Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Entrepreneurs and the Racial Wealth Divide: A Q&A With Jessica Norwood

African American entrepreneurs have a significantly harder time than their white counterparts do in securing funding from friends and family to launch their businesses.

Innovation & Technology

STEYR Konzept Tractor Powering the Future of Farming With a Hybrid Concept

Combining innovative technologies in a unique, sustainable and potentially zero emission package, STEYR has created the STEYR Konzept, which encapsulates a future vision for agricultural machinery.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Virgin Pulse Global Challenge Results: NRG Limestone Elite 7

We sat down with the winning team from NRG to discuss how they leveraged their time throughout the day and while moving through different parts of the plant at work.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Named to Forbes JUST 100 List

CBRE Group, Inc. has been named one of America’s Most JUST Companies for 2020, according to Forbes and JUST Capital. CBRE was the #1 real estate company on the list.

Media & Communications

It’s “Official” Now: The United States of America Is Withdrawing From the Historic Paris Accord on Climate Change With Notice to the UN

The big news of this week: The USA is now “officially” withdrawing from the Paris Accord on Climate Change. The one-year countdown to “USA out” is now underway.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GM Leads the Automotive Industry as One of America’s Most JUST Companies

General Motors has been named one of America’s Most JUST Companies for 2020 according to Forbes and JUST Capital. GM was ranked No. 1 among automobile and parts companies for the third year in a row and No. 18 overall.

Health & Healthcare

A Bride Meets the Girl Whose Life She Saved

When she heard about a bone marrow drive on campus with DKMS, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to ending blood cancers and finding donors, Ms. Aiken volunteered to help run the drive and registered to be a donor.

Sustainable Development Goals

INFOGRAPHIC | How IBM Contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals

IBM is uniquely positioned to support the SDGs through the company’s internal operations and supply chain, CSR programs, diversity and inclusion practices, and most importantly, the products, solutions, and services that IBM offers to clients.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Challenge Accepted: The Our Food Journey™ Small Change, Big Impact Challenge

The ideas addressed sustainability, transparency, food insecurity, food deserts, nutrition and reducing food waste. Hearing the pitches, the audience gained new perspective, a heavy dose of reality and an equally healthy dose of hope.

Innovation & Technology

New 2020 Jeep® Wrangler EcoDiesel: Ultimate Fuel Efficiency and Driving Range, With 442 lb.-ft. of Torque for Improved Performance

The most capable SUV ever will soon be available with the most fuel-efficient and highest torque-rated Wrangler engine ever with the introduction of the new 2020 Jeep® Wrangler EcoDiesel.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

United Airlines Nabs Award for Its Eco-Friendly 'Flight for the Planet'

United Airlines’ historic “Flight for the Planet” in early June caught the attention of the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), which held an “Airports Going Green” conference in Chicago this week.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Listening and Learning From Our Employees to Drive Greater Social Impact

3M benchmarks annually against the world’s greatest companies to ensure we empower our people with game-changing community engagement programs.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FedEx Honored with ‘The Coalition for Integrity’ Corporate Leadership Award

FedEx has been recognized as the recipient of ‘The Coalition for Integrity’ Corporate Leadership Award for its commitment to corporate social responsibility and ethics and integrity.

Responsible Production & Consumption

LG Launches 2019 Energy Star Laundry Room, Kitchen Campaign

ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year LG Electronics USA is helping to make holiday entertaining more efficient and easier than ever.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The State of Sustainable Business 2019: Toward a Critical Decade

As CEOs call for a new capitalism that values purpose alongside profit, today BSR releases the findings of its 11th annual State of Sustainable Business survey, which includes responses from business leaders representing 125 global companies.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Removing Barriers, Rebuilding Lives

Severely injured Veteran, Michael Gower and his wife Kelli receive a specially adapted custom home from Homes For Our Troops, enabling them to rebuild their life and regain some of the freedom and independence they lost.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives Episode 36: Myung Lee, Cities of Service

Pro Bono Perspectives host Danielle Holly talks volunteerism and citizen engagement with Myung Lee, Executive Director of Cities of Service, a nonprofit that helps mayors build stronger cities by changing how local government and citizens work together.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Hormel Foods Named One of the World’s Best Employers by Forbes

Hormel Foods Corporation announced it has been recognized by Forbes on its 2019 World’s Best Employers list, coming in at No. 72 (up from No. 234 the year before). This is the third year in a row the company has received this recognition.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How Community-Focused Municipal Bond Investments Can Drive Social Impact

Gurtin supports social impact by investing in municipal bonds that fund essential government projects, like improving access to affordable housing & we support social impact in communities by investing in municipal bonds that finance projects like...

Events, Media & Communications

FREE Webinar: Towards a Net Zero Future – With BT, CISL, The Climate Group & GE Renewable Energy

To avoid the worst climate impacts, and meet the 2050 net-zero emissions horizon, it is estimated global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will need to drop by half in the next 10 years.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

I Am Lost in America: Raising Awareness through A Night to End Youth Homelessness

Sands kicked off its support of Rainwater’s film in NYC with a private screening at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, where the company also announced $100k in funding for local organizations and initiatives fighting homelessness.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

eBay and Homes For Our Troops Foundation Team Up for 3rd Annual Veteran’s Day Charity Campaign

eBay for Charity and Homes For Our Troops launched their third joint charity auction in honor of Veteran’s Day giving fans the opportunity to bid on autographed items and once-in-a-lifetime experiences from top celebrities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Including Veterans in the Drive Toward Workforce Diversity

As nearly 200,000 servicemen and women return to civilian life each year, Smithfield Foods has embraced attracting, hiring, and retaining veteran employees.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Healing Through Cooking: A Veteran’s Story

A decorated Army veteran, Chef Roshara Sanders grew up in a Habitat for Humanity home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and it was her mother, Sharon, who fed her growing appetite for cooking and preparing meals.

Environment

Goodyear Better Future: Sustainable Sourcing

Latest Campaigns

  1. Food Systems and Livelihoods
    Illustrate how resilient food systems and economic empowerment enable long-term food security. Cover climate-smart agriculture, local market access...
  2. Aflac in the Community
    Learn more about Aflac’s culture of care and how it sits at the heart of all we do.
  3. Policy and Advocacy
    Policy and Advocacy content from IWBI - International Well Building Institute
  4. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  5. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  6. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...
  7. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  8. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  9. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  10. Mary Kay Ash Foundation: Creating a Safer, Healthier World for Women
    In the U.S. and around the world, Mary Kay remains steadfast in its commitment to ending the cycle of domestic violence and finding cures for cancers...
  11. AMD Diversity, Belonging and Inclusion
    Fostering a workplace where all voices are heard, welcomed and valued
  12. GoDaddy | Customers
    GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...
  13. Truist Championship
    The Truist Championship has been an official PGA TOUR event since 2003, contested annually at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. One of...
  14. 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...
  15. Social Impact
    We help people around the world access essentials for a dignified life and are putting our brands to work on some of the most pressing challenges...