ESG News from Leading Brands

Green Infrastructure

Mohawk Group Video | Light Lab: Sustainable Design Through Community Partnership

Mar 29, 2017 12:35 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Announcing Our 2017 Inventor’s Challenge Winners

Mar 29, 2017 12:35 PM ET

For the past several months, AT&T has been collaborating with Imagination Foundation on our second-annual Inventor’s Challenge – bringing together young people from around the world to create innovative, imaginative and often totally viable solutions that solve problems in their schools and communities. This year, we saw entries from nearly 10,000 kids and teens from pre-k to high school, with ideas that ranged from a 3D-printed soap dispenser to spring-loaded “sky shoes” to help anyone reach great heights.

Diversity & Inclusion

Millennials Have Already Changed the Workplace. Here’s How.

Mar 29, 2017 12:20 PM ET

For many years now, we’ve been making conjectures about the impact millennials could have on the workforce as more of them begin their careers. The majority of millennials—those born between about 1980 and the mid-1990s—are now of working age. Their impact on the workplace isn’t just conjecture anymore: It’s here.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Prudential Recognized as One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute for Third Consecutive Year

Mar 29, 2017 11:10 AM ET

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) has been named a 2017 World’s Most Ethical Company® by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CSR: How Fortune 500 Companies Measure Up

Mar 29, 2017 11:10 AM ET

It is well documented that CSR practices are both an emerging and rapidly expanding set of standards for 21st century corporations. As $30 to $40 trillion shifts hands from the current generation to the upcoming millennials over the next few decades, there are markedly different standards that companies must uphold to gain traction in the evolving investor and consumer market.

Social Impact & Volunteering

2,000 Dow Volunteers and New Technology set the Stage for 2017 Partnership with Habitat for Humanity

Mar 29, 2017 11:00 AM ET

This year, The Dow Chemical Company and Habitat for Humanity enter their 35th year of partnership and will add new technologies to help make communities healthier and homes more sustainable for families in need of decent and affordable housing.

Innovation & Technology

Avnet and Arizona State University to Host Inaugural ASU Innovation Open

Mar 29, 2017 10:40 AM ET

As part of its ongoing partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) to drive technology innovation and entrepreneurship, Avnet (NYSE:AVT) is sponsoring the inaugural ASU Innovation Open (ASUio). The final round of the ASUio, the ASUio Demo Day, will take place this Sunday, April 2 at Arizona State University’s Beus Center for Law and Society, from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Net Impact Team Heads to the World Unigame Finals in London

Mar 29, 2017 10:30 AM ET

In partnership with Unilever, Net Impact is excited to announce that the Santa Clara University Net Impact team has advanced to the world Unigame finals in London. UniGame is the annual competition in which Unilever, one of the world’s largest producers of consumer products with a portfolio spanning 400 brands, asks university students for proposals to help address identified business needs.

Diversity & Inclusion

#WomensHistoryMonth at Cox Enterprises: Get to Know Sheila Stallings

Mar 29, 2017 10:30 AM ET

In celebration of Women's History Month, female leaders from across Cox Enterprises are sharing insights from their experience throughout the month of March. Sheila Stallings is Cox Communications’ executive director of people services.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dropps Laundry Detergent Partners with Keep America Beautiful to Help Reduce Plastic and Packaging in Household Products, Improve Recycling in America

Mar 29, 2017 10:15 AM ET

Dropps, the eco-friendly unit dose household cleaning brand that delivers dye-free EPA Safer Choice certified laundry detergent direct to your door, is demonstrating its ongoing commitment to the environment by partnering with Keep America Beautiful, one of the nation’s most iconic nonprofit organizations.

Environment

Cox Enterprises Partners with Atlanta Bicycle Coalition to Promote Sustainable Lifestyles Through Atlanta Streets Alive Initiative

Mar 29, 2017 10:15 AM ET

As part of the 10th anniversary of its Cox Conserves sustainability program, Cox Enterprises is announcing its support of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition’s (ABC) Atlanta Streets Alive open streets initiative. Cox is joining Atlanta Streets Alive at the Road Captain level, supporting ABC’s efforts to develop a more livable and accessible Atlanta by making biking equitable, safe and appealing.

Health & Healthcare

Investing in Sustainable Buildings

Mar 29, 2017 10:00 AM ET

As we learn more about how sustainable building techniques can be used for industrial purposes, we are putting this knowledge into practice with similar projects in the UK, where GSK funding led to the construction of the country’s first ever carbon neutral laboratory in Nottingham.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

G&A Institute's Co-Founders Recognized As "Top Thought Leaders In Trustworthy Business"

Mar 29, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Trust Across America / Trust Around the World (TAA-TWA), globally recognized leaders in organizational trust, has selected both of G&A Institute's Co-Founders, Hank Boerner and Louis Coppola as 2017's Top Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business.

