The Latest News From Leading Brands

Corporate and nonprofit news distributed by 3BL, including press releases, op/eds, multimedia, and the full range of stories that shape reputation.

Volunteering & Community

KeyBank Leverages NHL and NBA Playoff Momentum To Strengthen Brand, Community Ties

KeyBank

Environment

DP World Advances Climate Action Through Verified Carbon Offsets Supporting Grassland Restoration in Mexico

DP World

Philanthropy

CVS Health Foundation Invests $1 Million in Rhode Island Nonprofits Tackling Community Health Needs

CVS Health

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Complimentary Broadcast: What Do ASC’s New Standards Mean for Aquaculture?

SCS Global Services

Philanthropy

Action Against Hunger Condemns Deadly Attack on Aid Convoy Carrying Partner Personnel in South Sudan; Demands Safety for Humanitarian Workers

Action Against Hunger

Education & Workforce Development

3M and Discovery Education Announce 37 State Merit Winners and Four Honorable Mentions in 2026 3M Young Scientist Challenge

Discovery Education

Corporate Responsibility

How Mary Kay Is Transforming Beauty by Balancing Legacy, Innovation, and Purpose

Mary Kay

Corporate Responsibility

From Claims To Proof: How GORE TEX® Products Are Independently Verified

GORE

Featured Brands

A Message From PNC’s CCRO to Our Stakeholders

PNC’s investment in and collaboration with our employees, communities, customers, and shareholders directly reflect the strength and character of our company. When our communities thrive, we thrive.

Cisco Partners With College Board To Launch AP Cybersecurity and Expand Career-Connected Learning

Cybersecurity professionals have become essential to protecting our society’s critical infrastructure. Yet globally, 4.8 million cybersecurity-related vacancies remain unfilled, and organizations across industries are feeling the impact.

Designer Rachel Zoe and Aflac Make Fashion Statement To Urge Americans To Check for Cancer

Aflac, a pioneer and leader in cancer insurance for seven decades, today announced the launch of Fit Checks, an innovative new awareness campaign developed with fashion designer Rachel Zoe

Special Delivery: FedEx Helps Harbor Seal Walnut Find a New Home

FedEx is known for delivering packages around the world—but this month, the company delivered something far more unique. Through its FedEx Cares Delivering for Good initiative, FedEx helped transport Walnut, a four-year-old harbor seal, from the Los Angeles Zoo to his new home

Get Your Ducks in a Row for Summer Fun

This year, the Aflac Childhood Cancer Foundation will award 10 grants of $2,000 each to Child Life programs in the U.S. that provide support to children with cancer and/or blood disorders and/or their siblings.

3M’s Fiber Optic Breakthrough Is Helping Power AI’s Massive Buildout

Inside a modern data center, speed is everything. As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries, the pressure on technology companies to build and activate massive computing infrastructure fast has never been greater.

Carnival Corporation Expands Surplus Meal Donation Program to the Dominican Republic

Carnival Corporation today announced the expansion of its surplus meal donation program to the Dominican Republic, marking the second Latin American country to join the company’s initiative to safely redirect prepared, unserved meals to local communities where its ships visit.

Cisco and Generation Are Scaling AI-Powered Pathways to Employment

As AI reshapes industries and redefines how work gets done, the question of who benefits and who gets left behind has become one of the more pressing challenges to solve in economic mobility.

The Howard University & PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship Convenes Entrepreneurs, Investors, HBCU Leaders for Fourth Annual Summit in Washington, D.C.

This national convening brings together founders, investors and ecosystem leaders to explore how entrepreneurs can plant seeds for prosperity and ownership that extend far beyond a single generation.

Yum! Brands Publishes 2025 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report Highlighting Business Resilience and Operational Progress

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) published its annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report, spotlighting how the company is integrating sustainability into its growth strategy to manage long-term risk, improve operational resilience and support franchisee success.

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Inclusion & Opportunity

Organizations Celebrate Cincinnati Suffragists With National Votes for Women Trail Historic Markers

Fifth Third Bank, the Harriet Beecher Stowe House and Cincinnati Parks are working together to dedicate and celebrate three new historic markers on the National Votes for Women Trail.

Events

Thermo King Highlights Cold Chain Decarbonization and Innovation at Global Cold Chain Alliance Conference

Thermo King shares insights on accelerating global carbon footprint reduction in transport refrigeration at Global Cold Chain Alliance Conference.

Philanthropy

T-Mobile Gives More Than $1 Million in Funding to 25 Small Towns Across the Country

Last April, T-Mobile announced T-Mobile Hometown Grants, a $25 million, five-year initiative to support the people and organizations who help small towns across America thrive and grow

Health & Healthcare

Join Illumina on World Tuberculosis Day to Raise Awareness and Keep the Fight Up to Eradicate TB

Which infectious disease kills more people in the world than any other?

Awards & Rankings

CNH Industrial Receives 2022 Flanders' Lifetime Achievement Trophy for Its Longstanding Operations in the Region

CNH Industrial has been awarded with a ‘Lifetime achievement trophy’ from Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT), the government agency for international entrepreneurship in the Flanders region of Belgium.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Kohler Unveils The Abstra™ Collection by Kohler WasteLAB™

This is the second tile collection by KOHLER WasteLAB utilizing the company's pottery refuse to create sustainable products for the home.

