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sustainability: 2025 Report - Rockwell Automation
Building a More Resilient, Agile, and Sustainable Future

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Research, Reports & Publications

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What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Education

T. Rowe Price: Many Parents Say College Costs Aren’t Their Responsibility but Most Kids Expect Them to Cover

To help parents discuss money with their kids, T. Rowe Price created MoneyConfidentKids.com

Environment

Sodexo Launches New Impossible™ Burger Menu at More Than 1,500 U.S. Locations

Sodexo, a food and facilities management company committed to improving Quality of Life, will debut a new product line featuring the Impossible™ Burger, a burger made from plants that looks, cooks, and tastes like ground beef, at more than 1,500 U.S. retail locations.

Diversity & Inclusion

Johnson & Johnson Signs the Military Spouse Employment Partnership to Help Service Member Spouses Build Careers

A 24% unemployment rate is just one of the many job challenges faced by military husbands and wives. A new company partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense is designed to help those facing these employment obstacles.

Green Infrastructure

Georgia’s I-85 Is Getting Intelligent Transportation Technology Powered by Panasonic to Improve Safety, Cut Congestion and CO2 Emissions

Georgia’s I-85 Is Getting Intelligent Transportation Technology Powered by Panasonic to Improve Safety, Cut Congestion and CO2 Emissions. CIRRUS by Panasonic at heart of state’s V2X pilot program, led by Georgia Department of Transportation, The Ray, Federal Highway Administration to provide a proof of concept for potential state-wide deployment.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sustainable Investing's Competitive Advantages

Let's say you're in the market for a new toaster. You finally narrow your choices to two models that cost the same and more or less deliver the same even toast, but one of them uses less electricity and has more safety features. Which would you buy?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2019 National Latino Leaders to be Honored at The 5th Annual National Latino Leadership Conference

The Council for Latino Workplace Equity (CLWE), an initiative under the National Diversity Council, will host the Fifth Annual National Latino Leadership Conference on October 16th at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Comerica's Monica L. Martinez Named Among Nation's Top 50 Most Powerful Latinas

Comerica Bank's SVP of External Affairs – Michigan Market and National Director of Hispanic Business Development Monica L. Martinez named one of the nation's "50 Most Powerful Latinas" in 2019 by ALPFA with Fortune Magazine.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Quantifying and Evidencing Impact – Kering, HSBC, World Benchmarking Alliance and More

There’s increasing pressure on companies to provide verifiable evidence of positive impact and, where possible, quantifiable success.

Research, Reports & Publications

Schneider Electric | Using Available Tech, We Can Help #MoveTheDate Starting Now

Together, Global Footprint Network — a research organization changing how the world manages its natural resources — and Schneider Electric have analyzed how to move Earth Overshoot Day.

Innovation & Technology

Discovery Education Announces the Acquisition of Inspyro

Discovery Education, the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms, announced the acquisition of leading virtual reality and augmented reality provider Inspyro.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Eileen Fitzgerald to Lead Wells Fargo’s Housing Affordability Philanthropy

Wells Fargo today announced that Eileen Fitzgerald will join the company as head of its housing affordability philanthropy.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Alaska Homeownership to Get $3.3 Million Boost

Wells Fargo, NeighborWorks® America and its network member NeighborWorks Alaska HomeOwnership Center today announced the NeighborhoodLIFT® program will launch for Alaska with a $3.3 million philanthropic commitment by Wells Fargo to boost homeownership.

Responsible Production & Consumption

ON Semiconductor’s Top Notch Reclamation Center

Our global reclaim objectives reflect our commitment to environmental sustainability and resource conservation while optimizing our network, protecting our intellectual property, and maximizing and recapturing profits.

Education

The U.S. Education System is Ripe for Innovation—And Investment Can Help

With a series of investments in innovative new education models, the philanthropic arm of SunTrust Bank believes that change is not only necessary to help fill today’s skill-based jobs.

Health & Healthcare

Listening and Learning From the Rare Disease Patient

In the world of rare diseases, where so many conditions remain undiagnosed and untreated, we take seriously the opportunity to really listen to and learn from patients and caregivers and their healthcare providers. At Alexion, innovation includes really focusing our collective efforts to strive toward understanding patients’ needs, including meaningful therapies and beyond. We are focused on innovating in all we do to improve the day-to-day experience of people living with a rare disease.

Sustainable Development Goals

When Less Is More

It’s natural to talk about how we’re all doing more: innovating more, making more investments, having more to say in areas of expertise. While at the Aspen Ideas Festival earlier this summer, I was asked to share where General Mills is doing less.

Environment

Jessica McCarty on Arctic Wildfires

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Named to Fast Company’s List of 50 Best Workplaces for Innovators

Merck is proud to be named as one of Fast Company's 50 Best Workplaces for Innovators. Fast Company recently honored the company on its inaugural list recognizing businesses and organizations that demonstrate a deep commitment...

Diversity & Inclusion

Turkish Restaurant Chain Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Female Farmers

Turkish hospitality company BigChefs, which endeavours to source its food and other products locally in Turkey, has joined Business Call to Action with a commitment to increase the number of its low income women agricultural producers to 80, and provide them with mentorship on issues like logistics, packaging and alike by 2021.

Responsible Production & Consumption

From Food and Uniforms to Sponsorship Deals: IOC Guides to Help the Olympic Games and the Sports Sector Adopt Sustainable Sourcing Practices

Released to mark Earth Day, a global environmental movement celebrated on 22 April every year, the recent publications add to the IOC’s series of sustainability guides addressed to OCOGs and the Olympic Movement.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Xylem Watermark and Stakeholders Donate Clean Water Well to Community Household in Texas

Water Well Trusts reached out to partners and experts in the area including Gould’s Water Technology, Austin Pump and Scwhope and Sons, to operate and install equipment donated by Xylem and drill a 500-foot well for the Salazar family.

Responsible Production & Consumption

How Ambitious Sustainable Projects Drove More Than $900 Million of New Revenue for HP Which Has Set Targets to Reduce Plastic Waste

Reducing plastic waste is beneficial to business, according to the managing director of tech company, HP.

Environment

EHS Global Moments: Working Hours In Sweden

Antea Group discusses Sweden’s Working Hours Act, which stipulates the number of hours employees may work per week, and the rules regarding overtime.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Embracing Change: Alliance Data and Operational Excellence

While we may not be a household name, Alliance Data engages with millions of consumers across the globe every day through our notable list of FORTUNE 1000 clients.

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    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...
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    We believe that people can only live their healthiest lives on a healthy planet. That’s why we reduce our environmental footprint by finding...
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    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
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    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
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    Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...
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    We believe that people's health and wellness should be at the center of design. That’s why we’re working with industry professionals in real estate...
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    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...
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    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
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    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
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    KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...
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    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...