Health & Healthcare

GSK announces new scholarships to recognise retiring CEO Sir Andrew Witty’s contribution to global health

Mar 29, 2017 10:00 AM ET

GSK has today announced a new partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to establish the Sir Andrew Witty GSK Scholarships. The partnership recognises the contribution Sir Andrew has made to the company and more broadly, his deep commitment to addressing health challenges in the developing world, particularly in Africa.

Education

Eat a Taco, Feed a Dream

Mar 29, 2017 9:50 AM ET

In celebration of the Doritos Locos Tacos’ 5-year anniversary, Taco Bell has launched its first Feed a Dream promotion, which will help students follow their dreams.

Innovation & Technology

A Day in the Life of Barclays Eagle Labs

Mar 29, 2017 9:35 AM ET

Bournemouth is one of nine Barclays Eagle Labs across the country, from Jersey to Salford. Just over a year after its launch, we spent a day there finding out what goes on in the buzzing environment of a Lab … and how to make an animatronic dragon.

Energy

HP Innovates to Make Our Customers, Products, Supply Chain, and Ourselves More Efficient

Mar 29, 2017 9:05 AM ET

In January 2017 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that independent analyses conducted by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show that 2016 was the warmest year on record globally and represented the third record year in a row. The release noted that the rise in temperature is being driven primarily by increased carbon dioxide and other human-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the largest sources for GHG emissions in the U.S. are electricity production and energy use within industries.

Environment

AkzoNobel to Be Carbon Neutral and Use 100% Renewable Energy by 2050

Mar 29, 2017 9:00 AM ET

AkzoNobel has committed to accelerating its sustainability agenda by announcing a new ambition to use 100% renewable energy and become carbon neutral by 2050.

Energy

UK Government Provide Guidance on the Implementation of MEES

Mar 29, 2017 7:45 AM ET

With the long awaited Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) regulations due to come into effect in just over a year, the UK Government have finally released additional guidance as to how these will be applied and enforced in England & Wales.

Environment

Kaz Makabe on Japan's Nuclear Shutdown

Mar 28, 2017 9:10 PM ET

Health & Healthcare

Three Quality of Lifehacks for Managing Your Caffeine Intake

Mar 28, 2017 5:45 PM ET

Do you feel you can’t get through the morning without caffeine? In the United States, 80 percent of adults consume caffeine every day. While most Americans enjoy their coffee in moderation, overconsumption can lead to unpleasant consequences. If you find yourself refilling your coffee cup throughout the day you may be familiar with the side effects of caffeine, such as insomnia, stomach issues and increased heart rate.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Albertsons Companies Adds Liquid Eggs to Cage-Free Commitment

Mar 28, 2017 5:40 PM ET

Albertsons Companies announced today that it is adding retail liquid eggs to its commitment to exclusively source cage-free eggs by 2025, based on available supply, making it the only major supermarket to explicitly include liquid eggs in its cage-free commitment.

Environment

Trump Administration Rolls Back Progress on Crucial Climate Change Policy

Mar 28, 2017 5:15 PM ET

In response to the Trump administration's decision today regarding the United States' commitments to address climate change, World Wildlife Fund’s President and CEO, Carter Roberts, released the following statement:

“The leading nations of the world have come together in recent years to face the threat of climate change and to create the millions of new jobs needed for a renewable energy economy. Leadership from the United States proved critical in this success.

Environment

BSR’s Statement on the U.S. Administration Executive Order on Climate Change

Mar 28, 2017 4:30 PM ET

The executive order withdrawing from the U.S. Clean Power Plan puts significant progress toward a clean economy at risk, but two factors will ensure that this low-carbon transition is inevitable.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Historic Hahne’s Department Store Building Reopens in Downtown Newark, N.J.

Mar 28, 2017 4:15 PM ET

Prudential Financial, Inc., L+M Development Partners, and The Goldman Sachs Group, in partnership with Citi Community Capital, joined Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to celebrate the grand opening of the historic Hahne & Company building in downtown Newark. The restored building features an arts and cultural center operated by Rutgers University-Newark and around 75,000 square feet of new retail space on Broad Street, including Newark’s first Whole Foods. The project was accomplished with support from local co-developers Hanini Group and Crawford Street Partners.