Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Social Impact & Volunteering

Preparing for Hurricane Season

Jul 21, 2020 9:35 AM ET

Environment

Walgreens Joins Groundbreaking Consortium to Reinvent the Plastic Retail Bag

Jul 21, 2020 9:05 AM ET

Walgreens announced today that it has joined the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners and other leading retailers in a groundbreaking consortium that aims to reinvent the single-use plastic retail bag.

Research, Reports & Publications

Experian Sustainable Business Report 2020 Highlights Financial Recovery Solutions, Carbon Neutral Commitment

Jul 21, 2020 5:00 AM ET

Experian has published its annual Sustainable Business Report 2020, outlining the Group’s commitment to social and environmental issues, as well as details of its corporate responsibility performance.

Diversity & Inclusion

New Paths, New Faces: IBM Offers 1000 Paid Internships to Diversify Tech Talent

Jul 20, 2020 5:00 PM ET

Nearly a decade ago our company, an innovation company, journeyed to put a new face on technology by creating new pathways to science, technology, engineering and math careers with P-TECH.

Events, Media & Communications

Join the Second Porter Novelli Purpose Summit: The era of Stakeholder Centered Business

Jul 20, 2020 4:30 PM ET

The COVID-19 pandemic, a reckoning of social justice, a global recession and a resounding call to action for all sectors to more deeply drive impact has fundamentally altered business today. To ensure short-term survival and long-term success...

Social Impact & Volunteering

Alexion's Employees in Japan Give Back to Senior Citizens

Jul 20, 2020 4:00 PM ET

The current global pandemic has had a profound impact on many communities around the world, arguably the most profound being on the senior citizen community. During a recent day off, three of Alexion’s employees in Japan volunteered their time...

Events, Media & Communications

Comerica Bank and Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women Host Virtual Business $ense Boot Camp Series

Jul 20, 2020 3:40 PM ET

Comerica Bank has joined forces with Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW) to host a three-part virtual Business $ense Boot Camp, including three events aiming to provide resources and support to small west Michigan businesses as they recover and reopen amid COVID-19.

Media & Communications

GRI & SASB 2020 Collaborate To Better Understand The Use Of The Two Standards Together In Corporate ESG Reporting

Jul 20, 2020 3:30 PM ET

Two heavyweights in the corporate reporting frameworks/standards arena have announced intentions to move closer to help promote “clarity and comparability in the sustainability landscape” – GRI and SASB.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Powering Ethics in HR Recruiting

Jul 20, 2020 3:30 PM ET

Two years ago when I began my job search I wanted to make sure I chose to work for a company that I could see myself at for the long-term.

Health & Healthcare

United Airlines to Maximize Ventilation System During Boarding and Deplaning

Jul 20, 2020 3:30 PM ET

United Airlines today announced that the carrier will now maximize air flow volume for all mainline aircraft HEPA filtration systems during the entire boarding and deplaning process, helping further reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Innovation & Technology

The Power of IoT in the New Normal

Jul 20, 2020 2:00 PM ET

The world was not prepared for the pandemic. Never before has the entire world experienced such strange times. Working and studying from home has now become the new norm. The world is desperate to find a cure for this pandemic.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Poo, Worms and the Fight Against Climate Change

Jul 20, 2020 2:00 PM ET

In the first episode of The Tomorrow Farm, we look at some of humanity’s most historically innovative industries, and where they could be going. Available everywhere you stream your favorite podcasts.

