Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Philanthropy

Invest Atlanta and Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Announce New Wells Fargo Grants for Small Business Development and Housing Stability Across Metro Atlanta

Wells Fargo & Company

Education & Workforce Development

Comcast NBCUniversal, Telemundo, and U.S. Soccer Foundation Expand National Youth Soccer and Coach-Mentorship Programs Ahead of FIFA World Cup 26™

Comcast

Health & Healthcare

Diagnostics, Vet Visits, Giving Pets a Voice: Jay Mazelsky & Jay Price

Elanco

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Hirdaramani Group: Advancing Responsible Purchasing Through Better Buying

Cascale

Awards & Rankings

CACI Named a VETS Indexes 5-Star Employer for Sixth Consecutive Year

CACI

Socially Responsible Investing

The Capital Farmers Actually Need

GreenMoney Journal

Awards & Rankings

Subaru Recognized With Two Newsweek Greatest Workplace Honors in 2026 Rankings

Subaru of America

Education & Workforce Development

University of North Texas Hospitality Students Reflect on Their Las Vegas Study Tour Underwritten by Sands Cares

Las Vegas Sands

Featured Brands

Medtronic Named to TIME100 Companies List for Health Innovation

Medtronic has been named to TIME’s 2026 TIME100 Companies list in the Health category for the Hugo™ robotic‑assisted surgery (RAS) system and Touch Surgery™ ecosystem.

Invest Atlanta and Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Announce New Wells Fargo Grants for Small Business Development and Housing Stability Across Metro Atlanta

Invest Atlanta and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta announced new philanthropic grants from Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation to support small business growth and housing stability across metro Atlanta.

Comcast NBCUniversal, Telemundo, and U.S. Soccer Foundation Expand National Youth Soccer and Coach-Mentorship Programs Ahead of FIFA World Cup 26™

Comcast NBCUniversal, Telemundo, and the U.S. Soccer Foundation announced an expanded commitment to increase access to high-impact youth soccer programs and coach-mentorship training in the lead-up to FIFA World Cup 2026™.

By Degrees Foundation and Wells Fargo Celebrate Expansion of 529 College Savings Accounts to All Students at North High School

Hundreds attended North High School in Des Moines to mark the launch of 529 college savings accounts, funded by a $750,000 Wells Fargo Foundation grant. The By Degrees Foundation and Des Moines Public Schools are opening 529 accounts with seed money for all North High students

AI-Powered Energy Savings: How Globe Is Pioneering Energy-Efficient Networks With Qualcomm Dragonwing Ran Automation

A leading digital platform in the Philippines and a pioneering force in the telecommunications industry, Globe Telecom boasts more than 62 million mobile customers.

Mastercard: 6 New Ways To Think About Inclusive Growth

Global development priorities, fast-advancing technologies and shifting consumer behavior are reshaping what financial health looks like and how digital innovation.

DreamSpring Introduces New Loan Products Designed for Small Business Affordability

DreamSpring, a nonprofit CDFI and SBA lender, has introduced new loan products tailored for small businesses, including flexible repayment and care economy financing. With a $500,000 Wells Fargo grant, DreamSpring expanded its offerings to address growth-stage needs and industrie

Comcast and Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County Open Lift Zones in Lacey to Help Youth Build Digital Skills

Comcast and Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County (BGCTC) have opened new Lift Zones in Lacey, Tumwater, Yelm, and Rochester to help youth build their digital skills.

An Ecosystem Approach to the Future of Automotive

The automotive industry is undergoing one of the most profound transformations in history. Vehicles are evolving into software-defined platforms capable of improving safety, creating new experiences for drivers and passengers, and continuously evolving over their lifetimes.

Guiding Stars: What We’re Learning About Food, Packaging & the Environment

Social media feeds fill with news of forever chemicals. Apps abound that allow us to assess a product’s “health impact” score. Meanwhile, we still want nutritious options that are best for our bodies and health.

