Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CIBC Global Headquarters Becomes Largest Workplace in Canada To Achieve WELL Certification at the Platinum Level

The WELL Building Standard (WELL) is the premier building standard to focus on enhancing people’s health and well-being through the buildings where we live, work and play. WELL Platinum Certification represents the highest pinnacle of health achievement across WELL’s 10 core

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Medtronic Wins U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2023 Citizens Award

The annual Citizens Awards highlight how businesses serve as a force for good — expanding opportunity and driving progress in every aspect of society.

Innovation & Technology

TCS Infographic: Could You Use a Digital Twin To Help Complete a Marathon?

As the title sponsor and technology consulting partner for the world’s top marathons, TCS believes in the power of fitness to change lives.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

National Architecture and Engineering Firm HGA Affirms Its Responsibility To Generate Positive, Lasting Impact Through Design

HGA is not just building physical environments; the firm is fostering relationships with fellow change-makers while shaping a greener, more equitable future, with teams that collaborate across disciplines to consider environmental impact and resilience.

Diversity & Inclusion

Giving Women a ‘Seat at the Table’ in STEM Education

A thousand donors. A thousand dollars each. This year’s goal? Three million dollars in funding—by women, for women—toward science, technology, education and mathematics (STEM) careers.

Health & Healthcare

Abbott and Sherri Shepherd: Millions Not Using Affordable Diabetes Technology

Abbott announced 'Countdown at a Crossroads,' which kicks off National Diabetes Awareness Month by taking over the Oculus Center in New York City – the literal "Crossroads of the World" – with an animated installation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AMD Named to Forbes World’s Top Companies for Women 2023

AMD is powered by people which is why we strive to attract, acquire, develop and advance the most engaged, diverse and inclusive workforce in the semiconductor industry.

Energy

Novelis and Southern Company Jointly Pursue Decarbonization

Novelis Inc., a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider and world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, and Southern Company, have announced plans to partner on decarbonization efforts.

Sustainable Development Goals

Will the Sustainable Development Goals Summit 2023 Develop Sufficient Progress for People and the Planet?

World leaders will convene en masse at the 2023 Sustainable Development Goals Summit in a desperate attempt to reunite the global population in its efforts to align with, and reach, the set sustainability targets.

Energy

How Southern Company Is Investing in the Future of Energy

Southern Company delivers resilient energy solutions that connect customers and communities to opportunity.

Sustainable Development Goals

Crop Science Sustainability Progress Report

The Crop Science Sustainability Progress Report supplements the Bayer AG Sustainability Report and provides a closer look at the many ways the Crop Science division is advancing sustainable agriculture and creating the best possible outcomes for farmers, consumers and our planet.

Environment

Clearing the Air on Carbon Markets: How Nasdaq Aids Companies’ Net-Zero Journey

Nasdaq believes in the power of carbon markets. As a leading global exchange and innovative technology company, we are leveraging our marketplace technology to bring these markets to scale, build their integrity across the globe and help innovate the future of carbon removal.

Environment

U.S. Banks Have an Opportunity To Advance a Just Transition. Here’s How.

With capital pouring into electric vehicle manufacturing, decarbonizing buildings, greening the grid, and advanced manufacturing, the shift to a clean economy isn’t hypothetical anymore.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Direct Relief and FedEx Team Up To Respond to Dengue Outbreak in Mexico

In collaboration with FedEx, Direct Relief delivered 40 Emergency Medical Backpacks to support COPAC (Operational Center for Contingency Attention), Mexico’s Federal Health Secretariat, which is responsible for responding to health emergencies throughout the country.

Health & Healthcare

Creating A New Narrative Around Substance Use Disorder to Reduce the Stigma

In the pursuit of changing the narrative around substance use disorder to reduce the stigma, Craig Melvin, TODAY Show host and speaker at a recent Advertising Week New York (AWNY) panel.

Events, Media & Communications

Banks and Institutional Asset Owners Aim for Net Zero Emissions

The UN-Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), formed in 2019, is a member-led initiative of institutional investors committed to transitioning their investment portfolios to net-zero GHG emissions by year 2050 – a tall order.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How To Execute Your ESG Strategy With Data and Cloud Technologies

Building a strong ESG strategy and reporting structure can feel overwhelming. It’s often best to start by identifying a few material issues that are most important to your organization rather than trying to report on everything.

Education

Henkel Celebrates Manufacturing Day 2023 by Engaging Local Students at Its Facilities

Manufacturing Day visits are a part of Henkel's commitment to education and continued investment in opportunities that provide students of all ages access to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) resources and STEM-related career information.

Environment

Can Regenerative Agriculture Regenerate the US Food System?

The conversation recently made its way to Washington, DC — where the Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee of Oversight and Reform discussed calls to reform federal policies that unjustly favor corporate agribusiness, often at the expense of family farmers.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Meeting EU Regulations Head-On

“The Single-Use Plastic Directive is unprecedented,” explains Riccardo Vellani, Product Director for Additional Materials at Tetra Pak.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Corporate IT Office in Eagan, MN Gives Back to The Open Door

Maximus works with many community charities throughout the country. In continuing Maximus’ charitable work and giving back to the local community, the Corporate IT office in Eagan, Minnesota, selected the Open Door Pantry for this year’s charitable event!

Education

Discovery Education Offers New Resources for National STEM Day

Discovery Education presents a curated collection of engaging, high-quality digital learning resources to students and teachers for National STEM Day.

Diversity & Inclusion

This Nonprofit Is Helping To Build ‘A Truly Inclusive Employment Environment’

Michelle is one of a dozen or so participants in a program called Teens in Transition offered by the Regional Access Mobilization Project (RAMP), a nonprofit serving four counties in northwest Illinois, including DeKalb and Winnebago.

Diversity & Inclusion

Powering Our Progress: Expedia Group’s Journey To Pay Parity

Expedia Group’s mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere. Part of this includes reviewing our systems and processes to ensure fairness and equity — including employee compensation.

Health & Healthcare

Aegis Writes a New Chapter on Pathogen Surveillance

Before SARS-CoV-2, Aegis Sciences Corporation was a small, well-established lab with a specific niche. Founded in 1990, the Nashville-based company focused on anti-doping testing and medication compliance.

Latest Campaigns

  1. America's Charities Employee Engagement & Social Responsibility
    More than ever, retaining and recruiting employees is a top priority for companies. Aware of the link between workplace giving and employee engagement...
  2. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. Goals That Inspire: Environmental Stewardship
    Through our Goals That Inspire we have established aggressive commitments with targeted and measurable metrics which will require innovation...
  6. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  7. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  8. 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...
  9. Tork, an Essity brand
    Tork is an Essity brand. Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Wherever there is a need for wiping, drying, cleaning or polishing...
  10. Aflac Insights
    Learn more about Aflac’s survey findings to better understand workplace trends as well as consumer attitudes, habits and opinions toward health and...
  11. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  12. Technology for Good
    We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and...
  13. EVP Campaign
    Driving awareness of DP World’s Employee Value Proposition across the Americas, showcasing the company’s purpose-driven mission, talent strategy, and...
  14. Aflac Voices
    Hear from Aflac’s senior leaders and subject matter experts about industry trends and more.
  15. Plastics Footprint
    We aspire to be a leader in driving innovative solutions that address the problem of plastic pollution and enable a circular economy. We are committed...