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Innovation & Technology

AI Innovation Meets Climate Action — Where Technology Powers Grassroots Solutions

This World Environment Day, we’re celebrating more than awareness—we’re showcasing transformation. Around the world, visionary changemakers are confronting the climate crisis with innovation, determination, and deep local knowledge. And they’re not doing it alone.

Research, Reports & Publications

Cascale Celebrates Official Launch of PEFCR for Apparel & Footwear in Brussels

On June 25, 2025, Cascale joined policymakers, industry leaders, and sustainability experts in Brussels for the official launch of the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for Apparel and Footwear.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Saint-Gobain Video Series: Journey to 2030: What is Material Health?

Looking at the materials that we're using in our products so that we're using the ones that have the greatest amount of positive impact is just one of the ways we're Making The World A Better Home.

Education

Meet the 2025 3M Young Scientist Challenge Finalists Who Are “Reimagining What’s Possible”

3M and Discovery Education have announced the finalists for the 2025 3M Young Scientist Challenge, spotlighting 10 students aged 11 to 14 who identified an everyday problem and offered a scientific solution.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

DP World Seizes Logistics Momentum in Latin America With Strategic Expansion in Mexico

DP World is strategically expanding its logistics footprint in Mexico, as highlighted in a recent FreightWaves article, “DP World sees big logistics opportunities across Latin America”.

Social Impact & Volunteering

KeyBank Teammates Volunteer at Spanish American Committee on Neighbors Make The Difference Day

On June 4, 2025, more than a dozen KeyBank teammates in Cleveland brought their paint brushes, rakes and brooms to the Spanish American Committee in Cleveland to volunteer for Neighbors Make The Difference Day.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

T. Rowe Price Foundation and Ignite Capital Partner To Support Baltimore Entrepreneurs Through Moonshot Initiative

The T. Rowe Price Foundation, in partnership with Ignite Capital, support Baltimore-based social entrepreneurs selected for an initiative designed to connect the T. Rowe Price community with local entrepreneurs focused on Baltimore’s economic growth and social impact.

Research, Reports & Publications

Cascale and Worldly Release Policy Deep Dive on EU Product-Level Environmental Disclosures

Cascale and Worldly today released a new policy deep dive: One Market, Two Systems – What PEFCR and France’s Environmental Cost Mean for Apparel & Footwear.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Whirlpool Corp. and City of Benton Harbor Continue Park Revitalization for Fourth Year

Whirlpool Corporation celebrated its fourth annual “Day of Impact'' with over 50 employees and elected officials volunteering to make improvements to Morton Park in Benton Harbor, Mich.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Logitech Recognized by Newsweek for People and Planet Efforts

This year, Logitech was recognized by Newsweek in three different categories for its people and planet efforts: World’s Greenest Companies 2025, America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2025, and America’s Best Workplaces for Women 2025.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

AB - Managing Water Risks

Water security is a critical issue for our changing world. Director of Responsible Investing Research, Sara Rosner shares a new approach to managing water risks, aimed at securing better outcomes for investors, companies and communities.

Innovation & Technology

Healthy Spaces Podcast: Cool Air, Hot Takes – Get the Scoop on Decarbonization

In this Healthy Spaces podcast episode, Charles Jelen and Dan Gentry from Trane and hosts of Trane’s Cool Air, Hot Takes podcast, discuss their roles in sales and engineering, focusing on customer education and solutions.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Global WELL Adoption Experiences Unprecedented Growth, With 6 Billion Square Feet of Space Now Engaged With the World’s Leading Standard for Healthy Buildings, Organizations and Communities

Global growth and adoption of the International WELL Building Institute’s (IWBI) WELL Building Standard (WELL) has surged to more than 6 billion square feet (557.4 million square meters) of real estate, demonstrating incredible market penetration

Environment

Beyond Silos: How Collective Action Drives Real Sustainability Impact

The urgency of global environmental challenges demands more than individual company efforts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mondelēz International Scales Up Due Diligence and Sector Collaboration To Promote Human Rights; Releases Annual 2024 Progress Report

Mondelēz International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDLZ) released its 2024 Human Rights Due Diligence and Modern Slavery Report, outlining the company’s progress in helping to prevent, identify, and address potential human rights and modern slavery risks across its operations

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Trane Technologies Recognized as a Leading Employer in the U.S. and India by Great Place to Work®

Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, has been recognized for its dedication to fostering an empowering and uplifting workplace culture by Great Place To Work®.

