Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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2025 Principal® Charity Classic Raised Record $10.6 Million for Iowa Youth

The Principal Financial Group

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

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Software-Defined Vehicles: The Critical Road to a Secure Future

Keysight Technologies

Innovation & Technology

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Northwestern Mutual Sustainability and Impact: Delivering Financial Security

Northwestern Mutual

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Events, Media & Communications

Hormel Foods to Host Holiday Concert for Hunger Relief, Featuring “American Idol” Winner and Recording Artist Phillip Phillips

This latest event will be another first, with an online auction benefitting Conscious Alliance, a national nonprofit based in Boulder, Colo., that brings healthy food into underserved communities, feeding kids and families who need it most.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

'NEXT Coalition' of Leading U.S. Engineering, Construction Firms Wins Construction Dive Magazine's Coveted Top Innovation Prize

As the COVID-19 pandemic deepened, leading U.S. engineering and construction firms joined forces in May, leveraging their deep safety expertise and best practices in a campaign to ensure the well-being of crews and office teams facing the outbreak

Education

Discovery Education and Somos Educação Bring Innovative STEM Education to Millions of Students in Brazil

Discovery Education and SOMOS Educação — Brazil’s largest education company, and one of the largest educational groups in the world — today announced an innovative new partnership.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

S&P Global Named One Of America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek

For the second year in a row, S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) is one of America’s Most Responsible Companies, according to Newsweek. The annual list recognizes companies with a demonstrated commitment to strong corporate citizenship.

Research, Reports & Publications

Invesco Launches a Global Proprietary ESG Ratings and Insights Tool

Environment

Lloyd Alter: Design Trends in Housing + E-Bikes

2020 has certainly been a strange year. Everyone is waiting for things to go “back to normal” but what will normal be? Will there be any adaptations from this period that become permanent?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Gildan Included in Leadership Band on CDP's 2020 Climate Change Report

Gildan is pleased to announce that the Company has been included as a top performer on CDP’s 2020 Climate Change Report.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Griffith Foods Canada Recognized As One of Greater Toronto's Top Employers

We are thrilled to announce that Griffith Foods Canada is recognized as one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers by Canada's Top 100 Employers for the sixth consecutive year!

Green Infrastructure

USTMA, The Ray and University of Missouri Announce Research Partnership

The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), in partnership with The Ray, today announced a research project to assess and compile existing research on the performance, environmental impacts and benefits of using ground tire rubber (GTR) in asphalt.

Environment

Corporate Leaders Commit to Ramping up Climate Action in the Lead-up to the Climate Ambition Summit and COP26, but the Race to Zero Has Only Just Begun

The eighth annual High-Level Meeting of Caring for Climate brought together leaders from business, finance, sub-national government, civil society, and the United Nations on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement

Responsible Production & Consumption

A Reflection on the CGF Sustainable Retail Summit 2020: Positivity for the Future of Our Planet Through Partnerships for Step Change

After a productive two days at the CGF Sustainable Retail Summit in mid-October, I really believe that together, through the power of partnerships, we have all it takes to grow responsibly.

Environment

Going Beyond: Lessons Learned in Dow's Game-changing Carbon Partnerships

Most of us won’t ever land a triple-double in gymnastics, like Simon Biles, or sweep the 100m, 200m & 4×100m relay in the Olympic Games, like Usain Bolt. But these athletes, like so many others, inspire us with their desire to go above & beyond.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PayPal Processed More Than $185 Million in Donations This GivingTuesday in a Year Unlike Any Other

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced that it processed a record-breaking $185 million globally this GivingTuesday, the largest amount raised on the platform for the global day of giving since its inception in 2012.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CITGO Holds Annual Food Drive for Local Pantries

Recently, employees at the CITGO Lemont Refinery held their annual food drive benefiting six local pantries: Bethany Food Pantry, Day Break Shelter, DuPage Township Pantry, Fairmont Food Pantry, Lockport FISH Pantry and Romeoville Community Pantry.

Environment

From the Ground Up: How Soil Health Practices Can Help Farmers and the Planet

This year, we celebrate World Soil Day amidst a global pandemic that’s testing the resilience of communities around the world.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Best of Design: Mohawk Group's New Path Forward

BEST OF DESIGN 2020: The path to better design and sustainability begins with community. Join Mohawk Group on a new path forward as we aspire to connect people, products and place — uniting in spirit and purpose to keep moving design forward.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CNH Industrial Recognized With Prestigious 'A' Score for Climate Change by CDP

CDP has recognized CNH Industrial N.V. as a global leader in corporate sustainability by including it on the CDP’s prestigious ‘A List’ for tackling climate change.

Health & Healthcare

Volunteers Help Scientists Identify 70 Chemical Candidates To Be Tested Against COVID-19

Volunteers from all across the globe — mostly, regular people and science enthusiasts alike — are donating power from their computers and smartphones to scientists who need massive processing power to perform virtual experiments.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Technology, Consumer Education Move Recycling Forward

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Longitudes | Be Brave, Be Authentic: Women Business Owners Keep Us Vibrant

Roughly a thousand women business owners gathered together recently for the annual NAWBO Women's Business Conference. This year, we did not travel to Austin, Texas, to a crowded conference center, walking the exhibit booths, exchanging business cards and giving our keynote speaker a standing ovation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Enbridge Inc. Scored 75 On ESG Evaluation; Preparedness Strong

S&P Global Ratings said today that Enbridge Inc. scored 75 on its ESG Evaluation. On our scale, 100 indicates the lowest risk & 0 the highest. The company's ESG Evaluation score is the result of an ESG profile of 69 combined with strong preparedness.

Energy

Connecticut Green Bank and Its EV Charging Partners Register the First Validated Multi-Partner Carbon Offset Credit Project

Connecticut Green Bank (“Green Bank”) and its partners are proud to announce a unique collaboration that is the first joinable, grouped carbon offset credit project registered under the new methodology for electric vehicle (EV) charging systems.

Education

Reimagining Education

5G technology is not just for mobile phones. It will intelligently connect all kinds of devices across factories, hospitals, schools, city infrastructure, businesses, farms and stores — reimagining our lives on every level.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

What is #My2020Hero?

The campaign is part of the Global Citizen Prize, an award show hosted by John Legend on Dec. 19, 2020, that celebrates the activists, world leaders, artists, and Global Citizens around the world working to create a better future for us all.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ecolab One of Elite Group of Companies Named to Both CDP Climate and Water Security A Lists

Ecolab Inc. has been recognized for its sustainability leadership by global environmental non-profit CDP, securing a place on its prestigious ‘A List’ for tackling climate change and protecting water security.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Principal Financial Group: Financial Inclusion
    Helping individuals and businesses gain access to useful financial products and services to meet their needs—from savings, credit, and insurance to...
  2. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  3. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  4. Whole Planet
    Whole Planet, a pillar of Whole Foods Market Foundation, helps people living in poverty build long-term financial resilience through income growth...
  5. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  6. Leadership
    Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...
  7. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  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. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  10. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  11. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  12. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  13. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  14. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
  15. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...