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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy | Cisco Systems Inc.

Circular Design Illustrated Through Four Cisco Products

At Cisco, circular design means building sustainability into our products and packaging from the start. It’s about designing with the full life cycle in mind

Responsible Production & Consumption

Waste Reduction Through Donation at Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works

Events, Media & Communications

KeyBank and Parachute Credit Counseling Team Up to Offer Free Tax Preparation Services in Western New York

KeyBank

Events, Media & Communications

HPRC 2026 Project Roadmap

Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wesco Recognized on Fortune’s 2026 America’s Most Innovative Companies List

Wesco International

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Cereal Sense

Guiding Stars Licensing Company LLC

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Everpure’s Partnership with Rewriting the Code Shows How Purpose-Driven Partnerships Can Expand Pathways for Women in Tech

Everpure

Research, Reports & Publications

Spring Cleaning Your Budget: A Fresh Start for Your Finances

Aflac Incorporated

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2025 JA Americas Company of the Year Celebrates the Spirit of Possibility

FedEx

Featured Brands

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.

T‑Mobile’s Hometown Grants Top $21.5M, Empowering 475 Small Towns Nationwide

T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced the latest 25 Hometown Grants recipients, including, for the first time, a town in North Dakota. With the latest and second-to-last round, T-Mobile has invested more than $21.5 million in grants to 475 small towns and rural communities

Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders: FedEx and the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

Recently, FedEx hosted the spring edition of the Marine Corps Career Readiness Initiative webinar, an inspiring event dedicated to equipping student scholars with the tools they need to transition from college to career.

Aflac 2025 Agents of Care Prove the Power of Compassion in Action

Quiet acts of service often speak the loudest, and that kind of generosity can ripple outward to help strengthen entire communities.

NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants Return for 9th Consecutive Year to Provide $2.5 Million for Nonprofits in 2026

Comcast NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal Local today announced the return of the NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants for the ninth consecutive year. 

Circular Design Illustrated Through Four Cisco Products

At Cisco, circular design means building sustainability into our products and packaging from the start. It’s about designing with the full life cycle in mind

Waste Reduction Through Donation at Bath & Body Works

At Bath & Body Works, waste reduction and management play a key role in building a sustainable future.

Comcast Makes $250,000 Investment in Mile High United Way’s 211 Help Center

Mile High United Way announced Comcast’s $250,000 investment in the nonprofit organization’s 211 Help Center. In honor of the investment, the service will now be known as Mile High United Way’s 211 Help Center Sponsored by Comcast.

ICA Fund Announces $2.25 Million in New Funding From Wells Fargo To Support Growth-Ready Small Businesses in the Bay Area

ICA Fund today announced it has received a $2.25 million grant from Wells Fargo & Company as part of its Open for Business Growth initiative, a $20 million philanthropic program designed to help growth-ready small businesses access the capital and resources they need to scale.

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Education

Quest’s State-of-the-Art Laboratory in Clifton, NJ Hosts American Heart Association’s Hispanic Serving Institutions Scholars Program

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, through the Quest Diagnostics Foundation, is proud to support the American Heart Association (AHA)’s Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Scholars Program for the second year in a row.

Diversity & Inclusion

Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month: Meet Katie – FSQA Scientist, Taco Bell Corp.

Katie is a leader of the Business Employee Resource Group, Live Más CREAsians, and an advocate for inclusion. For her, AANHPI Heritage Month means that her community is being heard, celebrated, and recognized for their achievements.

Sustainable Development Goals

Not All Companies Are Disposed To Share and Be Transparent: Cynthia Figge Is Trying To Reverse That

Lampoon Magazine takes a deep dive in CSRHub CEO Cynthia Figge’s CSR journey and CSRHub’s ESG efforts, impact, and best practices.

Diversity & Inclusion

Serving Up Crepes with a Side of Passion | Icons of Minneapolis

Some businesses are started out of necessity, others are started for fun. Mia Oi started Ichigo Tokyo Crepes out of nostalgia. Having grown up in Japan, where Tokyo-style crepes were a popular street food, Mia wanted to bring that food and culture to Minneapolis.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm's Approach to Breakthrough Inventions

We strive to enable a world where everyone and everything can be intelligently connected. As one of the world’s leading wireless technology innovators, we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible across devices and networks to enable next-generation experiences

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

QVC Named to Newsweek’s Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2023 List

QVC® has been named to Newsweek’s list of Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2023. QVC ranked 29th in the retail industry for customer, investor, and employee trust.

Events, Media & Communications

PNC Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Event - How Embracing Your Diversity Unlocks Your Superpowers With Afdhel Aziz

Join PNC Diversity & Inclusion for a special Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month event featuring Afdhel Aziz, leading expert on corporate and brand purpose, conscious leadership & how business can be a force for good.