Diversity & Inclusion

Honoring Long Time Support for the National Civil Rights Museum

Jul 20, 2020 1:45 PM ET

FedEx In a recent letter to all team members, Chairman & CEO Frederick W. Smith and FedEx Corporation President and COO Raj Subramaniam stated “we are proud of our long-standing history of supporting and fostering relationships with organizations that are working to make our society more equitable and just.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bloomberg Has Contributed Two Million Meals Globally to COVID-19 Frontline Workers and Communities in Need

Jul 20, 2020 1:30 PM ET

Bloomberg LP’s corporate philanthropy has funded distribution of one million meals around the world, building on Mike Bloomberg’s $6 million in support for World Central Kitchen, which brought over one million meals to frontline workers at 16 New York City public hospital facilities

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Florida Teen Fighting Hunger Gets a Cereal Surprise

Jul 20, 2020 12:45 PM ET

Kennedy McCormick asks for the same thing for her birthday every year: Boxes of cereal. She was motivated to start collecting cereal at the age of seven after seeing a commercial about childhood hunger.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How Employee Volunteer Programs are Changing in 2020

Jul 20, 2020 11:30 AM ET

How will socially responsible business leaders move forward in 2020 with plans to give back?

Innovation & Technology

Have You Set Tech Ground Rules For Your Kids?

Jul 20, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Together, NortonLifeLock and National PTA created the The Smart Talk, a free, fun, interactive resource that brings caregivers and kids together to create tech ground rules.

Health & Healthcare

Global Leaders in Technology and Design Compete to Bring Telehealth to Underserved Areas

Jul 20, 2020 10:30 AM ET

Some of the world’s top technology innovators are volunteering their time to competing for a chance to make telehealth services more widely available in disadvantaged communities in the U.S., through a corporate challenge that seeks to break down healthcare barriers intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Innovation & Technology

Molbio: Solving Healthcare Challenges With Bits and Bytes

Jul 20, 2020 10:00 AM ET

We recently caught up with Sundeep Subbarau from SMART Wireless Computing to learn how SMART Wireless worked with India-based Molbio Diagnostics to help them use IoT technologies to create a solution designed to improve access to healthcare.

Events, Media & Communications

Meet the Moment and Build the Future at the BSR20 Virtual Conference

Jul 20, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Registration for the BSR20 Virtual Conference is now open.

Sustainable Development Goals

Tetra Tech's Tim Michael Discusses Quality Assurance Oversight for International Development Projects

Jul 20, 2020 9:00 AM ET

With more than 35 years of experience in project management, engineering, and infrastructure development, Tim Michael is a director in Tetra Tech’s international infrastructure sector. Tim has led projects through all phases of feasibility, facility, and infrastructure development for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Afghanistan and for the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Tunisia.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

First Textiles Dye to Earn Both SCS Recycled Content and Recycling Program Certification Awarded to MKS DevO Chemicals

Jul 20, 2020 9:00 AM ET

SCS Global Services announces that it awarded dual certifications to MKS DevO Chemicals (MKS DevO), leading organic chemicals producer in the Europe, Middle East and North Africa (EMENA) region, after undergoing an assessment. MKS DevO achieved Recycled Content Certification for its patented product Sultan Black Recycle® and Certified Recycling Program for its production facility Bandirma Chemical Complex® (BCC).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How an IYF Program Team in Mexico Learned and Innovated to Serve High School Students During COVID-19

Jul 17, 2020 5:15 PM ET

The COVID-19 pandemic brought many challenges for IYF’s program teams, but also the opportunity for learning and innovation. A good example of this can be seen in our Jóvenes con Entrega program, funded by FedEx, which prepares Mexican high school students for careers in logistics.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Impossible Foods and Colin Kaepernick Fight Food Insecurity and Racial Injustice

Jul 17, 2020 4:25 PM ET

As COVID-19 tears throughout the U.S., the coronavirus may not be the deadliest part of the pandemic. CNN reports that the resulting hunger crisis could kill more people than the disease itself, especially minorities. In fact, triple the amount of Black households report not having enough to eat during COVID-19, compared with white households. Further, the disparities of hunger all ladder up to broader racial injustice in the United States. To fight disproportionate hunger in communities of color, an interesting duo has joined forces.

Diversity & Inclusion

MetLife Receives Top Score on Disability Equality Index

Jul 17, 2020 3:25 PM ET

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that it has received a top score on the Disability Equality Index® (DEI), making the company a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” for the fourth year in a row.