Environment

A Look at How Healthcare Technology Is Improving Wildlife Conservation

Research is well underway to build a deeper understanding of wolf physiology that can help improve both wild conservation and captive care.

Events, Media & Communications

FedEx Cultivates Young Entrepreneurs at the 2025 FedEx/JA International Trade Challenge

Federal Express Corporation, one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, announced the six winners of the 2025 FedEx/Junior Achievement International Trade Challenge (FedEx/JA ITC) Japan Finals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cascale Supports Launch of Apparel and Textile Transformation Initiative (ATTI)

Cascale was proud to join global apparel leaders in London for the official launch of the Apparel and Textile Transformation Initiative (ATTI).

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Aseptic Cartons Matter in Global Food Systems

Most of us don’t often consider what happens to our milk or juice cartons once they’re empty. But the truth is, cartons do more than just contain food and drink—they protect it.

Research, Reports & Publications

GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab Quarterly Update

Welcome to the latest edition of the GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab update! First – the name change: GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab is the new name for Venture Forward. What began in 2018 as Venture Forward in the U.S. only has grown into a global research effort.

Innovation & Technology

Workiva Named a Leader in Verdantix Green Quadrant for ESG & Sustainability Reporting Software

This is the second time in a row that Workiva earned a leadership position in the Verdantix Green Quadrant on ESG and sustainability reporting. And the third time this year that an industry analyst firm named Workiva a leader for its sustainability products.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Engineering the Future: How Vignesh V. Is Powering Innovation at Cummins Inc.

Vignesh V.’s path to Cummins is rooted in a lifelong curiosity about how things work, particularly in the world of automobiles. "I was always fascinated by airplanes and automobiles while growing up.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Helping New Homeowners Realize Their Dreams

Owning a home has long been associated with the American Dream and is an important financial milestone for many people.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Five Years in the Baking: How a Czech Business Is Thriving Post-Pandemic

When the pandemic upended cities and forced thousands of businesses to close in 2020, Daria and Oksana Kulachek bucked the trend. Armed with flaky pistachio croissants and creamy gateaux, they launched Defidu Bakery in downtown Prague.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Small Business Growth
    We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...
  2. Growth Through Sustainability
    Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...
  3. Principal Financial Group: Global Inclusion
    Principal is committed to fostering a culture that empowers our employees and demands the best of our leadership by attracting and retaining great...
  4. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is embedded in our company values. We actively promote it among our employees, raise awareness, and foster an...
  5. Environmental Leadership
    Meeting the world’s growing demand for chemicals that play a critical role in our daily lives requires Chemours to grow while reducing our...
  6. Antea Group Webinars and Events
    Come learn from Antea Group experts on a variety of topics. We produce webinars monthly and attend events regularly to keep in touch with current and...
  7. Collective Action
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...
  8. Truist Foundation
    Truist Foundation is committed to Truist Financial Corporation's (NYSE: TFC) purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities. The Foundation...
  9. Collaboration and Partnership
    Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
  10. FedEx | Reports
    Find archived annual FedEx Cares and other CSR-related reports, covering enterprise-wide strategies, goals, programs and progress across the fiscal...
  11. GoDaddy | Customers
    GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...
  12. Pursuing Possibility with Principle
    This highlights our firm’s values: We do the right thing and put our clients first.
  13. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  14. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...
  15. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...