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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

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. 

Medtronic Returns to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List for Second Year in a Row

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, is proud to announce its inclusion in Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list of 2026. The company earned a spot for its BrainSense™ Adaptive DBS therapy for people with Parkinson’s, which was approved by the U.S.

Where Water Flows, Equality Grows: FedEx and Water Mission Bring Relief After Hurricane Melissa

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall on October 28, 2025, Jamaica faced one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic.

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Events, Media & Communications

SB Brands for Good Partners With Ipsos to Uncover Global Insights and Trends on Consumers' Adoption of Sustainable Behaviors

SB Brands for Good, a multi-brand collaboration led by Sustainable Brands, where leading global brands are working to use their collective influence to drive sustainable behavior change at scale, has announced a new partnership with Ipsos to expand its consumer research globally.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Taking Pride in the Pursuit of Parenthood

For many couples, adoption is not a viable path to starting a family due to the high cost and the length of time it takes to be placed with a child, with same-sex couples often subjected to longer timelines. When it comes to the overall expense, some companies such as American offer an adoption reimbursement benefit to team members to help ease the financial burden of the process.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Finding New Ways to Innovate and Make Operations Safer and More Sustainable

We are always finding new ways to innovate and make operations safer and more #sustainable. We are launching a new commitment to sustainability that we want to share with you.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Culture of Belonging That Drives Innovation

Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity at Medtronic means zero barriers to opportunity and a future where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and for the life experiences that they contribute.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

7 Steps for Conducting Ergonomic Assessments in Lower-Risk Facilities

EHS managers of lower-risk facilities know that providing a safe, healthy, and comfortable work environment is key to employee productivity and engagement. As a result, many EHS programs include an ergonomic component, beginning with conducting an ergonomic assessment.

Environment

Meet the “Mother of Forests” Advocating for Responsible Forestry Practices

P&G and our Family Care brands go beyond responsible sourcing and support efforts to keep forests as forests now and for generations to come.

Sustainable Development Goals

Highlights From Enbridge's 2020 Sustainability Journey

At Enbridge, we deliver the energy that fuels people’s quality of life. For us, it’s also about building bridges to an equitable, inclusive and sustainable future for all of our stakeholders.

Sustainable Development Goals

The Canadian Social Value Exchange - Social Value and Our Sustainable Future.

The Canadian Social Value Exchange (#SVCANEX) is an ongoing series of gatherings for Social Value Canda members, thought leaders and practitioners across the breadth of the social value community.

As an active network at the heart of Social Value International, #SVCANEX is convening vibrant, essential and urgent discussion on how valuing social and environmental impact must be embedded into the heart of decision making.

Given the need for global action, it has never been more important to engage in strategies that will increase wellbeing, equality and achieve a sustainable future for us all. Addressing the global climate crisis requires addressing poverty and inequality in step with all environmental actions.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Oportun's Kate Layton Named in Top 100 Women of Influence 2021

Oportun is proud to announce that Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Kate Layton, was named one of the 100 Women of Influence in 2021 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Reward and Risk of Alternative Proteins

Across the emerging alternative proteins landscape, innovation and aspiration are staring down the realities of materials cost, regulation and scalability challenges. How fast can entrepreneurs get their products to market, at a price consumers are willing to pay?

Green Infrastructure

DesignFWD Podcast Episode 02: Connecting Each Other Through Design

For our second episode, we are joined by Stacey Gerbman, Northeast Field Designer for Mohawk Group, to chat about how transit systems of smart cities influence wayfinding, the connection between rivers and cities – and how we can connect with each other through design.

Education

Transforming Education Today With Private-Public Partnerships Focused on Tomorrow

According to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, the United States is at a once-in-a-century opportunity to transform education.

Events, Media & Communications

GFSI Welcomes the Return of the China Focus Day, As Regional Impact Takes Centre Stage

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Coalition of Action on food safety, Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI; the Coalition) is pleased to announce the return of the GFSI China Focus Day on 19th July 2021.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Protecting Communities From Wildfires With Data, Devotion

After experiencing a devastating wildfire, the Greater Laguna Coast Fire Safe Council is on a mission to make their coast more resilient with grant funding from Edison International.

Green Infrastructure

Greening Future Flight

Planning holistically for electric aircraft, hydrogen aviation, and greater use of sustainable aviation fuel—to reduce aviation’s carbon footprint

Environment

Franklin Templeton, ClearBridge Investments, Brandywine Global and Martin Currie Join Industry-Leading Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative

The Franklin Templeton Investment groups and three of their affiliated specialist investment managers ClearBridge Investments, Brandywine Global and Martin Currie have joined the industry-leading Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative.

Media & Communications

ESG Disclosure - Swirling Public Dialogue on Status & Value Today and in Future for Corporate Constituencies

The required financial reporting by publicly-traded companies is assured by third parties. The SEC rules require public companies to have an annual audit; audited financial statements have an opinion included from the auditing firms.

Education

Xylem Engages First 1,700 Students in Global Youth Program: Xylem Ignite

Midway through its inaugural year, Xylem Ignite has already engaged more than 1,700 students in creative water-oriented hackathons and sustainability events.

Education

Comcast Launching Six WiFi-Connected “Lift Zones” in Lancaster

As part of its ongoing commitment to help connect low-income families to the Internet so they can fully participate in educational opportunities and the digital economy, Comcast today announced plans to equip Tec Centro, the Lancaster Recreation Center

Health & Healthcare

Illumina and LetsGetChecked Collaborate on Surveillance Projects to Detect Covid-19 Variants

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ON Semiconductor Celebrates Being Recognized as Most Sustainable Company in the Semiconductor Industry in 2021 by World Finance

ON Semiconductor has been declared the winner of the 2021 World Finance Sustainability Awards Program in the category of the 'Most Sustainable Company in the Semiconductor Industry – 2021'.

Environment

How Corporate Support Connects Us to the Wonders of Our National Parks

Subaru of America has been at the forefront of efforts to increase sustainability and enhance environmental stewardship in our parks by sharing their zero-landfill expertise in a pilot program at three iconic national parks – Denali, Grand Teton, and Yosemite.

Energy

Chevron and The Future of Low Carbon Energy

Chevron believes the future of energy is lower carbon. That’s why Chevron has committed $3 billion by 2028 to advance our energy transition strategy.

Responsible Production & Consumption

SCS Global Services Becomes Newest Full APSCA Member Firm

SCS Global Services, an international pioneer and leader in sustainability standards development and third-party certification of environmental, social, safety and quality performance, is pleased to announce that it has become a full APSCA member firm. APSCA (Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors) is a professional industry association dedicated to advancing the use of reputable, independent social compliance audits as a tool to assure good workplace conditions worldwide.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Steps to Shrink Our Footprint

Each of us leaves a carbon footprint on the planet. To start a greener lifestyle, make simple changes to our daily habits. Check out more.

Latest Campaigns

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.

Local Communities

The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...

Climate Action & Environmental Management

Reach net-zero carbon in our own operations by 2030 and partner with suppliers to reduce their climate impact.

Financial health

At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...

Subaru Love Promise: Environment

Subaru works to reduce waste, safeguard resources for future generations, and preserve natural spaces – making real, meaningful commitments to these...

Community Impact

Advancing our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships, and employee volunteerism.