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

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Applied Materials Named One of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies

Mar 28, 2023 10:30 AM ET

Applied Materials is honored to once again be included among Fortune Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies!

Social Impact & Volunteering

Calvin Hilton Talks Operation Feed at Bread Financial: Uniting To Meet a Basic Need

Mar 28, 2023 10:15 AM ET

As Chief Diversity Officer, Calvin Hilton oversees all aspects of the diversity, equity and inclusion strategy at Bread Financial. This year, he’s also one of three Executive Champions for the company’s Operation Feed campaign.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Foundation Commits Up to $200,000 To Support Communities Devastated by Tornado Outbreak

Mar 28, 2023 10:10 AM ET

The Home Depot Foundation announced a commitment of up to $200,000 to support immediate disaster relief and long-term recovery efforts in communities impacted by the devastating tornado outbreak across Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Truist Foundation Provides $1 Million Grant to Goizueta Business School’s Start:ME Accelerator

Mar 28, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Today, Truist Foundation announced a $1 million grant to Emory University Goizueta Business School’s Start:ME Accelerator program, the largest gift in the program’s 10-year history.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Principal® Earns Energy Star® Partner of the Year: Sustained Excellence Award for Sixth Consecutive Year

Mar 28, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Principal Asset ManagementSM, through its dedicated real estate investment team, has been named an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year: Sustained Excellence award winner for the sixth consecutive year.

Innovation & Technology

Bayer Launches New Collaboration With Oerth Bio To Further Advance Innovations in Crop Protection

Mar 28, 2023 9:48 AM ET

Bayer and the agricultural biotech company Oerth Bio today announced a new collaboration seeking to develop the next generation of more sustainable crop protection products.

Education

12 for Life® Partners With Independent Electrical Contractors To Offer Electrician Certification to Students

Mar 28, 2023 9:35 AM ET

Southwire’s 12 for Life® is pleased to partner with the Independent Electrical Contractor’s (IEC) Atlanta and Georgia Chapters to provide a Skills-Based Electrical Installer Program to its students.

Research, Reports & Publications

Nielsen Foundation 2022 Grantmaking Highlights

Mar 28, 2023 9:30 AM ET

To advance its mission of supporting organizations that give voice and opportunities to historically under-represented groups and communities, the Nielsen Foundation provided more than $2.0 million in grants to 53 nonprofit organizations in 2022 across its three priority areas.

Diversity & Inclusion

Wesco Named to 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index

Mar 28, 2023 9:30 AM ET

Wesco has been named to the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the fifth consecutive year. The GEI serves as a touchstone for companies seeking to track their progress in gender inclusion and how the implementation of diversity policies shape company performance.

Education

A Suncor Pathway Magazine Story: Degrees of Achievement

Mar 28, 2023 9:30 AM ET

For Kaylee Welsh, receiving a Belcourt Brosseau Métis Award (BBMA) was more than just financial support for university—it was a key step on her journey to discover her family’s culture and history.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Open Hiring for Wide Open Dreams With Greyston

Mar 28, 2023 9:20 AM ET

Greyston, a for-profit benefit corporation, is committed to unlocking the power of human potential through inclusive employment, one person at a time. Founder Bernie Glassman built Greyston bakery to hire people who faced barriers to employment.

Energy

Duke Energy Begins Operation of Its Largest Solar Plant

Mar 28, 2023 9:18 AM ET

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS), a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), is now operating its largest solar power plant ever – the 250-megawatt (MW) Pisgah Ridge Solar project in Navarro County, Texas.

Innovation & Technology

Machine Learning and AI Combined Can Boost Energy and Chemical Production

Mar 28, 2023 9:15 AM ET

Numerous organizations, including Schneider Electric™, have found that a fundamental enabler of successful and ground-breaking ML deployment is to team up with expert outside partners.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rebuilding After Fire To Keep a Community Connected

Mar 28, 2023 9:15 AM ET

At the height of the pandemic, Comcast began its Lift Zone program so that more students, who were unable to participate in remote education at home, could access free WiFi inside neighborhood community centers.

