Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Responsible Production & Consumption

Love Your Clothes Longer

Mar 14, 2019 9:00 AM ET

As a result of many factors, we are consuming more clothing than at any time in human history, over 100 billion garments annually. Compared to 15 years ago, consumers buy three times more garments every year and keep them half as long.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Common Impact, Sustainable Food Center and the Charles Schwab Pro Bono Challenge

Mar 14, 2019 8:00 AM ET

After one year implementing the strategies they learned at the 2017 Charles Schwab Pro Bono Challenge, the Sustainable Food Center is reporting some big impact. Its Farmers’ Market WIC program has grown three-fold. The organization has even brought on another staff member to manage the expanding program

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan’s Morenci Mine Receives Wildlife Habitat Council Mammals Award

Mar 14, 2019 6:45 AM ET

Freeport-McMoRan recently received the Wildlife Habitat Council Mammals Award for their Bighorn Sheep management program. The award recognizes excellence in corporate conservation in wildlife habitat enhancement and restoration, and conservation education.

Research, Reports & Publications

NN Group Annual Report: Shaping Our Tomorrow

Mar 14, 2019 5:00 AM ET

NN Group is pleased to announce the publication of our 2018 Annual Report. It consists of two components – the Annual Review and the Financial Report – providing an integrated overview of our strategy and performance.

Education

Making Food Safe and Available to School Children Around the World

Mar 14, 2019 5:00 AM ET

On International School Meals Day, learn how we work with customers, NGOs and governments to tackle nutrition challenges around the world. #ISMD2019

Sustainable Development Goals

CEOs Unite in Response to Backlash on Gender Equality

Mar 13, 2019 7:15 PM ET

Business leaders from more than 20 organizations will join a CEO Roundtable at the United Nations on 14 March to discuss strategies to advance gender equality in the face of backlash against global diversity and inclusion efforts.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Vetting and Managing the Charities in Your Employee Giving Campaign Requires More Than Great Technology

Mar 13, 2019 5:30 PM ET

“When my employees choose to donate to a charity, how do I know that charity is legitimate?”

“How do I know the funds actually get to my employees’ designated charities?”

Those are among the most popular questions we get from employers who approach us about partnering on their employee giving programs.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Named to National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) Top Companies for Executive Women

Mar 13, 2019 4:30 PM ET

Health & Healthcare

Video | How Virtual Reality is Creating a New Frontier in Pain Management

Mar 13, 2019 3:00 PM ET

HP is partnering with Firsthand Technology, a VR healthcare company, to equip healthcare centers like Providence with new innovations for helping patients with pain management. Through the use of therapeutic games, VR is helping doctors and patients like Honjas think about and treat pain in new ways.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Breakthrough Moment for Women in Global Trade

Mar 13, 2019 3:00 PM ET

If we’re serious about inclusion, we must help more women take their business global says Kathleen Marran, UPS VP of marketing and diverse segments.

Innovation & Technology

Symantec and Identity Theft Resource Center Highlight Threats Faced by Foster Youth

Mar 13, 2019 3:00 PM ET

Symantec's FAST program helps foster youth restore their identities and curb the heightened risks of identity theft. Learn more about the impact of identity theft on foster youth in Symantec and Identity Theft Resource Center's recently released trend analysis.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Climate Change Matters to Investors and Leaders

Mar 13, 2019 2:30 PM ET

A rising number of portfolio managers is using environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens to select candidates for investment.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Together We March for Meals

Mar 13, 2019 2:00 PM ET

On March 22, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law a measure that amended the Older Americans Act of 1965 and established a national nutrition program for seniors 60 years and older. For more than 45 years, these critical programs – commonly referred to as Meals on Wheels – have delivered more than just nutritious meals to homebound seniors in virtually every community across the country.

Diversity & Inclusion

Sharene Pierce Helps Keep the Grid Running

Mar 13, 2019 1:05 PM ET

This is the first in a series for Women’s History Month where female students met with women who work at Duke Energy to tour each employee’s workplace and learn about careers in the energy industry. By showing the girls careers they were unaware of, we hope to inspire them to cast aside gender roles and set their own path.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Behind the Scenes of the New Jersey Employees Charitable Campaign (NJECC) With Susan O'Brien

Mar 13, 2019 12:45 PM ET

A lot of work goes into planning and running a workplace giving campaign like the New Jersey Employees Charitable Campaign (NJECC). With 15 years' experience running the NJECC, Susan O'Brien, NJECC Campaign Manager, knows this all too well!

