Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Responsible Production & Consumption | Tetra Pak

Why Aseptic Cartons Matter in Global Food Systems

Most of us don’t often consider what happens to our milk or juice cartons once they’re empty. But the truth is, cartons do more than just contain food and drink—they protect it.
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Energy

Green Mountain Energy and Treehouse Partner to Offer Customers Affordable Option for EV Charger Installation

Green Mountain Energy

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

AllianceBernstein

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

TCS Spotlight: Vinamra Shukla

TCSer Vinamra Shukla has long supported civic engagement as well as physical well-being through exercise. In 2020, Vinamra learned of an opportunity to support the Council for Responsible Sport (CRS), a small nonprofit with a global footprint and a massive technology need.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Alicia Dagosta Can Finally Be Herself

Alicia Dagosta decided a change was in order. After twenty-three years of straitlaced and traditional professional dress, the vice president, assistant general counsel, and head of regulatory legal at Oportun finally felt ready to just be herself.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IBM Teams Up To Help Accelerate Clean Energy Transition for Vulnerable Populations

IBM announced at COP27 the new members of its global pro bono social impact program, the IBM Sustainability Accelerator.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Bayer Showcases How To Jointly Tackle the Challenges of Food Security and Climate Change

At its Fields of Opportunity event on the Bayer ForwardFarm in Rommerskirchen, Germany, Bayer shows how farmers can benefit from reducing their ecological footprint while also increasing their yields.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Care Counts™ Laundry Program by Whirlpool Brand Continues To Provide Critical Access To Clean Clothes and Combat Post-Pandemic Absenteeism Rates

To continue its effort to lower absenteeism rates among elementary school students, the Care Counts™ laundry program by Whirlpool brand continues to provide washers and dryers to selected schools across the country with high absenteeism.

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Environment

Waste Not: Breakthrough Technology Transforms Garbage Headed to Landfills Into Recyclable Materials

A team at Georgia-Pacific developed a new waste erosion and recovery technology that decreases the amount of solid waste destined for landfills or incinerators, transforming multiple waste streams into valuable commodities.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Chemours and Honeywell Announce Program To Enable Reclamation and Recycling of Refrigerants in Support of Circular Economy

The Chemours Company (“Chemours”) (NYSE: CC), and Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON), today announced the launch of a new pilot program to enable qualified companies to recycle and reclaim R-448A,

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Second Scheme Achieves SSCI Recognition: Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard

The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to announce that the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS) has completed the SSCI benchmarking process and achieved SSCI Recognition.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Schneider Electric Appoints Pasha Ponomarev As Head of EMEA Sustainability Business

Schneider Electric’s Sustainability Business, a leading global consultant on energy and emissions management and corporate renewable purchasing, has appointed Pasha Ponomarev as the new Head of Sustainability for EMEA.

Diversity & Inclusion

Disney Directing Program Unveils 2022–2023 Participants

Disney General Entertainment Content (DGE) has selected the participants in its 2022-2023 DGE Directing Program. For the second consecutive year, the program will guarantee episodes to first-time television directors on a DGE scripted series.

Green Mountain Energy

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

HISD Mandarin Immersion Magnet School Celebrates Sustainability Upgrades, Funded by Green Mountain Energy Sun Club Grant

A regal red and gold dragon undulated across the stage, as small feet shuffled underneath. The fabric creature moved to the beat of the music, with its rows of sharp teeth on display.

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Diversity & Inclusion

10 Tulsa Small Businesses To Be Highlighted at Holiday Marketplace Hosted by SkysTheLimit.org (“Sky’s the Limit”)

The Sky's the Limit Tulsa Holiday Marketplace experience takes place tonight, November 15 in Tulsa, OK. Shoppers will enjoy meeting and socializing with local entrepreneurs and other luminaries,

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Diversity & Inclusion

Texas Capital Bank Partners with Texas Women’s Foundation and Dallas Federal Reserve to Host Economic Issues for Women in Texas Forum

Texas Women’s Foundation, in partnership with Texas Capital Bank, set out to clarify and address these challenges during a special review and panel discussion hosted at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

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Environment

Mastercard Supports the President's Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience

Mastercard is responding to President Biden’s “Call to Action” to the private sector to address climate adaptation challenges and support the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE).

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Innovation & Technology

CNH Industrial at the Technology Biennale: Lady Suzanne Heywood Talks About Leadership Through Innovation

The Chair of the CNH Industrial Board of Directors – Suzanne Heywood – spoke at the Technology Biennale last week. This four-day event sees 280 global experts address the most pressing and challenging matters in the tech space.

Environment

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on COP27 and Helping Clients Achieve Sustainability Goals

IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna recently sat down with Forbes Middle East to discuss how the company is helping clients advance their sustainability agendas.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Deckers Brands Recognized on Investor's Business Daily's List of 100 Best ESG Companies for 2022

Deckers Brands, a global leader in designing, marketing, and distributing innovative footwear, apparel and accessories has been selected by Investor’s Business Daily® (IBD) as one of the 100 Best ESG Companies for 2022.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Wagamama To Replace Up to 330 Tonnes of Virgin Plastics in Takeaway Packaging

With the world continuously swamped under mountains of plastic waste, more companies are innovating and implementing solutions in a bid to mitigate the climate crisis and tackle increasing plastic pollution.

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Environment

KFC Philippines To Have 54 Solar-Powered Stores by Q1 2023

KFC is the first quick-service restaurant (QSR) in the Philippines to launch an initiative to significantly lower its carbon footprint by mounting solar panels on the rooftop of the KFC branch in San Fernando, Pampanga in April 2019.

Environment

Collaborating on Climate-Related Technology and Policy Solutions

American is actively working to reduce our carbon footprint, but we recognize that we cannot achieve our ambitious goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 on our own.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Bread Financial 2021 ESG Report: Fair & Responsible Banking

As a leading provider of branded credit programs, fair and responsible lending is core to our cardmembers’ journey. We take great care and consideration to ensure our consumer credit application and underwriting processes are administered equitably.

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Health & Healthcare

CRB Honors International Plasma Awareness Week

In honor of International Plasma Awareness Week (IPAW), Eduardo Munoz, PE, CRB’s market lead for plasma-derived therapies, shares why his work in this segment is rewarding.

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Environment

Champion Celebrates Eco Future Collection and Treedom Partnership

To celebrate Champion Europe’s Fall/Winter 2022 Eco Future collection, the brand will plant its 5th forest in partnership with Treedom. The Eco Future Forest will add to the already four forests and nearly 5,000 trees planted through the company’s partnership with Treedom, which began in 2020.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Alkermes Approach to Corporate Responsibility

We recognize that our stakeholders – including employees, healthcare providers, patients, caregivers, investors, policy makers, members of the communities where we live and work, and others – are part of a single community and affect one another.

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Energy

New Proposed EPA Methane Rule Aimed at Reducing Emissions Would Strengthen Those Issued Last Year

New proposed methane regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week would expand upon and strengthen already released rules that would reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas

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