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Trellis Group

Events, Media & Communications

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

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

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

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How I Got Here: Chris Turner, Chief Executive Officer at Yum! Brands

I started driving big tractors and walking rice fields the summer I turned 10. My dad was a fourth generation rice farmer, and I ended up majoring in industrial engineering because I thought I could do something with technology and operations in farming.

Health & Healthcare

Tork Issues Tools and Support for Reimagining Public Restrooms

Tork, the global leader in professional hygiene and an Essity brand, recently released new guidance aimed at helping businesses transform their restrooms into assets that enhance user satisfaction and benefit business performance.

Responsible Production & Consumption

W. L. Gore & Associates Releases 2024 Fabrics Responsibility Update, Highlighting Key Sustainability Milestones

Gore Fabrics, one of W. L. Gore & Associates’ key pillars of business, today launched its 2024 Fabrics Responsibility Update.

Events, Media & Communications

Give the Gift of EHS Resilience: Preparing for the Holiday Rush

The holiday season is recognized as the most active period for organizations engaged in the sale of goods, including both retailers and e-commerce enterprises.

Innovation & Technology

October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Stay Safe, Stay Smart

October is the perfect time to focus on protecting your digital life—especially your finances. As your trusted banking partner, we’re here to help you stay ahead of cybercriminals who constantly refine their tactics.

Events, Media & Communications

Advocacy Landmark for Entrepreneurs: New Bill Moves Closer to Protecting Direct Sellers and Independent Work

In a significant win for entrepreneurs across the U.S., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce has advanced The Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act (H.R. 3495) – a legislative milestone, decades in the making.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Chemours CEO Denise Dignam Showcases Chemistry’s Essentiality to Powering Innovation

Recently, Chemours’ CEO Denise Dignam sat down for an interview at the Chemours Discovery Hub, where she discussed how chemistry is the foundation of modern and next-generation technologies.

Education

Investing in the Future: Entergy Partners With NOABJ To Raise Funds for Scholarships

For the third year in a row, Entergy has partnered with the New Orleans Association of Black Journalists to support its mission of inspiring Black students to pursue careers in journalism and communications. As the presenting sponsor of the annual scholarship brunch.

Social Impact & Volunteering

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

Two decades ago, Americans were horrified by the response to Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it left behind. It was a wake-up call that rang around the nation, sounding the alarm that the current level of disaster preparedness was vastly inadequate.

Health & Healthcare

Why Making a Regular Appointment With Your Doctor Makes a Difference

When it comes to your health, preventive care is a great way to take control of your journey and stay on track. Taking the time to visit the doctor — and reminding loved ones to do the same — might mean a little extra effort, but it also means reassurance.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

“Whatever It Takes”: Action Against Hunger’s 2025 Gala Raises Over $2.1 Million in the Fight To End Hunger

From P!nk’s heartfelt message to stories of resilience from around the world, Action Against Hunger’s 2025 Gala raised millions to fight world hunger and proved that compassion is contagious.

Health & Healthcare

Medicare Now Covers Breakthrough Technology To Treat Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure

Under the CMS coverage policy, patients experiencing a blood pressure higher than 140 systolic and 90 diastolic and have been on a drug therapy and lifestyle modification regimen for at least six weeks could qualify for Medicare coverage of renal denervation.

Environment

Teams From Marathon Bring the Energy to Annual Ohio River Cleanup

It’s a big job that extends hundreds of miles, and teams from Marathon Petroleum rolled up their sleeves alongside community members to do their part, one bag at a time, at the 2025 Ohio River Sweep.

Energy

How Energy Works: Geothermal Energy

This installment explores the potential of geothermal energy. It explains how heat stored deep within the Earth can be harnessed to generate clean, reliable power — and why it’s one of the most consistent sources of renewable energy available today.

Responsible Production & Consumption

SCS Standards and Assurance Systems Releases SCS-004 Certification Standard for Responsible Advanced/Chemical/Molecular Recycling for Public Review

SCS Standards and Assurance Systems is pleased to announce that a newly developed certification standard for Responsible Advanced/Chemical/Molecular Recycling is now available for public review.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

With Support From FedEx, Direct Relief Responds to Multiple Disasters

Through its annual Hurricane Preparedness Program, made possible by long-standing support from FedEx, Direct Relief has pre-positioned 11 Hurricane Preparedness Packs throughout the Caribbean.

Education

Discovery Education Drives Student Engagement and Career Exploration With New National STEM Day Resources

Discovery Education, the creator of essential PreK-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, offers educators new resources and a unique career event to drive student engagement in workforce exploration on National STEM Day and beyond.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Building Your Safety Net: A Safeguarding Checklist for Small Healthcare Organizations

For many small healthcare organizations, it can be a challenge to balance the complex environment of quality care, compliance and financial sustainability. Proper cost allocation and financial reporting, understanding Medicare Part A co-insurance and bad debt management

Energy

CARB Delays Climate Disclosure Rulemaking, but Reporting Deadlines Remain

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has adjusted its timeline for developing climate disclosure rules under Senate Bill (SB) 253 and Senate Bill (SB) 261. While the agency takes more time to finalize guidance, the reporting deadlines for covered companies remain unchanged.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Addressing Energy Burdens and Promoting Energy Equity in Gwinnett County, Georgia

A funding collaborative of family foundations funded a two-year grant to to expand access to healthy, affordable, and and low-emission housing for vulnerable, BIPOC, low-income, and low-wealth community members in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Cascale Releases Higg MSI v3.11 With New Cotton Data and Expanded Material Categories for Home Furnishings

Cascale has released version 3.11 of the Higg MSI, introducing new cotton datasets and expanded material categories for home furnishings. The update enhances data accuracy and supports more informed, science-based material choices across the consumer goods industry.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The KFC Foundation Invests $200,000 in Food & Shelter Projects

The KFC Foundation is awarding $200,000 in grants to 20 community-based non-profit organization projects focused on expanding access to food and shelter.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Eurodia Industrie Announce Strategic Partnership To Deliver Integrated Material and Process Solutions for Direct Lithium Extraction

Saint-Gobain Ceramics, and Eurodia Industrie, a process engineering specialist in liquid purification technologies, today announced a strategic partnership to provide integrated solutions for the fast-growing Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) market.

Events, Media & Communications

Mastercard: A Revolution on Rails

Travellers in the Netherlands (visitors and local commuters alike) simply tap their payment cards, smartphones or wearables to ride any of the country’s trains, trams or buses — even rental bikes.

Environment

Direct Relief Commits $250,000, Opens Medical Inventory in Response to Hurricane Melissa’s Impacts in the Caribbean

Direct Relief today committed an initial $250,000 in financial support and offered up its entire medical inventory to health providers in the Caribbean in response to Hurricane Melissa.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Opportunity for All
    At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...
  3. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  4. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  5. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Whirlpool Corporation has several CSR partners including United Way, Habitat for Humanity International, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Consulada...
  6. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  7. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
  8. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  12. Wesco Cares
    Life-changing events can happen to any of us, often when we least expect them. Employees in need can turn to the Wesco Cares. Its mission is to be an...
  13. People
    As a family-owned business, Bacardi values the importance of creating a warm and welcoming workplace. We do so by fostering an environment where...
  14. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  15. Community Investment
    all community engagement efforts (e.g., Teach for All, volunteerism, etc.)