Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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

Environment

How a Shift in Perspective Can Massively Alter Your Company’s Environmental Impact

Many companies have sustainability targets and goals that center around in-house projects like energy and greenhouse gas reduction, water reduction and waste reduction. These targets are important, but they beg the question: Is there more that can be done to maximize a company’s total potential impact on the environment?

Social Impact & Volunteering

Troy Boys and Girls Club Volunteer Helping Everyone Recognize Opportunity

What is a hero? According to Merriam-Webster, a hero is a person “admired for his achievements.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Honored with Inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Award by the Mortgage Bankers Association

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) has been honored by The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for its efforts in organizational diversity and inclusion.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Recognition of the Fair Trade Certified™ Seal Hits an All-Time High

Fair Trade USA, the leading third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in North America, and the Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), an international consulting and research firm specializing in health and sustainability, today release new data indicating that sixty-seven percent of consumers now recognize the Fair Trade Certified™ seal, an eight-percent increase over 2015.

Energy

Republic Services: Renewable Energy

In many cases, landfills constitute a renewable energy source. By applying advances in technology, Republic Services harnesses energy from yesterday’s waste and converts it to meet tomorrow’s energy needs.

Education

AirWatch and iPads Boost Nutrition for Third Graders

Headquartered in Baton Rouge, the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, also known as the LSU AgCenter, is one of nine institutions that make up the state’s university system. The LSU AgCenter’s mission is to provide research-based educational information to improve the lives and economic well-being of the people of Louisiana.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Ecocentricity Blog: What's a Pirate's Favorite Letter?

The three R’s of sustainability are Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. There is a better list though, and this one has five R’s instead of three.

Events, Media & Communications

Living Product Expo Call For Proposals Closes March 8th

Living Product Expo 2017| Pittsburgh, PA | September 12 - 14, 2017

Diversity & Inclusion

Arrow Electronics’ Engineer Noel Marshall Named a Women Worth Watching in STEM

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) today announced that Senior Applications Engineer Noel Marshall was named a Women Worth Watching® in STEM by the Profiles in Diversity Journal®. Marshall was recognized for her technical contributions as lead engineer on Arrow’s award-winning Semi-Autonomous Motorcar (SAM Car) project, which utilizes off-the-shelf technology to enable quadriplegic former racecar driver Sam Schmidt to operate a vehicle using only his breath and head motions.

Innovation & Technology

How Comcast’s Internet Essentials Puts Opportunity at a Family’s Fingertips

Meet Everel Watson, a single mother of four, who works tirelessly to teach her children to appreciate not just the individuals who make it into the history books, but also the people who helped shape the course of their lives. Living in the house their grandmother grew up in, and hearing about her life first-hand, has afforded Everel’s children a unique perspective on African American history.

Diversity & Inclusion

In Celebration of Black History Month, JetBlue Hosted a Special “Sports Talk” Panel Featuring HR and Diversity Professionals from Major Sports Industry Organizations

In celebration of Black History Month, JetBlue invited Human Resources and Diversity professionals from major sports industry organizations and teams to participate in the airline’s recurring speaker series: Lift Every Voice (LEV).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Northern Operating Services (NOS) Partners Support Kids from The Association of People with Disability

Our Northern Operating Services (NOS) partners supported kids from The Association of People with Disability during their Annual Sports day. It was a fun filled day for our partners and the children.

Innovation & Technology

Carnival Corporation’s Exhaust Gas Cleaning Technology Installed on 60 Percent of Fleet

MIAMI, February 28, 2017 – Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest leisure travel company, today announced it has completed the installation and certification of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) on an industry-leading 60 ships across its brands.

Social Impact & Volunteering

SPLC: Hate Groups Rise for Second Consecutive Year

This year, in a report released on Feb. 15, the SPLC documented what many suspected during an election year marred by incendiary rhetoric targeting immigrants, Muslims and minorities: The radical right is energized and on the rise.

Environment

Discover and Prioritize EHS Risks with EHS FleX

If you are an EHS manager, you may struggle with how best to evaluate and address compliance liabilities at your organization. If your organization is spread out over the country or over the world, that task is even more daunting. Antea Group offers a low-cost, systematic approach to discovering and prioritizing enterprise risks and validating financial investments. Our experience in conducting global EHS audits led to the creation of EHS FleX, a gap analysis and assessment tool that can be tailored to the needs of your organization.

Environment

Domtar's EarthChoice Monthly Minute | February 2017

Read Domtar's EarthChoice Month Minute for February 2017.

Research, Reports & Publications

British American Tobacco Launches 2016 Harm Reduction Report

British American Tobacco’s commitment to developing inspiring products that can drive change and reduce the health impact of tobacco on the world is the focus of its latest report, available now.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Case for Why Companies Should Recruit More Military Veterans

There is a key recruitment channel that employers and recruiters may not be tapping – military veterans. Many have the skills and experience organizations need, but it’s up to executives like Maureen Neglia

Education

Investing in the Community, One Brewery Class at a Time

Dave Lawrence had already retired from two careers when he heard about a community college program that could turn his hobby into a third.

Environment

Domtar Earth Choice Monthly Minute | February 2017

Read Domtar's EarthChoice Month Minute for February 2017.

Environment

Hospital Recycling Metrics Collection Guidelines

It is important to collect data in order to track progress and set goals for your plastics recycling program. Here are some suggestions for data points that can be collected by the MRF/recycler and by your hospital, and some suggestions for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that can be used to track progress. Read about these suggestions at the HPRC website.

Environment

VIDEO | Why Combating Ocean Plastics is Our Business

Environment

Environmental Protection at Our Plants

In addition to developing fuel-saving and zero-emission vehicles, Daimler is responsible for ensuring environmentally compatible production. Everything the plants do to continuously improve the environmental compatibility of production has been documented for many years.

Innovation & Technology

Broadband Commission Working Group: New Report on Digital Health Released

The potential for harnessing the exponential growth in information and communications technology to meet health challenges is clear. However, despite its promise, digital health is yet to reach scale in many of the countries which need it most. A new report from the Broadband Commission Digital Health Working Group explores what it takes for nations to change this.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  5. 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...
  6. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  14. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  15. Antea Group Webinars and Events
    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...