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.

Environment

BIER Stakeholder Spotlight: Scott Breen

Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations. Learn how these practitioners and their companies are addressing pressing challenges around water, energy, agriculture, climate change, and what inspires each of them to advance environmental sustainability in the beverage sector and collectively, overall.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Arcos Dorados Incorporates ESG Indicators Into Its Executive Variable Compensation Policy

Becoming the first Latin American restaurant company to take this important step, further reinforcing the significance of ESG to the long-term sustainability of its business and stimulating shared responsibility for meeting its social and environmental commitments

Innovation & Technology

5G Open Innovation Lab Expands Global Reach, Market Impact with Third Batch of Fifteen Companies Selected to Participate in the Spring 2021 Program

The 5G Open Innovation Lab, a global applied innovation ecosystem for corporations, academia and government institutions, announced the selection of its third batch of companies to participate in the Spring 2021 program which launched this month.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

PINDO SA Earns PEFC Chain of Custody Certification, Assessed by SCS Global Services

SCS Global Services (SCS), a global third-party certification body, announced today that PINDÓ SA, a family-owned agro-forestry industrial company located in Misiones, Argentina, has obtained PEFC Chain of Custody Certification (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) for its sawmill and its energy plant, which generates electric power from forest biomass.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Franklin Templeton Says EU SFDR Is 'Important Step' for Transparency

Franklin Templeton welcomes the new EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which is an important step in driving forward transparency and authenticity in how investors approach ESG and sustainability.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cerro Verde, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Wins Award for Cultural Conservation

The Provincial Municipality of Arequipa in Peru presented Cerro Verde with an award for its commitment to art and cultural conservation during a ceremony celebrating the city's historic center and its 20th anniversary as a World Cultural Heritage of Humanity site.

Environment

Recycling During a Pandemic: One Year Later

As we reflect on a full year of COVID-19, it is obvious that our lives have been changed immeasurably, and business across the board has shifted to meet the demands of the “new normal.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Northern Trust Closes on $13 Million Investment to Support Homeless in Denver

Working with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH), Northern Trust has invested a total of $13.2 million in equity to finance medical respite and housing for people experiencing homelessness.

Green Infrastructure

4 Sustainability Issues for Business and Government

Key takeaways from Morgan Stanley’s Sustainable Investing Summit illustrate how companies, investors and governments can pursue systemic solutions to interrelated sustainability problems.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Milwaukee's WTMJ-4 News Highlights Rockwell's Benefits for Working Families

Becky House, senior vice president and chief people and legal officer at Rockwell Automation has been instrumental in helping to reevaluate and shape how the company supports working parents during the pandemic.

Education

DesignFWD: Made of Water

Water is essential for all life and is nature’s currency. As humans, we have been influencing and managing the capital of water for our own benefit and survival. But not all water is the same.

Sustainable Development Goals

The Essential Podcast, Episode 33: Five Years of Cautious Optimism & ESG Trends to Watch in 2021 and Beyond

Prior to the global pandemic, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics were enjoying a cultural moment as more companies and investors committed to including such factors in their goals and decisions.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Carnival Corporation Recognized Among Best Companies for Latinos to Work

Carnival Corporation & plc announced it has been recognized as one of the Best Companies for Latinos to Work by Latino Leaders Magazine.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Procter & Gamble CEO David Taylor Reflects on Lessons Learned From 2020, Company's Path Moving Forward

Taylor says P&G's products are more viable than ever as consumers spend more time at home.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

iPoint Wins Gold at the 2021 German Stevie® Awards

The software provider and UN Global Compact signatory iPoint-systems was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the category “Communications Department of the Year” at the 2021 German Stevie® Awards for its outstanding SDG communication.

Environment

What We've Learned One Year Into the Global Pandemic

A year into the global pandemic, we asked executive leadership to reflect on what we’ve learned and how we’ve managed to weather the storm, while also providing a glimpse of what’s in store for the future.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac on Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies List for 15th Consecutive Year

Aflac, a leading provider of supplemental insurance products in the U.S., today announced it has once again been named as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Named One of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Health Care and Biopharma™ by Great Place to Work® and Fortune

Merck has been named one of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Health Care & Biopharma™ by Great Place to Work and Fortune.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Astia Is Transforming the Way We Fund Businesses

Cisco has invested in early-phase funding to help Astia develop a tech-enabled platform to source and screen companies applying to Astia for investment, and work to remove bias from the investment process.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Future of Work at VMware

As businesses and people continue to adapt to our current global environment, we’re focusing on what we can do to help candidates and employees adjust and thrive in the future construct of working at VMware.

Health & Healthcare

Herbalife Nutrition Shares How Nutrition Education and Community Support Can Help Combat Obesity

Obesity is a growing global epidemic with over 800 million people currently living with the disease. The role of nutrition education and supportive communities have the power in making a difference in fighting obesity.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Palmolive Ultra Re-Launches Dish Soap in 100% Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic Bottles

Palmolive shows how efficacy and sustainability can work hand in hand with the re-launch of the new Palmolive Ultra dish soap, in bottles now made with 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic.

Diversity & Inclusion

Barbara Slater: “Women Entering the Sports Industry Have Role Models Now”

As a leading woman working in sport, Barbara Slater is well placed to impart her wisdom on the leadership theme of this year’s International Women’s Day.

Health & Healthcare

Majid Al Futtaim Taps IBM Food Trust to Deliver Food Traceability Across Carrefour Stores Using Blockchain Technology

Strategic collaboration offers Carrefour customers the benefit of end-to-end product visibility-promoting food quality, credibility and safety

Research, Reports & Publications

AccountAbility Launches the AA1000 Online Training License, Expanding Global, On-Demand Access to Quality Sustainability Training

AccountAbility Launches the AA1000 Online Training License

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