Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Redefining Supply Chains With Integrated Logistics: The DP World Approach

DP World

Social Impact & Volunteering

Nielsen Global Impact Day 2025: Expanding Our Global Impact

Nielsen

Research, Reports & Publications

Teva’s 2025 Healthy Future Report Highlights Environmental and Access to Medicines Progress, Including Meeting All Sustainability-Linked Bond Targets

Teva Pharmaceutical

Innovation & Technology

An Ecosystem Approach to the Future of Automotive

Qualcomm

Events, Media & Communications

Coalition to Develop First Standardized Guidance for Assessing and Managing Corporate Value Chain Water Risk

SCS Global Services

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating the Sixth Sands Cares Accelerator Graduate: The LGBTQ+ Center of Las Vegas

Las Vegas Sands

Responsible Production & Consumption

Food Security: Reducing Food Loss and Waste Is Our Best Investment for Mitigating Current and Future Food Crises

Care USA

Innovation & Technology

Beyond Earth Day: Turning Sustainability Into Growth Across the Partner Ecosystem

Lenovo

Featured Brands

Comcast and Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County Open Lift Zones in Lacey to Help Youth Build Digital Skills

Comcast and Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County (BGCTC) have opened new Lift Zones in Lacey, Tumwater, Yelm, and Rochester to help youth build their digital skills.

An Ecosystem Approach to the Future of Automotive

The automotive industry is undergoing one of the most profound transformations in history. Vehicles are evolving into software-defined platforms capable of improving safety, creating new experiences for drivers and passengers, and continuously evolving over their lifetimes.

Guiding Stars: What We’re Learning About Food, Packaging & the Environment

Social media feeds fill with news of forever chemicals. Apps abound that allow us to assess a product’s “health impact” score. Meanwhile, we still want nutritious options that are best for our bodies and health.

How We’re Building a Cleaner, More Efficient Energy Supply | Cisco FY25 Purpose Report

Cisco has long believed that sustainability action can spur innovation and build a more resilient energy supply.

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.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

U.S. Chamber Foundation Names Winners of 16th Annual Corporate Citizenship Awards

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center last night recognized eight companies for their accomplishments in corporate citizenship during the 16th annual Corporate Citizenship Awards. The awards program honors businesses for their significant positive impacts in communities around the world.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Industry Resource, The ABCs of GHS Compliant Safety Data Sheets & Labels, Now Available

The Automotive Industry Action Group’s (AIAG) Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Work Group joined forces with the internship program at Purdue-Calumet University to create an easy-to-use reference document for chemical manufacturers, mixture companies/blenders and distributers who must comply with the update requirements of OSHA HCS 2012.

Responsible Production & Consumption

International Living Future Institute, Biomimicry 3.8 Form Strategic Partnership

Biomimicry 3.8 and the International Living Future Institute announced this week a strategic partnership to progress a common vision of using nature’s genius to create a truly regenerative world.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Citi Foundation Receives 2015 Best Community Improvement Program Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Novo Nordisk: Our Take On The Sustainable Development Goals

The world adopted what will become the new global job description last week. The list of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will impact the way we do policy and business.

Environment

Arrowhead® 100% Mountain Spring Water to Significantly Increase Recycled Content in Plastic Bottles

As part of Arrowhead® Brand 100% Mountain Spring Water’s commitment to environmental stewardship in California, the company today announced it will expand its use of recycled content to many of its most popular sized bottles by the end of 2016.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AIDA Wins Prestigious Pegasus Award

German consumers have voted the cruise line AIDA Cruises Most Trusted Brand 2015. This is the result of a representative survey conducted by Reader's Digest, in which respondents voted AIDA in first place without any prompting in the Cruises category. This is the fifth time in a row that AIDA has won the Pegasus Award.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Certified - Sustainable Food

Events, Media & Communications

VIDEO: Meet the Millennials: 2015 Cone Communications Millennial CSR Study

The 2015 Cone Communications Millennial CSR Study confirms Millennials are universally more engaged in corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts – but that’s not nearly the end of the story. This generation is one of the most inspired and active in social and environmental efforts, but also the most complex. This video series interviews Millennials on their unique perspectives and drivers when it comes getting involved in company social and environmental efforts.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nespresso Launches First Coffee Exported from South Sudan

Nespresso announced today the launch of the first ever coffee to be exported from the new country of South Sudan.

