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.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

M·A·C's Latest VIVA GLAM x Keith Haring Collection Marks 27 Years of Giving Back 100% to Underserved Communities in Need

The beauty of M·A·C is that inclusivity and giving back are as intrinsic to the brand’s DNA as beautiful makeup colors and artistic textures are.

Energy

A Sturdy, Reliable Bridge to a Cleaner Energy Future

At Enbridge, we see ourselves as a bridge to a cleaner energy future.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

ReSource Plastic Member Companies Eliminated More Than Half of Their Problematic Plastic From 2018-2020; Waste Infrastructure Posed Challenges to Increasing Recycled Content

A new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) finds that Principal Members in the organization’s ReSource: Plastic program – Keurig Dr Pepper, McDonald's Corporation, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, and The Coca-Cola Company – cut their use of problematic plastic[1] by 57% between 2018 and 2020.

Sustainable Development Goals

Tire Manufacturers Collaborate to Accelerate Progress on the SDGs

Following on the heels of the forest, chemical, electric utilities, and oil and gas industries, the tire sector is the latest to come together under the auspices of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) to develop a roadmap for how it can work to support the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Research, Reports & Publications

Getting the Most Out of Your ESG Materiality Assessment

In this Insights Paper, thinkPARALLAX provides ESG practitioners with strategies for crafting materiality assessments that lead to meaningful results.

Responsible Production & Consumption

It's Time to Problem Solve - Not Paper Over - Inequities in Our Cities

As our cities slowly recover from the pandemic, we need to hit the fast-forward button and speed up efforts to erase the stark inequalities the crisis has exposed.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Plastic Waste Reduction Now Verified by SCS Global Services Under the Verra Plastic Standard

SCS Global Services has been approved to perform validation and verification under Verra’s Plastic Waste Reduction Program (“Plastic Program”).

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Regions Financial Releases 2019-2020 SASB Disclosure

Regions Financial released its second-ever SASB disclosure, an independent nonprofit organization that develops and disseminates sustainability reporting standards that help public companies disclose climate-related information to investors.

Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch Accelerates Clean Energy and Stem Learning Through Operation Breakthrough Solar Deployment

With the search for clean energy solutions a major focus of STEM education programs, Black & Veatch has teamed with local Kansas City-based organizations to fund and complete a new solar canopy installation at Operation Breakthrough’s new Ignition Lab.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

East Side Avenues, Funded In Part by KeyBank and the First Niagara Foundation, Reports on Community Development and Revitalization Progress in Buffalo

East Side Avenues, a unique public/private partnership formed in 2019 to revitalize Buffalo’s East Side, has issued its 2020-2021 annual report on community development and revitalization progress.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Supply Chain in the Spotlight: EcoVadis Wins German Sustainability Award 2022

For the 14th time this year, the German Sustainability Award, initiated by Stefan Schulze-Hausmann, was presented by the Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis e.V. (DNP) in cooperation with the German government on December 3.

Sustainable Development Goals

Operations, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Sustainability Efforts

For more than 40 years, Herbalife Nutrition has been a leader in providing nutrition products that support people’s health and wellness goals. They are also on a mission to ensure their products are manufactured responsibly and sustainably.

Environment

Bayer, Microsoft Enter into Strategic Partnership to Optimize and Advance Digital Capabilities for Food, Feed, Fuel, Fiber Value Chain

Bayer announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to build a new cloud-based set of digital tools and data science solutions for use in agriculture and adjacent industries, to accelerate innovation, boost efficiency and support sustainability.

Environment

GRI and CDP to Deliver Enhanced Reporting on Biodiversity

The development of a new global standard to enable organizations to increase their accountability on biodiversity impacts is progressing, paving the way for a harmonized approach to disclosure.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

More Than $330,000 Available in Winter Energy Bill Assistance for Duke Energy Indiana Customers

Duke Energy Indiana has dedicated more than $330,000 in financial assistance to customers who are struggling to pay their electric bills this winter. The funds come from Duke Energy contributions and customer and employee donations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Women Leading the Climate Change Fight and How We Can Support Them

While it has taken far too long for financial professionals to see us women as key decision-makers, at last that seems to be changing and here's why that's good for the climate, etc...

Energy

Ørsted Becomes the First Energy Company in the World With Long-term Science-based Net-zero Target

SBTi’s new Net-Zero Standard provides a robust and science-based definition of net-zero and offers companies a way to set verified decarbonisation targets. Ørsted is the first and only energy company to receive the new net-zero validation.

Events, Media & Communications

Accelerating the Transition to Clean Energy at CLEANPOWER 2021

Tetra Tech will share our industry-leading, global clean power expertise and discuss the transition to more sustainable forms of energy generation, transmission, and storage at CLEANPOWER 2021.

Innovation & Technology

New Holland & AGXTEND Present the XPower XPN Concept, an Electric Weeding Solution for Narrow Vineyards

New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial, extends the XPowerTM family of electric weeding solutions with the new XPN concept for narrow vineyards integrated in the New Holland Braud 9000N carrier

Innovation & Technology

Middle-Mile Infrastructure Development Will Expand Internet Connectivity

Few people think about the journey their data takes to and from their devices.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Small Towns With Big Dreams: T-Mobile Announces the Next 25 Hometown Grant Recipients

T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) reveals the names of 25 more American small towns that will receive Hometown Grants to jumpstart vital community projects.

Sustainable Development Goals

Business Takes a Leading Role at COP26

For Dow, participation in events like COP26 are important, because we understand and embrace our responsibility to reduce global carbon emissions and use our expertise to innovate products that are essential to the world achieving net-zero emissions.

Energy

Industry Collaboration: Voluntary Carbon Offsets and the Journey to Net-Zero

In a collaboration with Inogen Alliance and Environment Analyst, the insight report, Integrity at stake: Voluntary carbon offsets on the journey to net-zero, was developed.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm Education-as-a-service: Transforming the Digital and Hybrid Classroom and Campus Experience

Qualcomm Technologies’ customized Education-as-a-Service (EaaS) IoT platform offers educators a new way of thinking about the role technology can play not only in the classroom but on campuses too.

Events, Media & Communications

Hayley Nenadal Appointed Festival Director for Earthx's Rebranded 2022 Film Festival

EarthX, the environmental organization dedicated to a sustainable future worldwide, has promoted Hayley Nenadal, formerly with Telluride and Sundance Film Festivals, to Festival Director to relaunch EarthX 2022 Environmental Film Festival.

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