Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Sustainable Development Goals

Schneider Electric Gears up for Climate Week NYC, Launching an Inspiring New Program for UN SDGs and Reinforcing & Accelerating Its Commitments for a Carbon Neutral World

Sep 23, 2020 6:35 PM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

Time for a Home Tech Upgrade? Here's How to Do It Safely and Responsibly

Sep 23, 2020 6:15 PM ET

Learn how to protect your data and reduce environmental impact when you’re ready for a new device.

Social Impact & Volunteering

VolunteerMatch Celebrates National Voter Registration Day With Launch of New Election-Related Volunteering Website

Sep 23, 2020 6:05 PM ET

VolunteerMatch has launched a new website designed to make election-related volunteering more accessible. Nonprofits including Turnout Nation, Open Progress, and Civic Works are featured, each of which offer volunteer actions that can be performed virtually via computer, phone, and mail.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CEOs, Make Sure Your Employees Aren't Struggling To Get By

Sep 23, 2020 5:05 PM ET

In 2018, PayPal anonymously surveyed a large sample of its hourly and entry-level employees to assess their financial security. The results indicated that almost two-thirds of surveyed employees reported periodically running out of money between paydays.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CNH Industrial Included in the 2020 Refinitiv Diversity & Inclusion Index

Sep 23, 2020 5:00 PM ET

CNH Industrial is pleased to announce that its efforts in diversity and inclusion have been recognized in the 2020 Refinitiv Diversity & Inclusion Index.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Realtors Reducing Poverty: Tony Sells SLC

Sep 23, 2020 4:20 PM ET

Tony was instrumental in his former employer showing up one day to the Whole Foods Market headquarters office in Austin, Texas with a Big Check made out to Whole Planet Foundation for $100,000.

Events, Media & Communications

Business Call to Action 10th Annual Forum: Reimagining Resilience through Inclusive Business Innovation

Sep 23, 2020 4:05 PM ET

Energy

North Carolina's Largest Hydro Plant Gets a Makeover

Sep 23, 2020 4:00 PM ET

From the littlest electrical switches to rotors that weigh 300 tons, Duke Energy employees recently completed a multi-year renovation at Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station to update nearly every part of the plant.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Make Your Voice Heard

Sep 23, 2020 3:05 PM ET

At United, our mission is to connect people and unite the world — and one of the most important ways to do that is to engage in the democratic process. That's why we've long provided our employees with resources to help them get registered to vote.

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic: Quality Care, From Anywhere

Sep 23, 2020 3:00 PM ET

When New York City became the epicenter for COVID-19, Medtronic took the initiative to help transform a well-renowned convention center into a source of hope.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Verizon Joins Cisco and P&G as 'Just Vote' Campaign Partners

Sep 23, 2020 2:30 PM ET

These companies are giving employees paid time off so they can get to the polls.

Research, Reports & Publications

Land Betterment Corporation Highlights the World Economic Forum's Whitepaper on Measuring Stakeholder Capitalism

Sep 23, 2020 2:25 PM ET

Land Betterment Corporation supports and is ready to take action based on the World Economic Forum’s White Paper on Measuring Stakeholder Capitalism.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Oweesta Corporation Receives $300,000 Grant to Support Native Communities

Sep 23, 2020 2:05 PM ET

Oweesta Corporation announced a $300,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation, which will enable the Native Community Development Financial Institution intermediary to provide COVID-19 focused technical assistance, training and other support service

Health & Healthcare

Reimagining Community Health Systems Challenge to Deliver Telehealth to Underserved Areas Ends With Strategies for Expansion

Sep 23, 2020 2:05 PM ET

PYXERA Global’s Reimagining Community Health Systems Challenge ended in September with U.S. Community Health Centers poised to play a stronger role in expanding telehealth services for 30 million low-income patients

Diversity & Inclusion

Meet the Civil Rights Leaders Joining T‑Mobile’s External Diversity and Inclusion Council

Sep 23, 2020 2:00 PM ET

The men and women of the council include some of America’s most accomplished civil rights leaders, representing a wide-range of underrepresented communities.

Innovation & Technology

Cypris Materials Introduces Nature Inspired, Tunable, Structural Color Coating

Sep 23, 2020 2:00 PM ET

Cypris Materials, Inc. has cracked nature's code on nanostructures by creating a new type of paint that can be used from cosmetics to the auto industry.

Energy

MetLife to Reduce Emissions by 30 Percent and Originate $20 Billion of New Green Investments by 2030

Sep 23, 2020 1:50 PM ET

Over the next 10 years, MetLife, Inc. has committed to reduce its location-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 percent from 2019 levels, originate $20 billion in new MetLife Investment Management (MIM)–managed green investments, and allocate $5 million to develop products and partnerships that drive climate solutions.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Truist Donates $40 Million to Launch Innovative Nonprofit Fund Supporting Ethnically, Racially Diverse and Women-Owned Small Businesses

Sep 23, 2020 1:25 PM ET

Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) today announced a $40 million initial donation to help establish CornerSquare Community Capital, a new national nonprofit fund that will support selected community development financial institutions...

Responsible Production & Consumption

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health Commits $800 Million Through 2030 to Make Its Products More Sustainable for a Healthier Planet

Sep 23, 2020 1:00 PM ET

As part of its new Healthy Lives Mission, the company's iconic consumer brands will aim to use 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable plastic packaging and certified/post-consumer recycled paper- and pulp-based packaging.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Making Our Operations Less Carbon Intensive

Sep 23, 2020 12:30 PM ET

Products made by chemistry are vital to many low-carbon technologies, including the “built environment,” medicine and mobility. Yet the industrial processes to make these products are both energy and CO2-intensive.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bringing Healing and Justice to Portland's Black Community

Sep 23, 2020 12:00 PM ET

As our biggest donor to date, Comcast's contribution to Brown Hope — now the Black Resilience Fund’s parent nonprofit — will provide real and tangible support to our Black neighbors.

Sustainable Development Goals

UN Global Compact Water Resilience Coalition Partners With WaterAid to Call for Collective Action on Water Access

Sep 23, 2020 12:00 PM ET

The Water Resilience Coalition, an industry-driven, CEO-led initiative of the United Nations Global Compact, has launched “Water is Resilience: A Call for Collective Action on Water Access” in partnership with WaterAid

Innovation & Technology

EarthX Leads Environmental Innovation With Entrepreneur-In-Residence Program

Sep 23, 2020 12:00 PM ET

EarthX has announced it has launched a new Entrepreneur-in-Residence program, EarthX <EIR>, providing the world’s most talented thinkers the opportunity to incubate their ideas and spur innovation for environmental benefit. The program provides...

Media & Communications

Lively Discussions: The Move Toward Harmonized Corporate ESG / Sustainability Reporting

Sep 23, 2020 11:00 AM ET

There are lively discussions going on, centered on improving publicly-traded company disclosure and reporting – and especially ESG reporting…that is, storytelling about the company’s “non-financials” (in accounting-speak).

Environment

Considering Climate Change Root Cause During Climate Week 2020

Sep 23, 2020 11:00 AM ET

With the increasing urgency of addressing the root cause of climate change, Keysight is committed to building a better planet with a “Think Future, Act Now” mentality.