ESG News from Leading Brands

Innovation & Technology

Trane Technologies Launches Center for Healthy and Efficient Spaces to Help Create Safer, Healthier, More Resilient Communities

Sep 2, 2020 8:00 AM ET

Global climate innovator Trane Technologies announced today the launch of its Center for Healthy and Efficient Spaces (CHES) to create safer, healthier, and more efficient environments for homes, buildings, and transportation around the globe

Research, Reports & Publications

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Releases 2020 Sustainability Reporting As It Supports Customers and Communities in Challenging Times

Sep 1, 2020 8:00 PM ET

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (‘CBA’) has released its 2020 Annual Report, including updates on its sustainability performance and approach to climate change.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Tetra Tech Launches Company-wide Healthy Life Challenge

Sep 1, 2020 7:00 PM ET

Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK), a leading provider of high-end consulting and engineering services, launched its Healthy Life Challenge today to promote healthy lifestyles for employees across its global operations.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Unprecedented Public-Private Collaboration Brings Innovative Homeless Shelter To Downtown Pittsburgh

Sep 1, 2020 4:05 PM ET

The 5-story facility is the first-of-its-kind in Allegheny County operating as a year-round, low-barrier shelter for adults and their pets. Its wrap-around services will aim to address the complex issues confronting people experiencing homelessness.

Sustainable Development Goals

Annette Luchene, VP and CFO, Explains Sappi North America's Holistic Approach to Its People and the Planet

Sep 1, 2020 3:45 PM ET

At Sappi, we take a holistic view of value creation. As we shared in this year’s annual integrated report, value for Sappi is not only about delivering returns to our shareholders, it is about maximizing the value of every resource along the value chain to ensure those returns are sustainable.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Herbalife Nutrition Receives 2020 AmCham CSR Recognition Award for Second Consecutive Year

Sep 1, 2020 3:15 PM ET

Herbalife Nutrition received the 2020 AmCham CSR Recognition Award presented by the American Chambers of Commerce in Hanoi, Vietnam for the 2nd consecutive year. This award recognizes companies making positive contributions to local communities.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Domtar Sustainability for 2020 and Beyond

Sep 1, 2020 3:00 PM ET

In both the Pulp & Paper and Personal Care divisions, we have made progress on the sustainability goals outlined in 2019.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons and Safeway Donate Water and $25,000 to Hopi Nation

Sep 1, 2020 2:15 PM ET

Albertsons and Safeway in Arizona partnered with St. Vincent DePaul Society, Real Hope, and parishioners from St. Patrick’s church to provide a fresh supply of water and $25,000 donation to the Hopi Nation.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Employees Build an Inclusive Workforce at Duke Energy

Sep 1, 2020 2:10 PM ET

Months before the coronavirus spread throughout the world, Judy Downs and Bo Zhuo co-founded Duke Energy’s first Asian Inclusion Network.

Social Impact & Volunteering

General Mills Volunteer Raises More Than $18,000 To Help Neighbors in Need

Sep 1, 2020 2:05 PM ET

For his outstanding efforts, Mike Klaas was recently recognized with a General Mills Global Volunteer Award.

Education

Moody's Congratulates the Participants in Girls Who Code Who Completed Their Summer Immersion Program

Sep 1, 2020 2:00 PM ET

Congrats again to the 40 participants from Girls Who Code who completed our 2020 Summer Immersion Program. Thank you to our volunteers, staff and teachers for your support. Together we’re helping to close the gender gap in tech.

Environment

Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz Campaign Continues Pollinator Support During Pandemic from NRPA and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation

Sep 1, 2020 1:40 PM ET

The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation will host the Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz during September to celebrate pollinators and raise awareness and community involvement in the pollinator crisis.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Time to Vote Movement Gains Unprecedented Momentum Ahead of 2020 U.S. Election

Sep 1, 2020 1:30 PM ET

More than 700 companies have now joined Time to Vote, a business-led, nonpartisan coalition that aims to increase voter participation in the U.S. elections.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CIO Perspectives: Leading the Tech Function Through COVID-19

Sep 1, 2020 1:00 PM ET

Health & Healthcare

VR Therapy: How Rescape Innovation Is Providing Emotional Support for COVID-19 Frontline Workers

Sep 1, 2020 1:00 PM ET

As COVID-19 continues to spread, frontline workers are facing extreme stress in high-pressure environments. Experts warn that while these medical professionals are at increased risk for burnout & mental health issues, therapeutic support is lacking.

Diversity & Inclusion

IPride Employee Networking Circle (ENC) Collaborates With OUTMemphis

Sep 1, 2020 12:30 PM ET

IPride recently collaborated with OUTMemphis, a non-profit with the goal of empowering, connecting, educating and advocating for the LGBTQ+ community of the Mid-South, and donated 500 boxes that the organization will use for COVID-19 relief and response efforts

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Walmart, Sam's Club and the Walmart Foundation Announce Relief and Recovery Efforts To Help Those Affected by Hurricane Laura

Sep 1, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Walmart, Sam’s Club and the Walmart Foundation are committing up to $2.5 million in cash and in-kind product donations to organizations leading response and recovery efforts.

Health & Healthcare

How 5 Bucks Of Reflective Tape On A Donkey Cart Saved Lives

Sep 1, 2020 12:00 PM ET

The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Stockholm earlier this year focused on the motor vehicle crash epidemic that every year kills about 1.35 million people around the world and severely injures some 50 million more.

Events, Media & Communications

FWD SPEAK: New Holism – A Transdisciplinary Approach to Human-Centered Design

Sep 1, 2020 11:30 AM ET

Integrating architecture, interior, product, fashion and sound design, Anastasija and Martin Lesjak will be elaborating on both firms’ transdisciplinary missions which provide meaning in their work and is based on a human-centered design philosophy.

Innovation & Technology

Lab of the Future, Paskanik Featured in Robotics Tomorrow

Sep 1, 2020 11:00 AM ET

What’s becoming clear is that robotics and automation will increasingly color the way we think about labs. For example, if a lab is pushed to increase from 5,000 to 100,000 COVID tests per day, one would be hard-pressed to solve the problem without some significant level of robotics and automation.

Innovation & Technology

NPower Graduate Anthony Plummer Believes We Can Create a Stronger, More Responsive Sector

Sep 1, 2020 10:45 AM ET

We are excited to feature a guest post from Anthony Plummer, an NPower graduate and US Navy Veteran, whose career changed from retail jobs to a position as a Senior Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of NY after graduating from NPower's program.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Good for Business, Good for the Planet: The Judges Behind the World's Foremost Biomimicry Prize

Sep 1, 2020 10:30 AM ET

Learn more about the experts that deliberated on the only international prize that examines how startups see nature as our mentor and not as a warehouse of goods.

Education

Pro Bono Perspectives S2E19: Gregg Betheil, PENCIL

Sep 1, 2020 10:00 AM ET

PENCIL President Gregg Betheil joins Pro Bono Perspectives host Danielle Holly to talk back-to-school amidst COVID-19, virtual education, and the deepening digital divide that is preventing millions of students from continuing their schooling.

Research, Reports & Publications

Visa Details Global Leadership and Progress in Latest Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report

Sep 1, 2020 9:00 AM ET

Visa released its latest Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability report, which provides a yearly progress update of its ongoing commitments to corporate responsibility, sustainability and ethical leadership across the company’s most significant environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. As outlined in its latest report, Visa continued to demonstrate its commitment to positive societal impact through the combined efforts across its business and employees.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Timberland Announces Bold Goal for Products to be Net Positive by 2030, Continues Pursuit of a Greener Future

Sep 1, 2020 9:00 AM ET

In a bold move to address the environmental impact of the fashion industry, Timberland today announced a goal for its products to have a net positive impact on nature by 2030 -- giving back more than it takes.