The Latest News From Leading Brands

Corporate and nonprofit news distributed by 3BL, including press releases, op/eds, multimedia, and the full range of stories that shape reputation.

Corporate Responsibility

DP World Employee Spotlight: Cynthia’s Leadership Driving Operational Excellence

DP World

Awards & Rankings

KeyBank Receives Top Consumer Rating in Kiplinger National Bank Survey

KeyBank

Philanthropy

How PSEG Foundation Is Supporting New Jersey Families Through Trusted Community Partnerships

PSEG

Events

AllianceBernstein - Stewardship Across Generations: A Stronger Model for Japan’s Boards

AllianceBernstein

Research & Reports

CVS Health Study Reveals a Need for Greater Digital Health Literacy for Medicare Members

CVS Health

Corporate Responsibility

How I Got Here: Ranjith Roy

Yum! Brands

Environment

Ask Nature Podcast Now Available

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Awards & Rankings

Bacardi in Costa Rica Earns Great Place To Work® Certification™

Bacardi-Martini, Inc.

Featured Brands

Check for Cancer Champion Dr. Heather Bittner Fagan Brings Cancer Prevention to the Frontlines of Care

For more than 20 years, Dr. Heather Bittner Fagan has been practicing and teaching family medicine in Claymont, Delaware, a medically underserved area where disparities in cancer outcomes mirror those in communities across the country.

4 Questions Parents Can Ask Their Kids About AI in Social Media

Any child with access to social media has likely experienced an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Some well-known examples: Meta has an AI assistant that will show you how to change a tire or help you lose weight.

Cisco | Scaling the Digital Future: Why AI and Skills Investments Matter for Business and Society

AI is no longer just a technology wave; it is the operating system of our modern economy.

Mastercard: Gen Z and Financial Confidence

Gen Z came of age with volatility and screens. Their outlook blends digital fluency with financial caution: they want clarity, control, and immediacy—without downside surprises.

How I Got Here: Ranjith Roy

In the #HowIGotHere series, you’ll read about the career paths of some of the world-renowned leaders at Yum! Brands. Learn more about Ranjith Roy, Chief Financial Officer at Yum! Brands.

Yum!’s Aurélie Dufour Helps Build a More Sustainable Future

Aurélie Dufour leads sustainability regulation and governance across Europe, translating complex requirements into clear priorities for Yum!’s brands and markets, helping embed sustainability into how the business grows.

Comcast and El Centro de la Raza Open Lift Zone in Federal Way to Help South King County Families Build Digital Skills

Comcast launched its newest Lift Zone this month in partnership with El Centro de la Raza to advance digital skills and training opportunities for families in South King County.

How I Got Here: Jim Dausch

In the #HowIGotHere series, you’ll read about the career paths of some of the world-renowned leaders at Yum! Brands. Learn more about Jim Dausch, Chief Digital & Technology Officer and President of Byte by Yum! at Yum! Brands.

Mastercard: From Burn Scar to Blueprint for Rebirth: How This Canadian Forest Is Being Rebuilt

On June 30, 2021, as drought conditions and record-breaking temperatures bore down on the dry, rugged interior of British Columbia, a spark set off one of the most devastating fires in Canada’s history.

Jill’s 40-Year Journey With Taco Bell

When the small oil and gas company Jill worked for in Newport Beach went out of business, she spotted a newspaper ad for a job at Taco Bell Corporate. She applied, got the role, and began her four-decade journey with the brand.

Recent Alerts

Volunteering & Community

VolunteerMatch Announces February's Match Studio Collaborative Artist: Try Cheatham

VolunteerMatch, the largest nonprofit network on the web connecting volunteers with opportunities to give back, announces the Match Studio Collaborative February artist, Try Cheatham.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

ESG and Sustainable Investing

CFA Society Chicago member Monique Thanos, CFA, talks with Emily Lawrence, Director of Sustainable Investing at Northern Trust Asset Management on the evolution of ESG in investing.

Awards & Rankings

VMware's Sustainability Team Receives Global Recognition

On the heels of our 2030 Agenda announcement, VMware has been recognized on CDP’s Climate A List.(1) CDP is a global environmental nonprofit, and its A List recognizes companies committed to reducing carbon emissions and managing climate change risk

Media & Communications

Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 24

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”) is proud to release Episode 24 of its Impact Minute video blog.

Volunteering & Community

Honoring Black History Month by Healing Ourselves and Our Communities

In our newest blog, we look ahead to envision what it will take to address and heal the trauma of black communities. During this month in which we celebrate black people and culture, let’s not just honor history – let’s make it!

