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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy | Cisco Systems Inc.

Circular Design Illustrated Through Four Cisco Products

At Cisco, circular design means building sustainability into our products and packaging from the start. It’s about designing with the full life cycle in mind

Responsible Production & Consumption

Waste Reduction Through Donation at Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works

Events, Media & Communications

KeyBank and Parachute Credit Counseling Team Up to Offer Free Tax Preparation Services in Western New York

KeyBank

Events, Media & Communications

HPRC 2026 Project Roadmap

Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wesco Recognized on Fortune’s 2026 America’s Most Innovative Companies List

Wesco International

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Cereal Sense

Guiding Stars Licensing Company LLC

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Everpure’s Partnership with Rewriting the Code Shows How Purpose-Driven Partnerships Can Expand Pathways for Women in Tech

Everpure

Research, Reports & Publications

Spring Cleaning Your Budget: A Fresh Start for Your Finances

Aflac Incorporated

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2025 JA Americas Company of the Year Celebrates the Spirit of Possibility

FedEx

Featured Brands

T‑Mobile’s Hometown Grants Top $21.5M, Empowering 475 Small Towns Nationwide

T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced the latest 25 Hometown Grants recipients, including, for the first time, a town in North Dakota. With the latest and second-to-last round, T-Mobile has invested more than $21.5 million in grants to 475 small towns and rural communities

Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders: FedEx and the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

Recently, FedEx hosted the spring edition of the Marine Corps Career Readiness Initiative webinar, an inspiring event dedicated to equipping student scholars with the tools they need to transition from college to career.

Aflac 2025 Agents of Care Prove the Power of Compassion in Action

Quiet acts of service often speak the loudest, and that kind of generosity can ripple outward to help strengthen entire communities.

NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants Return for 9th Consecutive Year to Provide $2.5 Million for Nonprofits in 2026

Comcast NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal Local today announced the return of the NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants for the ninth consecutive year. 

Circular Design Illustrated Through Four Cisco Products

At Cisco, circular design means building sustainability into our products and packaging from the start. It’s about designing with the full life cycle in mind

Waste Reduction Through Donation at Bath & Body Works

At Bath & Body Works, waste reduction and management play a key role in building a sustainable future.

Comcast Makes $250,000 Investment in Mile High United Way’s 211 Help Center

Mile High United Way announced Comcast’s $250,000 investment in the nonprofit organization’s 211 Help Center. In honor of the investment, the service will now be known as Mile High United Way’s 211 Help Center Sponsored by Comcast.

ICA Fund Announces $2.25 Million in New Funding From Wells Fargo To Support Growth-Ready Small Businesses in the Bay Area

ICA Fund today announced it has received a $2.25 million grant from Wells Fargo & Company as part of its Open for Business Growth initiative, a $20 million philanthropic program designed to help growth-ready small businesses access the capital and resources they need to scale.

From Ideas To Impact: Empowering Africa’s Next Generation of Climate Innovators

In December, the future of African innovation took center stage in Abuja, Nigeria, as students from across the continent gathered for Junior Achievement (JA) Africa’s Company of the Year (COY) competition.

Guiding Stars: Cereal Sense

The cereal aisle can feel overwhelming—especially when every box claims to be the right choice. Call-outs like “whole grain,” “fortified,” “heart healthy,” or “high protein” add to the confusion. When you’re short on time, you may not be able to review the nutrition facts panel.

Recent Alerts

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wesco Recognized on Fortune’s 2026 America’s Most Innovative Companies List

Wesco today announced it has been named to Fortune’s 2026 America’s Most Innovative Companies list, recognizing Wesco’s disciplined approach to innovation and its continued focus on delivering value for customers through scalable solutions, and operational excellence.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Everpure’s Partnership with Rewriting the Code Shows How Purpose-Driven Partnerships Can Expand Pathways for Women in Tech

For Everpure's Pure Good Foundation and Rewriting the Code, it looked like more than just funding; it looked like showing up.

Diversity & Inclusion

DP World Advances Gender Equity in Peru With “Women Moving the World” Panel

DP World in Peru is turning progress into action — bringing industry leaders together to advance gender equity while delivering measurable gains across operations, leadership, and community impact.

Research, Reports & Publications

Spring Cleaning Your Budget: A Fresh Start for Your Finances

If spring cleaning your closet feels satisfying, scrubbing your budget might feel downright transformative. Just like clutter tends to accumulate in the corners of your home, unused subscriptions, autopay traps and shifting expenses gather quietly in your financial life.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast and Seattle Sports Commission Bring Team USA Spirit to Veterans in Burien

As the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games capture global attention, a powerful local gathering in Burien highlighted the inspiring connection between elite adaptive athletes and the veterans in our own community.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

27 Years, 260,000 Appliances: Whirlpool Celebrates Habitat for Humanity’s 50th Anniversary and Improving Lives and Communities Together

Whirlpool Corporation is celebrating Habitat for Humanity International's 50th anniversary, marking five decades of building homes, communities and hope across more than 60 countries.

