Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Health & Healthcare

Novartis and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Collaborate to Discover and Develop an Accessible in Vivo Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

Novartis today announced that it has entered into a grant agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As part of the agreement, the foundation will provide funding support for the discovery and development of a single-administration, in vivo gene therapy to cure sickle cell disease (SCD).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Employee Financial Wellness: How to Use an Employee Assistance Fund to Help Employees During COVID and Other Financial Hardships

America’s Charities’ new guide, Help Employees Overcome Unexpected Financial Hardships and Stress with Employee Assistance Funds, will help you learn all about the whats, whys, and hows of starting, expanding, or outsourcing your EAF program.

Energy

Cummins to Power North America's First Hydrogen-Powered Ferry

A 70-foot, 75 passenger, zero-emission ferry named “Sea Change” will be the flagship for a planned future fuel cell powered fleet in the bay area of San Francisco.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ON Semiconductor Helps to Make a Difference for Alzheimer's Patients

A key component of our company’s corporate social responsibility program is our community initiatives.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CNH Industrial India Certified As a Great Place to Work® for the Second Consecutive Year

Great Place to Work®, the global authority in workplace culture assessment and recognition, has re-certified CNH Industrial (India) Pvt. Ltd. in its 2021 company ranking in India. This is the second consecutive year of certification for the Company.

Environment

Climate Action 100+ Investors to Raise Corporate Climate Ambition for 2021 Proxy Season

Investor signatories to Climate Action 100+ are seeking higher climate ambition for the 2021 proxy season with the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters. In anticipation of the initiative’s first Net Zero Company Benchmark - to be publicly released next month - investors are filing shareholder resolutions and focusing on board governance at companies that lag on key benchmark indicators.

Research, Reports & Publications

NYC Asian Communities Hit Earlier and Harder by COVID-19

It was just one year ago when we first heard of a new coronavirus in Wuhan, China, that was threatening to turn into a pandemic. Just months later it had spread to nearly every corner of the globe, leaving death and economic hardship in its wake.

Social Impact & Volunteering

8 Ways to Lead With Love in the New Year

Want to make some good changes in 2021? Check out these simple ways you can better yourself, your community and our world.

Education

The Home Depot Continues Support for HBCUs with $1 Million Donation

The Home Depot will contribute $1 million in grants to support campus improvements at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through its annual Retool Your School program, for which voting is now open.

Media & Communications

Jenny Cohen Named Executive Vice President, Social Responsibility, the Walt Disney Company

Jenny Cohen has been named Executive Vice President, Social Responsibility, The Walt Disney Company, it was announced today by Bob Chapek, Chief Executive Officer.

Diversity & Inclusion

Key Accomplishments: Our People

Our Company owes its success to the hard work and dedication of our employees. Our varied backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and ideas help us increase our global awareness and are crucial to our ability to innovate.

Sustainable Development Goals

Webinar / What the Clarbon? Demystifying the Climate-Carbon Nexus

Climate vs Carbon: What’s the difference? How are businesses impacted by each? How should businesses develop a strategy to address both? What are stakeholders asking for? All these questions will be answered in the next Antea Group webinar.

Diversity & Inclusion

Owens Corning Launches Virtual Book Club Focused on Inclusion and Diversity

OC’s African American Resource Group launched a virtual book club focused on inclusion and diversity to continue to drive connection among our employees.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Painting the Way Towards a Sustainable Future

The intersection between sustainability and innovation is where the future of material science is heading.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Herbalife Nutrition and The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation Donate More Than $3 Million To Help Eradicate Hunger Around The Globe

Herbalife Nutrition, is celebrating the success of its Nutrition for Zero Hunger initiative. This ongoing initiative is aimed at eradicating hunger and to date the company and the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation have donated more than $3 million in financial aid and in-kind gifts.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PayPal and CARE USA Honored With 'Golden Halos' for Best-in-Class Corporate Social Impact Efforts

Engage for Good has named PayPal and CARE USA its 2021 Golden Halo Award winners, the group’s highest honor for companies and causes that engage in activities designed to do well by doing good.

Green Infrastructure

"Our Need for Reliable, Sustainable Transportation Has Never Been More Important"

At CES 2021, General Motors revealed its new business, BrightDrop, and its all-electric commercial vehicle, the BrightDrop EV600.

Environment

Schneider Electric is Taking Climate Change Action

The need for action towards a low-carbon future is undeniable. The time to gain a better understanding of climate change and create a more defined plan to mitigate it is now. The answers lie in digitization and innovation.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nature Valley Launches First-Ever Store Drop-off Recyclable Snack Bar Wrapper

The newly packaged bars bring Nature Valley closer to achieving its commitment to 100% recyclable packaging by 2025. By purposefully not patenting this wrapper, Nature Valley is welcoming other brands to apply the technology to their products.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Vision 2030: Thriving People and Communities

We believe a better future is possible, and that starts with #InvestingInPeople.

Environment

What Else Can Net Zero Do For Us?

Decarbonization could deliver sustainability benefits beyond mitigating climate change – but only if we take an integrated approach to balance overlapping, sometimes conflicting, goals

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SAIC Establishes Charitable Foundation to Assist Employees in Need During COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) announced the establishment of the SAIC Charitable Foundation, an IRS §501(c)(3) organization to assist employees and their dependents by providing emergency funds to assist them when financial hardships arise.

Diversity & Inclusion

No Place for Racism in Sports Arenas or Boardrooms

Education

The Surprising Link Between Educating Girls and Climate

How do we rebuild the energy and momentum of the youth-led climate movement in 2019? Educate girls around the world and empower them. Give them inspiration and possibilities.

Energy

Duluth Gets Its First Community-owned Solar Project in Lincoln Park to Benefit Disadvantaged Families and Veterans

A new garden in town is providing energy to community members in Duluth, MN—but it’s not produced through photosynthesis. The Lincoln Park Solar Garden is a 40-kilowatt solar array project by Ecolibrium3.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Antea Group Webinars and Events
    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...
  2. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is embedded in our company values. We actively promote it among our employees, raise awareness, and foster an...
  3. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  4. Technology & Engineering Education
    We aim to inspire and cultivate the next generation of engineers and inventors by supporting organizations that foster innovation in education...
  5. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  6. 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...
  7. People
    Empowering Team Members, focusing on safety, and strengthening our communities.
  8. 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...
  9. Southwire 2024 Sustainability Report
    Southwire was founded in 1950 with the goal of bringing electric light to people who needed it. In 2025, as we celebrate the 75-year history of our...
  10. Special Economic Zones
    Driving awareness of Special Economic Zones.
  11. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
    At Franklin Templeton, we are proud of our commitment to communities where we live and work. Each year, we engage with hundreds of organizations...
  12. 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...
  13. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  14. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  15. Greener Products and Solutions
    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...