Recent Alerts

Events

The One Planet Summit: Collective Action Makes a Positive Impact

Schneider Electric is committed to accelerating the global transition to a low-carbon economy. That’s why we’ll be participating this year’s One Planet Summit — an event under the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) from March 11 – 15 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Philanthropy

All Individuals Living With Cerebral Palsy, and Other Disabilities, Deserve a Life Without Limits

Should a trauma at birth or accident deny you the chance to experience life’s milestones and accomplishments? Imagine a world where your independence and freedom to make your own decisions, were impacted by not only your level of ability, but societal expectations as well? This is a reality for more than 4 million people in the United States living with cerebral palsy, Autism, Intellectual and Developmental Disability (ID/DD), or other physical disabilities.

Research & Reports

Coca-Cola European Partners Reports on 2018 Sustainability Progress

Coca‑Cola European Partners (CCEP) set out its sustainability performance in its 2018 integrated report, published today. CCEP increased the amount of recycled PET it used in 2018, while also increasing the amount of its packaging that is recyclable and reducing the amount of sugar in its products.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Meet the Reinventor: Mara Lecocq, helping girls crack the Secret Code

With a customizable protagonist, from hair and skin color to name personalization, the story follows a young coder who builds a robot to clean her room. The book earned Lecocq a grant from Sophia Amoruso’s Girlboss Foundation and representation at the talent agency William Morris Endeavor (WME).

Awards & Rankings

Employee Engagement Makes Domtar a Great Place to Work

At Domtar, we value our employees and want them to enjoy their work. It’s why we invest in measuring employee engagement and satisfaction and use employee feedback to improve how we do business. That work paid off recently when we received Great Place to Work Certification.

Health & Healthcare

Novartis Joins the Global Chagas Disease Coalition and Also Announces First Multinational, Prospective, Randomized Study in People With Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy

At the Annual Meeting of the Global Chagas Disease Coalition in Barcelona, Spain, Novartis announced that it is joining the Coalition as a member contributor. In addition, the company announced its commitment to launch a multinational, prospective, randomized study with heart failure drug, Entresto® (sacubitril / valsartan), in people with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy, one form of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. This is the first definitive morbidity and mortality study to assess a potential therapy for cardiac disease in this underserved patient population.

Socially Responsible Investing

Xylem Signs First-of-its-Kind Revolving Credit Facility in U.S. to Couple Interest Rates with Sustainability Performance

Xylem Inc. has announced execution of its new $800 million Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility. With this transaction, Xylem has replaced its five-year $600 million revolving credit facility, while adding a sustainability-linked pricing mechanism to the new facility. The deal is one of the first sustainable improvement loans in the U.S. and the first in the General Industrial Sector. The interest rate is index-linked to Xylem’s overall sustainability performance as rated by Sustainalytics, a leading independent global provider of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) ratings. Improvements in Xylem’s sustainability performance will reduce interest rates under the facility.

Corporate Responsibility

CECP's Global Exchange at the CRO Global Summit in Shanghai

Three years ago, CECP came together with its partner organizations around the world and established the Global Exchange as an opportunity to expand corporate impact and develop a shared voice on how companies are a force for good around the world. The spark for these partnerships came about because of Giving Around the Globe research.

Awards & Rankings

Inogen Member Spotlight--Andrew Young, ESC

Read about EHS trends in southeast Asia in Antea Group’s blog on Andrew Young, who lives in Singapore and is a member of global EHS&S network, Inogen.

Corporate Responsibility

Growing a Transparent and Authentic Social Purpose With ScottsMiracle‑Gro

Gardening is not about immediate success or instant gratification. The same can be said about social purpose.

As a company for gardeners, ScottsMiracle‑Gro has a succinct purpose: “helping people express themselves on their own piece of the Earth.” Cultivating a thriving garden takes care, commitment, and flexibility to adapt as conditions change. With that, creativity – and expression – can blossom.

AI & Technology

Cisco GPS Challenge Highlights | Social Entrepreneur OmniVis Uses IoT to Improve Cholera Detection

OmniVis is developing a handheld device that works with smartphones to detect cholera in water samples. With the help of IoT technology, it can analyze and identify the bacteria within 30 minutes of collection.

Socially Responsible Investing

Make Every Dollar Count: Is Your Cash Sleeping with the Right Partners?

Impact investing has emerged as a major force in philanthropy. Last year GIIN conducted a survey showing that the estimated value of the impact investing sector doubled between 2017 and 2018, increasing from $114B to $228B. There’s a growing demand for investments that actively produce measurable positive social and environmental outcomes.

