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Social Impact & Volunteering | 3M

3M Volunteers Advance Hands-On Stem Learning

As part of a continued effort to inspire the next generation of scientists, 3M is partnering with DoSomething and Amazon MGM Studios to launch Project STEM Heroes, a nationwide program encouraging young people to explore STEM careers and recognize the mentors who sparked them.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Engage for Good Recognizes the Leaders Shaping Corporate Social Impact

Engage for Good

Environment

Water Stewardship: Why Global Trade Must Invest in the World’s Most Critical Resource

DP World

Environment

Assurant and AT&T Tree for Trade‑In Program Supports Ongoing Reforestation in California Through the Arbor Day Foundation

Arbor Day Foundation

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Pricing Water Risk and Scaling Climate Resilience

NatureVest

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Living Incomes Matter

Fairtrade America

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Empowered to Build Better: Meet Venelin Krastev

GoDaddy

Environment

The Continuing Evolution of ESG Due Diligence: Why There Are Always Risks to Be Managed and Value to Be Created

Inogen Alliance

Events, Media & Communications

Heart Water Earns Water Stewardship, Resiliency and Water Positive Certifications for Its Rainwater Capture Technology at Its Buda, TX Facility

SCS Global Services

Featured Brands

How a Supplemental Insurance Safety Net Can Cover Any Path While You’re Growing Up

Life is full of unexpected moments, and unique choices and conventional milestones, like getting married or starting a new job, can be bypassed or reached at different times by different people.

Cisco and Quest Alliance Are Modernizing Vocational Training for India’s Next-Gen Workforce

When Priya first enrolled in a vocational training program at her local Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in northern India’s Haryana state, the prospect of a career in technology felt like a future that belonged to someone else.

Mastercard: A Billion Connected: How We’re Empowering Even More People on the Road to Financial Health

Over the past decade, nothing has reshaped the global economy more than digitalization. Nearly 80% of adults worldwide now have a bank or mobile money account, and 84% of adults in low‑ and middle‑income countries have a mobile phone.

Expanded Student-Athlete Mental Health Initiatives Tip Off During 2026 NCAA Final Four Weekend

LG Electronics USA partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness to enhance mental wellness resources at the host schools of the 2026 NCAA Final Four men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments Indiana University, Indianapolis and Arizona State University

Storytime and Stocks

Investment advisor Craig Robinson had an “A-ha!” moment during his bedtime storytelling routine with his daughters, inspiring the Bull and Bear financial literacy series. He introduced his first book in April 2022.

Hope on Wheels: FedEx Supports The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army’s canteen trucks—many of them donated by FedEx—play a vital role in supporting communities around the world. While these mobile units are best known for providing meals, water, and comfort during natural disasters and other emergencies

3M Volunteers Advance Hands-On Stem Learning

As part of a continued effort to inspire the next generation of scientists, 3M is partnering with DoSomething and Amazon MGM Studios to launch Project STEM Heroes, a nationwide program encouraging young people to explore STEM careers and recognize the mentors who sparked them.

How To Go ‘Beyond Words’ With Acts of Compassion and Kindness

“Beyond Words” is a story of kindness, empathy and friendship, teaching readers of all ages to express compassion without needing to say a word. The book follows Buddy as he discovers how to support a friend coming home from the hospital.

Gina Adams Honored by Dress for Success As Part of Women Who Inspire Campaign

Gina Adams, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at FedEx, has been recognized by Dress for Success Worldwide as part of its annual Women Who Inspire global campaign.

Prosperity Now Receives $1 Million Wells Fargo Foundation Grant to Support VITA Organizations Nationwide

Prosperity Now receives a $1 million dollar Wells Fargo Foundation grant to support IRS-certified Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) organizations nationwide. Grant expands access to trusted, no-cost tax return preparation services.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Engage for Good Recognizes the Leaders Shaping Corporate Social Impact

Engage for Good announced three recipients of its 2026 Halo Awards, recognizing leaders defining what purpose-driven business looks like, and where it's headed. Carol Cone received the Lifetime Achievement. Karen Little, PayPal and Jorge Alvarez, Active Minds were also honored.

Green Infrastructure

Scaling Natural Infrastructure: The Ray and GDOT Expand Statewide Habitat Partnership

The Ray has expanded its partnership with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Together, they are implementing dual-purpose habitat and slope stabilization projects across 10 strategic sites in Central, East Central, and West Central Georgia.

Responsible Production & Consumption

L…for Lean Construction, a Saint-Gobain Podcast

Lean Construction, to meet the challenges of productivity and growing environmental demands in the construction sector, is emerging as a solution for the future. Inspired by industrial methods, this approach aims to optimize construction processes by eliminating waste.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Foundation Awards $200,000 to Capital for Change To Expand Affordable Housing and Community Development in Connecticut

The KeyBank Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to Capital for Change, a Connecticut‑based Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), to expand affordable housing, small business lending, and community development initiatives across the state.

Environment

Water Stewardship: Why Global Trade Must Invest in the World’s Most Critical Resource

Water powers global trade - yet it’s under threat. Here’s why stewardship can’t wait.

Innovation & Technology

A Digital Guardian: AI-Powered Insights Bring Patients and Clinicians Closer

For approximately 80,000 Americans, home dialysis offers a sense of normalcy and stability amid many changes that inevitably come with a diagnosis of kidney failure.

