Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Innovation & Technology

Stanley Black & Decker Celebrates Third Annual Maker Month Focused on Empowering Skilled Workers & Tradespeople

Oct 1, 2020 3:00 PM ET

The campaign will feature several new initiatives, including a “31 Faces of Makers” social campaign, a DEWALT® and STANLEY Security scholarship program, and a new Stanley Black & Decker Vocational Leadership Program.

Environment

Forests as a Natural Climate Solution

Oct 1, 2020 2:30 PM ET

How we manage forests is a critical, yet often overlooked, solution in the fight against climate change. Improvements to land stewardship could cost-effectively avoid 11 gigatons of CO2 emissions per year, or 1/3 of the mitigation needed to meet global climate commitments.

Energy

Alliant Energy Reaches Milestone, Completes 1000 MW of Wind in Iowa

Oct 1, 2020 2:25 PM ET

Alliant Energy announces completion of its plan to add 1,000 megawatts (MW) of wind production in Iowa, several months ahead of schedule and within budget.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Impact of COVID-19 on a Company: 6 Questions for the Chief Financial Officer of Johnson & Johnson

Oct 1, 2020 2:00 PM ET

When you're the CFO of a company, you have a holistic view of how a pandemic can touch every aspect of a business, especially when it's a healthcare company. So we posed inquiring mind questions to Joe Wolk about what the past eight months have been like for him at the financial helm of the company—via a Zoom interview.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

UnitedHealth Group's Diverse Scholars Initiative

Oct 1, 2020 2:00 PM ET

Environment

BIER Stakeholder Spotlight: Hugh Share

Oct 1, 2020 1:10 PM ET

Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation and Microfinance Partners Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis: Update

Oct 1, 2020 1:05 PM ET

In March, I wrote the blog Whole Planet Foundation and Microfinance Partners Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis around how those living in poverty are already in a more vulnerable position, which can be further exacerbated during any external shock such as war, earthquakes, droughts or health crises.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Philip Morris International's Statement of Purpose Moves a Step Closer to Action & Sets Example for Others

Oct 1, 2020 1:00 PM ET

The Business Roundtable’s Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation in August 2019 elicited many “nice start, what’s next?” reactions.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Business Roundtable Companies Have Responded to Four Critical Issues Advancing Racial Equity in the Workplace

Oct 1, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Examples like Intel’s demonstrate exemplary commitment to diverse vendors, which contains both leading supplier diversity goals as well as reporting requirements to help their non-diverse suppliers to become more diverse.

Innovation & Technology

Tork Releases App In North America, Teaching Hand Hygiene To Young Children To Form Good Hygiene Habits At An Early Age

Oct 1, 2020 11:35 AM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Take Time To Volunteer

Oct 1, 2020 11:30 AM ET

While the pandemic has disrupted our traditional in-person volunteer program, NortonLifeLock Volunteer Leaders have identified creative ways to engage employees in virtual volunteering.

Education

How EHS Professionals Design an Effective eLearning Program

Oct 1, 2020 11:00 AM ET

eLearning. Online training. Webinars. Web-based training. Microlearning. Trainers today have a myriad of choices on how to deliver training. How do we ensure that our employees not only meet minimum requirements but also learn something useful?

Health & Healthcare

UnitedHealth Group is Working to Reduce The Total Cost of Care

Oct 1, 2020 10:55 AM ET

UnitedHealth Group is working to reduce the total cost of health care with initiatives that strengthen transparency, engagement and incentives for consumers; optimize sites of care; apply value-based payment models and eliminate surprise billing.

Health & Healthcare

Biomimicry Innovation: change:WATER Labs

Oct 1, 2020 10:30 AM ET

change:WATER Labs is changing the way humans process waste, and it all has to do with water. They recognized that if water is removed from human waste, all that's left is a compact solid that would be much easier to collect and sterilize.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corporation Named a 'Best Place to Work for People With Disabilities' for Fourth Straight Year

Oct 1, 2020 10:30 AM ET

For the fourth year in a row, Whirlpool Corporation has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities, as part of the 2020 Disability Equality Index (DEI).

Responsible Production & Consumption

Tersano's Patented SAO® Solution Meets Requirements to Kill the Novel Coronavirus on Hard Surfaces

Oct 1, 2020 10:05 AM ET

Tersano, Inc. announced today its patented Stabilized Aqueous Ozone (SAO®) solution is compliant with the requirements established in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), to eliminate SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen that causes COVID-19. Tersano’s SAO solution kills over 99.99% of the MHV coronavirus within one minute.

Innovation & Technology

STEM Careers Coalition to Celebrate Manufacturing Day October 2nd

Oct 1, 2020 10:05 AM ET

Members of the STEM Careers Coalition – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by corporate leaders and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – are helping educators nationwide imbue today’s students with spirit of innovation during Manufacturing (MFG) Day.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru of America Spotlights Last-To-Be-Adopted Shelter Dogs for the Second Annual “National Make a Dog's Day” on October 22

Oct 1, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CSRHub's Bahar Gidwani Speaking at 2020 Wall Street Green Summit

Oct 1, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Bahar Gidwani will be speaking on a panel about Sustainable Finance Megatrends at the 2020 Virtual Wall Street Green Summit.

Energy

Black & Veatch Names Rob Wilhite Vice President of Global Distributed Energy

Oct 1, 2020 10:00 AM ET

The rise of distributed energy resources (DER) is changing power distribution as policy makers, regulators and the public press for decarbonization, energy independence, resiliency and sustainability.

Health & Healthcare

The Path Forward to a Next-Generation Health System

Oct 1, 2020 9:50 AM ET

We believe a next-generation health system should build on the strengths of the current system, enable public-private partnerships and leverage private-sector innovation.

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan Helps Discover Two New Crab Species in Papua

Oct 1, 2020 9:35 AM ET

Two new species of crab have been discovered in the rich ecosystem of the Ajkwa River estuary by the PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI) biodiversity research team.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Primo Water North America Achieves Carbon Neutrality in Its U.S. Operations

Oct 1, 2020 9:30 AM ET

Primo Water Corporation today announced that Primo Water North America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Primo is now a CarbonNeutral® certified company that has achieved certification under The CarbonNeutral Protocol

Environment

Expert Advice: Connecting With Urban Forestry Experts to Help Rebuild Detroit's Tree Canopy

Oct 1, 2020 9:30 AM ET

Urban tree canopies provide numerous benefits to communities and to the environment. They reduce air pollution and summer peak temperatures, provide wildlife habitats and neighborhood beautification, which can increase property values, and improve social ties among neighbors and within the community.

Sustainable Development Goals

Kohler Co. Launches Safe Water for All to Address Global Water and Sanitation Crisis

Oct 1, 2020 9:10 AM ET

Kohler Co. today announced the launch of Safe Water For All, an initiative to further address pressing issues around water access, quality, and conservation and broaden public awareness around water issues.