Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Foundation Grants $1.5 Million to Funders for Housing and Opportunity

Jul 31, 2020 10:15 AM ET

Wells Fargo & Company today announced a $1.5 million contribution by the Wells Fargo Foundation in support of the Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO) .

Social Impact & Volunteering

MilliporeSigma Virtual Volunteering: Remote Water Filtration Workshops in the U.K.

Jul 31, 2020 10:00 AM ET

In Watford, U.K., MilliporeSigma employee Alexandra Nicolier organized two virtual hands-on water filtration workshops for 8- and 9-year-old students from the Telford Junior School.

Social Impact & Volunteering

'A Labor of Love' to Feed Our Communities

Jul 31, 2020 9:10 AM ET

When thousands of Wells Fargo employees began working remotely in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the cafeterias at some of the company’s offices stopped serving as many people.

Environment

Can Selling Timber Help Communities Maintain Forests?

Jul 31, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Worldwide, local communities in the tropics and subtropics control 22 percent of the forest carbon in those regions.

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Promotes Laura Lane To Chief Corporate Affairs And Communications Officer

Jul 30, 2020 5:30 PM ET

Energy

Duke Energy Program Helping N.C. Customers and Schools Expand Renewable Energy

Jul 30, 2020 4:45 PM ET

Duke Energy’s Renewable Advantage program is the perfect way for customers to supplement their energy use with renewable energy and help local schools go solar at the same time. For as little as $3 extra a month, residential and small business...

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bechtel Elevates Jack Futcher to Vice Chairman; Appoints Craig Albert President and Chief Operating Officer

Jul 30, 2020 4:20 PM ET

In his new role, Albert will be responsible for overseeing the company’s 4 global business units, as well as the EPC Functions, Strategy & Business Development, Diversity & Inclusion, and Regions & Corporate Affairs organizations.

Research, Reports & Publications

Schneider Electric Sustainability Report 2019 - 2020: Ethics Impact and SDGs

Jul 30, 2020 4:10 PM ET

We advance the following SDGs in support of ethical business practices and human rights — not just within our company, but for suppliers and partners worldwide.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MilliporeSigma's DOZN™ Green Chemistry Tool Named Top Project of the Year by Environment + Energy Leader

Jul 30, 2020 3:25 PM ET

MilliporeSigma won a Top Product of the Year award from Environment + Energy Leader for its DOZN™ system, a quantitative tool that evaluates the relative greenness of chemicals and chemical processes against the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Medtronic: Critical Philanthropic Support at a Critical Time

Jul 30, 2020 3:00 PM ET

With the realization that the pandemic has heavily impacted underserved communities, Medtronic is collaborating with non-profit organizations to provide support.

Sustainable Development Goals

The Path to Zero Hunger Includes Empowering Women

Jul 30, 2020 3:00 PM ET

Women make up 60% of the 821 million people who are food insecure globally. The reasons why women suffer more acutely from hunger are rooted in several complex and often interwoven issues, including culture, gender inequity, access to resources...

Research, Reports & Publications

DuPont Publishes 2020 Sustainability Report

Jul 30, 2020 3:00 PM ET

DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced the release of its 2020 Sustainability Report, which is the first for DuPont de Nemours, Inc. [following its separation from DowDuPont], and covers integrated activities during the calendar year 2019.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Driving Waste Reduction Worldwide

Jul 30, 2020 2:15 PM ET

Mohawk encourages our facilities throughout the world to pursue zero waste to landfill (ZLF) certification, which requires a plant to recycle or reuse 90% or more of its manufacturing process waste.

Innovation & Technology

4 Latest Facts About Johnson & Johnson's Investigational COVID-19 Vaccine

Jul 30, 2020 2:15 PM ET

A preclinical study just published in Nature shows that the company's investigational vaccine has shown positive early data for eliciting an immune response against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Social Impact & Volunteering

United Way and Truist Partner With First National Youth Poet Laureate to Spread Message of Unity

Jul 30, 2020 2:00 PM ET

At a time when America is confronting historic health, social and economic upheaval, a new television and social media advertising campaign by United Way and Truist Financial Corporation, one of the nation’s largest financial services companies...

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Jumpstarting a Resilient Economy

Jul 30, 2020 1:30 PM ET

How businesses and governments choose to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis will either revert to the short-sighted economic practices of the past or accelerate the transition to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy that is more resilient

Responsible Production & Consumption

Hoy nace Siembra por Contrato. Hoy sembramos un nuevo Ecuador

Jul 30, 2020 1:30 PM ET

Si quieres ser parte de Siembra por contrato diligencia el formulario aquí

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Twelve Fintech Startups Selected for Village Capital's Finance Forward Latin America 2020 Accelerator

Jul 30, 2020 1:15 PM ET

Village Capital, with the support of MetLife Foundation, PayPal, and Moody’s, today announced the twelve early-stage fintech startups selected to take part in Finance Forward Latin America 2020.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sappi Commits to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Jul 30, 2020 1:10 PM ET

As we enter into the last year of our five-year performance cycle, we’re already thinking about what 2025 might look like.

Research, Reports & Publications

PayPal Reveals How Americans Are Spending Credit Card Rewards In A COVID-19 World

Jul 30, 2020 12:30 PM ET

PayPal has released new research looking at purchasing behaviors of credit card rewards holders during the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing people around the country are turning to rewards balances to help them stretch their budgets.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 9

Jul 30, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Land Betterment, an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is proud to release Episode 9 of its Impact Minute video blog.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CIT Donates Meals to Veteran Families Through Mission 22

Jul 30, 2020 12:00 PM ET

CIT Group Inc. today announced that it has donated meals to Mission 22, an organization supporting the veteran community through treatment programs, memorials and community social impact.

Research, Reports & Publications

IWBI and GRESB Deliver Report Demonstrating Alignment Between WELL and GRESB 2020

Jul 30, 2020 11:50 AM ET

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and GRESB today released a report that outlines how the GRESB Real Estate Assessment is supported by the WELL Building Standard (WELL).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

56 More Companies Partner With Benevity to Power Their Corporate Purpose in First Half of 2020

Jul 30, 2020 11:35 AM ET

New clients, including Toyota, Jacobs and COFRA Holdings, bring the total number of employees in Benevity’s client network to over 18 million.

Innovation & Technology

Connectivity for All Brazilian Farmers Is the Next Efficiency Leap

Jul 30, 2020 11:30 AM ET

Brazil is a world leading producer of grain, and is set to reach a new national grain production record, with some 251 million tons of soybeans and corn in the 2019/2020 harvest, according to the Country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply.