Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Environment

ESG Enhancement: A Post-Acquisition Playbook

Join us Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at 2:00pm EST for our webinar, ESG Enhancement: A Post-Acquisition Playbook, and learn how to integrate ESG throughout the investment lifecycle.

Green Infrastructure

United Airlines Operates First Flight Powered by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel

United was the first airline in the world to operate a flight powered by 100% drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Sustainable Development Goals

SCS Global Services Joins The Water Council as First Water Champion Member

The Water Council, a nonprofit membership organization driving freshwater innovation and advancing water stewardship, today announces its new Water Champion membership program with SCS Global Services (SCS) as its first member.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Doing Our Part: Economic Impact

Since the beginning, doing the right thing for associates, shareholders, and communities has been a guiding principle at The Home Depot.

Education

Rockwell Automation Surpasses $30 Million in Charitable Support to FIRST With New $2.7 Million Grant

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has surpassed $30 million in cash and in-kind product donations to non-profit FIRST®​ with a new $2.7 million grant that supports global programming for the 2021-2022 season.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How ViacomCBS Is Encouraging Civic Action & Engagement

We believe increasing voter turnout is a shared mission, and we know we have a responsibility to unleash the power of our content, talent, employees and reach to accelerate social impact through civic engagement.

Environment

Qualcomm Announces Goal to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions by 2040

This builds on the Company’s existing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goal and includes interim 2030 science-based emissions reduction targets across Scopes 1, 2 and 3.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

International Paper Celebrates LIFE Month

November is LIFE (Life-changing Injury and Fatality Elimination) Month at International Paper, a time where the company celebrates its commitment to an injury-free workplace.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Release Event: 2021 Corporate Volunteering, Giving and Grants Technology Review

Join RWI for the 2021 Corporate Volunteering, Giving and Grants Technology Review free virtual launch event on Tuesday, November 16th at 12:00-3:00 PM ET to learn the latest about Corporate Voluntering, Giving and Grants Technology.

Innovation & Technology

Our Bold Ambition

The right thing to do for our world and the best thing for our business are one and the same. Learn how Medtronic is resetting our expectations of what innovation can achieve, driven by our mission to improve human welfare.

Energy

Wind Blades: Powered by Owens Corning Composites

As a materials engineering partner, Owens Corning Composites designs tailored solutions that power lighter, longer, and stronger wind blades, enabling a generation of more cost-effective clean energy.

Sustainable Development Goals

Mastercard and Partners Advance the Future of Sustainable Commerce

Mastercard unveiled an acceleration of its net zero timeline by a decade, from 2050 to 2040.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and Merck Enter Into License Agreement for Molnupiravir, an Investigational Oral Antiviral COVID-19 Medicine, to Increase Broad Access in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced the signing of a voluntary licensing agreement to facilitate affordable global access for molnupiravir.

Innovation & Technology

Tork Launches Biobased Cleaning Cloth to Help Companies Meet Sustainability Goals Without Compromising Performance

Today, meeting hygiene expectations is critical and businesses are demanding products that help them meet sustainability goals while increasing productivity.

Diversity & Inclusion

Gildan Signs the United Nations Development Programme Gender Equality Seal in the Dominican Republic

Gildan is pleased to share that the Company has signed The Gender Equality Seal commitment, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) coordinated and implemented at the national level by the Ministry of Women in the Dominican Republic.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru Expands on Help for Those in Need With Donation of 50,000 Socks and 100,000 Total Blankets

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that the automaker and more than 600 participating retailers will once again donate 50,000 blankets to homeless shelters nationwide.

Environment

Trane Technologies Announces Net-Zero Ambition in Line With UNFCCC “Race to Zero”

Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and transport refrigeration, has reaffirmed its commitment to net-zero emissions at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CSE on Its Way to Change the Planet by Educating 100,000 Corporate Professionals and Entrepreneurs in Sustainability

The Center for Sustainability and Excellence was set to innovate leadership and create a global new trend in certified executive training in Sustainability and ESG.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Supporting Aggressive, Science-based Climate Action in the U.S. and Globally

Responsible Production & Consumption

Walmart Continues To Progress Beyond the Plastic Bag

Education

IVECO and Magirus Host Career Day for Students in Ulm, Germany

CNH Industrial brands, IVECO and Magirus, recently hosted a career day for the graduating classes of the community and secondary school in Erbach, Germany to learn more on the training and apprenticeship opportunities

Innovation & Technology

Meet Sarah Listi: One Inspiring Maker

Sarah Listi of Tool Girl’s Garage didn’t plan on a career in the trades. She just couldn’t help but be drawn to it. Hitting the books in pursuit of a neuroscience degree, she realized she’d rather tell her own story.

Environment

Sequencing to Save the Lemurs: A Collaboration Between the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and Illumina

In the 1960s, with the intent to conserve a rare species of primate, the San Diego Zoo initiated a successful breeding program with red ruffed lemurs (varecia rubra) from Madagascar.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Achieving Greater Together: Jason Tyler, Chief Financial Officer

Northern Trust’s Chief Financial Officer Jason Tyler and his team partnered with Blessings in a Backpack to provide food for school children in need as part of our volunteering month, Achieving Greater Together.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  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. Community Impact
    The communities where Chemours operates are also where we live, work, and play, and our mutual success is one and the same. We have a vested interest...
  4. Planet
    Minimizing our environmental footprint and being part of the solution to climate change.
  5. 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...
  6. EVP Campaign
    Driving awareness of DP World’s Employee Value Proposition across the Americas, showcasing the company’s purpose-driven mission, talent strategy, and...
  7. Subaru Love Promise: Education
    Subaru believes that all students deserve an equal and fair opportunity at a quality education. Through our partnership with AdoptAClassroom.org...
  8. 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...
  9. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  10. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  11. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
  12. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  13. PSEG People & Communities
    PSEG is committed to improving the lives of our customers, our employees and the diverse communities we serve throughout New Jersey and Long Island...
  14. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...