Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator Awards $20 Million in Initial Grants to Fund Clinical Trials

Mar 31, 2020 3:35 PM ET

The partners in the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator have announced grants of $20 million to three institutions—the University of Washington, University of Oxford, and La Jolla Institute for Immunology—to fund clinical trials

Diversity & Inclusion

Keysight Technologies Celebrates Patti Key, Vice President of Network Applications and Security Sales for Women's History Month

Mar 31, 2020 3:25 PM ET

In honor of Women’s History Month, Keysight Technologies celebrates its women leaders who do so much for our technology, our business, and our culture.

Innovation & Technology

Mobile Technology Connects Smallholder Farmers With Global Producers, Enabling Fair Pay and Accountability ​

Mar 31, 2020 3:00 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Quakes and Tremors: What Foundations Can Do to Safeguard Childhood Wellbeing in the Wake of a Pandemic

Mar 31, 2020 3:00 PM ET

Research shows that childhood wellbeing can be severely impacted by traumatic events like those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Read FSG's latest blog by managing director Ursula Wright for ideas on how foundations can help.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Offers 7 Financial Tips during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 31, 2020 2:15 PM ET

Fifth Third Bank is offering seven financial tips during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Tetra Laval Group Is Donating € 10 Million Towards COVID-19 Relief Effort

Mar 31, 2020 2:00 PM ET

Tetra Laval Group is donating € 10 million towards COVID-19 relief effort.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made an unprecedented impact on communities worldwide. Our thoughts and concern are with all those whose lives have been affected.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Group, Inc. Earns ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award

Mar 31, 2020 1:05 PM ET

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized CBRE with a 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership and superior contributions to ENERGY STAR.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

General Motors Earns 2020 Energy Star® Partner of the Year — Sustained Excellence Award

Mar 31, 2020 1:00 PM ET

General Motors is proud to announce that it has received the 2020 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership and superior contributions to ENERGY STAR.

Health & Healthcare

Donating Was a “No Brainer” For Me

Mar 31, 2020 12:15 PM ET

If someone you loved needed bone marrow to live, you would go to the ends of the earth to find the one person that could give it to them. Be that one person for someone else.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Pentair Earns 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award

Mar 31, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Pentair is proud to announce it received the 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership and superior contributions to ENERGY STAR.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women's History Month - A Time to Reflect and Be Inspired

Mar 31, 2020 11:05 AM ET

In celebration of women’s history month, we highlight some of the women whose hard work and tenacity have inspired us and made an impact on our past, present and future.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

EPA Names LG Electronics 2020 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year

Mar 31, 2020 11:00 AM ET

LG Electronics has been named 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Health & Healthcare

With #AloneTogether, the Media Industry Unites to Drive Awareness

Mar 31, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Even in isolation, we’re not alone. That’s the message that’s at the core of the #AloneTogether campaign, which calls on audiences around the world to stay at home amid the coronavirus crisis.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Blackbaud Announces New Measures to Support Customers and Global Community in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 31, 2020 10:35 AM ET

Blackbaud, the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, announced new measures to support its customers and the broader social economy as many organizations are thrown into crisis mode in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Environment

In Context: Australia Fires and the Arbor Day Foundation Response

Mar 31, 2020 10:00 AM ET

The Australia bushfires captured the attention of people around the globe. For the Arbor Day Foundation, that urgent action takes place in both forest & community settings, working alongside our local partners on the ground for tree recovery efforts

Research, Reports & Publications

Delivering Resiliency as a Service

Mar 31, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Regulators expect utilities to be forward-thinking in the current dynamic market while also offering shareholders a return on investment. The quickest answer? Opening up a different stream of revenue by offering “resiliency as a service."

Research, Reports & Publications

The CR and Sustainability Salary Survey 2020

Mar 31, 2020 10:00 AM ET

The growing areas of corporate responsibility and sustainability have always been difficult to define, and the survey’s purpose is to provide a clearer view of how corporate responsibility and sustainability professionals fit into the modern business landscape.

Innovation & Technology

Artificial Intelligence Drives Asia’s Urban Water Treatment Success

Mar 31, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Artificial intelligence (AI) is perceived as a key pillar of urban water treatment and Southeast Asia governments are racing to establish the region as an AI hub.

Research, Reports & Publications

Building an Inclusive Culture at VMware

Mar 31, 2020 9:00 AM ET

As “social distancing” and “sheltering in place” become our new normal, it’s so important that we connect and share our fears, struggles and hopefully small wins.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PepsiCo Natural Brands are Alleviating Poverty through Whole Planet Foundation

Mar 31, 2020 9:00 AM ET

In 2020, Naked and KeVita have committed $150,000 to Whole Planet Foundation to fund microloans for people living in poverty where Whole Foods Market sources products.

Health & Healthcare

Kerry Washington Just Did a COVID-19 Q&A With California’s Surgeon General for ‘Together At Home’

Mar 31, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Award-winning actor Kerry Washington interviewed Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, the surgeon-general of California, about coronavirus as part of the “Together At Home” virtual series and campaign.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sysco Doing a 'Pop-Up Produce Giveaway' Today for Hospitality Workers, Others Who Lost Jobs

Mar 31, 2020 9:00 AM ET

As part of efforts to help people who work in the hospitality industry and have been hurt by the COVID-19 crisis, Sysco Pittsburgh is giving those people and others who need it food at a drive-up distribution.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MetLife Foundation Commits $25 Million to Global COVID-19 Response

Mar 31, 2020 9:00 AM ET

MetLife Foundation today announced that it is committing $25 million to the global response to COVID-19 in support of communities impacted by the pandemic.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Open Call for Applicants: GRI's Multi-Stakeholder Ethos in Action

Mar 31, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Global search to strengthen GRI’s representation of different organizations and interests, through an open call for new members to join its governance bodies.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Report Highlights How Mondi Is Contributing to a Better World by Making Packaging Sustainable by Design

Mar 31, 2020 5:00 AM ET

Leading global packaging and paper group Mondi released its interactive 2019 Sustainable Development report last week. The report illustrates how Mondi is meeting rising demand for sustainable packaging using paper where possible, plastic when useful