Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Quick and Easy Way to Launch Your Company’s Employee Giving Campaign, #GivingTuesday Initiative, or Other Cause Campaign This Fall and During the Holiday Season

Sep 19, 2019 2:15 PM ET

You know your employees are passionate about giving back to the community, and this year you vowed to empower them to support their favorite causes through a workplace giving campaign.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Advocate. Support. Cure.

Sep 19, 2019 1:55 PM ET

Every September, childhood cancer organizations around the world come together in recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, with a goal to increase awareness and raise funds for those affected by childhood cancer.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Smithfield Foods Donates $75,000 for Outdoor Learning Space at The Faison Center

Sep 19, 2019 1:40 PM ET

The Faison Center provides individuals and families impacted by autism spectrum disorder with a unique life-span care model, ensuring that children and adults have access to programs that include day school services, clinical services, and summer-specific curriculum for students.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Heads-up World-Changing Youth: There's Only ONE WEEK Left to Enter the 2019 T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge!

Sep 19, 2019 1:00 PM ET

Sustainable Development Goals

Record 515 Institutional Investors Managing $35 Trillion in Assets Urge Governments to Step up Ambition to Tackle Climate Change

Sep 19, 2019 12:40 PM ET

Ahead of next week’s United Nations Climate Action Summit, a record 515 institutional investors managing $35 trillion in assets urged governments worldwide to step up action to tackle climate change and achieve the Paris Agreement’s goals.

Events, Media & Communications

Comerica Empowers Through Women's Business Symposium Events

Sep 19, 2019 12:20 PM ET

Thirteen years ago, Comerica's Women’s Initiative Committee established the Women's Business Symposium, an annual educational event that includes seminars and networking opportunities for colleagues and business women from a range of industries.

Health & Healthcare

Merck Announces First Nine “Safer Childbirth Cities” Committed to Reducing Maternal Deaths and Narrowing Disparities in the US

Sep 19, 2019 12:05 PM ET

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today its funding support of projects in nine cities across the country to help end preventable maternal deaths.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

FCA US Continues Its Longstanding Leadership Improving the Health and Overall Well-being of Employees and Families

Sep 19, 2019 11:35 AM ET

CA US LLC was recognized once again by the National Business Group on Health (NBGH), earning another gold medal for its comprehensive programs that support a healthy workplace and encourage healthy lifestyles for both employees and their families.

Education

Businesses and Educators Come Together to Transform the High School Experience

Sep 19, 2019 11:00 AM ET

As far back as 2014, Chick-fil-A, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, SunTrust Bank and Delta Air Lines has identified education as a critical focus. They realized that their local schools—and schools across the nation—were in trouble.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Clear The Shelters Campaign Results In Over 135,000 Pet Adoptions – And Counting

Sep 19, 2019 11:00 AM ET

NBC and Telemundo owned stations’ Clear the Shelters™ 2019 campaign resulted in the adoption of more than 135,000 pets – and counting – as shelters continue to report in.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sourcing Responsibly

Sep 19, 2019 10:30 AM ET

We are committed to safeguarding endangered forests and wildlife, respecting the culture and rights of indigenous peoples, and conserving natural forests and biodiversity by sourcing wood from responsibly managed forests.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Lighting Up Lives Across the Centuries

Sep 19, 2019 10:30 AM ET

Caring for the communities is a core value of the CLP Group. Inspired by our founder, the Kadoorie family, CLP’s vision is to be the leading responsible energy provider in the Asia-Pacific region, from one generation to the next.

Sustainable Development Goals

Business Action Critical to Secure a Sustainable Future

Sep 19, 2019 10:30 AM ET

How can more engagement with businesses help to get Sustainable Development Goals back on track - as well as achieve progress against Paris Agreement climate change mitigation commitments?

Health & Healthcare

Sodexo Partners With 70 Universities to Host Largest Farmers Market @ Campuses Across America

Sep 19, 2019 10:00 AM ET

Today’s college students are more invested than ever in where their food comes from and what they are eating

Social Impact & Volunteering

United Way CEO: ‘When We Come Together, We Can Do Amazing Things to Improve Our Communities’

Sep 19, 2019 10:00 AM ET

Together, we are creating economic value — for the entire community — that also adds social value.

Sustainable Development Goals

El Abra, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Prepares Indigenous Community Members for Careers in Mining

Sep 19, 2019 9:40 AM ET

Freeport-McMoRan’s local stakeholder engagement and social investment objectives include formal interactions with indigenous peoples in traditional communities of Alto El Loa in Chile.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Clean Seas Seafood Achieves ASC Certification

Sep 19, 2019 9:00 AM ET

Clean Seas, the global leader in full-cycle breeding and production of Yellowtail Kingfish, has been internationally recognised for its responsible and ethical practices by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Corporation Relief Effort Collects 2,841 Tons of Supplies for the Bahamas; Company Thanks Individuals and Organizations for Generous Donations

Sep 18, 2019 8:00 PM ET

Carnival Corporation & plc today announced that its relief program to provide humanitarian aid to The Bahamas collected and delivered during its first week over 2,841 tons of food and supplies in over 90 shipping containers

Energy

National Grid Names Gregory Knight as Chief Customer Officer

Sep 18, 2019 6:25 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Scotiabank Recognized on 2019 Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America Ranking

Sep 18, 2019 5:35 PM ET

For the second consecutive year, Scotiabank has been recognized for its commitment to being a corporate sustainability leader, with a placing on the 2019 Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America (DJSI).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Major Private Sector Institutions Present Solutions for Mobilizing Climate Finance

Sep 18, 2019 5:20 PM ET

The Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI), which was formed by UN Special Envoy for Climate Action Michael R. Bloomberg at the request of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, today released Financing the Low-Carbon Future.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mohawk Sponsors Breast Cancer Awareness T-Shirt Sale

Sep 18, 2019 5:10 PM ET

All profits from the sale being donated to Susan G. Komen.® Shirts will begin shipping on October 3, just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

"Accept Your Status, and Move Forward..." Sergei Dawson on HIV

Sep 18, 2019 4:00 PM ET

Sergei Dawson is a Community Advisory Board Member for HIVE, an APLA Health program for HIV-Elders. He lives in LA County and works to help those aging with HIV accept their status and access the resources that helped save his life.

Education

ACTIVATE: Episode Education Cannot Wait

Sep 18, 2019 3:20 PM ET

Emmy Award-winning actor Rachel Brosnahan teams up with Global Citizen and travels to the border of Peru to see what happens to children’s education during conflicts and natural disasters.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

General Mills Named to Prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World and North American Indices for Second Consecutive Year

Sep 18, 2019 3:10 PM ET

General Mills has been named for the second consecutive year to both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the North American Index by S&P Dow Jones Indices and sustainability asset management firm RobecoSAM.