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Philanthropy

Xylem Partners With Americares for COVID-19 Response and Global Health Work

The new global partnership will deliver much-needed personal protective equipment, water and sanitation infrastructure repairs and WASH education to frontline healthcare facilities around the world.

Environment

UPS Longitudes | Planting a Better Tomorrow

As we rush to address the urgent, overwhelming global coronavirus pandemic, it’s easy to overlook the long-term support systems that maintain our health and wellness.

Corporate Responsibility

Protect Sport by Taking Care of Biodiversity, Says New IUCN Guide Supported by the IOC

The guide, “Mitigating biodiversity impacts of sports events”, offers advice to sports event organisers on how to reduce the impact on biodiversity and promote its conservation throughout all phases of event planning.

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic Provides Update on COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Impact

Medtronic has taken a number of steps to mobilize its global resources to support employees, patients and physicians, and communities in this time of need, including a rapid expansion in the production and distribution of critical products in the fight against COVID-19.

Energy & Infrastructure

Sustainable Site Energy Solutions: Ten Things You Can Do Now for Big Impact

While sustainable site energy solutions are not a new thing, their economical payback has improved considerably with increased technological strides and available incentives.

Philanthropy

Smithfield Foods to Donate 40 Million Servings of Protein to Food Banks Nationwide as Part of COVID-19 Response

The donation of over 10 million pounds of protein to food banks nationwide builds upon Smithfield’s recently launched “Good Food Challenge” to raise awareness and increase support for Feeding America in this critical time of increased need.

Corporate Responsibility

Earth Day 2020: What COVID‐19 Teaches Us About Responding to Global Challenges

On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans united to demand action for our planet, marking the first Earth Day. Fifty years later, the risks and impacts of our warming planet, diminishing resources and degradation of natural habitats make the need for action more urgent than ever.

Environment

Raizes do Mogi Guaçu: International Paper Talks Forest Restoration with WWF for a Better Future

Earlier this year, Matt Inbusch, manager of natural capital stewardship, International Paper, joined WWF and some of his colleagues in Brazil for a visit to the Mogi Guaçu river basin

Environment

T-Mobile Adds More Green Energy to the Grid, Taking Another Step Toward Its Industry-Leading Environmental Commitments

Just in time for Earth Day, T-Mobile’s partnership with Otter Creek Wind Farm has fully achieved commercial operation, and is expected to generate more than 504,100 MWh of clean energy annually, enough to power approximately 60,000 homes for a year.

Philanthropy

Whirlpool Corporation Procures Critical Medical Supplies for Spectrum Health Lakeland

In order to help in the fight against COVID-19, Whirlpool Corporation has worked rapidly since the pandemic began to obtain several shipments of medical supplies over the last few weeks for donation to Spectrum Health Lakeland.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Responsible Gender Lens Investing: How Diversity Helps Preserve and Grow Wealth

Within a holistically-designed investment process, diversity of an Executive Team and Board of Directors is a powerful variable to analyze the stock’s long-term capability of preserving and growing wealth for shareholders.

Environment

Timberland Shares an Emotional Open Letter to Nature for 50th Anniversary of Earth Day with a Bold Message: "Caring is no Longer Enough"

At the heart of the Timberland® brand is the belief that a greener future is a better future. For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Timberland has a bold new message to share about humanity’s relationship with nature: “Caring is no longer enough.”

Energy & Infrastructure

Geronimo Energy, a National Grid company, and Cargill Announce Virtual Power Purchase Agreement for 200 MW MISO Illinois Solar Project

Geronimo Energy (Geronimo), a National Grid company, and Cargill announced today the execution of a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) for the Prairie Wolf Solar Project (Prairie Wolf) in Coles County, Illinois.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: My Calling

Though Ray Anderson is John Lanier's greatest inspiration as an environmentalist, it is John's faith that fundamentally motivates him to care for the earth.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Owens Corning Releases Green Bond Report

In August 2019, Owens Corning completed the issuance of our inaugural green bond, in keeping with our aspiration to be a net- positive company whose handprint is greater than its footprint.

Environment

Earth Day 50 Years On: The Next Generation Steps Up

In his speech inaugurating Earth Day in 1970, its founder, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson noted, “Ecology is a big science, a big concept, not a narrow one. It is concerned with all the ramifications of all the relationships, of all the living creatures, to each other and their environment.” Taking Nelson’s words to heart, it’s impossible to think about the future of our planet on Earth Day’s fiftieth anniversary without considering the long-term effects of COVID-19. The well-being of our planet depends on the well-being of the people who inhabit it.

Philanthropy

SC Johnson Converts Line at Largest Global Manufacturing Plant to Produce Hand Sanitizer for COVID-19 Health Workers and First Responders

Responding to a shortage of hand sanitizer nationally that is leaving those on the front lines at risk for COVID-19 infection, SC Johnson is building new capacity to manufacture up to 75,000 bottles of hand sanitizer per month.

Philanthropy

From Homeless to Hope: Door Opens to a Better Future

For Johnna Blocker, the future may have seemed bleak. Homeless with no prospects in sight, she and her children lived in a local shelter while she looked for an apartment she could afford to rent in the uber-expensive Los Angeles market.

Environment

Restoring California Forests — Arhaus + American Forests

Arhaus has always taken pride in its dedication to maintaining the environment & utilizing safe, eco-friendly materials & practices. That's why they have a longstanding partnership with American Forests to help protect, preserve & restore our planet.

Environment

WEC Board Appoints Glenn Prickett President and CEO

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Crowd Cow Commits to Carbon-Neutral Operations through Partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation

A new partnership between Crowd Cow and the Arbor Day Foundation will offset the carbon impact of all Crowd Cow orders. Crowd Cow, the first company to directly connect customers with independent farmers selling pasture-raised meat, will contribute to the Foundation’s verified carbon credit projects in the Mississippi River Valley and Peru. The startup has committed to offsetting all carbon associated with their products, from methane released by animals to trucks delivering products to customers’ doorsteps.

Environment

Refugee ETF Wins 2020 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge

Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management today announced that the Refugee ETF team was named the winner of the 2020 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge.

Research & Reports

Owens Corning Publishes 14th Annual Sustainability Report

The company’s 14th annual report, themed “One Company, One Purpose, One World,” presents Owens Corning’s continuing progress toward its 2020 sustainability goals and introduces metrics to quantify progress toward its ambitious 2030 goals.

Health & Healthcare

Help Protect the Environment While Cleaning Your Teeth

Eco-Friendly & Sustainable Oral Care Now you can help protect the environment while keeping your teeth clean and healthy.

Corporate Responsibility

Every Action Adds Up

In these changing and uncertain times, it’s important not to lose sight of the climate crisis, and how we can do our part.

Latest Campaigns

GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...

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...

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...

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

Social Progress

Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...

Subaru Share the Love® Event

Since the launch of the Subaru Share the Love Event in 2008, Subaru of America and our retailers have donated more than $256 million to charity, with...

Growth Through Sustainability

Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...

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...

Growth Through Sustainability

Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...

Community Investment

all community engagement efforts (e.g., Teach for All, volunteerism, etc.)