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Research & Reports | GoDaddy

What 2025 Taught Us About the Internet: Inside GoDaddy’s Domain Trends Report

Today, over 20 million customers in more than 100 countries trust us to help them claim their corner of the internet - which means that when we look at our proprietary data, we're not just looking at GoDaddy. We're looking at a meaningful slice of the open web itself.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Private Investment in Nature Grows Fivefold Over the Past Decade, Gaining Momentum With Major Investors

NatureVest

Energy & Infrastructure

The Ray Directs National Strategy for Transportation Digital Infrastructure

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

The Future Woven In: Gildan Shows How it Makes a Better T-shirt in Fashion Redressed II

Gildan Activewear

Environment

DP World Expands Low Carbon Truck Programme With New Electric HGV Trial

DP World

Philanthropy

Whole Foods Market Foundation Awards Over $371,000 in Educational Bee Grants to 168 Schools and Nonprofits

Whole Foods Market Foundation

Corporate Responsibility

CVS Continues To Celebrate Soccer With Community Events

CVS Health

Philanthropy

KeyBank Inks Largest Sponsorship Deal in RiNo Art District History

KeyBank

Corporate Responsibility

Elanco To Launch Elanco Ventures With $25 Million Multi-Year Commitment To Accelerate Innovation in Animal Health

Elanco

Featured Brands

The Howard University & PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship Convenes Entrepreneurs, Investors, HBCU Leaders for Fourth Annual Summit in Washington, D.C.

This national convening brings together founders, investors and ecosystem leaders to explore how entrepreneurs can plant seeds for prosperity and ownership that extend far beyond a single generation.

Yum! Brands Publishes 2025 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report Highlighting Business Resilience and Operational Progress

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) published its annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report, spotlighting how the company is integrating sustainability into its growth strategy to manage long-term risk, improve operational resilience and support franchisee success.

Matching Grant Program Supports Homebuyer Education and Counseling

Wells Fargo and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines helped NeighborWorks Montana secure $685,952 through the Member Impact Fund to expand homebuyer education and counseling across Montana, supporting residents navigating housing affordability challenges. The grant builds on

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.

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Environment

Albertsons Market Embraces Sustainability

Albertsons Market embraces the opportunity to provide environmentally-friendly choices to our guests and will fully comply with the recent City of Albuquerque ordinance banning point-of-sale, single-use plastic bags.

Environment

Black & Veatch Consortium Advances Prayagraj Wastewater Programme to Design-and-build Phase

Namami Gange is the Indian government’s ambitious programme to restore water quality in the Ganga and its tributaries. Completion, by a Black & Veatch consortium, of a project at Prayagraj – also known as Allahabad - has brought enhanced water quality at one of the most venerated sites a step closer.

Philanthropy

Now Through May 1st, Double Your Donation to Prevent Homelessness in Central Florida

At Christian HELP, our mission is to prevent homelessness by helping people find jobs, while providing for them spiritually and materially. According to the most recent ALICE Report, a study from United Way, 47% of our population is one crisis away from homelessness—whether it’s a medical emergency, their car breaks down, or they suddenly lose their job.

Environment

Falter: Bill McKibben's Latest Warning

Environmentalists have been talking for a long time about the threat to the planet. Now, a prominent voice is directing our attention to a related threat: he says our very humanity is in peril. This week on Sea Change Radio, we welcome back author and environmental leader Bill McKibben.

Philanthropy

The Power Of Purpose: How Feeding America Works With Brands To Tackle The Problem Of Hunger

Catherine Davis, Feeding America's chief marketing and communications officer, is interviewed about the purpose and mission of Feeding America, and how companies (like General Mills) are partnering to support their work.

Research & Reports

Innovating with Purpose: Perspectives from the SDG Leadership Forum

VMware partnered with GlobeScan for an online discussion of Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. 150 participants explored the key ways innovations in technology and digital infrastructure can be used to drive and support sustainable economies and environments.

Health & Healthcare

Do People in Developing Countries Have Access to Bayer Drug Products As Well?

We have therefore been working together with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and other partners for decades. The contraceptives are manufactured specifically for these programs and provided to the aid organizations at reduced prices. Local distribution is carried out by the organizations themselves.

Awards & Rankings

Schneider Electric, Duke Energy Renewables Awarded PEER Platinum Certification for Montgomery County, Maryland PSHQ Microgrid

Issued by Green Business Certification Inc.™ (GBCI), PEER is a comprehensive framework for defining, specifying and assessing sustainable performance of power generation, transmission and distribution. This PEER certification validates the performance advantage of Schneider Electric and Duke Energy Renewables’ collaborative project to install two advanced microgrids that serve Montgomery County, independently quantifying the value streams that the microgrid system offers.

Awards & Rankings

Comcast NBCUniversal Named a LinkedIn Top Company for 2019

Comcast NBCUniversal has been named to LinkedIn’s Top Companies list for a third-straight year. The list identifies 50 companies where Americans most want to work right now.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Networking, Culture Pave Way for Women at PNC

Vicki Henn got her start at PNC Bank more than 25 years ago. Today she is executive vice president and chief human resources officer at the company. “I’m an example of what happens when you identify talent in someone and then make an investment – (PNC CEO) Bill Demchak did that with me.” Henn has made it part of her mission to provide opportunities for others in the same way.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Dell Technologies Consuming Less at Hannover Messe

Did you know that Dell Technologies has the largest IT recycling program in the world? Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do, ranging from sustainable design, responsible and ethical production through to end-of-life and recycling.