Education

From the Classroom to the Community: How Chemours Is Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Leaders

From site visits to community science fairs, Chemours is helping bring STEM learning to life for students across the communities where it operates.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Setting the Nordic Standard: How Castellum’s Decade of WELL Leadership Culminated in a Triple WELL Certified Platinum Milestone

Castellum, a leading commercial property company in the Nordic region, has consistently set a bold benchmark for what advancing human health and well-being looks like in buildings and within organizational strategy.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Jacksonville Military Moms Receive Surprise Gifts at Golf‑Inspired Operation Shower

Days before The PLAYERS Championship kicked off at TPC Sawgrass, 40 military moms and moms-to-be gathered with their loved ones inside Patriot’s Outpost for a special event.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

How Nike Inspired a Green Chemistry Breakthrough

Jeffrey Whitford shares how sneakers—taking with inspiration from a single magazine article—fueled the company’s science and reshaped its approach to green chemistry.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Navigating Conflict: Business Impacts and Strategic Responses for Multinationals in the Middle East

As geopolitical tensions escalate across the Middle East, including the evolving impacts of the Iran conflict, multinational organizations operating in the region are facing a new level of complexity.

Events, Media & Communications

The U.S. Climate Reporting Infrastructure Is Being Built: Deadlines, Markets, and Supply Chains Stop Waiting for Action From Washington

Over the past two issues of Sustainability Highlights, we've tracked how sustainability policy is decentralizing. Instead of federal agencies, policy action has been moving to courtrooms, statehouses, and corporate boardrooms.

Innovation & Technology

Mastercard: Bottling the Creative Process: A Woman Founder’s AI-Powered Approach to Innovation

Catalina Banuleasa knows that most exciting new products aren’t born from sheer luck. As an entrepreneur who’s developed products for some of the world’s most innovative companies, she’s learned that “lightning bolt ideas” typically happen when you lay the groundwork for them.

Research, Reports & Publications

What We Learned From Talking to Hundreds of Web Designers and Developers in 2025

Over the course of 2025, the GoDaddy Pro team spent hundreds of hours speaking directly with freelancers, studio owners, and agency leaders across the digital services landscape.

Health & Healthcare

Expanding Rural Healthcare Access With Technology

Access to healthcare remains uneven across the United States, with rural communities facing growing gaps in care.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Benevity Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2026

Benevity has been named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2026. Benevity was specifically recognized in the Social Good category for its groundbreaking Enterprise Impact Platform and strategic integration of responsible AI.

Innovation & Technology

Trane Technologies Exceeds DOE Heating Capacity Requirements in Commercial Building HVAC Technology Challenge

Trane Technologies today announced it has successfully completed all required laboratory testing for both its rooftop units (RTUs) in the 10-14 and 15-25 ton capacity ranges submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Commercial Building HVAC Technology Challenge.

Diversity & Inclusion

A New Generation of Women Is Shaping DP World’s Port Operations in Chile

At DP World in Chile, a new generation of women is stepping into operational roles and reshaping the future of port logistics—one container at a time.

Health & Healthcare

Triple Pundit: Camden Healthcare Workers Confront the Barriers Holding Back Their Neighbors’ Health

The Healthy Neighbor program, led by healthcare provider Virtua Health and supported by global medical technology company Medtronic and Medtronic LABS, recognizes that health goes beyond medicine and visits to the doctor.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2025 JA Americas Company of the Year Celebrates the Spirit of Possibility

For three unforgettable days at the Junior Achievement (JA) Americas Company of the Year (COY) competition, the spirit of possibility took hold of Rio de Janeiro.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Challenge of Greenwashing: An International Regulatory Overview (2025)

Regulatory frameworks for sustainability are shifting, shaped by geopolitical volatility, economic uncertainty and growing public demand for transparency. Jurisdictions are responding in kind with diverging approaches.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sheconomy: What Happens When Women’s Financial Power Shapes the Economy

Over the next two decades, an estimated $84 trillion will change hands. A defining feature of this transition is that women are expected to control a majority of that capital through inheritance, earnings, entrepreneurship, and leadership.

Research, Reports & Publications

Meet ISO 22716, the Gold Standard in Global Manufacturing: Mary Kay Certified for Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Practices

Two crucial initiatives are emerging to safeguard cosmetic excellence: the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA) and the ISO 22716 certification.

Health & Healthcare

Early Diagnosis and Local Solutions Are Critical To Combat Lung Cancer

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, lung cancer was responsible for 1.8 million deaths — 18% of cancer deaths — in 2020 alone.

Innovation & Technology

Southwire Announces Strategic Investment in Verdigris

Southwire Company LLC, North America’s leading wire and cable manufacturer, has announced a strategic investment in Verdigris Technologies, Inc, an AI-native electrical intelligence company focused on AI-scale data center infrastructure.

Latest Campaigns

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...

Opportunity for All

At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...

Aflac Stories

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

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...

First Responder Programming

At Motorola Solutions, our customers are everyday heroes, and our philanthropic arm, the Motorola Solutions Foundation is dedicated to paying it...

Collective Action

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

Community Investment

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

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...

Small Business Growth

We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...

KeyBank: Responsible Banking

Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...