Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Education

Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Launches Tuition-Free Executive Education Program to Help Accelerate Profitable Growth for BIPOC- and Woman-Owned Construction Contractors

ICIC launches Building for Growth - a new tuition-free executive education program to best position minority-owned and woman-owned construction businesses for growth and to effectively compete for larger-scale contracts.

Innovation & Technology

Technology Companies Are Making Sustainability a Priority in 2022

Ron Nersesian, Chairman and CEO of Keysight Technologies, recently detailed his predictions of the four technology trends that are most likely to shape innovation this year.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

MetLife's Sustainability Story

We’re deploying the full strength of our people, products, services, and investments to be a greater force for good in the world.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Conversation With The Home Depot's Chief Diversity Officer, Derek Bottoms

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) within organizations leads to increased innovation, higher performance and a competitive business advantage, according to studies by the Harvard Business Review and McKinsey & Company.

Environment

Nigeria's Ekiti State Is Taking Action Against Climate Change

Around the world in 2021, extreme weather events became more frequent, while activists, organisations, and governments worked to understand — and plan — for the drastic changes happening to the earth’s climate.

Health & Healthcare

Illuminating Rare Disease: Get to Know SLC6A1 Connect

Ahead of Rare Disease Day, Illumina is recognizing four rare disease patient organizations around the world. SLC6A1 Connect is the first in our series this month.

Research, Reports & Publications

Rockwell Automation Releases 2021 Sustainability Report

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) announced today the release of its 2021 Sustainability Report.

Energy

Silicon Ranch Selects Black & Veatch to Build 125-Megawatt Solar Farm in Georgia

Black & Veatch announced today that it has been selected by Silicon Ranch Corporation to build a sprawling, 125-megawatt (MWAC) solar array in Lee County in southwestern Georgia.

Education

Access and Opportunity Podcast: Bridging the Digital Divide

According to the U.S. Census, roughly one in ten homes in America lack a broadband internet connection, and the city of Brownsville, Texas tops the list of least connected cities in the country.

Health & Healthcare

One Way to Solve Food Insecurity: Healthy Food Distribution Programs

A salad with a rainbow of fruits and vegetables. Celery boats with radish, cream cheese, smoked paprika and chili lime spice. Spiced pear dessert burritos. Those are just some of Catherine Sadler’s creative dishes from the past months.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From Nigeria to Buffalo: How Chiwuike Owunwanne's Journey Is Helping KeyBank Lean in to the Communities It Serves

KeyBank’s new Corporate Responsibility Officer Chiwuike “Chi-Chi” Owunwanne in the bank’s Buffalo, Rochester and Eastern Pennsylvania market brings a unique perspective to his role.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women Skateboarders at Tokyo 2020 Win Fair Play Award

Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki of Japan, Brazilians Dora Varella and Yndiara Asp, Britain’s Sky Brown, Australian Poppy Olsen and Bryce Wettstein of the USA were conferred with the honour for lifting fellow skater Misugu Okamoto after a fall.

Environment

Every Part of the Tree

Cellulose is the main building block for the pulp and paper products we make at GeorgiaPacific. When creating this product, we aim to use every part of the tree to its best and highest purpose.

Health & Healthcare

Living Well With Hepatitis B: Lai's Journey

Hepatitis B is known as the “silent disease” because most people have no symptoms. If left untreated it can lead to liver failure and cancer.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Reinforcing Community Partnerships Through a Skills-Based Day of Service

To create a skills-based day of service that would deliver on volunteer programming and community impact goals, Citizens tapped on Common Impact, a national leader in skilled volunteering. Find out how they generated $97K in value for 10 nonprofits!

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

CGF Members Publish New Guidelines for Ecomodulation of Extended Producer Responsibility Fees

Members of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Coalition of Action of Plastic Waste (the Coalition) have today released a paper outlining guiding principles for the ecomodulation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fees.

Events, Media & Communications

Manpowergroup's Sustainability Journey - a Fireside Chat

In this fireside chat, we'll hear from JoAnn Strickon of ManpowerGroup as she shares the triumphs and challenges in implementing her organization's corporate sustainability strategy.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Chemours' CEO Mark Newman Awarded "Culture Builder of the Year" in Technical.ly Awards - Delaware

“It’s an honor to be recognized as Technical.ly Delaware’s Culture Builder of the Year for the work being done within the Chemours organization and in our broader community,” said Mark Newman, President and CEO for Chemours.

Energy

Black & Veatch: Decarbonization Roadmaps First Step to Fair Energy Transition in Asia

Clear and ambitious decarbonization roadmaps will help Asia achieve an equitable energy transition, yet more than 50 percent of industry respondents in Black & Veatch’s 2022 Asia Electric Report lack such plans.

Events, Media & Communications

Bridging the Net Zero Innovation Gap: How Collaboration and Technology Is Critical to a 1.5C Pathway With PME and BT

With 45% emissions reductions needed by 2030 to keep warming below 1.5°C governments and corporates need to go further and faster to reach Net-Zero.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AMD Named to the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and the 2022 Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index

AMD continues to strive for high performance in both our products and people. We believe embracing differences amongst employees is the best way to foster a more creative and collaborative workforce – and drive business performance.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Stakeholder Capitalism Revolution Well Underway

What does adopting ‘stakeholder capitalism’ really mean, and why should companies be accountable for their impacts on society and the environment, and not only the interests of investors?

Education

Yum! Brands, the University of Louisville and Howard University Introduce First-Ever Franchise Accelerator Fellowship to Advance Underrepresented People of Color and Women MBA Talent in Franchising

Yum! Brands, the University of Louisville and Howard University launch the Yum! Franchise Accelerator, a one-of-a-kind MBA elective opportunity supporting underrepresented people of color and women interested in the franchise restaurant industry.

Events, Media & Communications

Tonight: Join NortonLifeLock and National PTA's Safer Internet Week Webinar

NortonLifeLock's Chief of Cyber Safety Education Paige Hanson sits down with National PTA to discuss what's coming up this week and hear about the updated #TheSmartTalk - the free digital safety tool made for families.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  2. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  3. Community Impact
    The communities where Chemours operates are also where we live, work, and play, and our mutual success is one and the same. We have a vested interest...
  4. Planet
    Minimizing our environmental footprint and being part of the solution to climate change.
  5. 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...
  6. EVP Campaign
    Driving awareness of DP World’s Employee Value Proposition across the Americas, showcasing the company’s purpose-driven mission, talent strategy, and...
  7. Subaru Love Promise: Education
    Subaru believes that all students deserve an equal and fair opportunity at a quality education. Through our partnership with AdoptAClassroom.org...
  8. 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...
  9. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  10. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  11. 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...
  12. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  13. PSEG People & Communities
    PSEG is committed to improving the lives of our customers, our employees and the diverse communities we serve throughout New Jersey and Long Island...
  14. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...