Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Research, Reports & Publications

Profit Through Purpose: Eight Years of Pioneering and Learning

Apr 16, 2019 5:00 AM ET

We’re eight years into our 10-year Unilever Sustainable Living Plan and have made significant progress across many of our ambitious targets. We have also learnt a lot during that time. Not least that new technologies, new business models and new ways of thinking are all vital to creating the change the world needs – quickly and at scale.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

What Sesame Street is Doing to Reduce Stigma and Change Perceptions Around Autism

Apr 15, 2019 5:45 PM ET

In the U.S., 1 in 59 children is diagnosed with autism. Nearly every family and community is touched in some way.

While the diagnosis is common, public understanding of autism is not. This lack of understanding can make life even more difficult for children with autism.

Energy

Climate Change Is Dynamic, and Our Response Must Be Too

Apr 15, 2019 4:45 PM ET

National Grid President John Bruckner on how gas, both green and natural, will play a role in securing our clean energy future.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Recognized for Top Customer References, Innovation and Corporate Social Responsibility Among All Outsourcers by IAOP

Apr 15, 2019 3:10 PM ET

CBRE Group, Inc. announced that the company has been recognized for sustained excellence across several categories in The Best of The Global Outsourcing 100 (GO100) by IAOP®, which has identified the “best of the best” global outsourcing firms, across all industries, from the past ten years.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Special Ducks Help Comfort Children Who Are Battling Cancer

Apr 15, 2019 3:00 PM ET

The invention, called “My Special Aflac Duck,” was named one of Time Magazine’s best inventions of 2018, and it’s easy to see why, as kids rapidly grow attached to them. “We consider the duck a social robot,” inventor Aaron J. Horowitz said. “He is a constant companion for kids that can really share in the experience that they are having, and can give them a better tool to communicate how they feel.” The duck responds to the touch of a child’s hands, and can even indicate that it’s being tickled, quacking rapidly when it’s tickled under its wings.

Environment

Everlane Partners With The New York Times to Push the Truth of Climate Change

Apr 15, 2019 2:40 PM ET

Although more than seven-in-10 (73%) Americans think global warming is happening and nearly the same amount (72%) say global warming is important to them personally, according to new research from Yale, the concept of climate change is still called into question on a nearly daily basis.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Hallmark VIDEO | Inspiring Acts of Caring: Scott Poore Aids Animal Rescue and Adoption

Apr 15, 2019 2:40 PM ET

Inspiring others to show they care through acts of kindness speaks to the essence of the Hallmark brand. Hallmark’s Care Enough campaign highlighted the selfless acts of dozens of individuals to inspire others to perform acts of caring.

Environment

How One Purchase Can Change Lives

Apr 15, 2019 1:25 PM ET

When does an everyday errand become a life-changing act of kindness? When a simple packaged good purchase helps bring clean drinking water to children, families, and communities that desperately need it; when “1=1” means that consumers can help support an urgent global initiative that’s changing lives.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Commits to Three-Year Title Sponsorship of No Barriers Summit

Apr 15, 2019 1:10 PM ET

No Barriers USA announced that Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) has committed to a three-year title sponsorship of the organization’s annual event, the No Barriers Summit. The summit this year is in Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe, California, June 13–15. No Barriers USA and Wells Fargo plan to bring the event to San Francisco in 2020 and Washington, D.C., in 2021. Wells Fargo has sponsored the summit since 2015.

Diversity & Inclusion

Slam Dunk: How Women at Johnson & Johnson Pioneered Company Basketball

Apr 15, 2019 12:45 PM ET

There's a long history of employee sports teams at Johnson & Johnson, beginning with a men’s baseball team in 1895. The first women's basketball team was formed in 1907 by members of the Laurel Club, which was founded the same year.

Health & Healthcare

Pfizer Reaffirms Commitment to Delivering Essential Therapies Through Manufacturing Investment

Apr 15, 2019 12:00 PM ET

We are experiencing an exciting new era in drug discovery and development with scientific advances that could result in future breakthroughs. To make this promise a reality, Pfizer is dedicated to investing in manufacturing capabilities to keep pace with science today, and to plan for what’s coming next.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

MilliporeSigma Drives Packaging Sustainability Through New Program

Apr 15, 2019 11:10 AM ET

As part of MilliporeSigma’s commitment to reduce its environmental impact, the company has launched a new SMASH Packaging Plan — a four-year approach to drive improvement in the sustainability of its packaging. Through this initiative, MilliporeSigma is setting new standards and goals to shrink, secure, switch and save packaging while still meeting the required performance requirements and transit safety regulations.

