Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.

Innovation & Technology

Meet the 2020 Techstars Atlanta Class

Techstars Atlanta is back and with a brand-new class of 10 startups. As the sole sponsor for the fifth consecutive year, Cox offers up-and-coming companies vital funding and advisement to expand Atlanta’s economy and culture of innovation.

Diversity & Inclusion

Silence "Not an Option Anymore” - the Industry's Pledge to Diversity

Our president for EMEA, Teresa Parker shares her insights on diversity and how financial institutions can play their part in making the industry more inclusive.

Events, Media & Communications

CEU: Color + Design Vision 2021 — The Visual Age

As part of the Mohawk Group CEU series and the manufacturer’s upcoming DesignFWD virtual summit, A&D design director Royce Epstein will be hosting and presenting “Color + Design Vision 2021: The Visual Age.”

Environment

World Environment Center Launches New Website

The World Environment Center is pleased to announce the launch of its new redesigned website, www.wec.org. The site, designed by Elevation Web Group, has a fresher look that is informative and easier to navigate. It better communicates the tremendous

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HanesBrands Leader Gerald Evans Recognized as 2020 Most Admired CEO

HanesBrands announced its Chief Executive Officer Gerald W. Evans Jr. has been recognized as a most-admired CEO in the Piedmont Triad, North Carolina, region with a 2020 C-Suite Award from the Triad Business Journal.

Diversity & Inclusion

NRG Energy Supports Houston Area Urban League Toward Combatting Racial Inequities, Injustice and Related Violence

On June 30th, the Houston Area Urban League announced it will be the recipient of a $25,000 donation from NRG Energy, part of a $1 million donation toward initiatives that combat racial inequalities, injustice and related violence.

Diversity & Inclusion

Q&A With VF's Laura Meagher on the US Equal Rights Amendment

Responsible Production & Consumption

Biomimicry: Using Nature's Perfect Innovation Systems to Design the Future

Biomimicry has the potential to save the human race and the planet. That’s an attractive offer at a time when COVID has turned everything we know and thought we could count on, on its head.  

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

#BacktheFrontline: Joe Wolk, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Johnson & Johnson

Learn more about how we #BackTheFrontline by investing in innovators developing scalable solutions to COVID-19 from Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures Chair Joe Wolk.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Tomorrow Rising Fund and Schneider Electric Nigeria are Supporting COVID-19 Relief

The TomorrowRising Fund and Schneider Electric Nigeria are supporting LEAP Africa, a nonprofit organization committed to developing dynamic, innovative and principled African leaders, in #response to COVID-19 by providing food to low income households across the country.

Research, Reports & Publications

Fulfilling Our Commitment to Sustainability

We use a science-based approach to reduce our environmental footprint in our day-to-day operations. Our goal is to operate within the boundaries of what is sustainable for our communities, which extends to what we consume, emit and leave behind.

Energy

Flipping the Switch: Catalytic Capital for Renewable Energy

CEI’s mission is to grow good jobs, expand environmentally sustainable enterprises, and increase more broadly shared prosperity in Maine and other rural regions around the US. Here's how we do it...

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How Corporations and Community Organizations Amplify Happiness Through Emotional Learning

Stress is a biological reaction that negatively impacts social relations, grades, mental health, and has long-lasting impacts. Nearly 70% of young people and adults report being in a state of mental distress due to stressors of work, necessary social change, health uncertainties, and monetary challenges.

Innovation & Technology

How Qualcomm Technologies and OneScreen Are Helping Businesses Navigate the New Normal [Video]

As communities ease out of COVID-19 lockdown and into recovery, they face the task of reducing risk in the workplace and public. Our collaboration with OneScreen is delivering technology that private and public sectors can use to help reopen safely.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fifth Third Bank Named One of America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek

We’re honored to be included in Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies for our ongoing efforts in social and environmental responsibility and corporate governance.

Research, Reports & Publications

IOC Supports Launch of GAISF Sustainability Portal

The portal has been created to help further sport’s sustainability goals, by providing a free tool where sustainability resources from the entire sports community can be grouped together on one dedicated platform.

Social Impact & Volunteering

PYXERA Global Offers New Leadership Development Certificate: Leading the Sustainability Transformation

PYXERA Global is proud to announce the offering of a new leadership development certificate program.

Innovation & Technology

Tetra Tech's Branko Primetica Discusses the Importance of Integrating Security With Development and Operations

Branko Primetica has more than 20 years of experience as an information technology (IT) executive in process and performance improvement, DevSecOps, technology modernization, and artificial intelligence.

Research, Reports & Publications

Promoting Clarity and Compatibility in the Sustainability Landscape

Amid rising global demand for clarity in the sustainability reporting ecosystem, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) are pleased to announce a collaborative workplan.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AB InBev schenkt water aan landbouw

Concreet kunnen landbouwers vanaf 1 juli elke dag met hun tankwagen in de brouwerijen van Stella Artois in Leuven en Hoegaarden water ophalen en ermee hun akkers beregenen.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ON Semiconductor Site in Vietnam Named One of the 2020 Best Companies to Work for in Asia

On July 1, ON Semiconductor Binh Duong received HR Asia’s 2020 “Best Companies To Work For in Asia” award under the Vietnam Chapter.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Albertsons Named Supermarket News Retailer of the Year

[Albertsons Companies] has effectively adapted to the vast changes brought by the coronavirus pandemic, implementing comprehensive protections for customers and employees as well as advocating for grocery workers

Health & Healthcare

CEU: Integrating Health and Wellbeing Into the Foundation of the Built Environment

As part of the Mohawk Group CEU series and the manufacturer’s upcoming DesignFWD virtual summit, senior sustainability manager Rami Vagal will be hosting and presenting “Integrating Health and Wellbeing into the Foundation of the Built Environment.”

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