Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.







Recent Alerts

Social Impact & Volunteering

Brightpoint Health: From Days to Minutes with SuiteVolunteers

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

UN Global Compact’s Outgoing Director to Join Board of Values-Based Asset Management Firm

Today, after 15 years at the helm of the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, Georg Kell will step down as Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, the organization he helped found in 2000 and which he has built into a global movement over the past decade.

Environment

NetSuite Customer Case Study - Water for People

Water for People, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all people have safe, continuous water, shares their mission story and how a software donation from NetSuite.org enables them to monitor effectiveness and improve transparency.

Environment

Engineering the Path to Water Conservation

“We’re doing a big chemistry experiment on our planet, and the predicted outcome is frightening.” -- Rob Zimmerman

Innovation & Technology

How a Young Entrepreneur Keeps a Positive Attitude In a Tough Business World

When talking to Jamila Smith, the young entrepreneur who created the eco-friendly streetwear line, Be Th3 Change, an old saying comes to mind. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Smith has struggled to make a go of her line, with even two failed Kickstarter campaigns under her belt. But that hasn't stop her.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Helpless Feeling on 9/11 Sparked Motivation After Hurricane Katrina

Environment

GM GREEN Addresses Global Water Challenges with Local Solutions

Today marks the conclusion of World Water Week, a time devoted to raising awareness of global water issues. Since 1991, the world’s top water experts, decision-makers, business innovators and conservationists have gathered in Stockholm for a week-long conference to address the critical challenges to our most essential resource.

Health & Healthcare

Video: Ecolab Food Safety Matters Webinar August 2015

In this video, special guest, Dr. Anna Starobin CP-FS, Ecolab senior scientist, global quick service restaurant (QSR) and food retail and leader of microbiology and food safety, discusses what biofilm is, where we see it and how it can be prevented through cleaning and sanitation processes in Ecolab's Food Safety Matters webinar, “Keeping it Clean in 2015: To Clean or Not to Clean? Prevention of Biofilm Formation.”

Environment

Banorte firma convenio con la Plataforma Mexicana de Carbono, MÉXICO2 para compromiso ambiental.

El pasado 25 de agosto, se llevó a cabo la firma del Convenio entre Banorte y la Plataforma Mexicana de Carbono MÉXICO2, para apoyar el Programa de Protección del Oso Negro en la Sierra de Zapalinamé en Coahuila. Dicha campaña socioambiental es desarrollada por la organización sin fines de lucro PROFAUNA (Protección de la Fauna Mexicana A.C.), la cual por 4 años recibirá una donación anual para realizar las actividades del programa, tal donativo se efectuará mediante el fideicomiso AyuDamos.

Environment

Banorte Signs Agreement with the Mexican Carbon Platform, MEXICO2 for Environmental Commitment

Last August 25, an agreement was signed between Banorte and the Mexican carbon platform, MEXICO2, to support the protection program for the black bear in the Zapaliname Mountains of Coahuila. This socio-environmental campaign was developed by the non-profit organization PROFAUNA (Protección de la Fauna Mexicana A.C.), which will receive an annual donation for 4 years through AyuDamos trust to support program activities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CITGO Commemorates 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Environment

President's Pledge to Support Renewables Adds Punch to Clean Power Plan

President's Obama's support for the mainstreaming of solar energy will help ensure future generations enjoy cleaner air and a healthy planet.

Energy

Energy-Efficient Design Helps California Town Boost Water Resources

Since 1991, Visalia’s City Council has enforced water restrictions. And for decades, water from the regional aquifer has been depleted faster than it can be replenished.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hurricane Katrina Showed Us We Can Do Better

Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina hit the US Gulf Coast, leaving more than 1,300 people dead, forcing one million people from their homes and leaving 372,000 children without schools. Nobody was prepared for such devastation. In fact, it took seven months to reunite the last child with her family after thousands of children were reported missing. It was a true wake-up call for disaster preparedness and disaster relief across the US. At GSK, we realized there were things we could do to be better prepared.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Ram Truck Brand Creates ‘Ram Nation’ Volunteer Corps to Mobilize Truck Owners to Help Others When Need Arises

Tapping into the natural instinct of truck owners to lend a helping hand to family, friends and neighbors when a need arises, Ram Truck has launched “Ram Nation” to help its owners and dealers come together for disaster relief and community service initiatives.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sharpening our Focus: Bombardier’s Stakeholder Engagement and Materiality

Stakeholder engagement helps us develop and continuously evolve our business strategy. By engaging a broad spectrum of stakeholders around their interests, motivations and perceptions, we can develop a more integrated view of the issues that impact our business. These insights ultimately inform the programs and initiatives we put in place to achieve our enterprise-wide vision as well as our external reporting priorities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Carnival Cruise Line Presents $20,000 Check to Frisco RoughRiders Representing Proceeds from Season-Long 'Pass The Boot' Promotion

Carnival Cruise Line - Texas' largest cruise operator - presented a $20,000 check to the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, representing proceeds from the "Pass the Boot" promotion at this season's home games at Dr. Pepper Park.

Diversity & Inclusion

Should You Sit or Stand at Your Desk? The Right Answer is “Both”!

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Cox Employee Relief Fund Reaches $4 Million Giving Milestone

The Cox Employee Relief Fund (CERF), established hours after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina by members of the Cox family and the James M. Cox Foundation, announced today that it has surpassed $4 million in employee grants. More than 1,700 employees have received direct financial assistance from the fund since its inception a decade ago.

Research, Reports & Publications

How Domtar Creates Value in Local Communities

Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) designs, manufactures, markets and distributes a wide variety of fiber-based products, including communication papers, specialty and packaging papers, and absorbent hygiene products. The foundation of our business is a network of world-class wood fiber-converting assets that produce papergrade, fluff and specialty pulp. The majority of our pulp production is consumed internally to manufacture paper and consumer products

Events, Media & Communications

Data for Good Exchange Registration is Open

Latest Campaigns

  1. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  2. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  3. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    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...
  4. Digital Safety
    We provide tools and guidance so people can manage digital content in a way that’s right for them and their families. Learn more >>
  5. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  6. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  7. 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...
  8. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  9. Retail Logistics
    DP World provides end-to-end retail logistics solutions including comprehensive Purchase Order management from origin consolidation to retailer PO...
  10. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  11. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  12. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  13. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  14. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  15. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.