Energy

Duke Energy Renewables Constructs 200-MW Mesteño Wind Project in Texas

Apr 15, 2019 11:10 AM ET

Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, today announced it will build, own and operate a 200-megawatt (MW) wind project – Mesteño – in Starr County, Texas. The project’s output will be sold into the ERCOT market and Duke Energy Renewables will enter into a long-term hedge agreement covering the majority of the expected wind energy production.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Women in the Field of Finance

Apr 15, 2019 11:05 AM ET

At the financial firms I am involved with, Domini Impact Investments has five employee equity-owning managers in leadership. Four of the five are female. The Sustainability Group has four partner-level members and three of the four are female. I feel pretty secure in stating that female leadership is possible, even within the financial asset management field.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CNH Industrial Hosts Signing Day for Youth Manufacturing Education Program at Case IH Grand Island Facility

Apr 15, 2019 10:05 AM ET

CNH Industrial’s Case IH Grand Island Facility hosted a “signing day” event on April 2 to celebrate its support of the certified Youth Apprentice Program with the Department of Labor and Career Pathways High School in the city of Grand Island. Together with company representatives, the event was attended by Debra Cremeens-Risinger, U.S. Department of Labor Nebraska State Director, who signed the program registration, along with Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska Mike Foley and Dan Phillips, Director of Career Pathways.

Sustainable Development Goals

GRI Working With ASViS to Support Sustainable Development

Apr 15, 2019 9:45 AM ET

GRI and The Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS) have signed memorandum of understanding, kicking off a partnership to unite efforts to promote corporate social responsibility in relation to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Carbon Yield Fund Wins 2019 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge

Apr 15, 2019 9:30 AM ET

Sustainable Investing Challenge brings together future leadersseeking to help address today’s toughest sustainability issues throughinnovative financial instruments

Responsible Production & Consumption

[VIDEO] Giving Your Clothes a Second Life

Apr 15, 2019 9:00 AM ET

The problem of apparel waste has become, with over 10.5 million tons dumped in landfills in North America every year. There are many statistics quoted on the matter, but leave it to say that the vast majority of what we get rid of ends up in landfills, some say as high as 80%.

As consumers we have an opportunity to help stem the flow of garments to landfill. The important thing is to avoid apparel waste by thinking of alternatives for your clothes before throwing them out. Learn more about how you can give them a second chance at life and join the conversation on #MakingApparelBetter. To view the entire Conscious Consumption campaign, visit the Genuine Responsbility site at https://www.genuineresponsibility.com/en/stories/news/conscious-consumption/

Innovation & Technology

Bridgestone Joins International Space Exploration Mission with JAXA and Toyota

Apr 15, 2019 9:00 AM ET

Bridgestone Corporation announced that it will take part in an international space exploration mission together with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Toyota Motor Corporation. Recently announced by JAXA and Toyota, the goals of this mission are to expand the domain of human activity and develop intellectual property on space exploration.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Expert Interview With Chris McClain, Health and Safety Expert

Apr 15, 2019 9:00 AM ET

Chris McClain, Tetra Tech’s vice president of Corporate Health & Safety, has 30 years of experience in safety and industrial hygiene. She has spent the last 20 years managing health and safety programs at Tetra Tech. Ms. McClain maintains dual professional certifications as a Certified Safety Professional and a Certified Industrial Hygienist. She specializes in recognition and control of occupational hazards, focused on compliance and program development.

Health & Healthcare

Europe-Africa Partnership Spearheads Development of Next-generation Antimalarial Drug

Apr 15, 2019 4:00 AM ET

Energy

Ohio’s Clean Energy Standards Are Key to Thriving Economy

Apr 12, 2019 5:20 PM ET

Major investors and companies in Ohio oppose provisions in legislation introduced today in the Ohio Legislature that would weaken the state’s renewable portfolio and energy efficiency resource standard.

Education

High School Students Become STEM Stars at CodeWars

Apr 12, 2019 3:30 PM ET

In Houston, students from 88 schools in Texas and Florida and several from Spain competed across 253 teams, more than a third of which have participated in previous CodeWars. This is the third year winners from Barcelona were invited to compete in Houston. “HP has really helped the kids push themselves, to solve bigger problems and to learn more,” says Barcelona team coach Albert Falgueras Xarbau.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Special Evening – 19 Years of Supporting Possibilities for Adults with Disabilities

Apr 12, 2019 3:00 PM ET

Sunday, April 7 marked the 19th year of A Special Evening, an annual Dallas/Fort Worth-area benefit concert event that supports My Possibilities and the organization’s LaunchAbility Career Services program. The organization offers socialization, education, therapy, training and job placement support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Diversity & Inclusion

Help for Heroes

Apr 12, 2019 2:00 PM ET