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Environment

Chemours Chambers Works Reaffirms Long-Standing Environmental Stewardship Through WHC Conservation Certification®

Chemours

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From Pro Athlete to Tech Storyteller: Meet DICK’S Sporting Goods Manager of Communications & Branding

DICK'S Sporting Goods

Energy

How AI Is Transforming the Electric Grid

Leidos

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Advancing with Purpose: Designing for Product Energy Efficiency

AMD

Research, Reports & Publications

Tempus Next Pathways Unlocked Critical Insights Into the aNSCLC Patient Journey With Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Events, Media & Communications

Key Trends and Insights From Data Center EHSxTech® Events

Antea Group

Education

What Teens Told Researchers About AI for Homework—and How Parents Can Help

Verizon

Events, Media & Communications

2026 Tire Emissions Research Conference

Tire Industry Project

Featured Brands

Redefining the Human Experience With Intelligent Computing

Think of AI like coffee. You don’t walk into a café and ask for “a beverage brewed from roasted beans” — that’s assumed. You order the experience. Latte, half-pump vanilla, extra shot against a soundtrack of acoustic 90s alternative.

Mi Casa Es Su Casa

A first-of-its-kind home for adults with disabilities has opened in Miami – with support from Truist – bringing purpose to life and expanding what’s possible in care.

Multiple Eco-Certifications for 2026 LG TVs Demonstrate Sustainability Progress

Global consumer electronics innovator LG Electronics has earned multiple globally recognized eco-certifications for its 2026 TV lineup, underscoring the company’s sustainability efforts across the full product lifecycle, from manufacturing and distribution to end-of-life

Mastercard: In Los Angeles, Luxury Retail’s Second — and More Sustainable — Act

At first glance, The Way We Wore could be mistaken for an ordinary Los Angeles secondhand store with a warehouse vibe. Huge windows cast warm light onto cement floors and racks hung with an eclectic mix of clothing and accessories.

Medtronic Launches Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation System for Parkinson’s Patients in India

Adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) is designed to automatically adjust therapy based on changes in brain signals or patient activity.

3M™ PELTOR™ Headsets Used on NASA’s Artemis II Mission to the Moon

As a part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, the crew of the Orion capsule are using 3M™ PELTOR™ ComTac™ VI Tactical Headsets for communication. Artemis II is NASA’s first crewed mission of the Artemis program which sent four astronauts on a lunar flyby.

These Middle Schoolers Built a Mini Economy Inspired by Ancient Rome

Lani Reeder’s students were working on an entrepreneurial lesson about marketplaces in ancient Rome when they had a bolt of inspiration. “The kids started asking questions: Do we still do this today, in modern times?

Delivering Impact Where It Counts, With Futurpreneur

When young entrepreneurs have the right support at the right time, ideas turn into businesses. That belief underpins the collaboration between FedEx and Futurpreneur

Prioritizing Security, Privacy, and Trust in the AI Era | Cisco FY25 Purpose Report

As innovation accelerates, the need for strong security, data protection, and privacy has never been more critical.

Greater Holyoke YMCA and Comcast Partner To Expand Digital Opportunity in Holyoke, MA

Representatives from the Greater Holyoke YMCA and Comcast were joined by State Representative Patricia Duffy to celebrate the opening of the organization’s STEAM tech center along with a recently awarded $15,000 grant from Comcast.

Recent Alerts

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Unpacking Social Value: IWBI’s Sustainable Finance Leader Profile of the UN Global Compact Network USA

Across global markets, a profound shift is underway as investors, regulators and companies seek clearer, more credible ways to demonstrate progress on social sustainability.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Engage for Good Announces 2026 Halo Award Winners, Honoring Corporate–Nonprofit Partnerships

Engage for Good announced the winners of the 2026 Halo Awards, recognizing 28 recipients for outstanding corporate–nonprofit partnerships that delivered measurable social impact in 2025. Leading this year’s is FedEx and Orbis International who were named Best of the Best.

Research, Reports & Publications

Aetna Provider Survey Reveals Optimism and Opportunities to Simplify Health Care

Aetna®, a CVS Health® company announced research findings from the inaugural Aetna Provider Survey, a quarterly study that polls a representative sample of the U.S. provider market to better understand their perceptions, opportunities, and challenges today and into the future.

Environment

Chemours Chambers Works Reaffirms Long-Standing Environmental Stewardship Through WHC Conservation Certification®

The Chemours Chambers Works site recently achieved recertification under the WHC Conservation Certification® powered by Tandem Global, reflecting more than three decades of environmental stewardship.

Environment

ISO 14001:2026 Update: What Changed and What It Means

ISO 14001 has officially been updated as of April 2026. The revision introduces several important updates that reflect how environmental and business expectations have evolved over the past decade.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From Pro Athlete to Tech Storyteller: Meet DICK’S Sporting Goods Manager of Communications & Branding

Hunter Gilstrap didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a professional athlete. As a kid in a small town in South Carolina, he was more interested in comic books and drawing than organized sports. Soccer was something his parents signed him up for at the local YMCA in 1990.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IWBI Supports Future-Ready Facilities Grant to Modernize U.S. School Infrastructure

A new initiative launched by Attune is designed to address a growing challenge across the United States: aging school facilities that lack visibility into critical building performance metrics.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Making Sustainability REAL Through Smarter Packaging

Lenovo’s R.E.A.L. framework for sustainability, Responsible Design, Ethical Materials, Accountable Models, and Lifecycle Intelligence, defines a more holistic approach to circularity.

