Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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2025 Principal® Charity Classic Raised Record $10.6 Million for Iowa Youth

The Principal Financial Group

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

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Software-Defined Vehicles: The Critical Road to a Secure Future

Keysight Technologies

Innovation & Technology

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Northwestern Mutual Sustainability and Impact: Delivering Financial Security

Northwestern Mutual

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Research, Reports & Publications

Kimberly-Clark Reports Progress Toward Its 2030 Sustainability Ambitions

Kimberly-Clark today published its annual report on sustainability, providing the first update on the company’s global progress toward its 2030 sustainability strategy and goals

Environment

A Sustainable Approach To Caring for the Environment

Clarivate introduces Element, a resource group for colleagues that’s focused on the environment and climate change and raising public awareness of the environment and our impact on it.

Research, Reports & Publications

Fifth Third Publishes 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

Fifth Third Bancorp published its 2020 ESG Report, highlighting its commitment to doing well by doing good. The 2020 report further describes actions taken to generate long-term sustainable value for all Fifth Third stakeholders.

Green Infrastructure

American Airlines Invests in the Future of Urban Air Mobility

As part of its ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability, American Airlines recently announced it will invest in Vertical Aerospace, a leading UK-headquartered engineering and aeronautical business developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Diversity & Inclusion

S&P Global Prioritizes Diversity Year-round

June marks the 51st celebration of Pride Month in the United States, a time when millions of people across the globe come together in support of the LGBTQ+ community. S&P Global not only celebrates diversity, they prioritize it.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Health Disparities Report Reveals Urgent Need to Address Maternal Mortality, Mental and Behavioral Health, and Food Insecurity in the U.S.

he United Health Foundation, the philanthropic foundation of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), released its inaugural America’s Health Rankings Health Disparities Report, highlighting persistent and widening gaps in health and well-being by race and ethnicity, gender, geography and educational level.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Invesco Expands Partnership With Rock The Street, Wall Street

Invesco is entering its third year of partnership with Rock The Street, Wall Street (RTSWS), which focuses on teaching financial literacy to girls and sparking interest in careers in finance.

Education

A Snapshot of Entergy's Advocacy for Early Care and Education (the New Orleans 100)

Since 2000, Entergy has been advocating for increased funding and support for early care and education, and has helped generate over $477 million in funding across Louisiana and neighboring states.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: What If I Told You

What if I told you…that something with only 3% of the size can do 33% of the work? This is the story of peatlands.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

HP Leads a Corporate Transition to Equity

HP, Inc. is on a mission to become "the world’s most sustainable and just technology company.” To that end, the multinational computer, 3D printing and printing company based in Palo Alto, California

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Billionaires Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson & Elon Musk Could Save 41M People at Risk of Starvation

It sounds like a dystopian science fiction novel — as climate change cooks oceans and forests, a pandemic endangers billions of people, and world hunger surges, a handful of mega-wealthy men are pumping billions of dollars into their own personal space travel companies.

Health & Healthcare

Cummins Inc. Reaches COVID-19 Vaccination Milestone With Mobile on-Site Clinics

COVID-19 restrictions are beginning to loosen up in different parts of the world, as more people are becoming fully vaccinated. Cummins began offering COVID-19 vaccines for its workforce and their dependents through mobile on-site clinics on April 1.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Sustainability Report Highlights Progress on Challenging Goals

Today Applied Materials published its latest Sustainability Report, covering our most recent environmental and social impact programs and results. We’ve been reporting on social responsibility and environmental matters since 2005.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Volunteering in a Virtual World

While extremely challenging, this past year has proven to be one of the most rewarding times to work in community engagement at Alexion.

Research, Reports & Publications

Five Tips for GRI and SASB Reporters

Many companies use both GRI and SASB Standards to generate information that meets the needs of all constituencies and markets.

Responsible Production & Consumption

SCS Global Services' “Sustainably Grown” Certification Recognized Under Walmart Canada's New Pollinator Health Program

SCS Global Services (SCS), an international pioneer and leader in sustainability standards development and third-party certification of environmental, social, safety and quality performance, today announced its Sustainably Grown Certification program has been accepted into Walmart Canada’ new Pollinator Health Program.

Sustainable Development Goals

PepsiCo 2020 Sustainability Report Showcases Progress Towards a More Sustainable Food System

The report outlines how during a tumultuous year for consumers, employees and partners, PepsiCo, one of the world's leading food and beverage companies, advanced its social and sustainability agenda across its supply chain.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Announcing the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 Winners

Today, Cisco announced the winners of the fifth annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge. The Challenge is an online competition that awards cash prizes to early-stage tech entrepreneurs solving the world’s most challenging problems.

Environment

An Electrifying Partnership - CNH Industrial and Nikola Corporation

Discover what happens when two of the world’s most innovative companies join forces to tackle a major challenge together.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Herbalife Nutrition: Taking Responsibility for Nourishing People and Planet

As a global nutrition company operating in more than 90 countries, Herbalife Nutrition views ESG criteria as essential to its business strategy and performance.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Invests $1 Million into National Urban League Workforce Development Program

Fifth Third Bank and the National Urban League today announced a new workforce development program that will provide career advancement opportunities through providing upskilling and re-skilling services to under-employed participants over the course of the next two years.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeVita Probiotic Drinks Renews Commitment to Alleviate Poverty through Whole Planet Foundation

For two weeks beginning June 23, supplier partners are supporting the Whole Planet Foundation Prosperity Campaign in select Whole Foods Market stores and online to alleviate poverty in countries that supply the company’s stores with products.

Health & Healthcare

Oral Solid Dosage Manufacturing

Oral solid dosage products can take several different shapes, and with those different forms comes different production techniques and facility designs. Here’s what is involved with manufacturing an orally-ingested drug product.

Sustainable Development Goals

Enviva Forest Conservation Fund Awards 2021 Grants

The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the Fund) today announced the recipients of its 2021 grants. The projects funded will help conserve more than 4,000 acres and protect ecologically sensitive bottomland forests in the coastal regions of Virginia and North Carolina.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Supporting the South Florida Community Following the Surfside Tragedy

Following the building collapse in Surfside last Thursday, American Airlines is partnering with United Way of Miami-Dade to provide travel assistance and help reunite families that were impacted by the tragic event.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Principal Financial Group: Financial Inclusion
    Helping individuals and businesses gain access to useful financial products and services to meet their needs—from savings, credit, and insurance to...
  2. 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...
  3. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  4. Whole Planet
    Whole Planet, a pillar of Whole Foods Market Foundation, helps people living in poverty build long-term financial resilience through income growth...
  5. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  6. Leadership
    Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...
  7. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  8. 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...
  9. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  10. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  11. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  12. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  13. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  14. 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...
  15. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...