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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy | Cisco Systems Inc.

Circular Design Illustrated Through Four Cisco Products

At Cisco, circular design means building sustainability into our products and packaging from the start. It’s about designing with the full life cycle in mind

Responsible Production & Consumption

Waste Reduction Through Donation at Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works

Events, Media & Communications

KeyBank and Parachute Credit Counseling Team Up to Offer Free Tax Preparation Services in Western New York

KeyBank

Events, Media & Communications

HPRC 2026 Project Roadmap

Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Wesco Recognized on Fortune’s 2026 America’s Most Innovative Companies List

Wesco International

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Cereal Sense

Guiding Stars Licensing Company LLC

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Everpure’s Partnership with Rewriting the Code Shows How Purpose-Driven Partnerships Can Expand Pathways for Women in Tech

Everpure

Research, Reports & Publications

Spring Cleaning Your Budget: A Fresh Start for Your Finances

Aflac Incorporated

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2025 JA Americas Company of the Year Celebrates the Spirit of Possibility

FedEx

Featured Brands

T‑Mobile’s Hometown Grants Top $21.5M, Empowering 475 Small Towns Nationwide

T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced the latest 25 Hometown Grants recipients, including, for the first time, a town in North Dakota. With the latest and second-to-last round, T-Mobile has invested more than $21.5 million in grants to 475 small towns and rural communities

Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders: FedEx and the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

Recently, FedEx hosted the spring edition of the Marine Corps Career Readiness Initiative webinar, an inspiring event dedicated to equipping student scholars with the tools they need to transition from college to career.

Aflac 2025 Agents of Care Prove the Power of Compassion in Action

Quiet acts of service often speak the loudest, and that kind of generosity can ripple outward to help strengthen entire communities.

NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants Return for 9th Consecutive Year to Provide $2.5 Million for Nonprofits in 2026

Comcast NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal Local today announced the return of the NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants for the ninth consecutive year. 

Circular Design Illustrated Through Four Cisco Products

At Cisco, circular design means building sustainability into our products and packaging from the start. It’s about designing with the full life cycle in mind

Waste Reduction Through Donation at Bath & Body Works

At Bath & Body Works, waste reduction and management play a key role in building a sustainable future.

Comcast Makes $250,000 Investment in Mile High United Way’s 211 Help Center

Mile High United Way announced Comcast’s $250,000 investment in the nonprofit organization’s 211 Help Center. In honor of the investment, the service will now be known as Mile High United Way’s 211 Help Center Sponsored by Comcast.

ICA Fund Announces $2.25 Million in New Funding From Wells Fargo To Support Growth-Ready Small Businesses in the Bay Area

ICA Fund today announced it has received a $2.25 million grant from Wells Fargo & Company as part of its Open for Business Growth initiative, a $20 million philanthropic program designed to help growth-ready small businesses access the capital and resources they need to scale.

From Ideas To Impact: Empowering Africa’s Next Generation of Climate Innovators

In December, the future of African innovation took center stage in Abuja, Nigeria, as students from across the continent gathered for Junior Achievement (JA) Africa’s Company of the Year (COY) competition.

Guiding Stars: Cereal Sense

The cereal aisle can feel overwhelming—especially when every box claims to be the right choice. Call-outs like “whole grain,” “fortified,” “heart healthy,” or “high protein” add to the confusion. When you’re short on time, you may not be able to review the nutrition facts panel.

Recent Alerts

Education

Lola Awoniyi-Oteri, Qualcomm Engineer and Prolific Inventor

Lola Awoniyi-Oteri, an Engineer, Principal/Manager in wireless R&D at Qualcomm Technologies tells us the impact her parents had on her career trajectory and urge to solve big problems.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Award Program Announces the Second Group of Physicians to be Trained in the $114 Million Program

The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF) announced that an additional 64 physicians have been selected to receive the Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award (Winn CDA).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tapestry’s kate spade new york Team Encourages Prioritizing Mental Health and Well-Being

October 10 is world mental health day. Our kate spade new york team continues to inspire us to prioritize mental health and well-being with a number of their initiatives.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Francis deSouza Recognized as 3BL Media's Responsible CEO of the Year for Innovation and ESG Integration

Illumina CEO, Francis deSouza received the award for 3BL Media’s 2022 Responsible CEO of the Year: Innovation and ESG Integration.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2022 Responsible CEO of the Year Awards

Today 3BL Media announced the recipients of the 2022 Responsible CEO of the Year Awards during its annual event, 3BL Forum: Brands Taking Stands® – Now What? at Pier Sixty in New York.

Research, Reports & Publications

Nearly Half of U.S. Contractors Believe Training the Next Generation of Workers Is the Industry's Most Critical Need, According to Newly Released Dewalt® Powering the Future Survey

As part of its commitment to empower the next generation of workers, DEWALT has opened the DEWALT Trades Scholarship, which will award students with a $5,000 grant in pursuance of a skilled trade educational program for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Environment

Purpose 360: Improving Life at Home With Whirlpool

We use appliances like refrigerators, dishwashers, and washing machines daily to save time and improve our quality of life – often without recognizing their impact on our lives.

