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Awards & Rankings | Leidos

Recognized Today, Building What Comes Next

At Leidos, strategy and values aren’t just aspirational — they show up in the work. A series of recognitions this year, across business performance, being a great place to work, and community investment, reflects what that looks like in practice.

Volunteering & Community

Southwire’s Project GIFT Hosts Annual Back to School Drive in West Georgia

Southwire

Corporate Responsibility

MetLife 2025 Sustainability Report: Expanding Access to Financial Services

MetLife

Energy & Infrastructure

Entergy Is Protecting Customers While Powering Innovation, CEO Says at White House Event

Entergy Corporation

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How Innovative Sovereign Financing Is Supporting Conservation, Climate and Communities in The Bahamas

NatureVest

Volunteering & Community

From Gadgets to Good: Memphis E-Waste Collection

FedEx

Philanthropy

AEG Tri Team Raises More Than $18,000 for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles at the 2026 Long Beach Legacy Triathlon

AEG

Volunteering & Community

Whirlpool Corp. Teams Up with Benton Harbor Area Schools to Revitalize Historic Community Space for Fifth Annual Day of Impact

Whirlpool Corporation

Energy & Infrastructure

DP World and EBRD Sign €25 Million Green Loan for Constanța Terminal

DP World

Featured Brands

With Three Businesses of His Own and a Day Job, This Yum! Facilities Supervisor Isn’t Horsing Around

When Dan Shacklett first agreed to help finish a fence on Angie Clark’s Kentucky farm, he thought he was lending a hand. He didn’t realize he was stepping into a future that would include thousands of feet of fencing, three horse-related businesses and, eventually, a wedding.

Yum! Brands Celebrates the Power of Skills To Feed Brighter Futures

In 2014, a Sri Lankan delegate proposed dedicating a day for developing vocational skills for the world’s youth to the United Nations General Assembly. It was eventually passed and is celebrated annually on July 15.

Powering the Businesses That Power America: Made for Summer

Some businesses become part of the season itself. The smell of caramel on the boardwalk. The satisfying thwack of a pickleball paddle. A jar of honey that tastes exactly like the neighborhood it came from.

Innovation Incubator Program Drives Real-World Impact in Affordable Housing and Electrical Grid Demands

The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a $56-million technology program funded by Wells Fargo and co-administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), announced the recipients of a pool of $750,000 in philanthropic funding

Medtronic Spark Connects Young Innovators to Hands-On Experiences in Health Tech

More than 200 fifth graders from the Columbia Heights School District stepped inside Medtronic Operational Headquarters for a hands-on Medtronic Spark experience that brought the world of health tech to life.

From Gadgets to Good: Memphis E-Waste Collection

Do you have unused cellphones, a dusty laptop, or e-reader tucked away in your attic and drawers? According to recent data, you aren’t alone.

How Whispp and Qualcomm Brought Voice Reconstruction AI to Snapdragon X Elite

“This collaboration with Qualcomm allowed us to test Whispp where the technology ultimately needs to perform: in real conversations, on the devices people already use..."

Digital Financial Education Sparks Transformation for Microentrepreneurs in Bolivia

Every morning in El Alto, Bolivia, Yoselin has dozens of financial considerations to think about before her first customer arrives. How much oil should she buy this week? Will rising food prices cut into her profits again?

A Tampa Family Finds Peace Under a New, Hurricane-Ready Roof

When Hurricane Milton tore through Tampa, Florida, on October 9, 2024, Michelle watched as floodwaters destroyed everything in her home—including clothes, furniture, and bedding—and shattered her sense of security.

Carnival Corporation Expands Surplus Meal Donation Program to The Bahamas

One year after celebrating the grand opening of Celebration Key on Grand Bahama Island, Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL), the world’s largest cruise company, has another reason to celebrate, today launching its surplus meal donation program in The Bahamas.

Recent Alerts

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Are You Prepared for Eco-tourists?

Not long ago, the term “eco-tourist” may have conjured images of backpackers in Birkenstocks trekking to remote destinations in numbers too minuscule to be considered mainstream. Well, that was then — this is a whole new now. Now, as in The International Year of Sustainable Tourism. Now, in the era where major recommendation resources like TripAdvisor single out Green Leaders for special attention. Now, when nearly two-thirds of travelers factor in environmental considerations when choosing hotels, transportation and meals.

Energy & Infrastructure

Data Analytics: More Than a Mere Numbers Game for Water Providers

Water providers have been collecting and utilizing data to perform important but traditional tasks: Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) devices speed information across networks, and smart metering infrastructure systems measure consumption and contribute to customer billing. But, as utilities wrestle with addressing aging foundational assets while balancing limited capital and rising calls for lower costs and safer water, there is new urgency to explore how data can drive and optimize asset performance and reduce risk.

Research & Reports

Caterpillar Celebrates Diversity & Inclusion

Inclusion & Opportunity

Two Arrow Executives Named “Women Worth Watching”

Two executives from Arrow Electronics, Inc. were named to the Profiles in Diversity Journal’s annual Women Worth Watching list for 2017: Lisa Gerber, vice president and region chief financial officer for Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions business in the Americas, and Vivian Kwok, vice president of human resources for Arrow in the Asia-Pacific region.

