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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Five-Year Milestone Reflects El Paso Refinery Team’s Dedication to Rail Safety

Marathon Petroleum’s El Paso, Texas, refinery has gone more than five years without being cited for safety or equipment defects in any railcar that left the refinery.

Green Infrastructure

Cargo Bikes Helping Small Businesses Become More Sustainable in This London Borough

FedEx sponsored Climate-KIC and EIT Digital’s Sustainable Cities Climate Impact Challenge in 2023. Four cities were selected, including Hackney, working to expand the use of cargo bikes for small businesses.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Building a Better Future: Home Depot Foundation’s Annual Operation Surprise Campaign Reaches New Heights

The Home Depot Foundation recently wrapped its annual veteran service campaign. Operation Surprise is about service, community and living the company’s core values. This year, the campaign garnered record-breaking reach, touching the lives of veterans and their families.

Health & Healthcare

Shatterproof and Law Enforcement and Drug Advocacy Groups Urge Congress To Close De Minimis Loophole To Address Fentanyl Crisis

Shatterproof along with a coalition of law enforcement and national nonprofit and community-based organizations devoted to fighting against the fentanyl crisis plaguing our nation sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate urging them to take immediate action.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Kohler's 2022 Believing in Better Report: Reducing Environmental Impacts Across Operations

In 2022 we began evaluating operations in our manufacturing sites using the Design for Environment (DfE) process, resulting in tangible ways to advance our net-zero 2035 goals—including moving toward renewable energy, reducing water consumption, and reusing waste materials

Innovation & Technology

Can AI Make Us Better Leaders? A Sustainability Professional Weighs In

Many promises have been made about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI)—and one more can be added to the list. In the domain of sustainability, especially when it comes to disclosures, applying AI may help make us better leaders.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Presents at ISPO Munich

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) joined forces with Fair Wear Foundation (FW) and the Social and Labour Convergence Program (SLCP) to present on “Leveraging Collective Action for Human Rights” at ISPO Munich.

Social Impact & Volunteering

From Stargazer to Science Educator: MilliporeSigma Employee Ignites Passion for Science

The Curiosity Cube—a retrofitted shipping container turned mobile science lab from MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany—helps instill a love for science at a young age to encourage students to explore a career in the field.

Innovation & Technology

Critical Conversations at the European Business Summit: The Commercial Stakes Are Heating Up

Last week, at the European Business Summit, I had the opportunity to speak on a panel addressing “How to create both a competitive and sustainable industrial policy.”

Responsible Production & Consumption

To Achieve a ‘Forest Positive’ Planet, We Must Prioritise the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

At The Consumer Goods Forum, we are striving to ensure that all businesses prioritise the rights of Indigenous Peoples and work closely with them to protect the world’s forests – through our Forest Positive and Human Rights Coalitions of Action.

Sustainable Development Goals

Crown Holdings 2022 Sustainability Report: Our Approach to Sustainability

Built around 20 aggressive—but measurable—sustainability goals to be completed by or before the end of 2030, the Twentyby30™ program zeroes in on five key pillars of action that represent topics of urgent global concern.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The National Park Foundation Celebrates the 2023 Subaru Share the Love® Event

The National Park Foundation (NPF) is participating as a national charity partner beneficiary for the 11th consecutive year in the Subaru Share the Love® Event.

Health & Healthcare

Boston Scientific: When a Loved One Has Parkinson’s Disease

Now, over a decade later, Eleanor shares how Ivan’s diagnosis changed both of their lives—and how a Boston Scientific treatment helped them take a turn for the better.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sustainability Through Cisco’s Circular Business Practices

In the fast-paced digital age, electronic waste, commonly known as e-waste, has emerged as a formidable environmental challenge.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Georgia-Pacific Employees Help in the Fight Against Breast Cancer

For over 16 years, Georgia-Pacific LLC has participated in the Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk. We just had our largest team since 2019, with over 150 registered participants!

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

AB: Six Metrics Light the Path to Sustainability for Emerging-Market Sovereigns

Just six metrics can effectively assess sovereign issuers’ sustainability and provide guidance for both issuers and investors.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Meet Maria Angela, a Proud Participant in McDonald’s Global Youth Opportunity Program

Meet McDonald’s crew member Maria Angela, a proud participant in McDonald's global Youth Opportunity program (run in partnership with the International Youth Foundation).

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Kimberly-Clark’s Lisa Morden Featured in Special Report on the Green Transition

Lisa Morden, Vice President of Safety, Sustainability and Occupational Health, was recently featured in the annual Pillars of the Green Transition: COP28 Edition report.

Sustainable Development Goals

What Makes a Credible Living Wage Claim?

New guidance from ISEAL sets out how companies and sustainability systems can credibly communicate about their work on living wages.

Environment

AccountAbility Joins With Global Commons Alliance and UN Climate Champions Team to Launch Navigator Addressing Nature and Climate Action

AccountAbility joins with the Global Commons Alliance Accountability Accelerator and the High-Level Champions to unveil the Nature and Climate Action Resource Navigator.

Environment

COP28 Draft Agreement Falls Fatally Short of the Clarity and Ambition the Climate and Economy Demand: A Phase Out of Fossil Fuels

The latest COP28 draft agreement published today falls fatally short of what the climate and economy demand: a phase out of unabated fossil fuels.

Sustainable Development Goals

People + Planet Leadership: Climate Change Demands Healthier and More Sustainable Buildings

“There is no planetary health and no human health separately. Both of them go hand-in-hand. We know the balance between them, and we understand that outcomes that are delivered by one benefit the other and vice versa.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Trane Technologies Named to S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World and North American Indices

Trane Technologies has been named to the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the third consecutive year and the North America Index for the thirteenth consecutive year

Health & Healthcare

Baker Tilly’s Healthy Outcomes Podcast: Empowering Healthcare Leaders With Data-Driven Decision Making

On this episode of Healthy Outcomes, our host Mark Ross interviews Baker Tilly’s Heather Herc, director, and Brad Gummig, senior manager.

Health & Healthcare

Patient Advocacy and Community Engagement at Alkermes

We have developed and now manufacture and commercialize proprietary medicines for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder - disease areas with vulnerable patient populations who are often treated in public health.

Latest Campaigns

  1. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  2. 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...
  3. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  4. Wesco Cares
    Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...
  5. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
  6. Fifth Third’s Neighborhood Program
    Fifth Third has a proven track record of success in community development through its neighborhood program, which creates and implements innovative...
  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. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
  9. Drawdown Georgia
    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...
  10. Communities and People
    Employees are our most valued resource and are at the center of everything we do. Their talent, diversity, and commitment are crucial to our...
  11. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  12. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  13. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
  14. Environment: Building a More Sustainable Future
    For Bacardi, environmental sustainability is good business – an approach that dates to the very beginning of the company more than 158 years ago. When...
  15. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.