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Social Impact & Volunteering | 3M

3M Volunteers Advance Hands-On Stem Learning

As part of a continued effort to inspire the next generation of scientists, 3M is partnering with DoSomething and Amazon MGM Studios to launch Project STEM Heroes, a nationwide program encouraging young people to explore STEM careers and recognize the mentors who sparked them.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Engage for Good Recognizes the Leaders Shaping Corporate Social Impact

Engage for Good

Environment

Water Stewardship: Why Global Trade Must Invest in the World’s Most Critical Resource

DP World

Environment

Assurant and AT&T Tree for Trade‑In Program Supports Ongoing Reforestation in California Through the Arbor Day Foundation

Arbor Day Foundation

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Pricing Water Risk and Scaling Climate Resilience

NatureVest

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Living Incomes Matter

Fairtrade America

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Empowered to Build Better: Meet Venelin Krastev

GoDaddy

Environment

The Continuing Evolution of ESG Due Diligence: Why There Are Always Risks to Be Managed and Value to Be Created

Inogen Alliance

Events, Media & Communications

Heart Water Earns Water Stewardship, Resiliency and Water Positive Certifications for Its Rainwater Capture Technology at Its Buda, TX Facility

SCS Global Services

Featured Brands

Expanded Student-Athlete Mental Health Initiatives Tip Off During 2026 NCAA Final Four Weekend

LG Electronics USA partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to enhance mental wellness resources at the host schools of the 2026 NCAA Final Four men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments Indiana University, Indianapolis and Arizona State University

Storytime and Stocks

Investment advisor Craig Robinson had an “A-ha!” moment during his bedtime storytelling routine with his daughters, inspiring the Bull and Bear financial literacy series. He introduced his first book in April 2022.

Hope on Wheels: FedEx Supports The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army’s canteen trucks—many of them donated by FedEx—play a vital role in supporting communities around the world. While these mobile units are best known for providing meals, water, and comfort during natural disasters and other emergencies

3M Volunteers Advance Hands-On Stem Learning

As part of a continued effort to inspire the next generation of scientists, 3M is partnering with DoSomething and Amazon MGM Studios to launch Project STEM Heroes, a nationwide program encouraging young people to explore STEM careers and recognize the mentors who sparked them.

How To Go ‘Beyond Words’ With Acts of Compassion and Kindness

“Beyond Words” is a story of kindness, empathy and friendship, teaching readers of all ages to express compassion without needing to say a word. The book follows Buddy as he discovers how to support a friend coming home from the hospital.

Gina Adams Honored by Dress for Success As Part of Women Who Inspire Campaign

Gina Adams, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at FedEx, has been recognized by Dress for Success Worldwide as part of its annual Women Who Inspire global campaign.

Prosperity Now Receives $1 Million Wells Fargo Foundation Grant to Support VITA Organizations Nationwide

Prosperity Now receives a $1 million dollar Wells Fargo Foundation grant to support IRS-certified Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) organizations nationwide. Grant expands access to trusted, no-cost tax return preparation services.

PNC Announces New Initiatives to Inspire Outdoor Learning, Classroom Innovation Through PNC Grow Up Great

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., is kicking off Great Month, its annual celebration of PNC Grow Up Great® and high-quality early childhood education, by announcing new initiatives with two longtime collaborators.

Finding Courage in a Feathered Friend

But on that overwhelming day, Arlo was handed something unexpected: a small, soft feathered companion with a gentle heartbeat and a peaceful expression. It was My Special Aflac Duck®, a robotic comfort companion designed for children facing cancer and sickle cell disease.

Scaling Impact and Connectivity Through Technology Donations at Cisco

Through the Cisco Foundation and our corporate Social Impact Investments (SII), we support organizations that use technology in bold, innovative ways — from saving energy to saving lives. 

Recent Alerts

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

EPA Honors LG for Sustainable Materials Management Leadership

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized LG Electronics USA for leadership in Sustainable Materials Management (SMM).

Responsible Production & Consumption

Webinar: Explore Insights, Innovations and the Future of Collective Action on Critical Sustainability Issues

Join ISEAL and sustainability leaders in a webinar to explore how insights and innovations from the last 20 years are shaping the way we achieve collective action on critical sustainability issues and what is needed to deliver breakthrough impacts going forward.

Diversity & Inclusion

Alberta Society Provides STEM Education, Support and Hope for Youth of the Black Diaspora

After enduring racial bullying, a 15-year-old immigrant from Sudan took her own life. In tribute to her, and in response to the community’s shared sorrow of losing one so young, the Realize Your Potential (RYP) Youth Society formed in 2020

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What Is the Gig Economy and How Will It Change the Future of Work?

The Covid-19 pandemic certainly has had a profound impact on both private and work life for many of us.

Environment

Musim Mas Is Taking a Good Hard Look at Its Conservation Efforts

In its latest drive for biodiversity conservation, Musim Mas has partnered with South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership.

