Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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HPRC Impact Report

Health & Healthcare | Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

HPRC Publishes Inaugural Impact Report: Paving the Way for Sustainable Healthcare Plastics

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is thrilled to announce the publication of its inaugural Impact Report for 2024.
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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

AllianceBernstein

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sysco 2024 Sustainability Report: At the Heart of One Planet One Table

Sysco Corporation

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Power Of Purpose: How The eBay Community Has Raised $1 Billion For Charities Around The World

eBay for Charity announced that the program reached a major milestone: $1 billion in total funds raised for charities around the world.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Schneider Electric Included in the Top 50 for The Diversity Leaders 2020 Ranking Held by the Financial Times

Schneider Electric is recognized by the Financial Times Diversity Leaders 2020. Schneider Electric ranks 41st overall and 4th in its industry category out of 700 companies included in the new annual ranking.

Education

Qualcomm™ and FIRST™: A Long-Term Collaboration to Foster Tomorrow’s Innovators

Our ongoing strategic collaboration with FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) provides hands-on experience with Qualcomm technology to engage students in more than 25 countries.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 123: Aligning Business Strategy and Purpose

Companies are under increasing pressure to be socially conscious, if not socially active. But what’s the best way to do this authentically?

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Diversity & Inclusion

K-Tec Systems CEO Cathy Koch “Believed She Could, and So She Did”—with Help from wegg® and FedEx

“Every morning,” K-Tec Systems CEO Cathy Koch says, “I put on a bracelet that says: ‘She Believed She Could, and So She Did.’ I believe a woman must believe ‘she can’ from the day she opens her business.”

Sustainable Development Goals

CBRE Named Top 50 Company for Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Matters

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) today announced that it has been named to the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) list of Top 50 Best ESG Companies. CBRE is #23 and the only commercial real estate services firm on the list.

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Environment

Major Businesses and Higher Education Institutions in Pennsylvania Urge State Leaders to Accelerate a Low-Carbon Future

Major businesses and higher education institutions across Pennsylvania called on state lawmakers today to prioritize policies that will accelerate the Commonwealth’s transition to a low-carbon economy.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Behind Civilian Lines: From Veteran to Fellow Veteran

Eighty-three percent of military career fields align with current positions at Koch companies. Additionally, veterans’ values, leadership and dedication mirror the principles that guide Koch employees.

Environment

Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - November 2019

The quarterly newsletter for the Ray C. Anderson Foundation features stories about their key funding initiatives: Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at the Scheller College of Business, Biomimicry Launchpad, Ray of Hope Prize, The Ray, Georgia Drawdown, Georgia Climate Conference, Ecocentricity Blog and more.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Responsible Forestry Leaders Celebrated at Greenbuild During FSC’s 25th Anniversary Gala

SCS Global Services celebrates longtime Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) certificate holders Baskahegan Company and UFP International as 2019 FSC Leadership Award recipients, among 13 winners, at a ceremony during Greenbuild in Atlanta on Wednesday.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Taproot Foundation Announces Election of New Board Members

Taproot Foundation announces the election of Elaine Mason, Jason Madhosingh, and Susan Solano Vila to its Board of Directors.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Back on My Feet, Along With Four Additional Charities, Earn Donations From Aramark As Part of Culinary Competition

Aramark’s team of chefs from its Sports & Entertainment division bested its competitors to win the Inaugural National Finals of the ACE Competition and take home the coveted “Copper Pot”

Energy

General Mills Breaks Ground on Second Wind Project, Maverick Creek, to Offset 100% of Domestic Power

Once it is operational in October 2020, Maverick Creek and our first wind farm, Cactus Flats will offset 100% of the electricity used annually at our owned U.S. facilities.

Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc.

Media & Communications

Sustainable & Responsible Investment and Asset Manager Perspectives – Today, and Quo Vadis Over the Coming Years…

The terms of reference are familiar now to many more institutional owners and their managers (as well as to a growing number of retail investors who are their clients and beneficiaries).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Our Growing Commitment to the Environment and Beyond

At Alliant Energy, we’re listening to our customers and continuing to evolve how we do business. Our world is changing – and so are we. We work to ensure our actions serve the needs of our customers, and also are mindful of the world around us.

Discovery Education

Education

Discovery Education and CME Group Introduce New Resources to Explore Behavioral Economics in the Classroom

Since 2015, Discovery Education in partnership with CME Group has made a commitment to bringing about greater understanding and awareness of economics and financial literacy to hundreds of thousands of students across the country.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Chicago Police Chief: Mobile Service “Critical” for First Responders

The New T-Mobile will make a 10-year, $7.7 billion commitment to provide free unlimited talk, text and smartphone data for public and non-profit state and local law enforcement, fire and EMS (emergency medical services) agencies.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2019 Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award Winners Announced

ILFI hosted a special award ceremony last night during the 2019 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo to recognize the winners of the 2019 Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why Work at Morgan Stanley? Here Are Four Great Reasons.

From autonomous vehicles, to the software behind the Internet of Things, to the power of big data—innovation and disruption are driving the markets as never before, with industries and whole sectors changing at speeds that were once unfathomable. Underpinning this massive change is financial services—the engine that helps ignite companies to develop new products and create new markets.

Whole Foods Market Foundation

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation Honors the Frontier Co-op Well Earth Program

At Whole Planet Foundation’s Annual Benefit & Auction, the Foundation will honor the Frontier Co-op Well Earth Program as its 2019 Trailblazer.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

United Named a Top Workplace for Veterans

Our dramatic improvement in the rankings this year reflects a stronger commitment than ever before to actively recruiting, developing and nurturing veteran talent.

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan Manages Water Responsibly

Freeport-McMoRan operates mines, smelters, processing facilities and reclamation projects around the world that require water for metal production or for site rehabilitation.

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Innovation & Technology

Meet the Co-Bots: How Tech Is Aiding Whirlpool Employees, Not Ousting Them

Some talent managers believe digital skills gaps will cause businesses significant harm, while others worry about larger economic downturns.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Keep America Beautiful Adds Sustainability, Marketing Executives to National Board of Directors

Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, recently elected five new senior sustainability and marketing executives to its 30-member national board of directors.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Corporation Breaks the Million-Dollar Mark at Its 2019 American Cancer Society Relay for Life by Raising Over $500,000

Carnival Foundation, the charitable arm of Carnival Corporation (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), held its third Corporate Relay For Life fundraiser Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, for American Cancer Society.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...

  2. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.

  3. FedEx Cares | Overall
    FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...

  4. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...

  5. Coach Foundation | Dream It Real
    To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.

  6. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...

  7. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...

  8. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...

  9. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

  10. 2025 Global Inclusive Growth Summit
    This annual event hosted by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth will explore how we can build strong growth and economic opportunity for all...

  11. 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...

  12. AMD Environmental Sustainability
    Advancing sustainability across our operations, supply chain manufacturing and product stewardship

  13. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

  14. Whirlpool Corporation Diversity and Inclusion
    Celebrating D&I events, stories and wins

  15. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Gilead Sciences Corporate Social Responsibility