Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Inclusion & Opportunity

The Home Depot Celebrates National Tradesmen Day and Workforce Development with 100 Black Men of America and HBI

September is Workforce Development Month, and the third Friday of this month marks National Tradesmen Day. There are currently more than 400,000 open roles in the trades nationally.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

KOCH INVESTS: Smarter Supply Chains With Arkestro

Koch Disruptive Technologies is co-leading a $26 million Series A funding round in Arkestro.

Events

Fifth Third Bank Bringing Immersive Experience to Blink

BLINK, the nation’s largest outdoor light and art experience known for its immersive components, returns for the first time since 2019 to showcase a diverse lineup of talent in October including an exciting exhibit from Fifth Third Bank.

Health & Healthcare

FDA Authorizes Quest Diagnostics' Proprietary Monkeypox Test for Emergency Use

Quest Diagnostic announced that it has received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the company's lab-developed molecular diagnostic test to aid in the diagnosis of infection with the Monkeypox virus.

Research & Reports

KKR 2021 Sustainability Report: Global Ambitions

Building on over a decade of work with portfolio companies, we seek to scale our ambitions for ESG performance.

Volunteering & Community

IOC Approves Strategic Framework on Human Rights

The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Strategic Framework on Human Rights was approved today by the IOC Executive Board (EB).

Research & Reports

Rayonier 2021 Sustainability Report: Sustainable Forest Management

Sustainable forest management involves a perpetual cycle of planting trees, allowing those trees to grow, harvesting those trees for use in various forest products, and then replanting new trees to begin the cycle anew.

Environment

SEC Chair Reinforces Importance of Mandatory Climate Disclosure Proposal

U.S. SEC Chair Gary Gensler testified that the agency has the legal authority to put forth and enact rules that will protect investors from risks in the market, including the financial risks associated with climate change.

Philanthropy

How T-Mobile Is Supporting Hispanic & Latino Communities with Digital Literacy Programs

T-Mobile’s support of digital literacy aims to address inequities experienced by Hispanic/Latino students and business owners and bring digital literacy programs directly to growing Hispanic/Latino communities across the U.S.

Education & Workforce Development

HP's HBCU Tech Conference Returns With a Focus on Career Success

When the second HBCU Tech Conference gets underway this week, the leadership, staff, and students of 102 Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the nation will have the opportunity to experience what’s next in higher education.

Events

Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger World

At T. Rowe Price, we work every day to do right by our clients, so that they can invest confidently in their financial futures.

Health & Healthcare

Lessons Learned at Medtronic Help One Employee Improve Healthcare in Vietnam

Medtronic sales manager Joe Lontai is helping improve how Vietnam’s healthcare systems treat patients during natural disasters.

Volunteering & Community

The 1.25% of Employee Volunteers That Will Change Everything (and How To Find Them)

The dirty little secret of corporate volunteering is that your employees are already volunteering…in their own lives, on their own time…but they’re probably not telling YOU about it.

Energy & Infrastructure

Shoring Up the Grid for Extreme Weather and Climate Change

In the aftermath of Sandy, PSE&G went to work, developing a plan to better protect our customers from future extreme weather events.

Environment

Sustainable Facilities at FedEx

We strive to sustainably operate our more than 5,000 air and ground hubs, local stations, freight service centers, and retail locations through continued investments in efficiency, renewable energy, and other energy management programs.

Environment

Wild Bison Returns to UK for First Time in Thousands of Years

Wild bison have been released into the UK for the first time in thousands of years as part of a pioneering conservation project to slow the climate crisis.

Events

A Thousand Empty Plates Outside the U.N. Represent 50 Million Facing Starvation

Global Citizen has laid out 1000 empty plates opposite the United Nations headquarters in New York to draw urgent attention to the global food crisis, and call on world leaders to deliver the $33 billion needed to mitigate the emergency.

Corporate Responsibility

Sappi CEO Steve Binnie Celebrates Company Achievements In a World Changed Forever by COVID-19

Nature reminds us that life always moves forward and finds a way to advance and thrive.

Inclusion & Opportunity

How to Inclusify

Strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion is an ongoing process. What often gets missed in the pursuit of greater diversity are the intentional actions needed to also make a workplace inclusive.

Volunteering & Community

IOC Young Leaders Programme

The IOC Young Leaders programme, launched in 2016, empowers talents to leverage the power of sport to make a positive difference in their communities.

Energy & Infrastructure

Southern Company Partners With General Services Administration To Reduce Energy Costs, Improve Sustainability at GSA's Georgia Federal Buildings

Innovative solutions will focus on lighting, HVAC, water conservation and more

Inclusion & Opportunity

D&I Weekly News Round Up: Racism, Disability and More

The latest edition of our Diversity & Inclusion News Round Up. Today we are talking about heightism affecting careers, racial discrimination in the workplace, ID markers helping people with invisible disabilities, and an inspiring NASA engineer

Environment

Know Before You Go: Key EHS Insights for Global Expansion

The world is a big place full of new and exciting opportunities just waiting for you to explore. We’re here to take you on a journey through the top EHS compliance considerations and obstacles for global expansion with some examples along the way.

Corporate Responsibility

New Study From FSG Examines the Essential Link Between ESG Targets and Financial Performance

Too many companies position sustainability as an afterthought. FSG's latest article in HBR provides six steps to fully integrate ESG targets into core business models.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Stuart Weitzman: Supporting Women Leaders

In FY2021, Stuart Weitzman created the Bold Moves Grant. Stuart Weitzman’s $200,000 donation will fund grants to help women leaders achieve their bold ideas to drive change in their communities.

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Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations

AEG's sustainability initiatives are designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive sustainability...

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...

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...

Cascale Governance

Cascale shares updates from its Board of Directors who serve as the principal governing body and are responsible for setting the strategic direction...

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...