Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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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

Environment

Automotive CEOs Rally for Clean Vehicles

Decarbonizing automotive transport. Is it possible? Thirteen automotive CEOs from around the world stand by the vision and have committed to sustainable mobility.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From the Corner Office: Perspectives on Corporate Citizenship

Business leaders are aware of the increasingly significant role that corporate citizenship can play in overall business strategy, and how—if effectively aligned—investments can improve performance.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Check Out This Dress a Children International Sponsored Teen Made From Recycled Materials

As 18-year-old Juleimy poses in a dress she made for a class project, it glitters gold in the afternoon Barranquilla, Colombia, sun. "This was the final work of the last semester," she says. "I ​made it with two other classmates." The aspiring fashion designer is especially proud of this design. It's made completely from recycled coffee packages and soda caps.

Health & Healthcare

Raising Awareness for Men's Health through Movember

This past month, Legg Mason employees in our Baltimore, London, New York and Stamford offices once again took part in a global campaign known as Movember, a men's health charity that allows participants to bring awareness to topics such as prostate and testicular cancer, and mental health issues, by growing a moustache.

Environment

Interview with Jeanne Ng, Director of Group Sustainability at CLP

GRI’s Sustainability and Reporting 2025 project is designed to promote an international discussion about the purpose of sustainability reporting and disclosures looking ahead to 2025. Watch this interview with Jeanne Ng, Director of Group Sustainability, CLP.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

That Grantmaker Plays a Mean Bass Guitar

We grantmakers should strive to be enablers, finding effective partners and using our charitable gifts to allow those partners to be the best versions of themselves.

Environment

Five New Companies Join Ceres’ Connect the Drops Water Campaign in California

Ceres announces today at a Skytop Symposium on Water and Long-Term Value, at Levi Strauss & Co. headquarters, that Clif Bar, Genentech, Fetzer Vineyards, Qualcomm Incorporated and VMware have joined its Connect the Drops Campaign to support resilient water solutions at a time of unprecedented drought in California.

Social Impact & Volunteering

‘Justice’ for All

Generous donations from a trio of local corporate sponsors will serve as the foundation for the newly created Public Safety Cadet Program at Bertie High School. In an event held Dec. 2 at the school campus, Republic Services, JBA Properties, and Perdue Farms donated funds to the program.

Education

And the Winner is… Prizes Announced for Data Insights That Help Increase High School Graduation Rates

Congratulations to Linda Roesch, a research fellow in Atlanta, for winning the $20,000 first-place prize in our “Data for Diplomas” challenge!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CITGO Partners with Muscular Dystrophy Association in Arkansas to Raise Nearly $30,000

Continuing to fuel good in local communities and build on its long-term commitment to the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), CITGO Petroleum Corporation, along with its local Marketers and Retailers, recently supported the MDA Arkansas chapter’s Hollywood-themed Passport to a Cure event, raising nearly $30,000 benefiting research and local families dealing with neuromuscular disease.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Holiday Cause Marketing Goes Digital in 2015

Cause marketing during the holiday season is nothing new. Companies have long realized the power of appealing to consumers' hearts and wallets to break through the holiday clutter. Although this year is no different with dozens of campaigns in the marketplace, there is a new twist on conventional efforts. Companies and nonprofits are moving beyond the shopping transaction and engaging consumers to spread even more good cheer with digital activations.

Events, Media & Communications

Profile: American Cleaning Institute – and the ACI Charter for Sustainable Cleaning

As we monitor U.S. companies’ disclosure and periodic reporting on their respective sustainability journeys, we are seeing that companies have both expanding and narrowing choices.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Cruise Line is Making a Difference This Holiday Season

Carnival Cruise Line and its employees, both on board and ashore, are doing their part to make the holidays brighter for needy children this year.

Education

Amgen Scholars Become Mentors

Research, Reports & Publications

Stakeholder Engagement at Northern Trust

Throughout the year we actively engage in dialogue with our stakeholders – clients, partners, shareholders, communities, regulators, suppliers and peers. These stakeholder groups are determined based on our business strategy of serving corporations, institutions and affluent individuals worldwide. Each stakeholder group affects our reputation, policies and best practices.

Environment

Ceres President Applauds Historic International Climate Agreement in Paris

Ceres president Mindy Lubber today heralded the final international agreement which was announced tonight at the Le Bourget. The historic agreement includes unprecedented carbon-reducing pledges from 186 countries representing more than 90 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions; a binding commitment to limit global temperature rise to well under 2 degrees Celsius, along with a stretch goal of 1.5 degrees; and a long-term goal of achieving peak global emissions as soon as possible and rapid reductions thereafter to achieve net zero emissions by the second half of the century.

Innovation & Technology

Cox Enterprises Spurs Entrepreneurship Through Partnership with Techstars

As part of its commitment to drive innovation and entrepreneurship, Cox Enterprises today announced it will launch Techstars Atlanta, an accelerator program for technology startups. Located at Ponce City Market, Techstars Atlanta will annually select a group of 10 startups to participate in a three-month program that provides expertise, funding and office space to help them accelerate their businesses.

Innovation & Technology

A New Perspective on Pipeline Safety

TransCanada’s 20 helicopter and airplane pilots patrol 700,000 km of pipelines each year, helping to ensure our pipelines and communities are safe.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HP, Tetra Pak Win Big with the Circular Economy

Environment

UN Global Compact Welcomes Historic COP21 Paris Agreement

UN Global Compact Executive Director Lise Kingo welcomed the historic climate agreement adopted by 195 countries in Paris at COP21:

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Barclays Embeds Citizenship Within Its Business. So Where Does It Go Next?

Environment

Honda Canada Helps Grow Forests for the Future

Honda Canada’s “One Honda. One Tree.” campaign began with the modest goal of planting a tree to represent every Honda ATV or piece of lawn and garden equipment sold during a specific period. The purpose of the program is to help counteract forest fragmentation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Caring and Sharing Exchange Brings Holiday Cheer to Families in Need

An Ottawa-based nonprofit, Caring and Sharing Exchange was founded 100 years ago to provide assistance to families in need at Christmas. Find out how a software donation from NetSuite.org has enabled them to expand and organize their programs to ensure that the needs of more families are met during the holidays.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Time Warner Cable San Diego Employees Get in the Holiday Spirit with a Week of Service

Time Warner Cable celebrated its first “Together We Can” Week of Service in San Diego this November. Our week-long community service initiative furthered the company's vision to create and foster deeper partnerships between our Time Warner Cable employees and the communities we live in and serve.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Energy Transition
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  2. Mary Kay Ash Foundation: Creating a Safer, Healthier World for Women
    In the U.S. and around the world, Mary Kay remains steadfast in its commitment to ending the cycle of domestic violence and finding cures for cancers...
  3. 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...
  4. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
  5. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  6. Responsible Investing
    Responsible Investing
  7. Rethinking EHS Podcast
    Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...
  8. IWBI | Community News
    We believe that people's health and wellness should be at the center of design. That’s why we’re working with industry professionals in real estate...
  9. Arbor Day Foundation News
    Stay up to date on the latest news and events from the Arbor Day Foundation. Subscribe to the Arbor Day e-news arborday.org/accounts/optin.cfm
  10. Drawdown Georgia
    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...