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Research, Reports & Publications

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

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

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.

Environment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

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

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

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

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.”

Energy

NCSEA Features Fifth Third as “Clean Energy Powered Business”

The North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association has published its "Clean Energy Powered Businesses" infographic. Fifth Third was recognized for its 100% renewable energy achievement via its solar power facility in the Tarheel state.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

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

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 Production & Consumption

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

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.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

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

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

Research, Reports & Publications

Decarbonization for the Commercial and Industrial Sector

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

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

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Annual Month of Giving: Is It a Good Idea or a Bad Idea?

Short-term, transactional volunteering events have the potential to become transformative when they are framed for long-term impact. Discover how to achieve long-term, meaningful impact from your Month of Giving in RW's new blog!

Latest Campaigns

  1. Sustainability Insights
    General sustainability insights.
  2. 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...
  3. Scotts Miracle-Gro | Environment Improvement
    Earth's beauty and resources should be appreciated now and preserved for generations to come. Discover the stewardship initiatives underway to protect...
  4. Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
    Vision of Milano Cortina 2026 The Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first Olympic winter Games planned and organised under Olympic...
  5. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  6. Environmental Sustainability
    Cisco is working not only for a more inclusive future, but a more environmentally sustainable one as well. Environmental issues like climate change...
  7. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
  8. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  9. Green Mountain Energy Sun Club
    Since its founding in 2002, the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club has donated more than $4 million to solar and sustainability projects focusing on...
  10. 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...
  11. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  12. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  13. LATAM Growth
    DP World is significantly expanding its operations in Latin America, focusing on enhancing port infrastructure and increasing cargo handling...
  14. Sustainability by Antea Group
    At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...
  15. 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...