Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Advancing with Purpose: Designing for Product Energy Efficiency

AMD

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Global Reach, Local Impact

Tapestry, Inc.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

From Boston to Birmingham: 25 Historic Main Street Districts Across America Vie for $2 Million in Grants Decided by Public Vote During Partners in Preservation Campaign

American Express and The National Trust for Historic Preservation, in collaboration with Main Street America, announced today that Partners in Preservation is headed to Main Street. Partners in Preservation is a community-based partnership to raise awareness of the importance of preserving historic places and their role in sustaining local communities. This year’s program, Partners in Preservation: Main Streets, will award $2 million in grants to Main Street districts in need of preservation support across America.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GRI Impact Story Fuji Xerox: Excellence in Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement

GRI Impact Stories are short interviews with representatives from companies that are using the GRI reporting framework to create tangible benefits for their business and stakeholders. We spoke to Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific to find out how the company uses the practice of sustainability reporting, to achieve excellence in leadership and stakeholder engagement.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

SC Johnson Leads by Example with Asia Pacific’s First Major Ingredient Transparency Initiative

Today, SC Johnson expands its industry-leading global ingredient transparency program across Asia Pacific. Breaking down a barrier between companies and consumers, this expansion gives another 4 billion people unparalleled access to a comprehensive list of product ingredients for such iconic brands as Baygon®, Glade®, Mr Muscle® and Raid®.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Aflac | From a Successful Regional Brand to a Company That Serves More Than 50 Million People

Dan Amos has been chief executive officer for Aflac for more than 26 years. In fact, he is the second longest tenured CEO at the same company in the Fortune 200, behind only Warren Buffett. Over 26 years Dan has learned a few things about leadership, managing risk and why it is important to treat employees with respect and dignity.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Video: GRI – Driving Global Change Since 1997

GRI is celebrating its first 20 years of helping companies and other organizations take action to create a more sustainable and inclusive global economy. Watch this video to learn more about the impact GRI has had over the past two decades.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PANDORA Wins at World-class Jewellery Awards

Social Impact & Volunteering

Major League Baseball Players to Provide $1 Million for Disaster Relief Across the Americas

The Major League Baseball Players Trust today announced it will provide $1 million in funding to support nonprofits dedicated to providing relief and recovery to the victims of the recent spate of natural disasters occurring across the Americas. In keeping with its commitment and practice of assisting others when disasters strike, the Players Trust will distribute the funds in a manner that will support short-term relief as well as long-term recovery efforts in areas suffering in the wake of the recent hurricanes and earthquakes.

Events, Media & Communications

The Best Rates for the BSR Conference 2017 Have Been Extended to September 29

Microsoft President Brad Smith has joined our already exciting line-up of plenary speakers at the BSR Conference 2017, and we want you to be there! We have extended our best registration rate deadline for BSR17. You can still save up to US$350, but it won’t last long—rates will increase this Friday.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sappi North America Awarded by Minnesota Office of Foreign Direct Investment

Sappi North America, a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, today received an award for its investment in the state of Minnesota from the Minnesota Office of Foreign Direct Investment, under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The award highlights the company’s contributions to the economic vitality of local communities, and its commitment to keeping Minnesota a world-leading business destination.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Peeking Behind the Corporate Curtain With CSRHub’s Cynthia Figge

In the just released interview with Rick Wartzman, Cynthia Figge, CEO of CSRHub, speaks about Why It Makes Sense For Companies To Be Socially Responsible. The Bottom Line podcast puts a spotlight on companies that are advancing social progress, and draws out insights into some of the most pressing issues of our time. You can listen to this dynamic and in-depth conversation on Capital and Main, here or below.

Latest Campaigns

Sustainable Operations

ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)

P&G | Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Responsibility: We’ve achieved 14 out of 16 of the environmental goals we set in 2010, and we will accelerate our progress as we work to...

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...

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...

LG Energy Efficiency

LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $45 billion global force and...

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

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...

KeyBank Foundation: Helping Communities Thrive through Education, Workforce Development, and Service

KeyBank Foundation helps build thriving communities by supporting organizations and programs that foster thriving students and a thriving workforce...

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...

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance

IWBI | Environment, Social, Governance