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Trellis Group

Events, Media & Communications

sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Innovation & Technology

Generative AI Levels Playing Field for Small Businesses, Says Latest GoDaddy Survey

More U.S. microbusinesses are using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to grow and compete, with 50% of owners and operators recently surveyed indicating they have tried Gen AI tools in the past few months. 

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Las Vegas Sands Extends Funding To Dress for Success Southern Nevada With a $100,000 Sands Cares Donation

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) has contributed $100,000 through Sands Cares to Dress for Success® (DFS) Southern Nevada to support the organization's free business styling and workforce development services for women who are unemployed and underemployed.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Tapestry Named One of America’s Best Employers for Diversity

We are delighted to share that Tapestry has once again been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity. This marks the seventh consecutive year that Tapestry has been named to the list, and we could not be prouder of our continuous progress.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Leidos Partners With Carma To Create More Green Spaces

Leidos has partnered with Carma to create more green spaces by planting trees across the UK, supporting reforestation and helping tackle climate change.

Environment

Navigating Stormwater Permits: What Manufacturers Need To Know

It isn't always clear when a stormwater permit is required and often, especially in the manufacturing industry, this compliance requirement can be missed. This blog will help you understand if stormwater permit coverage is required for your facility and how to get support.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Rocky Rivers: Guiding the Next Generation of Outdoor Enthusiasts

I’ve always found it valuable to give your available time to help support and educate the younger generation. Thanks to my career at Covia, I’ve been able to follow this principle and give back to those in my community while following my passion for environmentalism.

Events, Media & Communications

Lenovo Joined UNESCO Global Education Coalition for Its Fourth Annual Meeting

On March 25, 2024, Lenovo took part in the fourth UNESCO Global Education Coalition Annual Meeting hosted in Paris, France.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Beyond Investor Relations: The Evolving Role of IR Professionals in ESG and Sustainability

Investor Relations (IR) professionals are quickly becoming the dynamic multitaskers of today's corporate world.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Volunteer Award Winner Julia Reilly: Being a Hero for Horses in Maryland

Through her volunteer work, Julia earned Exelon’s highest achievement for volunteerism and community involvement, the Powering Communities Employee Volunteer award, and FHERT a $5,000 grant.

Energy

Solar Tops 50% of New U.S. Power Generation for the First Time in 2023; Southern Company Subsidiaries Help Lead the Way

In the Southeast, Southern Company and its subsidiaries are leading the way in this solar expansion. As we work across the company to enable a net-zero transition, our renewables portfolio continues to grow.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

UN Plastics Treaty: Good for Business and the Planet

Last week the UN Plastics Treaty reached its final stages of negotiations at INC-4 in Ottawa, Canada, to develop a legally binding, international agreement to tackle plastic pollution across the entire plastics life cycle.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Baker Tilly Case Study: Printing and Distribution Company Looks To Boost EcoVadis Score With Assurance

The company wanted to ensure both internal and external stakeholders had confidence in their data and EcoVadis submission, and as a result, engaged Baker Tilly to provide limited assurance over its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Northwestern Mutual Sustainability and Social Impact: Strengthening Our Culture of Belonging

Our culture is a unique driver of Northwestern Mutual’s long-term success. Ensuring a diverse and inclusive environment is a growth strategy critical to relevance, competitiveness and long-term policyowner value.

Research, Reports & Publications

CSAA Insurance Group Releases Impact Report Detailing Its Significant Initiatives and Contributions in 2023

CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA insurer, today released its 2023 Impact Report, assessing its collective progress toward its goals for planet, people and practice and highlighting its accomplishments in these areas.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

You Need Gen Z at the Table With Ziad Ahmed

Gen Z is an important stakeholder for companies: they're powerful consumers, passionate activists, and many are already part of the workforce.

Events, Media & Communications

Mastercard: 12 takeaways from the Global Inclusive Growth Summit

From digitization and AI to climate change and collaboration, here are a dozen insights into today’s pressing challenges and potential solutions from the world leaders, CEOs, academics, activists and others who gathered in Washington, D.C.

Diversity & Inclusion

Empowering Voices: Inspiring Session on Self-Advocacy and Allyship Hosted at Kohler

In partnership with the Kohler Foundation, our business resource groups hosted Alex and Caroline at our global headquarters last week for three days of insights and discussion on building self-confidence, the power of allyship, and embracing opportunity.

Energy

Capital Power Selects Black & Veatch to Remotely Monitor Power Generation Facilities

Black & Veatch has been selected by Capital Power to remotely monitor seven of the Canada-based wholesale power producer’s generation facilities across the United States and Canada over the course of three years.

Energy

Battery-Powered Big Rigs Could Haul the Future of Trucking

In Modesto, California, a Dorito is born.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Aiding Acapulco: The Home Depot Foundation Supports Long Term Hurricane Otis Recovery Efforts

Last October, Hurricane Otis made landfall in Acapulco, Mexico, as a Category 5 with sustained winds of 165 miles per hour. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), “Otis was the strongest hurricane in the Eastern Pacific to make landfall.

Health & Healthcare

Gilead Helps Put African Nation on Path To Eliminate Hepatitis C

James had been free from using drugs for a decade when a routine test at his local health center revealed he had hepatitis C (HCV).

Diversity & Inclusion

Activating Allyship at Clorox

Allyship is the newest part of our inclusion, diversity, equity and allyship efforts (what we refer to as IDEA), which fuels our IGNITE strategy. It helps create a more inclusive workplace where teammates can do their best work.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sysco Corporation Giving Back Food Drive

If all you know about Sysco is those ubiquitous food trucks outside your favorite restaurant, then you really don’t know much about the world’s largest broadline food distributor.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Bloomberg Launches Customizable and Transparent Sustainable Investment Screening Tool

Bloomberg today announced the launch of a new tool that helps investors assess portfolios, funds and indices based on sustainability criteria and thresholds customized by the user.

Research, Reports & Publications

2023 Maximus Foundation Annual Report: A Year of Equitable Impact

The Maximus Foundation is excited to present the 2023 Annual Report. In this year's report, we dive into a year of impact in our communities through stories about our employees and grantee partners demonstrating a path toward positive change.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  3. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  4. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  9. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  13. Community Investment
    all community engagement efforts (e.g., Teach for All, volunteerism, etc.)
  14. Advocacy
    Position Action Against Hunger as a leading advocate for policy change and investment—calling for increased public health spending, improved nutrition...
  15. IWBI | Community News
    We believe that people's health and wellness should be at the center of design. That’s why we’re working with industry professionals in real estate...