Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Investing In Health Pays Back report cover
New IWBI Report Underscores the Powerful Business Case for Health in Buildings and Organizations

International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)

Research, Reports & Publications

3BL Announces 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2025
3BL Announces 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2025

3BL

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Circularity in Action: Decarbonization for Refrigerated Transport
Circularity in Action: Decarbonization for Refrigerated Transport

Trane Technologies

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Environment

Invasive Carp Consortium Harnesses Industry Power To Combat Fish Species Devastating US Waterways

Today, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Freshwater Select, in collaboration with industry partners, launched the Invasive Carp Consortium (ICC) which will propel market forces to halt the damage caused by invasive carp to U.S. lakes and rivers.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Has Been Recognized in the 2024 Gartner® Peer Insights™ ‘Voice of the Customer’ for Breach and Attack Simulation Tools

We are honored that Keysight has been recognized in the ‘Aspiring’ quadrant in Gartner's Voice of the Customer. This is a significant milestone in our journey with the Keysight Threat Simulator platform and I want to thank all our customers and partners for their feedback.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mastercard: Inclusion By Choice, Not Chance

Digital technology holds the potential to accelerate economic development, reduce global inequality and deliver innovative partnerships to connect communities – but only if we focus it with intention.

Innovation & Technology

Biomimicry Institute Opens Applications for Fifth Ray of Hope Accelerator Cohort Class

Biomimicry Institute, a not-for-profit organization co-founded by Janine Benyus in 2005 today opens applications for its 2024 Ray of Hope Accelerator.

Responsible Production & Consumption

A Look Back and Ahead for Yum! Brands Sustainability

Proud of Yum for our recognition from CDP on our climate, water and deforestation efforts. 2023's scores were highest ever across all three CDP categories, with all areas receiving A's or B's.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bank Expanding Program Designed To Help Underserved Small Businesses Grow

As a Business Access Advisor at U.S. Bank, Cassandra Kidd’s goal is to help underserved small businesses thrive by providing them access to information, connections and other resources.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Embracing Innovation: Engineers Week at HARMAN

HARMAN is a global connected technologies leader known for our products and solutions that make life easier, more productive and entertaining. Our success wouldn’t be possible without the technical expertise and innovation mindset of our skilled engineering teams!

Responsible Production & Consumption

SOE Organic Fraud Prevention – What Every Business Needs To Know

Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) Organic Fraud Prevention – What Every Business Needs to Know

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Offers Freddie Mac Home Possible® Mortgage Loans as Part of Commitment to Making Homeownership More Accessible to All

As part of its commitment to making homeownership more accessible, KeyBank is pleased to announce that it now offers Freddie Mac Home Possible® mortgage loans. The Home Possible® mortgage offers more options and credit flexibilities than ever before to help eligible individuals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Value and Values of Corporate Culture

This issue of Soft&Green features an interview with Cristina Bombassei, president of AIDAF, the Italian Association of Family Businesses (the Italian Chapter of Family Business Network), to understand how corporate culture is evolving within the economic realities it represents.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Our 2024 BEYA Winners Work on the Cutting Edge

At SAIC, we value our people for their unique perspectives, life experiences, values and skills.

Sustainable Development Goals

IOC Welcomes Admission As Observer Organisation to UN Climate Change

This will enable the IOC to engage more effectively with the global efforts to address climate change, underscoring its commitment to reducing emissions and to leveraging the role of sport as an “important enabler” for the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Environment

TIME Magazine Publishes Op-Ed From Arbor Day Foundation CEO

In new TIME op-ed, Arbor Day Foundation CEO urges companies to work together to rebuild trust in the voluntary carbon market.

Diversity & Inclusion

Conquering the Grass Ceiling: Female Farmers Are Feeding America and the World

According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, women are the face of farming globally.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

As Malnutrition Deaths Are Reported and Hunger Grows, Will ‘Famine’ Be Declared in Gaza?

Tobias Stillman, Action Against Hunger's director of technical services and innovation, talks to NBC News about what constitutes famine in Gaza.

Environment

Carnival Corporation Unveils New Solar Park at Amber Cove Port in Dominican Republic

Carnival Corporation today unveiled a new solar park at its Amber Cove Cruise Center in the Dominican Republic.

Diversity & Inclusion

Logitech Celebrates International Women’s Day 2024

At Logitech, we are committed to being an equitable workplace and believe everyone plays a role in creating an inclusive work environment.

Events, Media & Communications

CNH Brand Shines As Clean Energy Leader at Salon International De l’Agriculture

New Holland, a brand of CNH, recently showed up as a Clean Energy Leader at the Salon International de l’Agriculture.

Diversity & Inclusion

Kotex®, She’s the First Announce Partnership to Champion Women and Girls

For the Kotex® She Can Initiative, #ProgressFeelsLike everyone working together to end period stigmas and remove barriers to champion women and girls everywhere.

Diversity & Inclusion

GRI’s Work To Enable Transparency on Diversity and Equal Opportunity

GRI has been at the forefront of recognizing the importance of this issue since 2016, setting the standards to disclose how organizations approach diversity and equal opportunity in the workplace.

Social Impact & Volunteering

6 Takeaways From WBA’s Healthy Communities Day

At Walgreens Boots Alliance’s first-ever Healthy Communities Day, held in Chicago this week, participants celebrated the progress of WBA’s health-centered Environmental, Social & Governance strategy and crafted future ambitions for healthier communities around the world.

Diversity & Inclusion

International Women’s Day: Inspire Inclusion To Make True Progress

This year’s International Women’s Day theme – inspire inclusion – resonates strongly with me. As a tech executive, board leader, partner, father and brother, I am surrounded by outstanding women in my professional and personal life.

Diversity & Inclusion

Regions Bank Celebrates Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month. At Regions, this is a special time to remember the past, celebrate the amazing women in our company and communities, and empower our customers through financial advice and guidance.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

SEMI Europe Honors Schneider Electric and ASM Leaders for Outstanding Contributions to Semiconductor Industry

SEMI Europe announced recipients of the SEMI European Award and Special Service Award for 2023 at the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe 2024).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Beyond the Paycheck: Top Employee Benefit Trends for 2024

Overall, these top eight trends show an increasingly holistic approach to employee benefits, considering not just traditional financial security and health insurance but also personal and professional growth, health, and well-being.

Latest Campaigns

  1. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...
  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. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  4. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  5. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  6. Katrina 20th Anniversary
    This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...
  7. ESG Recognition
    While our commitment to being a responsible corporation is not dependent on recognition, it is a great validation of our work when external...
  8. EVP Campaign
    Driving awareness of DP World’s Employee Value Proposition across the Americas, showcasing the company’s purpose-driven mission, talent strategy, and...
  9. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  10. America's Charities Employee Engagement & Social Responsibility
    More than ever, retaining and recruiting employees is a top priority for companies. Aware of the link between workplace giving and employee engagement...
  11. 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...
  12. Scotts Miracle-Gro | Environment Improvement
    Earth's beauty and resources should be appreciated now and preserved for generations to come. Discover the stewardship initiatives underway to protect...
  13. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...