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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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Education

Experts Share Needed Quantum Skill Sets. It's Not What You Think.

Emerging technologies like quantum computing won't long survive without a passionate, trained, and ready workforce. Now is the time to lay a strong foundation for this critical market.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Help Struggling Families Avoid Homelessness by Providing Emergency Assistance With Rent and Utilities

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social service agency supporting people in need across a 21-county region of Virginia, with site locations

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CAP: Help Build Hope and Change the Lives of Millions

For decades, Appalachia has been a region of intense and growing hardship. Children go hungry, families live in deteriorating homes, and the elderly suffer in isolation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Anker Research Institute at IDH Living Wage Summit

The Anker Research Institute will present a session during the IDH Living Wage Summit, along with Fair Labor Association, on 7 December 2022.

Energy

Accelerate Wind Designs More Efficient Rooftop Wind Turbines With Amazon EC2 Instances Powered by AMD

Renewable energy has the potential to provide both environmental benefits and considerable energy cost savings for commercial and industrial building owners.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Baker Hughes Foundation Contributes $425,000 to Children's Recreational Therapy Camp in Italy

The Baker Hughes Foundation has announced a $425,000 grant to Dynamo Camp, a non-profit that offers recreational therapy programs free-of-charge to children and teenagers affected by serious or chronic illnesses.

Events, Media & Communications

Interview With Land Betterment's Executive Chairman, Mark Jensen at the 3BL Forum

Land Betterment’s Mark Jensen speaks about how the company is creating real solutions for transitioning areas and driving capital into forgotten US communities.

Innovation & Technology

Chemours and BOHN Collaborate to Innovate the Cold Food Chain, Launching the First Low GWP Solution in the Americas Based on A2L Technology

The Chemours Company, a global chemical company, recently announced an alliance with Bohn de Mexico, a leading commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment technology and manufacturing company with a presence in the Latin American region.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Future Economy Forum Highlights Solutions at COP27 To Scale a New Economic Mainstream – Beyond Sustainability – Toward Regenerative Models for Business & Economy

Future Economy Forum & Sekem host COP27 Solutions Dialogues, convening top leaders committed to advancing a new economic mainstream in fields such as: Regenerative Value Creation, Regenerative Agriculture, ESG Finance, Regenerative Business & B Corp.

Events, Media & Communications

Ideagen Global Goals Summit 2022 at the United Nations

Ideagen Global Convened Global Leaders and Luminaries, CEOs, Artists and Athletes to develop Global Partnerships for World Change and to achieve The Global Goals through collaboration across sectors and industries.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Planet Foundation 2022 Trailblazer Award Honors Papyrus-Recycled Greetings and Seventh Generation

Over the last several years, Whole Planet Foundation has honored annually a trailblazer advocate who has gone above and beyond to support our mission as they foster their own.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

'All Doors Have Opened Since Then'

The Regions Foundation is helping to ensure that hands-on learning lab happens for participants like Lowery by granting $25,000 to Goodwill of the Southern Piedmont’s Workforce Services Program.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women and Sport Conference Closes With a Call to Action

The 8th International Working Group (IWG) World Conference on Women and Sport closed with a call to action developed over four days of meetings, reflection and shared determination to move the needle on gender equality in sport.

Environment

World's Leading Agri-Commodity Companies Deliver Roadmap To Reduce Emissions From Land Use Change

Fourteen of the world’s leading agri-commodity companies have today set out a shared roadmap outlining how they will work towards reducing emissions from land-use change.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Submittable Teams With BDO to Provide Comprehensive Services for Government Grants Administration

Submittable, the software company helping thousands of organizations worldwide launch, manage, and measure social impact programs, and BDO USA, LLP, one of the nation’s leading assurance, tax, and advisory firms, announced a comprehensive grants management service tailored to public sector organizations.

Diversity & Inclusion

Opportunity Through Engagement: Black LGBTQ Consumers

Global attitudes about the LGBTQ+ community have evolved dramatically over the past decade or so, and with more choices for content than ever before, LGBTQ+ audiences are being more socially conscious about the brands they choose.

Environment

Q&A With the CTO: Storing Growing Data While Reducing Environmental Impact

Sharon Vidal, global head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Illumina, talks to the company’s chief technology officer, Alex Aravanis, about achieving a sustainable future with intelligent data storage solutions

Diversity & Inclusion

GoDaddy Celebrates Women's Entrepreneurship Day

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) is observed every Nov. 19 — a day devoted to helping and empowering women to realize their entrepreneurial potential.

Events, Media & Communications

EHSxTech Takes San Francisco: Charting the Future of EHS

This month we were excited to be able to gather over 50 EHS professionals from twenty-five of the biggest names in the tech industry for a one-day EHSxTech event in San Francisco.

Diversity & Inclusion

From the Fifth Third 2021 ESG Report: Attracting Employees

Competitive compensation, flexible work locations, best-in-class benefits, innovative programs that foster work-life balance, financial rewards for physical and financial wellness activities makes us attractive to prospective employees.

Events, Media & Communications

Live From UNGA 77 - September 21

We've had fantastic conversations today, really emphasizing the power of partnerships.

Environment

Technology Collaborations and Innovations to Accelerate Climate Progress

The annual United Nations Climate Change report - coinciding with the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt - concludes that while countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions downward.

Environment

We Can't Solve the Climate Crisis Without Women

If we’re going to solve the climate crisis, says Mastercard Chief Sustainability Officer Ellen Jackowski, we’ll need all hands on deck—and that, of course, includes women.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Galaxy and Dignity Health Sports Park Lend a Hand to South Bay Families Celebrating Thanksgiving

AEG’s LA Galaxy and Dignity Health Sports Park (DHSP) are working hard to ensure that families in Carson, CA and Los Angeles, CA are able to celebrate the season and make memories with their loved ones.

Education

Collaboration Is Key: Exploring the Impact of Partnerships on Global Scientific Innovation in New Episode of Science Will Tell Podcast

Season two of the Science Will Tell podcast from the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, explores how key initiatives in the scientific community increase access to science education. Listen to episode two now.

Latest Campaigns

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.

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...