Energy

How AI Is Transforming the Electric Grid

The electric grid powers nearly every part of daily life—from homes and hospitals to transportation and national security systems. Today, the grid is under increasing strain from unprecedented power load growth.

Research, Reports & Publications

BIER Releases 2025 Benchmarking Study Highlighting Measurable Progress in Water, Energy, and Emissions Efficiency Across the Beverage Sector

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) has released its 2025 Water, Energy, and Emissions Benchmarking Study, providing a comprehensive, comparable analysis of environmental performance across more than 1,600 facilities globally.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Advancing with Purpose: Designing for Product Energy Efficiency

Welcome to Advancing with Purpose, a new AMD video series featuring the people behind our corporate responsibility efforts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Community Connections: Meet Jasmine Brantley

One of the things that really stood out to me during the interview process was how authentic and engaging everyone was. Every conversation felt less like a formal interview and more like a meaningful discussion about how we support businesses.

Social Impact & Volunteering

LA Galaxy and Heal the Bay Team Up for MLS ‘Greener Goals’ to Protect Southern California Coastline

As part of Major League Soccer’s "Greener Goals" initiative, AEG’s LA Galaxy partnered with Heal the Bay on Saturday, April 11, to host a community beach cleanup in Santa Monica.

Research, Reports & Publications

Tempus Next Pathways Unlocked Critical Insights Into the aNSCLC Patient Journey With Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)

Bristol Myers Squibb is advancing its efforts to improve equitable access to high‑quality cancer care by applying real‑world insight to where care delivery often breaks down.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Advancing Polyolefin Performance: Expanding Plastic Possibilities Through Smarter Mineral Solutions

Polyolefins, particularly polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), are some of the most widely used materials in the world. As performance expectations rise, businesses need to balance more variables than ever before to produce modern polyolefin applications.

Innovation & Technology

Four Fraud Schemes Businesses Can’t Afford to Ignore – Tips from KeyBank

May is Small Business Month, a time to honor the nearly 33 million small businesses in the U.S. that drive the economy and support local communities. While it’s important to shop at small businesses, arming their owners and employees with information that can help protect them.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Report Shows Verification Boosts Consumer Goods Environmental Performance Data Quality

New report shows Cascale’s Higg FEM verification program delivers credible environmental performance data to inform decision making across global consumer goods supply chains.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Addressing Worsening Infant Malnutrition in Afghanistan

Malnutrition is rising in Afghanistan and causing breastfeeding challenges for many mothers. Action Against Hunger is identifying the root causes and working with communities to address them.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

DP World Perspective: Why Logistics Is Emerging As the Competitive Edge in Data Centers

As demand for AI, cloud computing, and digital services accelerate, data centers are becoming the backbone of the global economy. DP World's Glen Clark explains in Fast Company that logistics is now the critical factor determining data center success.

Health & Healthcare

This Spring, Aflac Encourages You To Scatter Seeds of Kindness

Inspired by the main character of Aflac’s new children’s book, “Beyond Words,” the team at Aflac created an easy way for people from around the world to share words of kindness and hope for kids and families facing health challenges.

Innovation & Technology

Our Tech Ambition: Scaling the Digital Economy Without Scaling Emissions

The power of today’s technologies has made payments faster, more seamless and more secure. Greater data availability means richer insights. AI is making more things possible. It’s an exciting future for all of us at Mastercard as we power commerce around the globe.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Aetna Better Health® of Virginia Opens New Community Resource Center in Roanoke

Aetna Better Health® of Virginia, a CVS Health® company (NYSE: CVS), today announced the opening of its new Community Resource Center (CRC) in Roanoke, located at the Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s EnVision Center.

Innovation & Technology

Edge Intelligence: 10 Trends Driving Startup Success Worldwide

In 2025 Qualcomm Government Affairs’ ecosystem development team enabled over 60 startups across the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia‑Pacific, to bring wireless connectivity, IoT and edge AI-based products to market, scale business, and secure IP rights.

Education

Southwire Canada Advances Education Through Wired for the Future Scholarship

Southwire Canada is proud to support the next generation of talent through Southwire’s Wired for the Future Scholarship via Electro Federation Canada’s (EFC) scholarship platform.

Events, Media & Communications

Reuters Covers the Push for Common Corporate Water Reporting Standards

Corporate water accounting has a fragmentation problem — and Reuters is covering the effort to fix it.

Latest Campaigns

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

P&G | Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Responsibility: We’ve achieved 14 out of 16 of the environmental goals we set in 2010, and we will accelerate our progress as we work to...

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

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...

LG Energy Efficiency

LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $45 billion global force and...

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

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...

KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service

KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...

SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights

Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance