Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Environment

How Healthcare Technology Is Changing Wildlife Conservation

The Medtronic Reveal LINQ™ Insertable Cardiac Monitor is helping researchers learn characteristics of wild and endangered species to further conservation efforts.

Innovation & Technology

Alibaba's Tmall Pilots Carbon Labeling to Drive Sustainable Consumption

Alibaba Group’s B2C e-commerce platform Tmall has launched eco-friendly product labels to help consumers check the impact of their purchases on the environment and make sustainable choices.

Diversity & Inclusion

Georgia-Pacific LLC Attends WFF Leadership Conference

Last week I was grateful to attend the WFF Leadership Conference alongside my Georgia-Pacific colleagues to learn more about the unique experiences women face at work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

What Our Nonprofit Partners Are Doing to Support People Impacted by the War in Ukraine - and How You Can Help

Cisco employees have donated nearly $1M to 19 nonprofit organizations featured in our Ukraine Humanitarian Assistance Fund; with Cisco Foundation matching, we have raised nearly $1.9 million in total giving.

Environment

How Biologicals Add a New Dimension to Integrated Crop Management

The future of agriculture is about striking a delicate balance. A balance between finding ways to grow enough and decreasing its footprint.

Diversity & Inclusion

DICK'S Sporting Goods Huddles up With Meeting of America

DICK'S Sporting Goods became a pilot partner in the Meeting of America (MOA) program that brings together a diverse group of industry leaders striving to make a difference through dialogue.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Four Ways Investors Can Act on Climate Change

As scientists warn about a shifting climate, more investors are thinking about environmental risks and how they might affect their portfolios.

Environment

Ensuring Grid Reliability in the Clean Energy Transition

How can we best support rapid decarbonization while maintaining the reliability of our power grid and accomplish these twin goals at least cost to the American people?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Gildan Participates in Fashion Revolution's 2022 Transparency Campaign

Gildan is participating in Fashion Revolution’s #WhoMadeMyClothes campaign, a global transparency movement to recognize the workers who make our clothes.

Health & Healthcare

How Entrepreneur Eric Muthomi Is Achieving Food Security in Kenya

A successful entrepreneurial endeavor is one in which a founder can solve a serious problem that affects livelihoods or businesses.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Strategic Inclusivity Drives Retention at AllianceBernstein

Some problems are daunting, but if solved they generate a huge return. For example, how can you scale inclusive behaviors? How can you combat the Great Resignation?

Green Infrastructure

Duke Energy Florida Celebrates Significant Milestone by Completing Park & Plug Pilot Program

Duke Energy announced the completion of its Park & Plug pilot program and the installation of 627 EV charging stations in public spaces and on thoroughfares in Florida.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI Program Spreading Responsible Business Practices in Africa

A program to support more business in the African region to engage with sustainability reporting and increase their accountability is underway, thanks to funding from Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

Environment

2022 TD Green Space Grant Recipients Provide Environmental Equity Solutions to Their Communities

TD Bank Group (TD) and the Arbor Day Foundation today announced the 2022 grant recipients of the TD Green Space Grants program.

Education

Fifth Third Finance Academy Makes Impact

Since 2017, Fifth Third has brought financial education to students throughout our footprint, especially to kids who live in underserved communities. The impact runs deep—to the tune of 1.4 million hours of learning!

Education

Kohler Co. Launches New Three-Year Community Partnership Program to Increase Access to Educational Opportunities Across the United States

Kohler Co. announces a Community Partnership Program starting with 13 organizations across the country to help provide educational and workforce preparedness opportunities to students.

Research, Reports & Publications

Workiva Supports XBRL US in Pursuit of Standardizing ESG data With XBRL

XBRL US, the non-profit consortium for XBRL business reporting standards, this week announced the publication of corporate sustainability data in machine-readable XBRL format for Moody’s Corporation and Etsy, Inc.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MENTOR Announces Amplify Award Winners

MENTOR, the unifying champion for the mentoring movement, today announces its Amplify Award Winners -- individuals, organizations, school districts, and corporations from across the nation that exemplify the diversity, breadth, and depth of today’s mentoring movement.

Events, Media & Communications

Building Efficient 5g Network -the Journey to Net Zero Emissions

Our roundtable, Building efficient 5G networks—the journey to Net Zero emissions, will cover how service providers can reduce energy consumption and secure network energy and sustainability performance with the introduction of 5G.

Health & Healthcare

The Need for Speed: How Operation Warp Speed Shifted the Pharma Industry

CRB’s Christa Myers provides her insights from topics in our latest Horizons Life Sciences report including operation warp speed, project delivery strategy, and the digital future.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

BlackRock's New Goal Could Signal the Investor Transition to Net Zero Is Well Underway

BlackRock’s newly announced goal to invest 75% of its corporate and sovereign assets in issuers with science-based climate goals potentially “sets a new bar that could signal to the rest of the market that the investor transition

Environment

Climate Finance: Moving Forward After COP26

From rising sea levels to the acidification of ocean water, from deforestation to the introduction of invasive species in ecosystems, the global effects of climate change are expanding in scope and scale

Energy

Plan to Power: Five Critical Factors to Make California Offshore Wind a Reality

California’s ambitious zero carbon energy plan will require wind power to succeed; WSP USA’s Silvia Yanez identifies challenges to overcome for a successful power transition.

Social Impact & Volunteering

VolunteerMatch Names New CEO

The web’s largest volunteer engagement network, VolunteerMatch, announced that Jude O’Reilley has been appointed CEO. O’Reilley has more than 25 years of experience in technology, leadership and entrepreneurship in the private sector and in the world of social change. O’Reilley will succeed co-founder Greg Baldwin and assume responsibilities on May 3, 2022.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

R.W. Knudsen Commits $100,000 to Alleviate Poverty Through Whole Planet Foundation

Whole Planet Foundation’s top supplier donors for 2022 are funding essential microbusinesses to alleviate global poverty through the Foundation's microlending programs.

Latest Campaigns

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    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...
  2. PNC: Commitment to Early Childhood Education
    We're focusing on early learning to help children succeed. Research has shown that the first five years of a child's life is critical to long-term...
  3. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  4. 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...
  5. Sustainability
    Leading the logistics sector towards a more sustainable future by investing in innovative green technologies, enhancing operational efficiency, and...
  6. ESG Voices: Short Podcasts Addressing the Opportunities and Challenges of ESG
    This podcast series takes a deep dive into the opportunities and challenges of ESG and what it means for businesses and communities through interviews...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  11. Drive for MPC
    At Marathon Petroleum, our professional truck drivers share one common vision: no accidents, no injuries, and no harm to the environment. We’re proud...
  12. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  13. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  14. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  15. 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...