Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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HPRC Impact Report

Health & Healthcare | Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

HPRC Publishes Inaugural Impact Report: Paving the Way for Sustainable Healthcare Plastics

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is thrilled to announce the publication of its inaugural Impact Report for 2024.
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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

AllianceBernstein

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sysco 2024 Sustainability Report: At the Heart of One Planet One Table

Sysco Corporation

FSG Reimagining Social Change

Health & Healthcare

How to Help the Most Vulnerable Through the Pandemic

As governments, businesses, and individuals scramble to respond to the threat of a coronavirus pandemic, FSG Co-CEO Lauren Smith, MD, MPH, shares ideas about what we can do to make a difference.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Alexion Volunteers Help Run Local Special Olympics

More than two dozen Alexion employees from our New Haven, CT office and their family members volunteered with the Special Olympics of Connecticut to help run a bowling competition for athletes with disabilities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Farm That’s a Community Hub for Buffalo-Area Refugees

In 2018, the newly christened Somali Bantu Community Farm received a $74,000 grant from General Mills, which it used to buy a passenger van, a pick-up truck and a walk-behind tractor.

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Innovation & Technology

Minimizing Construction’s Carbon Footprint: CNH Industrial Solving the Emissions Problem With Technology

CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI/MI: CNHI) unveiled the industry’s first electric backhoe loader at this week’s CONEXPO in Las Vegas, North America’s largest construction trade show and innovation showcase.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Teck Announces 33% Carbon Reduction Target and Updated Sustainability Strategy

Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) ("Teck”) today announced a target to reduce carbon intensity by 33% by 2030 as part of its new sustainability strategy and goals.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity Initiatives Elevating Women Leaders

In 2018, Mariana Cestau, a Medtronic senior business unit manager, led a successful effort to close a gender pay equity gap in Chile. Today, women working at Medtronic in Chile earn the same as their male counterparts for equal work.

FSG Reimagining Social Change

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

COVID-19 and Corporate Purpose—Four Ways Businesses Can Respond Now

What is the role of business in a time of crisis? Every company is having internal conversations about how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Gildan Helps Australian Fund-raising Efforts for Bush Fire Charity Thanks to T-shirt Donation

Over the last three months, bushfires in Australia have ravaged the country, destroying homes and millions of acres of land. Throughout the nation, people and businesses are coming together to support those impacted.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women's Empowerment Principles: Turning a Decade of Lessons into Ambitious Business Action

A new report from BSR and the United Nations Global Compact presents aggregate findings of the WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool, an online platform used by more than 2,000 companies to anonymously assess their gender equality performance.

Sustainable Development Goals

Bayer to Advance More Sustainable Agricultural Solutions Utilizing New Innovative Greenhouses in Marana, Arizona

To further its global commitment of providing growers with the most innovative, sustainable and technically-advanced agricultural solutions, Bayer has opened its new smart, state-of-the-art, automated greenhouse facility in Marana, Ariz.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

eBay for Charity Announces Another Record-Breaking Year With $112 Million Raised for Non-Profits in 2019

eBay for Charity has announced a record-breaking year of fundraising for the 2nd year in a row. eBay’s buyers & sellers raised more than $112 million for charity organizations globally last year — an increase of 10 percent compared to the year prior

Education

Connect to Learn: Aiming to Improve Learning Outcomes of Underprivileged Girls in Myanmar

Qualcomm strives to bring mobile technology and 3G/4G-based Internet access to underserved schools in Myanmar, offering students the opportunity to leapfrog to a 21st century education through Connect to Learn.

Environment

Is Covid-19 the Silver Bullet for a Stable Climate?

Something changed recently when I saw a map comparing the air over China before and after the country went into lockdown in an attempt to contain the Covid-19 Coronavirus.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hydro Gardening Increases Students' Interest in STEM: An Update on Our Pilot Project

To connect more students to indoor gardening opportunities, the Scotts-Miracle Gro Foundation, Hawthorne Gardening Company and National Farm to School Network launched a project to integrate hydroponic growing systems into classrooms.

Innovation & Technology

Goodyear First to Achieve Key Labeling Mark for Fuel Efficiency and Extreme Traction

Goodyear is excited to announce that the results of their upcoming tire is their greatest opportunity to reduce GHG emissions and is rated Rolling Resistance "A" in the European Tire Labeling Regulation.

Health & Healthcare

Pampers' Baby Care Program

In Turkey, one out of 10 babies are born premature and struggle at the start of life. Prima (Pampers in Turkey) donates premature diapers to hospitals, and we collaborated with a foundation for parents of preemies, El Bebek Gül Bebek Charity, to help.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Happy International School Meals Day

In Russia, the milk and dairy products consumption level is decreasing. In 1989, the milk consumption level was 396 kg/capita/year. By 2016 it had decreased to 236 kg. Many children do not get the nutrition that they need.

Research, Reports & Publications

Education Is Key to Effectively Financing Small Business Growth, Finds Scotiabank Survey

The Scotiabank Women Initiative released Financial Knowledge & Financial Confidence, Closing Gender Gaps in Financing Canadian Small Businesses that outlines unique insights into how women entrepreneurs approach the financing and growth of a business

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Research, Reports & Publications

The Case for the Social Board (and How to Build One)

For many company boards, tackling the unmet needs of society is an aspiration that can be delegated to Corporate Social Responsibility teams.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

2019 Subaru Share the Love® Event Reaches $30.4 Million in Charitable Donations

Subaru of America announced its donation of more than $24 million to national and local charities resulting from the 2019 Subaru Share the Love® Event. Combined with participating Subaru retailer donations, the total climbed to $30.4 million in 2019

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Diversity & Inclusion

From Program to Possibility: Favia Marisol Consoro, Knitting Mechanic at Gildan

Favia reveals how her experiences in Gildan's initiatives have supported her career-development while empowering her as the only woman working in Mechanics at her facility.

Energy

The Microgrid Solution

As Californians confront the challenges of increased wildfire risk and both planned and unplanned electricity outages, Southern California Edison is exploring whether microgrids can provide relief to customers.

Events, Media & Communications

UPS Longitudes | Why Telling Your Sustainability Story Matters — and How to Get Started

Now more than ever, businesses have the opportunity to grow their bottom line by doing good.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Newly Released: NN Group Published Integrated 2019 Annual Report

NN Group, a financial services company active in several European countries and Japan, today published its 2019 Annual Report.

Whole Foods Market Foundation

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation Top Supplier Donors are Helping to Alleviate Poverty in the United States and Abroad

On Wednesday, March 11, Whole Planet Foundation launches its Annual Prosperity Campaign to alleviate poverty around the globe for the world’s poorest people – mostly women – living in communities where Whole Foods Market sources products.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...

  2. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.

  3. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...

  4. FedEx Cares | Overall
    FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...

  5. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...

  6. Coach Foundation | Dream It Real
    To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.

  7. 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...

  8. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...

  9. 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...

  10. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

  11. 2025 Global Inclusive Growth Summit
    This annual event hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth will explore how we can build strong growth and economic opportunity for all...

  12. 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...

  13. AMD Environmental Sustainability
    Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship

  14. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

  15. Whirlpool Corporation Diversity and Inclusion
    Celebrating D&I events, stories and wins