Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Napapijri Receives a Distinguished Sustainability Certification

Napapijri® is gaining worldwide recognition for its Circular Series, a first ever collection of 100% recyclable jackets.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comerica Bank Donates $100,000 to Young Entrepreneurz Solutions

Comerica Bank has teamed up with Young Entrepreneurz Solutions Organization (YES) to equip youth from low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities with financial education skills needed to pursue a career in entrepreneurship.

Environment

Mosaic's 2025 ESG Performance Targets - Reducing Freshwater Use

Reducing freshwater use by 20% is one of Mosaic’s 2025 Targets. Government Relations Direction Antonio Josino Meirelles and Senior Engineer Advisor Neil Beckingham explain more.

Research, Reports & Publications

A Positive Year in Review

Our positiveNRG program is a central part of our identity. While each of us works hard every day to realize our organizational purpose—bringing the power of energy to people and organizations—positiveNRG gives us an opportunity to answer why.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Melba Wilson Is Keeping Her NYC Comfort Food Restaurant Afloat During COVID-19 With PayPal

“Harlem has given me wits. It has given me smarts. It has given me style. It has given me courage. It is not just my responsibility but my honor to invest into the community that has poured so much into me,” said Melba Wilson.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alpharetta Teen Gets Surprise Parade to Celebrate Last Chemo Treatment

She also had help from Aflac. Ethan spent 40 months being treated for lymphoblastic lymphoma at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AWO Presents Inaugural Safety Award to CITGO Petroleum Corporation's Lake Charles Marine Department

Yesterday, The American Waterways Operators' Tankering & Barge Operations Subcommittee presented AWO affiliate member CITGO Petroleum Corporation's Lake Charles, La. Marine Department and facility with the subcommittee's inaugural safety award.

Education

CIT Supports Educational Equality With Donation to NAACP Ventura County Chapter

CIT Group Inc. has announced that it has made a donation to the Ventura County Chapter of the NAACP, an organization dedicated to ensuring the educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Chicago Mom of 4 Donates Bone Marrow to 7-Year-Old Boy She Doesn't Know. 'You Just Want to Protect Them.'

Months passed and the pandemic began. And then Leone, a lawyer and co-founder of a tech startup, received a call that she was a match for a 7-year-old boy who has Hodgkin lymphoma. She was asked if she was still willing to be a donor.

Events, Media & Communications

Confronting Crisis With Agility & Transformative Partnerships - Lessons From the Health Community

The global impact of COVID-19 has exposed policies that maintain and even promote structural inequities, and in some cases, indifference to suffering.

Education

Cox Enterprises Sponsors Girls Who Code's Code From Home Programming

As proud sponsors of Girls Who Code's #CodeFromHome programming - we are empowering a generation of change-makers solving our most urgent problems.

Health & Healthcare

Passengers Can Now Text Cleaning and Safety Questions Directly to United Airlines

United Airlines today launched a new chat function – the United Automated Assistant – to give customers a contactless option to receive immediate access to information about cleaning and safety procedures put in place due to COVID-19.

Research, Reports & Publications

Subaru of America, Inc. Releases Second Annual Corporate Impact Report

The report details the automaker’s commitment to its customers, commitment to the communities in which Subaru employees live, work, and serve, and commitment to upholding its core values, each and every day.

Innovation & Technology

Cristiano Amon at GSMA Thrive: 5G Is Essential to Building a More Resilient World [Video]

Like the Internet and electricity, we’re going to rely on 5G as a foundation to connect everything. At GSMA Thrive, Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon discussed what this means for the global economy, society, and users.

Events, Media & Communications

Continue to Day 2 of Porter Novelli Purpose Summit on August 5th

On the second day, you will gain a greater global perspective on the evolution of expectations for business today, and learn how you can build a more resilient organization.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Foundation Grants $1.5 Million to Funders for Housing and Opportunity

Wells Fargo & Company today announced a $1.5 million contribution by the Wells Fargo Foundation in support of the Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO) .

Social Impact & Volunteering

MilliporeSigma Virtual Volunteering: Remote Water Filtration Workshops in the U.K.

In Watford, U.K., MilliporeSigma employee Alexandra Nicolier organized two virtual hands-on water filtration workshops for 8- and 9-year-old students from the Telford Junior School.

Social Impact & Volunteering

'A Labor of Love' to Feed Our Communities

When thousands of Wells Fargo employees began working remotely in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the cafeterias at some of the company’s offices stopped serving as many people.

Environment

Can Selling Timber Help Communities Maintain Forests?

Worldwide, local communities in the tropics and subtropics control 22 percent of the forest carbon in those regions.

Energy

Duke Energy Program Helping N.C. Customers and Schools Expand Renewable Energy

Duke Energy’s Renewable Advantage program is the perfect way for customers to supplement their energy use with renewable energy and help local schools go solar at the same time. For as little as $3 extra a month, residential and small business...

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Bechtel Elevates Jack Futcher to Vice Chairman; Appoints Craig Albert President and Chief Operating Officer

In his new role, Albert will be responsible for overseeing the company’s 4 global business units, as well as the EPC Functions, Strategy & Business Development, Diversity & Inclusion, and Regions & Corporate Affairs organizations.

Research, Reports & Publications

Schneider Electric Sustainability Report 2019 - 2020: Ethics Impact and SDGs

We advance the following SDGs in support of ethical business practices and human rights — not just within our company, but for suppliers and partners worldwide.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  2. Community Impact
    The communities where Chemours operates are also where we live, work, and play, and our mutual success is one and the same. We have a vested interest...
  3. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  4. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  5. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  6. 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...
  7. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  8. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  9. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  10. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  11. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  12. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  13. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  14. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  15. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...