Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating International Day of Persons With Disabilities

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ninety One North America Named a Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments

Ninety One, an active, global investment manager’s North America franchise, Ninety One North America, is recognized in the 2020 Best Places to Work in Money Management awards announced by Pensions & Investments in its annual survey.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Financial and Sustainability Reporting Must Be Given Equal Footing

GRI has called for strengthened financial reporting that complements sustainability reporting and takes account of the financial risks and opportunities related to a company’s sustainability impacts – with mandatory disclosure to ensure transparency on corporate contributions to global challenges.

Education

Kaiser Permanente, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, and Discovery Education Offer New, No-Cost, Digital Resources Supporting Emotional Resiliency in Teachers and Students

In what has been an unprecedented and challenging year for schools across the U.S., educators now have access to new, no-cost digital content that supports their own and their students’ emotional resiliency from Ready, Set, RISE!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Communities Campaign Raises $658,787 to Support Local and Global Communities

The Whole Foods Market Foundations combined forces in a Communities Campaign in October to raise awareness and funds, enabling shoppers to join causes such as poverty alleviation in the United States and around the globe through Whole Planet Foundation.

Social Impact & Volunteering

ScottsMiracle-Gro Associates GroMoreGood This Holiday Season

From toy drives to care-package deliveries, these programs exemplify the true passion of our associates to GroMoreGood in their communities.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New York State Common Retirement Fund Becomes First US Pension Fund to Commit to Net-Zero by 2040

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced that New York State Common Retirement Fund will commit to the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its portfolio by 2040

Education

MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs at Home: Wind Your Way Around Your Own DNA

At MilliporeSigma, we are passionate about inspiring the next generation of scientists. As many families are home for a prolonged period of time, we wanted to help bring a little curiosity to them at home.

Research, Reports & Publications

AEP Releases Corporate Accountability Year-End Update

American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) has issued its Corporate Accountability Report Year-End Update, which highlights significant developments in the company’s environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) efforts

Social Impact & Volunteering

Communication Is Key: Jeff Komanetsky's Pro Bono Story and Tips for Volunteers

"Whether you’re in a professional rut or not, there are so many benefits to stepping out of your routine. You’re opening yourself to new ideas and to change." -Jeff Komanetsky on some of the perks of donating your time and skills pro bono.

Environment

Latest Updates From the Ferrero Group on Its 2025 Packaging Commitment

The Ferrero Group shares its latest updates on its commitment for 100% of packaging to be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

Energy

Ceres Releases a Set of Practices for an Equitable and Just Transition to Clean Energy

As clean energy deployment accelerates across the U.S. with solar and wind power now supplying more electricity than coal and $1.7 trillion in new renewable projects expected this decade

Environment

Investors Talk Deforestation: Q&A with Julie Gorte, Impax AM

Julie Gorte is the Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing at Impax Asset Management LLC and Pax World Funds.

Diversity & Inclusion

Empowering Unique Abilities

For 10 year, Medtronic has partnered with Project SEARCH to provide an immersive internship experience for people with intellectual and developmental challenges. Learn more about its impact.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ON Semiconductor Names Hassane El-Khoury as Next CEO

ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ON) (“ON Semiconductor”) announced today that Hassane El-Khoury has been named as the company’s president, chief executive officer and member of its board of directors, effective Dec. 7, 2020.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion Champions in Asia

ON Semiconductor has a network of manufacturing facilities and design centers in key markets across the globe.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FPT Industrial and Slow Food Support Sustainable Food Production Communities

FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE:CNHI / MI:CNHI), has teamed up with Slow Food, a global grassroots organization, to support two local communities’ initiatives, in Italy and France

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Companies Refocus Efforts on Essential Workers, but More Support Is Needed

As the United States breaks the record for most deaths in one day this Wednesday, the strain on healthcare and essential workers has become immense.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Duke Energy Earns an A- on the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) 2020 Climate Change and Water Security Indexes

Duke Energy is excited to announce that we have earned scores of A- on the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) 2020 Climate Change and Water Security indexes.

Health & Healthcare

A Holiday PSA: Pick Up the Phone

As this year winds down, it’s hard not to notice the weariness that’s come from shifting almost every area of our lives — from work to school, workouts to happy hours — to some form of video call.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank Launches Collaborative Initiative to Assist Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

The Initiative will provide small businesses of 25 or fewer employees in low-to-moderate income communities that have been impacted by the pandemic with advice and pathways to accessing capital, via the Initiative’s loan and grant programs.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Marcus Rashford, MBE, Launches Football Boots Prize Draw to Fight Hunger in the UK

Two pairs of Marcus Rashford’s special edition All-Black Nike Mercurial Superfly boots available to win: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/BOOTS

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Foods Market Nonprofit Foundations Raise $658,787 to Support Local and Global Communities

The Foundations combined forces in a Communities Campaign in October to raise awareness and funds, enabling shoppers to join the retailer in efforts to alleviate global poverty, improve children’s nutrition and increase healthy food access in communities facing barriers.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Creating Impact and Purpose for Our Global Communities This Holiday Season

For many families across America and around the world, 2020 has been the hungriest year in modern history. There will be more empty plates this holiday season than ever before due to the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  7. 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...
  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. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  10. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  11. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  12. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...
  13. Tork, an Essity brand
    Tork is an Essity brand. Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Wherever there is a need for wiping, drying, cleaning or polishing...
  14. Aflac Insights
    Learn more about Aflac’s survey findings to better understand workplace trends as well as consumer attitudes, habits and opinions toward health and...
  15. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...