Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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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.

AI & Technology

'Invisibles' Making Koch Manufacturing Facilities 'Smarter'

On the surface, the small piece of tape looks like a simple adhesive strip, but it’s actually an Internet of Things-enabled device with a critical job – monitoring precious cargo and machinery.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Qurate Retail Group Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

Qurate Retail GroupSM today launched a range of National Hispanic Heritage Month initiatives across QVC®, HSN® and Zulily® to elevate Hispanic- and Latinx-owned businesses

Socially Responsible Investing

Greenbacker Secures $186 Million Credit Agreement With KeyBank and Fifth Third Bank

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC , a leading green energy investment company and independent power producer, has entered into a senior credit agreement of $186.2 million with KeyBank N.A. and Fifth Third Bank.

Energy & Infrastructure

NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Home Is the Hub

Intuitive technologies that save energy and maximize efficiency are transforming houses into smart homes.

Education & Workforce Development

Helping Communities Harness the Power of the Arts

The positive impacts of arts education for students of all ages have long been acknowledged—improved cognitive and critical thinking skills, higher test scores and graduation rates, and reduced disciplinary infractions, to name a few

Inclusion & Opportunity

ESG Talk Podcast: Dealing with Acronyms - Moving from Deflection to Determination

The focus of our chat today is acronyms. Every business has acronyms. The ESG acronym soup can be overwhelming and confusing, but do not let that deflect from your determination to learn.

Philanthropy

Gardens Bloom Again as Children Connect to Nature

Marathon’s Martinez Renewable Fuels facility gave a $10,000 grant to Holbrook for its community garden project where students learn to grow fruits, vegetables and flowers.

Environment

Ahead of Climate Week 2022, Ceres To Urge Investors, Companies, and Policymakers To Turn the Year’s Climate Victories Into Even More Ambitious Action

Climate Week 2022 provides an opportunity to celebrate and build upon historic U.S. climate action and investments, as private and public sector leaders raise ambition commitments and policies to capitalize on the opportunities of the net zero transition

Health & Healthcare

Mentoring Mothers Living With HIV: Angelina's Story

“For me, meeting my peers, women who were living with HIV and who also had children – that was a turning point for me,” Angelina says. “I needed that kind of support. It really helped me to cope back then.”

Environment

Cummins Partners To Lead Decarbonization Effort in Agriculture

Global power leader Cummins Inc. is teaming up with a leading tractor manufacturer to integrate Cummins’ 15-liter hydrogen engines into farm equipment to lead the decarbonization of the agriculture market.

Corporate Responsibility

Five Years After Hurricane Maria, Home Depot Associate Coral Gonzalez Shares Seeds of Sustainability

Bridges and other infrastructure were wiped out. Debris from landslides blocked roads. Hurricane Maria, a powerful category 5 hurricane, made landfall as the strongest storm to impact Puerto Rico in over 90 years, devastating a significant portion of the island.

Latest Campaigns

Integrated Tools

Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

Wells Fargo Social Impact and Sustainability

Wells Fargo & Company is a leading financial services company that has approximately $1.9 trillion in assets and proudly serves one in three U.S...

Small Business Growth

We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...

PSEG Environmental Stewardship

PSEG’s environmental stewardship is evident in programs and strategies that reflect our commitment to clean air, clean water and waste management...

License to Operate

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

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

The Ray

News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...