Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Diversity & Inclusion

Expedia Group Partners With French Government To Enhance Accessible Travel for Paris 2024

At Expedia Group, we’re always working to provide and improve equitable, inclusive, and accessible travel experiences. An important and growing sector is people traveling with disabilities, expected to grow to over 33 million travelers by 2028 in the US alone.

Diversity & Inclusion

Quest Diagnostics Named a "Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion" for Seventh Straight Year

Quest achieves top score of 100 on 2024 Disability Equality Index® Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion

Diversity & Inclusion

Essity 2023 Annual and Sustainability Report: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Conducting Essity’s business in a socially responsible way is part of our corporate DNA. We have a zero-tolerance approach to unethical business behavior and violations of human rights in the value chains where we exercise control.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Stacy-Marie Ishmael on Why Every Journalist Needs “A Really Good Group Text”

In this article, adapted from an interview that originally appeared on TheMuse.com, Ishmael talks about what drew her to journalism, the value of diverse newsrooms, and why she loves working at Bloomberg.

Research, Reports & Publications

Circular Industry Solutions for a Global Plastics Treaty

This report shares key insights and learnings from industry players across the plastics value chain, who have started to develop and implement circular solutions.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Principal Financial Group 2023 Sustainability Report: Our Global Sustainable Investment Products

We are seeing institutional investors around the world become more interested in sustainable investment products —and we’re responding. As a global asset manager, we have focused on converting and launching new funds that comply with greater expectations of sustainability.

Education

Subaru Supports Milestone 750,000 Students in High-Needs Schools Through Subaru Loves Learning Initiative

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today announced that a milestone of 750,000 students nationwide will be helped following its Subaru Loves Learning® program this year.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sappi’s 2024 ‘Employee Ideas That Matter’ Winners Drive Positive Impact Across Local Communities

Sappi North America, Inc. today announced the winners of its 2024 Employee Ideas that Matter (EITM) grant program, donating a total of $60,000 to 27 charities in the environmental, healthcare, educational and community spaces.

Energy

Duke Energy PowerPair Pilot Program Enrollment Surpasses 1,300 Customers in North Carolina

Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) has enrolled more than 1,300 customers in North Carolina in its new PowerPairSM pilot, a one-time incentive-based program designed to help make a home solar plus battery system more affordable for customers.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Birthplace of Fair Play Celebrated With Launch of Paris Awards

The International Fair Play Committee (CIFP), in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is once again proud to announce the Fair Play Award to honour extraordinary acts of sporting spirit during the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Village Savings and Loan Associations, With Kal Lakew and Emily Janoch

On learning through listening and the keys to creating more effective community-driven development solutions, from CARE leaders Kalkidan Lakew Yihun and Emily Janoch.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Action Against Hunger Launches New Partnership With IHG Hotels & Resorts to Tackle Food Insecurity and Malnutrition

Action Against Hunger, a global leader in promoting food security, today announced a new multi-year partnership to combat hunger for millions of people around the world with IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hotel companies.

Education

Building Young Women’s Cyber Safety and Advocacy Skills

Celebrating over a decade of partnership with WAGGGS, Norton's recent event in Pune spotlighted the Surf Smart 2.0 Programme, empowering young women worldwide with essential Cyber Safety skills and leadership training.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Global Collaboration: Strengthening International Paper’s Supplier Network

Our suppliers’ contribution is pivotal to our business success and the implementation of our Vision 2030 goals. We actively seek to work with suppliers who share our core values and commitment to ethical conduct. At International Paper, we hold our suppliers to high standards.

Sustainable Development Goals

Inside IBM’s Sustainability Strategy With Justina Nixon-Saintil, EP #91

IBM's Chief Impact Officer Justina Nixon-Saintil shares insights on the company's sustainability strategy and efforts, focusing on successes and challenges.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

‘Mi Propio Jefe’: A Cleveland Family of Entrepreneurs Takes Pride in Being Their Own Bosses

He turned to Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, which he’d learned about through the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development, and started taking the self-paced financial and marketing courses. Soon, Tirado did as well.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

MetLife 2023 Sustainability Report: Protecting Nature and Biodiversity

MetLife’s commitment to environmental stewardship and responsible resource management includes initiatives and programs that protect and enhance nature, plants and animals, including biodiversity and healthy ecosystems.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Hershey Prioritizes Living Wage and Income To Strengthen Human Rights and Economic Resilience

We recognize the direct link between living wage, living income and other human rights issues. This understanding has led us to prioritize living wage and income as a central component of our human rights agenda.

Innovation & Technology

Medtronic: An Engineer and the Earthworms That Revolutionized Spinal Cord Stimulation

In 2010, engineer David Dinsmoor was looking for a project to occupy a high school intern. 

Health & Healthcare

My Quest Story – Carol Ann Mandichak

National Logistics Day was June 28th. Join us in celebrating our logistics professionals who play a vital role in ensuring each specimen is treated like a life and delivered to our labs across the country.

Innovation & Technology

AI’s Hot Pursuit: Cooling Down the Environmental Impact of Data Centers

With the exponential rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, entire industries are being transformed—helping boost productivity and reshaping how business is done and services are delivered.

Research, Reports & Publications

Nielsen’s 2024 ESG Report: Building a Healthy and Resilient Business and Communities Through Responsible and Inclusive Practices

Today Nielsen released its 2024 Nielsen ESG Report, an annual report on the company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy, approach and performance across six key areas: people; business inclusion, impact and belonging; environment; communities; data privacy.

Education

Inspiring the Next Generation: My Experience at the ISEF Science Fair

Mary Kay has always been an advocate for women in STEM – which I experience firsthand as a member of the Research & Development team – and I was proud to represent the Company in furthering these young participants’ dreams.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Combatting Nutrition Security Gaps Through Employee Volunteerism

Before a person can even begin thinking about their financial journey, they must first have access to essential needs like nutritious, filling meals.

Unfortunately, far too many people around the globe are struggling with nutrition security—around 2.4 billion people.

Research, Reports & Publications

2023–2024 Cummins Sustainability Progress Report: Government Relations

Cummins, through its Government Relations function, worked on a wide variety of local, state, federal and international policy issues in 2023.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  7. EVP Campaign
    Driving awareness of DP World’s Employee Value Proposition across the Americas, showcasing the company’s purpose-driven mission, talent strategy, and...
  8. Aflac Voices
    Hear from Aflac’s senior leaders and subject matter experts about industry trends and more.
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. Health & Nutrition
    Be the leading nutritious and sustainable product development partner for our customers, developing industry leading solutions that enable the...
  12. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  13. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  14. Made to Move Communities
    About the Made to Move Communities program Launched in 2020, the Made to Move Communities program engages young minds to explore real-world...
  15. 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...