Environment

Four Reasons to Go See Al Gore’s Hopeful, Compelling An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, Al Gore’s sequel to his Oscar-winning 2006 An Inconvenient Truth hits just two months after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the 195-nation Paris climate agreement. While the timing of the film’s release is coincidental, An Inconvenient Sequel acts as an emphatic counterpoint to the climate-denying, march-with-fingers-in-our-ears-saying-la-la-la-as-the-planet-catastrophically-warms crowd.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Analysis Shows Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards Enhance Auto Industry Financial Prospects

As disruption from new technologies, mobility models and global trends threaten financial prospects for legacy automakers, national fuel economy and emissions standards can help increase the viability and international competitiveness of domestic automakers and suppliers, according to a new analysis prepared by an independent automotive industry analyst and commissioned by the sustainability nonprofit organization Ceres.

Corporate Responsibility

Supporting Our Heroes by Reuniting Best Friends

Philanthropy

Wells Fargo Stories of Better: Homeless Atlanta Resident Becomes Homeowner.

A new community ad spotlights Lavonna McKoy, an Atlanta, Georgia, resident who went from being homeless to becoming a homeowner thanks to Wells Fargo. (2 minutes)

Corporate Responsibility

Visa’s “Everyone, Everywhere” Report Details Progress on Corporate Responsibility to Help People Thrive

Visa published its 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report titled “Everyone, Everywhere,” which demonstrates how one of the largest payment networks in the world is operating as a responsible, ethical and sustainable company while fulfilling its mission: to connect the world through its innovative, reliable and secure digital payment network and help enable individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

Health & Healthcare

Half of US Parents Skip Back-to-School Eye Exams for Their Children, Survey Says

As much as 80 percent of learning a child does is visual, with children spending most of the school day reading, looking at a blackboard, and using laptops and tablets. However, come back-to-school season, parents overlook one of the most critical learning tools – their child’s eyes. Half (50.1 percent) of US parents do not bring their school-age children for a back-to-school eye exam, according to a VSP Vision Care and YouGov survey, “How Parents ‘See’ Eye Health.”

Philanthropy

Safeway Foundation Awards $650K to Beneficiaries of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Campaign

Events

Major League Baseball Players to Put Their Passion & Personalities on Display During Players Weekend

Philanthropy

New Video Ads Celebrate the ‘Grit and Determination of Remarkable People’

Corporate Responsibility

To Create Leaders, Challenge Employees to Volunteer

As one international corporation has discovered, corporate leadership engagement is often critical to ensuring a vibrant and successful CSR strategy.

Alexander Mann Solutions, which was founded by Rosaleen Blair in 1996, is considered a global leader in talent acquisition and management. Today, it’s also known as a company that demonstrates CSR values by showcasing its own – clear to the top of its corporate leadership.

Corporate Responsibility

Surrounded by Water with Nothing to Drink

Inclusion & Opportunity

Annual Ideagen UN Empowering Women and Girls 2030 Summit

Philanthropy

Happy Birthday Canada! - Connecting Your Community Investment to the National Celebration

There is still half a year left of Canada's 150th birthday party. It's not too late to harness the power of your employees and leverage your community investment to generate a positive impact in your communities - something truly worth celebrating.

Research & Reports

Voya Financial Releases 2016/2017 Corporate Responsibility Annual Report

Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), announced today that it has published its 2016/2017 Corporate Responsibility Annual Report, which details ways in which the company’s corporate responsibility (CR) pillars have been integrated with its day-to-day business strategy and operations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Next 25 Years – Big Picture Thinking by Amy Domini, CFA

Responsible investing momentum is strong. For me, and for many of my generation, the future is clear: we are well on our way towards the installation of a vitally important system-level force for good, one that will protect future generations, indeed the planet itself. But we know that universal human dignity and ecological sustainability are not guaranteed - how can investments make a difference?

Research & Reports

New USA Whitepaper on Why Business Backs Climate Action

Ethical Corporation released its latest whitepaper on the benefits of business to back the Paris climate agreement.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Morgan Stanley Survey Finds Interest in Sustainable Investing Stronger than Ever

Environment

Michael Carolan: “No One Eats Alone”

Volunteering & Community

At Michigan Retirement Community, Volunteer Records Memories to Last

As Gwen Joseph revisited hours and hours of family memories – Christmas Eves spent with her extended family celebrating their Swedish traditions with performances, a family choir and food – the familiar sounds of joy brought her back to those moments, captured by her grandfather, who would hit record on the tape player at the start of the night and let the tape roll.

Events

Scotiabank Video: 16 Youth Soccer Teams to Travel to Mexico for the Scotiabank CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League Tournament

Two teams of young Canadian soccer players will have the unique opportunity of traveling to Toluca, Mexico to participate in the Scotiabank CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League tournament, August 5 to 12.

AI & Technology

Qualcomm's Sustainability Priorities

We prioritize the sustainability issues that are most important to our business and key stakeholders, which include communities, nonprofit organizations, employees, governments, investors, suppliers and customers. We focus our resources, programs and reporting on these six topic areas.

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...

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

Southwire Giving Back

Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...

The Ray

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

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

Small Business Growth

We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...

KeyBank Fraud Protection Center

Advanced security, fraud, and data protection, Keeping your accounts and information secure is a priority for us, and we know it’s a priority for you...

Leadership

Cascale demonstrates industry leadership and collaboration to drive collective action, by sharing insight into key sustainability topics inside and...

Cascale Governance

Cascale shares updates from its Board of Directors who serve as the principal governing body and are responsible for setting the strategic direction...

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...