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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

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.

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.

Finding Courage in a Feathered Friend

But on that overwhelming day, Arlo was handed something unexpected: a small, soft feathered companion with a gentle heartbeat and a peaceful expression. It was My Special Aflac Duck®, a robotic comfort companion designed for children facing cancer and sickle cell disease.

Scaling Impact and Connectivity Through Technology Donations at Cisco

Through the Cisco Foundation and our corporate Social Impact Investments (SII), we support organizations that use technology in bold, innovative ways — from saving energy to saving lives. 

Medtronic Returns to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List for Second Year in a Row

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, is proud to announce its inclusion in Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list of 2026. The company earned a spot for its BrainSense™ Adaptive DBS therapy for people with Parkinson’s, which was approved by the U.S.

Where Water Flows, Equality Grows: FedEx and Water Mission Bring Relief After Hurricane Melissa

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall on October 28, 2025, Jamaica faced one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic.

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. 

Recent Alerts

Energy

Black & Veatch Guides Point-of-use Hydrogen Production for Vehicle Fuel Study

Artificial Intelligence business Empati has commissioned Black & Veatch to deliver a study into the feasibility of using distributed production of green hydrogen to fuel vehicle fleets.

Energy

Cummins Achieves Significant Environmental Benefits Through 2020 Sustainability Goals

Setting challenging goals, sharing them publicly and reporting on the company’s progress can drive environmental benefits. Global power leader Cummins achieved significant reductions in 2020 water and energy use, as well as waste production.

Research, Reports & Publications

NRG Energy Reaches New Milestone Towards Emissions Goal Reducing Its Carbon Footprint by 55%

NRG Energy, Inc., North America’s leading integrated energy and home services company published its eleventh annual sustainability report. The company has reduced its carbon footprint by 55% from its 2014 baseline, exceeding its 50% reduction goal five years ahead of plan.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Franklin Templeton Celebrates 15th Global Month of Service

Every June, Franklin Templeton’s employees all over the world use their time and skills to make an impact in local communities during the firm’s global month of service, Impact Days.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Giving Back to the Communities Where We Live and Work

With the Republic Services Charitable Foundation’s (Foundation) National Neighborhood Promise® program, we made the promise to help rebuild, revitalize and restore places and spaces in need, ultimately creating stronger neighborhoods in the communities we serve.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

International Paper Receives 2021 Friend of the Forest Award

The Arbor Day Foundation has awarded International Paper the prestigious 2021 Friend of the Forest Award. International Paper is among six individuals, nonprofits, and companies who received an Arbor Day Award in 2021.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Pandemic Prompts Rockwell Automation Employees to Form Parents and Caretakers Support Group

In January, Rockwell Automation employees launched a new Parents and Caretakers employee resource group to support employees who were balancing working long hours, parenting, helping with remote schooling, and potentially caring for older adults or other loved ones.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Verizon Teams up With NJ Brothers Walking Across America for Restaurant Workers

Verizon is supporting Aiden and Louis Ardine, two brothers from New Jersey, on their quest to walk across America to raise awareness and money for restaurant workers whose lives have been negatively impacted by the pandemic

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank eBus Returns to the Road; Financial Empowerment Tours to Boost Local Communities

The Fifth Third eBus is a key component of the Bank’s financial empowerment mobile strategy that seeks to address the gap caused by banking deserts and the lack of financial services for low- and moderate-income communities.

Events, Media & Communications

Event Highlights from The CIO Exchange: Workplace Evolution

To better outfit the office for collaboration under a hybrid model, Rich Gilbert, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer for Aflac, discussed the technology and tools he’s found most helpful and how Aflac is doing things differently.

Events, Media & Communications

Land Betterment Corporation Appoints Stephanie Conzelman to Assist With Strategic Communications

Land Betterment Corporation is pleased to announce that Stephanie Conzelman has joined Land Betterment as Stakeholder Engagement Director to assist with its strategic stakeholder communications and outreach.

Diversity & Inclusion

Many Voices, One Team

Many voices, one team is how we achieve more and show our commitment to our clients. Listen to members of team Invesco explain how our culture of teamwork makes us a great place to work.

Research, Reports & Publications

National Academy Publishes Study Showing How Georgia Could Halve Its Carbon Footprint

Georgia could reduce its carbon footprint by 50% by 2030 through the adoption of 20 high-impact climate solutions identified by the Drawdown Georgia research team

Green Infrastructure

Announcing Reimagining Green(er) Solutions to Hunger Challenge

PYXERA Global announces a new partnership with PIMCO and The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) to launch the Reimagining Green(er) Solutions to Hunger Challenge.

Health & Healthcare

Guide to Road Trips With Your Dog

Planning to hit the road with your furry friend in tow? Read our ultimate guide to road trips with dogs to stay safe and keep your pooch happy along the way!

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Transparency, Reporting, and Sustainable Finance: Aligning Finance with Our Decarbonization Strategy

NRG is committed to leading its sector in sustainability transparency and disclosure. We follow the leading globally accepted frameworks and standards in order to provide key information to all of our stakeholders.

Responsible Production & Consumption

MilliporeSigma Continues to Achieve Great Progress With Its SMASH Packaging Plan

MilliporeSigma is celebrating the progress of its SMASH Packaging Plan, an industry-first framework designed to reduce the environmental impact of the company's packaging by 2022. Learn how the company is on track to achieve several of its initiatives.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sustainability Systems in the Next Decade of Action on Business and Human Rights

Can voluntary tools and mandatory due diligence work in tandem towards the common goal of improving business action on human rights?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GoDaddy Launches “Icons of Atlanta” Series to Highlight Small Businesses Who Run the City of Dreams

GoDaddy, the company empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing all of the help and tools to succeed online, launched the “Icons of Atlanta” series.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Cardiff Products Corporation Opens New Co-Manufacturing Facility, Fully Equipped by Tetra Pak

Processing and packaging capacity for plant-based, shelf-stable beverages is growing in Canada.

Energy

Sustainability Roundtable Strikes Partnership With LevelTen Energy to Help Medium-Sized Businesses Meet Ambitious Renewable Energy Goals

Today Sustainability Roundtable Inc. (SR Inc.) and LevelTen Energy announced a new partnership that will help medium-sized businesses set and meet more ambitious and credible renewable energy goals

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Recognized on Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion List and Received Perfect Score on the Disability Equality Index (DEI)

For the seventh year in a row, Merck has been recognized on the Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion list — and for the fourth straight year, Merck has received a score of 100% on the Disability Equality Index (DEI).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Future of Real Estate for a Better World

Striving for something better is a very human thing. Whether it be a better house, better clothes, a better job, it’s our nature to seek a future, which is an improvement upon the current state.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Report by Edge Environment Highlights Ways to Accelerate Usage of Natural Climate Solutions for Climate Impact Reduction

Sustainability consultancy Edge Environment releases new report on accelerating the usage of Natural Climate Solutions, and welcomes new NCS experts to US team.

Innovation & Technology

Building Broad-based Resilience in Our Facilities, Installations, and Cities

This is the first in a series of three articles by Heather Mendenall, one of Tetra Tech’s expert master planners, exploring the components of master plans and how to integrate resilience at every step.

Latest Campaigns

Financial health

At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...

Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...

Growth Through Sustainability

Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...

The Ray

News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.

Drawdown Georgia

Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...

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...

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...

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...