Corporate Responsibility

How Health Care Companies Can Advance Racial Equity and Strengthen Economic Performance

New approaches to health equity improve profitability and competitiveness.

Volunteering & Community

Lockheed Martin Employees Recognized with President’s Volunteer Service Awards

Lockheed Martin proudly recognized 2,418 of its employees who received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for performing more than 100 hours of volunteer service in 2018.

Environment

Partners in Purpose: Bridgestone Nature Reserve at Chestnut Mountain

Since the 1970s, Bridgestone has owned and managed 6,000 acres east of Nashville, Tennessee. In June 2018, this land was donated to The Nature Conservancy. In addition to being an ideal and protected home for wildlife, the reserve also offsets the carbon emmissions produced by Nashville's Bridgestone Tower.

Research & Reports

New Cross-Sector Study Will Examine Role of Corporate Boards in Driving Success in Long-Term Performance

Today’s Boards of Directors are expected to play a more forward-looking strategic role that supports long-term performance.

Awards & Rankings

FORTUNE and Great Place to Work Name Merck to Best Workplaces in Health Care and Biopharma List

FORTUNE and Great Place to Work have honored Merck as one of the 2019 Top 10 Best Workplaces in Health Care and Biopharma. Merck was certified a Great Place to Work in September and made the Best Workplaces list in 2018.

AI & Technology

CNH Industrial Signs Partnership Agreement to Bring State-of-the-art Connectivity to Brazilian Agriculture

Thanks to both the increasing professionalization of the agricultural sector and the advances in machinery and technology, Brazilian agriculture has experienced significant growth in the last 20 years, placing the country amongst the sector’s global leaders. To prepare for the next productivity enhancing step, Brazil needs to invest in ensuring connectivity is brought to the entire agricultural sector. For this purpose, CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI/MI: CNHI), in partnership with seven other companies, has developed ConectarAGRO, an initiative intended to consolidate and expand internet access across all of Brazil’s agricultural regions.

Philanthropy

TriplePundit Flash: Green Sports Alliance

Launched in 2010, the Alliance is seeking to amplify its message as it enters its second decade of work by adding more executive and corporate board leadership to guide the organization. One of those hires is Roger McClendon as the new Executive Director for the group. McClendon’s experience includes serving as Yum! Brands' first chief sustainability officer, as well as having led Blueline, a sustainable design guide for restaurants centered around LEED certification program.

Volunteering & Community

Earth Day Network's 2019 Cleanup Spans Thousands of Locations During April

Earth Day Network is implementing a nationally coordinated environmental volunteer cleanup to mark Earth Day 2019, in collaboration with partners across the U.S., including National CleanUp Day and Keep America Beautiful. All over the country people are encouraged to get up, get out, and help clean their communities to celebrate Earth Day.

Research & Reports

Blackbaud and YourCause Release Comprehensive Global Report on Employee Engagement, Corporate Social Responsibility Trends

YourCause, a Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) company and a leader in corporate social responsibility software solutions, today announced the release of its seventh Industry Review, a comprehensive analysis of employee engagement and corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. YourCause introduced the new report at its CSRWorks client conference, an annual gathering of more than 300 clients, CSR and employee engagement professionals being held this week in Austin, Texas.

Philanthropy

Hormel Foods Donates More Than 6,000 Pounds of Food to Fisher Houses Across the Nation, Helping to Feed Military & Veterans’ Families This Easter

Corporate Responsibility

The Rise of ESG Indicators

The Responsible Business Summit, hosted by London-based Ethical Corporation, is among the most well attended events by leaders from all sectors, providing a space for strategic discussions on business’ role in addressing our most important systemic challenges. In March, RBS New York convened 400 CEOs, along with mayors, investors, and nonprofit leaders to share insights and map out strategies for a sustainable future—one that the private sector will play a major part in shaping.

Research & Reports

AccountAbility Releases Arabic Translation of the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP, 2018)

AccountAbility has released the Arabic translation of its latest sustainability management framework and guidance document – the AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP, 2018). The AA1000AP (2018) serves as the foundation of the AA1000 Series of Standards, and offers an informed update to the firm’s internationally accepted, principles-based approach to sustainability management for the 21st century.

Philanthropy

Bacardi and Mercy Corps Work Together to Aid Hurricane Recovery in Puerto Rico

More than a year after Hurricanes Maria and Irma hit the Caribbean, recovery efforts continue. As home to Casa BACARDÍ Visitor Center and the world’s largest premium rum distillery in the world, the recovery of Puerto Rico remains a priority for Bacardi. In 2018, the company provided a USD $1 million grant to Mercy Corps, a global humanitarian organization, to drive longer term rebuilding and recovery, providing support to small business owners and tourism recovery in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and St. Martin.

AI & Technology

CyberGrants Announces Record Growth Maximizing Agile Social Impact

CyberGrants, the proven leader in corporate social responsibility software, today announced the Company achieved record growth for the first quarter of 2019, with the highest sales volume in the company’s history. This growth is accelerated in key verticals such as pharmaceuticals and finance, and brings new leading brands across North America on to its roster.

Latest Campaigns

Approach: Our Recipe For Good Growth

At Yum!, being a good corporate steward is a fundamental commitment and an important part of our success. Our Global Citizenship & Sustainability...

The Ray

News and information about The Ray, Georgia's restorative, sustainable highway of the future.

Housing affordability

We drive solutions to enable people to open doors to a safe and affordable place to call home, the foundation for wellness, dignity, and economic...

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...