Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Environment

Mohawk Group's Waterways Project Moves Design Forward Through Health and Wellbeing

Through new products, technologies and initiatives, Mohawk Group strives to improve understanding of river health and how rivers support life.

Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Business Resource Groups Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Asian & Pacific Islander business resource groups across Fifth Third have hosted a variety of events and activities to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Innovation & Technology

Essity Highlights Contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

As a leading global hygiene and health company, Essity has an important role to play in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

MSI, From Part-time Business to Nationwide Distributor

When Manu and Rika Shah emigrated from India to the United States in the 1970s, Rika searched for a flexible job that would allow her to stay at home with their kids.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Weathering the Storm, Together

In unprecedented circumstances, our critical priority is remaining engaged and responsive. During Winter Storm Uri, as both our customers and employees were impacted by the cold, we faced a familiar challenge...

Diversity & Inclusion

Ralph Lauren Joins TAAF's AAPI Giving Challenge

Our commitment to the AAPI Giving Challenge is another step in Ralph Lauren’s journey toward building a more equitable future, both within our Company and throughout our communities.

Innovation & Technology

How to Empower the Next, Diverse Generation of Inventors

Our society must take the harsh realizations uncovered by the pandemic and use them to fuel ambition and drive, to ensure access and opportunity for every student.

Environment

Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - May 2021

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has issued its quarterly newsletter, featuring stories from the foundation and its grantees.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

$1.5 Million Grant from KeyBank Foundation to MetroHealth Will Help Eliminate Potential Barriers to Health and Well-Being for Underserved Populations in Northeast Ohio

The KeyBank Foundation is making a $1.5 million grant to The MetroHealth System. This grant is part of KeyBank’s $40 billion National Community Benefits Plan and is symbolic of the bank’s longstanding commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Victory Garden at Camp Salute Provides Natural Outlet for Veterans

Camp Salute is a one of a kind veteran preferred affordable housing development. It is the first and only community in the U.S. to provide permanent housing to veterans, their families and surviving spouses of veterans.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comcast RISE Investment Fund Awards $1 Million in Grants to 100 BIPOC-Owned Small Businesses in Chicago and Cook County

Comcast announced 100 Chicago and Cook County small businesses owned by people of color that will receive $10,000 grants from the Comcast RISE Investment Fund.

Health & Healthcare

Simple Device Helps Address Childhood Malnutrition Challenges Globally

Strong partnerships are key for building health equity to effectively address health disparities, expand access to resources and remove barriers that prevent people from living healthy lives.

Environment

Becoming Carbon Positive

As part of our science-based target commitment, we seek to reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions 100% by 2030, against a 2015 baseline, then move to carbon positivity, meaning our carbon capture is greater than our carbon emission.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rockwell Automation Donates $125,000 to Support YWCA Southeast Wisconsin's Racial Justice Programming

YWCA Southeast Wisconsin announced today that Rockwell Automation is donating $125,000 to strengthen its prominent racial justice programs and key events.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

3BL Media's 100 Best Corporate Citizens Ranking Highlights the Power of Data-Driven Purpose

Benevity celebrates companies named to 3BL Media’s 2021 list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens. Most notably, 43 Benevity clients have been named to the list, including nearly three quarters of those in the top 25.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

David C. Ray Appointed President of SAIC's Charitable Foundation

David C. Ray, senior vice president, Space Business Unit, has been appointed president of SAIC’s Charitable Foundation, a non-profit organization that assists employees and their dependents by providing emergency funds when financial hardships arise due to federally-declared natural disasters.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

United Health Foundation Partners with Valle del Sol Community Health in Arizona to Improve Children's Access to Care

Three-year, $3 million partnership will address urgent primary and behavioral health needs in underserved communities throughout Phoenix metro area

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Baker Hughes Foundation Contributes $250,000 to Support UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

The Baker Hughes Foundation has announced a $250,000 grant to the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in support of its efforts to end the pandemic through equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution and other support for the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Social Impact & Volunteering

BASF and Volunteer Vision Launch Online Mentoring Program to Support Students in Homeschooling During the Pandemic

BASF funding enables the development of a needs-based digital mentoring curriculum and 100 mentorships in the first year of the partnership.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Innovation Blooms: Albertsons Companies Adds Wedding Flowers to Its Online Offerings

With wedding season just around the corner, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) today announced they are offering customers an easy, affordable, and environmentally-friendly online option for purchasing fresh, hand-cut wedding flowers.

Energy

In Stunning Vote, Shareholders Elect Two New Directors Put Forth by Shareholders at ExxonMobil, Seeking Climate Expertise and Action

In a dramatic shake up signaling an accelerating transition away from a fossil fuel economy, a majority of ExxonMobil shareholders voted to replace two of the oil major’s board of directors with an alternative slate of candidates

Events, Media & Communications

Verizon Announces Lineup for Virtual Commencement Series

Aisha Bowe, Ajay Banga, Alex Rodriguez, Bob the Drag Queen and Melissa Villaseñor to speak during Verizon’s “Ready for Anything” virtual commencement

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SAIC and Building Homes for Heroes

SAIC in 2013 joined forces with Building Homes for Heroes (BHH), a national nonprofit organization that builds and modifies homes and then gifts them — mortgage-free — to veterans and their families.

Environment

La Red de Innovación e Impacto - Conoce a Centro de Producción más Limpia, Panamá

A través de la Iniciativa La Red de Innovación e Impacto programa, WEC y nuestros socios apoyamos a las pequeñas y medianas empresas que están acelerando el desarrollo empresarial y promoviendo el crecimiento económico sostenible en América Latina.

Environment

La Red de Innovación e Impacto - Meet Centro de Producción más Limpia, Panamá

Through the La Red de Innovación e Impacto program, WEC and our partners support small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) that are accelerating business development and promoting sustainable economic growth in Latin America.

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