Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Corporate Responsibility

Corporate Governance at Northern Trust

Our vision for ESG is embedded at all levels of our organization. Our board of directors, and its Corporate Governance Committee engages in active oversight of ESG matters of significance to the corporation and its subsidiaries.

Education & Workforce Development

How a Middle-School Summer Program Builds Self-Identity With Tech and Mentorship

"It’s a really important time to be able to have them reflect on who they are: What do they value? What do they see themselves to be in the future?"

Corporate Responsibility

ESG Talk Podcast: Shaping the Global Climate Transition for All Ft. Simon Mundy

Join our author chat with Simon Mundy, Moral Money editor at the Financial Times and author of Race for Tomorrow: Survival, Innovation and Profit on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis.

Philanthropy

Grant Bolsters Bi-National Effort To Expand Air Monitoring Along the Border

“An international border may separate us from Juárez, but we share the same environment and understand the pace of growth, so we recognize how impactful this could be.”

Research & Reports

Human Trafficking Prevention

American Airlines has become an industry leader in combating human trafficking and child exploitation.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Southern Company Scores 100 Percent on Disability Equality Index for the Sixth Consecutive Year

The 2022 Disability Equality Index (DEI) has rated Southern Company as one of the "Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion."

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Dow and Nexus Circular Announce Plans to Build New Advanced Recycling Facility in Dallas, TX, Expediting Circular Plastics Production in USA

The new facility will process and convert over 26,000 MTs of previously non-recycled plastics into highquality circular feedstocks to accelerate sustainable virgin plastics production.

Socially Responsible Investing

CSRHub Adds Data-Driven ESG Signals From GaiaLens

CSRHub has added data from GaiaLens—a fintech platform that integrates ESG information. Our analysis found overlap and correlation between our data and signals.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Striving To Close the Workplace Gender Gap: Supporting Our Women in Tech

Here at GoDaddy, we truly believe that diverse teams, built with all employees, build better products and make for a better place for us all to work. We strive for equality for all of our employees regardless of gender, race, and sexual orientation.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Franklin Templeton Expands Its Partnership With Envestnet

Franklin Templeton has expanded its partnership with Envestnet and signed on to sponsor the Envestnet Institute on Campus (EIOC) program.

Corporate Responsibility

Libra Group Becomes Signatory of UN Women's Empowerment Principles Recognizing Need to Accelerate Global Equality for Women

Libra Group, a privately-owned international business group whose subsidiaries own and operate assets in nearly 60 countries, today announced that it has become a signatory of the United Nations (UN) Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEP).

Energy & Infrastructure

U.S. Power Sector Emissions Ticked Back Up in 2021, According to Annual Ceres Benchmarking Report

Carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power sector increased by 7% in 2021 over the previous year, as economies around the world reopened following shutdowns related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Corporate Responsibility

GM's Vision for a More Sustainable and Equitable Future

GM is driving towards an all-electric, more sustainable future and moving faster than ever.

Philanthropy

Wells Fargo Foundation Awards $7.5 Million to LISC Houston to Expand Homeownership for Families of Color

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and local elected officials joined LISC Houston and the Harris County Homeownership Collaborative, or HCHC, to announce the launch of a new initiative

Corporate Responsibility

Platform.sh Hires Leah Goldfarb As Environmental Impact Officer To Oversee Greener Web Hosting Strategy

Platform.sh, a unified, secure, enterprise-grade platform for building, running and scaling web applications, today announced the appointment of Leah Goldfarb as Environmental Impact Officer.

Philanthropy

My Special Aflac Duck® Helps Bring Joy to Young Patients Diagnosed With Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease at Nicklaus Children's Hospital in South Florida

September marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and to encompass activities designed to bring attention to these diseases, Aflac delivered My Special Aflac Ducks to young patients with pediatric cancer and sickle cell disease at Nicklaus Children's Hospital.

Corporate Responsibility

Transforming Traditional Safety Training With the Power of Virtual Reality

As part of our Stewardship Framework, our safety teams are continually building capability in our employees and resilience in our systems to prevent serious incidents.

AI & Technology

Shorter corn stalks, drones and more: Inside Bayer Crop Science's $2B R&D pipeline

Bayer Crop Science has put those two topics at the center of its research and development initiatives, developing new products that it believes will help mitigate food insecurity and climate change.

Philanthropy

Connecting Employees With NGOs for Impactful 3-Month Assignments

Each year, approximately 30 employees from around the world are selected to participate in our Fellowship program, a three-month, corporate pro bono program to support the efforts of non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Energy & Infrastructure

How Cisco's CDA Program Facilitates Sustainable Real Estate

Over the past year, the Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) team has worked to develop sustainability pilots and projects across the globe, as sustainability becomes more important to Cisco and our customers.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Making Supply Chains More Inclusive and Secure

Access to digital tools and platforms has given a new generation of small businesses owners the ability reach customers far beyond Main Street. But, there is work to be done to reduce frictions in gathering global trading system.

Education & Workforce Development

DataSetGo To Promote Financial Literacy and Future-Ready Job Skills for 70,000+ High School Students

With a goal of shaping a diverse and future-ready workforce, Principal® Foundation and EVERFI have joined together to create a new data science and financial literacy program for high school students in the U.S.

Events

Danai Gurira To Host Global Citizen Festival: Accra on September 24

Global Citizen today announced more artists set to participate in the 10th anniversary Global Citizen Festival, taking place on September 24th in NYC’s Central Park and Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana.

Corporate Responsibility

Force for Good Reveals Funding Gap for Sustainable Development Has Widened to US$135 Trillion Ahead of 2022 UN General Assembly Debates

Force for Good reveals funding gap for sustainable development has widened to $135 trillion ahead of 2022 UN General Assembly debates.

Philanthropy

Obituary: Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. (1939-2022) An Incomparable Spirit

Herb Kohler's bold ideas and hands-on leadership transformed the plumbing products manufacturer founded by his grandfather into a global and diverse family of businesses synonymous with unmatched quality, creativity, and bold innovation.

Latest Campaigns

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...

Wesco Cares

Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...

People

As a family-owned business, Bacardi values the importance of creating a warm and welcoming workplace. We do so by fostering an environment where...

SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights

Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...

2025 Performance Report

Entergy’s 2025 performance report, “Energy for a better future” presents an overview of our company’s 2025 achievements, future plans and strategies...

Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility

License to Operate

Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

LATAM Growth

DP World is significantly expanding its operations in Latin America, focusing on enhancing port infrastructure and increasing cargo handling...

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...

Opportunity for All

At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...