ESG News from Leading Brands

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MTV and Partners Want You to Get Ready to Vote Early

Sep 30, 2020 3:00 PM ET

Vote Early Day helps all eligible voters learn about their early voting options and celebrate the act of voting early.

Environment

OKC Beautiful Partners to Clean up Local Waterway

Sep 30, 2020 2:35 PM ET

OKC Beautiful, a Keep America Beautiful affiliate located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has joined forces with Riverport OKC to launch a new collaborative initiative focused on solving the problem of litter and debris along the Oklahoma River.

Diversity & Inclusion

Scotiabank Unveils Newest Downie-Wenjack Legacy Space in Partnership with The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund

Sep 30, 2020 2:30 PM ET

In recognition of Orange Shirt Day, Scotiabank today unveiled its third Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) Legacy Space, further demonstrating its commitment to promoting education and discussion around reconciliation.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Aramark's Global Day of Service Focuses on Students and Families, Adapts to Pandemic

Sep 30, 2020 2:00 PM ET

Earlier this month, Aramark volunteers participated in Aramark Building Community Day, an annual global day of service that demonstrates the company’s year round commitment to enriching and nourishing people’s lives.

Innovation & Technology

Adobe Unveils Ambitious Multi-Year Vision for PDF: Introduces Liquid Mode

Sep 30, 2020 1:30 PM ET

Digital experiences have never been more critical — cutting across all industries and impacting daily work and personal lives. And this has never been more apparent than the demand we’re seeing for our Document Cloud products and services, which have skyrocketed.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Scotiabank Backs Efforts to Support Black-Led Businesses

Sep 30, 2020 1:20 PM ET

In the latest in a series of efforts to support Black-led businesses and Black communities, Scotiabank is proud to support the Government of Canada’s Black Entrepreneurship Program announced on Wednesday.

Sustainable Development Goals

Zero Hunger in Jeopardy: What We Can Do to Bring Hunger to an End

Sep 30, 2020 1:00 PM ET

One of our most basic human needs is to feel safe and secure. Nearly three billion individuals can not afford a healthy diet and 1 in 10 individuals are experiencing severe food insecurity. We are experiencing a threat to our food security...

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CEOs Talk About 2020 Leadership And The Future

Sep 30, 2020 1:00 PM ET

To gain insight, on August 27, 2020, I moderated a panel of leaders in: financial services, retail, manufacturing, infrastructure, technology and telecommunications to talk about leadership during the pandemic and their view of the future.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

How Gildan is Managing and Minimizing Supply Chain Disruption During COVID-19

Sep 30, 2020 12:45 PM ET

Everyday, we use and consume goods that have been made in many parts of the world; like the food we eat, the objects we use, and the clothes we wear.

Health & Healthcare

Keeping Kids Fed: Hershey's Partnerships With Feeding America and Food Banks Canada

Sep 30, 2020 12:30 PM ET

Many kids don’t get the nutrition they need during summer vacations when school lunch programs are on a break. To help bridge this gap, Hershey continued its longtime partnerships with Feeding America® and Food Banks Canada.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Keeping the Line Moving in Supply Chain

Sep 30, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Shidah Ahmad, Vice President and General Manager of Keysight Technologies in Malaysia, discusses her role at Keysight, developing talent locally in Penang and worldwide, diversity, and the company’s STEM education engagement efforts.

Education

“Road Trip” for 13,000 Kids Made Possible by FedEx

Sep 30, 2020 11:30 AM ET

“FedEx’s distribution support is directly helping us bridge the digital divide so many are facing due to the pandemic, allowing us to bring no-tech educational resources to young people across the country,” said Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar, Acting Under Secretary for Education at the Smithsonian.

Research, Reports & Publications

Points of Light Releases the Civic 50 2020 Key Trends and Insights Report

Sep 30, 2020 11:05 AM ET

Points of Light a global nonprofit that is dedicated to accelerating people-powered change, released The Civic 50 Report featuring key trends, benchmarking data and insights from the 2020 honorees.

Media & Communications

Rising Heat & Humidity, Rising Sea Levels, Up & Down Shifts in Crop Yields, More Large Fires, Huge Human Migration Within the United States -- What We Are Learning Today

Sep 30, 2020 11:00 AM ET

There is so much going on in the global sustainability space that we could draw an apt analogy – it’s “like drinking water not out of a straw but a fire hose!”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Smithfield Foods Receives Best for Vets Employers Award for Second Consecutive Year

Sep 30, 2020 11:00 AM ET

In addition to hiring and developing veterans, the company also has a long history of supporting veterans-related causes through its charitable giving and philanthropic efforts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Land Betterment Corporation Announces Its Entrepreneur Zone

Sep 30, 2020 10:10 AM ET

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the renovation and build-out of the Company’s Entrepreneur Zone.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Running Away With It

Sep 30, 2020 10:00 AM ET

If the major economies of the world are in a race for the most robust and sustained economic growth, then China may have just broken from the pack.

Research, Reports & Publications

Yum! Brands Annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report Showcases Company's Strategic Investment in Socially Responsible Growth

Sep 30, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today released its annual Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report, highlighting the Company’s strategic investment in socially responsible growth

Energy

Black & Veatch Joins Center for Hydrogen Safety to Help Accelerate Adoption of Low-Carbon Energy Source

Sep 30, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Black & Veatch joins Center for Hydrogen Safety to help accelerate adoption of low-carbon energy sources, and advance safe handling and use of hydrogen across industrial and consumer applications.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Sustainability Curriculum Launched by GRI

Sep 30, 2020 9:30 AM ET

A suite of high-quality and globally applicable training courses for sustainability reporting specialists are available, following the launch of the GRI Professional Certification Program.

Innovation & Technology

CRB's SlateXpace™ Gives Cell and Gene Therapy Clients New Flexibility, Control Over Manufacturing Needs To Support Highly Complex Product Pipelines

Sep 30, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Emerging health threats, uncured diseases and the need to deliver critical therapies to patients are driving biotech companies to search for ways to build flexibility into their complex product pipelines and deliver projects in record time. Today, a pioneering multi-modality manufacturing solution addresses that challenge: SlateXpace™.

Sustainable Development Goals

Opinion: Mobilizing Domestic Funds is Crucial for Sustainable Forest Management in Indonesia

Sep 30, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Ufroz Ayyub, Tetra Tech’s environment sector specialist based in Indonesia, analyzes the role domestic funding plays in ensuring sustainable forest management in Indonesia.

Media & Communications

UPS Longitudes | Return to Sender: Navigating Reverse Logistics

Sep 30, 2020 8:50 AM ET

In a traditional linear economy, we make goods, use them and dispose them. In a circular economy, by contrast, the end of a product’s life can be an opportunity for new value creation. But for the circular economy to work, materials must be in the right place at the right time.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Hormel Foods Achieves Packaging Reduction Goal, Continues Its Food Journey Progress in 14th Annual Corporate Responsibility Report

Sep 30, 2020 5:00 AM ET

Hormel Foods Corporation today announced the launch of its 14th annual corporate responsibility (CR) report. The report is available online at https://csr.hormelfoods.com/ and includes information about the company’s CR progress in fiscal 2019.

Health & Healthcare

Life Science Companies and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Commitments to Expanded Global Access for COVID-19 Diagnostics, Therapeutics, and Vaccines

Sep 30, 2020 1:05 AM ET