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Responsible Production & Consumption

Textile Exchange's Benchmark Program to Cover Nature Impacts for the First Time

Textile Exchange’s Corporate Fiber and Materials Benchmark (CFMB) program is launching a new tool to help the fashion and textile industry take urgent action on biodiversity.

Sustainable Development Goals

African Business Leaders Call for Sustainable Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic at UN Global Compact Event

Business and civil society executives from across Africa joined United Nations leaders at a virtual UN Global Compact gathering today to call for greater commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals in response to challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sappi North America Receives 2020 AF&PA Leadership in Sustainability Award

Sappi North America, Inc. was named a recipient of the Leadership in Sustainability – Water Award from the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) as part of its Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 Sustainability Awards program.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Schneider Electric Customer Stories: Saint-Gobain

Building materials manufacturers like Saint-Gobain need ways to save energy. That's why their partnership with Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure is so crucial to their business operations.

Sustainable Development Goals

Media Advisory: High-level Caring for Climate Meeting Aims to Ramp up Ambition in Race to Net Zero Emissions

The eighth annual High-Level Meeting of Caring for Climate will take place Tuesday, 8 December 2020 from 09:00 - 10:40 am EST | 03:00 - 04:40 pm CET, bringing together leaders from business, finance, sub-national government, civil society, and the United Nations to reflect on progress and discuss ways to collectively ramp up climate action in the lead up to the five year anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

44,600 Nonprofits Supported Through Benevity's Platform on GivingTuesday 2020

Benevity announces that $55.5 million was raised, supporting 44,600 nonprofits on GivingTuesday 2020 through its platform, an increase of 61 percent over the $34 million raised in 2019.

Diversity & Inclusion

Building a More Inclusive World for People With Disabilities

On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, P&G is celebrating the power of our differences, and the strength of our togetherness.

Health & Healthcare

Education, Reinvention and Common Action Can Right the Wrongs Exposed by COVID-19

Today’s events not only make us confront these issues, but also push us to re-evaluate and co-innovate. Here are 3 imperatives to find solutions for a more equitable, safer and resilient world.

Environment

CNH Industrial Is Protecting, Preserving and Improving Essential Water Supplies in India

Water is the most fundamental element for life, and it is one of the world’s most precious resources. For many people, the simple act of turning on a tap in the home or an irrigation system in a field is just that, a simple act.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Mohawk Honored by Training Magazine for 15th Consecutive Year

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Intel Named One of America's Most Responsible Companies 2021

In the second annual installment of this ranking, Intel earned the #20 spot for its efforts to give back to the communities it operates in.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Alkermes Celebrates Giving Tuesday with Alkermes in Action Program

We are celebrating Giving Tuesday and our commitment to giving back by kicking off our annual Alkermes in Action program!

Health & Healthcare

Reimagining Healthcare

5G technology is not just for mobile phones. It will intelligently connect all kinds of devices across factories, hospitals, schools, city infrastructure, businesses, farms and stores — reimagining our lives on every level.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

America's Most Responsible Companies

It’s sustainability awards season and we’re honored that NortonLifeLock has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2021.

Diversity & Inclusion

More than 700 Corporate Responsibility and Philanthropy Leaders Convene to Advance Racial Equity

ACCP, CECP, The Council on Foundations, and Points of Light collaborated to host a two-day conference titled, “Racial Equity: Moving Companies from Promise to Action.”

Events, Media & Communications

World Environment Center Europe Elects New Supervisory Board Officers

The World Environment Center’s (WEC) Europe Supervisory Board of Directors has elected the following individuals as its Officers.

Diversity & Inclusion

Why There Has Never Been a Better Time for Neurodiversity

I am not a neutral party when it comes to neurodiversity. I am a parent of an autistic teenager, and my work is also related to the topic. Neurodiversity is the different ways we as humans think, communicate and see the world. Neurodiversity also implies that these differences, while presenting certain challenges, also contain untapped strengths for the individual, for businesses, and for society overall.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CBRE Global Investors Achieves Exceptional GRESB Results Including Recognition of Three Funds as Global Sector Leaders

CBRE Global Investors today announced another year of exceptional results in the 2020 GRESB Real Estate Assessment, with three funds recognized as the global sector leaders in the industrial, retail and hotel categories. The results underscore the firm’s continued progress toward being a market leader in sustainability.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Change Makers: 3D Printing is Transforming Manufacturing Inside and Out at This Koch Company

At John Zink Hamworthy Combustion (JZHC), additive manufacturing isn’t limited to the manufacturing floor.

Energy

National Grid Transitions to Regional Focus and Appoints Key Leaders

National Grid US President Badar Khan today announced the company’s transition to a deeply local model for its US business. The announcement includes the expansion of New England and New York leadership roles and a new Chief Customer Officer.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How To Foster Professional Development And Community For Remote Teams

Now that we’ve moved past the crisis mode and have settled into remote work, marketing leaders need to focus on engagement and development of team members’ careers remotely.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Looped In with Jeff Wooster | A Conversation with The Kraft Heinz Company

Diversity & Inclusion

Newly Funded MBA Initiative Paves the Way for Women in Challenging Circumstances to Become Female Leaders of the Future

3 December 2020, London: The UK chapter of Omniwomen+Allies, Omnicom’s global initiative committed to increasing the number, seniority and influence of women in its leadership roles, today confirms details of its sponsored MBA programme, Future3, with long-standing partner, Theirworld, the global charity committed to ending the global education crisis, and Edinburgh Business School, the graduate school of business of Heriot-Watt University.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Giving Tuesday 3rd Place Winner and $2,500 Grant Recipient : The Arc Gateway - Pensacola, FL

When asked to think of a local organization that is dedicated to helping people, one name immediately came to mind – The Arc Gateway.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why Climate Finance? Why Now?

“Why climate finance,” you might ask? In 25 years of reporting on sustainable business, I have become fascinated by the pivotal relationship between capital and innovative solutions to climate-related issues.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  5. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  6. 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...
  7. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...
  8. Aflac Insights
    Learn more about Aflac’s survey findings to better understand workplace trends as well as consumer attitudes, habits and opinions toward health and...
  9. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  10. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  11. EVP Campaign
    Driving awareness of DP World’s Employee Value Proposition across the Americas, showcasing the company’s purpose-driven mission, talent strategy, and...
  12. Aflac Voices
    Hear from Aflac’s senior leaders and subject matter experts about industry trends and more.
  13. Plastics Footprint
    We aspire to be a leader in driving innovative solutions that address the problem of plastic pollution and enable a circular economy. We are committed...
  14. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  15. Health & Nutrition
    Be the leading nutritious and sustainable product development partner for our customers, developing industry leading solutions that enable the...