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Health & Healthcare

Ecolab Receives First EPA Approval for Biofilm Disinfection in Drains

Ecolab Inc. is the first to receive EPA product approval for disinfection of biofilms in wastewater drains for its Virasept™ product – an important part of a comprehensive environmental hygiene program designed to help effectively combat bacterial growth in hospitals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?

What if we stop defining billionaires as someone who accumulates a billion dollars and instead define it as someone who helps a billion people?

Energy

First-Ever Peace REC (P-REC) Transaction Drives Renewable Energy Development in Africa

Microsoft announces the first-ever Peace Renewable Energy Credit (P-REC) transaction in partnership with Energy Peace Partners, Nuru, and 3Degrees. This purchase supports the installation of new streetlights in the Goma neighborhood of the DRC.

Media & Communications

Subaru Drives Heartwarming Hope With New Creative Campaign for Launch of 2020 Subaru Share the Love Event

Subaru of America, Inc. today revealed a new creative campaign to celebrate the launch of its 13th annual Subaru Share the Love® Event.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Stop the Spread Expands Advisory Board Membership to Accelerate Pandemic Response

As U.S. coronavirus cases exceed 11 million and approach 250,000 deaths, Stop the Spread (STS) announced that it will expand its Advisory Board to increase its ability to address the evolving needs of the pandemic

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

The Importance of Driving a Circular Economy in the 'New Normal' (Commentary)

Environment

FCA Installs New Monitoring Station to Measure Air Quality on Detroit's East Side

We all need clean air, at home and at work, inside and outside of the places we live. But how do we truly know that the air we’re breathing is clean? That’s why we’ve installed a state-of-the-art, ambient air quality monitoring station at our new Mack Assembly Plant.

Health & Healthcare

Novartis Set to Achieve 100% Renewable Electricity in Its European Operations

Novartis today announced the signature of five virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs), which are expected to collectively add more than 275 megawatts of clean power to the electrical grid.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

water4Her Campaign Launches to Mobilize 100,000 Women to Empower 100,000 Women Through Clean Water

water4Her Campaign Launches to Mobilize 100,000 Women to Empower 100,000 Women through Clean Water
Global Water Challenge’s women for water Teams Up with Chris Long Foundation’s Waterboys to Bring Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) to Women and Girls in High-Need Communities

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Tops $10 Million in Donations From AmazonSmile

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® becomes the first AmazonSmile charity to reach the $10 million donation milestone through the program.

Education

Grand Prize Winner Named in 2020 DSCVR Student Design Competition

Durkan, together in partnership with NEWH, announced today that Ishanya Singhal of the Savannah College of Art and Design is the grand prize winner of the 2020 dscvr Student Design Competition.

Green Infrastructure

Making Deliveries More Sustainable Than Ever

As e-commerce transforms the experience of buying and selling goods, consumer expectations are changing rapidly.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation and National Medical Fellowships Launch $100 Million Program to Help Increase Diversity and Inclusion in Clinical Trials

he Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation and National Medical Fellowships today announced that they have entered into a partnership aimed at improving diversity in clinical trials. Leveraging $100 million of the previously announced commitment...

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

LIXIL Group Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Second Consecutive Year

LIXIL announced its inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the second consecutive year and the DJSI Asia Pacific Index for the fourth consecutive year for its sustainability performance.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

General Motors Donates Face Masks and Flu Vaccines to California Communities

General Motors today announced a donation of 1 million face masks and funding for 5,000 flu vaccines for California communities in need.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Comcast NBCUniversal Recognized as Military Friendly Company

Education

Verizon Innovative Learning Expands to Offer 3M+ Teachers Free Tools for Digital Education

Verizon is providing additional support and remote learning resources for educators, students and parents.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Camden Businesses Help Get Local Students Back on Two Wheels after Theft Halts LUCY Outreach Bike Program

Camden youth participating in LUCY Outreach’s bike program had something to celebrate today, as American Water, New Jersey American Water, and Employee Resource Groups at Subaru of America announced they are donating $33,500 to the nonprofit

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Next Four Years: What Does It Mean for Corporate Citizenship?

The next four years will bring issues of mental health, social justice, climate change, and the economy, into focus in a new way – a way that requires us, as corporate citizenship practitioners, to proactively integrate them into new programs.

Sustainable Development Goals

Amidst Pandemic, Kimberly-Clark Continues to Address Global Sanitation Crisis Affecting Two Billion People

As the global COVID-19 pandemic began to unfold earlier this year, many focused on ensuring access to essential products, like toilet paper. Yet two billion people around the world still lack access to basic sanitation and clean water.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Herbalife Nutrition Receives the CONCAMIN Ethics and Industry Values Award

Herbalife Nutrition Mexico recently received the CONCAMIN Ethics and Industry Values Award from the Confederation of Industrial Chambers of the United Mexican States. The award was received in recognition of the company’s policies, process...

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ISSA Recognizes SC Johnson as the 2020 Hygieia Network Member of the Year

SC Johnson today announced it has been recognized as the ISSA 2020 Hygieia Network Member of the Year.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 18

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is proud to release Episode 18 of its Impact Minute video blog

Research, Reports & Publications

Five Steps to Sustainability Reporting in an Evolving Landscape

Sustainability reporting is no longer optional—it's a stakeholder expectation. Most business leaders understand this: 90 percent of S&P 500 companies now issue public sustainability reports.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Fifth Third's Commitment to Small Businesses
    Fifth Third believes that small businesses form the foundation of our communities – and when they succeed, we all succeed. Supporting them through...
  2. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  3. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  4. 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...
  5. Digital Safety
    We provide tools and guidance so people can manage digital content in a way that’s right for them and their families. Learn more >>
  6. 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...
  7. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  8. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  9. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  10. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  11. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  12. Retail Logistics
    DP World provides end-to-end retail logistics solutions including comprehensive Purchase Order management from origin consolidation to retailer PO...
  13. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  14. KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service
    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
  15. 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...