Education

Sustainability in Action: Powhatan County Public Schools

Mar 28, 2023 9:00 AM ET

Powhatan County (Virginia) Public Schools’ partnered with Trane® for district-wide upgrades that increased energy efficiency, reduced carbon emissions, lowered energy costs, and enhanced the learning environment for the district’s 4,500 students.

Innovation & Technology

New Acre Project Leverages Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Carbon Credit Quantification

Mar 28, 2023 9:00 AM ET

New Acre Project partners with Albo Climate to apply novel technologies to quantify carbon for farmer-delivered tree and shrub projects.

The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada

Education

Partnering for Greener Chemistry Education Globally: MilliporeSigma Announces Expanded Partnership With Beyond Benign

Mar 28, 2023 9:00 AM ET

MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, is expanding its partnership with global green chemistry education nonprofit Beyond Benign.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Veteran Receives Mortgage-Free Home

Mar 28, 2023 9:00 AM ET

For U.S. Army Sergeant Xanthin Luptak, a home was something he always wanted. U.S. Bank, in partnership with Freedom Alliance and Ole South, teamed up to help Luptak realize his dream with the gift of a mortgage-free home.

Diversity & Inclusion

Cisco: Women Use Technology to Solve the Issues Facing Humanity—And the World Needs More

Mar 28, 2023 8:01 AM ET

The theme for the United Nations International Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, and Cisco Networking Academy is at the forefront of providing education for everyone interested in technology as a career.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CRB Board of Directors Adds CEO Title to President Ryan Schroeder; Company Announces Sam Kitchell as New Chief Operating Officer

Mar 28, 2023 8:00 AM ET

CRB, a leading global provider of sustainable engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting solutions to the biopharmaceutical and food and beverage industries, today announced the Board of Directors has named President Ryan Schroeder as Chief Executive Officer.

Sustainable Development Goals

Whirlpool Corporation Celebrates Ribbon-Cutting for Second Offsite Wind Farm

Mar 28, 2023 7:55 AM ET

While commercial operations began in late December, today Whirlpool Corp. announced a formal ribbon cutting at the Limestone Wind wind farm in Dawson Texas.

Innovation & Technology

ekō Solutions To Host Exhibit at the World of Modular Annual Conference and Tradeshow

Mar 27, 2023 5:45 PM ET

ekō Solutions to host exhibit at the World of Modular Annual Conference and Tradeshow from March 29th – April 1st, 2023 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

American Airlines Donates $1.1 Million to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Mar 27, 2023 4:45 PM ET

American Airlines and its partners raised more than $1.1 million to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation this month at the Celebrity Ski event in Beaver Creek, Colorado. To date, American has raised more than $45 million for CF Foundation through the annual event.

Environment

Fifth Third Speaks on Climate Transition at Ceres Global Conference

Mar 27, 2023 4:35 PM ET

Fifth Third Bank’s Director of Climate and Reputation Risk Kevin Quatman spoke last week at Ceres Global, which was held in New York from March 22-24. Quatman spoke alongside other banking influencers on how Fifth Third Bank engages customers on their climate transitions.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our People: Shelly Kirk, Mother, Grandmother, Truck Driver

Mar 27, 2023 3:45 PM ET

In 2007, Shelly Kirk was a single mother struggling to make ends meet. She was making minimum wage at a convenience store trying to support her three children. She tried working at fast food restaurants, and then she was a medical assistant. But those jobs weren’t cutting it.

Latest Campaigns

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...
License to Operate

Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
IWBI | WELL Building Standard

Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
Scotts Miracle-Gro | Environment Improvement

Earth's beauty and resources should be appreciated now and preserved for generations to come. Discover the stewardship initiatives underway to protect...
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...
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...
Investing in our Communities

We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.
Sustainable Products and Innovation

Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
FedEx Cares | Overall

FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...
Enriching Women's Lives

60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...
Coach Foundation | Dream It Real

To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.
Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
IWBI | Workplace Wellness

A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...
Cascale Events

Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
AEG Celebrates Inclusion

At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...