Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity Announces Janeen Speer As Chief People Officer As the Company Looks to Grow by 300 Roles This Year

Janeen Speer, former VP of Talent from Shopify, has joined Benevity as Chief People Officer. In this newly created role, Janeen will help build upon the company’s purpose-driven culture for Benevity’s rapidly growing, global team.

Health & Healthcare

The Reinvigoration of Small-Business Benefits

Rising health care costs are hitting both employees and employers hard. In fact, 58% of workers at small businesses couldn’t pay $1,000 or more for out-of-pocket expenses without relying on credit and going into debt if an unexpected serious illness or accident occurred today, according to Aflac’s WorkForces Report.

Health & Healthcare

Improve Quality of Connected Medical Devices: Effective Manufacturing Test Strategies

The advent of IoT is driving transformation in healthcare. Rising healthcare costs and consumer demands for better healthcare delivery are driving the widespread use of IoT in healthcare.

Innovation & Technology

Power of 9: Colombia

The Fishing with Mobile Nets program uses wireless technologies, digital content and a virtual community platform to promote the economic and social development of traditional fishermen, women and youth in 13 vulnerable fishing villages in Colombia.

Health & Healthcare

Berry Oncology Utilizes Illumina Technology to Accelerate Early Liver Cancer Detection in China

The CEO of Berry Oncology, a subsidiary of Berry Genomics, is overseeing China’s first and only large-scale, forward-looking cohort study of early liver cancer screening based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Makes 5m RMB Grant to Henan Flood Relief Effort

FedEx has donated $771K USD to the Give2Asia Henan Flood Relief, who is partnering with charities in China including the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation and the China Women’s Development Foundation to provide relief for flood victims.

Environment

How to Host a Sustainable Labor Day Gathering

According to a OnePoll survey conducted in 2020 on behalf of Republic Services, many Americans are interested in becoming more sustainable. In fact, 58% of survey respondents shared that they were reevaluating their eco-friendly habits as a result of the pandemic.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Auschwitz Institute Launches 'Corporate Foundations of Atrocity Prevention', Its First-ever Course for the Business Sector

The Auschwitz Institute (AIPG) is proud to announce its first-ever course for the business sector: Corporate Foundations of Atrocity Prevention, that will take place from Oct 25 to Nov 13, 2021. Registration now open!

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Discovery Education K-12 Learning Platform Honored With a 2021 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence for Back to School

Discovery Education's daily learning platform was recently honored with a 2021 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Back to School in the Secondary (6-12) category.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Rising to the Occasion

There aren’t many situations that the American Airlines team at Dulles International Airport (IAD) can’t handle.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Vistra Offers Chance at $50,000 Prize to Vaccinated Employees

Vistra, a leading Fortune 275 integrated retail electricity and power generation company, is offering employees a chance to win a $50,000 cash prize for providing proof of being fully vaccinated.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Schneider Electric Joins Forces With The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group To Fuel A Bright Sustainable Future For The Emirate

Schneider Electric has become the latest member of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group (ADSG), the capital’s leading initiative to champion sustainability issues for both government and the private sector.

Environment

World Water Week 2021: Shared Water Challenges and Water Sustainability Solutions

To celebrate World Water Week 2021, We asked three Antea Group water solutions experts, Nadia, Julie, and Hilton, to talk briefly about how they work with their clients on shared water challenges and water sustainability solutions.

Diversity & Inclusion

Financial Inclusion: Betty Lee of Principal Empowers Herself, Others

After decades helping others meet their own financial goals, you’d never guess that Betty Lee’s early adult finances were, according to her, “a hot mess.”

Innovation & Technology

Technology in Agriculture: How Has Technology Changed Farming?

Agriculture technologies advanced rapidly in the second half of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century. These developments forever changed the way farmers work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Georgia-Pacific Donates Products to Area Schools' FFA Programs

East Texas is blessed to have quite a few businesses that give back to the community. Sometimes these businesses are local, mom and pop stores, and sometimes they are more of a regional, state, national or international brand.

Research, Reports & Publications

Gildan Publishes Its 17th Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report

Montreal, Monday, August 30th, 2021 – Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL: TSX and NYSE) is pleased to share the publication of its 17th Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report, available here.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Invesco Supports the Mom Project

Invesco has been a proud supporter of The Mom Project since 2018 and is a founding corporate partner of Engage Ventures which helped the company scale.

Environment

Living Soil Documentary Reaching New Audiences and New Highs

The Soil Health Institute (SHI), the non-profit charged with safeguarding and enhancing the vitality and productivity of soils, is proud to announce Living Soil, the organization’s ground-breaking soil health documentary, has been viewed more than 3 million times on YouTube.

Innovation & Technology

Trane Technologies' Thermo King Will Deliver All-Electric, Zero-Emission Solutions for End-to-End Cold Chain by 2023

Thermo King, a brand of global climate innovator Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), today announced that it will invest more than $100 million over the next three years to deliver a fully electric product in every segment of the cold chain by 2023.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sabrina Elba Calls on World Leaders to End Rising Hunger

Model and activist Sabrina Dhowre Elba called on world leaders to invest in smallholder farmers as a way to stop rising hunger rates around the world on Wednesday, in a video address as part of Global Citizen’s Recovery Plan for the World campaign.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CASE Employees Support First Racine Habitat for Humanity “Women Build” Event

CASE Construction Equipment employees were volunteering as part of Racine Habitat for Humanity’s first ever “Women Build” project — a Racine homebuilding project drawing particular attention to housing inequality

Diversity & Inclusion

Inclusion: SAIC is Embracing Differences

At SAIC, creating an inclusive workplace is a strategic business priority. We understand that diverse teams and inclusive culture will drive innovation and lead to better outcomes.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Behind the Scenes: Supporting the CRAF Mission

Within hours of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) being activated, the American Airlines CRAF Command Center opened.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru of America and Philadelphia Union Unveil Soccer Mini-Pitch in Camden

Subaru of America, Inc. and the Philadelphia Union yesterday unveiled the Subaru Park Camden Mini-Pitch, a hard surfaced youth soccer pitch located at Camden’s Ralph Williams Memorial Park.

Latest Campaigns

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