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Environment

Healthy Spaces with Trane Technologies: The Win-Win for Human and Planetary Health

The relationship between human and planetary health is connected, and so is the quality of indoor and outdoor air. This Healthy Spaces with Trane Technologies podcast explores the connection for World Health Day.

Innovation & Technology

Dentsu International Continues Its Accelerated Path to Net Zero With Salesforce Net Zero Cloud Implementation

Dentsu International is the first global advertising agency network to implement Salesforce Net Zero Cloud

Health & Healthcare

Podcast: Frank Chan Reveals How the Pandemic Pushed Patient Monitoring

Frank Chan, president of patient monitoring, explains how the pressures of the pandemic accelerated Medtronic’s development of patient monitoring systems that allowed for remote connection between caregiver and patient.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

PSE&G Trains Workers for Clean Energy Jobs

PSE&G has kicked off a novel initiative to provide low- to moderate-income New Jersey residents with the skills they need for careers in the fast-growing energy efficiency sector.

Diversity & Inclusion

PNC Bank Introduces Minority Business Development Group

Comprised of bankers and advocacy partners, the Minority Business Development Group will help prepare minority-owned businesses for effective growth, development and sustainability.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Daloa: Cocoa-Growing Economic Operators Offer School Infrastructure to Village Communities

The cocoa industry and farmer cooperatives united their energies in Daloa, school infrastructures to several communities to participate in the education of thousands of children victims of the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa fields.

Health & Healthcare

Delivering for Good: Cold-chain Storage Enables Greater Vaccine Distribution

FedEx is a long-time supporter of Heart to Heart International, and through a recent donation helped the organization create cold chain storage capabilities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule Could Mean for Students and Job Seekers

Recent media coverage of the SEC’s proposal on climate risk and emission disclosure has focused on the impact for companies and their investors. But what about their talent pool — the rising cohort of students and job seekers? How could they be best prepared in this emerging job market?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pet Homelessness Shouldn't Be Happening: Here's How Companies and Individuals Can Help

Despite Americans’ overall affection for pets, the reality is that at any given time nearly 48 million cats and dogs don’t have a home in the U.S.

Health & Healthcare

At the Forefront of HIV Health and Healing in Spain: Ferran's Story

As the founder and director of BCN Checkpoint, a community HIV program geared toward gay men and transgender women in Barcelona, Ferran Pujol has helped provide hope to those living with HIV for nearly 30 years.

Innovation & Technology

Pioneering New Solutions for Sustainable Horticulture

Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. Our R&D teams work around the clock—and globe—to enhance productivity on the farm and dive logistical solutions throughout the entire supply chain.

Environment

Let’s Talk About the Birds and the Bees

I have always loved bees, and I have spent a good part of my life working with them.

Environment

Essity Annual and Sustainability Report: Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities

Climate change affects Essity and the company continuously maps the risks and opportunities this entails by means of, for example, scenario analyses

Research, Reports & Publications

Owners of Small and Midsized Businesses Turn to Employee Benefits to Attract and Retain Top Talent

In response to the ever-changing environment small and midsized businesses (SMBs) operate in today, Principal Financial Group® recently conducted a “check-in” with business owners.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CDL's Integrated Sustainability Report 2022 Zeroes in on Bolder Decarbonisation Targets

CDL is pleased to announce that its Integrated Sustainability Report 2022 has been published.

Education

Qualcomm® Thinkabit Lab™ and the American Association of University Women (AAUW) All-Girls Tech Trek Camp Fosters the Role of Girls in STEM Through Innovation and Awareness

The All-Girls camp is for students with an interest in math and sciences. The end goal of this camp is to cultivate a professional and educational interest in STEM among girls and young women by engaging them in programs that foster their interest.

Energy

Whirlpool Corporation Continues to Move Forward on Its Sustainability Journey With New Wind Farm Project in West Texas

On March 23, Whirlpool Corp. celebrated the groundbreaking of a 340 Megawatt wind farm in Callahan County, Texas.

Green Infrastructure

Ecocentricity Guest Blog: What About Those EV Batteries?

We've gone from no one paying attention to the electric vehicle battery supply chain to everyone freaking out about it.

Health & Healthcare

Fighting COVID-19: 'An Intersection Between My Military and Civilian Careers'

Col. Craig Maceri, director, vaccines value chain management, never would have guessed that his career at Merck would someday benefit his role as a commander in the National Guard. But the COVID-19 pandemic took everyone by surprise.

Diversity & Inclusion

Opening Doors for Military Members

The following is based on an excerpt from the 2021 Cisco Purpose Report, published on December 13, 2021.

Green Infrastructure

Data Center Sustainability Relies on Water and Power Infrastructure

The data center market in India is booming. Investment in Indian data centers is expected to reach $7 billion in the next three years, with a compound annual growth rate of 11.4 percent until 2022, making it the second fasted growing data center market in the world.

Sustainable Development Goals

Del Monte Foods Announces Commitment to Net-Zero Emissions Goal

Del Monte Foods, Inc. announced today its commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 in line with the Science Based Targets Initiative’s (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard. To achieve this goal, the company has also committed to define near-term science-based targets to reduce Scopes 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions that support SBTi’s focus on limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

Environment

How Genomics Will Support Gorilla Conservation

Dr. Magdalena Bermejo is calling from a 50-square-meter house deep in a rainforest in the Republic of Congo.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Awards More Than $300,000 in Grants to Innovative K-12 Education Initiatives Across Indiana

The Duke Energy Foundation today announced it is awarding more than $300,000 in grants to 24 innovative K-12 education programs serving communities across Indiana.

Events, Media & Communications

Walking the Tightrope: ESG Communications During a Global Crisis

Over the past two years, senior leaders have been navigating “business not as usual.” For corporate communicators, this has been a balancing act between wading into discourse on multiple global crises and updating key stakeholders on ESG goals

Latest Campaigns

  1. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  2. 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...
  3. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  4. Emergency Response
    Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med
  5. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  6. Special Economic Zones
    Driving awareness of Special Economic Zones.
  7. Subaru Love Promise: Pets
    Subaru believes all pets deserve a loving home and we are the largest corporate donor to the ASPCA®. Subaru is proud to help make the world a better...
  8. Special Economic Zones
    Driving awareness of Special Economic Zones.
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  12. 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...
  13. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  14. 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...
  15. Global Heat Reduction Initiative
    News and updates from the Global Heat Reduction Initiative (GHR).