Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Sustainable Development Goals

Bayer Future of Farming Dialogue Focuses on Importance of Sustainability in Agriculture

As part of the company’s Future of Farming Dialogue virtual event series, Liam Condon, President of the Crop Science division of Bayer, emphasized the importance of the company’s sustainability commitments it set in 2019. Condon addressed how...

Diversity & Inclusion

Unmute Yourself!

There has never been a more important time for corporate America to have the broadest, most enlightened possible view of its role in society.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Awarded 2020 NSC Green Cross Safety Innovation Award

Dow received the NSC Green Cross for Safety® Innovation Award for its Aerial Lift Safety Project, for approaching a lasting challenge and developing a transformative response to the problem.

Research, Reports & Publications

FedEx Delivering for Good: 2019-2020 Humanitarian Relief Snapshot

2019 and 2020 brought numerous, intense natural disasters and a global pandemic. FedEx Delivering For Good was created to help with global relief for crises like these – and we were prepared.

Diversity & Inclusion

Partnering With the Latino Hispanic American Community Center to Help Children Achieve Their Brightest Future

At Hershey, we consciously work to ensure our employees feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work each day, and that our workforce mirrors the diversity of our consumers around the world. One of the ways we do this is through our eight, diverse, employee-led Business Resource Groups, including the Latino Business Resource Group (LBRG).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Finding Our Way: Signs and Symbols Point to a Safe Return to Public Life

Today, public space is full of unfamiliar features: plastic partitions, mask requirements, and rules that dictate how far apart to stand, how many people can be in a space, and even in what direction we can walk down an aisle or hallway

Education

Connecting Students to the Real World Through Project-Based Learning

A project-based learning approach to teaching means connecting students to the real-world through thought-provoking activities designed to challenge and inspire by doing.

Events, Media & Communications

Register for the Qualcomm 5G Summit

Qualcomm’s premium hosted event is bringing the ecosystem together to showcase 5G technologies that are on the forefront of innovation for today’s needs and tomorrow’s future.

Innovation & Technology

Detecting Hardware Trojans with Machine Learning

As the complexity of our devices continues to increase, the software tools used to evaluate them need to keep pace.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Intel on 100 Most Sustainably Managed Companies

This recognition underscores Intel’s longstanding commitment to sustainability and transparency.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CornerSquare Community Capital Supports Ethnically, Racially Diverse and Women-Owned Small Businesses

A $40 million initial donation from Truist Financial Corporation* has established CornerSquare Community Capital. This new national nonprofit fund will help select community development financial institutions (CDFIs) increase their lending...

Environment

How Future Food Packaging Can Help Solve the People-planet Dilemma

The COVID-19 pandemic has stress tested the global food supply chain like never before, putting a spotlight on the importance of food safety and availability.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives S2E22: Wendy John, Fidelity Investments

Wendy John, Head of Global Diversity & Inclusion at Fidelity Investments, joins Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly to discuss the rapid growth in corporate DEI positions in recent years and the added urgency these programs have taken on in 2020.

Innovation & Technology

Walmart, Quest Diagnostics and DroneUp Pilot COVID-19 AT-Home Self-Collection Kit Delivery in Cheektowaga, New York

Walmart, Quest Diagnostics, and DroneUp today announced a pilot program to provide drone delivery of COVID-19 at-home self-collection kits to single-family homes in the Cheektowaga-area.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Successfully Recruit, Engage, and Retain Volunteers During a Pandemic: Learn More & Register Today

COVID-19’s impact on volunteering challenges nonprofits, individuals, and companies to find ways to continue to serve communities in need.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Economics of Impact

If you are serious about ESG, read this succinct blog on shared value thinking, how purpose should inform capital allocation, and the economics of impact.

Events, Media & Communications

3BL Virtual Forum to Explore Business Leadership in the Movement for Racial and Economic Justice

Corporate voices matter. Financial commitments are important. Then the hard work begins.

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Longitudes | Don't Give Up Hope: Steering and Growing a Small Business During COVID-19

After a literal bittersweet encounter in the African nation of Chad, I felt compelled to create a company to address gender inequalities and help empower women so they can find their voices.

Innovation & Technology

Securing Your Child's Devices at Home During COVID-19

National Cyber Security Awareness Month is the perfect opportunity to raise awareness & teach your kids to be Cyber Safe. Kevin Roundy, Technical Director at NortonLifeLock Research Group, shares 4 things parents can do to help keep kids safe online.

Sustainable Development Goals

How Nutrition for Zero Hunger Is Working Toward Zero Empty Plates

Currently, two billion people worldwide do not have regular access to sufficient, nutritious food. In addition, the pandemic will add as many as 132 million more people to the total number of the world’s hungry in 2020 alone.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Mohawk's Continuum Process Honored as One of Fast Company's Most Innovative Sustainability Projects of 2020

The flooring manufacturer was honored for Continuum, its patented process that recycles plastic bottles and transforms them into sustainable carpet fibers.

Environment

AB InBev, Denmark and WWF Partner on Water Conservation in Cape Town

To better understand what was happening to the city’s groundwater supply, AB InBev funded a pilot project which included a citizen science survey and initiated a groundwater monitoring network in Cape Town.

Energy

Duke Energy Unveils Sweeping Clean Energy and Emissions Reduction Plan at Inaugural ESG Day

Duke Energy today announced an extensive expansion of its clean energy and emissions reduction plans to significantly increase the company’s carbon and methane reductions, coal plant retirements and renewable energy generation goals.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alexion Is Proud to Be Recognized by OSHA for Our Commitment to Workplace Health and Safety

Alexion is proud to have its New Haven, CT and Bogart, GA sites recognized by OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) for their commitment to workplace health and safety. Both sites participated in OSHA’s Safe + Sound Week...

Media & Communications

CNH Industrial is Proud to be a Member of AEM's Newly Established Sustainability Council

CNH Industrial is a longstanding member of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), and is proud to be amongst the founding members of AEM’s newly established Sustainability Council.

Latest Campaigns

  1. ESG Recognition
    While our commitment to being a responsible corporation is not dependent on recognition, it is a great validation of our work when external...
  2. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  3. America's Charities Employee Engagement & Social Responsibility
    More than ever, retaining and recruiting employees is a top priority for companies. Aware of the link between workplace giving and employee engagement...
  4. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  5. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  9. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. Tork, an Essity brand
    Tork is an Essity brand. Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Wherever there is a need for wiping, drying, cleaning or polishing...
  13. 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...
  14. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  15. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...