Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

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Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Events, Media & Communications

WATCH: Planning for the Future in Southern California: OCBC's Chairman's Leadership Breakfast Featuring Lewis Cornell, WSP USA

On the horizon in Southern California: 2028 Olympics, L.A.'s Operation NEXT, California Comeback Plan, environmental justice, offshore wind power, and the infrastructure that will support it all.

Education

Pizza Hut Canada Sponsors Equal Slice Program to Provide Free Training, Education, and Mentorship to Underrepresented Canadian Small Business Owners

Pizza Hut Canada has partnered with Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) on the Equal Slice Program that will offer a free executive education and virtual trainings designed to help strengthen and grow minority, immigrant, indigenous, and disabled-owned small businesses throughout Canada.

Media & Communications

ILFI Names New CEO

Today the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) Board of Directors named Lindsay Baker as CEO, choosing a climate leader with deep experience in technology, real estate, and sustainability.

Health & Healthcare

International AIDS Society Leaders on the Future of HIV Prevention and Treatment

Over the past 18 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases to center stage.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Plan-Do-Check-Act: How to Build and Maintain an Effective EHS Management System

In a webinar hosted by Antea Group, EHS consultants shared their insights into using the Plan-Do-Check-Act method to build an effective EHS management system.

Innovation & Technology

Fisk University, HTC VIVE, T-Mobile and VictoryXR Launch 5G‑Powered VR Human Cadaver Lab

Fisk University, one of the top ranked HBCUs in the country, and HTC VIVE, T-Mobile & VictoryXR have teamed up to launch a first-of-its-kind interactive 5G-powered VR human cadaver lab for students.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Small Businesses Recover Through New Sources of Capital

With a mission to support minority and women-owned small businesses, Truist Foundation and NC Rural Center created a fund for Community Development Financial Institutions.

Innovation & Technology

Get Ready for More 5G Products Changing Our Lives for the Better

5G offers a wide range of options to deliver an optimized combination of high capacity, high data rates, ubiquitous coverage, and ultra-reliability. These will make mission-critical apps such as remote surgery and autonomous driving possible.

Diversity & Inclusion

Amy Rooks: The Importance of Bringing Her Whole Self to Her Job Every Day

Hear from Amy Rooks, the director of our plates product system for our CPG business on the importance of bringing her whole self to her job every day as a GP employee.

Research, Reports & Publications

WEC Energy Group Corporate Responsibility Report Highlights Commitment to Affordable, Reliable and Clean Energy

WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC) released its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report, a comprehensive overview of the company's environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. The report details progress made by WEC Energy Group and its family of companies on major projects and sustainability goals.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Stanley Black & Decker Named to Forbes Best Employers for Women 2021

Stanley Black & Decker ranks fifth in the “Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Technology Hardware & Equipment” category and #241 out of 300 companies overall. This is the company’s second consecutive year on the list.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

MilliporeSigma Makes an Impact With 'STEMpact' on Science Education

To help students prepare for STEM careers and close the education gap, MilliporeSigma localized partner STEMpact is working to transform STEM education and provide resources to teachers and schools in the St. Louis, Missouri area.

Health & Healthcare

Delivering COVID-19 Vaccines to Communities

Diversity & Inclusion

LGBTQ+ Consumers Value Brand Support Beyond Pride Month

“You can’t just throw up a couple of ads or say we’re here for June and disappear,” Tim Bennett, a marketing consultant and former marketing executive at Subaru who led the company’s groundbreaking LGBTQ+-focused marketing campaign in the 1990s

Diversity & Inclusion

Reaching Back to Help the Next Generation

Maya Penn started a company at eight years old and she’s kept growing from there. We hear from Maya and from her mentor Phyllis Newhouse who, along with venture capitalist Isabelle Freidheim, created the first-ever female-led SPAC, Athena Technology Acquisition.

Research, Reports & Publications

Ethical Leadership at Clarivate

Sustainability is now a topic of every Board meeting with dedicated oversight from the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee which reports into the Board at each meeting.

Innovation & Technology

New Black & Veatch eBook Explores Electric Utilities' Progress Towards Grid Modernization

Transformation of the U.S. energy grid is underway against a backdrop of aggressive decarbonization goals even as electric utilities modernize to accommodate an influx of distributed energy resources (DER) and mitigate risks to system reliability.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Gonzalo Palacio Is a Credit to Oportun

As senior vice president of credit card at Oportun, Gonzalo Palacio is helping to serve a customer base that has been left behind. Oportun provides affordable personal loans to those with little to no credit history—and, since Palacio joined the company, credit cards.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

6 ESG Questions Answered: What Is ESG Reporting, and How Is It Changing?

The main impact of the CSRD will be felt by the CFO. ESG used to be a concern for sustainability or corporate communications teams. But if, or when, the proposals come to pass, it will enter the annual reporting process.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Financial Leadership for Global Reporting Initiative

A new addition has been made to the senior management team of GRI, provider of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards, following confirmation of Dani Marunovic as Chief Financial Officer.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Jangala: Meet the Team Closing the Digital Divide by Providing Internet Access to Offline Refugees

Jangala, this year’s Digital Inclusivity winning solution, is focused on the same goals as our ET&I team, targeting corporate responsibility and innovation while closing the digital divide to build a more inclusive digital world.

Environment

Fishermen, Chefs and Manufacturers Are Working in Tandem on Ways to Support the Health and Sustainability of Our Oceans

Fishermen, chefs and manufacturers are working in tandem on ways to support the health and sustainability of our oceans while meeting consumer demand for seafood. Taking a cue from the “nose-to-tail” movement, restaurants are serving up more than just fish fillets in their effort to combat food waste. But the future of sustainable seafood may not be found in the ocean at all!

Research, Reports & Publications

Discover How Two Leading Companies Tell Their ESG Stories

With brand reputation intrinsically tied to environmental, social, governance (ESG) progress, the stakes for companies to remain committed to addressing societal issues have never been higher.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Fair Trade on the Rise in Private Label Coffee, Apparel and Home Goods in the Second Quarter

Today, Fair Trade USA® – the leading certifier of fair trade products in North America – announces new commitments and product launches in the second quarter of 2021.

Sustainable Development Goals

ON Semiconductor Affirms Commitment as a United Nations Global Compact Signatory

On April 22, ON Semiconductor marked two years as a Signatory to the United Nations (UN) Global Compact. As a UN Global Compact Signatory, ON Semiconductor participates alongside other global companies to make a difference in the communities where it operates.

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    Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
  2. PSEG Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
    As a leading company in the energy sector, we know that reflecting, valuing and leveraging diversity is essential to attract, develop and retain...
  3. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  4. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
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  6. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
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    Vision of Milano Cortina 2026 The Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first Olympic winter Games planned and organised under Olympic...
  9. The Ray
    News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.
  10. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
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  13. 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...
  14. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  15. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...