Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Environment

Tru Earth CEO Brad Liski: Detergent Insurgent

The next time you’re doing a load of laundry, take a second and think about all that goes into cleaning your clothes.

Media & Communications

CRB's Yvonne Duckworth Featured in Pharmaceutical Technology on Trends in Digitalization

The digital maturity levels of pharma manufacturing companies slowly evolved over the past few years until the restrictions of the 2020 pandemic propelled the industry to quickly adopt advanced automation and remote capabilities.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

How To Keep More Recyclables Out of Landfills

Material recovery facilities serve a vital function of receiving, separating and then preparing recyclable materials for sale to end-user manufacturers. But their operations could be improved in several key ways.

Health & Healthcare

Novartis and Medicines for Malaria Venture Report Positive Results for Phase 2b Study of Novel Ganaplacide/Lumefantrine Combination in Children With Malaria

As the threat of resistance to current malaria treatment grows, Novartis and MMV have reported positive results of a new non-artemisinin combination in a Phase 2b study.

Environment

Watch Now: Using Nature to Reach Your Business and Climate Goals

During Climate Week NYC 2021, International Paper and American Forest Foundation (AFF) discussed how the Family Forest Carbon Program enables companies to tap into the front end of their fiber-based supply chain as part of their climate strategy.

Environment

Eldorado Gold Includes Safe and Sustainable Practices in Mining

Eldorado Gold uses industry-leading methods and materials to provide safe, stable and environmentally responsible storage of mine waste from the Olympias and Stratoni mines in Greece.

Environment

EHS Global Spotlight: Regulatory Impact of the Home Worker

Companies all over the globe are working to determine their next steps in terms of office staff, with some employees returning to the office and others remaining home. This often means that a different set of regulations will come into play.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2020 ESG Report: Community Needs Assessment

It is important that we partner with our communities so that we can serve them in the most effective, impactful and sustainable ways with the right combination of access to programs, products and services as well as philanthropy and volunteerism.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Proof of the Pudding

In the face of so many social and environmental challenges, humans are beginning to face a reckoning on Earth. We need businesses to lean in and solve those challenges, rather than hide behind the excuse of returning economic gain to shareholders.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fortune and Great Place to Work® Name Dow One of the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production™

Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine have named Dow one of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production™. This is the first time Dow was named to this prestigious list, ranking #3 on the list.

Health & Healthcare

Clean Water Can Change Everything

NortonLifeLock Cares sponsored the installation of 14 AquaHome systems, a household solution that uses innovative technology to filter rain or ground water, providing up to 120 liters of fresh drinking water per hour.

Environment

The STEM Careers Coalition Celebrates Manufacturing Day with Resources to Inspire the Creators, Doers, Makers, and Makers of Tomorrow in the Classrooms of Today

With the need to fill 4 million high-tech and high-skill positions in manufacturing over the next several years, MFG Day—which this year is observed on October 1st —helps inspire today’s students to become the creators, doers, and makers leading the manufacturing industry of tomorrow.

Media & Communications

World Environment Center Launches Next Tier Membership Program

The World Environment Center (WEC) has launched a new membership program, “Next Tier,” to join alongside their Global Membership program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Water Mission and FedEx Keep the Drinking Water Flowing in Honduras

Denis, 32, took the storm warnings seriously. He moved his wife, daughter, grandmother, and five other family members from the home they share in La Danta, Honduras, to stay with relatives who live on higher ground.

Environment

WSP Shares Best Practices for Safe, Effective Enhanced Aquifer Recharge of Stormwater

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published the technical report, “Enhanced Aquifer Recharge of Stormwater in the United States: State of the Science Review,” which references numerous studies and research done by WSP USA experts.

Environment

Regulatory Impact of the Home Worker

Companies all over the globe are actively working to determine their next steps in terms of office staff. It is certain that everyone is taking a hard look at the traditional office setting to determine what will work best for their organization.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Faces of Acre - Future-Fit Foundation

​In our latest Faces of Acre, we sat down with Catherine Harris, Head of CR & Sustainability in NY, to discuss her pro bono work as a board member for the Future-Fit Foundation.

Education

Thinkabit Lab Learning Center

Feeling inspired to try coding yourself? The Thinkabit Lab Learning Center offers free online resources, developed to help adult instructors and parents introduce coding and engineering to students.

Energy

JetBlue Accelerates Transition to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) With Plans for the Largest-Ever Supply of SAF in New York Airports for a Commercial Airline

JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) today announced plans to speed up its transition to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with an offtake agreement with SG Preston, a leading bioenergy developer.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Schneider Electric: Acting Responsibly Is the Only Way to Resilience

Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chief Executive Officer at Schneider Electric compares running a sustainable business to going with the tide, rather than against it. Following your moral compass and acting responsibly is the only way to resilience.

Environment

P&G Accelerates Action on Climate Change Toward Net Zero GHG Emissions by 2040

Procter & Gamble is announcing a plan to accelerate action related to climate change. P&G has also set a new ambition to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its operations and supply chain by 2040 as well as interim 2030 goals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Driving Communities Forward: Insights from Cross-Sector Leaders Closing the Opportunity Gap

Common Impact and Cruise partnered with San Francisco-based nonprofits for a discussion on how cross-sector partnerships and workforce development programs can create more equitable pathways to opportunity. Hear what these leaders had to share.

Green Infrastructure

Careful Policy Design Could Unlock Massive Rooftop Solar Market Around the World

A new BloombergNEF and Schneider Electric report finds rooftop solar market still largely untapped with potential to exceed 2,000 gigawatts of solar and 1,000 gigawatt-hours of energy storage by 2050.

Research, Reports & Publications

The IWBI Special Report Chapter Series: “What Guides Us: Evidence, Equity, Education”

In early September, IWBI released an in-depth report that lays out research approaches and specific operational strategies as the world continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and prepares for acute health threats into the future.

Environment

Vistra Combating Climate Change Through Reduction of GHG Emissions

Vistra is committed to leading in the climate change effort as we invest in zero-carbon resources, retire coal assets, and support and invest in environmentally-sound solutions and technology.

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