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Social Impact & Volunteering

Northern Trust Celebrates National Volunteer Month

Over the last 10 years Northern Trust employees have donated more than 1 million hours of their time. As part of National Volunteer Month, we celebrate this commitment by highlighting some of our past volunteering efforts.

Environment

Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) and the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO) Announce Historic Farming Collaboration in San Gregorio, CA

Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) and the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO) today announced the launch of a historic collaborative relationship.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

American Airlines Partners With National Park Foundation to Support Generations of Exploration

American Airlines is beginning a new partnership with the National Park Foundation to encourage exploration of some of the country’s most iconic natural wonders, historic sites, and cultural treasures, and to connect customers with opportunities to support the future of America’s national parks.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Making Playtime Electrifying

The first energy-themed playground in Hong Kong is now open! The CLP E-Playground offers a new dimension in learning for young people curious about the electricity that powers their daily lives.

Green Infrastructure

Enbridge's Green Push Could Use Canadian Tax Credits, CEO Says

Enbridge Inc.’s push into new frontiers of the energy transition such as carbon capture and clean hydrogen production could use Canadian tax credits similar to those in the U.S., the company’s CEO said.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI and SASB Reporting 'Complement Each Other'

Joint research from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) explores the experiences of companies that use the two sets of standards together to fulfil their reporting needs.

Research, Reports & Publications

Get Your Free Reuters Events Briefing - Transitioning to a Zero-Carbon Economy Now

Last week Reuters Events Sustainable Business had an incredible three days with thought-provoking and inspiring discussions on how to deliver ambitions ahead of COP26 and Beyond.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Albertsons Companies Introduces Kalyana Sustainable Wines to its Own Brands Offerings

New wines help promote ecological balance and biodiversity; current varietals include cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, chardonnay

Health & Healthcare

Mohawk Group Achieves Well Health-safety Rating for All Showrooms and Design Studios

Mohawk Group has officially achieved the WELL Health-Safety Rating for all of its commercial showrooms and design studios through the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI).

Social Impact & Volunteering

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital Launch Project to Build Infrastructure for Founders of Color

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, the first-ever country-wide project in the United States to support entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by and focused on founders of color.

Events, Media & Communications

Alkermes Celebrates World Health Day 2021

This year, World Health Day is focused on building a fairer, healthier world. We support the World Health Organization in its commitment to ensuring that everyone can realize the right to good health.

Innovation & Technology

T‑Mobile’s Next Un‑carrier Move: #5GforAll

The Un-carrier plans to build hundreds of new retail stores in small towns all across America over the next two years. These new stores will create 5,000 direct new jobs, plus thousands more in construction and services to build and maintain them.

Environment

World Water Day: On the Frontlines - France Guertin, Global Technical Leader for Nature-based Solutions

What does valuing water mean to you? We asked that question of Dow people who are on the frontlines of implementing the company’s water strategy. See what they had to say.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Valley Bank Releases 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Valley Bank issues Catalyst For Change Corporate Responsibility Report highlighting the bank's commitment to building strong communities and advance its mission to promote social and economic justice.

Education

Empowering Students to Say Yes to Healthy Lifestyles and No to Underage Drinking During Alcohol Responsibility Month and Beyond

We all need some good news right now, especially related to education and student progress.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank, National Minority Development Council Launch Certificate Program for Small Businesses

The program will strengthen corporate supplier selection processes and help minority businesses compete in a global environment.

Education

College Board and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises Help Students Reach Their College Dreams

The College Board and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced last week on Telemundo’s Hoy Día the scholarship recipients of the College Board and Telemundo Academy Triunfadores campaign

Environment

Dark Sky, Bright Lights: Protecting the Night Sky

Venture outside the city and you’ll see how beautifully dark the sky can get. But in metropolitan areas, the starry night sky is overpowered by the lights we use to illuminate our roads and pathways.

Health & Healthcare

Building a Fairer, and Healthier World

Today, in observance of World Health Day, Medtronic and the Medtronic Foundation are announcing several new financial commitments, partnerships, and other measures aimed at eliminating healthcare disparities around the globe.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

In Conversation: Faurecia and Schneider Electric CEOs Talk Carbon Neutrality

Schneider Electric CEO, Jean-Pascal Tricoire recently met with Patrick Koller, CEO of Faurecia, to discuss the challenges of climate change and the opportunities to accelerate corporate action towards decarbonization.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Yoplait Donates Refrigerated Truck To Help Feed Those in Need

Did you know dairy is one of the most requested but least donated items at food banks? Yoplait is on a mission to bridge that gap and make dairy more accessible through its support of Feeding America.

Diversity & Inclusion

How One Bus Ticket Changed Everything

When Irma Olguin was a child, she rolled raisins alongside her parents, aunts, uncles and cousins in the fruiting fields of Central California, supplier of 30% of the world’s food. “Coming from a place like that, growing up in that way and that’s all you know, that’s all that surrounds you, you don’t see things in front of you like starting a company or becoming a tech CEO or anything but that life that is laid out in front of you,” she says.

Health & Healthcare

Qualcomm Wireless Reach: Wireless-enabled Video Solutions for Tuberculosis Treatment

Using mobile technologies, Operation ASHA has developed a community-driven, patient-focused, scalable, and low-cost model for TB eradication, which has led to over 85 percent of patients successfully completing the treatment.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Cummins Joins Calls to Advance Voter Accessibility

Cummins has endorsed a recent Business Roundtable statement supporting efforts to advance voter accessibility in the United States, Chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger announced last week.

Education

AccountAbility Principles Course Now Available on Earth Academy, Expanding Training on Principles-Based Sustainability Management to Practitioners Globally

Global consulting and standards firm, AccountAbility, and Amsterdam-based sustainability education platform, Earth Academy, have together launched a self-paced AccountAbility Principles course.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  6. Recognition of our Company
    As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...
  7. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.
  8. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  9. FedEx Cares | Overall
    FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...
  10. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...
  11. Coach Foundation | Dream It Real
    To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.
  12. 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...
  13. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...