Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Navigating the Rising Tide: The Convergence of Climate Change and Global Trade

Changing climate patterns and severe weather events are changing the game for global trade and logistics organizations.

Energy

Where People Can Turn When They Need Help Paying Utility Bills

As executive director of Crisis Control Ministry, Margaret Elliott knows how easy it is for people to fall behind on paying their utility bills, and once things start to snowball, it’s hard to stop those bills from piling up.

Research, Reports & Publications

Cencora Releases 2023 ESG Report

Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen), a global healthcare company, released its 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.

Social Impact & Volunteering

New Study Shows Mixed Reality Technology for Blood Donation From Abbott and Blood Centers of America Helps Ease Stress, Encourages People To Donate Again

Results from the pilot study reveal that mixed reality "is an innovative technology that holds promise to increase donor engagement, satisfaction, and retention," researchers said.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Honoring Veterans and Employees for Their Local Contributions

In honor of his outstanding volunteer work in 2022, Ryan Whitman, manager of our Smart Energy Network project, was one of three Atlantic City Electric employees who recently received Exelon’s Powering Communities Employee Volunteer Award.

Innovation & Technology

Hospital CIOs Weigh 5G As Digitized Medicine Pushes Wi-Fi to Its Limits

With electronic records, medical devices, AR and VR, and AI apps to come, some hospital CIOs are evaluating private 5G networks to prepare for the inevitably bigger digital loads ahead.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pepco Advocates for Continued Energy Assistance Funding and Reminds Customers to Act Now to Secure Support

Today is Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Action Day and Pepco employees are on Capitol Hill to meet with representatives and advocates for policies that protect funding for LIHEAP and support vulnerable households in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

Events, Media & Communications

GRI North America Present at GreenBiz'24

This year, GRI North America is thrilled to play a key role at GreenBiz24 conference, seizing various opportunities to engage with North American attendees at an event that gathers approximately 2500 sustainability professionals every year.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Aramark Helps the Chiefs Tackle Food Waste in Kansas City

As it was reported in the recently released 2023 Be Well. Do Well. Progress Report, Aramark is committed to reducing food waste across its operations with the dual goals of conserving resources and minimizing the company’s environmental footprint.

Innovation & Technology

HARMAN Joins Eclipse Foundation’s Software Defined Vehicle Working Group — Paving The Path Forward For The Future of Automotive Software

To shape the industry-wide effort to build a vendor-agnostic, open source ecosystem focused on creating the foundation for a new era in automotive, HARMAN announced it has joined the Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Working Group at The Eclipse Foundation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Tapestry Named to Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies

We’re thrilled to share that Tapestry has been named one of Fortune’s 2024 World’s Most Admired Companies for the first time! This annual list is considered one of the leading measures of corporate reputation among the world's largest companies.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CSRHub API 3.1 Is Live

Version 3.1 of CSRHub’s API is live. 600 million data elements from 900 sources in our system support developers' ESG data needs!

Responsible Production & Consumption

Elanco CEO, Jeff Simmons Launches Mission to Save 1 Million Puppies from Deadly Parvo

Last week I went out to that JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Check them with thirteen companies. But there are other presenters that didn't get a chance to speak with. Take Alanco animal health, which makes medicine and vaccines for both pets and livestock.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Innovative Emissions Reduction in Washington State Wins Award

A construction industry association recognized Marathon Petroleum’s Anacortes, Washington, refinery with an award for the best private-sector project of 2023 under $10 million.

Environment

New EPA Rules Will Remove Harmful Air Pollution, With Public Health and Economic Benefits

Ceres applauds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s newly released standards for pollution from fine particulate matter, otherwise known as PM2.5 or soot, a harmful and deadly pollutant produced by fossil fuel power plants, vehicle emissions, and other industrial sources.

Diversity & Inclusion

U.S. Conference of Mayors and Comcast Announce Digital Equity Challenge

The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and Comcast Corporation today announced a new $1.5 million grant awards program – Talent for Tomorrow: Digital Equity Challenge (The Challenge).

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainability Training – Impact Upon UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Now Available for North American Businesses

SVC and SV US announce the launch of The SDG Impact Standards, a new training series for enterprises, private equity funds, and bond issuers, seeking to embed consideration of impact on the SDGs into business management and planning processes, and into investment decision making.

Diversity & Inclusion

Grounding in Healing To Navigate the DEI Landscape in 2024

In a corporate context, the principle of healing can apply if you translate it into intentional initiatives that address and repair the psychological, emotional, and cultural trauma that relate to workplace exclusion, intolerance, toxicity, and discrimination.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Lenovo and NAF Celebrate 10 Years of Helping Students Be Future-Ready

This year, Lenovo and NAF are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their partnership.

Research, Reports & Publications

Thai Union Is Driving Alignment and Improvement in the Seafood Sector Using the SSCI Benchmark Tool

Seafood is one of the most traded commodities in the world and also one of the largest industries, with the sector employing at least 260 million workers worldwide. However, it is one of the most at-risk industries from a social sustainability perspective.

Research, Reports & Publications

Tackling Scope 3 Emissions in Manufacturing

A recently published World Economic Forum (WEF) white paper – “The 'No-Excuse' Opportunities to Tackle Scope 3 Emissions in Manufacturing and Value Chains” – serves as a practical roadmap for businesses navigating the intricate terrain of Scope 3 decarbonization.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Exploring New Perspectives Through In-Office Art

In partnership with the National Gallery Singapore, Bloomberg presents a new installation by local artist Kelly Limerick.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Three Steps to Cultivating Skilled Workforces Through Apprenticeships

In the highly competitive construction industry, the strength of our labor force is critical. If a company can’t get the skilled construction tradespeople they need to complete a project, their position in the market may become obsolete.

Research, Reports & Publications

Southern Company Issues Annual Moving to Equity Report for 2023

Southern Company today publishes its latest Moving to Equity report, showing notable achievements and impactful initiatives regarding the company’s strategy to foster a more inclusive and equitable culture.

Innovation & Technology

Palm Oil and SAP Software Give Ugandan Farmers New Hope

Much has changed for Nassozi Berna, her husband, and their seven children since she began farming oil palm trees on Kalangala, an island in Uganda’s Lake Victoria, 11 years ago.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  2. 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...
  3. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  4. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  5. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  6. 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...
  7. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  8. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  9. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  10. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  11. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  12. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  13. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
  14. 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...
  15. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...