Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Research, Reports & Publications

Barilla “Good for You, Good for the Planet” – 2020 Report

Jul 27, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Barilla Group has released its new Sustainability Report, to share the path taken by the Company with society at large and to give a concrete contribution to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, part of the 2030 Agenda.

Research, Reports & Publications

MSME Resilience: A New Framework for the New Normal

Jul 27, 2020 7:00 AM ET

The MSME resilience framework serves as an organizing tool which governments, philanthropic organizations, development agencies, and large corporates can adopt to help micro, small, and medium enterprises recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

Innovation & Technology

VR Training for Healthcare Workers on the Front Line and in the Classroom

Jul 24, 2020 4:05 PM ET

In Washington state, doctors who typically deal with elective surgeries turned to virtual reality (VR) to relearn emergency-response skills they haven’t practiced since medical school. In New York City, homebound nursing students watched online simulations to learn how to properly don personal protective equipment (PPE).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

San Diego Begins Offering Free Summer Lunches to Children

Jul 24, 2020 4:00 PM ET

The city is partnering with…Albertsons Companies' Nourishing Neighbors program to help feed children.

Events, Media & Communications

Comerica Bank, The DEC Network @ Redbird to Offer Virtual Business $ense Bootcamp Series

Jul 24, 2020 4:00 PM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

Schneider Electric Sustainability Report 2019 - 2020: Climate Action Highlights

Jul 24, 2020 3:35 PM ET

We made a firm resolution years ago to address the climate crisis. We work toward a cleaner future by building sustainable programs into our business, and in 2019 we continued to turn rhetoric into results.

Health & Healthcare

AB InBev Supports Smallholder Farmers Through the Pandemic and Beyond

Jul 24, 2020 3:30 PM ET

As it has globally, COVID-19 has had a massive impact on farmers, especially rural smallholder farms that are typically smaller, family-run operations with limited access to resources, storage options and labor.

Events, Media & Communications

Mohawk Group Connects the A&D Community with its DesignFWD Virtual Summit

Jul 24, 2020 2:55 PM ET

Commercial flooring manufacturer Mohawk Group, known for thoughtfulness, creativity, and an eco-conscious ethos, hosted the first-ever DesignFWD Virtual Summit to connect the design community — under the inaugural theme of “A New Path Forward.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FlexPrint National Managed Print Solutions Proudly Supports Whole Planet Foundation's Power Your Purpose Virtual 5K Run

Jul 24, 2020 2:45 PM ET

FlexPrint started supporting Whole Planet Foundation last year with a $25,000 sponsorship and is continuing their support in 2020 through the Virtual 5K as a Silver Sponsor.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Perseverance and Team HOPE

Jul 24, 2020 2:00 PM ET

Hope is exactly what one FIRST Global team embodied, despite having gone through circumstances many people will never experience: war—asylum—becoming refugees.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cultivate Strives to Enhance Employee Multigenerational Collaboration Virtually

Jul 24, 2020 1:15 PM ET

COVID19 has greatly impacted individuals, teams and companies. Whether companies transitioned all of their employees to working from home overnight or shut down offices temporarily, we’ve all been affected in one way or another.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Recognizing Our Best: Alyssa Pointer

Jul 24, 2020 1:00 PM ET

Multimedia journalists can’t stay outside the fray if they want to tell stories that are impactful. That was certainly true for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Alyssa Pointer, who found herself at the center of the action (and not for the first time) when covering protests over racial injustice and police brutality in Atlanta.

Events, Media & Communications

Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 8

Jul 24, 2020 12:50 PM ET

Land Betterment Corporation an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, releases Episode 8 of its Impact Minute video blog.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CIT Supports Customer Effort to Address Hunger Relief in Southern Nevada

Jul 24, 2020 12:30 PM ET

CIT Group Inc. (CIT) today announced that it has donated 30,000 meals to those in need through Three Square Food Bank, Southern Nevada's only food bank and the area's largest hunger-relief organization.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Proud to Be #21 on DiversityInc’s 2020 Top 50 Companies for Diversity

Jul 24, 2020 12:30 PM ET

Few companies on the planet can claim the success of being an iconic company for more than 125 years. Even fewer can authentically show their purpose day in and day out of making moments of goodness for consumers.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Leading Colombian Coffee Exporter Expands Mandate to Strengthen Farming Communities

Jul 24, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Colombian coffee exporter Lohas Beans has joined Business Call to Action with a commitment to expand their suppliers by 60 percent, from 22 to 35 coffee grower associations and support them in acquiring organic certification by 2022.

Innovation & Technology

Does It Spark Joy? It's Time to Spring Clean Your Digital Life

Jul 24, 2020 11:45 AM ET

Most of us have embraced an increasingly digital life as we carry on through this coronavirus crisis. We are leaning more heavily than ever on our devices to help us work, eat, exercise, socialize and more.

Innovation & Technology

Stanley Black & Decker Partners with DeepHow to Deploy AI-Powered Technology

Jul 24, 2020 11:30 AM ET

STANLEY X, the Innovation hub of Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), today announced a partnership with DeepHow, the first AI solution to train and transfer knowledge among skilled workers.

Education

STEM Careers Coalition from Discovery Education Debuts New Video Series Spotlighting Corporate Community Responses to COVID-19

Jul 24, 2020 11:30 AM ET

To help students connect the dots between the application of STEM skills, innovating solutions, and important real-world challenges, the STEM Careers Coalition launches “COVID-19 Solution Seekers,” a video series spotlighting how non-profits, corporations, and industries pivot to meet the needs presented by COVID-19.

Diversity & Inclusion

Black & Veatch CEO Commits Global EPC Company to Quest for Greater Disabilities-Related Inclusiveness

Jul 24, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Coinciding with this year’s 30th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Black & Veatch CEO Steve Edwards has joined a group’s global campaign to enlist 500 companies to make greater inclusion of special needs employees a priority.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Our New Qualcomm Small Business Accelerator Program — Helping Keep Companies Connected [Podcast]

Jul 24, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Pledges up to $20 Million to Support New York Economic Recovery Efforts

Jul 24, 2020 10:05 AM ET

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced today that it pledged up to $20 million to support the New York Forward Loan Fund (NYFLF), an economic revitalization program across New York State.

Health & Healthcare

Bringing Quality Care Closer to Home

Jul 24, 2020 9:30 AM ET

Innovation & Technology

Open to Innovation

Jul 24, 2020 9:10 AM ET

HENRi is one of Nestle's open innovation platforms set up to help harness the ideas and passion of external partners, especially from the start-up sector.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Addressing COVID-19 in Vulnerable Diamond and Gold Mining Communities

Jul 24, 2020 9:00 AM ET

“Look at how we work,” said Sylvain, an artisanal diamond miner in Sama near Carnot in the Central African Republic (CAR). “If the coronavirus comes to this site then we’re all going to get it.”