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Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Redefining Supply Chains With Integrated Logistics: The DP World Approach

DP World

Volunteering & Community

Nielsen Global Impact Day 2025: Expanding Our Global Impact

Nielsen

Research & Reports

Teva’s 2025 Healthy Future Report Highlights Environmental and Access to Medicines Progress, Including Meeting All Sustainability-Linked Bond Targets

Teva Pharmaceutical

AI & Technology

An Ecosystem Approach to the Future of Automotive

Qualcomm

Events

Coalition to Develop First Standardized Guidance for Assessing and Managing Corporate Value Chain Water Risk

SCS Global Services

Philanthropy

Celebrating the Sixth Sands Cares Accelerator Graduate: The LGBTQ+ Center of Las Vegas

Las Vegas Sands

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Food Security: Reducing Food Loss and Waste Is Our Best Investment for Mitigating Current and Future Food Crises

Care USA

AI & Technology

Beyond Earth Day: Turning Sustainability Into Growth Across the Partner Ecosystem

Lenovo

Featured Brands

Invest Atlanta and Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Announce New Wells Fargo Grants for Small Business Development and Housing Stability Across Metro Atlanta

Invest Atlanta and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta announced new philanthropic grants from Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation to support small business growth and housing stability across metro Atlanta.

Comcast NBCUniversal, Telemundo, and U.S. Soccer Foundation Expand National Youth Soccer and Coach-Mentorship Programs Ahead of FIFA World Cup 26™

Comcast NBCUniversal, Telemundo, and the U.S. Soccer Foundation announced an expanded commitment to increase access to high-impact youth soccer programs and coach-mentorship training in the lead-up to FIFA World Cup 2026™.

By Degrees Foundation and Wells Fargo Celebrate Expansion of 529 College Savings Accounts to All Students at North High School

Hundreds attended North High School in Des Moines to mark the launch of 529 college savings accounts, funded by a $750,000 Wells Fargo Foundation grant. The By Degrees Foundation and Des Moines Public Schools are opening 529 accounts with seed money for all North High students

AI-Powered Energy Savings: How Globe Is Pioneering Energy-Efficient Networks With Qualcomm Dragonwing Ran Automation

A leading digital platform in the Philippines and a pioneering force in the telecommunications industry, Globe Telecom boasts more than 62 million mobile customers.

Mastercard: 6 New Ways To Think About Inclusive Growth

Global development priorities, fast-advancing technologies and shifting consumer behavior are reshaping what financial health looks like and how digital innovation.

DreamSpring Introduces New Loan Products Designed for Small Business Affordability

DreamSpring, a nonprofit CDFI and SBA lender, has introduced new loan products tailored for small businesses, including flexible repayment and care economy financing. With a $500,000 Wells Fargo grant, DreamSpring expanded its offerings to address growth-stage needs and industrie

Comcast and Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County Open Lift Zones in Lacey to Help Youth Build Digital Skills

Comcast and Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County (BGCTC) have opened new Lift Zones in Lacey, Tumwater, Yelm, and Rochester to help youth build their digital skills.

An Ecosystem Approach to the Future of Automotive

The automotive industry is undergoing one of the most profound transformations in history. Vehicles are evolving into software-defined platforms capable of improving safety, creating new experiences for drivers and passengers, and continuously evolving over their lifetimes.

Guiding Stars: What We’re Learning About Food, Packaging & the Environment

Social media feeds fill with news of forever chemicals. Apps abound that allow us to assess a product’s “health impact” score. Meanwhile, we still want nutritious options that are best for our bodies and health.

How We’re Building a Cleaner, More Efficient Energy Supply | Cisco FY25 Purpose Report

Cisco has long believed that sustainability action can spur innovation and build a more resilient energy supply.

Recent Alerts

Environment

ISO 14001:2026 Update: What Changed and What It Means

ISO 14001 has officially been updated as of April 2026. The revision introduces several important updates that reflect how environmental and business expectations have evolved over the past decade.

Education & Workforce Development

These Middle Schoolers Built a Mini Economy Inspired by Ancient Rome

Lani Reeder’s students were working on an entrepreneurial lesson about marketplaces in ancient Rome when they had a bolt of inspiration. “The kids started asking questions: Do we still do this today, in modern times?

Corporate Responsibility

From Pro Athlete to Tech Storyteller: Meet DICK’S Sporting Goods Manager of Communications & Branding

Hunter Gilstrap didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a professional athlete. As a kid in a small town in South Carolina, he was more interested in comic books and drawing than organized sports. Soccer was something his parents signed him up for at the local YMCA in 1990.

Philanthropy

IWBI Supports Future-Ready Facilities Grant to Modernize U.S. School Infrastructure

A new initiative launched by Attune is designed to address a growing challenge across the United States: aging school facilities that lack visibility into critical building performance metrics.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Making Sustainability REAL Through Smarter Packaging

Lenovo’s R.E.A.L. framework for sustainability, Responsible Design, Ethical Materials, Accountable Models, and Lifecycle Intelligence, defines a more holistic approach to circularity.

Energy & Infrastructure

How AI Is Transforming the Electric Grid

The electric grid powers nearly every part of daily life—from homes and hospitals to transportation and national security systems. Today, the grid is under increasing strain from unprecedented power load growth.