Research & Reports

A Message From Our CEO and CSO

As we communicate each year, our aspiration is to be a net-positive company. In the pages of our 16th annual sustainability report, it’s our privilege to provide some highlights of our goals and approach, the progress we’ve made, and our work ahead.

Environment

Universal Waste Regulation Update: Aerosol Cans

In 2019, the EPA published final rules that added waste “aerosol cans” to the list of universal wastes at the federal level, with the rules going into effect in February of 2020.

Education & Workforce Development

Truist WORD Force Build A Story Project Helps Children Develop Reading and Writing Skills

Are you looking for a fun, at-home activity for young readers and writers? Look no further. The Truist WORD Force Build A Story Project for families can help.

Energy & Infrastructure

Improving Water Supplies Through the Groundwater-Surface Water Nexus

Today, practitioners refer to the “groundwater-surface water nexus,” and by recognizing the interactions between the two it is possible for agencies to better manage water resources as a whole and address concerns related to water scarcity.

Philanthropy

FedEx Providing Over $1.5 Million To Support Ukraine Relief Efforts

The immediate relief commitment includes a $550,000 cash donation to nonprofit agencies including GlobalGiving Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund, World Central Kitchen, The International Rescue Committee, Caritas - Ukraine, Global Medic, and The Polish Red Cross. An additional $1 million has been allocated for in-kind shipping to nonprofit partners working to transport critical supplies.

Corporate Responsibility

GRI and IFRS to Align on Sustainable Standard Setting

The IFRS Foundation and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have announced today a collaboration agreement under which their respective standard setting boards

Health & Healthcare

Delos: 5 Ways to Improve Water Quality in Schools

Ensuring students, teachers and staff have access to good quality water, especially clean drinking water, is a crucial component of a healthy school.

Philanthropy

Detect, Mitigate, Eliminate: Multi-Gas Meters Are a Firefighter's Best Friend

Enbridge made a $9,740 Safe Community First Responder Program donation to Jersey City FD. The funding, which was expected to purchase 10 new gas meters, managed to purchase 12 top-of-the-line SENSIT Gas Detectors.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Rockwell Automation's Chief Supply Chain Officer on Industry Challenges and Increasing Diversity

Rockwell Automation Chief Supply Chain Officer & Senior Vice President Ernest Nicolas was a recent guest on the UW podcast, which features interviews with some of the brightest minds in engineering about exciting ideas at the forefront of the field.

Corporate Responsibility

What Top Tech Analysts Have to Say About Our Latest Purpose Report

Cisco is a tech giant, but social good is at the heart of everything they do. Cisco’s 2021 Purpose Report highlighted several accomplishments in 2021, including providing job training to roughly three million students worldwide.

Education & Workforce Development

National Hispanic Institute and Las Vegas Sands Announce Youth Leadership Program for Latino High School Students

National Hispanic Institute and Las Vegas Sands today announced a progressive leadership training program for Latino high school students in Las Vegas made possible by a cumulative three-year $150,000 commitment from Sands Cares.

Corporate Responsibility

From Paint to Pro: Kimberly DeJesso Looks Back on 24 Years at The Home Depot

Kimberly DeJesso was recruited by the U.S. Air Force after receiving a certification in automotive science from Somerset County Vocational and Technical Institute in New Jersey.

Awards & Rankings

Carnival Corporation Again Named Among Best Places to Work for Latinos

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), the world's largest cruise company, announced it has been recognized for the second consecutive year as one of the Best Companies for Latinos to Work in 2022 by Latino Leaders Magazine

Corporate Responsibility

Industrial Hemp Leader element6 Dynamics Hosts Colorado Governor Polis and Strategic Partners at Its Expanded Processing Facilities

element6 Dynamics (formerly Santa Fe Farms), announced today that it hosted Colorado’s Governor Polis and members of his team along with several strategic partners for a demonstration of its new industrial hemp processing equipment earlier this week.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Empowered Women Empower Women

On March 3 and 4, 165 women invited from across the Regions footprint convened for the inaugural Women of Regions Symposium. The theme for the in-person event was “Empowered Women Empower Women.”

Philanthropy

AEG's LA Galaxy Players' Significant Others Support the Women's Shelter of Long Beach CA During Women's History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month, soccer players’ wives, girlfriends, and mothers from AEG’s LA Galaxy, along with the team mascot, Cozmo, visited the Women’s Shelter of Long Beach.

Corporate Responsibility

New Guiding Practices Provide Roadmap for Companies to Engage in Landscapes and Jurisdictions

The guiding practices from ISEAL set out practical steps for companies to support and invest in landscape and jurisdictional initiatives, monitor progress, and manage claims.

Philanthropy

National Parks Conservation Association & Nature Valley Improve National Park Accessibility With Multilingual Guides, a Podcast & More

Partners since 2009, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and Nature Valley recently worked together to advance leadership opportunities for the next generation of park advocates.

Philanthropy

Lundberg Family Farms Commits $25,000 to Alleviate Poverty Through Whole Planet Foundation

Lundberg Family Farms returns as a member of the $25,000 Poverty is Unnecessary Fund supporting Whole Planet Foundation’s mission through the sale of their products in Whole Foods Market stores.

Latest Campaigns

Emergency Response

Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

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...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

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...

Leadership

Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...

Sustainability by Antea Group

At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...

FedEx | Delivering for Good

Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...