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Baker Hughes 2025 Corporate Sustainability Report cover
Report: Baker Hughes Achieves 36.9% Absolute Reduction in Operational Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Baker Hughes Energy Services LLC

Research, Reports & Publications

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Culture Behind WordPress Support: Meet Nemanja Jevremovic

GoDaddy

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic Launches Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation System for Parkinson’s Patients in India

Medtronic

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Save the Date: Creating Safe Spaces for Mothers & Babies in Crisis

Action Against Hunger

Innovation & Technology

3M™ PELTOR™ Headsets Used on NASA’s Artemis II Mission to the Moon

3M

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Subaru Highest Rated Automotive Brand in Forbes’ Best Brands for Social Impact Four Years in a Row

Subaru of America

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

MetroHealth Celebrates $1.5 million KeyBank Foundation Investment Supporting Opportunity Centers

KeyBank

Health & Healthcare

Aetna Announces Progress on Industry Leading Efforts To Simplify Prior Authorization

CVS Health

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Recognized for Advancing Sustainable Impact and Inclusive Growth

MetLife

Featured Brands

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.

How We’re Building a Cleaner, More Efficient Energy Supply | Cisco FY25 Purpose Report

Cisco has long believed that sustainability action can spur innovation and build a more resilient energy supply.

Redefining the Human Experience With Intelligent Computing

Think of AI like coffee. You don’t walk into a café and ask for “a beverage brewed from roasted beans” — that’s assumed. You order the experience. Latte, half-pump vanilla, extra shot against a soundtrack of acoustic 90s alternative.

Mi Casa Es Su Casa

A first-of-its-kind home for adults with disabilities has opened in Miami – with support from Truist – bringing purpose to life and expanding what’s possible in care.

Multiple Eco-Certifications for 2026 LG TVs Demonstrate Sustainability Progress

Global consumer electronics innovator LG Electronics has earned multiple globally recognized eco-certifications for its 2026 TV lineup, underscoring the company’s sustainability efforts across the full product lifecycle, from manufacturing and distribution to end-of-life

Mastercard: In Los Angeles, Luxury Retail’s Second — and More Sustainable — Act

At first glance, The Way We Wore could be mistaken for an ordinary Los Angeles secondhand store with a warehouse vibe. Huge windows cast warm light onto cement floors and racks hung with an eclectic mix of clothing and accessories.

Medtronic Launches Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation System for Parkinson’s Patients in India

Adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) is designed to automatically adjust therapy based on changes in brain signals or patient activity.

3M™ PELTOR™ Headsets Used on NASA’s Artemis II Mission to the Moon

As a part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, the crew of the Orion capsule are using 3M™ PELTOR™ ComTac™ VI Tactical Headsets for communication. Artemis II is NASA’s first crewed mission of the Artemis program which sent four astronauts on a lunar flyby.

These Middle Schoolers Built a Mini Economy Inspired by Ancient Rome

Lani Reeder’s students were working on an entrepreneurial lesson about marketplaces in ancient Rome when they had a bolt of inspiration. “The kids started asking questions: Do we still do this today, in modern times?

Delivering Impact Where It Counts, With Futurpreneur

When young entrepreneurs have the right support at the right time, ideas turn into businesses. That belief underpins the collaboration between FedEx and Futurpreneur

Recent Alerts

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Scotiabank to Become the Official Banking Partner of FC Barcelona

In a landmark agreement, FC Barcelona and its Foundation announced today an official partnership with Scotiabank designating the international bank as the Official Banking Partner of FC Barcelona in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Education

Ten to Watch: Michelle Vaisman

While currently being funded by NASA as a space technology research fellow, Michelle Vaisman is working to make the most out of solar energy, both in space and on earth. Working alongside top talent at the National Renewable Energy Lab, the nation’s premier lab for renewable energy research, she is developing lower-cost, higher-efficiency photovoltaics in an effort to make solar energy competitive with fossil fuels.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Human Rights Campaign Foundation Honors Ingersoll Rand with Perfect Score on 2017 Corporate Equality Index

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) awarded Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, a perfect score of 100 percent in workplace equality on its 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). In the past year, Ingersoll Rand increased its CEI score from 90 percent to 100 percent.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sappi’s Key Performance Indicators: Driving Social Responsibility

Sappi takes a very active approach to social responsibility, driving key initiatives in support of our three key stakeholder groups: employees, customers and the local communities in which we operate.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Evolution of Community Foundations, a Conversation with Julie Cole Mecum of the Community Foundation of Boone County

In this episode of the Champions for Social Good Podcast, Jamie Serino speaks with Julie Cole Mecum, Chief Operating Officer at the Community Foundation of Boone County (@CFBooneCo), about how the Foundation has been evolving to adapt to the changing needs of its donor base and constituents.

