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

Jun 11, 2025 10:00 AM ET

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

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

Social Impact & Volunteering

Deckers Brands Logs Over 6,000 Volunteer Hours for Its February 2023 Art of Kindness Event

Mar 10, 2023 10:30 AM ET

Deckers Brands, a leading lifestyle and footwear company, recently celebrated its sixth biannual Art of Kindness week of volunteering. The event brought together employees from across the globe to make a collective impact on their local communities.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm Announces the Shortlisted Teams for the Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2023

Mar 10, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced the shortlisted companies for the Qualcomm® Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2023 (QVIC) program.

Diversity & Inclusion

AEG Celebrates International Women’s Day by Advancing Gender Equity and Girls Empowerment

Mar 10, 2023 10:00 AM ET

To celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, AEG hosted two events in Los Angeles, CA that were designed to celebrate women’s achievement and take action to drive gender equity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Black & Veatch CFO Michael Williams Named to Company’s Board of Directors

Mar 10, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Michael Williams, Black & Veatch’s chief financial officer (CFO), has been named to the board of directors of the global leader in sustainable infrastructure solutions, the entirely employee-owned company announced today.

Environment

Using the Higg Index To Trace Environmental Impact Results As We Drive Towards More Sustainable Textile Production

Mar 10, 2023 10:00 AM ET

In the latest blog post, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) features, guest author Gemma Verhoeven, Impact Investment Team Lead at the Good Fashion Fund (GFF), who shares how GFF utilizes the Higg FEM as a key part of their environmental due diligence process.

Environment

UN Special Envoy Michael R. Bloomberg and COP28 Presidency Announce Partnership To Tackle Climate Change Ahead of UN Climate Change Conference

Mar 10, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Michael R. Bloomberg, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions and founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies, joined COP28 UAE President-Designate Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber to announce a new partnership

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Trees Are in So Many Medical Products

Mar 10, 2023 9:45 AM ET

In our #ItStartsWithTrees series, we look at the science that explains why thousands of products require trees. Today, we’re looking at products relating to health, hygiene and medicine.

Health & Healthcare

Children’s Mercy Kansas City Tackles the Unique Complexity of Pediatric Cancer

Mar 10, 2023 9:30 AM ET

“Pediatricians like to say children are not little adults, and accordingly, pediatric cancer is not just the miniature form of adult cancer,” says Midhat Farooqi, MD, PhD, Director of Molecular Oncology, Genomic Medicine Center at Children’s Mercy Kansas City in Missouri.

Diversity & Inclusion

Next Generation Leadership: How Sponsorship Can Help Power an Inclusive Future for Black Cisconians

Mar 10, 2023 9:24 AM ET

One of Cisco’s Leadership Expectations is that they Make the Future, which includes championing diversity and inclusion with sponsorship.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Los Espacios Prosperan Cuando Las Mujeres Se Sienten Bienvenidas

Mar 10, 2023 9:16 AM ET

Los beneficios y servicios de salud, una de las seis áreas de impacto en el WELL Equity Rating, es otra área en la que una empresa puede ejercer este impacto a las mujeres.

Environment

Semiconductor Industry Sustainability Priorities – A Systems Engineering Opportunity

Mar 10, 2023 9:00 AM ET

Reducing emissions and optimizing resources in semiconductor manufacturing is an immensely complex undertaking, with multiple moving parts and several cascading impacts.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Honored as a Member of the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

Mar 10, 2023 9:00 AM ET

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced that for the eighth consecutive year it has been named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), which tracks the performance of public companies that report gender-related data.

Diversity & Inclusion

New Survey Reveals Women Want the Financial Freedom of Being Their Own Boss

Mar 10, 2023 9:00 AM ET

Three quarters of Australian women believe they would be better off starting their own small business than working for someone else, a new survey shows. Research from GoDaddy has found five out of six working women have experienced burnout in their careers.

Health & Healthcare

Aflac Enhances Individual Hospital Insurance To Include Mental Health Coverage

Mar 10, 2023 9:00 AM ET

Aflac enhanced its hospital insurance product to include income protection for mental health treatment while reducing hospital confinement hour requirements to qualify for benefits. The enhanced product, named "Aflac Choice," is designed to help customers with expenses associated

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Entergy Visits Capitol Hill To Support LIHEAP Action Day

Mar 10, 2023 8:05 AM ET

On Feb. 15 and 16, Entergy joined advocates from across the country in Washington, D.C., for LIHEAP Action Day, a national effort to engage and educate policymakers about the critical need for the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP.

Responsible Production & Consumption

US Sustainability Study Finds 1 in 2 Consumers Switching Food & Grocery Brands

Mar 10, 2023 8:00 AM ET

US food and grocery brands take note - missing the mark on sustainability comes with a higher cost than ever before.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Truist Foundation Leads the Way With $5M Commitment to the American Red Cross to Grow Disaster Response Capacity

Mar 9, 2023 5:20 PM ET

The American Red Cross celebrates Truist Foundation for its generous donation of $5 million to support the urgent humanitarian needs posed by extreme weather events across the U.S.

Mondelez International Snacking Made Right

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Martina Shares Advice to the Next Generation of FMCG Leaders

Mar 9, 2023 4:15 PM ET

At MDLZ, we have so many passionate and proud colleagues! They focus every day on fulfilling the needs of our consumers and customers. It is amazing to be surrounded by people who truly love our products and brands.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm Empowers Digital Transformation

Mar 9, 2023 3:30 PM ET

Qualcomm is an invention company that solves fundamental technology problems at the heart of everyday life. The vast majority of cell phones on earth utilize our technology. Our inventions have helped power the growth in smartphones, which have connected billions of people.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Cadence to Invest $50 Million to Support Racial Equity

Mar 9, 2023 3:20 PM ET

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., announced that it is making a $50 million USD purpose-driven investment in an impact investment program managed by RBC Global Asset Management to address racial wealth inequities in affordable housing, homeownership and small business.

Diversity & Inclusion

Peloton Community in Conversation With the Center for Antiracist Research

Mar 9, 2023 3:10 PM ET

At Peloton, Black History Month is an especially important moment for us to come together as a community to uplift Black heritage.

Energy

3 Challenges Fleets Face in the Energy Transition and How To Overcome Them

Mar 9, 2023 3:00 PM ET

As the energy transition drives the shift to sustainable fleets, mobile fuel delivery, data analysis, and technological advancements ease the path.

Sustainable Development Goals

Cintas’ LED Lighting Transition Nears Completion

Mar 9, 2023 2:25 PM ET

Cintas Corporation is nearing completion of a multi-year companywide LED lighting transition project to help reduce facility-focused energy use and support the company along its Path to Net Zero.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

kate spade new york is Making an Impact and Changing Lives

Mar 9, 2023 2:05 PM ET

In 2021, kate spade new york and its Foundation invested $3 million to support the empowerment and mental health of women and girls with 25 partners globally.

Green Infrastructure

Black & Veatch Awarded Water Research Foundation Grant to Study “Forever Chemicals”

Mar 9, 2023 2:00 PM ET

The Water Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded Black & Veatch a grant to investigate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in biosolids that pose a potential risk for the agricultural industry, food supply and ultimately, human health.

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