Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Environment

Domtar Sustainability: Just as Bright, with Less Bleach

Oct 3, 2017 10:15 AM ET

Getting your supplier to help you use less of their product may seem counterintuitive, but that is exactly what Domtar’s procurement team did with our pulp bleaching chemical supplier. And thanks to the strategic partnership we have built with them, they agreed to help us.

By leveraging our supplier’s chemical expertise and our process knowledge, we identified opportunities to improve chemical efficiency through audits at all of our mills with bleach plants.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Responsible Investing: Past, Present and the Next 25 Years

Oct 3, 2017 10:05 AM ET

Sustainability Joins the Mainstream - Thanks to vocal consumers, shareholders and responsible investment firms, a growing number of companies are now promoting their sustainability, workplace and other social achievements as essential aspects of their brands. At the same time, many corporate leaders have come to realize that pursuing social responsibility can reduce litigation and reputational risk, while also improving innovation and efficiency. In addition, recent academic studies have demonstrated that investing in companies with strong ESG profiles can improve portfolio returns.

Environment

Tetra Pak Publishes 2017 Sustainability Report in Accordance With GRI

Oct 3, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Tetra Pak today published its 2017 Sustainability Report, highlighting the company’s annual progress and key achievements in the areas of environmental performance, social responsibility and corporate governance. For the first time since it started publishing a Sustainability report in 2004, the company has adopted Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, the most widely-used international framework for measuring and communicating sustainability performance.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

I'm His Mom. I Show Up.

Oct 3, 2017 10:00 AM ET

My son, Jeremiah, was in foster care for more than 10 years. Eight of those years were spent as a “freed” child - a child to whom no one had any parental rights… a child we often describe as “waiting.” He moved 33 times before he came to our house, and most of those moves were from one institutional placement to another. He spent his time waiting in places where he was hurt, inconsistently medicated and asked to repeat the ninth grade five times. He waited in places where there were no birthday parties, no stories before bed and no trips to the supermarket to pick out your favorite cereal. When I met him at age 16, he had a bruise on his face from a restraint at a residential facility. The restraint had happened months earlier, but the bruise was still visible. The staff person who inflict

Innovation & Technology

The 42BELOW® Lemon Soap Science Series Continues…

Oct 3, 2017 9:45 AM ET

The Lemon Ladies provide an in-depth cross-examination of the process that turns your old lemons into brand new soap and how you should use it.

Diversity & Inclusion

PNC’s 2017 Working Mother of the Year

Oct 3, 2017 9:30 AM ET

Each of this year’s Working Mother 100 Best Companies is invited to honor a mom employee who exemplifies the passion, leadership and resilience that make devoted parents great workers. PNC is happy to introduce you to Jill Gateman, our PNC Working Mother of the Year.

Research, Reports & Publications

Tetra Pak Sustainability Update 2017

Oct 3, 2017 9:00 AM ET

“As I travel around our global markets, I am regularly impressed by the innovative and wide-ranging ways in which Tetra Pak people are helping deliver on our brand promise: PROTECTS WHAT’S GOOD™” says Dennis Jönsson, CEO & President at Tetra Pak. “It is a promise that extends beyond our long-held commitment to protect food, capturing too our undertaking to protect people, both inside and outside the company; and to protect futures: the planet’s, our customers’ and our own. It is a promise that ensures sustainability is not an isolated function within Tetra Pak, but rather an integral part of the decisions we make and the actions we take, right along our value chain.”

Green Infrastructure

Expert Interview With Carol Hufnagel, Wet Weather Infrastructure Expert

Oct 3, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Carol Hufnagel, PE, is Tetra Tech's National Wet Weather Practice Leader. She has worked on combined sewer overflow (CSO), sanitary sewer overflow (SSO), and stormwater projects for more than 30 years.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Nestlé’s Parent Support Spotlight on Tyler: Building Your Relationship as a New Dad

Oct 3, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Nestlé’s Parent Support Policy has only been in place a year, but it’s already making a difference in the lives of employees like Tyler.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Gildan Partners With Sans Soucie to Give New Life to Hosiery Waste

Oct 3, 2017 8:00 AM ET

A pioneer, innovator and seamstress with both the vision and skill to repurpose textile waste, Katherine Soucie has won awards worldwide for her ability to turn previously discarded materials into comfortable, stylish and contemporary garments and textiles. Gildan talks to Katherine about the intersection of her art and business and how being a Canadian designer is a strong sense of identity and pride.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CITGO Announces Donation of 50,000 Barrels of Diesel to Puerto Rico Relief Efforts

Oct 2, 2017 7:45 PM ET

CITGO Petroleum Corporation, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., announced today that it will donate up to 50,000 barrels of diesel to Puerto Rico. The donation is to assist the federal, state and local authorities in providing services to those afflicted by Hurricane Maria’s devastating path.

