Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Diversity & Inclusion

This HBCU Is Showing Students New Career Paths at Utilities

Duke Energy supports 22 lineworker training programs in the six states it serves, and Denmark Technical College is the first to be a historically black college (HBCU).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corporation Named One of America’s Most JUST Companies for 2023

Whirlpool Corp. has been recognized as one of America’s Most JUST Companies in the annual rankings published today by CNBC and JUST Capital.

Environment

Philip Jacobson: The Fight To Stop Shark Finning

If you were a kid in the 1970s, you undoubtedly were at least a little terrified of going into the ocean – a fear placed squarely in your subconscious by the Jaws movies.

Energy

Virent Bio-Based Fuel Used in Third Milestone Demonstration Flight Powered With 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Virent, a Marathon Petroleum Corp. subsidiary, used its BioForming® process to produce the synthesized aromatic kerosene (SAK), a critical component that made the 100% SAF possible.

Health & Healthcare

International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) Kicks Off Global Awareness Push: Investing in Health Pays Back

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the world’s leading organization focused on deploying people-first places to advance a global culture of health, announced today the launch of a yearlong awareness effort designed to help arm advocates and practitioners alike.

Research, Reports & Publications

Cintas Corporation Releases Its 2022 ESG Report

Cintas Corporation has published its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, which details the company’s ESG Journey, performance and initiatives from the last fiscal year.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Inside the World of CSR Leaders: Sam Caplan, Vice President of Social Impact at Submittable

We’re profiling CSR and social impact leaders to engage their insights into how CSR is transforming and what inspired them to follow this path.

Sustainable Development Goals

UN Global Compact Network USA Helps US Companies Elevate Their Sustainable Development Goals Agenda

The US private sector is critical for generating much-needed solutions globally. Agenda 2030 envisions a secure world free of poverty, hunger and an end to environmental degradation, and achieving this will require companies to increase their ambition on the SDGs.

Diversity & Inclusion

Principal® Foundation To Sponsor EVERFI Black History Month Challenge

Principal® Foundation is inviting high school students across the U.S. to participate in the Black History Month Challenge for a chance to win a college scholarship. The challenge was created by EVERFI, an innovator in digital social impact education.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Paychex Named Among FORTUNE’s Most Admired Companies in 2023

Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of integrated human capital management software solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services, has again been named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE® magazine.

Events, Media & Communications

Mastercard Launches She Runs This Program Celebrating Entrepreneurship for Black Women in Business and Hip-Hop During GRAMMY® Week

Today, Mastercard announced it will host She Runs This: Celebrating Entrepreneurship in Business and Hip-Hop, a three-day event in partnership with Femme It Forward, honoring the genre’s 50th anniversary as part of the brand’s programming during GRAMMY® Week.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Purpose 360: A Force for Good and Growth With Procter & Gamble

We invited Damon Jones, Chief Communications Officer at Procter & Gamble, back to Purpose 360 to talk about how P&G leverages storytelling to drive change for the environment and society.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

element6 Dynamics and Ingram Content Group Announce Strategic Supplier Relationship for Industrial Hemp-Based Paper

element6 Dynamics today announced that Ingram Content CEO and President Shawn Morin has been appointed to the element6 Dynamics Board of Directors.

Environment

Is landscape Approach the Way Forward for Sustainable Agriculture?

Sustainable landscape management or Landscape Approach has been a major topic of national and international policy discourse in recent years.

Diversity & Inclusion

Medtronic Continues To Make Significant Advances as an Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Leader

Medtronic named to the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) the same week the company publishes its Global Inclusion, Diversity & Equity 2022 Annual Report

Health & Healthcare

Illumina Named to Bloomberg Gender Equality Index for Fifth Consecutive Year

Illumina has been included in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the fifth consecutive year. The distinguished index rates over 11,000 public companies and selects the top 500 committed to supporting gender equality in the workplace.

Environment

Sustainability Trends 2023: Goodbye Greenwashing, Hello Business Results

This year’s forecast of sustainability trends looks like the perfect storm (in a good way) of purpose-minded, yet business opportunity-led progress.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Kids Foundation 2023 Garden Grant Application Window Open Now

Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving children’s nutrition and wellness, has opened its annual Garden Grant window to offer financial support to schools that wish to start or expand edible education spaces.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Herbalife Nutrition Foundation Launches First Casa in Mongolia; Donates $15,000 to Veloo Foundation

The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF) launched its first Casa in Mongolia and donated $15,000 USD to Veloo Foundation’s “Children of the Peak” Kindergarten, the new Casa Herbalife Nutrition Partner.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wesco Is Ranked Among America’s Best-Managed Companies

Wesco was ranked #173 on the Top 250 Best-Managed Companies of 2022, as selected by The Drucker Institute and published in The Wall Street Journal. Our ranking climbed 8.9 points over last year and was the largest gain within the Industrial Goods sector.

Diversity & Inclusion

SkysTheLimit.org (“Sky’s the Limit”) Offers New Resources for Black-Owned Businesses This Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month, SkysTheLimit.org highlights new mentorship and educational opportunities for entrepreneurs wishing to advance their business goals in 2023.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Entergy Recently Recognized As Sustainability Leader

Recent recognition of Entergy’s leadership in environmental, social and governance performance demonstrates the company’s commitment to creating sustainable value for all its stakeholders.

Energy

Raven SR, Chevron and Hyzon Motors Collaborate To Produce Hydrogen From Green Waste in Northern California

Raven SR Inc., Chevron New Energies, and Hyzon Motors Inc. today announced they are collaborating to commercialize operations of a green waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Richmond intended to supply hydrogen fuel to transportation markets in Northern California.

Environment

The History of Steelmaking, and Why It Has a Long Way Yet To Go

Humans have been making steel for more than two millennia. In its modern form and scale though, steel is responsible for a significant portion of annual carbon dioxide emissions. That industry will need to adopt a range of technologies and practices to reduce its impact.

Diversity & Inclusion

Doing The Right Thing: The Home Depot’s Chief Diversity Officer Derek Bottoms Talks Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Home Depot is building a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organization, within our enterprise and the communities we are proud to serve. Grounded in our core values, we have the conviction, capabilities and tools to make a difference for our associates.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  2. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  3. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  4. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...
  5. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  6. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  7. 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...
  8. Greener Products and Solutions
    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...
  9. 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...
  10. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  11. Antea Group Webinars and Events
    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...
  12. PSEG People & Communities
    PSEG is committed to improving the lives of our customers, our employees and the diverse communities we serve throughout New Jersey and Long Island...
  13. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...
  14. Small Business Growth
    We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...
  15. Wesco Cares
    Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...