Education & Workforce Development

Delivering Impact Where It Counts, With Futurpreneur

When young entrepreneurs have the right support at the right time, ideas turn into businesses. That belief underpins the collaboration between FedEx and Futurpreneur

Corporate Responsibility

Advancing with Purpose: Designing for Product Energy Efficiency

Welcome to Advancing with Purpose, a new AMD video series featuring the people behind our corporate responsibility efforts.

Research & Reports

BIER Releases 2025 Benchmarking Study Highlighting Measurable Progress in Water, Energy, and Emissions Efficiency Across the Beverage Sector

The Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) has released its 2025 Water, Energy, and Emissions Benchmarking Study, providing a comprehensive, comparable analysis of environmental performance across more than 1,600 facilities globally.

AI & Technology

Prioritizing Security, Privacy, and Trust in the AI Era | Cisco FY25 Purpose Report

As innovation accelerates, the need for strong security, data protection, and privacy has never been more critical.

Corporate Responsibility

Community Connections: Meet Jasmine Brantley

One of the things that really stood out to me during the interview process was how authentic and engaging everyone was. Every conversation felt less like a formal interview and more like a meaningful discussion about how we support businesses.

Research & Reports

Tempus Next Pathways Unlocked Critical Insights Into the aNSCLC Patient Journey With Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)

Bristol Myers Squibb is advancing its efforts to improve equitable access to high‑quality cancer care by applying real‑world insight to where care delivery often breaks down.

Volunteering & Community

LA Galaxy and Heal the Bay Team Up for MLS ‘Greener Goals’ to Protect Southern California Coastline

As part of Major League Soccer’s "Greener Goals" initiative, AEG’s LA Galaxy partnered with Heal the Bay on Saturday, April 11, to host a community beach cleanup in Santa Monica.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Advancing Polyolefin Performance: Expanding Plastic Possibilities Through Smarter Mineral Solutions

Polyolefins, particularly polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), are some of the most widely used materials in the world. As performance expectations rise, businesses need to balance more variables than ever before to produce modern polyolefin applications.

Health & Healthcare

This Spring, Aflac Encourages You To Scatter Seeds of Kindness

Inspired by the main character of Aflac’s new children’s book, “Beyond Words,” the team at Aflac created an easy way for people from around the world to share words of kindness and hope for kids and families facing health challenges.

Philanthropy

Addressing Worsening Infant Malnutrition in Afghanistan

Malnutrition is rising in Afghanistan and causing breastfeeding challenges for many mothers. Action Against Hunger is identifying the root causes and working with communities to address them.

AI & Technology

Four Fraud Schemes Businesses Can’t Afford to Ignore – Tips from KeyBank

May is Small Business Month, a time to honor the nearly 33 million small businesses in the U.S. that drive the economy and support local communities. While it’s important to shop at small businesses, arming their owners and employees with information that can help protect them.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Report Shows Verification Boosts Consumer Goods Environmental Performance Data Quality

New report shows Cascale’s Higg FEM verification program delivers credible environmental performance data to inform decision making across global consumer goods supply chains.

Socially Responsible Investing

Greater Holyoke YMCA and Comcast Partner To Expand Digital Opportunity in Holyoke, MA

Representatives from the Greater Holyoke YMCA and Comcast were joined by State Representative Patricia Duffy to celebrate the opening of the organization’s STEAM tech center along with a recently awarded $15,000 grant from Comcast.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

DP World Perspective: Why Logistics Is Emerging As the Competitive Edge in Data Centers

As demand for AI, cloud computing, and digital services accelerate, data centers are becoming the backbone of the global economy. DP World's Glen Clark explains in Fast Company that logistics is now the critical factor determining data center success.

Socially Responsible Investing

Aetna Better Health® of Virginia Opens New Community Resource Center in Roanoke

Aetna Better Health® of Virginia, a CVS Health® company (NYSE: CVS), today announced the opening of its new Community Resource Center (CRC) in Roanoke, located at the Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s EnVision Center.

AI & Technology

Our Tech Ambition: Scaling the Digital Economy Without Scaling Emissions

The power of today’s technologies has made payments faster, more seamless and more secure. Greater data availability means richer insights. AI is making more things possible. It’s an exciting future for all of us at Mastercard as we power commerce around the globe.

AI & Technology

Edge Intelligence: 10 Trends Driving Startup Success Worldwide

In 2025 Qualcomm Government Affairs’ ecosystem development team enabled over 60 startups across the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia‑Pacific, to bring wireless connectivity, IoT and edge AI-based products to market, scale business, and secure IP rights.

Education & Workforce Development

Southwire Canada Advances Education Through Wired for the Future Scholarship

Southwire Canada is proud to support the next generation of talent through Southwire’s Wired for the Future Scholarship via Electro Federation Canada’s (EFC) scholarship platform.

Events

Reuters Covers the Push for Common Corporate Water Reporting Standards

Corporate water accounting has a fragmentation problem — and Reuters is covering the effort to fix it.

Latest Campaigns

Integrated Tools

Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...

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...

Wells Fargo Social Impact and Sustainability

Wells Fargo & Company is a leading financial services company that has approximately $1.9 trillion in assets and proudly serves one in three U.S...

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...

PSEG Environmental Stewardship

PSEG’s environmental stewardship is evident in programs and strategies that reflect our commitment to clean air, clean water and waste management...

License to Operate

Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

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...

The Ray

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

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...