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3M Volunteers Advance Hands-On Stem Learning

As part of a continued effort to inspire the next generation of scientists, 3M is partnering with DoSomething and Amazon MGM Studios to launch Project STEM Heroes, a nationwide program encouraging young people to explore STEM careers and recognize the mentors who sparked them.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Engage for Good Recognizes the Leaders Shaping Corporate Social Impact

Engage for Good

Environment

Water Stewardship: Why Global Trade Must Invest in the World’s Most Critical Resource

DP World

Environment

Assurant and AT&T Tree for Trade‑In Program Supports Ongoing Reforestation in California Through the Arbor Day Foundation

Arbor Day Foundation

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Pricing Water Risk and Scaling Climate Resilience

NatureVest

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Living Incomes Matter

Fairtrade America

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Empowered to Build Better: Meet Venelin Krastev

GoDaddy

Environment

The Continuing Evolution of ESG Due Diligence: Why There Are Always Risks to Be Managed and Value to Be Created

Inogen Alliance

Events, Media & Communications

Heart Water Earns Water Stewardship, Resiliency and Water Positive Certifications for Its Rainwater Capture Technology at Its Buda, TX Facility

SCS Global Services

Featured Brands

Hope on Wheels: FedEx Supports The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army’s canteen trucks—many of them donated by FedEx—play a vital role in supporting communities around the world. While these mobile units are best known for providing meals, water, and comfort during natural disasters and other emergencies

3M Volunteers Advance Hands-On Stem Learning

As part of a continued effort to inspire the next generation of scientists, 3M is partnering with DoSomething and Amazon MGM Studios to launch Project STEM Heroes, a nationwide program encouraging young people to explore STEM careers and recognize the mentors who sparked them.

How To Go ‘Beyond Words’ With Acts of Compassion and Kindness

“Beyond Words” is a story of kindness, empathy and friendship, teaching readers of all ages to express compassion without needing to say a word. The book follows Buddy as he discovers how to support a friend coming home from the hospital.

Gina Adams Honored by Dress for Success As Part of Women Who Inspire Campaign

Gina Adams, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at FedEx, has been recognized by Dress for Success Worldwide as part of its annual Women Who Inspire global campaign.

Prosperity Now Receives $1 Million Wells Fargo Foundation Grant to Support VITA Organizations Nationwide

Prosperity Now receives a $1 million dollar Wells Fargo Foundation grant to support IRS-certified Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) organizations nationwide. Grant expands access to trusted, no-cost tax return preparation services.

PNC Announces New Initiatives to Inspire Outdoor Learning, Classroom Innovation Through PNC Grow Up Great

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., is kicking off Great Month, its annual celebration of PNC Grow Up Great® and high-quality early childhood education, by announcing new initiatives with two longtime collaborators.

Finding Courage in a Feathered Friend

But on that overwhelming day, Arlo was handed something unexpected: a small, soft feathered companion with a gentle heartbeat and a peaceful expression. It was My Special Aflac Duck®, a robotic comfort companion designed for children facing cancer and sickle cell disease.

Scaling Impact and Connectivity Through Technology Donations at Cisco

Through the Cisco Foundation and our corporate Social Impact Investments (SII), we support organizations that use technology in bold, innovative ways — from saving energy to saving lives. 

Medtronic Returns to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List for Second Year in a Row

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, is proud to announce its inclusion in Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list of 2026. The company earned a spot for its BrainSense™ Adaptive DBS therapy for people with Parkinson’s, which was approved by the U.S.

Where Water Flows, Equality Grows: FedEx and Water Mission Bring Relief After Hurricane Melissa

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall on October 28, 2025, Jamaica faced one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic.

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Environment

Tetra Tech GIS Analyst and Team Complete Tidal Flooding Awareness Project

Kellie Burdick, a Tetra Tech GIS analyst and Old Dominion University (ODU) masters student, led a group of fellow students, staff, and researchers to complete the Blue Line Project in Norfolk, Virginia, on October 27, 2019.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Tackling Child Labor

The 2019 report shows Nestlé's system to tackle child labor works, education helps prevent it. Read Darrell High's blog 'Tackling child labor' in full.

Innovation & Technology

The New Climate for Ever-Evolving Technology: Q&A With Patrick Browne, Director, Sustainability, UPS

BSR interviews UPS Director of Sustainability Patrick Browne on the types of new technologies UPS has deployed, the impact they have had so far, and plans to further integrate tech into their sustainability strategy for 2020 and beyond.

Education

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Discovery Education Launch Speak Truth to Power Educator Master Class Series

In celebration of Human Rights Day, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK Human Rights) and Discovery Education have announced the addition of new resources to the Speak Truth to Power program.

Events, Media & Communications

Webinar, Dec. 12: Climate Risk and Opportunity Planning for a Major Utility

Register now for a live webinar with Entergy, a leading utility that provides electricity to 2.9 million people across the southern U.S., to learn about climate planning and action in the coming decade.

Research, Reports & Publications

15 Years of Sustainability Reporting

This holiday season, Cisco has a lot to be grateful for: 35 years of business growth and, today, the launch of our 15th corporate social responsibility (CSR) report.

