Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Responsible Production & Consumption | Tetra Pak

Why Aseptic Cartons Matter in Global Food Systems

Most of us don’t often consider what happens to our milk or juice cartons once they’re empty. But the truth is, cartons do more than just contain food and drink—they protect it.
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Energy

Green Mountain Energy and Treehouse Partner to Offer Customers Affordable Option for EV Charger Installation

Green Mountain Energy

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

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

SAP Supports Plastic Packaging Taxes With SAP Responsible Design and Production

If you are using or producing plastic packaging, it is important to know whether your company is affected by the legislation and how SAP can help.

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Health & Healthcare

Tork Accelerates Action This World Hand Hygiene Day by Adding New Virtual Training for Long Term Care

World Hand Hygiene Day, celebrated on May 5th, is the annual call to action for healthcare workers to accelerate action on hand hygiene, led by the World Health Organization (WHO). Tork, Essity’s leading professional hygiene brand, is supporting these actions.

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Research, Reports & Publications

ClearBridge Investments Creates Long-Term Value Through Active Stewardship

ClearBridge Investments released its sixth annual Stewardship Report for the 2022 year, detailing its approach to creating shareholder value through the incorporation of ESG factors into its investment process.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

HARMAN Sustainability Report: Sustainable Packaging

Beyond HARMAN’s organizational carbon footprint, we understand that product design and development choices also have environmental impacts. We are evaluating product-level improvements across the entire life cycle, including product packaging, transportation, use, and end-of-life

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Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank Names Angel Reyes As Corporate Responsibility Officer for Oregon, Southwest Washington and Idaho

KeyBank has named Angel Reyes as corporate responsibility officer for the Oregon/Southwest Washington and Idaho regions. In this position he will oversee KeyBank’s philanthropic budget and investment strategies to meet community needs, as well as create and maintain relationships

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Sustainable Development Goals

Recyclability Claims: What You Need To Know

Unsubstantiated or misleading packaging recyclability claims create risk and weaken the recycling infrastructure, a circumstance the circular economy can't afford. Getting recyclability claims right is easier than you think. Here are some things you need to know.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Digging Deeper in the GRI Mining Standard

A new Sector Standard for mining from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is under development, which aims to improve the quality of reporting over the sector’s impacts – with a public consultation on the proposed Standard closing at the end of April.

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Environment

Work on Climate: Creating a Talent Ecosystem To Address the Urgent Need for Climate Solutions

Join us on April 27 to hear from women who are working on critical environmental issues like climate change and learn how developing digital skills now can help protect our planet!

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Innovation & Technology

Business Models for Tomorrow’s Companies

Ready to have your beliefs challenged around how to build sustainable business models? Gunter Pauli, author of Blue Economy, an economist and successful serial entrepreneur, shares his tried and tested insights into launching businesses that competes on value, not price.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

AllianceBernstein: Water Scarcity Sustainable Investors Address a Growing Scourge

Water scarcity is no longer just a problem for developing countries in desert climes. As demand for water solutions grows, equity investors will find opportunities in companies that help quench the thirst of parched communities around the world with innovative solutions.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

New Holland Wins Green Good Design Award for LNG tractor

New Holland Agriculture, a global brand of CNH Industrial, has been awarded a 2023 Green Good Design Award for its T7 Methane Power LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) prototype tractor.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Gen Hosts Its First Global Volunteer Day

Gen partnered with 14 nonprofit organizations to host in-person volunteer opportunities in India, Ireland, Czech Republic, and the United States, as well as three virtual volunteer events. Collectively, employees logged more than 900 hours of service in just one day.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Bank Surprises Louisville and Charlotte Families on Fifth Third Day with Gift of College Savings

Opening a 529 account early in a child's life can lead to endless educational and career possibilities. And once a 529 account is opened, friends, family, and even employers can contribute as well – creating a circle of support for parents in preparing for their child’s future.

Education

Cadence Honors The Next Generation of Innovation: Women in Technology Scholarship Awards

Cadence is spotlighting the final group of Cadence’s Women in Technology Scholarship recipients by sharing these students’ outstanding achievements and inspirational stories in celebration of the program’s fifth year.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Back to the Basics of Money Management: Regions Next Step Highlights Free Resources During Financial Literacy Month

April is Financial Literacy Month, and Regions Next Step, the bank’s no-cost financial education program, is highlighting the importance of budgeting and saving to help people focus on key parts of money management.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Passionate People Are the Key to Engineering a Better Future

From climate change and cyberthreats, to outdated infrastructure or the energy transition, the next generation of engineers will be confronted by unprecedented demands.

Energy

United to Triple SAF Use in 2023, Adds SAF on Flights at San Francisco Airport

Airline planning to use 10 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel in 2023 – about three times more than 2022 and 10 times more than in 2019

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Tetra Pak Recognised as a European Climate Leader 2023 by the Financial Times

Tetra Pak has been named as a European Climate Leader 2023 by the Financial Times, in recognition of the company’s progress in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and its robust commitments to climate action.

Education

Supporting Teachers in Their STEM Skilling Journeys

Teachers play an essential role in helping the next generation of learners develop science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills that will prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Black & Veatch’s Sustainable Design Planning Helps Businesses Create, Enhance Energy Efficient Facilities

As companies continue to set and strengthen sustainability goals, Black & Veatch, a leading global provider of critical infrastructure solutions, has developed Future-Ready Commercial Facilities, an eBook that details how companies can plan, design, and build their facilities.

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Education

AAPIHAM Employee Spotlight: “I’m Living Proof”

During Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Awareness Month, a first‑generation American shares how her unique journey inspired her to lead a T‑Mobile program for diversity in technology.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

As the 2023 Proxy Season Continues, Investors Are Calling on Climate Action 100+ Focus Companies for More Robust Climate Action

Institutional investors are continuing to flag votes during this proxy season at Climate Action 100+ focus companies to bring attention to key shareholder resolutions that encourage more robust climate action.

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Diversity & Inclusion

GoDaddy's 2022 Diversity and Pay Parity Annual Report: Building Culture

We’re building a culture that values diversity and prioritizes the importance of making opportunity inclusive for all. Not only because it fosters a more successful work environment, but because it creates a foundation for a more successful global community.

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Health & Healthcare

Healthy Workplaces Coalition Nearly Doubles in Size, Sets Sight on New Policy Opportunities

In May of last year, the Healthy Workplaces Coalition jumped on to the federal policy scene in Washington, D.C., launching with more than 40 organizational members working together to advocate for healthier and safer buildings.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Moosejaw Teammate’s Mission To Help At-Risk Women and Children

Since 2011, hundreds of at-risk women and children at shelters across the Detroit area have had access to food, personal care products and clothes. That access, in part, is thanks to Moosejaw teammate Mike Ash.

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