Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Environment

Chemours Chambers Works Reaffirms Long-Standing Environmental Stewardship Through WHC Conservation Certification®

Chemours

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From Pro Athlete to Tech Storyteller: Meet DICK’S Sporting Goods Manager of Communications & Branding

DICK'S Sporting Goods

Energy

How AI Is Transforming the Electric Grid

Leidos

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Advancing with Purpose: Designing for Product Energy Efficiency

AMD

Research, Reports & Publications

Tempus Next Pathways Unlocked Critical Insights Into the aNSCLC Patient Journey With Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Events, Media & Communications

Key Trends and Insights From Data Center EHSxTech® Events

Antea Group

Education

What Teens Told Researchers About AI for Homework—and How Parents Can Help

Verizon

Events, Media & Communications

2026 Tire Emissions Research Conference

Tire Industry Project

Featured Brands

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

Prioritizing Security, Privacy, and Trust in the AI Era | Cisco FY25 Purpose Report

As innovation accelerates, the need for strong security, data protection, and privacy has never been more critical.

Greater Holyoke YMCA and Comcast Partner To Expand Digital Opportunity in Holyoke, MA

Representatives from the Greater Holyoke YMCA and Comcast were joined by State Representative Patricia Duffy to celebrate the opening of the organization’s STEAM tech center along with a recently awarded $15,000 grant from Comcast.

This Spring, Aflac Encourages You To Scatter Seeds of Kindness

Inspired by the main character of Aflac’s new children’s book, “Beyond Words,” the team at Aflac created an easy way for people from around the world to share words of kindness and hope for kids and families facing health challenges.

Our Tech Ambition: Scaling the Digital Economy Without Scaling Emissions

The power of today’s technologies has made payments faster, more seamless and more secure. Greater data availability means richer insights. AI is making more things possible. It’s an exciting future for all of us at Mastercard as we power commerce around the globe.

Edge Intelligence: 10 Trends Driving Startup Success Worldwide

In 2025 Qualcomm Government Affairs’ ecosystem development team enabled over 60 startups across the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia‑Pacific, to bring wireless connectivity, IoT and edge AI-based products to market, scale business, and secure IP rights.

Guiding Stars: Nourishing a Healthy Liver

Maybe you’ve never given your liver a second thought. But there’s a good chance you’ve seen social media posts and videos that have you wondering if yours is ok. Please don’t rush out and buy some random liver detox potion “just in case.”

ENERGY STAR: A Proven Winner for American Consumers

It’s Earth Day, a fitting moment to reflect on the programs that have delivered real, measurable value to American households for decades. Few initiatives can match the track record of ENERGY STAR®.

Recent Alerts

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Impact Podcast With John Shegerian Features Rockwell’s Vice President of Sustainability, Emmanuel Guilhamon

Emmanuel Guilhamon, vice president, Sustainability, Rockwell Automation is a featured guest this week on the Impact Podcast with John Shegerian. The podcast has featured over 2,000 guests who all share in common a passion for making our world a better place on a daily basis.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

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

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today announced it has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year as one of the top three brands on Forbes’ 2026 Best Brands for Social Impact list, earning the high distinction of being the highest rated automotive brand once again.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

MetroHealth Celebrates $1.5 million KeyBank Foundation Investment Supporting Opportunity Centers

The MetroHealth Foundation celebrated a $1.5 million investment from the KeyBank Foundation supporting the continued growth and impact of MetroHealth’s Opportunity Centers in Cleveland’s Buckeye and Clark‑Fulton neighborhoods.

Health & Healthcare

Aetna Announces Progress on Industry Leading Efforts To Simplify Prior Authorization

Aetna®, a CVS Health® company (NYSE: CVS), is setting the pace for prior authorization reform, moving faster and further to simplify access to care for patients and providers.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Recognized for Advancing Sustainable Impact and Inclusive Growth

We’re honored to share that MetLife has been named one of Triangle Business Journal’s 2025 Community Champion Award winners!

Innovation & Technology

3BL Content Editor: A Guide to Formatting, Media & HTML Specifications

The 3BL Editor is a structured, HTML-based publishing environment. Formatting is not decorative — it is a technical decision that affects how content is rendered, indexed, and distributed.

Innovation & Technology

Two Years of Engagement: What 3BL’s Distribution Network Delivered in 2025–2026 So Far

Innovation & Technology

3BL Audience Data: Professional, Demographic, and Geographic Insights

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of 3BL's Audience Analytics capabilities, helping communications teams better understand how audiences engage with their content.

Innovation & Technology

AI Applied: How Intelligent Automation and Agentic AI Are Reshaping the Enterprise

At the center of this shift is the convergence of robotic process automation (RPA), intelligent automation and agentic AI — technologies that are redefining both operational efficiency and workforce strategy. 