Diversity & Inclusion

Podcast: Learn What Changes Medtronic Is Making to Build Diversity, Improve Equity & Encourage Inclusion

In the first episode of season two of MedtronicTalks, Sally Saba, MD, the company’s first chief inclusion & diversity officer, demonstrates how exclusion can impact an individual and slow an organization.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Foundation Donates $150,000 to Support Empower 100 Expansion of Move to PROSPER

KeyBank and Move to PROSPER (MTP) announce an impact grant from KeyBank Foundation of $150,000 to support MTP’s Empower 100 project, an initiative that improves outcomes for single mothers with low-wage jobs, and their children.

Environment

Three Takeaways From GreenBiz22

It is both a thrilling and concerning time to be alive on this planet. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) continues to alert the public, policymakers, and business leaders that we are at a critical crossroad for our survival

Diversity & Inclusion

Nye Jones: A Changemaker Leading DE&I Initiatives With Empathy And Passion

When you measure success as helping others overcome and reach their full potential, it results in better outcomes for all involved.

Innovation & Technology

Bristol University Gets Funding for the World-first Construction Facility

The University of Bristol has received £12m for a state-of-the-art facility that will improve construction by reducing the environmental costs of high-value infrastructure projects.

Innovation & Technology

Introducing the 10 Founding Principles of the Kind City of the Future

Our goal was to create a set of crowd-sourced principles—the foundation for a more inclusive, empathetic, and empowering city. Ten big ideas, rooted in kindness, to propel us towards a better future.

Energy

Launching Your Energy Management Action Plan: An 8-step Roadmap

Corporations have the opportunity to meet the urgency of global climate health with measures that will both reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint. Learn more about how to implement an energy management action plan.

Diversity & Inclusion

Breaking the Bias This International Women's Day

We’re honoring many of our partners, including CARE, TIME, LISC, and Seneca Women, whose meaningful actions work to #BreaktheBias—not only on International Women’s Day, but every day.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

New Insights Into Chinese ESG

We were recently granted the opportunity to include data on hundreds of companies from one of the leading Chinese ESG analysis firms—SynTao Green Finance (STGF).

Responsible Production & Consumption

How Are We Minimizing the Environmental Footprint of Our Products?

From supporting the rise of electric vehicles, to enabling buildings that maximize use of renewables, or enhancing digital intelligence for more efficient power grids, our systems help our customers lower their costs and their carbon footprint.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Griffith Foods | How We Collaborate to Blend Care and Creativity to Nourish the World

In just a few decades, we as an industry will be responsible for feeding an unprecedented 10 billion people – an impossible task to accomplish alone.

Health & Healthcare

Why Improving Health Literacy Is Important

Improving health literacy – defined as a person’s ability to find, understand and use information and services to make health-related decisions for themselves and others – continues to be an important part of helping address the pandemic.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Here’s Why DuPont Performance Building Solutions and Corian® Design is Betting on Sustainability

We will partner with our customers and the industry to deliver innovative construction solutions that drive total carbon of buildings to zero, increase circularity of materials, and utilize safer chemistries, to realize our shared vision.

Health & Healthcare

How a Team of Boston Scientific Employees Is Supporting South Asian Communities

When the South Asians in Leadership (SAIL) employee resource group (ERG) at Boston Scientific launched its health camp initiative in India, their purpose was simple: give back to communities in need.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Illumina Named One of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies for 2022

We are honored to have been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022.

Diversity & Inclusion

Veteran SCE 'Groundman' Proves Women Are Up to the Task

Twenty-five years ago, Belinda Vasquez was a single parent attending Mt. San Antonio College, facing an uncertain financial future. She learned that Southern California Edison was recruiting women to work as entry-level meter readers.

Environment

How Georgia-Pacific Supports Green Spaces

Georgia-Pacific is committed to bringing people together by providing access to public spaces.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investors Go Salmon Fishing With Climate Scientists

The global climate is an enormously complex system, and as climate change intensifies, damaging climate events are cascading from one another.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Truist Foundation Partners With Connect Humanity To Advance the Internet Connectivity Space and Establish Digital Equity

Truist Foundation announced it has awarded a $10 million grant to Connect Humanity, a nonprofit focused on advancing digital equity among historically marginalized communities.

Energy

Ecocentricity Blog: The Economic Opportunities and Challenges of the Net-Zero Transition

McKinsey released a report exploring what a successful net-zero transition would entail. Decarbonizing our economies is worthwhile, but challenges are inherent in making the shift. A low-emission supply of energy must match shifts in demand.

Latest Campaigns

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...

Working at Chemours

From the frontline to the back office, every Chemours employee knows they are a part of something bigger than themselves and are proud to be a part of...

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

Opportunity for All

At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...

GoDaddy | Microbusiness

They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...

PSEG Strength in Service, Sandy and Beyond

Ten years after Superstorm Sandy raged across the East Coast, PSE&G continues to protect customers’ utility service from the damaging impact of...

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...

KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service

KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...

Aflac Voices

Hear from Aflac’s senior leaders and subject matter experts about industry trends and more.