Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Health & Healthcare | Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

HPRC Publishes Inaugural Impact Report: Paving the Way for Sustainable Healthcare Plastics

Jun 11, 2025 10:00 AM ET

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is thrilled to announce the publication of its inaugural Impact Report for 2024.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

AllianceBernstein

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sysco 2024 Sustainability Report: At the Heart of One Planet One Table

Sysco Corporation

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Schneider Electric Earns 2023 Great Place To Work Certification™ Across North America

Mar 10, 2023 4:15 PM ET

Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced today its Certification™ by Great Place to Work® across North America.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women’s History Month: Meet the P&G Innovators Behind the Innovation

Mar 10, 2023 4:00 PM ET

Throughout Women’s History month, P&G is spotlighting our women innovators, their career journeys and accomplishments, and the contributions that they make to their work, the innovation behind the products we make and that help make the lives of our consumers better every day.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Your Board of Directors Can Play a Role in CSR Efforts

Mar 10, 2023 3:30 PM ET

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is more important than ever for signaling to your consumers that you are a company where they should spend their money.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bath & Body Works CEO Gina Boswell Named One of the Most Inspirational Women Leaders by Women’s Wear Daily

Mar 10, 2023 3:15 PM ET

This week Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) named Bath & Body Works CEO Gina Boswell to their list of the 25 Most Inspirational Women Leaders.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Hormel Foods Named One of Barron’s Most Sustainable U.S. Companies

Mar 10, 2023 3:15 PM ET

Hormel Foods Corporation was named to Barron’s list of the 100 most sustainable U.S. companies for 2023. The company ranked No. 23 on the prestigious list.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast Partners with The Hidden Genius Project to Help Black Male Youth Acquire Digital Skills and Enter the Tech Sector

Mar 10, 2023 3:10 PM ET

Comcast NBCUniversal announced a new $2 million grant to The Hidden Genius Project, furthering the company’s longstanding efforts to advance economic mobility through critical digital skills building.

Green Infrastructure

Reinventing Cities

Mar 10, 2023 2:50 PM ET

Goal 11 of Agenda 2030 – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable – reminds us that special attention needs to be paid to urban regeneration.

Social Impact & Volunteering

PNC Bank Deploys Mobile Branch to Atlanta

Mar 10, 2023 2:00 PM ET

PNC Bank officially debuted its Mobile Branch program in Atlanta at Focused Community Strategies (FCS), underscoring PNC’s commitment to positively impacting the communities in which it operates by making banking easier and more accessible.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

DICK'S Sporting Goods Showcases the Power of Sport in New "Sports Change Lives" Campaign

Mar 10, 2023 1:15 PM ET

DICK'S Sporting Goods launched its largest brand campaign to-date – "Sports Change Lives" – to celebrate the principles on which the company was founded.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cintas Recognized as an LGBTQ+ Corporate Change Champion

Mar 10, 2023 1:10 PM ET

Cintas Corporation was awarded Compete Sports Diversity’s Corporate Change Champion Award at the organization’s 2023 Petey Awards, which were held in conjunction with its annual Sin City Classic Diversity Conference in Las Vegas in January.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Renewed Focus on King-Lincoln District Aims To Build Up Community

Mar 10, 2023 1:05 PM ET

In partnership with Fifth Third Bank, the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) is promoting economic mobility in 10 predominantly Black neighborhoods through the Empowering Black Futures Capital Readiness Program.

Research, Reports & Publications

Northern Trust Releases 2022 Philanthropic Impact Report

Mar 10, 2023 1:00 PM ET

Northern Trust donated more than $165 million over the past decade to non-profit organizations, including more than $19 million in 2022 to organizations working to provide food security, affordable housing, accessible healthcare and quality education.

Diversity & Inclusion

D&I Weekly News Round Up: Anti-Racism, Generation and More

Mar 10, 2023 1:00 PM ET

Today we are talking about speak up culture, employee engagement and remote work, disability inclusion, and a powerful video from Doctors Without Borders.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Forest Positive Approach Is Key Driver of Industry Progress and Credibility on Deforestation, Forest 500 Results Show

Mar 10, 2023 12:30 PM ET

To create a forest positive future for climate, people, and nature, businesses must take action quickly and at scale to address deforestation, forest degradation, and conversion risks in their supply chains.

