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Join Leaders From Google, Microsoft, REI & More at GreenBiz 26

Trellis Group

Events, Media & Communications

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

Rockwell Automation

Research, Reports & Publications

people in a boat
What We Learned (Or Didn’t) From Hurricane Katrina

TriplePundit

Social Impact & Volunteering

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Great Food Greater Purpose: Sysco Supports Southern Smoke Foundation With $1.7 Million in Relief to Food & Beverage Workers in Crisis

Sysco was proud to present the Southern Smoke Festival — celebrating five years of partnership with the Southern Smoke Foundation and raising $1.7 million to support food & beverage workers in crisis.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Whirlpool Corporation Announces $300 Million Investment in U.S. Laundry Operations, Creating 400–600 New Jobs

The Michigan-based manufacturer, which started in the U.S. in 1911 and has stayed in the U.S. throughout its history, is preparing to ramp up production at two Ohio facilities.

Research, Reports & Publications

New World Bank Research in Partnership With the Mastercard Economics Institute

What happens to local businesses after a hurricane passes?

A joint study by the Mastercard Economics Institute and The World Bank economist Leora Klapper found that merchants typically lose two days’ worth of sales they never recover.

Innovation & Technology

Weathering With Confidence: How Lenovo Helped the Sichuan Meteorological Bureau Navigate a Complex System Migration

As extreme weather events become more common, the Sichuan Meteorological Bureau, based in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province in southwest China, plays an increasingly important role in public safety and disaster prevention.

Environment

Tork Helps Make Sustainability Easier for Businesses With New Data Sharing Initiative

Tork has launched the Tork Focus4 Sustainability platform in North America to help businesses benefit from sustainable hygiene in the restroom. The platform provide information, tools, and training to help customers make informed decisions that reduce environmental impacts.

Events, Media & Communications

How AI Is Reshaping the Global Supply Chain — Join DP World and Industry Leaders at Trellis Impact 2025

At Trellis Impact 2025, leaders from across industries will gather to discuss how artificial intelligence and other innovations are driving measurable impact — from reducing emissions to improving resilience.

Sustainable Development Goals

Latest KPI Report Demonstrates Significant Progress Made by Tire Industry Project Member Companies Between 2021–2024

Latest KPI report demonstrates significant progress made by Tire Industry Project member companies between 2021-2024

Improvements across climate action, resource efficiency, responsible sourcing, circularity and other sustainability measures.

Environment

Global Heat Reduction Initiative Expands Impact With Registry Standard Version 2.0, Strengthening Alignment with ICVCM and ICROA Accreditation

The Global Heat Reduction Initiative (GHR) has released Version 2.0 of its Registry Standard, ensuring that Heat Reduction Credits seamlessly align with the integrity and transparency standards guiding the global voluntary carbon market

Environment

Food and Agriculture Organization Invites Arbor Day Foundation CEO to Speak During Global Urban Forestry Conference

Arbor Day Foundation CEO Dan Lambe invited to speak at First International Green Cities Conference, hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and UN Habitat.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Four Essential Lessons From Skills-Based Hiring

Competition for talent is fierce, but at Trane Technologies, we've discovered that skills-based hiring is the key to recruiting a highly skilled workforce from unconventional pathways.

Environment

Antea Group UK Welcomes Dan Ellis as Service Line Director for ESG

Dan Ellis joins Antea Group UK as Service Line Director for ESG, enhancing leadership in environmental stewardship and sustainability initiatives.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Action Against Hunger Launches the R.E.A.C.T Project in Baidoa, Somalia

Through this program, thousands of small farmers in Baidoa will gain the means to produce food more efficiently, protect their land and water resources, and connect to markets in ways that increase income and reduce the drivers of hunger and humanitarian dependency in the region.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Southern Company Teams Among Honorees At 2025 Fortnightly Top Innovators Conference

Two Southern Company projects recently earned national recognition, reflecting Southern Company’s commitment to innovation, collaboration and superior performance in meeting the evolving needs of customers and the grid. 

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Meet Bill: Demonstrating the Power of Empathy and Advocacy

Tapping into different voices, perspectives, and experiences helps businesses solve problems, reveals new opportunities to grow, and encourages contributions that better support people and communities.

Responsible Production & Consumption

SCS Standards and Assurance Systems Releases Revised SCS-111 Certification Standard for Rigid Core Resilient Flooring

SCS Standards and Assurance Systems is pleased to announce the publication of version 2.0 of the SCS-111 Certification Standard for Rigid Core Resilient Flooring.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Guide to Better Buying’s 7 Purchasing Practices for Decent Work

Do you know Better Buying’s seven key purchasing practices? Read Lindsay Wright’s latest blog to re-familiarize yourself ahead of the upcoming Better Buying Purchasing Practices Index (BBPPI) report 2025.

Events, Media & Communications

New Benevity Impact Labs Research Reveals a Confidence Gap Among Global Grantmakers

Benevity Inc., the global provider of social impact software, today announced the release of a first-of-its-kind research report exploring the state of corporate grantmaking around the world.

Innovation & Technology

Listen Now: Smarter, Safer, Stronger: How AI Is Redefining Global Supply Chains

DP World and Supply Chain Dive's studioID unveil new insights on how artificial intelligence is reshaping logistics for efficiency, resilience, and sustainability — now available in a new podcast episode.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Futurpreneur Expert Exchange Sponsored by FedEx Empowers Canada’s Young Entrepreneurs

FedEx and Futurpreneur have teamed up to help Canada’s next wave of business founders, delivering free, practical guidance through an insightful webinar series called Expert Exchange sponsored by FedEx.

Innovation & Technology

All the Cool Girls Get Fired Authors Used GoDaddy To Turn Setbacks Into Power Moves

Media veterans and authors Laura Brown and Kristina O'Neill know what it's like to turn a career setback into a launchpad. Now, as they hit the road to promote their new book, All The Cool Girls Get Fired, they are teaming up with GoDaddy to provide others with the answer.

Events, Media & Communications

Advancing Sustainability Communications With New Features and Capabilities

Over the past year, 3BL, the leading platform for sustainability and impact communications, has rolled out a series of powerful product upgrades and architectural advancements designed to transform how organizations share, measure, and optimize their ESG and impact stories.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Concerned Citizens of Cook County and Georgia Interfaith Power & Light Reduce Energy Burdens in South Georgia

Concerned Citizens of Cook County and Georgia Interfaith Power & Light are reducing energy burdens and preparing local churches to become resilience centers with a Drawdown Georgia Climate Solutions & Equity Grant from a collaborative of Georgia-focused funders.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

DICK'S Sporting Goods Plans To Hire 14,000 Seasonal Teammates for 2025 Holiday Shopping Season

DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) announced recently that it expects to hire approximately 14,000 seasonal teammates for the upcoming 2025 holiday season. The company's eighth-annual "National Signing Day" will take place on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Nourishing Meals With Five Ingredients or Less

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a reminder of the impact cancer has on the diagnosed individual and their loved ones. Among the many outcomes of treatment can be physical and mental exhaustion for daily activities like cooking.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wesco 2025 Sustainability Report: Wesco Cares Philanthropic Program

Giving back to our communities is an essential part of who we are. That commitment is the inspiration behind Wesco Cares. The corporate philanthropic program allows Wesco to make a positive and lasting impact within the communities where our employees work and reside.

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.)