Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Health & Healthcare | Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

HPRC Publishes Inaugural Impact Report: Paving the Way for Sustainable Healthcare Plastics

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is thrilled to announce the publication of its inaugural Impact Report for 2024.
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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

AllianceBernstein

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sysco 2024 Sustainability Report: At the Heart of One Planet One Table

Sysco Corporation

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AMD Rises in America's Most Responsible Companies Ranking

AMD is ranked again as one of America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek. Moving up in the 2023 ranking, the company is now listed in 20th place overall, including a 94 out of 100 score in environmental concerns.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

For Aflac’s Mountain Market Team, It’s Not Just Business — It’s Purpose

When Ashleigh George, Aflac regional sales coordinator and Aflac Childhood Cancer ambassador, learned the Beads of Courage program at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare in Atlanta needed funding, she and Aflac’s Mountain Market team stepped up.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ImpactAssets’ Twelfth IA 50 Impact Fund List Showcases 163 Fund Managers and $122 Billion in Assets Under Management

ImpactAssets announced today that it has released the ImpactAssets 50 2023 (IA 50), a free publicly available, searchable database of impact investment fund managers for impact investors, family offices, corporations, foundations and institutional investors.

Education

Showtime and Paramount Global Donate $300,000 to ‘Boys in Blue’ Minneapolis High School (Exclusive Video)

As part of their Content for Change initiative, Showtime and Paramount Global have donated $300,000 to North Community High School, home of the student football team featured in the new Peter Berg-directed docuseries “Boys in Blue.”

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Environment

Arbor Day Foundation CEO Names Nonprofit’s New President

Arbor Day Foundation Chief Operating Officer Katie Loos was recently promoted to president of the organization.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Human Rights Coalition Hosts Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop With Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and Malaysian Palm Oil Suppliers

In collaboration with the Malaysian Ministry of Plantation and Commodities, The Consumer Goods Forum Human Rights Coalition hosted a practical workshop for Malaysian palm oil companies on best practices for implementing a pragmatic business approach to human rights due diligence

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Diversity & Inclusion

Sealed Air’s “Better Together” Podcast: Honoring International Women's Day

On Episode 8 of Sealed Air's "Better Together" corporate podcast, employees discuss embracing equity in honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.

Innovation & Technology

INOVUES Announces Its First Higher-Education Energy Efficiency Retrofit

INOVUES, provider of the only upfit technology that enables building facades and windows to be upgraded without replacement or disruption, will demonstrate its patented retrofit solution at University of Minnesota’s Saint Paul campus. The project is the first of its kind.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Rise of Participatory Grantmaking

Traditional philanthropy has a problem. The top-down, hierarchical power structure often undercuts efforts to make lasting change.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Southern Company Celebrates Community Through Volunteering, Giving, and Economic Development Initiatives

Southern Company is committed to being “A Citizen Wherever We Serve,” meaning our employees are inextricably woven into the communities we are privileged to serve.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Stuart Weitzman’s Edmundo Castillo Honored for His Empowerment of Indigenous Women Artisans

Congratulations to Stuart Weitzman’s Head of Design Edmundo Castillo, who was honored at Mercado Global’s Fashion Forward Gala.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Owens Corning Named One of 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) today announced that it has been recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies. This marks the sixth consecutive year the company has been recognized with this honor.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Sappi Increases the Percentage of Women in Senior Management Roles in 2021

As part of a global objective to enhance the diversity of its workforce, Sappi created this new goal in 2021, which also directly aligns with UNSDG 8, which
promotes economic growth and decent work.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Defining Women in STEM: Angela Dodd

For Angela Dodd, finding a career as a female senior scientist meant navigating the STEM world without many women mentors.

Diversity & Inclusion

Digital-First Entrepreneurs Lead the Charge This International Women’s Day

Women in emerging markets are leveraging the digital economy to become entrepreneurs, recent graduates of a training program created by Alibaba Group shared.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Medtronic Named One of World’s Most Ethical Companies

Medtronic , a global leader in healthcare technology, has been recognized by Ethisphere, a leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2023 World's Most Ethical Companies.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Rockwell Automation Named Among World’s Most Ethical Companies

Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, has recognized Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK: NYSE) as one of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies.

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Environment

New Zealand Leads the Way on Regenerative Agriculture Methods

As nations around the world seek to measure, manage and mitigate their greenhouse gas emissions, many have their eyes focused on the agricultural industry, and New Zealand is no exception.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Celebrating Women at IP: Laverne Hampton

Meet Laverne Hampton, supply planner team lead, Containerboard. Laverne, like all women at IP, provides valuable insight and a unique perspective to our organization.

Innovation & Technology

Will We Choose Digital Over Physical Goods in Future? Time Will Tell

While it may take time for people to change their habits and become content with choosing digital over physical, it will ultimately help reduce environmental impact and conserve resources for future generations.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Can CSOs Solve the Climate Crisis?

In this guest article, Marie Cloherty, Executive Director of Sustainable Business at Acre, discusses what can be done following last year’s COP27 and the lack of action against the climate crisis.

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Events, Media & Communications

IWBI’s WELL Summit Heads to Washington, D.C.; Features Physician and NYTimes Best-Selling Author Dr. Mark Hyman, Panel of Former U.S. Surgeons General on the MainStage

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the global authority for driving market transformation through healthy buildings, organizations and communities, opened registration today for its 2023 WELL Summit, to be held in Washington, D.C., September 25-26, 2023.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Global Expert in Corporate Sustainability Will Chair GRI’s Standard Setting Board

Global Reporting Initiative, the world's leading provider of sustainability reporting standards, is to appoint Carol Adams as chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board

Diversity & Inclusion

‘Showing Up’ at SCE’s Black History Month Celebration

Edison International, the parent company of SCE, saw an opportunity to act by focusing resources on the areas that will provide the greatest impact — increasing workforce diversity to reflect the communities the company serves.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Supporting Young Entrepreneurs One Cookie Sale at a Time With the Girl Scouts

In communities across the United States and every year around late-winter, Girl Scouts put on their green vests and embrace the life of being a young entrepreneur. For four weeks in the Kansas City area, they can be found in front of stores, in neighborhoods and at local events.

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