Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Provides $13.7 Million in Total Financing for Affordable Housing in Alaska

KeyBank Community Development Lending & Investment (CDLI) has provided a total of $13.7 million in financing to Swell LLC, for the construction of Turnagain Place in Anchorage, AK. The 29-unit apartment project will serve households earning 50% and 60% AMI, persons with disabilities and persons who have formerly experienced homelessness.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Diageo Partners with Others to Create Momentum Against Producers’ Commitments

Diageo welcomes today’s release of the latest Producers’ Commitments Report by the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD), which shows signatory companies are building momentum in contributing to a global target of reducing harmful drinking by 10% by 2025.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Banker With a Boat Joins Houston Storm Heroes

With barely a puddle in his own driveway and the human toll from Hurricane Harvey growing by the minute, Chase McKinney heeded the call from Houston police and Harris County and became a citizen rescuer.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Donates $1.1 Million for Hurricane Irma Relief

Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) announced today it is donating a total of $1.1 million to support Hurricane Irma relief efforts in Florida and the Caribbean. The company’s donation includes $500,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, $500,000 to local nonprofits focused on relief efforts in the immediate future, and $100,000 to International Medical Corps as that organization engages in relief efforts in the Caribbean.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Have Boat, Will Rescue

With barely a puddle in his own driveway and the human toll from Hurricane Harvey growing by the minute, Wells Fargo banker Chase McKinney answered the call from Houston police and Harris County and became a citizen rescuer.

Events, Media & Communications

The Subaru Fall Festival at Greensgrow Farms Returns to Philadelphia

Subaru of America, Inc. and Greensgrow Farms, Philadelphia’s famous urban farm and community garden center, will welcome its neighbors and visitors to celebrate the fall season at the Subaru Fall Festival at Greensgrow Farms on October 7, 2017. The Subaru Fall Festival at Greensgrow Farms is Philadelphia’s premier harvest season event, expecting crowds of over 4,000 people from all over the region.

Social Impact & Volunteering

We Are Still In: How Businesses Reshape Political Advocacy in Washington

In June, after months of debate and tense speculation, President Donald Trump did something that would have unprecedented impact in the U.S. business community: He announced he would be pulling the United States’ support for the Paris Accord.

Years of negotiations with international counterparts to bring about consensus on how global warming could be slowed across the planet received what many thought at the time was a fatal blow. Without US support of a protocol to restrict environmental temperature, many feared, businesses would be reluctant to follow the recommendations of the UN, which included limiting carbon emissions.

But they were wrong.

Green Infrastructure

Delos™ and M Moser Form Alliance to Promote Healthy Building Design

Delos™, a wellness real estate and technology firm, today announces a strategic alliance with M Moser Associates, a leading practitioner of human-focused building design, to accelerate the integration of health and wellness into the built environment. The relationship will leverage the existing knowledge and resources of both parties to create a global leader in innovative research surrounding the impact of the indoor environment on occupants’ health and well-being.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sodexo Helps Military Professionals Sharpen Their Foodservice Skills and Business Expertise

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) hosted its annual Armed Forces Forum for Culinary Excellence event that brings together outstanding servicemen and women for hands-on cooking activities, interactive seminars, and mentoring and career-coaching sessions.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Statement by Rebuilding Together on the Devastation Caused by Hurricane Irma

Caroline Blakely, President and CEO of Rebuilding Together, made the following statement regarding the damage caused by Hurricane Irma.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

National Grid Crews Head to North Carolina & Florida to Aid Irma Response Efforts

More than 300 National Grid employees,100 vehicles--including our mobile command unit—will be departing on Tuesday, September 12th to support Duke Energy and Tampa Electric in their response efforts to Hurricane Irma.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Helping Wounded Veterans and Their Caregivers Find Support and Healing

There is a consequence of war so huge and powerful that it can envelop a veteran’s entire life and dreams, upending his or her family’s lives as well. The internal anguish of post-traumatic stress and brain injury doesn’t always show on the outside. But it can be as difficult and frustrating – to both veterans and caregivers – as physical battle injuries, simmering relentlessly for decades and sometimes exploding at unexpected times.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Little Goes a Long Way