Philanthropy

PepsiCo is #FundingHerFuture through Whole Planet Foundation

Naked, a PepsiCo. brand, has been proudly supporting Whole Planet Foundation since 2007, donating $800,000 to alleviate global poverty through microcredit.

Philanthropy

Smithfield Foods Donates More Than 40,000 Pounds of Protein to Three Square Food Bank; Eckrich Brand Provides Funds to Local Schools

Today, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Albertsons joined forces to donate more than 40,000 pounds of protein to Three Square Food Bank. Smithfield’s contribution was part of the company’s 2019 Helping Hungry Homes® donation tour. Helping Hungry Homes® is Smithfield’s signature hunger-relief initiative focused on alleviating hunger and helping Americans become more food secure. The donation, equivalent to more than 169,000 servings, will help families fight hunger across Southern Nevada.

Philanthropy

2018 Subaru Share the Love® Event Totals $27.5 Million in Charitable Donations

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced its donation of nearly $24 million to national and local charities as part of the 2018 Subaru Share the Love Event, bringing the total donated throughout the life of the program to $145.7 million. Held from mid-November to the end of the calendar year since 2008, the Subaru Share the Love Event donates $250 to the purchaser’s choice of charities for every new Subaru vehicle sold or leased at 631 participating Subaru retailers nationwide.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Ecolab Launches Smart Water Navigator to Help Companies Improve Water Management

Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services, today launched the Ecolab Smart Water Navigator, a free online tool to help businesses throughout the world improve water management at their facilities in the face of growing global water scarcity.

Research & Reports

EHS&S Leaders Increasingly Seek Software Integration, Real-time Data Tracking

Those returning to the market for new EHS&S software seek better integration with other business IT systems as well as the ability to track data in real time, according to a new report published today by the National Association for Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) Management (NAEM).

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Love Your Clothes Longer

As a result of many factors, we are consuming more clothing than at any time in human history, over 100 billion garments annually. Compared to 15 years ago, consumers buy three times more garments every year and keep them half as long.

Energy & Infrastructure

Video | Verizon is Helping Hawaii Power Smarter

Verizon uses smart sensors on its network to collect near real-time data across Hawaii’s power grid. This allows them to zero in on the real demands for electricity and when to deliver it. To help Hawaiian Electric reach 100% renewable energy by 2045.

Volunteering & Community

Common Impact, Sustainable Food Center and the Charles Schwab Pro Bono Challenge

After one year implementing the strategies they learned at the 2017 Charles Schwab Pro Bono Challenge, the Sustainable Food Center is reporting some big impact. Its Farmers’ Market WIC program has grown three-fold. The organization has even brought on another staff member to manage the expanding program

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan’s Morenci Mine Receives Wildlife Habitat Council Mammals Award

Freeport-McMoRan recently received the Wildlife Habitat Council Mammals Award for their Bighorn Sheep management program. The award recognizes excellence in corporate conservation in wildlife habitat enhancement and restoration, and conservation education.

Education & Workforce Development

Making Food Safe and Available to School Children Around the World

On International School Meals Day, learn how we work with customers, NGOs and governments to tackle nutrition challenges around the world. #ISMD2019

Research & Reports

NN Group Annual Report: Shaping Our Tomorrow

NN Group is pleased to announce the publication of our 2018 Annual Report. It consists of two components – the Annual Review and the Financial Report – providing an integrated overview of our strategy and performance.

Corporate Responsibility

CEOs Unite in Response to Backlash on Gender Equality

Business leaders from more than 20 organizations will join a CEO Roundtable at the United Nations on 14 March to discuss strategies to advance gender equality in the face of backlash against global diversity and inclusion efforts.

Volunteering & Community

Vetting and Managing the Charities in Your Employee Giving Campaign Requires More Than Great Technology

“When my employees choose to donate to a charity, how do I know that charity is legitimate?”

“How do I know the funds actually get to my employees’ designated charities?”

Those are among the most popular questions we get from employers who approach us about partnering on their employee giving programs.

Latest Campaigns

Accelerating access to healthcare technology

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KeyBank: Responsible Banking

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Sustainability by Antea Group

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Integrated Tools

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Kingfisher Around the World

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Wells Fargo Social Impact and Sustainability

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Small Business Growth

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PSEG Environmental Stewardship

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