Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mountain Mediation Receives $100,000 Wells Fargo Grant to Support Eviction Prevention

Wells Fargo & Company

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Year in Stories: How Covia’s People Drove Progress in 2025

Covia

Education

Otis Expands Little Engineers STEM Program Globally

Otis Worldwide Corporation

Events, Media & Communications

Recognizing Nicolas Clerget, BIER’s 2025 Steering Committee Chair

Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable

Research, Reports & Publications

Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

IOC Receives Low Carbon Award From Geneva Climate Network 2050Today

International Olympic Committee





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Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Diversity & Inclusion

Wendy’s Offers English as a Second Language Program for Employees

Maria Diaz and Cecelia Contreras are two Spanish-speaking employees who didn’t know very much English when they started working at Wendy’s. While they are both hard working employees, they asked not to work at the front register because they weren’t confident in their English. When I told Maria and Cecelia about the ESL program, they accepted right way and showed a lot of excitement about the chance to better themselves.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Amgen Staff in Atlanta Volunteer with a Local Food Bank

Atlanta biopharmaceutical sales reps give back to Fountain of Hope Food Bank.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

"Are You Going to Be Back Tomorrow?”

That’s what wide-eyed Andrew asked after his first meal at a No Kid Hungry supported summer meals site in Baltimore. When a volunteer assured him that, yes, they’d be back at the same time the next day, Andrew looked up into the volunteer’s eyes while lifting up his pinky and asked, “Pinky swear?”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Habitat for Humanity and Wells Fargo Team Up with Veterans to Improve 100 Homes

Habitat for Humanity and Wells Fargo & Company today announced a new commitment to improve 100 homes with veterans in nearly 30 communities across the country from Seattle to South Palm Beach, Florida.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alliance Data Associates Around the World Celebrate Red Nose Day

With a little bit of silliness and a lot of awareness we know together we can help end child poverty!

Health & Healthcare

The "Make5Happen" Operation is Launched - A Solidarity Chain to Train Midwives in Africa

For International Day of the Midwife 2017 on May 5, the Sanofi Espoir Foundation is supporting the "Make5Happen" operation organized by its partner the AMREF.

Energy

Generating Renewable Energy from Waste: Q&A with Lockheed Martin’s Craig Moeller

Waste generation around the world is expected to almost double by 2025. Landfills are filling up. Something has to be done. Lockheed Martin wants to be part of the solution.

Research, Reports & Publications

Take Sustainability to the Next Level with the Circular Economy Toolbox

This week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center, The Sustainability Consortium (TSC), and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), along with support from Tarkett, launched the Circular Economy Toolbox, an online platform to help companies incorporate more sustainable business practices that eliminate waste and increase efficiency.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tuesday’s Children Wins Ninth Annual U.S. Strategy Challenge

Morgan Stanley today announced the completion of the ninth annual U.S. Strategy Challenge, a ten-week program in which top-performing Morgan Stanley employees provide pro-bono strategic advice to nonprofit organizations on mission critical challenges. This year, nine nonprofits participated in the program, and Morgan Stanley teams presented final strategic recommendations for each nonprofit in a competition at Morgan Stanley’s New York headquarters on May 24.

Energy

LG Electronics Refrigerator Promotion Encourages Americans to ‘Flip Your Fridge’

Long-time ENERGY STAR® Partner LG Electronics USA is encouraging consumers to “Flip Your Fridge” in a nationwide retail promotion that offers attractive discounts on ENERGY STAR certified LG refrigerators.

Environment

Brave New World: Rabobank Offers a Look into the Future of Food and Beverage

The Global Sector Strategist-Beverages for Rabobank talks about the trends and challenges that he sees the industry facing, and offers some suggestions for what companies can do about them. Read his blog at the Antea Group website.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

HPE Launches World’s First Supply Chain Program Based on Climate Science

HPE is leading the way to a sustainable ICT supply chain with emissions reductions targets that could equate to taking 21 million cars off the road for an entire year. This first-of-its-kind supply chain management program will serve as a model for the industry and the world.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

How to Improve Your CSR Score – Download e-Books

CSRHub has released two e-books focused around the topic of ‘How to Improve Your CSR Score’, sponsored by Triple Pundit. In this e-Book series, How to Improve Your CSR Score, we’ll share our experience to help you better manage your rating stakeholders, improve your performance, tell your CSR story, and improve your CSR score.

Diversity & Inclusion

Asia Society Names Medtronic Top Employer

Being honored as a top employer requires employees who help to create a unique culture every day. That kind of impact at Medtronic was given the spotlight in May when the Asia Society, a leading educational organization, awarded Medtronic with multiple awards including “Best Employer for Promoting Asian Pacific American Women” and “Best Employer for Marketing and Support to the Asian Pacific American Community.”

Environment

Aramark Sets The Stage For Summer Travel Season

As travelers embark on family vacations and cross-country trips this summer, Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), the award-winning food and hospitality partner for national and state parks and other leading leisure and cultural attractions, is rolling out new programs, enhancements and celebrations at the country’s premier travel destinations to help guests relax and enjoy themselves.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

After Nine Years in Foster Care, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Finds a Home for Cody.

By the age of 13, Cody had spent 3,372 days in foster care and been placed in eight different foster homes. That’s more than nine years being moved house to hose, not feeling settled and wishing for consistency. It’s hard to not give up hope in a case like this, but EVERYTHING changed for Cody on April 25 when he was adopted!

Innovation & Technology

Blackbaud Increases Corporate Volunteer Engagement with New AngelPoints Updates

MicroEdge + Blackbaud is pleased to announce exciting new updates to its AngelPoints employee giving & volunteering technology solution that will help companies improve the way they engage their employees in volunteerism!

Sustainable Development Goals

De Beers Group Gathers Business Leaders to Discuss a Legacy Boost for Community

Ways of bringing about positive changes to the host community of De Beers’ Venetia mine were on the agenda at a business breakfast.

Research, Reports & Publications

The MetLife Foundation is Building Financial Capability

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald Tops List of Global Minority Business Leaders

Carnival Corporation & plc the world’s largest leisure travel company, today announced that CEO Arnold Donald was named the top-ranked global executive for his strong leadership and commitment to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace and for serving as an inspiring role model.

Events, Media & Communications

How to Make Volunteering Work for All Your Employees [Webinar]

No two employee volunteers are created equal. And that’s a good thing! But as a corporate volunteer program manager, pleasing everyone may seem like a daunting task. That’s why VolunteerMatch and Bright Funds are teaming up on a free webinar to fill you in on a little-known fact: engaging employees through unique volunteer opportunities are easier than you think!

Social Impact & Volunteering

Arrow Electronics’ Employees and Partners Spruce Up Phoenix Ronald McDonald House

In April, as part of Arrow Electronics’ annual Logistics & Operations Management Conference, 100 Arrow employees and 40 vendor partners spent an afternoon volunteering at Roanoke House, the oldest Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) facility in Phoenix, Arizona.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Engaging Employees in CSR Activity Creates Alignment with Corporate Values

Spirits company Bacardi Limited has tied sustainability efforts to the resources required to make its products, including water, and has earned first place in the “Corporate Social Responsibility” category of Ragan’s 2016 Employee Communications as a result.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Crewmembers Earn Free Travel for Charity of Their Choice

For every 50 hours of volunteer time logged – whether through a JetBlue organized event or their own independent volunteer activity – JetBlue donates two round-trip travel certificates to that crewmember’s chosen charity.

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