Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Innovation & Technology

Comcast Helps Tech Goes Home Connect Seniors With Laptops and Internet Essentials

Comcast recently gave 500 brand new laptops to seniors in Boston who completed Tech Goes Home (TGH) digital literacy training, a grant to help TGH connect more seniors with digital devices, Internet Essentials and digital skills training.

Events, Media & Communications

Event: Launch of Major New Mississippi Initiative to Combat Leading Cause of Involuntary Land Loss Among Black Families

Join the Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation™ and the Mississippi Center for Justice, together with their partners from World Wildlife Fund and Kimberly-Clark, in discussing a leading cause of involuntary land loss for Black families and its impact on both communities and the fate of American forests.

Events, Media & Communications

Webinar: Making the Impossible Possible: The Blueprint for Decarbonizing Industry

Carbon-intensive sectors have no option but to drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to reach zero. Failing that, global temperatures will rise beyond 2°C with dramatic consequences for the planet and humanity.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Listen Up! Show: Corporate Citizenship Nudges Towards Sustained Pro-Social Behavior in the Workplace

Join this month's episode of the Listen Up! Show on October 13th at 11:30am ET to hear from four members of the Nudge The Good Unit as they discuss their formal application of behavioral insights to the practice of employee giving and volunteering.

Green Infrastructure

SoCal Trucking Operations Shift Big Rig Electrification Into High Gear

SCE’s Charge Ready Transport program will provide EV charging for 100 electric trucks, eliminating 8,200 metric tons of harmful emissions annually.

Events, Media & Communications

Register Now for the Virtual 2021 Global Inclusive Growth Summit on October 14

There is still time to register for the virtual 2021 Global Inclusive Growth Summit on October 14!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Boeing Announces $1.4 Million to Support Afghan Allies and Military Veterans

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced a $1.4 million donation package to assist with humanitarian relief efforts for Afghan allies as well as grants and initiatives to support and honor U.S. military veterans and their families.

Environment

Oil and Gas Transparency Standard for Low-Carbon Transition

A new sustainability reporting standard for oil and gas has launched today, which will enable complete disclosure on the complexity of transparency demands facing the sector

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Whirlpool Corporation's Eddy Childhood Development Center Celebrates Two-year Anniversary

Two years ago Whirlpool Corporation, in partnership with KinderCare Education at Work, opened The Eddy - Early Education Center located on our global headquarters campus in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Diversity & Inclusion

How ViacomCBS Will Lead the Way Toward More Inclusive Storytelling

ViacomCBS announced Content for Change, a global companywide initiative that seeks to apply scientific research, rigor, and data to transform our entire creative ecosystem.

Environment

IVECO and Nikola Sign MoU With Hamburg Port Authority for Zero-Emission Class 8 Battery-electric Trucks

IVECO, the commercial vehicles brand of CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) and Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hamburg Port Authority AöR (HPA)

Sustainable Development Goals

US BCSD Joins With the Council of Great Lakes Region on Decarbonization

The United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BCSD), a leading business and sustainability association, today announced a strategic partnership with the bi-national Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR).

Health & Healthcare

Griffith Foods Partners with Solnul™ to Create Prebiotic Snack Seasoning

Griffith Foods is Building an Ecosystem of Partnerships to Create and Scale Meaningful Impact

Environment

How One Activist Started a Movement for Our Oceans

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

San Diego Squared Announces 2021 STEM Educators Awards Recipients

San Diego Squared, a local nonprofit, announced the four winners of the $5,000 SD2 STEM Educators Awards, powered by the Illumina Corporate Foundation and Neurocrine Biosciences.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Get to Know the Board of Directors: Meet Jennifer

To help you get to know the Inogen Alliance Board of Directors better, we'll be sharing a series of interviews with each of the board members. You'll learn more about where they work, what they do, and the value of being a part of Inogen Alliance.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Essity Invests in Improved Recycling of Food and Beverage Cartons in France

Global hygiene and health company Essity invests approximately EUR 11m (approximately SEK 110m) in its Hondouville mill in France, allowing to extract 98% of paper fibers contained in food and beverage cartons.

Health & Healthcare

Grassroots Approach Flattens the Safety Curve

To achieve great safety performance, you need every person on board. At Dow that means 35,700 employees and tens of thousands of contractors. Every person needs to personally own safety and look out for their co-workers, every hour of every day.

Diversity & Inclusion

She Left Puerto Rico But is Still Passionate About Her Hispanic Roots

Margarita Calo left Puerto Rico 21 years ago and carved out a new life in Florida, but her heart has never strayed far from her roots.

Diversity & Inclusion

Disability Awareness Starts With All of Us - and Benefits All of Us

Claudia Gordon is a lot of things. It’s hard to wrap your mind around it when you see it on paper.

Environment

Strengthening Sustainability When the Stakes Are High

The Hershey Company — which has achieved a commitment to source 100% certified & sustainable cocoa by 2020 — has been committed since 2018 to no new deforestation in its global cocoa supply chain. It is also committed to tackling child labor issues.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo NeighborhoodLIFT Program Returns to Houston to Create 300 Homeowners

As the pandemic continues to put a strain on Houstonians, Wells Fargo will bring the NeighborhoodLIFT® program back to Houston for a third time to help more than 300 low- and moderate-income individuals

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Iowa  Nonprofits  Receive $160,000 From the Alliant Energy Foundation

Six Iowa-based nonprofit organizations are receiving Impact Grants from Alliant Energy’s Foundation totaling $160,000 to support strategic projects that directly impact Alliant Energy customers and communities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Tlaxcala Team Takes Action, Named One of Owens Corning's 2021 Top Volunteers

About 20 employees from the Tlaxcala Composites plant assisted the Mexican Red Cross with COVID-19 relief efforts in the communities surrounding the plant.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives: Engaging Employees and Suppliers

We are pleased with all we have accomplished in the past year, even as Biogen employees around the world are coming together with renewed urgency to promote a world that is healthy, equitable and sustainable for all.

Latest Campaigns

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