Social Impact & Volunteering

More than 500 Astellas Employees Give Back to Local Communities Across the U.S. For Changing Tomorrow Day – the Company’s 8th Annual Global Day of Service

Oct 2, 2017 6:35 PM ET

Last Thursday, more than 500 Astellas employees on two continents left their offices, rolled up their sleeves and helped their communities. They were supporting Changing Tomorrow Day— a global effort to contribute time and resources to building stronger communities. Across the United States, employees carried their passion for helping others by volunteering at service projects to improve wellness facilities for patients and their families, bring books to children of all ages and beautify cultural institutions.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bloomberg's New European Headquarters Rated the Most Sustainable Office Building Design

Oct 2, 2017 5:15 PM ET

Education

Meet the Speakers Series Part 1: Demystifying the CSA & DJSI

Oct 2, 2017 5:00 PM ET

The aim of this workshop is to increase the participants’ knowledge about the methodology behind the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) and the RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). In this session, special focus will be on on selected criteria including Human Rights, Supply Chain, and Human Capital.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Congratulations to the 2017 Best Health & Wellness Program Finalists!

Oct 2, 2017 4:00 PM ET

The Best Health & Wellness Program Corporate Citizenship Award recognizes businesses that create programs and provide resources that increase quality health care access to communities and individuals who need it the most. Read on to learn more about the significant, positive impacts these businesses have had in communities, locally and globally.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Digital Disaster Relief: Banking Technology Helps Communities Recover

Oct 2, 2017 3:45 PM ET

Wells Fargo ATMs have helped the American Red Cross deliver relief to millions of individuals since 2007, when the machines first accepted donations to help California residents after devastating wildfires. Now, new technology will get donations to the people who need them even faster.

Events, Media & Communications

Changing the Future at Labelexpo Europe: Sustainable Options That Don't Cost the Earth

Oct 2, 2017 3:25 PM ET

From new recycled paper facestock to marble-based “paper” and compostable adhesive, Avery Dennison is offering brand owners and converters an increasingly wide choice of sustainable options for their needs.

Health & Healthcare

Merck for Mothers Blog | FOR ALL MOTHERS: Bridging the Quality and Equity Gaps in Maternal Health Care

Oct 2, 2017 2:35 PM ET

While we have seen global maternal deaths drop by 44% since 1990, women are still dying from preventable causes during pregnancy and childbirth – and not just in low and middle-income countries that lack resources. Even in high-income countries, there are women who face a much higher risk of death, or grave injury because they are poor, migrants, refugees, minorities or from indigenous populations.

Environment

Newmont's Sustainability Practices in Action: Water in Peru

Oct 2, 2017 2:30 PM ET

The region of Cajamarca, located in northern Peru, is home to many rural communities whose residents depend on agriculture. From May to October, the region sees little to no rainfall creating drought-like conditions impacting agricultural production and livestock grazing. This annual dry season also impacts life in the City of Cajamarca, where inadequate water infrastructure means many households only have access to running water for a few hours day.

Health & Healthcare

Three Quality of Lifehacks for Incorporating Fitness Into Your Workday

Oct 2, 2017 1:15 PM ET

As the weather starts to cool and we start seeing less sun each day, encouraging yourself to work out before or after work becomes harder and harder.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Carnival Corporation Announces Commitment to Responsible Chicken Sourcing

Oct 2, 2017 1:00 PM ET

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest leisure travel company announced it will shift purchasing policies across its nine leading cruise line brands by 2024 to improve the welfare of sourced chicken, becoming one of the first companies in the travel industry to commit to adopting comprehensive broiler chicken welfare policies.

Innovation & Technology

Data Scientists to Develop Their Own Version of the ‘Hippocratic Oath’

Oct 2, 2017 12:35 PM ET

Two themes appeared during almost every session during the 2017 Data for Good Exchange (D4GX), held at the Bloomberg headquarters on Sunday, September 24. One was the need to generate trust between data scientists and the people whose data they hold. Another was the need to address the bias that often appears in data and algorithms.

Education

IBM Launches Teacher Advisor With Watson

Oct 2, 2017 12:15 PM ET

The IBM International Foundation annouced an exciting development in our ongoing drive to strengthen education at all levels and help prepare the next generation of STEM leaders.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Digitally Transforming a Rural U.S. School District Pro Bono

Oct 2, 2017 12:00 PM ET

“Rural school districts in the U.S. struggle to deliver the same educational experiences provided by their larger suburban and urban peers…Technology…holds great promise for rural communities working to improve outcomes for students and leverage their existing resources toward even greater impact.”

Education

FCA US Supports Diverse Future Business Leaders As Exclusive Sponsor of National Black MBA Association Graduate Student Case Competition

Oct 2, 2017 12:00 PM ET

Talented MBA candidates from 41 of the nation’s leading business schools competed for $50,000 in scholarships in the 2017 National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Graduate Student Case Competition®, sponsored by FCA US LLC.