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

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar's Focus on Natural Infrastructure

Conventional (or grey) infrastructure – sanitary sewers, treatment plants, roads, bridges dams and levees – is the not the only infrastructure in need of rebuilding.

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Innovation & Technology

Will Automation Level the Playing Field for Women in Manufacturing and Tech?

While much of the narrative surrounding automation focuses on the potential for job losses, it is primarily a story of opportunity for those who, like Warren, have the chance to develop new skills.

Responsible Production & Consumption

General Mills Digs Into Greenhouse Gas Reduction Efforts

To achieve its goal of reducing GHG emissions across its value chain by 28% by 2025, General Mills identified 3 key opportunities: implementing sustainable agricultural processes, streamlining production operations and optimizing consumer experience.

Innovation & Technology

Ingersoll Rand Introduces Future Climate Company, Trane Technologies

Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR) today introduced its pure-play climate company, announcing the new company name, strategy and executive leadership team.

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Environment

EHS Global Moments: Emergency Vehicles in the Philippines

In the Philippines, the law mandates employers to provide their workers with transportation to a hospital or dental facility if they should need it.

Energy

EV Charging Plan for Schools, Recreation Areas Gets State OK

The California Public Utilities Commission has approved a two-year pilot that will allow Southern California Edison to add hundreds of new EV charging stations at schools and state recreation areas.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: The Climate Talk

For my part, I want to be proactive in talking to my kids about climate change. I want to teach them the science for sure, but I also want them to feel like our family is already making a difference.

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Environment

Turning Cafeterias Into Classrooms to Fight Food Waste

Every school day when the end-of-lunch bell rings and students return to class, a little something often gets left behind: the remains of their lunch. This food ends up in the trash – as much as 530,000 tons each school year in the U.S. alone.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Improving Reporting on Modern Slavery

A toolkit to advance reporting on modern slavery has been published by GRI and the Responsible Labor Initiative, an Initiative of the Responsible Business Alliance.

Green Infrastructure

Bridgestone Introduces New Collaboration Center in Museum Tower Kyobashi to Drive Innovation, Design and Brand Projects

Bridgestone Cross Point (BXP) at Museum Tower Kyobashi in Tokyo is designed to foster open collaboration among Bridgestone, its customers and its partners to help drive innovation and sustainable solutions.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

WBA Sponsors 2019 Global Retail Challenge to Inspire Next Generation of Retail Leaders

Over six weeks, Walgreens Boots Alliance and other leading companies such as Nordstrom and Columbia Sportswear Company participated in this year’s Global Retail Challenge in partnership with the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sustainable Investing: The Enduring Revolution

The climate crisis is precipitating a sustainable investment revolution. Investors are putting their money where their mouth is: sustainable funds attracted $13.0 billion in net flows in the first three quarters of 2019. I expect the exponential growth of ESG investing to continue in 2020; and I think three factors largely will drive it.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Named One of America’s Most Responsible Companies

MetLife, Inc., today announced that it has been named one of America’s “Most Responsible Companies” by Newsweek magazine. MetLife is the top-ranked insurance company on Newsweek’s inaugural list, and number 19 of all 300 companies recognized.

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Research, Reports & Publications

VIDEO: See What the Arbor Day Foundation Is Doing to Restore Forests

Thanks to support from members and partners, efforts are now underway to replant the area and ensure this National Forest continues to thrive.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Tackling Child Labor

The 2019 report shows Nestlé's system to tackle child labor works, education helps prevent it. Read Darrell High's blog 'Tackling child labor' in full.

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Environment

Tetra Tech GIS Analyst and Team Complete Tidal Flooding Awareness Project

Kellie Burdick, a Tetra Tech GIS analyst and Old Dominion University (ODU) masters student, led a group of fellow students, staff, and researchers to complete the Blue Line Project in Norfolk, Virginia, on October 27, 2019.

Innovation & Technology

The New Climate for Ever-Evolving Technology: Q&A With Patrick Browne, Director, Sustainability, UPS

BSR interviews UPS Director of Sustainability Patrick Browne on the types of new technologies UPS has deployed, the impact they have had so far, and plans to further integrate tech into their sustainability strategy for 2020 and beyond.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alexion Partners With Playworks New England for Team Building Event

Alexion's Quality Systems, Standards, and Compliance Team connected with Playworks New England for a day of team building exercises. Playworks New England is part of a national non-profit organization that's rescuing recess every day...

Discovery Education

Education

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Discovery Education Launch Speak Truth to Power Educator Master Class Series

In celebration of Human Rights Day, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK Human Rights) and Discovery Education have announced the addition of new resources to the Speak Truth to Power program.

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Events, Media & Communications

Webinar, Dec. 12: Climate Risk and Opportunity Planning for a Major Utility

Register now for a live webinar with Entergy, a leading utility that provides electricity to 2.9 million people across the southern U.S., to learn about climate planning and action in the coming decade.

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Research, Reports & Publications

15 Years of Sustainability Reporting

This holiday season, Cisco has a lot to be grateful for: 35 years of business growth and, today, the launch of our 15th corporate social responsibility (CSR) report.

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Innovation & Technology

Research: How Technology Could Promote Growth in 6 African Countries

Africa is closely watched as the next big growth market – a description that has persisted for a while.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Privacy Rights Are Human Rights

Over the past several decades, as information communication technology has evolved and proliferated, so too has the amount of private information we share online. As a result, access to our private information has become a trade in itself.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CBRE Korea Volunteers Help Community Child Center

CBRE Korea employees volunteered time and resources to decorate study rooms and fund-raise for the Guro Happy Community Child Center on November 15,2019.

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Innovation & Technology

The Analytics of Hope

There was a time, just a few decades ago, when the Claiborne Corridor was bustling. The string of neighborhoods that cuts across New Orleans nurtured a world-renowned jazz scene.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...

  2. Principal Financial Group: Employee Engagement
    Talented employees are the heart and soul of our company. We believe development inspires individuals to engage, empower, and embrace a growth mindset...

  3. Approach: Our Recipe For Good Growth
    At Yum!, being a good corporate steward is a fundamental commitment and an important part of our success. Our Global Citizenship & Sustainability...

  4. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...

  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. Cascale Governance
    Cascale shares updates from its Board of Directors who serve as the principal governing body and are responsible for setting the strategic direction...

  7. 2025 Wesco International Sustainability Report
    Our Sustainability Approach: Wesco’s 2025 Sustainability Report, which demonstrates our commitment to furthering sustainability, innovation and...

  8. 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...

  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. PNC: Commitment to Early Childhood Education
    We're focusing on early learning to help children succeed. Research has shown that the first five years of a child's life is critical to long-term...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. Manufacturing Excellence
    A collection of stories highlighting the people and places of Whirlpool Corporation's manufacturing sites throughout the world.

  14. Tork, an Essity brand
    Tork is an Essity brand. Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Wherever there is a need for wiping, drying, cleaning or polishing...

  15. Nasdaq Governance Solutions
    Boards need reliable solutions—and people—to facilitate major decisions, advance strategic vision, and drive stakeholder value. Nasdaq Governance...