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.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Reclamation at Covia’s Menomonie Plant

Responsible land use is embedded throughout the life cycle of our operations – from our careful approach to early development and operational planning, to our production phase, all the way through our collaborative reclamation process.

Environment

Water Rights and Regulatory Risk: Understanding Water Allocation and Management Practices

The water-related business risks that companies face are closely tied to water-related impacts in their region. For businesses, it's important to understand these regulatory requirements and the current water allocation and management practices throughout the US.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac Incorporated a Fortune Most Admired Company for 23rd Time

Aflac Incorporated has been named to Fortune Magazine's list of World's Most Admired Companies for the 23rd time, ranking No. 1 in the Insurance: Life and Health category as a long-term investment for the second consecutive year.

Diversity & Inclusion

Everyday Heroes. Extraordinary Impact

At Regions we believe that heroism resides not just in history books but among us every day. This Black History Month, we celebrate Black heroes in our communities who work tirelessly to make life better for all.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Public Affairs Council Honors International Paper for Grassroots Innovation Award for Period Poverty Initiative

The Public Affairs Council honored the winners of the 2024 Innovation Awards during its annual Advocacy Conference in Austin, Texas on January 30, 2024.

Education

Panasonic and Olympic Champion Katie Ledecky Team Up To Show Students and Educators Exciting STEM Innovations Across Japan

Panasonic Corporation of North America and Olympian Katie Ledecky, the most decorated female swimmer in history, jointly announced a second virtual field trip from STEM Forward, an educational program created with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Eastman Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023–2024 Corporate Equality Index

Eastman proudly announced that it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

All Otis Manufacturing Facilities in China Earn Zero Waste Certification

Otis Worldwide has achieved Gold-level TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) zero waste certification for all of its five manufacturing facilities in China.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

YWCA Receives $240,000 Grant from KeyBank

YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish has received a $240,000 grant from KeyBank to support YWCA's Pathways for Women, an emergency shelter in Lynnwood, WA serving unhoused adult women and women with children under 18.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Future Scientists in the Making: MilliporeSigma’s Curiosity Cube Wraps Up 2023 Multi-Country STEM Tour

Across Europe and North America in 2023, MilliporeSigma' Curiosity Cube reached more than 40,000 students through 259 events in 184 communities with hands-on science experiments focused to spark curiosity in the next generation of scientists.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Navigating the Rising Tide: The Convergence of Climate Change and Global Trade

Changing climate patterns and severe weather events are changing the game for global trade and logistics organizations.

Energy

Where People Can Turn When They Need Help Paying Utility Bills

As executive director of Crisis Control Ministry, Margaret Elliott knows how easy it is for people to fall behind on paying their utility bills, and once things start to snowball, it’s hard to stop those bills from piling up.

Research, Reports & Publications

Cencora Releases 2023 ESG Report

Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen), a global healthcare company, released its 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.

Social Impact & Volunteering

New Study Shows Mixed Reality Technology for Blood Donation From Abbott and Blood Centers of America Helps Ease Stress, Encourages People To Donate Again

Results from the pilot study reveal that mixed reality "is an innovative technology that holds promise to increase donor engagement, satisfaction, and retention," researchers said.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Honoring Veterans and Employees for Their Local Contributions

In honor of his outstanding volunteer work in 2022, Ryan Whitman, manager of our Smart Energy Network project, was one of three Atlantic City Electric employees who recently received Exelon’s Powering Communities Employee Volunteer Award.

Innovation & Technology

Hospital CIOs Weigh 5G As Digitized Medicine Pushes Wi-Fi to Its Limits

With electronic records, medical devices, AR and VR, and AI apps to come, some hospital CIOs are evaluating private 5G networks to prepare for the inevitably bigger digital loads ahead.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pepco Advocates for Continued Energy Assistance Funding and Reminds Customers to Act Now to Secure Support

Today is Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Action Day and Pepco employees are on Capitol Hill to meet with representatives and advocates for policies that protect funding for LIHEAP and support vulnerable households in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

Events, Media & Communications

GRI North America Present at GreenBiz'24

This year, GRI North America is thrilled to play a key role at GreenBiz24 conference, seizing various opportunities to engage with North American attendees at an event that gathers approximately 2500 sustainability professionals every year.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Aramark Helps the Chiefs Tackle Food Waste in Kansas City

As it was reported in the recently released 2023 Be Well. Do Well. Progress Report, Aramark is committed to reducing food waste across its operations with the dual goals of conserving resources and minimizing the company’s environmental footprint.

Innovation & Technology

HARMAN Joins Eclipse Foundation’s Software Defined Vehicle Working Group — Paving The Path Forward For The Future of Automotive Software

To shape the industry-wide effort to build a vendor-agnostic, open source ecosystem focused on creating the foundation for a new era in automotive, HARMAN announced it has joined the Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Working Group at The Eclipse Foundation.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Tapestry Named to Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies

We’re thrilled to share that Tapestry has been named one of Fortune’s 2024 World’s Most Admired Companies for the first time! This annual list is considered one of the leading measures of corporate reputation among the world's largest companies.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CSRHub API 3.1 Is Live

Version 3.1 of CSRHub’s API is live. 600 million data elements from 900 sources in our system support developers' ESG data needs!

Responsible Production & Consumption

Elanco CEO, Jeff Simmons Launches Mission to Save 1 Million Puppies from Deadly Parvo

Last week I went out to that JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Check them with thirteen companies. But there are other presenters that didn't get a chance to speak with. Take Alanco animal health, which makes medicine and vaccines for both pets and livestock.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Innovative Emissions Reduction in Washington State Wins Award

A construction industry association recognized Marathon Petroleum’s Anacortes, Washington, refinery with an award for the best private-sector project of 2023 under $10 million.

Environment

New EPA Rules Will Remove Harmful Air Pollution, With Public Health and Economic Benefits

Ceres applauds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s newly released standards for pollution from fine particulate matter, otherwise known as PM2.5 or soot, a harmful and deadly pollutant produced by fossil fuel power plants, vehicle emissions, and other industrial sources.

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