Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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



Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Power of Reverse Logistics

T-Mobile International AG

Green Infrastructure

Southwire Partners With Current/OS

Southwire

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Stack Up a Range of Benefits: Kick Off New Habits During Open Enrollment

Aflac Incorporated

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability at Chemours

Chemours

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

When Waters Rise: How PSEG Responds to Flooding and Protects Public Safety

PSEG

Social Impact & Volunteering

Rebuilding With Purpose in Western North Carolina

Truist





Editors Pick

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Every Day Is Safety Day: DP World Marks Global Safety Day in the Americas

DP World

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

T-Mobile headquarters
A Headquarters Ahead of the Curve

T-Mobile International AG

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Corporate IT Office in Eagan, MN Gives Back to The Open Door

Maximus works with many community charities throughout the country. In continuing Maximus’ charitable work and giving back to the local community, the Corporate IT office in Eagan, Minnesota, selected the Open Door Pantry for this year’s charitable event!

Education

Discovery Education Offers New Resources for National STEM Day

Discovery Education presents a curated collection of engaging, high-quality digital learning resources to students and teachers for National STEM Day.

Diversity & Inclusion

This Nonprofit Is Helping To Build ‘A Truly Inclusive Employment Environment’

Michelle is one of a dozen or so participants in a program called Teens in Transition offered by the Regional Access Mobilization Project (RAMP), a nonprofit serving four counties in northwest Illinois, including DeKalb and Winnebago.

Diversity & Inclusion

Powering Our Progress: Expedia Group’s Journey To Pay Parity

Expedia Group’s mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere. Part of this includes reviewing our systems and processes to ensure fairness and equity — including employee compensation.

Health & Healthcare

Aegis Writes a New Chapter on Pathogen Surveillance

Before SARS-CoV-2, Aegis Sciences Corporation was a small, well-established lab with a specific niche. Founded in 1990, the Nashville-based company focused on anti-doping testing and medication compliance.

Health & Healthcare

Workforce Retention on the Line As Employers Battle Employee Burnout

Employers across various U.S. industries and regions are struggling to meet their employees' health care benefits needs — and employee satisfaction, wellbeing and retention are at stake, according to the 13th annual Aflac WorkForces Report released by Aflac Incorporated.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg Launches New York Chapter of Women’s Buy-Side Network

Bloomberg announced the launch of a New York Chapter of the Bloomberg Women’s Buy-Side Network (BWBN), a group focused on elevating and advancing women in the asset management industry.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Provides $11.3 Million of Financing for New Affordable Seniors Housing in Cleveland

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided $11.3 million for 9% tax credit equity to finance the new construction of Garrett Square Apartments, a 49-unit affordable seniors housing project located in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.

Sustainable Development Goals

Cisco Refresh Reinforces Sustainability Efforts

In a panel discussion led by Cisco within the Energy and Transition stream of Climate Week NYC’s “The Hub Live”, experts explored the topics of “transforming grids globally, and the role of technology, digitalization, and collaboration on the road to renewable expansion.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Forbes Names CBRE One of America’s Net-Zero Leaders

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) has been named to Forbes’ inaugural Net-Zero Leaders list. CBRE was the highest-ranked commercial real estate services company.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Georgia-Pacific Gives Back to First Responders Throughout the Country

Georgia-Pacific is committed to supporting those who protect the communities where employees live and work. Since 2006, Georgia-Pacific’s Bucket Brigade program has awarded more than $3 million in grants, educational materials, and other in-kind donations to fire departments.

Energy

Duke Energy’s 2023 Site Readiness Program Helps Prepare Business, Industrial Sites in an Effort To Spark Economic Growth in Florida

Duke Energy has selected 11 properties in Florida for inclusion in its 2023 Site Readiness Program, which prepares high-potential business and industrial sites for economic development investments and markets them nationwide to companies looking to expand or relocate.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

AB Partners With Alvéole To Install Urban Bee Hive

In May 2023, Fifth + Broadway and AllianceBernstein (AB), a leading global investment management and research firm, announced the installation of a honeybee hive on the green deck of the 501 Commerce building in partnership with Alvéole.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Kimberly-Clark Among Top 40 Nonwovens Industry Companies

Nonwovens Industry recently named Kimberly-Clark as a Top 40 Nonwovens Industry Company in recognition of the role nonwovens continue to play as a key driver of innovation and growth for both our business and brands.

Environment

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Launches Higg FEM 4.0

Today, in partnership with Worldly, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) launched the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM) 4.0 tool.

Sustainable Development Goals

Mondelēz 2022 Snacking Made Right Report: More Sustainable Ingredients

A more sustainable supply of key raw materials such as cocoa, wheat, dairy, and palm oil is critical to the continued growth and success of our business, to the resilience and prosperity of the communities producing these raw materials, and to the protection of the landscapes.

Diversity & Inclusion

Albertsons Companies' Jewel-Osco Division Work Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

@JewelOsco associates show support during Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wearing pink each Friday in October. Jewel-Osco Pink Day is sponsored by our Women’s Inspiration and Inclusion associate resource group (ARG).

Environment

SCE Shares Wildfire Mitigation Lessons

Since California’s devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018, Southern California Edison has been accelerating efforts to reduce wildfire risk driven by increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather conditions.

Diversity & Inclusion

Championing Gender Equity in STEM in Latin America

As the STEM industry continues to experience rapid growth around the world, women are often left behind. The representation and empowerment of women in STEM is essential to the longevity of the entire industry.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Covia Highlights That Inspire: Dedication to Their Communities

While we celebrate National Gratitude Month in November, our Team Members are actively engaged in their communities all year round and play a significant role in living our Covia value, Act Responsibly.

Responsible Production & Consumption

HARMAN Professional Solutions Opens New Factory To Accommodate Growth and Reduce Carbon Emissions

HARMAN retrofitted the more than 107,000 sq ft manufacturing facility to enable HARMAN to heat and cool the facility with geothermal energy by using a water-to-water heat pump. Furthermore, electricity for the entire facility will be sourced by onsite solar PV panels in 2024.

Health & Healthcare

Abbott and Damar Hamlin Team Up To Build Heart Health Community With New Heartmates Program

Abbott (NYSE: ABT), a global leader in heart health, announced today the Abbott HeartMates program, a new initiative that will kick off with professional football player Damar Hamlin as its first ambassador.

Events, Media & Communications

The CGF Supply Chain Conference 2023 Concludes Bringing Together Sustainability, Supply Chains and New Technologies

The second edition of The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Supply Chain Conference (SCC) officially closed with a networking dinner at Finca Villadellops, a vineyard on the coast of the Catalan region of Spain.

Education

The Power of Play: How Esports and Gaming Transform Student Learning

When Mashfiq Ahmed, a science teacher in Brooklyn, New York, started a virtual Minecraft club during the pandemic, he hoped it would be a fun and safe way for remote students to engage in social-emotional learning. The club was a hit.

Sustainable Development Goals

Aramark Collegiate Hospitality and Audubon Nature Institute Announce Culinary Partnership for Sustainable Seafood

Aramark Collegiate Hospitality is proud to announce a new culinary partnership with Audubon Nature Institute’s Gulf United for Lasting Fisheries (G.U.L.F.) sustainable seafood program.

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