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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity Reveals the Top Five Trends Shaping the Future of Corporate Purpose in 2022

Benevity released a report from Benevity Impact Labs that takes a comprehensive look at proprietary data and research on the key industry trends shaping the future of CSR, ESG and the future of work.

Environment

Bring On the Heat: Get Ahead of Summer EHS Hazards

June is National Safety Month and to celebrate, we've outlined some of the top #EHS concerns in the summertime as well as tips and tricks to reinvigorate your EHS program this summer.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Tapestry's C. Hayward Williams Named to 2022 Empower 100 Executives Role Model List

Congratulations to C. Hayward Williams, Tapestry’s VP, HR Business Partner Global Operations and Corporate Functions, for being named to INvolve - The Inclusion People's 2022 Empower 100 Executives Role Model List supported by Yahoo Finance.

Environment

Air Quality: How Clean Is the Air You Are Breathing?

Delta-Simons’ Senior Air Quality Consultant, Siobhan Goodman, provides an in-depth insight into the detriment of poor air quality, what to consider when acquiring property, and reveals why air quality should be at the top of your ESG strategy.

Environment

For Peat's Sake - B&Q Calls for Peat-Free Compost to Boost Carbon Storage

B&Q is urging the UK government to ban sales of bagged peat-based compost by 2024 to enable peatlands to optimise carbon sequestering. The home improvement and garden living retailer set a goal last year to be 100 per cent peat-free.

Innovation & Technology

Uncovering Hidden Threats in Bluetooth Low Energy Medical Devices

Keysight explores the risks inherent in Bluetooth Low Energy communication medical devices, which can directly impact product functionality and patient safety.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Way With Words: How This Small Business is Growing

Inner City Capital Connections is a high-impact, tuition-free program that helps entrepreneurs like Dr. Ruth Ollison take their business to the next level.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Aflac 2021 Business & Sustainability Report: Philanthropy

Caring for others is at the core of Aflac’s culture, and 2021 was no exception. While supporting our customers every day, we still dedicated time and energy to making a difference in our communities.

Diversity & Inclusion

El Consejo de Diversidad Global Será el Anfitrión de la Cumbre Anual de Unidad LGBTQ+ de la Ciudad de México

El Consejo de Diversidad Global será el anfitrión de la Cumbre de Unidad LGBTQ+ anual de la Ciudad de México. Este evento reunira a profesionales para hablar sobre la equidad e inclusión en la fuerza laboral.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Canada Foundation Increases Investment To Prevent and End Youth Homelessness by 2030

Homelessness rates continue to rise in Canada, where unhoused youth make up approximately 20% of the homeless population.

Health & Healthcare

5 Tips to Help Boost Employee Financial Wellness

With or without global volatility, good financial education and reassurance about long-term retirement savings strategies, portfolios, and other aspects of personal budgeting can help remove money as an extra worry that only compounds other stress.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Essity's Journey to Net Zero: Low-Carbon Raw Materials

In our efforts to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, we are increasing the share of recycled and renewable materials as well as introducing alternative materials.

Events, Media & Communications

ESG Talk Podcast: The Past, Present, and Future of ESG

Every month, ESG Talk, hosted by Mandi McReynolds, holds candid conversations with Environment, Social, and Governance leaders on how to transform complex ESG topics into simple and practical opportunities for both business and society.

Diversity & Inclusion

AEG Pledges to Become a Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative Certified Safe Space for the LGBTQ+ Community

In June 2019, AEG, the world’s leading sports and live music company, pledged its support to the development of the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative’s (SIGBI) LGBTQ+ Safe Space standard.

Environment

From a Meme to a Movement: 25 Years of Biomimicry

An interview with Janine Benyus at the 25th anniversary of her book: Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature.

Education

Black & Veatch Named Inaugural CAPS Network Engineering Champion

New challenges, as well as opportunities created by globalization and evolving technology, are having significant impacts, illustrated in job openings left unfilled and critical skills lacking in the labor market.

Energy

Prepare Your Business Now for Summer Heat and High Energy Prices

Summer is fast approaching with 100+° F days along with increased energy demands and the risk of price spikes. Making matters worse, ongoing supply chain issues and geopolitical unrest have led to the highest prices for natural gas and other energy commodities in years.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PSE&G Recognized for Helping Advance Energy Equity

The Energy Equity Award is a new category created by the SECC to acknowledge a provider that's advancing a more equitable energy system.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Legacy Institute, Georgia-Pacific Provide Beds to Nacogdoches Family

The Legacy Institute for Financial Education and Georgia-Pacific recently delivered the first set of handmade beds to a Nacogdoches family displaced because of a fire.

Research, Reports & Publications

Bringing the Power of Diversity to Life

DEI is integral to our company values, and we know that when we integrate DEI across our business we are best-positioned to accelerate a clean energy future.

Research, Reports & Publications

Oportun Releases 2021 Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report

Oportun, a mission-driven fintech and digital banking platform, has published its 2021 Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AMD Expands High Performance Compute Fund to Aid Researchers Solving the World's Toughest Challenges

AMD announced the expansion of its High Performance Compute (HPC) Fund with the addition of 7 petaflops of computing power to assist global researchers working to solve the most demanding challenges facing society today.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Americans' Credit Scores Rise With Help From KeyBank Secured Credit Card

KeyBank announced its May 2022 graduating class of the Secured Credit Card, which include 4,343 clients whose credit scores and financial stability have significantly risen as a result of participating in the program.

Events, Media & Communications

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Joins HPRC Advisory Board

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) to its Healthcare Facility Advisory Board (HFAB).

Environment

Bounty's Mission Includes Its Most Important Roll - Responsible Forestry

For Bounty Paper Towels, green has always been their color but beyond that, it’s also been part of their mission to keep forests green. This World Environment Day, The Quicker Picker Upper is furthering efforts to protect, grow and restore forests.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  2. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  3. 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...
  4. Digital Safety
    We provide tools and guidance so people can manage digital content in a way that’s right for them and their families. Learn more >>
  5. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  6. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  7. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  8. Retail Logistics
    DP World provides end-to-end retail logistics solutions including comprehensive Purchase Order management from origin consolidation to retailer PO...
  9. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  10. 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...
  11. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  12. 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...
  13. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  14. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  15. Kids to College Powered by Entergy
    Entergy believes in the dreams of the families we serve. Everyone deserves the opportunity to continue their education and, as a corporate leader and...