Research, Reports & Publications

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Announces New ESG Priorities as Part of 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report

Aug 17, 2020 9:00 AM ET

ScottsMiracle-Gro released its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report, announcing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy for the next five years.

Environment

Boeing Recognized for Sustainability Leadership

Aug 17, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Boeing [NYSE: BA] today received a 2020 Sustainability Leadership Award from the National Association of Manufacturers. The award recognizes the company’s innovative efforts to recycle aerospace carbon fiber, diverting waste away from landfills across the globe.

Research, Reports & Publications

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Announces New ESG Priorities in 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report

Aug 17, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Goods for the Greater Good: Gildan's Partnership With Good360 to Support Those in Need

Aug 17, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Since 2018, Gildan and Good360 Australia have partnered to distribute clothing to people in need across the nation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Why We Love TerraCycle

Aug 17, 2020 9:00 AM ET

TerraCycle gives you a box and then you collect the trash and then you mail it back to them. They turn it into something useful and keep the trash out of the landfill.

Environment

Senator Warren Urges SEC to Tackle Systemic Risk of Climate Change and Mandate Climate Risk Disclosure, Citing Ceres Report

Aug 15, 2020 10:15 AM ET

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to tackle climate change as a systemic financial risk, and to heed the recommendations in a report from the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets

Social Impact & Volunteering

Celebrating the Heroes Who Impact Our Communities

Aug 14, 2020 5:25 PM ET

Cox Conserves Heroes is an awards program created by Cox Enterprises and The Trust for Public Land (TPL). The program serves to honor environmental volunteers who create, preserve or enhance shared outdoor spaces in their local communities.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Discovering a Flair for Entrepreneurship Through eBay

Aug 14, 2020 3:40 PM ET

Longtime eBay seller Julie Yoo traces her lifelong love of vintage fashion to the time spent with her mother during her childhood days, going thrifting at second hand stores around Toronto.

Health & Healthcare

CNH Industrial Harbin Plant Supports Sister Sites by Producing Protective Masks

Aug 14, 2020 3:00 PM ET

Determined to provide a secure, high-quality in-house solution to CNH Industrial colleagues around the world, its global agricultural brands the Case IH and New Holland Agriculture plant in Harbin, China, in addition to producing world-class agricultural equipment, has set-up a state-of-the-art ISO Class 8 cleanroom to produce protective masks for CNH Industrial operations.

Education

Intel Launches Expanded Initiative to Help Underserved Students, School Districts Overcome COVID-19 Barriers

Aug 14, 2020 2:30 PM ET

The program gives underserved students and educators access to critical tools and resources, including internet connectivity, technology devices and hands-on STEAM learning solutions.

Environment

Trump Administration Rollback of Methane Standards Is Unconscionable and Ill-Advised

Aug 14, 2020 1:10 PM ET

The Trump administration’s rollback of reasonable and effective oversight of methane emissions “is unconscionable – akin to saying to auto makers that seat belts and airbags are burdensome and are no longer necessary,” said Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber.

Diversity & Inclusion

Abilities First at Hershey

Aug 14, 2020 1:00 PM ET

As the mother of a child with a rare neuromuscular condition, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has had a large impact on my personal and professional life.

Green Infrastructure

Mohawk Group's Fresh Take On Contemporary Plaid

Aug 14, 2020 12:30 PM ET

Manufactured according to International Living Future Institute standards that ensures a net positive impact for people and the environment as a Living Product, Pattern & Symmetry is also built to last.

Innovation & Technology

Smart Water for Public Health in Mexico

Aug 14, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Smart Water uses a 4G wireless network, smart sensors powered by our Company’s technology and the Dime H2O mobile app developed to continuously monitor the city’s water quality & provide administrators with instant access to accurate, real-time data.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Introducing IBM Service Corps Reignite

Aug 14, 2020 12:00 PM ET

We've launched IBM Service Corps Reignite to help small businesses, entrepreneurs, and job seekers find new careers in tech; gain new digital skills, and help their communities thrive - creating lasting community impact, together.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics Employees Build Food Kits for Colorado Students in Need

Aug 14, 2020 11:40 AM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Here's How Benevity Helped State Auto's Program Flourish

Aug 14, 2020 11:30 AM ET

Find out how State Auto Insurance saw an increase in volunteering participation and giving after implementing Benevity.

Social Impact & Volunteering

ViacomCBS Showed the Spirit of Giving Back with a Virtual Community Day for Interns

Aug 14, 2020 11:30 AM ET

Coming off the heels of its first-ever Virtual Community Day, the momentum of giving back from home continued as the ViacomCBS Campus to Career and Social Responsibility teams joined forces to ensure that summer interns could volunteer from home.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Receives Top Score on 2020 Disability Equality Index for 4th Consecutive Year

Aug 14, 2020 11:30 AM ET

For the fourth consecutive year, Dow (NYSE: DOW) has received a top score on the 2020 Disability Equality Index® (DEI), again placing the Company among the “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion.”

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Preparing for One-Planet Prosperity Is Necessary for Companies to Attain and Maintain Their Long-Term Competitive Advantage

Aug 14, 2020 11:15 AM ET

On August 22, Earth Overshoot Day comes more than three weeks later than last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced humanity’s activities to slow down abruptly.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Our Latest Wellbeing Initiative: Sustainable, Eco-Friendly & Vegan Care Packages on a Pandemic Budget

Aug 14, 2020 11:00 AM ET

At Acre, we’re pretty social – we’re big on drinks in the pub or in the bar at the office, playing rounders in the park, coming together for cake at birthdays and summer parties. Not being able to do that sucks for all of us, especially when the cultural aspect of your job is one of your favourite things about it!

Health & Healthcare

We Can — and Should — Talk about Mental Health

Aug 14, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

UPS Longitudes | COVID-19's Legacy: This Is How to Get the Great Reset Right

Aug 14, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Already, in barely six months, the COVID-19 pandemic has plunged our world in its entirety — and each of us individually — into the most challenging times we’ve faced in generations.

Research, Reports & Publications

Decarbonization for the Commercial and Industrial Sector

Aug 14, 2020 11:00 AM ET

According to Black &Veatch’s 2019 Strategic Directions: Commercial & Industrial Report survey, which polled 200 qualified stakeholders, respondents spend the bulk of their money on facility lighting, process heating, cooling and refrigeration, “other process demands,” HVAC, “other facility demands,” drive power, electro-chemical processes and conventional boiler use.

Events, Media & Communications

Land Betterment Corporation to Present at The 2020 Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference

Aug 14, 2020 10:30 AM ET

Land Betterment Corporation is excited to announce its participation at the inaugural Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference on Tuesday, September 1, 2020.