ESG News from Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest environmental, social and governance news from companies embracing the triple bottom line, shared via 3BL's distribution platform.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Donating Your Skills During the Holiday Season

Make a difference during the holiday season by donating your professional skills and experience to under-resourced nonprofits. Learn how at Taproot's free Pro Bono Week webinar on October 26.

Sustainable Development Goals

Just Launched: The UN Global Compact Network UK SDG Playbook for SMEs

The UN Global Compact Network UK has launched the SDG Playbook for SMEs, the go-to guide for smaller companies to unlock the competitive advantages of embracing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Education

Educating Everyone: The Power of Storytelling To Build a Net-Zero Future

Trane Technologies is promoting and enabling sustainability by investing in education and community support and empowering individuals for a net-zero future.

Environment

New Data Sharpens Arbor Day Foundation’s Urban Tree Planting Efforts

A recent update from NatureQuant includes new data that will help the Arbor Day Foundation identify neighborhoods most in need of trees.

Environment

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Discusses “Actions to the Sustainability Journey” at Fashion Summit Hong Kong

SAC executives Jeremy Lardeau, Vice President Higg Index, and Joyce Tsoi, Director, Collective Action Programs, APAC, presented at Fashion Summit (HK), in support of the 2024 theme: “Actions to the Sustainability Journey.”

Events, Media & Communications

Bacardi Shake Your Future Graduate Makes History As First Female Winner of Taste of Bermuda Cocktail Competition

Bacardi Limited continues to change lives and help build the next generation of bartenders through its Shake Your Future program. In Bermuda, where the program launched earlier this year, the program has led to the win of the latest Taste of Bermuda Cocktail Competition.

Education

New Discovery Education and Comcast Study Highlights Opportunity for United States Schools to Help Students Overcome Digital Divide

Discovery Education, worldwide edtech leader, and Comcast released a new study showing that U.S. schools are well-positioned to help families get online with low-cost, high-speed Internet options through the federal government’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Teams Up With New Directions Repair Affair To Make Positive Impact for Russell Homeowners

Fifth Third is proud to team up with New Directions Repair Affair program by funding free home renovations for elderly and disabled low-income homeowners in West Louisville’s Russell neighborhood.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Inspired To Serve: El Paso Refinery Employees Fight Food Insecurity

Products Control Manager Greg Boyer describes fellow employees at Marathon Petroleum’s El Paso, Texas, refinery as “inspired” by the refinery’s long track record of giving, adding that volunteering is never about “checking a box.”

Green Infrastructure

Groundswell Celebrates Game-Changing Project

The Wells Fargo Foundation has supported Groundswell's work to design and implement a financial model for community resilience centers that leverages the IRA's direct pay provision to deliver community ownership.

Environment

PotlatchDeltic 2022 ESG Report: Carbon Removal and Storage

Sustainably managed forests combat climate change through carbon removal. Trees absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide and store it in growth in the branches, trunk, needles, and roots, and respire oxygen.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Economic Gender Gap Narrows, But More Work Remains

For the second consecutive year, PNC marked Sept. 14, the 257th day of the year, to bring greater visibility to and help close the economic gender gap that inspired our Project 257®: Accelerating Women’s Financial Equality initiative.

Environment

How Your Professional Talents Can Support Environmental Nonprofits

Taproot Foundation is hosting a panel of expert environment & conservation nonprofit leaders on Monday, October 23 to discuss the pressing environmental challenges that their organizations are addressing and how we can each step up to support.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Springfield Boys & Girls Club Receives $10,000 Grant From KeyBank Foundation

Springfield Boys & Girls Club (SBGS) has received a $10,000 charitable grant from KeyBank Foundation, the charitable foundation of KeyBank. The grant will support the club’s Brain Gain Program, an afterschool program designed to bolster appropriate grade-level reading skills.

Environment

Forbes Article Penned by Arbor Day Foundation CEO Offers Guidance on Setting Climate Goals

In a new Forbes Nonprofit Council article, Arbor Day Foundation CEO gives insight on how private sector leaders can make an impact through tree planting.

Health & Healthcare

Food for Thought: Are You What You Eat?

Mental health is becoming more critical than ever. According to the WHO, one in eight people suffer from a mental health condition – but where do food and beverage companies fit in?

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

LyondellBasell Acquires Stake in De Paauw Sustainable Resources

The Dutch plastic waste recycling company is involved in the sourcing, processing and trading of post-consumer and post-industrial plastic packaging waste.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The CFO’s Role in Sustainability

The chief financial officer of CEMEX, Maher Al-Haffar, joins Workiva’s Mandi McReynolds to examine how ESG is influencing the office of the CFO. Mandi and Maher discuss the pivotal role of CFOs at the intersection of sustainable finance and its potential impact on business and so

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Companies Reports on ESG Progress in Their Community Pillar

As part of Albertsons Companies' Recipe for Change, we’re committed to fighting food insecurity at a local level, so all our neighbors can thrive.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Purpose Strategy Cultivator, Carol Cone, on the Power of Purpose To Bodly Drive Business Success

Do employees today wake up in the morning feeling excited about going to work? Sadly, the answer is likely no. In 2022, only 32% of employees were engaged on the job and that number has fluctuated with the increase of remote work.

Education

Principal® Foundation Announces National Short Story Contest Finalists

Principal® Foundation announced 17 finalists for its inaugural national short story contest that invited people to share short stories around lived experiences with money. The contest is part of Money Chronicles: A Story Initiative, a new program from Principal Foundation.

Education

Promoting Sustainability, Education at the L.A. Arboretum

In September, Southern California Edison volunteers traversed 127 acres of the Arboretum gardens, where staff provided information on specific sustainable gardening techniques, including lasagna mulching, weeding and planting.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

HP Puts a Big Bet on Sustainable Impact as a Competitive Edge

Big tech companies are looking for ways to differentiate in a hyper-competitive landscape amid economic headwinds that caused tech giants to lose a combined market value of around $2.5 trillion in 2022.

Research, Reports & Publications

GoDaddy Venture Forward Report | Summer 2023 | U.S. Edition: Where We’ve Been...And Where We’re Going

Our Venture Forward research initiative goes beyond merely reporting on the findings of our proprietary small business data analyses. We use our research to proactively engage and support civic leaders, policymakers and influencers who care deeply about nurturing entrepreneurial.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity Drives Innovation: Empowering the Next Generation of Women Leaders in Tech

Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), a global leader in public safety and enterprise security, hosted a panel on improving the representation of women in the technology sector and the link between diversity and innovation at the Women in Business and Tech Expo in London.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations
    AEG's sustainability initiative, AEG 1EARTH, is designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive...
  2. M·A·C VIVA GLAM
    M·A·C Cosmetics’ charitable campaign, VIVA GLAM, has raised over $500 million USD since its inception in 1994, exclusively through the sale of M·A·C...
  3. P&G | Community Impact
    Amidst a global pandemic, multiple natural disasters, a growing need for life’s daily necessities and with clean drinking water unavailable for so...
  4. People: We Unlock Opportunity
    We are stepping up our investment in Yum!’s new social purpose to unlock opportunity in our people and communities, while championing equity...
  5. Distributed Infrastructure
    We know distributed infrastructureThe changing energy landscape and rising pressures to integrate sustainable technologies are prodding businesses to...
  6. Purpose 360 Podcast
    Purpose 360 Podcast is a masterclass in unlocking the potential of social purpose to ignite business and social impact. Hosted by Carol Cone, CEO of...
  7. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...
  8. 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...
  9. Environmental Sustainability
    Cisco is working not only for a more inclusive future, but a more environmentally sustainable one as well. Environmental issues like climate change...
  10. 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...
  11. Planet: We Grow Sustainably
    We remain committed to growing sustainably and being good stewards to the environment. We are using our scale to minimize the environmental impact...
  12. Operate Sustainably
    We are aiming to operate sustainably by improving our supply chain and operations to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, living our commitment to...
  13. 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...
  14. Gold Medal
    The WEC Gold Medal Award for International Achievement in Sustainable Development is one of the most prestigious forms of recognition of a global...
  15. 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...