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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

Innovation & Technology

Switching Workplace Giving Providers: Your Guide for Choosing a New Partner for Your Employee Giving and Corporate Social Responsibility Program

Whether your current provider has just been bought by a company you’ve never heard of, you haven't been satisfied with your current provider's level of service, or your organization’s program has matured and you need a partner who can fully address the range of employee engagement, workplace giving, and grants management products and programs your company has worked tirelessly to build, America’s Charities can help you transition from your existing program and make that process as seamless and successful as possible so you can keep the momentum going.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Making Industry 4.0 a Reality. FPT Industrial and Comau Introduce AURA, the Smart Robot

What will the factory of the future be like? How will it be organized? To answer these and many other questions about the Industry 4.0 production model, all it takes is a trip to the FPT Industrial Driveline plant in Turin, Italy dedicated...

Green Infrastructure

Disrupting Cooling Technology: Accelerating the Path to Net Zero

Bechtel is disrupting cooling fundamentals with our novel cycle technology. Crescendō targets improved cooling performance with its breakthrough architecture, commanding greater energy and cost efficiencies to meet growing demands globally.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

'Industry Driving Social Impact' Award Recognizes Black & Veatch For Commitment to Engineering a Better Future

Black & Veatch has been awarded the "Industry Driving Social Impact Award" by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Engineering for Change for their commitment to engineering a better future and their dedication to social impact efforts.

Environment

JP Morgan, Northern Trust and Wellington Ramp Up Support for Climate Change Proposals

US investment heavyweights JP Morgan, Northern Trust and Wellington have dramatically ramped up their support for climate proposals this year, according to a new report by campaign group ShareAction, which analysed the voting decisions of 60 of the world’s largest asset managers …

Education

Computer Science Education Week Highlights Progress Made, Continued Need for, STEM Education in Underrepresented Communities

With strong values that support both STEM education and inclusion & diversity, Keysight has engaged in STEM learning opportunities to help make progress.

Green Infrastructure

A Perspective on a Future Ready City: San Antonio

The essence of being Future Ready™ is a commitment to forward thinking in a city’s approach to planning and implementing programs and projects. Solutions must satisfy today’s demands but be adaptable for tomorrow’s needs and serve multiple objectives.

Health & Healthcare

Delos Aligns With TPP Capital Management Group to Advance Accessibility of Health and Well-Being Solutions Across Qualified Opportunity Zones

Delos, a global wellness real estate and technology company based in New York, today announced its intended collaboration with TPP Capital Management Group (TPP), a Philadelphia based Black-led social impact private equity fund manager...

Responsible Production & Consumption

Everyone Deserves Access to Healthy Food. So Why Is So Much of It Going to Waste?

At our recent Sustainable Retail Summit, the topics of food systems and healthy diets converged quite frequently, with many panellists pointing out where and how these two concepts overlap.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Promoting Diversity Within Our Supply Chain

Hershey actively supports an inclusive marketplace through our supplier diversity program that creates business opportunities for qualified and diversely-owned enterprises.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Rabobank Recognizes General Mills, PepsiCo for Leadership

General Mills was recognized in 2020 for its “bold regenerative agriculture projects, sustainable sourcing, reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, and commitment to 100% renewable energy in operations by 2030.”

Research, Reports & Publications

Alexion Featured in Life Science Cares' First-Ever Community Engagement Benchmarking Report

Life Science Cares’ (LSC), which is a collective effort of the Life Science industry to eliminate the impact of poverty on our neighbors in the greater Boston area, has launched its first-ever community engagement benchmarking report.

Diversity & Inclusion

Native American Employees Talk Diversity

During National Native American Heritage Month, Duke Energy highlighted the contributions of the company’s native American employees. In this video, several Native American employees talk about their culture, heritage and traditions.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Coming Together Again, CEOs of the World's Largest Companies Met Virtually to Discuss the Evolution of the Workplace

With the U.S. grappling to determine a path forward towards recovery and stability, 10 leading corporate CEOs gathered virtually with Deanna Mulligan, Board Chair, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, for Chief of Executives for Corporate Purpose’s© (CECP) CEO Virtual Roundtable Series. This closed-door roundtable focused on the evolution of work and trends CEOs need to know related to reskilling, retraining, and education. Set against the stark picture of record unemployment, participants brought a sense of urgency and action to the conversations. Attending the session were CEOs who are a part of CECP’s coalition of more than 200 corporations collectively representing $11.2 trillion in annual revenue and $23 billion in societal investment.

Health & Healthcare

Mental Health: Practical Strategies for Cultivating Mental Resilience

COVID-19 has changed how the world lives and works. While many people – like frontline healthcare workers – have continued to serve in public-facing roles, others have been able to explore new work-from-to home options that may well become permanent.

Green Infrastructure

Listening Lounge #5: Smart & Sustainable Building for the Future

Research, Reports & Publications

Truist Stands for Better, Builds on History of Service and Philanthropy

One year ago, BB&T and SunTrust completed a historic merger of equals to form Truist. Today, the company is celebrating its teammates’ hard work and collective commitment to the communities it serves through three community impact reports.

Sustainable Development Goals

Accelerating the SDGs: Qualcomm Collaborates for Greater Impact

Qualcomm believes in the power of collaboration. We embrace SDG 17 and the opportunity to work with organizations to expand our impact in our local communities and across the world.

Social Impact & Volunteering

3 Tips for Finding Virtual Volunteering Opportunities

Don’t let your employee volunteer programs falter because in-person engagements are on pause. Read this guide for tips on how to promote virtual volunteerism!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Cares Celebrates Nonprofits Through Giving Tuesday Grant Contest

Over the past few weeks, more than 200 U.S. FedEx team members nominated and voted for their favorite nonprofit for the FedEx Cares 2020 Giving Tuesday Grant Contest. The top three winners based on team member votes will receive a grant from FedEx.

Education

Partnering with Industry, Government and Schools to Improve 21st Century Skills in Vocational Education

The “21st Century Skills in Vocational Education”, is a multi-partnership project led by Koç Holding, largest conglomerate in Turkey, Ministry of National Education and IBM, and executed by Development Workshop, a cooperative for social development.

Environment

A Positive Journey: Collaboration and Participation in Creating Forest Positive Roadmaps

The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition brings together 18 companies, retailers and manufacturers, all committed to accelerate progress and transformation towards a forest positive future.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How Investing in Women Helps Everyone During a Pandemic

When we support women, everyone wins. Use your investments and your voice to provide direct impact and make a difference for working women.

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
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  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...