Green Infrastructure

How a Breakthrough Anode Technology Is About To Level-Up Lithium Ion Batteries

In recent years, multiple companies have made promising progress on replacing graphite with silicon in the anodes of lithium ion batteries.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Half of U.S. Employees Believe Their Employer Is Focused Only on Profits

A national survey from Carol Cone ON PURPOSE (CCOP) and The Harris Poll found that only 50% of U.S. employees believe their company cares about more than just making a profit.

Diversity & Inclusion

Taking an Innovative Approach to Recruiting and Retaining Black Leadership Talent

At Cisco, I’m able to combine my passion for this process—and for making it as inclusive as possible—with the Social Justice Actions we launched in 2020.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bath & Body Works Appoints Maurice Cooper as Chief Customer Officer

Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE: BBWI) today announced the appointment of Maurice Cooper as chief customer officer, effective May 22, 2023.

Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank Names Carla Frost Corporate Responsibility Officer in Western Pennsylvania

KeyBank announced Carla Frost has been named Corporate Responsibility Officer for its Western Pennsylvania market. Among other responsibilities, she is part of the enterprise-wide corporate responsibility team that oversees KeyBank’s philanthropic budget and investment strategies

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Tourism Destinations Begin Transition to a Greener Economy

Many Hotels are taking a “holistic approach” to reduce costs and enhance value for companies, destinations & guests. Hotels will measure and manage the impacts of tourism: water use, waste, emissions, and impacts on biodiversity; while delivering protection of human rights, etc

Diversity & Inclusion

U.S. Bank Climbs to No. 11 on the DiversityInc Top 50 List

U.S. Bank continues to demonstrate its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, providing career advancement opportunities for current and future team members, investing in communities, and supporting initiatives that enable diverse business owners to achieve their purpose.

Environment

Building a Gateway to Community Through Design

Designed by HGA, the Westwood Hills Nature Center, located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, won the architecture industry’s highest honor for sustainable design. Explore how the Net Zero Energy / Net Zero Positive Center creates a gateway to the community.

Research, Reports & Publications

Benevity Reveals Top Five Trends Shaping the Future of Corporate Purpose

Benevity's 2023 State of Corporate Purpose report uncovers the trends shaping the future of CSR in the workplace.

Environment

Georgia-Pacific's David Brabham

David Brabham, Georgia-Pacific’s director of stewardship strategy, has been concerned with environmental stewardship since he was just a little boy – and he can prove it.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Ceres Releases New Report To Help Private Equity Investors Measure and Report Portfolio Emissions

For the global economy to reduce emissions in half by 2030, as scientists say is necessary to avert irreversible climate catastrophe, it cannot be only publicly traded companies that decarbonize.

Education

How VMware and Howard University Are Teaming Up To Prepare the Next Generation of Technology Leaders

In 2020 VMware teamed up with Howard University to expose students to VMware’s Telecommunications technology and the Telco industry at large.

Diversity & Inclusion

Gilead Emphasizes Unique Ways To Hire Top Talent

When Jamari Brooks was looking for a new job last fall, he knew he wanted his future employer to have a few key qualities.

Responsible Production & Consumption

McDonald’s Partners With the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research

Organizations like FFAR provide critical support for public-private partnerships that are investing in regenerative agriculture and building more sustainable supply chains.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Pathway To Premier: Entergy’s Corporate Citizenship

Entergy's 2022 Integrated Report focuses on a number of key sustainability and ESG initiatives, including our sustainability strategy. Read on for an overview of Entergy's approach to sustainability and view our full report at integratedreport.entergy.com.

Events, Media & Communications

You're Invited! Sustainability Summit (July 13 - 14, New York, NY)

Roughly half of CEOs globally say climate change is already having a significant impact on their business or will in the next 1-5 years. Moreover, CEOs identify the greatest climate change-related threats to business operations as higher costs related to energy and regulation.

Events, Media & Communications

5 Points of Light Conference 2023 Sessions That Will Keep Your Social Impact Work on Trend

The Points of Light Conference is a gathering for social impact professionals who are passionate about civic engagement. It empowers nonprofit, government, business and civic leaders to make a bold impact in their communities, providing the resources and inspiration to do so.

Environment

International Paper VP and CSO Sophie Beckham Named to the American Forest Foundation Board of Trustees

The American Forest Foundation (AFF), a conservation organization that empowers family forest owners to improve forest health and fight climate change, announced that it has appointed three new members to its board of trustees

Latest Campaigns

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...

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...

Drawdown Georgia

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

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...

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...

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...

Aflac Stories

Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.

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...

First Responder Programming

At Motorola Solutions, our customers are everyday heroes, and our philanthropic arm, the Motorola Solutions Foundation is dedicated to paying it...

Collective Action

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