News from Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest impact news from companies embracing the triple bottom line, shared via 3BL's publishing platform.

Helen Mathis seated on a couch

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement | Verizon

Entrepreneur Expands Her Thriving Tax Firm With Digital Innovation

Helen Mathis taught accounting as a vocational instructor for 30 years before facing a career-defining moment: The school where she worked closed and Mathis knew she needed a new plan

Focus for maximum impact

Focus™ is 3BL’s premier product, a comprehensive suite of proprietary tools and expertise to optimize your impact programs with precision and purpose.

Discover Focus

Smarter impact communications

Power your message with data, insights and confidence

Find out more at 3BL.com

Tetra Tech logo

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Safety Month: Continuing Our Safety Culture Year-Round

As we wrap up our annual Safety Month campaign, we are grateful for your commitment to be Safe Every Day.

Environment

Don't Foil It: How Aluminum Can Help You Have a More Sustainable Summer

Now that it’s officially summer, you may notice that your kitchen is beginning to include a lot of aluminum.

Verizon logo

Education

From the Monastery to Multiplayer Games: How Healthy Gamer Is Helping the Internet Generation

A Harvard-trained addiction psychiatrist with a focus on video game addiction says the mental health industry didn’t understand the gamer’s brain—until now.

Environment

Leading Sustainability Association Launches Canada's First-Ever Net-Zero Leaderboard

CBSR launched Canada’s Net-zero Leaderboard, which provides information on climate change commitments made by Canadian companies.

Education

Writing a New Chapter in Mobile Learning

More than a billion students across the globe are being confronted with the new reality of remote learning; many of whom were left behind, without the adequate digital tools and means to connect to their classrooms.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comcast Cable Earns Top Employer Rating by VETS Indexes

At Comast NBCUniversal, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where our military-connected teammates feel empowered to grow in their careers.

International Paper logo

Environment

The Time for Ecosystem Restoration Is Now. Collaboration Is Imperative.

The time for ecosystem restoration is now. With the launch of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, nature-based solutions are getting tremendous attention, including the potential for forests to mitigate climate change

KeyBank Logo

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Provides $22.6 Million of Financing For Two Affordable Housing Properties in Chicago

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided a $22.6 million high leverage bridge loan for Evergreen Real Estate Group, a Chicago-based developer, acquirer and manager of affordable and market-rate multifamily communities...

Research, Reports & Publications

Introducing the 2021 Porter Novelli Focus: All Gender

In this report, we focus on corporate inclusion of all genders in media, marketing, communications, product design and more – and how U.S. stakeholders expect brands to both break down cultural stereotypes

logo

Diversity & Inclusion

Duke Energy Supports Pride Month, All Year

The St. Pete Pride parade, which attracted 265,000 people in 2019, hasn’t been held for two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. But when participants march again, members of Florida’s new Duke Energy WeR1 employee resource group will be among them.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Your Company Can Build Resilient Business Strategies

Resilient business strategies are more urgent than ever and are key to achieving value for all stakeholders in the long term. So how can your company build them?

3BL logo

Research, Reports & Publications

MetLife Releases 2020 Sustainability Report With New Environmental Goals, Investments Commitments and Focus on Advancing Racial and Gender Equity

MetLife released its annual Sustainability Report earlier this week, highlighting the company’s progress in addressing critical challenges such as gender and racial inequity, climate change, and economic growth for disadvantaged communities.

Whole Foods Market Foundation

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Allegro Coffee Company Renews $100,000 Commitment to Alleviate Poverty Through Whole Planet Foundation

Allegro Coffee Company has committed $100,000 to Whole Planet Foundation this year. As a repeat annual donor, Allegro has donated $628,940 to fund 23,805 microloans and create 131,150 opportunities for a better life.

Education

UC Center for Public Policies and Minera El Abra Launch Diploma Program for Indigenous Communities in Chile

In 2020, the Public Policy Center of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Minera El Abra launched a new online diploma course to train indigenous community members in the Antofagasta Region.

