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Environment

New Digital System Gives Fairtrade Co-ops an EUDR Compliance Edge

Fairtrade America

AI & Technology

Skills-Based Volunteering for the AI Era: Inside Cisco’s First Tech for Social Good Hackathon

Cisco Systems Inc.

Environment

Fire Safety Beyond Compliance: Global Insights From Europe and India

Inogen Alliance

Environment

Why P&G, Maker of Bounty and Charmin, Hired a Forester

Procter & Gamble (P&G)

Research & Reports

Kenvue, Maker of Neutrogena®, Aveeno®, OGX®, and Zyrtec®, Beats 2025 Packaging Goal, Demonstrates Continued Progress With More Sustainable Innovation

Kenvue

Inclusion & Opportunity

Wesco Cares and WIN BRG Advance Opportunities for Women Through EmpowerHer Scholarship Program

Wesco International

Environment

Tire Industry Project Pilots How Wastewater Treatment Can Potentially Remove Tire and Road Wear Particles

Tire Industry Project

Health & Healthcare

Direct Relief Sending Over a Quarter Million Pieces of Protective Gear to DRC To Fight Ebola

Direct Relief

Featured Brands

Building a World-Class Employee Experience | Cisco FY25 Purpose Report

The world of work is changing faster than ever, but our greatest strength remains our Cisconians. They are the heart of our culture, the driving force behind our innovations, and a critical part of how we make a positive impact around the world.

Comcast Beats Network Energy Efficiency Goal Five Years Early

Connectivity is essential to our lives, whether it’s for work, school, or entertainment.

Guiding Stars: Men, Time to Meat Halfway?

Meat-eating has been connected with masculinity for a long time in Western countries. There are even studies on what drives the meat-masculinity link.

Home Field Advantage: Seizing Philadelphia’s Greatest Moments

Philadelphia holds a unique place in the American story. It is the city where the nation’s founding ideals were debated, defined, and declared—a place where history continues to inspire the future. And for those of us at Comcast, it’s more than a historic place. It’s home.

Check for Cancer Champion Brian Ryll Is a Fighter for Those Who Fight Fires

Firefighters accept extraordinary risk in the line of duty. But for Brian Ryll, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire, the most insidious threat is the one that often goes unseen: cancer.

FedEx & Heart to Heart: Strengthening Disaster Response

When we think of disaster relief, we often picture the immediate aftermath: delivering critical supplies and life-saving aid to affected communities. However, at FedEx, our Delivering for Good initiative goes far beyond responding after a crisis strikes.

Truist Patent Boom Fueled by AI & Machine Learning

Truist is accelerating how innovation is developed and deployed across the organization. More teammates are submitting ideas, which helped drive a 63% increase in patent application filings over the past year.

Skills-Based Volunteering for the AI Era: Inside Cisco’s First Tech for Social Good Hackathon

Many nonprofits know they need to embrace AI, and most are already feeling the pressure to move faster than their resources allow. AI is advancing at a speed that’s hard for them to keep pace with, let alone adopt responsibly.

Catherine Bessant Joins Truist Board of Directors

Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) announced that its board appointed Catherine Bessant to join as a director. Bessant will serve on the board's risk committee.

LG Brings User-Friendly Design to the Laundry Room With ‘LG Comfort Kit’

Furthering its vision of a more inclusive home, LG Electronics USA has introduced the “LG Comfort Kit” for its U.S. laundry appliance lineup, making its inclusive “Design for All” philosophy a reality in one of the most essential rooms in the house.

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Philanthropy

Mohawk House Rises in Midst of Coronavirus, Offers Pop-Up Mobile Market

Mohawk House's Steve Scro has partnered with Sysco Metro NY to offer a pop-up market filled with everyday necessities, such as fresh and frozen produce, including fruits and vegetables, dairy products, eggs, water, toilet paper and pastas.

Media & Communications

Corporations Respond to the Virus Crisis - Series From G&A Institute -- Excellence in Corporate Citizenship on Display

As the coronavirus infections continued to spread into every corner of the globe, the players in three societal sectors moved into action – the public sector (governments), the private sector (in the main, corporations, public and private) and what the esteemed Professor Peter Drucker identified as the “Social” sector (i.e., not-for-profits, NGOs, academics, foundations, others).

Philanthropy

Hormel Foods Donates an Additional 200,000 Meals to COVID-19 Hunger-Relief Efforts During Virtual Live Concert of Hope and Thanks

The 200,000 meals will go to Feeding America and other nonprofit organizations throughout the county.

Corporate Responsibility

Cox Impact: Helping Employees Strengthen Their Physical and Mental Well-Being

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

SMETA Social Audits Added to SCS Global Services’ Ethical Auditing Portfolio

SCS Global Services (SCS) is pleased to announce that it now offers SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit) social compliance audits. SMETA is one of the world’s most widely recognized social compliance auditing programs.

Volunteering & Community

United Airlines Partners With New York City to Fly Medical Volunteers to Help in COVID-19 Fight

United Airlines is partnering with New York City to provide free round-trip flights for medical volunteers who want to help in the frontline fight against the COVID-19 crisis.

Corporate Responsibility

Welcome to CoffeeTalk

CoffeeTalk is a series of virtual online conversations designed to discuss key trends, ideas, challenges, and opportunities in corporate social responsibility. Hosted by CyberGrants team members, tune in to hear from top leaders across industries...

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: COVID-19 and the Climate Crisis, Part 1

The COVID-19 virus was not caused by climate change. But this virus probably isn’t the last one that will spill over into the human population. It’s entirely possible that the next one will have that direct link to climate.