Research, Reports & Publications

Inspiration Begins with Us!

Energy

The Boy Who Made Something Out of Anything – DuPont Creates Cellulosic Ethanol from Crop Waste

DuPont Industrial Biosciences is creating clean cellulosic ethanol from biomass such as crop waste into something useful.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Volkswagen Scandal Puts Regulators on High Alert

NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind says Volkswagen’s emissions scandal further erodes an essential element of trust between the U.S. regulator and automakers, underscoring a new protocol where government agencies must be more proactive and question every bit of information the industry provides regarding safety, fuel economy and emissions.

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Development and Business Practices Forum: Tianjin, China

Education

Curious Minds Are Brewing With Fair Trade

Child labor is a critical issue in our food systems. In fact, recent studies show that instances of child labor are increasing in some of the world's more important agricultural regions, like in West African cocoa production for example.

Environment

Boosting Brand Awareness in the Digital Age

In 2014, we invested significant resources in customer communications in order to increase brand awareness and drive sustainable performance for our business.

Environment

Mahila Housing Trust Empowers South Asian Women to Build Resilience

Resilience has become the next mindset supply stop on the road to the future. Whether it’s businesses or communities, this is the thing that is going to be most needed going forward. The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) was founded in 2014 to pursue this idea with a vision of “new solutions for new realities.”

Research, Reports & Publications

Nestlé Marks Progress Toward U.S. Commitments in 2014 Creating Shared Value Report; Announces New U.S. Zero Waste to Landfill Commitment

Nestlé in the United States today released its second Creating Shared Value (CSV) report outlining the company’s accomplishments in nutrition, health and wellness; environmental sustainability; and social impact in 2014, as well as its forward-looking commitments. The company celebrates key achievements such as more than 1,000 product reformulations for consumer health and preference considerations, as well as a new commitment to achieve zero waste to landfill status in all U.S. factories by 2020.

Social Impact & Volunteering

IMPACT 2030 Rallies Global Corporations to Help Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Through Corporate Volunteer Efforts

In advance of the United Nation’s adoption of the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), fourteen global companies founded IMPACT 2030, a business-led coalition that aligns companies and their employee volunteer efforts with the newly-launched Sustainable Development Goals to address the needs of our rapidly changing world and create real and sustainable change.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women in NetSuite Promoting Positive Change with New U.S. Maternity Policy

Companies everywhere are recognizing the essential and unique role of women in business and technology, and at NetSuite we’re thrilled to be championing changes that will support more roles for women in leadership at our company. As a part of this effort, we’ve recently created the Women in NetSuite (WIN) program with a mission to advance the professional development of women at NetSuite through recruitment, sponsorship, networking, education and advocacy.

Innovation & Technology

Five Stars for @Emerging_Green

I live at the intersection of Sustainability and Electronics. From the moment I learned that the Green Electronics Council (GEC) was producing its first conference, I was excited.

Events, Media & Communications

Washington Post Live Convenes Oct. 8 Forum: “Bridging the Digital Divide”

On Thursday, Oct. 8, Washington Post Live will bring together public and private sector leaders to discuss bridging the digital divide in America. Speakers include U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Comcast Corporation Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer David L. Cohen.

Education

Teens Steer the Conversation to Promote Safe Driving

Today’s teens are digital natives who, on average, send over 100 textsiand watch 1.15 hours of online videos a day.ii That’s why Toyota TeenDrive365 is launching two defensive driving campaigns that harness teens’ love of texting and online videos

Energy

Richard Heinberg: After the Burn

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Yum! Brands to Celebrate 18th Anniversary of Founders' Day with Local Canned Food Drive

Latest Campaigns

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

PSEG Environmental Stewardship

PSEG’s environmental stewardship is evident in programs and strategies that reflect our commitment to clean air, clean water and waste management...

License to Operate

Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

The Ray

News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.

Sustainable Operations

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

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

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...