts, illustrated in job openings left unfilled and critical skills lacking in the labor market.

Environment

From a Meme to a Movement: 25 Years of Biomimicry

An interview with Janine Benyus at the 25th anniversary of her book: Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature.

Events, Media & Communications

ESG Talk Podcast: The Past, Present, and Future of ESG

Every month, ESG Talk, hosted by Mandi McReynolds, holds candid conversations with Environment, Social, and Governance leaders on how to transform complex ESG topics into simple and practical opportunities for both business and society.

Energy

Prepare Your Business Now for Summer Heat and High Energy Prices

Summer is fast approaching with 100+° F days along with increased energy demands and the risk of price spikes. Making matters worse, ongoing supply chain issues and geopolitical unrest have led to the highest prices for natural gas and other energy commodities in years.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PSE&G Recognized for Helping Advance Energy Equity

The Energy Equity Award is a new category created by the SECC to acknowledge a provider that's advancing a more equitable energy system.

Diversity & Inclusion

AEG Pledges to Become a Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative Certified Safe Space for the LGBTQ+ Community

In June 2019, AEG, the world’s leading sports and live music company, pledged its support to the development of the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative’s (SIGBI) LGBTQ+ Safe Space standard.

Health & Healthcare

5 Tips to Help Boost Employee Financial Wellness

With or without global volatility, good financial education and reassurance about long-term retirement savings strategies, portfolios, and other aspects of personal budgeting can help remove money as an extra worry that only compounds other stress.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Essity's Journey to Net Zero: Low-Carbon Raw Materials

In our efforts to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, we are increasing the share of recycled and renewable materials as well as introducing alternative materials.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Legacy Institute, Georgia-Pacific Provide Beds to Nacogdoches Family

The Legacy Institute for Financial Education and Georgia-Pacific recently delivered the first set of handmade beds to a Nacogdoches family displaced because of a fire.

Research, Reports & Publications

Bringing the Power of Diversity to Life

DEI is integral to our company values, and we know that when we integrate DEI across our business we are best-positioned to accelerate a clean energy future.

Environment

Bounty's Mission Includes Its Most Important Roll - Responsible Forestry

For Bounty Paper Towels, green has always been their color but beyond that, it’s also been part of their mission to keep forests green. This World Environment Day, The Quicker Picker Upper is furthering efforts to protect, grow and restore forests.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AMD Expands High Performance Compute Fund to Aid Researchers Solving the World's Toughest Challenges

AMD announced the expansion of its High Performance Compute (HPC) Fund with the addition of 7 petaflops of computing power to assist global researchers working to solve the most demanding challenges facing society today.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Americans' Credit Scores Rise With Help From KeyBank Secured Credit Card

KeyBank announced its May 2022 graduating class of the Secured Credit Card, which include 4,343 clients whose credit scores and financial stability have significantly risen as a result of participating in the program.

Research, Reports & Publications

Oportun Releases 2021 Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report

Oportun, a mission-driven fintech and digital banking platform, has published its 2021 Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report.

Events, Media & Communications

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Joins HPRC Advisory Board

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) to its Healthcare Facility Advisory Board (HFAB).

Research, Reports & Publications

Bread Financial Releases 2021 ESG Performance Report; Introduces Renewed & Enhanced ESG Strategy

Bread Financial (NYSE: BFH), a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple, flexible payment, lending and saving solutions, has released its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Performance Report

Sustainable Development Goals

8 Leaders at Davos 2022 Explain How Business Can Deliver on ESG Promises

Despite growing momentum toward a coherent system for corporate disclosure, tracking and measuring ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) commitments and performance remains uneven.

Diversity & Inclusion

Ralph Lauren Continues More Than 30 Years of Support for LGBTQIA+ Communities

This year, we celebrate #RLPride through the perspectives of unique LGBTQIA+ luminaries, each writing a new chapter of the American dream.

Events, Media & Communications

Ceres CEO Joins Vice President Harris for Launch of White House Action Plan on Global Water Security

Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber joined Vice President Kamala Harris and leaders from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Millennium Challenge Corporation and USAID for the launch of the White House Action Plan on Global Water Security.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From Competition to Collaboration: Pyxera Global Partners With MovingWorlds To Expand Pro-Bono Support to World-Changing Social Entrepreneurs

The TRANSFORM Support Hub has created a meaningful opportunity for MovingWorlds and PYXERA Global to collaborate directly in service of a more integrated and impactful pro-bono consulting sector.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Aflac Insights
    Learn more about Aflac’s survey findings to better understand workplace trends as well as consumer attitudes, habits and opinions toward health and...
  2. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
  3. 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...
  4. Truist Cares
    Truist is committed to caring for communities when disasters strike. In 2020, Truist Financial Corporation announced its first Truist Cares initiative...
  5. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  6. Policy and Advocacy
    Policy and Advocacy content from IWBI - International Well Building Institute
  7. Protecting our planet
    We believe that people can only live their healthiest lives on a healthy planet. That’s why we reduce our environmental footprint by finding...
  8. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. Environmental Sustainability
    Cisco is working not only for a more inclusive future, but a more environmentally sustainable one as well. Environmental issues like climate change...
  12. kate spade new york
    At kate spade new york and its Foundation, we believe that a woman’s mental health is foundational to her achieving sustainable long-term empowerment...
  13. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
  14. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  15. Responsible Investing
    Responsible Investing