Environment

Keep America Beautiful: Watch Where You Toss Used Wipes and Gloves!

National nonprofit Keep America Beautiful® issued an urgent call today for all Americans to properly dispose of cleaning supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE), including used sanitizing wipes, masks, and plastic gloves. These belong in the trash, not on the ground.

Energy & Infrastructure

Aiming for Carbon Neutral by 2050; Building the Rocket Ship for the New "Moon Shot"

Decarbonization is a hot topic and can be considered the new “moon shot” of the 21st century. In a recently contributed article to Power Engineering magazine, power industry professionals Leslie Ponder and Kevin Cornish explore the future of decarbonization, and what it will take to get us to a future of net-zero carbon emissions or carbon-free energy goals in a rapidly decentralizing marketplace.

Corporate Responsibility

Market Insight: What Does the Sustainability & Climate Change Profession Look Like During, and After, COVID-19?

Communication and transparency are important right now. It is useful to share perspectives and information.

Volunteering & Community

Pro Bono Perspectives S2E7: Cheryl Timoney, Salesforce.org

Cheryl Timoney, Salesforce.org’s Senior Director of Tech for Social Impact, joins Pro Bono Perspectives host Danielle Holly to discuss Salesforce.org’s response to coronavirus, including pro bono support for nonprofit and education partners.

Volunteering & Community

[WEBINAR] Reimagining Volunteering: Creative Ways to Do Good in a Time of Crisis

As we cope with a global pandemic, volunteering is going to have to look a little different. Accenture Canada, Dolby Laboratories and VolunteerMatch offer insights into how to reimagine volunteering, in small but meaningful ways.

Corporate Responsibility

When Immediate Financial Goals Clash with Long-Term Purpose, What Gives?

COVID-19 has made the going considerably tougher for business in 2020. We don’t know yet precisely how each purpose-driven business leader will net out after this tumble-dry cycle.

Research & Reports

Nestlé Releases Its Creating Shared Value Progress Report

Nestlé has released its full Creating Shared Value 'Progress Report 2019'. It outlines the progress on its 36 societal and environmental commitments to be achieved by end 2020.

Education & Workforce Development

Corporate and Education Leaders to Discuss the Impact of COVID-19 on Education During Virtual Convening Hosted by Discovery Education

On April 9 at 1:30pm ET, Discovery Education will convene a virtual discussion between corporate and education leaders on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US education system.

Philanthropy

Supplier Alliance for Microcredit $50,000 Annual Donors are Alleviating Poverty with Whole Planet Foundation

This year, we honor generous $50K Fund partners who are collectively committing $650,000 in 2020 to alleviate global poverty through microcredit.

Health & Healthcare

World Health Day 2020: Recognizing Nurses, Midwives, and Health Workers at the Frontlines of COVID-19 Response

World Health Day takes place on April 7th each year, marking the anniversary of when the World Health Organization (WHO) was founded.

Philanthropy

Las Vegas Sands to Donate More Than Two Million Pieces of Personal Protection Equipment

Las Vegas Sands announced it will donate two million medical masks and 20,000 protective suits to help health-care professionals, first responders and nonprofit organizations in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Health & Healthcare

IWBI Announces New Co-chairs and More Than 225 Members of the Task Force on COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Infections: Prevention and Preparedness, Resilience and Recovery

Corporate Responsibility

How to Make Working from Home More Secure

During this global pandemic, companies are rightly considering the health and safety of their employees first by sending them home to work. But these measures could amplify another threat businesses need to be wary of: Cybersecurity.

Philanthropy

Smithfield Foods, Feeding America Join Mr. Beast for COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Smithfield Foods has partnered with Mr. Beast as part of its Good Food Challenge to benefit Feeding America by donating a million servings of protein to food banks in North Carolina for COVID-19 relief.

Volunteering & Community

Albertsons and Safeway Are Helping to Connect Our Community by Sending Messages to Seniors in Washington State

Albertsons and Safeway in Washington are giving us a safe way to connect our community through their #SafeHugs4Seniors campaign.

Corporate Responsibility

Goodyear Commercial Tire & Service Centers Remain Open Nationwide, Offer Free DOT Inspections to Keep Fleets on the Road

In response to the economic impact from COVID-19 and to help keep fleets on the road to deliver needed products like medical supplies and groceries, Goodyear CTSC Truck Care Centers are offering free Department of Transportation inspections.

Corporate Responsibility

Challenging Times Call for Clear Heads, Purpose-driven Priorities, and a Focus on Communities

While no one knows the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, HPE does know that it is a challenge unlike any faced in recent memory. HPE's mindset driving their COVID-19 response it to focus and prioritize on the things that are within their control.

Latest Campaigns

Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator

The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...

Guiding Stars blog: Health & Wellness

About the Guiding Stars Health & Wellness Blog The Guiding Stars Health & Wellness blog is your place for the latest in health and nutrition news...

Sustainability by Antea Group

At Antea Group, we believe the best sustainability programs integrate sustainability into core business practices, we identify and act on relevant...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

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...

Profiles of Good Character and Inspiring Innovation

There are two pillars to CACl’s culture: character – our commitment to ethics and integrity in all we do, and innovation – our dedication to...

FedEx Cares | Overall

FedEx Cares is our global community engagement program and one way that we live out our purpose of connecting people and possibilities. Our goal is to...

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...

Kingfisher Around the World

The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

Corporate Social Responsibility Reports and Updates

At T. Rowe Price, living our values means always putting our clients first; fostering a collaborative, respectful, and inclusive work culture for all...