Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Fair Trade USA™ Joins Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly Initiative

Fair Trade USA is proud to join Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly initiative making Fair Trade Certified products more easily discoverable on Amazon’s e-commerce sites.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Responsible Beauty: How P&G is Using Guar

P&G Beauty is joining with Solvay and TechnoServe India in the Sustainable Guar Initiative , an effort designed to further improve the livelihoods of smallholder guar bean farmers in India.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

UNFCU Foundation Accepting Grant Applications for 2023 Support

The UNFCU Foundation announced opening its 2023 grant application period for funding requests up to $50,000.

Innovation & Technology

Identity Management Day Is the Perfect Time to #BeIdentitySmart — And Norton Can Help

Hosted by the Identity Defined Security Alliance and National Cybersecurity Alliance, Identity Management Day aims to inform about the dangers of improperly managing and securing digital identities by raising awareness and sharing best practices.

Education

TCS and Toronto District School Board's Partnership Remains Strong in the Virtual Environment

Ask nearly any teacher and they will all say that 2020 and 2021 have been the toughest years of their teaching career, with seemingly insurmountable challenges around every corner.

Diversity & Inclusion

HP Gets Intentional About Contracting With Black IT Providers

HP CIO Ron Guerrier says the company’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is one of the factors that brought him to the company in September 2020.

Environment

Sustainability Creates Value

Ericsson has been a sustainability pioneer in the private sector and has been reporting on its progress in this area for more than 20 years.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Improving Your Property? PSE&G Urges You to Call 811 Before You Dig

Spring is in the air bringing with it the scent of wildflowers and freshly cut grass, the return of outdoor family activities and that strange urge to dig. But before you get your fingers dirty, be safe and Call 811.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Future is On: Entergy Releases 2021 Integrated Report

Entergy released its 2021 Integrated Report, an assessment of the company’s environmental, social, governance and financial performance for the year.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The USO's Brian A. Cowart - Serving Our Service Members

Having FedEx as a partner which provides financial and logistical shipping support to the USO allows the non-profit to provide expanded expeditionary support to service members in the field.

Research, Reports & Publications

Latest Research Finds Plan Access and Plan Design Significantly Impacts Retirement Savings

T. Rowe Price released new research based on its annual Retirement Savings and Spending survey and analysis of the Census Bureau’s 2021 Current Population Survey.

Research, Reports & Publications

Investics to Provide CSRHub ESG Data

Investics announced an expansion of ESG data and analytics capabilities with the addition of CSRHub data to provide data and CSR analysis on their Investics Cloud Ecosystem platform.

Environment

Sloan Inaugurates The Water Council's Water Stewardship Program, WAVE

The Water Council is pleased to announce Sloan, a global manufacturer of commercial plumbing systems based in Franklin Park, Ill., has signed onto The Water Council’s WAVE program.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KKR Appoints Pamela Alexander As Head of Corporate Citizenship

KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the appointment of Pamela Alexander as Managing Director and Head of Corporate Citizenship, effective immediately.

Health & Healthcare

Inspired Curriculum Garners Accolades With Positive Ground-Up Impact on Health & Wellness

This spring, GBM is expanding its reach as they team up with the Quest Diagnostics Foundation, as part of the Quest for Health Equity (Q4HE) initiative.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Foundation Teams Up With Operation Blessing to Prepare for Disaster Season

The Home Depot Foundation is teaming up with Operation Blessing to build nearly 800 relief kits in preparation for disaster season.

Diversity & Inclusion

COLORS Training Program Spreads Education of Healthcare Needs in the LGBTQ+ Community

Health disparities have negatively impacted many different groups of patients for decades, and the LGBTQ+ community is no exception.

Environment

SC Johnson Launches DISSOLVE™ Concentrated Pods in U.S. to Reduce Plastic Waste, Provide More Sustainable Choices for Consumers

SC Johnson announced the launch of DISSOLVE™ Concentrated Pods in its Windex®, Scrubbing Bubbles® and fantastik® brands in the U.S. Each DISSOLVE™ refill pod uses 94% less plastic than a 23 fluid ounce or larger same-branded sprayer bottle.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Skills for Cities: Common Impact to Bring the Power of Skills-Based Volunteering to North Carolina

Common Impact will host Skills for Cities North Carolina on April 20, 2022, connecting nonprofits statewide with skills-based volunteers and social impact leaders to generate solutions for their pressing capacity-building challenges.

Energy

Zenger Group, National Grid Team up to Install Electric Vehicle Workplace Charging

With a longstanding commitment to sustainability and in anticipation of more electric vehicles among its growing workforce, Zenger Group installed 10 Level 2 electric vehicle charging ports at its Tonawanda headquarters.

Environment

Julie Kreger King Appointed to Lead Antea Group USA Technology Segment

Antea Group USA is pleased to announce that Julie Kreger King, Senior Consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area, has been appointed to lead our Technology Segment.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Metrio Empowers Companies to Adapt to Changing Climate Disclosure Regulations

Leading sustainability software provider Metrio is harnessing its end-to-end ESG reporting platform help businesses collect, aggregate and interpret data about their non-financial performance to meet climate disclosure requirements.

Energy

Expanding Asia's Transmission System to Facilitate Renewable Energy Integration

Asia’s transmission system needs to be systematically expanded to integrate renewables. This will require government policies, investment and energy storage capacity.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Named One of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For

Keysight Technologies, Inc., a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, was named to Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2022.

Sustainable Development Goals

Accelerating Climate Action: Project Gigaton™ Marks Key Milestone

Today, Walmart marks a major milestone: We are now more than halfway toward our goal to reduce or avoid 1 billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from product supply chains by 2030 through our Project Gigaton™ initiative.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  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...