Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation Quarterly Giving Series: Q2 2025

DICK'S Sporting Goods

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wesco Recognized as a 2025 Blackbaud Impact Awards Finalist

Wesco International

Events, Media & Communications

How AI Is Disrupting Sustainability Reporting

3BL

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The ROI of Sustainability: A CFO's Perspective

Trane Technologies

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

DaVita Marks Major Milestone in 100% Renewable Energy Commitment

DaVita





Editors Pick

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cerro Verde, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Wins Award for Cultural Conservation

The Provincial Municipality of Arequipa in Peru presented Cerro Verde with an award for its commitment to art and cultural conservation during a ceremony celebrating the city's historic center and its 20th anniversary as a World Cultural Heritage of Humanity site.

Environment

Recycling During a Pandemic: One Year Later

As we reflect on a full year of COVID-19, it is obvious that our lives have been changed immeasurably, and business across the board has shifted to meet the demands of the “new normal.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Northern Trust Closes on $13 Million Investment to Support Homeless in Denver

Working with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH), Northern Trust has invested a total of $13.2 million in equity to finance medical respite and housing for people experiencing homelessness.

Green Infrastructure

4 Sustainability Issues for Business and Government

Key takeaways from Morgan Stanley’s Sustainable Investing Summit illustrate how companies, investors and governments can pursue systemic solutions to interrelated sustainability problems.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Milwaukee's WTMJ-4 News Highlights Rockwell's Benefits for Working Families

Becky House, senior vice president and chief people and legal officer at Rockwell Automation has been instrumental in helping to reevaluate and shape how the company supports working parents during the pandemic.

Education

DesignFWD: Made of Water

Water is essential for all life and is nature’s currency. As humans, we have been influencing and managing the capital of water for our own benefit and survival. But not all water is the same.

Sustainable Development Goals

The Essential Podcast, Episode 33: Five Years of Cautious Optimism & ESG Trends to Watch in 2021 and Beyond

Prior to the global pandemic, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics were enjoying a cultural moment as more companies and investors committed to including such factors in their goals and decisions.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Carnival Corporation Recognized Among Best Companies for Latinos to Work

Carnival Corporation & plc announced it has been recognized as one of the Best Companies for Latinos to Work by Latino Leaders Magazine.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Procter & Gamble CEO David Taylor Reflects on Lessons Learned From 2020, Company's Path Moving Forward

Taylor says P&G's products are more viable than ever as consumers spend more time at home.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac on Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies List for 15th Consecutive Year

Aflac, a leading provider of supplemental insurance products in the U.S., today announced it has once again been named as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere.

Environment

What We've Learned One Year Into the Global Pandemic

A year into the global pandemic, we asked executive leadership to reflect on what we’ve learned and how we’ve managed to weather the storm, while also providing a glimpse of what’s in store for the future.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

iPoint Wins Gold at the 2021 German Stevie® Awards

The software provider and UN Global Compact signatory iPoint-systems was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the category “Communications Department of the Year” at the 2021 German Stevie® Awards for its outstanding SDG communication.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Astia Is Transforming the Way We Fund Businesses

Cisco has invested in early-phase funding to help Astia develop a tech-enabled platform to source and screen companies applying to Astia for investment, and work to remove bias from the investment process.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Named One of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Health Care and Biopharma™ by Great Place to Work® and Fortune

Merck has been named one of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Health Care & Biopharma™ by Great Place to Work and Fortune.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Future of Work at VMware

As businesses and people continue to adapt to our current global environment, we’re focusing on what we can do to help candidates and employees adjust and thrive in the future construct of working at VMware.

Health & Healthcare

Herbalife Nutrition Shares How Nutrition Education and Community Support Can Help Combat Obesity

Obesity is a growing global epidemic with over 800 million people currently living with the disease. The role of nutrition education and supportive communities have the power in making a difference in fighting obesity.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Palmolive Ultra Re-Launches Dish Soap in 100% Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic Bottles

Palmolive shows how efficacy and sustainability can work hand in hand with the re-launch of the new Palmolive Ultra dish soap, in bottles now made with 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic.

Research, Reports & Publications

AccountAbility Launches the AA1000 Online Training License, Expanding Global, On-Demand Access to Quality Sustainability Training

AccountAbility Launches the AA1000 Online Training License

Diversity & Inclusion

Barbara Slater: “Women Entering the Sports Industry Have Role Models Now”

As a leading woman working in sport, Barbara Slater is well placed to impart her wisdom on the leadership theme of this year’s International Women’s Day.

Health & Healthcare

Majid Al Futtaim Taps IBM Food Trust to Deliver Food Traceability Across Carrefour Stores Using Blockchain Technology

Strategic collaboration offers Carrefour customers the benefit of end-to-end product visibility-promoting food quality, credibility and safety

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

2020 Subaru Share the Love® Event Reaches $26.2 Million in Charitable Donations

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced its donation of more than $20.6 million to national and local charities resulting from the 2020 Subaru Share the Love® Event. When combined with participating Subaru retailer donations, the total donation climbed to $26.2 million in 2020.

Environment

Black Forest Snacks Announces a Series of Purpose-Led Commitments Focused on Real Action

In celebration of International Day of Forests on March 21, Black Forest, a candy and snack brand inspired by real forests, announces its purpose commitment to become a sustainable brand.

Events, Media & Communications

Closing the Gap: Removing Barriers to Create More Affordable Housing.

As the U.S. inches closer toward herd immunity and the transmission rate of the coronavirus slows, millions of Americans remain behind on rent and are struggling to stay afloat.

Environment

Oceans 2050 Receives Grant From WWF, With Support From Bezos Earth Fund, for Global Effort to Quantify Seaweed Carbon Sequestration

Oceans 2050 Receives Grant From WWF, with support from Bezos Earth Fund for Global Effort to Quantify Seaweed Carbon Sequestration - Groundbreaking Global Study Will Deliver Evidence and Methodology to Validate and Monetize the Carbon Sequestration Impact of Ocean Farming

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank to Provide $13M in Financing for Mixed-Use Development in Cleveland

KeyBank has put together $13 million in financing for NRP Group's affordable housing development on the campus of MetroHealth in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood of Cleveland.

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. Goals That Inspire: Positive Social Impact
    Through our Goals That Inspire we strive to make a positive difference in our communities by relying on our ability to understand their needs and then...
  3. 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...
  4. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  5. Enriching Women's Lives
    60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash created an unparalleled opportunity for women to define their own successes and control their own futures. Her vision of...
  6. 2024-25 AMD CR Report
    AMD Commemorates 30 Years of Corporate Responsibility with 2024-25 Report
  7. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  8. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.
  9. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  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. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...
  12. Aflac News and Updates
    See the latest news about Aflac.
  13. Katrina 20th Anniversary
    This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...
  14. Building a Sustainable Future | Decarbonizing the Built Environment
    The building sector accounts for nearly 40% of carbon emissions and nearly 50% of the consumption of natural resources. The industry stands at a...