Love and support have a cumulative effect. Just ask the Ocasio family, who decided to adopt a group of six siblings they were fostering, and today have a total of 11 adopted children. Every donation is a new opportunity to find a forever family for a deserving child. Join our Circle of Support and sign up for monthly giving today. #ItsWorthIt

Energy

LG Residential and Commercial Solar Panels Combine Performance, Convenience

LG Electronics USA is bringing a diverse range of solar products to Solar Power International 2017 to showcase its lineup of high-power and advanced integrated technologies catering to both the residential and commercial markets.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Relief Efforts for Hurricane Irma: How You Can Help

We are all deeply saddened and concerned to see the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma across the Caribbean and now in Florida. The entire PayPal community is thinking of the people in affected areas and we are deeply committed to assisting those in need.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

A New Dawn for Corporate Leadership

As the 2017 Fortune Change the World list shows us, business leaders are now deeply engaged in the pressing societal issues of our day as they increasingly recognize that those issues affect the long-term success of their companies.

Sustainable Development Goals

For First Time, 10,000 Ghana Cocoa Farmers Able to Receive Premium Payments by Mobile Phone

Cargill has made its first ever sustainable premium payment by electronic transfer to cocoa farmers in Ghana. Just over 10,000 farmers are benefiting from the 2 million GHS mobile payments made by Cargill in partnership with its customers through the Cargill Cocoa Promise, Cargill’s commitment to improving the livelihoods of farmers and communities that will secure a thriving cocoa sector for generations to come.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Scotiabank Stands With Our Customers, Employees and Communities Affected by Hurricane Irma

Scotiabank is donating $500,000 USD to charitable organizations assisting with the rescue and relief efforts in the many Caribbean countries impacted by Hurricane Irma. Our thoughts continue to be with the people of the affected regions as they demonstrate strength and resilience following the devastation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Republic Services Donates Coloring Books to Children's Minnesota

Republic Services Minnesota employees were honored and humbled to present a donation check and educational recycling coloring books to @childrensmn in support of the organizations Cancer Kids Fund.

Health & Healthcare

Shape the Future GRI Standard 403 on Occupational Health and Safety

Are you an expert on occupational health and safety, or do you have experience reporting on the topic? Now that the revised draft Standard has been proposed, the GSSB wants to hear from you!

Media & Communications

This Is Hurricane Season in the Americas -- and Climate Change Discussions Will Accompany News Reports About the Super-Storms Coming Ashore

All news/all the time -- that was the American television viewer's diet of content during the week long siege, with Hurricane Harvey sweeping ashore along the Gulf of Mexico areas of the State of Texas. And the plight of the people of the Houston region, in particular, was on everyone's mind as we watched the struggles of the residents there to stay safe and help their neighbors.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Galaxy Visit Patients at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

As part of their longstanding relationship with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), AEG’s LA Galaxy players spent last Tuesday with patients at CHLA. Galaxy players and mascot Cozmo, visited outpatients and their families in their rooms, the Family Resource Center and CHLA’s Sports Motion Lab.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Walmart Announces a New Customer Campaign to Assist with 2017 U.S. Hurricane Relief

In response to the severe weather impacting the country, Walmart is committing up to $10 million in additional support for 2017 U.S. hurricane relief efforts. This will bring the total committed by Walmart to hurricane relief efforts this year to $30 million, building on the support provided in response to Hurricane Harvey that hit the Gulf region two-and-a-half weeks ago.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HPE Listed in Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the Sixth Consecutive Year

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is proud to be listed in the 2017 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, recognizing HPE as one of the most sustainable companies in the world. It is the sixth consecutive year HPE has been included in the DJSI indices1. The indices are a family of best-in-class benchmarks for investors who have recognized that sustainable business practices are critical to generating long-term shareholder value and who wish to reflect their sustainability convictions in their investment portfolios.

Green Infrastructure

Black & Veatch Bolsters Water Infrastructure Design-Build Expertise

Black & Veatch, a leading provider of design-build project delivery services for the water industry, today announced that Bruce Duff has been named Managing Director of Design-Build within its water business. Duff will be based in the Company’s Toronto metro area office.

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