Energy

Energy Solutions Designed for a Volatile Market

Volatility is a difficult word to hear and even harder to contend with, particularly for consumers. Though the word might create a bit of unease, there are ways to navigate and adapt to even the most complex energy market conditions

Environment

ICT Is a Solutions Sector

On the eve of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, Heather Johnson, Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, Ericsson, explores how ICT can provide solutions to the climate and learning crises that we face.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

14 Years on the Road in Winnipeg: Salvation Army Truck Donated by FedEx

The Community Response Unit or CRU is a heavy-duty vehicle outfitted with a full kitchen and can serve upwards of 150 people. This was made possible by a long-standing partnership and generous donation from FedEx.

Health & Healthcare

Key Insights on Current and Emerging Healthcare Issues

The Quest Diagnostics Health Trends® series of reports are drawn from our billions of data points to provide key insights into current healthcare issues.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Eaton Leadership Insights: Want Better Business Results? Try Ethics.

“How do we make speaking up the norm and not the exception?” As Eaton’s Senior Vice President of Ethics and Compliance, I believe we should all be asking that same question every day.

Environment

Be Proactive About PFAS with This PFAS Action Plan Guide

We’ve put together some information to help you understand the risks associated with PFAS contamination and an action plan guide to aid your organization’s risk assessment, mitigation, and remediation efforts.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Principal® Releases First Sustainable Financing Report Announcing Allocations of $600M Sustainability Bond

Principal Financial Group® has released its first Principal Sustainable Financing Report to highlight the proceeds allocated to eligible green and social assets from the issuance of the company’s $600 million sustainability bond in August 2021.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Project Ybá Conserves Biological Diversity Through Sustainable Extraction

Project Ybá has the power to drive social transformation through collaborative partnerships with Natura &Co, The Nature Conservancy and Peabiru Institute that focus on development combined with sustainability.

Diversity & Inclusion

Beyond On-Screen: Off-Camera Diversity Attracts New Audiences

While most conversations on representation in media are centered around what audiences see on screen, of growing importance to viewers—and growing influence in attracting new audiences—is diversity and inclusion behind the cameras.

Diversity & Inclusion

Franklin Templeton Celebrates UK Black History Month 2022

On October 18, the Ethnicity and Black Empowerment Network (BEN) business resource groups at Franklin Templeton and Western Asset’s Black Heritage Network organized a webinar with John Amaechi

Events, Media & Communications

Going Green & Still Pumping Oil? The Challenges of Climate Change for Fossil Fuel Producers

We were thinking the other day about the enormous challenges posed by climate change to our society

Diversity & Inclusion

Greyston Bakery Joins Groundbreaking Walmart-Funded Employment Program As It Announces Locations and Partners

Joseph Kenner, CEO of Greyston Bakery, will take the stage at 3BL Media’s Brands Taking Stands Summit to announce Greyston’s participation in Unlock Potential, a Walmart-funded intentional hiring program that is designed to prevent incarceration.

Diversity & Inclusion

From the Fifth Third 2021 ESG Report: Empowering Black Women Business Owners

When the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council identified a key issue facing Black women business owners, Fifth Third’s chief inclusion and diversity officer Stephanie Smith stepped in to help.

Health & Healthcare

Clinics Across Florida, New Jersey & California Advancing Mental Health in Underserved Communities - Awarded Funding From Teva Pharmaceuticals, Direct Relief and NAFC

Teva Pharmaceuticals, the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC) and Direct Relief announced today the awarding of $825,000 in grant funding for 11 free and charitable clinics addressing mental health

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Discovery Education and Dollar General Literacy Foundation Partner on New Initiative Promoting Literacy

Discovery Education announced today the launch of a new education initiative – Discover Literacy – created in partnership with the Dollar General Literacy Foundation promoting literacy nationwide.

Environment

1.8 Million Acres of North American Great Plains Destroyed in 2020

A new Plowprint report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reveals that 1.8 million acres of grassland habitat in the Great Plains of U.S., Canada, and Mexico were plowed up in 2020, primarily for row crop agriculture.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

As Much as $2.6 Billion of Corn and Soy Never Leaves US Farms

A first-of-its-kind study from WWF indicates that on-farm losses of corn and soy crops in the US are much higher than industry-accepted estimates, with a potential national loss of 507 million bushels of corn and 53 million bushels of soy annually

Energy

Working Trees: How a Startup Helps Farmers Get Paid for Carbon Stored in Their Trees

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2022 winners have been officially announced, you’ll want to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation.

Latest Campaigns

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...

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...

Aflac Stories

Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.

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...

First Responder Programming

At Motorola Solutions, our customers are everyday heroes, and our philanthropic arm, the Motorola Solutions Foundation is dedicated to paying it...

Collective Action

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

Community Investment

all community engagement efforts (e.g., Teach for All, volunteerism, etc.)

GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...

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...

KeyBank: Responsible Banking

Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...