Education

Turn the Page: It’s Read Across America Month

Mar 10, 2023 11:15 AM ET

March marks the 25th anniversary of Read Across America, a program established by the National Education Association to promote reading among children and teens nationwide.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Former DTE Energy Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer David E. Meador and Former Jones Day Partner and Corporate Governance Authority Lizanne Thomas To Join Southern Company Board of Directors

Mar 10, 2023 10:30 AM ET

The Board of Directors of Southern Company today announced the election of David E. Meador and Lizanne Thomas as independent directors, effective April 1, 2023.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Deckers Brands Logs Over 6,000 Volunteer Hours for Its February 2023 Art of Kindness Event

Mar 10, 2023 10:30 AM ET

Deckers Brands, a leading lifestyle and footwear company, recently celebrated its sixth biannual Art of Kindness week of volunteering. The event brought together employees from across the globe to make a collective impact on their local communities.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm Announces the Shortlisted Teams for the Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2023

Mar 10, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced the shortlisted companies for the Qualcomm® Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2023 (QVIC) program.

Diversity & Inclusion

AEG Celebrates International Women’s Day by Advancing Gender Equity and Girls Empowerment

Mar 10, 2023 10:00 AM ET

To celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, AEG hosted two events in Los Angeles, CA that were designed to celebrate women’s achievement and take action to drive gender equity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Black & Veatch CFO Michael Williams Named to Company’s Board of Directors

Mar 10, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Michael Williams, Black & Veatch’s chief financial officer (CFO), has been named to the board of directors of the global leader in sustainable infrastructure solutions, the entirely employee-owned company announced today.

Environment

Using the Higg Index To Trace Environmental Impact Results As We Drive Towards More Sustainable Textile Production

Mar 10, 2023 10:00 AM ET

In the latest blog post, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) features, guest author Gemma Verhoeven, Impact Investment Team Lead at the Good Fashion Fund (GFF), who shares how GFF utilizes the Higg FEM as a key part of their environmental due diligence process.

Environment

UN Special Envoy Michael R. Bloomberg and COP28 Presidency Announce Partnership To Tackle Climate Change Ahead of UN Climate Change Conference

Mar 10, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Michael R. Bloomberg, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions and founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies, joined COP28 UAE President-Designate Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber to announce a new partnership

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Trees Are in So Many Medical Products

Mar 10, 2023 9:45 AM ET

In our #ItStartsWithTrees series, we look at the science that explains why thousands of products require trees. Today, we’re looking at products relating to health, hygiene and medicine.

Health & Healthcare

Children’s Mercy Kansas City Tackles the Unique Complexity of Pediatric Cancer

Mar 10, 2023 9:30 AM ET

“Pediatricians like to say children are not little adults, and accordingly, pediatric cancer is not just the miniature form of adult cancer,” says Midhat Farooqi, MD, PhD, Director of Molecular Oncology, Genomic Medicine Center at Children’s Mercy Kansas City in Missouri.

Diversity & Inclusion

Next Generation Leadership: How Sponsorship Can Help Power an Inclusive Future for Black Cisconians

Mar 10, 2023 9:24 AM ET

One of Cisco’s Leadership Expectations is that they Make the Future, which includes championing diversity and inclusion with sponsorship.

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KeyBank's Community Investment

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Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5

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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...
Drive for MPC

At Marathon Petroleum, our professional truck drivers share one common vision: no accidents, no injuries, and no harm to the environment. We’re proud...
Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship

Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
License to Operate

Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
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...
Integrated Tools

Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship

The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
Purposeful Innovation

We invent breakthrough technologies that enable life-changing products and experiences. We’re building on our legacy of technology leadership with 5G...
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...
Wesco Cares

Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...
SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights

Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
Fifth Third’s Neighborhood Program

Fifth Third has a proven track record of success in community development through its neighborhood program, which creates and implements innovative...