Media & Communications

Introducing Purpose Perception: Porter Novelli's Implicit Association Study

Purpose is more than a marketing tactic; it’s much more than a term thrown around at conferences. It is something that is so deeply embedded into our experience with and perception of a brand that it becomes a feeling.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Empowering Diverse Talent via Online Mentoring: A Case-Study From Fujitsu and Volunteer Vision

How digital mentoring supports junior professional women within Fujitsu and increases retention rates.

Corporate Responsibility

Corporate Reporting on the SDGs: What Are the Challenges and Opportunities?

How businesses and their stakeholders can benefit from more transparency on corporate conbtributions towards the SDGs

AI & Technology

Innovate ... Then What?

Innovation is critical to business success. The experience of CLP’s digital experts shows that putting something new into the marketplace successfully and making it accessible to customers can be an epic journey.

AI & Technology

Ryan Picarella Joins LifeGuides® as Executive VP, Growth & Partnerships

LifeGuides® today announced that Ryan Picarella has joined as Executive Vice President, Growth & Partnerships. The company’s team is thrilled to welcome a pioneering leader in employee wellbeing, wellness, and corporate culture.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Video Release: A Leadership Imperative for Systemic Transformation in DEI

A departure from “business as usual” is critical to rethink and reimagine long-standing, enduring challenges of inequality and exclusion.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Supplier Spotlight: Diversant

In 2021, Diversant is known as the largest African American-owned internet technology (IT) staffing firm in the U.S. and the preferred staffing partner for many mid-market and Fortune 500 companies, including The Home Depot.

Research & Reports

Mining's Role in Advancing the Industry's Most Rigorous Standard

Today, the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) released the audit report of the Unki Mine in Zimbabwe, the first from Anglo American's portfolio of mines to be assessed against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. Within the IRMA system, this moment is significant, as it is the second report released in the IRMA system, the first from a mine in Africa and the first from a site producing platinum group metals.

Philanthropy

PT Freeport Indonesia Sends Emergency Team to Assist in Recovery and Relief to West Sulawesi

Two earthquakes rocked the Mamuju and Majene areas in West Sulawesi on January 14 and 15, causing landslides, casualties and property damage.

Research & Reports

Viable Sanitation Enterprises: The Linchpin in Sanitation Markets

What factors determine the viability of sanitation enterprises beyond sales volumes? FSG conducted interviews with more than 60 sanitation enterprises across 3 countries to answer these questions.

Education & Workforce Development

New Holland Presents Best Practices at Career Ready PA Coalition

Supporting students and investing in the future of local communities is a key commitment at CNH Industrial, and the company is passionate about advancing STEM education for young people.

Energy & Infrastructure

Georgia DOT, The University of Georgia and The Ray Break Ground on Latest Meadow-Research Installation

Georgia DOT, The Ray and the Univ. of Georgia’s College of Environment + Design announce Phase 2 of their meadow-research plantings on I-85 in SW Georgia.

Philanthropy

Internet Society Extends Deadline to March 5 to Apply for Truist EPIC Grant

Due to the severe weather sweeping across the southeastern United States, the Internet Society is extending the deadline to Friday, March 5, to apply for the Truist EPIC Grant.

Health & Healthcare

Rediscovering Resilience

Medtronic recently donated more than 400,000 N95 surgical masks and 430,000 KN95 respirators for distribution in global COVID-19 hotspots. To date, the company, together with the Medtronic Foundation, has given more than $46 million to COVID-19 relief efforts.

AI & Technology

Putting the Tech in MedTech

At Medtronic, our engineers and scientists are working together in new ways to unlock and accelerate the potential of the latest digital technologies to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.

Education & Workforce Development

Rockwell Automation and FANUC Join Forces to Address Manufacturing Skills Gap

Rockwell Automation and FANUC America recently came together to create accelerated work-and learn-apprenticeship programs preparing workers for jobs in advanced manufacturing, robotics, and automation.

AI & Technology

T‑Mobile, Georgia Tech and Curiosity Lab Team Up to Fuel 5G Innovation in Drones, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics and More

Developers will build and test new 5G use cases such as autonomous vehicles, robotics, industrial drone applications, mixed reality training and entertainment, remote medical care, personal health and fitness wearables and more.

Environment

Ceres Calls on Federal Reserve to Incorporate Climate Change and Racial Equity Into Community Reinvestment Act

The sustainability nonprofit Ceres issued formal comments to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors today, urging the agency to strengthen and modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

Environment

FloWater: An Answer To Our Plastic Bottle Woes?

In the 1990s, I recall my grandfather remarking upon the new ubiquity of plastic water bottles, “When did everybody get so thirsty all of a sudden?”

Inclusion & Opportunity

Franklin Templeton Celebrates Disability Awareness Month

Franklin Templeton’s ABLE business resource group (BRG) celebrated a successful Disability Awareness Month.

Latest Campaigns

Leadership

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Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

Innovation at Chemours

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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...

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...

Nutrition and Health

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

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

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...

Leadership

Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...