Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Diversity & Inclusion

Be a Problem-Solver: On a Journey of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Mar 5, 2020 8:00 AM ET

Ask yourself: how are you contributing to solving today’s problem? It could be something small, specific to just today, or conceptual and large with a longer time frame.

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Longitudes | Podcast: Quality, Style and Respect for All Women

Mar 5, 2020 7:45 AM ET

Kathleen Marran, UPS Vice President of Marketing, Diverse Segments: women business owners face difficulties in raising money and handling that first big order — how exactly do you master the logistics needed to keep pace with rising customer demand?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Congrats to the 2020 Corporate Goodness Award Winners!

Mar 4, 2020 7:00 PM ET

Congrats to the 2020 Corporate Goodness Award Winners: Levi Strauss & Co., Adobe, Albertsons Companies/Albertsons Companies Foundation, Splunk, Intel, TELUS, Arm and Tricia Stevens from Lush!

Responsible Production & Consumption

Gaming’s Coolest Chair Design Wins HP’s HBCU Challenge

Mar 4, 2020 5:30 PM ET

Meet the winners from North Carolina Central University, who took home the top prize for HP’s third-annual HBCU business challenge.

Research, Reports & Publications

Climate Leadership with the Adoption of Science-Based Targets (SBTs)

Mar 4, 2020 5:10 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sanofi US Named Top Company by the National Association for Female Executives

Mar 4, 2020 4:50 PM ET

The pharmaceutical company’s commitment to gender parity is underlined by its ambition of reaching 50/50 in senior leadership by 2025 and evident in its strong female representation in its seniormost ranks in North America

Diversity & Inclusion

Bridgestone Named First Partner for First Video Game Designed to Celebrate Paralympic Athletes

Mar 4, 2020 4:00 PM ET

Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest tire and rubber company and a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, announced today its sponsorship support for the first official video game of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Events, Media & Communications

The Ray’s Highway of The Future Experience at CONEXPO-CON/AGG

Mar 4, 2020 3:15 PM ET

From March 10th through the 14th, The Ray is partnering with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) to bring The Ray to CONEXPO-CON/AGG, North America’s largest construction trade show, in Las Vegas.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ON Semiconductor Makes Its Debut at GreenBiz 20

Mar 4, 2020 3:00 PM ET

The GreenBiz Conference, held in Scottsdale, Arizona, claims to be “the premier annual event for sustainable business leaders” and in my opinion, they definitely deliver.

Events, Media & Communications

Qualcomm's Own Angela Baker Will be Speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's 10th Annual International Women’s Day Forum

Mar 4, 2020 2:30 PM ET

What milestones will we, as a society, reach as we push towards a more gender-inclusive society? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s 10th Annual International Women’s Day Forum will highlight the visionaries creating a better future for all.

Energy

FedEx and Chanje to Develop Groundbreaking Charging Infrastructure

Mar 4, 2020 2:00 PM ET

Through an agreement with Chanje Energy Inc., the company plans to electrify 42 FedEx stations in California, making it one of the largest deployments of integrated charging infrastructure by a single commercial fleet to date.

Media & Communications

How the Private Sector Can Do Well by Doing Good

Mar 4, 2020 1:00 PM ET

We live in a time of unprecedented growth and global prosperity. A middle class is emerging in China, India and elsewhere. Global poverty is at its lowest point in decades. Babies and children are growing up healthier, people are living longer...

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Stepping Up Our Work on Circularity

Mar 4, 2020 12:00 PM ET

The circular economy is a natural extension of Cisco’s own business transformation. As a company, we are moving from product upgrade cycles to recurring cloud computing and a software-subscription model.

Environment

Driven to Tears: Stefanie Lemcke + Jim Parry

Mar 4, 2020 11:55 AM ET

Do you ever find yourself sitting stuck in traffic with your thoughts moving from benign irritation with the sheer number of cars on the road, to a fixation upon humanity’s encroaching doom?

Health & Healthcare

As Cancer in Older People Increases, so Do the Challenges to Help Them Live Longer, Fuller Lives

Mar 4, 2020 11:40 AM ET

Our multiyear When Cancer Grows Old™ initiative is intended to address the challenges of cancer and aging by collaborating with the global cancer community of advocates, healthcare providers and policymakers around the world to find solutions.

Environment

Effort to Save Burrowing Owls Goes Underground in Chino

Mar 4, 2020 11:00 AM ET

When Brian Bielfelt had an opportunity to help build artificial burrows in Chino for burrowing owls, he jumped at the chance. “I’ve loved burrowing owls for a long time — since I was in third grade in Florida,” said the SCE staff biologist

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Named a Top Company for Executive Women

Mar 4, 2020 10:00 AM ET

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that it has been named a top company for executive women by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), in recognition of its efforts to identify, promote and mentor successful women.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Goodyear reCharge Concept – A Renewable, Sustainable and 100% Biodegradable Tire

Mar 4, 2020 10:00 AM ET

The Goodyear reCharge is a revolutionary self-regenerating concept tire that can adapt and change to meet individual mobility and sustainability needs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono in 2020 and Beyond

Mar 4, 2020 9:45 AM ET

Taproot Foundation is committed to making certain that pro bono service is an accessible and valuable resource across sectors.

Education

New Content From Discovery Education Educates Students on the Coronavirus, Encourages Civic Participation, Unlocks the Periodic Table, and More

Mar 4, 2020 9:40 AM ET

Discovery Education – the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms – today announced the addition of hundreds of new assets to its award-winning digital services.

Health & Healthcare

Podcast: How Intelligence at the Healthcare Edge Saves Lives

Mar 4, 2020 9:30 AM ET

Listen to Rich Bird, World Wide Industry Marketing Manager for Healthcare and Life sciences at HPE to learn how hospital care providers are using a combination of edge computing, AI, and Wi-Fi data networks to rapidly treat sepsis infections.

Education

Nurturing the Next Generation of Engineers

Mar 4, 2020 9:30 AM ET

100 girls and young women from 6th through 12th grades gathered Keysight’s Santa Rosa, CA headquarters hosted our annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day event for six hours of fun, team-based learning. Read Keysight CTO, Jay Alexander's takeaway.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Ecocentricity Blog: Trash Turned Into Treasure

Mar 4, 2020 9:30 AM ET

After taking a deep breath she smelled…nothing. If anything, it smelled like crisp, fresh, unpolluted air. She didn’t detect any unpleasant odors that she would have previously associated with composting.

Sustainable Development Goals

Public Eye: Emerging Trends and Top Priorities in Inclusive Business

Mar 4, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Why is it so important to include non-traditional development actors, such as the private sector, in efforts to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs)? What can they offer that an organization like UNDP can’t?

Sustainable Development Goals

Aflac Incorporated Unveils New Environmental, Social and Governance Website, Including 2019 ESG Report

Mar 4, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Aflac Incorporated today announced that it has unveiled a new environmental, social and governance website highlighting the company’s commitment to ESG initiatives important to investors, employees and consumers.