Environment

Extension of Second Public Comment Period Announced for Life Cycle Impact Assessment Standard (LEO-S-002)

Leonardo Academy Inc. The Sustainability Experts®, announced today that the December 16, 2016 edition of ANSI Standards Action includes an announcement for the extension of the second public comment period for the Life Cycle Impact Assessment draft standard, formally called the “Life Cycle Impact Assessment Framework and Guidance for Establishing Public Declarations and Claims, For: Environmental Declarations for Products and Systems, Environmentally Preferable Product Claims, Carbon Footprint Profiles.”

Environment

The Behavioral Economics of Recycling: There’s More Happening Than You Think

Health & Healthcare

PT Freeport Indonesia, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Provides Vision Care to Regions Inaccessible by Road

PT Freeport-Indonesia’s Partnership Fund for Community Development (LPMAK) funds a floating healthcare clinic boat. The boat recently visited the coastal villages of Mimika in the Timika Regency of Papua, Indonesia, to provide health services in observance of World Sight Day (October 12).

Diversity & Inclusion

How This Woman is Getting Top Companies to Hire More Female Directors

A few months ago, HP Chief Marketing & Communications Officer Antonio Lucio took a bold step to shake up the advertising and public relations industries by issuing a call to action for greater gender diversity. But, it’s not an effort any company can take on alone.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Barclays Pioneers: Trail Blazing in the Fast Paced Payments Landscape

Events, Media & Communications

Be on Stage at the 2017 Shared Value Leadership Summit

It’s that time of year again – the Shared Value Initiative is seeking proposals for the 2017 Shared Value Leadership Summit Storytellers and Lab Sessions. Each year Summit attendees join over 400 leaders from companies, nonprofits, and governments to start innovating the real business solutions that our world urgently needs.

Diversity & Inclusion

Subaru Earns Top Marks in 2017 Corporate Equality Index

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Four Simple Letters

Ray’s environmental epiphany and all his efforts over the last 17 years of his life are best described by the word “love.” Love for his company and its employees. Love for the Earth. Love for his family.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Give a Smile

A puzzle, coloring book and colored pens, a glittery eraser and a generous helping of candy for the festive period – these are the kind of things that can be found in the colorful, star-patterned boxes.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Clean the World Hygiene Kit Build Event in Macao wins the Caring Program Award

Las Vegas Sands and Sands Macao host annual hygiene kit builds, an effort part of LVS's global corporate citizenship program, Sands Cares, and its ongoing partnership with Clean the World.

Diversity & Inclusion

CBRE Group, Inc. Women's Network Earns Top 10 Ranking on Global Diversity List, Supported by The Daily Telegraph

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) today announced that the CBRE Women’s Network earned a top 10 ranking on the 2016 Global Diversity List, supported by The Daily Telegraph in London.

Innovation & Technology

Xylem’s Flygt Concertor Halves Energy Use at Heathrow Airport

Flygt Concertor, the world’s first wastewater pumping system with integrated intelligence, has solved chronic clogging issues at a Heathrow Airport pumping station and reduced energy use by 53 percent.

Diversity & Inclusion

Hiring Algorithms Are Not Neutral

More and more, human resources managers rely on data-driven algorithms to help with hiring decisions and to navigate a vast pool of potential job candidates.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainability as a Business Differentiator

Social Impact & Volunteering

Peace, Love, and Volunteering

‘Tis the season for eggnog lattés, holiday parties, and philanthropic giving. It’s also the season for reflection and giving thanks.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Organisations Should Use Existing Climate Scenario Analysis or Develop Their Own, Says TCFD

Companies should use a range of existing, publicly-available climate-related scenario analysis or develop their own in order to assess the risks posed to their business by climate change, according to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Environment

TD Is Top Performing Canadian Bank in CDP's Canada Climate Change Report

December 19th, 2016/3BL Media/ - For the third year, TD Bank Group (TD) is the top scoring Canadian bank in CDP's report on leadership in carbon reporting and management in Canada. TD is among the top 25 percent highest scoring companies globally, across all sectors.

Health & Healthcare

Pfizer Combines Resources with Partners to Support UN Global Goals

At Pfizer, we realize no one organization or corporation can solve all of today’s complex healthcare challenges. That’s why we seek to combine our resources with the expertise of a range of diverse partners

Social Impact & Volunteering

Health and Well-being Initiative Hosted at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Targets Wellness Disparities Faced by the Latino Community

MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), the Walmart Foundation and Sodexo, world leader in quality of life services, hosted a nutrition workshop at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on December 17th. The event was part of the Parent School Partnership (PSP) program, a MALDEF initiative that seeks to provide parents the tools they need to become agents of change in their communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Santa Train Delivered Early Christmas Surprises to Children Across Appalachia

Latest Campaigns

License to Operate

Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

The Ray

News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

Collective Action

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

P&G | Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Responsibility: We’ve achieved 14 out of 16 of the environmental goals we set in 2010, and we will accelerate our progress as we work to...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism

AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

LG Energy Efficiency

LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $45 billion global force and...

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...