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Suazo Business Center Receives $600,000 Grant From the KeyBank Foundation

Suazo Business Center, a Utah‑based nonprofit focused on economic empowerment through entrepreneurship, has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the KeyBank Foundation to support the expansion of its entrepreneurship programming.

Research, Reports & Publications

Expanding Access to Opportunity in the Next Era of the Internet

This year's report highlights a key point: inclusion isn't just an afterthought for GoDaddy, which exists to help small businesses and entrepreneurs launch and grow their ventures; it plays an integral part in how we put our purpose into action.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Unpacking Social Value: IWBI’s Sustainable Finance Leader Profile of the UN Global Compact Network USA

Across global markets, a profound shift is underway as investors, regulators and companies seek clearer, more credible ways to demonstrate progress on social sustainability.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Engage for Good Announces 2026 Halo Award Winners, Honoring Corporate–Nonprofit Partnerships

Engage for Good announced the winners of the 2026 Halo Awards, recognizing 28 recipients for outstanding corporate–nonprofit partnerships that delivered measurable social impact in 2025. Leading this year’s is FedEx and Orbis International who were named Best of the Best.

Research, Reports & Publications

Aetna Provider Survey Reveals Optimism and Opportunities to Simplify Health Care

Aetna®, a CVS Health® company announced research findings from the inaugural Aetna Provider Survey, a quarterly study that polls a representative sample of the U.S. provider market to better understand their perceptions, opportunities, and challenges today and into the future.

Environment

Chemours Chambers Works Reaffirms Long-Standing Environmental Stewardship Through WHC Conservation Certification®

The Chemours Chambers Works site recently achieved recertification under the WHC Conservation Certification® powered by Tandem Global, reflecting more than three decades of environmental stewardship.

Environment

ISO 14001:2026 Update: What Changed and What It Means

ISO 14001 has officially been updated as of April 2026. The revision introduces several important updates that reflect how environmental and business expectations have evolved over the past decade.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From Pro Athlete to Tech Storyteller: Meet DICK’S Sporting Goods Manager of Communications & Branding

Hunter Gilstrap didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a professional athlete. As a kid in a small town in South Carolina, he was more interested in comic books and drawing than organized sports. Soccer was something his parents signed him up for at the local YMCA in 1990.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IWBI Supports Future-Ready Facilities Grant to Modernize U.S. School Infrastructure

A new initiative launched by Attune is designed to address a growing challenge across the United States: aging school facilities that lack visibility into critical building performance metrics.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Making Sustainability REAL Through Smarter Packaging

Lenovo’s R.E.A.L. framework for sustainability, Responsible Design, Ethical Materials, Accountable Models, and Lifecycle Intelligence, defines a more holistic approach to circularity.

Energy

How AI Is Transforming the Electric Grid

The electric grid powers nearly every part of daily life—from homes and hospitals to transportation and national security systems. Today, the grid is under increasing strain from unprecedented power load growth.

Research, Reports & Publications

BIER Releases 2025 Benchmarking Study Highlighting Measurable Progress in Water, Energy, and Emissions Efficiency Across the Beverage Sector

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) has released its 2025 Water, Energy, and Emissions Benchmarking Study, providing a comprehensive, comparable analysis of environmental performance across more than 1,600 facilities globally.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Advancing with Purpose: Designing for Product Energy Efficiency

Welcome to Advancing with Purpose, a new AMD video series featuring the people behind our corporate responsibility efforts.

Research, Reports & Publications

Tempus Next Pathways Unlocked Critical Insights Into the aNSCLC Patient Journey With Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)

Bristol Myers Squibb is advancing its efforts to improve equitable access to high‑quality cancer care by applying real‑world insight to where care delivery often breaks down.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Community Connections: Meet Jasmine Brantley

One of the things that really stood out to me during the interview process was how authentic and engaging everyone was. Every conversation felt less like a formal interview and more like a meaningful discussion about how we support businesses.

Social Impact & Volunteering

LA Galaxy and Heal the Bay Team Up for MLS ‘Greener Goals’ to Protect Southern California Coastline

As part of Major League Soccer’s "Greener Goals" initiative, AEG’s LA Galaxy partnered with Heal the Bay on Saturday, April 11, to host a community beach cleanup in Santa Monica.

Latest Campaigns

KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service

KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

Halo Awards

The Halo Awards are the social impact sector’s longest-running recognition of excellence in corporate–nonprofit partnerships. For more than two...

GoDaddy Global Stakeholder Impact News & Reports

GoDaddy is committed to embedding sustainable practices across our business. Our approach focuses on creating long-term value for our customers...

License to Operate

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

IWBI | WELL Building Standard

Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

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...

Collective Action

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

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...

KeyBank Fraud Protection Center

Advanced security, fraud, and data protection, Keeping your accounts and information secure is a priority for us, and we know it’s a priority for you...