Health & Healthcare

Bridging Disparities in Healthcare

As an industry, we must prioritize promoting equal career advancement, educating physicians and patients everywhere, and increasing access to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and healthcare education for women and people of color.

CNH Logo

Social Impact & Volunteering

CNH Industrial Awards Grant to Racine Heritage Museum

CNH Industrial recently awarded a grant to the Racine Heritage Museum in support of the museum's CASE Archival Collection.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Mohawk Teams up With Local Organizations to Deliver 18,000 Pounds of Food

Mohawk teamed up with the Latin American Association, Carpet City Rotary Club and several other organizations last week to conduct a food distribution event in Dalton, GA, giving away 600 refrigerated boxes that totaled 18,000 pounds of food.

The Consumer Goods Forum Logo

Events, Media & Communications

Now What? Key Takeaways and Conclusions from The Consumer Goods Forum's 2021 Global Summit

The Consumer Goods Forum’s virtual 2021 Global Summit closed this afternoon, the conclusion of four days of focused conversation around challenges and opportunities in the consumer goods industry.

Dow logo

Research, Reports & Publications

Creating a More Sustainable, Equitable and Prosperous World at the INtersection of ESG

I’m pleased to announce that Dow’s 2020 Environmental, Social and Governance report “INtersections” is now available. It’s best viewed in our interactive digital format, but is also available for download.

Alkermes logo

Events, Media & Communications

Alkermes Announces Former Professional Baseball Player, CC Sabathia, as Spokesperson for Alcohol Dependence Awareness Campaign

Alkermes, Inc., a subsidiary of Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS), recently announced former professional baseball player and World Series champion, CC Sabathia, as a spokesperson for the company's My Relationship with Alcohol campaign, which is designed to help raise awareness about the disease of alcohol dependence and encourage people who are rethinking their relationship with alcohol to reach out to their healthcare provider.

VolunteerMatch logo

Social Impact & Volunteering

VolunteerMatch and Do IT Announce Partnership, Offer New Social-Centric Approach to Connecting Volunteers

VolunteerMatch, the web’s largest volunteer engagement network, and Do IT, a leading provider of social networks and marketplaces connecting people to do good things in the United Kingdom

Keysight logo

Research, Reports & Publications

The Year Like No Other: Crisis Response & Business Continuity in 2020

Keysight's corporate mission of accelerating innovation to connect and secure the world, coupled with our CSR vision to help build a better planet, exemplify how the company's strategic value is especially relevant during crises.

Fifth Third Bancorp logo

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank Offers Early Pay for Direct Deposits

Early Pay launched in certain markets earlier this year, helping customers avoid overdraft fees and the need to turn to payday lenders or other forms of borrowing.

cisco logo

Social Impact & Volunteering

From the Traumas of War, a Passion for Helping Others

Rita Butman journeyed from Syria to Cisco Germany. Today, she supports refugees with tech skills and life advice.

Social Impact & Volunteering

T. Rowe Price and Business Volunteers Maryland Join Forces to Support Four Nonprofits Focused on Racial Equity

Business Volunteers Maryland (BVM) and T. Rowe Price came together on June 23, 2021, to host skillCONNECT, a scope-a-thon supporting four Baltimore-area grassroots nonprofits focused on racial equity.

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. Southwire Giving Back
    Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...

  3. Carbon Footprint
    We are accelerating our efforts to help build a low-carbon economy and avert the worst impacts of climate change. Our goal to reduce our GHG emissions...

  4. Environmental Sustainability
    As sustainability leaders, we implement our sustainability strategy across all company activities along the entire value chain, from raw materials to...

  5. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Corporate Social Responsibility

  6. International Paper | HEALTHY & ABUNDANT FORESTS
    Vision 2030 Goal: Lead forest stewardship efforts globally

  7. Sustainability Report
    Our latest Sustainability Report highlights recent accomplishments and progress toward achieving goals in the environmental, social and governance...

  8. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.

  9. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

  10. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

  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. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

  13. Green Mountain Energy Commitment to Sustainability
    At Green Mountain Energy Company, we share our customers’ commitment to the environment and sustainability. We are inspired by the success that we...

  14. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

  15. 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...