Innovation & Technology

Research: How Technology Could Promote Growth in 6 African Countries

Africa is closely watched as the next big growth market – a description that has persisted for a while.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Privacy Rights Are Human Rights

Over the past several decades, as information communication technology has evolved and proliferated, so too has the amount of private information we share online. As a result, access to our private information has become a trade in itself.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CBRE Korea Volunteers Help Community Child Center

CBRE Korea employees volunteered time and resources to decorate study rooms and fund-raise for the Guro Happy Community Child Center on November 15,2019.

Innovation & Technology

The Analytics of Hope

There was a time, just a few decades ago, when the Claiborne Corridor was bustling. The string of neighborhoods that cuts across New Orleans nurtured a world-renowned jazz scene.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

8 Experts On The Top Corporate Sustainability Issue Right Now

I spoke to eight influential sustainability strategists ranging from a Chief Sustainability Officer to a Former Head at World Economic Forum to ask them either what is the most important directive for their organization around sustainability

Events, Media & Communications

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose Remembers Organization’s Co-Founder Paul A. Volcker

Twenty years ago, Paul A. Volcker, Jr. Volcker joined forces with Paul Newman; Peter Malkin; David Rockefeller; and John C. Whitehead then Co-Chairman of Goldman Sachs, to form CECP.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Own Your Impact: Actions to Stand up for Human Rights

With so much unknown to you as an individual consumer, what can you do to make a difference? Here are some ways you can help raise awareness and take action to stand up for human rights.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Aramark Announces New 2025 Sustainability Plan

Today, Aramark, the leading U.S.-based provider of food, facilities and uniform services, announced a new 2025 sustainability plan, Be Well. Do Well., focused on positively impacting people and the planet.

Diversity & Inclusion

Another Way to #BeYou: T-Mobile Brings Gender Pronouns to Retail Stores

T-Mobile is launching new optional name badges for all retail employees that can include employees’ personal pronouns. The inclusion of pronouns will help give another outlet for employees to be their authentic selves in the workplace.

Education

Rube Goldberg Meets the Invention Age

This is the Invention Age. To celebrate we partnered with a team of talented FIRST students to reimagine the Rube Goldberg machine.

Responsible Production & Consumption

FCA Joins ‘Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network’ to Help Build a More Ethical Electric Vehicle Supply Chain

FCA today announced that it has joined the Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network (RSBN), an industry collaboration using blockchain technology to support sustainable, responsible sourcing and production practices from mine to market.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nestlé Scales Up Action Against Child Labor and Expands Cocoa Sustainability Program

Nestlé has today reported significant progress in its efforts to tackle the issue of child labor in the cocoa communities of West Africa. Its latest 'Tackling Child Labor' report shows that it is possible to have a positive impact at scale.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

IOC President Stresses Importance of Unity and Solidarity as UN General Assembly Adopts Olympic Truce for Tokyo 2020 by Consensus

The 74th session of the NU General Assembly adopted a resolution for the observance of the olympic truce for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 next summer.

Innovation & Technology

Making Tech for Good: Project OWL

A small team of developers is working to deploy a new approach that can be used for post-disaster communication. Their Project OWL hardware/software solution can help create a temporary, low-cost network to keep people and emergency workers in touch.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Astellas Global Health Foundation Makes Inaugural Grant to the END Fund

Today, the Astellas Global Health Foundation announced its first grant since the Foundation’s inception, awarding $750,000 to the END Fund, a prominent philanthropic organization combating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) worldwide.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Human Rights Day 2019: BSR Reflections on the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

As we look ahead to 2020, what are the pivotal human rights issues that businesses should be paying attention to? Here’s what BSR heard at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights.

Sustainable Development Goals

Bayer to Significantly Step-Up Its Sustainability Efforts

Bayer has today announced a set of comprehensive sustainability measures and new commitments from 2020 onward. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and the Paris Agreement, the company has set ambitious targets...

Energy

A Clear Vision and Strategy

Media & Communications

Aflac CSR Campaign Nominated for Best Campaign of the Decade

The Holmes Report has picked its 16 favorite PR campaigns of the decade based on SABRE winners and its Global Creative Index, and Aflac has made the cut.

Latest Campaigns

GoDaddy | Microbusiness

They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...

PSEG Strength in Service, Sandy and Beyond

Ten years after Superstorm Sandy raged across the East Coast, PSE&G continues to protect customers’ utility service from the damaging impact of...

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...

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...

Aflac Voices

Hear from Aflac’s senior leaders and subject matter experts about industry trends and more.

Local Communities

The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...

Climate Action & Environmental Management

Reach net-zero carbon in our own operations by 2030 and partner with suppliers to reduce their climate impact.

Financial health

At Wells Fargo, we're opening pathways to economic advancement for racially and ethnically diverse and low- and moderate-income individuals and...

Subaru Love Promise: Environment

Subaru works to reduce waste, safeguard resources for future generations, and preserve natural spaces – making real, meaningful commitments to these...

Community Impact

Advancing our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships, and employee volunteerism.