Health & Healthcare

My Special Aflac Duck™ Comes to Arkansas Children's!

Mar 13, 2019 11:00 AM ET

A few Arkansas Children’s team members met with our local Aflac representative, Melanie Reynolds, and she gave a demonstration on the My Special Aflac Duck. These interactive robotic ducks are available complimentary to any of our patients that are undergoing cancer treatment. The duck provides companionship and acts as a toy, robot and medical device. The My Aflac Duck is a unique way to helps kids cope with the difficulties of undergoing treatment and elevates the patient experience. It brings joy to our patients and provides each child a sense of control by allowing them to be the caretaker of the duck while being treated. The duck communicates based on the child’s mood, and dances, nuzzles and cuddles accommodating the emotional needs of the child in real time.

Events, Media & Communications

Transforming Brands Through Sustainable Innovation Takes Center Stage in Detroit

Mar 13, 2019 10:00 AM ET

Business leaders within the Sustainable Brands® community are fast tracking the sustainability agenda. Nearly 3,000 global brand and sustainability executives are gathering at SB’19 Detroit, June 3-6, to learn how advancements in science and technology are disrupting their industries, create uncommon collaborations that foster unique solutions, and discover what consumers are looking for from brands today.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Blackbaud + YourCause | Corporate Foundations & Grant-Making Toolkit

Mar 13, 2019 10:00 AM ET

With the help of our friends at Foundation Source, we created this complete Corporate Foundations and Grant-Making toolkit to help you understand the benefits of adding foundations and grants to your corporate philanthropic efforts, along with the operational requirements necessary to implement these programs.

Diversity & Inclusion

Collaboration Across Generations

Mar 13, 2019 10:00 AM ET

We know the energy and potential of our millennial employees not only can move Moody’s business forward but also can help us become a vehicle for positive change. To support our young talent, we constantly seek ways to learn about the challenges they face and what motivates and inspires them.

Education

Engineers Empower Girls to Pursue Engineering

Mar 13, 2019 9:30 AM ET

During National Engineers Week, girls from four different middle schools got a taste of what it would be like to pursue an engineering career at “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day” at Gahr High School, the host of the event.

Diversity & Inclusion

Hear Her Story: Q&A With Maria Frohmader, VP Textiles & Garment Dyeing at Gildan

Mar 13, 2019 9:00 AM ET

Maria, a Canadian Honduran, shares her seventeen year journey at Gildan. From manager to VP, read the story of this woman’s rise to leadership and her advice on how to get there.

Research, Reports & Publications

Parker’s 2018 Sustainability Report Highlights Commitment to Social Responsibility

Mar 13, 2019 9:00 AM ET

Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has released its 2018 Sustainability Report, which highlights team member-driven initiatives that are helping to strengthen communities, conserve resources and make a positive environmental impact at the local level.

Education

50 New Schools to Join Verizon Innovative Learning for the 2019-20 School Year

Mar 13, 2019 9:00 AM ET

Since 2014, the Verizon Innovative Learning schools initiative has reached more than 86,000 students and nearly 6,000 teachers across 100 middle schools in 18 states and Washington, D.C. The 50 new schools joining the program next school year will bring the total to 150 middle schools nationwide.

Events, Media & Communications

3BL Media to Host Corporate Responsibility Stories, April 17, in Atlanta

Mar 13, 2019 9:00 AM ET

3BL Media, the world’s leading communications partner for purpose-driven organizations, will hold the next in its series of Corporate Responsibility Stories lunch-and-learn events hosted by UPS on April 17.

Diversity & Inclusion

This Revealing P&G Campaign Takes a Look at Couples' Mental To-do Lists

Mar 12, 2019 4:50 PM ET

P&G is taking a revealing look at the gender imbalance in household chores in its latest campaign from Spain.