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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Diversity & Inclusion

This Nonprofit Is Helping To Build ‘A Truly Inclusive Employment Environment’

Michelle is one of a dozen or so participants in a program called Teens in Transition offered by the Regional Access Mobilization Project (RAMP), a nonprofit serving four counties in northwest Illinois, including DeKalb and Winnebago.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Powering Our Progress: Expedia Group’s Journey To Pay Parity

Expedia Group’s mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere. Part of this includes reviewing our systems and processes to ensure fairness and equity — including employee compensation.

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Health & Healthcare

Aegis Writes a New Chapter on Pathogen Surveillance

Before SARS-CoV-2, Aegis Sciences Corporation was a small, well-established lab with a specific niche. Founded in 1990, the Nashville-based company focused on anti-doping testing and medication compliance.

Health & Healthcare

Workforce Retention on the Line As Employers Battle Employee Burnout

Employers across various U.S. industries and regions are struggling to meet their employees' health care benefits needs — and employee satisfaction, wellbeing and retention are at stake, according to the 13th annual Aflac WorkForces Report released by Aflac Incorporated.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg Launches New York Chapter of Women’s Buy-Side Network

Bloomberg announced the launch of a New York Chapter of the Bloomberg Women’s Buy-Side Network (BWBN), a group focused on elevating and advancing women in the asset management industry.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Provides $11.3 Million of Financing for New Affordable Seniors Housing in Cleveland

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided $11.3 million for 9% tax credit equity to finance the new construction of Garrett Square Apartments, a 49-unit affordable seniors housing project located in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Cisco Refresh Reinforces Sustainability Efforts

In a panel discussion led by Cisco within the Energy and Transition stream of Climate Week NYC’s “The Hub Live”, experts explored the topics of “transforming grids globally, and the role of technology, digitalization, and collaboration on the road to renewable expansion.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Forbes Names CBRE One of America’s Net-Zero Leaders

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) has been named to Forbes’ inaugural Net-Zero Leaders list. CBRE was the highest-ranked commercial real estate services company.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Georgia-Pacific Gives Back to First Responders Throughout the Country

Georgia-Pacific is committed to supporting those who protect the communities where employees live and work. Since 2006, Georgia-Pacific’s Bucket Brigade program has awarded more than $3 million in grants, educational materials, and other in-kind donations to fire departments.

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Energy

Duke Energy’s 2023 Site Readiness Program Helps Prepare Business, Industrial Sites in an Effort To Spark Economic Growth in Florida

Duke Energy has selected 11 properties in Florida for inclusion in its 2023 Site Readiness Program, which prepares high-potential business and industrial sites for economic development investments and markets them nationwide to companies looking to expand or relocate.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

AB Partners With Alvéole To Install Urban Bee Hive

In May 2023, Fifth + Broadway and AllianceBernstein (AB), a leading global investment management and research firm, announced the installation of a honeybee hive on the green deck of the 501 Commerce building in partnership with Alvéole.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Kimberly-Clark Among Top 40 Nonwovens Industry Companies

Nonwovens Industry recently named Kimberly-Clark as a Top 40 Nonwovens Industry Company in recognition of the role nonwovens continue to play as a key driver of innovation and growth for both our business and brands.

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Environment

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Launches Higg FEM 4.0

Today, in partnership with Worldly, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) launched the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM) 4.0 tool.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Mondelēz 2022 Snacking Made Right Report: More Sustainable Ingredients

A more sustainable supply of key raw materials such as cocoa, wheat, dairy, and palm oil is critical to the continued growth and success of our business, to the resilience and prosperity of the communities producing these raw materials, and to the protection of the landscapes.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Albertsons Companies' Jewel-Osco Division Work Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

@JewelOsco associates show support during Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wearing pink each Friday in October. Jewel-Osco Pink Day is sponsored by our Women’s Inspiration and Inclusion associate resource group (ARG).

Environment

SCE Shares Wildfire Mitigation Lessons

Since California’s devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018, Southern California Edison has been accelerating efforts to reduce wildfire risk driven by increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather conditions.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Championing Gender Equity in STEM in Latin America

As the STEM industry continues to experience rapid growth around the world, women are often left behind. The representation and empowerment of women in STEM is essential to the longevity of the entire industry.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Covia Highlights That Inspire: Dedication to Their Communities

While we celebrate National Gratitude Month in November, our Team Members are actively engaged in their communities all year round and play a significant role in living our Covia value, Act Responsibly.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

HARMAN Professional Solutions Opens New Factory To Accommodate Growth and Reduce Carbon Emissions

HARMAN retrofitted the more than 107,000 sq ft manufacturing facility to enable HARMAN to heat and cool the facility with geothermal energy by using a water-to-water heat pump. Furthermore, electricity for the entire facility will be sourced by onsite solar PV panels in 2024.

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Health & Healthcare

Abbott and Damar Hamlin Team Up To Build Heart Health Community With New Heartmates Program

Abbott (NYSE: ABT), a global leader in heart health, announced today the Abbott HeartMates program, a new initiative that will kick off with professional football player Damar Hamlin as its first ambassador.

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Events, Media & Communications

The CGF Supply Chain Conference 2023 Concludes Bringing Together Sustainability, Supply Chains and New Technologies

The second edition of The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Supply Chain Conference (SCC) officially closed with a networking dinner at Finca Villadellops, a vineyard on the coast of the Catalan region of Spain.

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Education

The Power of Play: How Esports and Gaming Transform Student Learning

When Mashfiq Ahmed, a science teacher in Brooklyn, New York, started a virtual Minecraft club during the pandemic, he hoped it would be a fun and safe way for remote students to engage in social-emotional learning. The club was a hit.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Aramark Collegiate Hospitality and Audubon Nature Institute Announce Culinary Partnership for Sustainable Seafood

Aramark Collegiate Hospitality is proud to announce a new culinary partnership with Audubon Nature Institute’s Gulf United for Lasting Fisheries (G.U.L.F.) sustainable seafood program.

Education

Students Benefit From IBM SkillsBuild on the Company’s Journey To Train 2 Million Learners in AI

Gabrielle Kelley uses IBM SkillsBuild to supplement her university studies and gain digital credentials in AI and other tech and professional topics.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Developing and Retaining Talent at Quest Diagnostics

Quest strives to create an engaging place to work, one that enables employees to build their careers through impactful learning and growth opportunities while promoting our core cultural values.

Latest Campaigns

  1. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

  2. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...

  3. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...

  4. Drive for MPC
    At Marathon Petroleum, our professional truck drivers share one common vision: no accidents, no injuries, and no harm to the environment. We’re proud...

  5. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

  6. 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...

  7. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...

  8. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

  9. 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...

  10. Wesco Cares
    Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...

  11. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...

  12. Fifth Third’s Neighborhood Program
    Fifth Third has a proven track record of success in community development through its neighborhood program, which creates and implements innovative...

  13. 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...

  14. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...

  15. Drawdown Georgia
    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...