Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.

Energy

Colorado Energy Organizations Launch First-of-its-Kind Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas Partnership

A Colorado natural gas producer, an infrastructure operator and local municipal utility have entered into a first-of-its-kind Responsibly Sourced Gas (RSG) pilot project with Project Canary, a Denver-based B-Corp focused on providing continuous emissions monitoring data and technologies across the energy sector.

Media & Communications

Land Betterment Corporation Sponsored Episode 136 of the Middle Tech Podcast

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”) is proud to be the Season 4 sponsor of the Middle Tech Podcast.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women in Security Part 1: Meet Taree Reardon, Senior Threat Analyst

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we are excited to kick off our six-part Women in Security series. Meet Taree Reardon, Senior Threat Analyst, VMware Security Business Unit.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

EU Requirements for Impact-Focused Sustainability Reporting Are One Step Closer

Recommendations for the creation of European sustainability reporting standards would require large companies in the EU to disclose their external impacts in a way that meets the needs of multiple stakeholders while building on the standard setting of global bodies, such as GRI.

Research, Reports & Publications

NN Group Releases 2020 Annual Report: Committed to Sustainable Value Creation

NN Group, a financial services company active in several European countries and Japan, today published its 2020 Annual Report.

Diversity & Inclusion

Volunteer Vision Launches Digital Mentor Training Center to Maximize the Impact of CSR and DE&I Initiatives

While high quality mentor training sounds costly and time consuming, digital features such as the newly released Volunteer Vision Training Center make high impact training accessible, trackable and scalable.

Events, Media & Communications

Business & Human Rights Summit: New Speakers Confirmed

We invite you to participate in the UN Global Compact Network UK’s flagship Business & Human Rights Summit. The summit will be taking place 30-31 March 2021, and is generously supported by Marshalls plc.

Diversity & Inclusion

Choose Equal.

In downturns and disasters throughout history, women always bear a heavy cost – more of the jobs lost, more of the frontline care, and often – more of the burden at home.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ON Semiconductor Joins Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies for a Second Consecutive Year

In December 2020, Newsweek published their list of America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2021 and ON Semiconductor is proud to be listed for the second consecutive year, ranking #38 out of 399 U.S.-based companies across 14 industries.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hershey Invests $1.5 Million In The Thurgood Marshall College Fund

The Hershey Company announced it will invest $1.5 million in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to establish a scholarship endowment, with the goal to increase that to $3 million over the next ten years.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bloomberg Earns a Perfect Score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI)

Bloomberg announced that it has earned a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and been designated as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality in the United States.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CECP Announces James D. White, Former CEO, Jamba Juice to Join Board of Directors

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) announced that James D. White, Former CEO, Jamba Juice, has joined the organization’s distinguished Board of Directors.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Workiva Joins SASB in Support of XBRL Taxonomy for ESG Reporting

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) announced its new eXtensible business reporting language (XBRL) taxonomy is now open for public comment.

Diversity & Inclusion

CBRE Strengthens DE&I Efforts with Addition of Two Seasoned Professionals

CBRE announced it has expanded its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) team with the addition of two new professionals, Ryan Mitchell and LaTonya Woodson.

Environment

Megan Milliken Biven Proposes an Abandoned Well Administration

For over a hundred years, American land and waters have been tapped for that dark and viscous substance that has propelled our economy and generated the climate crisis.

Innovation & Technology

Enbridge Innovation in Action: Safety Highlights

Continuous innovation in safety is not simply about avoiding or mitigating the most frequent incidents, though.

Innovation & Technology

Goodyear Ventures Invests in Autonomous Trucking Company TuSimple

Goodyear Ventures has added TuSimple, a global autonomous trucking technology company, to its growing investment portfolio.

Environment

Coalition Grows to Protect Biodiversity Globally

“We can change the story if we decide to do it.”

Health & Healthcare

Alkermes Provides Information and Resources About Telepsych

Psychiatrist Dr. Frank Chen sat down with PsychCentral.com’s Gabe Howard to discuss the benefits of telepsych and why it doesn’t need to be so intimidating.

Health & Healthcare

Abbott Introduces Neurosphere™ Virtual Clinic, First-of-Its-Kind Remote Neuromodulation Patient-Care Technology in the U.S.

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the U.S. launch of NeuroSphere™ Virtual Clinic, a first-of-its-kind technology that allows patients to communicate with physicians, ensure proper settings and functionality, and receive new treatment settings remotely as needed.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Mondelēz International Commits To Reduction in Virgin Plastic Use To Combat Plastic Pollution

By 2025, the company aims for an at least 25% reduction in virgin plastic use in its rigid plastic packaging or a 5% reduction in virgin plastic use in its overall plastic packaging portfolio, assuming constant portfolio mix.

Green Infrastructure

American Airlines Builds on Commitment to Sustainable Fuels With Kuehne+Nagel

“Partnering with Kuehne+Nagel as part of our effort to reduce the impact of aviation on our planet has been an incredible example of the kind of collaboration that will drive real change.”

Education

Keysight Technologies Extends Commitment to FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

The donation through FAMU provides a channel of engagement between Keysight Technologies and the students and professors at the college and will help develop the pipeline for under-represented talent in electrical engineering.

Innovation & Technology

Closing The Gender Gap In STEM Inventions - A Conversation With Qualcomm’s EVP & President Of The Technology Licensing Business - Alex Rogers

The conversation covered many topics, from the potential loss in GDP caused by the lack of equal access to the innovation economy to the impact that diversity has on teams, the importance of fostering innovation and, of course, STEM education.

Diversity & Inclusion

We Should All Choose to Challenge on International Women's Day

March is Women’s History Month; an annual declared month to celebrate the countless accomplishments of women in history and today.

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