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

Diversity & Inclusion

The Scotiabank Women Initiative Commits $3 Billion in Capital over Its First Three Years to Support Women-Led Businesses

The Scotiabank Women Initiative™ today announced its commitment to allocate $3 billion in funding to women-led business in Canada over its first three years.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

U.S. Consumers Rate LG Energy Star Efficient Appliances #1 in Customer Satisfaction

ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year LG Electronics USA again leads the home appliance industry, earning the #1 rating in overall customer satisfaction across its home appliance portfolio that includes ENERGY STAR certified kitchen and laundry appliances

Environment

P&G Named EPA 2019 Safer Choice Partner of the Year

oday, Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) announced it has been recognized as a 2019 Safer Choice Partner of the Year by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). T

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Gildan Receives FUNDAHRSE Seal for Its Operations in Honduras

Gildan Activewear Inc. is once again a recipient of the Corporate Social Responsibility Seal awarded by the Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility in Honduras (FUNDAHRSE).

Education

How an Animated Series is Turning Phoenix-area Students and Teachers into Social Entrepreneurs

In May 2019, 10 schools and over 250 students came together in Phoenix, Arizona for the Global Problem Solver Showcase and Competition. The winner? A new type of IoT device that helps to deter drunk driving. The inventors? A team of...

Responsible Production & Consumption

Fair Trade USA Calls on Consumers to Help Save Coffee Industry in Peril

Fair Trade USA®'s #JustOneCup campaign encourages coffee drinkers to choose Fair Trade Certified™ options as part of its #JustOneCup campaign to help lift farmers across the world out of poverty on National Coffee Day, Sunday, September 29th.

Research, Reports & Publications

Bloomberg Sustainable Business Special Report

Bloomberg is pleased to publish the first Bloomberg Sustainable Business Special Report. In this collection, we bring together interviews with sustainability leaders and highlights from our worldwide summits.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sodexo Recognized by LATINA Style, Inc. as one of the Top 50 Companies of the Year

Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to improving Quality of Life, announced today that it has been selected as one of the Top 50 Companies of the Year by LATINA Style, Inc.

Education

Call for Teen Filmmakers: Toyota and Discovery Education Announce National Video Challenge to Promote Safe Driving Habits

A national video challenge for highschool students to encourage their peers to avoid distractions and stay safe behind the wheel opened this week.

Research, Reports & Publications

SC Johnson on Track to Meet Goals in Tackling Plastic Waste Crisis, Announces Results in New Sustainability Report

Over the past year, SC Johnson demonstrated its leadership on the issue of plastic waste, achieving a 1.7-million-kilogram reduction in the amount of plastic used in primary packaging, among other accomplishments in its 2018/19 Sustainability Report.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Los Angeles Convention Center Donates 26 Tons of Event Items & Carpet to Several Los Angeles Nonprofit Organizations

The Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC), owned by the City of Los Angeles and managed by AEG Facilities, recently collected and donated 14.1 tons of remaining event items and 12 tons of carpet to several Los Angeles-based nonprofit organizations

Social Impact & Volunteering

Skills for Cities Boston to Provide $100,000 Worth of Skills-Based Volunteering in a Single Day

More than 80 corporate volunteers will join with Common Impact, a nationally recognized leader in skills-based volunteerism, for a day of flash-consulting, a one-day volunteer marathon, to support 15 Boston-based nonprofit organizations.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Need to Conform to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)?

Since its implementation in 1977. The Community Reinvestment Act has significantly increased lending in LMI communities. And if you work at a bank that is currently creating lending, investment, and service opportunities...

Diversity & Inclusion

How My Latinx Upbringing Made Me a Better Leader

Creating an environment where every individual can be heard, contribute, and feel accountable for their work is key. That’s why we’ve been focusing on inclusion so heavily at Intel and why I strive to be an inclusive leader.

Environment

Taking Climate Action at Accenture

We can make a greater impact when we all do our part. We’re committed to using 100% renewable energy across our global operations by 2023.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Donates $300,000 to Greater Orlando for Revitalization Efforts

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced $300,000 in donations to four local nonprofits that will help revitalize Orlando neighborhoods through the Wells Fargo NeighborhoodLIFT® program.

Education

Smithfield Foods Launches Apprenticeship Program to Recruit the Next Generation of Talent

The program provides internal candidates, high school graduates, and military veterans with hands-on engineering and mechanic training while earning their associate degree.

Health & Healthcare

Are Hospitals Prepared for the Changing Demographics of Patients? New Sodexo Report Highlights Industry Challenges and Offers a 5-part Action Plan for Advancing Hispanic Leadership in Healthcare

Numerous challenges lie ahead for healthcare leaders over the next decade. CEOs and healthcare administrators will wrestle with healthcare costs, regulatory issues, medicinal/technological advancements and ethics.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Greta

She does not speak for herself. She speaks for millions of young people who see the climate crisis as the issue of their generation. She speaks for billions more who have not yet been born unto this world, but who most certainly will be.

Diversity & Inclusion

Ladies, Meet The P&G Executive Who Wants to Accelerate Your Startup

The world's foremost consumer marketer is shopping for new innovations. And at the top of the must-have list is high potential startups led by women.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Advancing Sustainability Reporting in Greater China Region

In a strategic move to best meet the diverse needs of companies and stakeholders in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, GRI’s regional base has relocated from Beijing to Hong Kong.

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Brands Spotlights New Tools and Practices for Measuring Stakeholder Value

Sustainable Brands® recently unveiled program details for New Metrics’19: Next-Generation Goals & Reporting, scheduled for November 18-20 in Philadelphia, PA.

Social Impact & Volunteering

MetLife Gulf Partners With Special Olympics in the UAE to Give Back to the Community

As part of MetLife’s Community Week; an initiative funded by MetLife Foundation, the philanthropic arm of global insurer MetLife, 33 MetLife volunteers joined 25 Young Athletes, for a day filled with activities at Dubai Sports World.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Arbor Day Foundation Announces Call for Nominations for 2020 Awards

The Arbor Day Foundation announced a call for nominations for their 2020 Arbor Day Awards, honoring businesses, individuals and organizations that have led exemplary tree planting and environmental practices or programs.

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