The Latest News From Leading Brands

Corporate and nonprofit news distributed by 3BL, including press releases, op/eds, multimedia, and the full range of stories that shape reputation.

Recent Alerts

Environment

BIER Member Spotlight: Jessica Merz

Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations.

Energy & Infrastructure

National Grid Renewables Orders 2 GW of Responsibly Produced First Solar Modules

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) signed a framework agreement with National Grid Renewables for 2 gigawatts (GW)DC of advanced, responsibly-produced thin film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules.

Education & Workforce Development

Keep STEM Skills Sharp With TCS’s June goIT Monthly Challenge

Every month, goIT – part of TCS’ Corporate Social responsibility team – develops a new opportunity each month for students to ideate digital innovations based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here is June.

Health & Healthcare

LGB Adults Are More Likely to Binge Drink Than Their Non-LGB Counterparts

A survey by the The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) showed that 32% of lesbian, gay and bisexual adults reported binge drinking versus 26% of non-LGB adults.

Volunteering & Community

Owens Corning Celebrates Intern Volunteer Day With 30,000 Meals To Feed Those in Need

It’s one of our favorite days today with our interns…Intern Volunteer Day! This year, we’ve partnered with Kids Around the World to pack 30,000 meals, donated to the Islamic Food Bank of Toledo for local families in need.

Research & Reports

Diversifying Our Workforce

We are committed to an inclusive workplace that empowers diverse talent and leverages our diversity to achieve our business goals.

Research & Reports

Stanley Black & Decker: Recent Milestones in Our ESG Evolution

Our commitment to being a good corporate citizen goes back to our founding, and we have taken action on sustainability for many years. As a core business strategy, ESG evolves and expands across the Company as we make progress toward our goals.

Health & Healthcare

How Aflac Helps Children and Families Navigate Sickle Cell Disease

This World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, Mediaplanet is proud to announce its collaboration with Aflac — a leader in supplemental health insurance — on its cross-platform campaign, “Black Health in America.”

Volunteering & Community

International Women in Engineering Day Highlights STEM Careers for Young Women

Each year for the past 9 years on June 23, International Women in Engineering Day, sponsored by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), has focused attention on career opportunities and global achievements of women in engineering.

Events

Oportun Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report 2021: A Letter from Raul Vazquez

Together with our team, our members, and all our stakeholders, Oportun has a very bright and sustainable future ahead and we welcome your partnership and feedback on our journey.

Inclusion & Opportunity

D&I Weekly News Round Up: Sexism, LGBTQ+ and More

Welcome to the latest edition of our Diversity & Inclusion News Round Up. Today we are talking about benevolent sexism in the workplace, the LGBTQ+ wage gap, a new employee well-being report, and how dads can experience depression in the first year after birth.

Research & Reports

Tapestry Is Making a Difference, Caring for Each Other, the Planet and Communities

Our corporate responsibility strategy, Our Social Fabric, is guided by our purpose to Stretch What’s Possible for our people, our planet and our communities.

Research & Reports

The Hershey Company Releases Its 2021 ESG Report

Hershey's holistic ESG strategy, known as its Shared Goodness Promise, guides the company to make a positive impact at scale and leverage its business to advance more sustainable growth with socially conscious and responsible business practices.

Research & Reports

Enbridge Publishes 21st Sustainability Report

Enbridge Inc. published its 21st annual Sustainability Report, offering stakeholders information about the Company's continuous improvement in areas of environment, social, and governance (ESG) performance.

Research & Reports

Essity's Journey to Net Zero: Zero Production Waste

Essity works actively to turn production waste into a valuable resource with the target to reach zero production waste by 2030.

Inclusion & Opportunity

PSEG Celebrates Juneteenth

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a national holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States and celebrating African American freedom and achievement.

Research & Reports

Survey Results: ESG Practitioners Underprepared for Changing Global Regulations and Challenging Reporting Requirements

As ESG reporting requirements continue to evolve, businesses are faced with increasing complexity to report their ESG performance in a transparent and cohesive story to their varied stakeholders.

Events

Industry Leaders Dare to Change for the Better

The second day of The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit continued to explore the potential for responsible growth in the post-pandemic era, taking into account the confluence of issues and trends that converge with this transition.

Volunteering & Community

Black Is Excellence Honors Unsung Local Hometown Heroes

Cincinnati Office of Human Relations, Fifth Third Bank Collaborate with Community Advocate to Celebrate Achievements of Local African Americans

Volunteering & Community

The Home Depot Foundation and Osceola Council on Aging Complete Home Renovations for Air Force Veteran in Florida

Brian is an Air Force veteran with four years of service and severe mobility issues.

AI & Technology

Effective Data Management for Improved Healthcare

How can experts better manage and protect data while meeting government mandates to accelerate biomedical research? SAIC has the answer through the Koverse Data Platform (KDP) and through SAIC Tenjin, our data science and machine learning platform.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Building Bridges to Career Opportunities

According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) there are 29 active situations involving refugees, with a resounding impact upon 149 countries.

Research & Reports

Qurate Retail Group Releases Second Annual Corporate Responsibility Report

In 2021, Qurate Retail Group made significant advancements toward its goal of inspiring a more sustainable way to retail that is intentionally inclusive, entrepreneurially driven, responsibly curated and waste smart.

Research & Reports

Leading the Way to a Brighter Future, Coast to Coast

As a Main Street Bank, PNC is committed to delivering on each of our strategic priorities while looking out for the best interests of all of our stakeholders, including our customers, communities, employees and shareholders.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Nielsen Report Shows LGBTQ+ Respondents View Streaming Content As the Most Inclusive Programming Across Media Platforms

Nielsen released its 2022 LGBTQ+ Diverse Intelligence Series report - Seeking Authenticity: A View of International LGBTQ+ Media Perceptions - which revealed that LGBTQ+ respondents find streaming content to be the most inclusive of their identity group relative to other media platforms.

Latest Campaigns

Aflac Stories

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

Integrated Tools

Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...

Innovation at Truist

Designed at the intersection of technology and human touch, Truist creates innovative client experiences that build trusted relationships and help...

Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship

The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

Rethinking EHS Podcast

Join us as we travel the world to uncover real stories of impact—from landfills and energy transition to workplace safety, emerging contaminants, and...

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

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...

Greener Products and Solutions

We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...

Subaru Love Promise: Health

Subaru believes we all should have a chance to lead a healthy life. Through our partnership with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® (LLS), Subaru and...

AEG Celebrates Inclusion

At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...