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

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Stanley Black & Decker Recognized With CDP's Double 'A' Score For Global Climate and Water Stewardship

CDP recognized Stanley Black & Decker for being a leader on corporate environmental ambition, action and transparency worldwide and demonstrating significant action on climate change and water security risks.

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Innovation & Technology

New Holland Presents the New Holland Smart Farm in Partnership With “Il Raccolto” Farm

New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial, announced today its partnership with “Il Raccolto” farm in Bologna, Italy, to demonstrate sustainable farming practices through a circular economy model and a connected fleet environment.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comcast RISE Announces Major Expansion to All Women-Owned Small Businesses Nationwide Starting in 2022

Comcast Corporation announces a major expansion of Comcast RISE to all women-owned businesses nationwide, furthering its efforts to advance digital equity and help provide underrepresented small business owners

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Employees Pledge More than $5 Million to United Way

Over $5 million was pledged to help United Way and its partner organizations improve the lives of families and individuals throughout the communities in which the bank serves.

Diversity & Inclusion

Advancing Racial Equity: Regions Bank and the Regions Foundation Surpass $12 Million Commitment

Regions Bank and the nonprofit Regions Foundation announced they have surpassed their two-year, $12 million commitment to advance programs and initiatives that promote racial equity and economic empowerment for communities of color.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rural America: Philanthropy's Misunderstood Opportunity for Impact

Often overlooked by funders, rural America faces profound inequities, but also provides an untapped source of innovation. New FSG report highlights organizations working on rural issues and opportunities for funders to get involved.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rockwell Automation $20,000 Donation Supports Red Cross Efforts Following Deadly Tornado Outbreak

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has made a $20,000 donation to the American Red Cross to support the organization’s disaster relief efforts after at least 24 tornadoes ripped across six midwestern and southern states this past weekend.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute #30: How Housing Influences your Future and the Future of your Community With Ellen LaNicca of Fearless Public Relations

Land Betterment an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining to create sustainable community development and job creation, today released Episode #30 of its Impact Minute video blog series.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Franklin Templeton Supports Financial Alliance for Racial Equity at Diversity Summit and Career Event

As part of the company’s commitment to diversity and inclusion (D&I) with the Financial Alliance for Racial Equity (FARE), Franklin Templeton’s talent acquisition team participated in the recent Diversity Summit and Virtual Career Event.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Le Groupe Banque TD engage des entreprises issues de la diversité pour piloter activement une émission d’obligations vertes de 500 millions de dollars américains, une première chez les émetteurs canadiens

Aujourd’hui, La Banque Toronto-Dominion (la « TD » ou la « Banque ») a conclu une émission d’obligations vertes d’une durée de trois ans, de 500 millions de dollars américains

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Simplicity Now: What Work Looks Like in 2022

Watch this LinkedIn Live session with Matt Kelly, M. Ellen Ourednik and Steve Soter of Workiva for insight into what work will look like in 2022!

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Environment

Exclusive: Dr. Jane Goodall Needs Your Help on Her Most Crucial Mission Yet

Trees for Jane is a new global initiative launched earlier this year, with HP as a proud founding partner.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Foundation Commits up to $1 Million to Communities Devastated by Tornado Outbreak

The Home Depot Foundation announced a commitment of up to $1 million to support immediate disaster relief and long-term recovery efforts in the communities impacted by the devastating tornado outbreak across the central United States.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

TD Bank Group Engages Diversity Firms to Actively Lead a US$500 Million Green Bond Offering - a First Among Canadian Issuers

Today, The Toronto-Dominion Bank ("TD" or the "Bank") closed a three-year US$500 million green bond offering through a syndicate of underwriters that includes minority-, women- and veteran-owned business enterprises (MWVBEs).

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Education

Taco Bell® Spices Up The Path To Higher Education With Lil Nas X

This year, newly appointed Chief Impact Officer Lil Nas X is helping the Taco Bell Foundation launch the Live Más Scholarship application to enable students from all backgrounds to pursue their passions.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives Season 3 Finale: 3 Ways You Can Be a Force for Good in 2022

In the Season 3 finale of the Pro Bono Perspectives podcast, host and Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly highlights three ways you can be a force for good in the new year.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ecolab Again Recognized for Global Water Leadership on CDP A List

Ecolab has again been recognized for its corporate sustainability leadership by global environmental non-profit CDP, earning inclusion on CDP’s prestigious A List for tackling water security.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm Leads Other Major US Chipmakers in Setting Net-Zero Goal

Chipmakers require tremendous amounts of energy and water, but U.S. chip producer QUALCOMM Inc. aims to reach net-zero emissions within the next 20 years.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Scotiabank Women Initiative Celebrates Third Anniversary With Plans for International Expansion

Scotiabank proudly celebrates the third-year anniversary of The Scotiabank Women Initiative® with plans to expand internationally in the new year.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

John Deere Collaborates With Field to Market to Streamline Outcomes-Based Sustainability Measurement in Operations Center

John Deere and Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture announced today a pilot program that integrates sustainability metrics of Field to Market’s Fieldprint® Platform into John Deere’s Operations Center to help cotton growers more easily capture data necessary for field-level environmental analysis.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ace Hardware and The Trevor Project Honored With 2022 “Golden Halo”' for Best-in-Class Corporate Social Impact Efforts

Engage for Good has named Ace Hardware and The Trevor Project its 2022 Golden Halo Award winners.

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Research, Reports & Publications

ESG Country Credit Ratings Highlight Shortcomings of Sovereign Bond Ratings

Sovereign bond ratings are high-impact numbers: defining the interest rate a country has to pay for debt and fresh capital. Comparison of conventionally overeign bond ratings and ESG country credit ratings based on the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index (GSCI show significant differences.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac Incorporated Becomes Signatory to Principles for Responsible Investment

Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) announced today that it has become a signatory of Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the leading global network of asset owners, asset managers and service providers committed to incorporating its six Principles, which offer a blueprint of possible actions for incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues into its investment and ownership decisions.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Georgia-Pacific Employee Represents at Covenant House Georgia Sleep Out

If you had told me 21 years ago when I joined Georgia-Pacific LLC that I would wind up sleeping on one of the boxes we make, I would have thought you were joking.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whirlpool Corporation Sponsors Habitat for Humanity Asia-Pacific Housing Forum

This year’s theme, Building Forward Better for Inclusive Housing, highlights the urgent need for affordable housing solutions.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.

  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. 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...

  4. FedEx Cares | Overall
    FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...

  5. AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations
    AEG's sustainability initiatives are designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive sustainability...

  6. 2025 Beat the Heat
    This summer, Entergy helped our customers across our service area beat the heat this summer through a number of initiatives aimed to help them save...

  7. 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...

  8. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.

  9. 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...

  10. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...