Environment

Assurant and AT&T Tree for Trade‑In Program Supports Ongoing Reforestation in California Through the Arbor Day Foundation

Launched on April 1, every phone, tablet or device traded-in to AT&T online or -in-store will support the planting of a tree in the Placerville Nursery for California Wildfire Reforestation through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

PSEG - Snow, Sleet and Straight-Line Winds: Powering Through a Season of Storms

The end of 2025 and start of 2026 hasn’t exactly been gentle for New Jersey. Mother Nature came out swinging with back-to-back states of emergency, major weather events, and trying conditions for customers, employees and utility infrastructure alike. 

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Pricing Water Risk and Scaling Climate Resilience

The Nature Conservancy's Cat Burns joins Alyssa Go of RRG Capital Management to share insights on how investors are assessing, pricing, and managing water and climate risk—spotlighting the structure and approach behind the RRG Sustainable Water Impact Fund (SWIF).

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Living Incomes Matter

Approximately 125 million people around the world depend on coffee for their livelihood, but most do not earn enough to cover their costs. Join coffee sustainability experts for a lecture about the link between resilience and prosperity at World of Coffee San Diego.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Empowered to Build Better: Meet Venelin Krastev

GoDaddy stood out to me because of the scale and impact of its platforms. Supporting products that millions of customers rely on every day makes reliability more than a technical goal - it becomes a responsibility.

Environment

Subaru and the Arbor Day Foundation Give Away 65,000 Trees Nationwide During Subaru Loves the Earth® Initiative

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today announced the return of its tree distribution program in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation™, continuing the automaker’s shared commitment to environmental and community impact.

Environment

The Continuing Evolution of ESG Due Diligence: Why There Are Always Risks to Be Managed and Value to Be Created

ESG due diligence has changed significantly over the last decade. What was once often treated as a narrower environmental or compliance exercise has grown into a broader business consideration touching operations, supply chains, resilience, and long-term value creation.

Health & Healthcare

Bristol Myers Squibb Evolves and Expands Standing in the Gaap To Advance More Equitable Care in Multiple Myeloma As Program Marks Ten Years

Bristol Myers Squibb announced the evolution of Standing in the Gaap, a long-running program designed to help address persistent gaps in care for people living with multiple myeloma (MM) in medically underserved communities.

Events, Media & Communications

Heart Water Earns Water Stewardship, Resiliency and Water Positive Certifications for Its Rainwater Capture Technology at Its Buda, TX Facility

Heart Water has earned Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting (VWBA) v2.0 Water Positive verification — an independent designation confirming that a facility returns more water to the local watershed than it consumes — for its rainwater-capture and purification system in Texas.

Events, Media & Communications

“AI Can’t Quote Coverage You Never Generated.”

The CMO made a compelling case: Advertising had measurable return on ad spend (ROAS). Content marketing had attribution, earned media had neither. It wasn’t an unreasonable argument. The metrics said what they said. Her headcount went to marketing.

Environment

Environmental Stewardship: Marathon Pipe Line Sustainable Landscapes Program Reaches 10,000-Acre Goal

For years the solution to maintaining Marathon Pipe Line LLC (MPL) pipeline rights of way across the United States was simply to mow existing vegetation.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Historic Honor: Jacqui Seargeant Inducted Into the Keepers of the Quaich

This Women’s Month, Jacqui Seargeant, Global Heritage Manager at Bacardi, was inducted into the Keepers of the Quaich, one of Scotch whisky’s most prestigious and enduring societies.

Environment

Griffith Foods: Driving Water Stewardship

At Griffith Foods, water sustainability goes beyond what happens inside our facilities. We’re focused on understanding the watersheds we rely on and using water in a way that supports long-term replenishment and shared access.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The AMD Foundation Supports Future Engineers Through the Semiconductor Pathways Fund

At AMD, we believe the future of innovation depends on the strength and resilience of the STEM workforce. Through the AMD Foundation, we are proud to support that future with a US$500,000 philanthropic investment over three years to support the Semiconductor Pathways Fund.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Circular Electronics Partnership Marks Five Years With New Focus on Solutions and Implementation

CEP marks five years with expanded participation, new governance, and a focus on scaling circular electronics solutions. Learn how these updates will help reduce e-waste, recover valuable materials, and strengthen global supply chains.

Innovation & Technology

How to Leverage AI Without Compromising Sustainability Goals

There’s no denying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the fastest growing and largest areas of enterprise technology investment and innovation in recent years.

Education

PNC Announces New Initiatives to Inspire Outdoor Learning, Classroom Innovation Through PNC Grow Up Great

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., is kicking off Great Month, its annual celebration of PNC Grow Up Great® and high-quality early childhood education, by announcing new initiatives with two longtime collaborators.

Events, Media & Communications

Data Center Safety Council Welcomes New Member Rowan Digital Infrastructure

Data Center Safety Council (DCSC) is pleased to announce new Strategic Corporate Member Rowan Digital Infrastructure.

Green Infrastructure

The Ray and City of Doraville, Georgia Partner To Transform Urban Roadside Assets

The Ray successfully installed a pollinator meadow in the City of Doraville, Georgia in late February. The project represents a strategic partnership to enhance the value of public land at one of the region's most active transportation hubs.

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2025 Performance Report

Entergy’s 2025 performance report, “Energy for a better future” presents an overview of our company’s 2025 achievements, future plans and strategies...

Aflac Stories

Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.

IWBI | Workplace Wellness

A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...

Health and Safety by Antea Group

Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...

Community Investment

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

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...

Working at Chemours

From the frontline to the back office, every Chemours employee knows they are a part of something bigger than themselves and are proud to be a part of...

Social Impact at Mastercard

At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.

Nutrition and Health

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

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...