Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Painting the Way Towards a Sustainable Future

The intersection between sustainability and innovation is where the future of material science is heading.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Herbalife Nutrition and The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation Donate More Than $3 Million To Help Eradicate Hunger Around The Globe

Herbalife Nutrition, is celebrating the success of its Nutrition for Zero Hunger initiative. This ongoing initiative is aimed at eradicating hunger and to date the company and the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation have donated more than $3 million in financial aid and in-kind gifts.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PayPal and CARE USA Honored With 'Golden Halos' for Best-in-Class Corporate Social Impact Efforts

Engage for Good has named PayPal and CARE USA its 2021 Golden Halo Award winners, the group’s highest honor for companies and causes that engage in activities designed to do well by doing good.

Green Infrastructure

"Our Need for Reliable, Sustainable Transportation Has Never Been More Important"

At CES 2021, General Motors revealed its new business, BrightDrop, and its all-electric commercial vehicle, the BrightDrop EV600.

Environment

Schneider Electric is Taking Climate Change Action

The need for action towards a low-carbon future is undeniable. The time to gain a better understanding of climate change and create a more defined plan to mitigate it is now. The answers lie in digitization and innovation.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nature Valley Launches First-Ever Store Drop-off Recyclable Snack Bar Wrapper

The newly packaged bars bring Nature Valley closer to achieving its commitment to 100% recyclable packaging by 2025. By purposefully not patenting this wrapper, Nature Valley is welcoming other brands to apply the technology to their products.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Vision 2030: Thriving People and Communities

We believe a better future is possible, and that starts with #InvestingInPeople.

Environment

What Else Can Net Zero Do For Us?

Decarbonization could deliver sustainability benefits beyond mitigating climate change – but only if we take an integrated approach to balance overlapping, sometimes conflicting, goals

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SAIC Establishes Charitable Foundation to Assist Employees in Need During COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) announced the establishment of the SAIC Charitable Foundation, an IRS §501(c)(3) organization to assist employees and their dependents by providing emergency funds to assist them when financial hardships arise.

Diversity & Inclusion

No Place for Racism in Sports Arenas or Boardrooms

Education

The Surprising Link Between Educating Girls and Climate

How do we rebuild the energy and momentum of the youth-led climate movement in 2019? Educate girls around the world and empower them. Give them inspiration and possibilities.

Energy

Duluth Gets Its First Community-owned Solar Project in Lincoln Park to Benefit Disadvantaged Families and Veterans

A new garden in town is providing energy to community members in Duluth, MN—but it’s not produced through photosynthesis. The Lincoln Park Solar Garden is a 40-kilowatt solar array project by Ecolibrium3.

Innovation & Technology

Utegration Announces Partnership with Workiva to Help Utility Companies Comply with New XBRL Reporting Requirements from FERC

Utegration today announced a partnership with Workiva Inc., the company that simplifies complex work, that helps utility companies comply with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) new reporting requirements announced in June 2019.

Environment

United Airlines Aims to Suck Carbon Dioxide From the Friendly Skies

United Airlines is investing in a venture that doesn’t make airplanes, transport passengers or ring up frequent-flier miles on the company’s credit cards.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Echoing Green Announces $2.5 Million Commitment from Comcast NBCUniversal to Advance Racial Equity

With this investment from Comcast, Echoing Green will launch programming that enables leaders working to dismantle structural racism and build inclusive economies.

Innovation & Technology

Tooling Up For The Post-Pandemic Era

The technologies that have been deployed to accommodate the need for personal distancing may also provide a guide to managing life and work in the post-pandemic era.

Diversity & Inclusion

Morgan Stanley Selects 11 Startups for 5th Cohort of Multicultural Innovation Lab Supporting Diverse Founders

Morgan Stanley today announced the fifth cohort of the Multicultural Innovation Lab, an accelerator program for technology and technology-enabled start-ups in the post‐seed to Series B funding rounds.

Environment

CGF Partners With the Economist Group's 8th Annual World Ocean Summit; CGF Sustainability Directors to Speak on Plastic Waste and Forced Labour

Next month, The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainability Directors, Ignacio Gavilan and Didier Bergeret, will be speaking at The Economist Group’s World Ocean Summit 2021.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Collaboration is Key to Scaling Regenerative Agriculture

Applegate is finding that its progress is dependent on collaboration amongst the like-minded — farmers, retailers and fellow companies working together to create a better food system — something that Savory helps to facilitate.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru of America Brings Home Commitment To Fighting Hunger With Local Vehicle Donation

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that as part of its ongoing partnership with Feeding America®, the automaker will loan eight vehicles to member food banks local to their Camden, NJ headquarters, Food Bank of South Jersey and Philabundance.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Strategic, Sustainable Growth at Tractor Supply in a Year of Global Crisis

Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), like everyone else, began 2020 with optimism for a new year and new decade led by a new CEO, Hal Lawton.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Northern Trust Asset Management Launches Ultra-Short Sterling ESG Strategy

"We have seen that bonds issued by companies with favorable ESG ratings tend to trade at tighter credit spreads for longer periods of time and can offer downside mitigation during periods of market turbulence."

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alliant Energy Donates $90,000 in Solar Blocks to Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County

Alliant Energy is donating $90,000 in solar blocks from its Fond du Lac community solar project to Habitat for Humanity of Fond du Lac County.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Morehouse School of Medicine Receives $1.1 Million Grant from Truist Foundation

Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) today announced it has received a $1.1 million grant from Truist Foundation to expand the institution’s telehealth services that experienced a 700 percent increase in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research, Reports & Publications

Benevity Launches Impact Labs to Advance Corporate Purpose With Real Data, Research and Insights

Benevity Impact Labs, a new incubator and resource hub, is launching today with Sona Khosla at the helm as the company's newly appointed and first ever Chief Impact Officer.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  2. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...
  3. 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...
  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. 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...
  6. FedEx | Delivering for Good
    Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...
  7. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  8. 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...
  9. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. Greener Products and Solutions
    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...