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Editors Pick

Forbes 2025 Top Companies for Women logo over a group photo
Bacardi Recognized by Forbes for Championing Women

Bacardi-Martini, Inc.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

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Baker Hughes Foundation Donates New Delivery Van to Kids’ Meals

Baker Hughes Energy Services LLC

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Environment

Carnival Corporation Expands Meal Donation Program Into Latin America for the First Time

Carnival Corporation & plc today announced it has signed a series of historic memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with food banks and community partners in Mexico, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Aflac Northern Ireland Raises $31,000 for Children’s Cancer Unit

During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, employees at Aflac Northern Ireland set out to raise funds for The Children’s Cancer Unit Charity (CCUC) with the Three Peaks Challenge, a trek to the Mournes that includes Slieve Binnian, Slieve Commedagh and Slieve Donard.

Events, Media & Communications

Discovery Education Hosts Free Futures Fair on November 5 to Help Prepare Students for Career Success

On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, Discovery Education presents elementary, middle, and high school students across the United States a unique virtual career learning opportunity that will help prepare them for success in the workforce of tomorrow.

Events, Media & Communications

Stay Ahead of New Regulations and Transform Your Sustainability Reporting: Join UN Global Compact Network UK’s Expert-Led Webinar Series

To help organisations stay ahead, the UN Global Compact Network UK has partnered with MHA to deliver the Sustainability Reporting Webinar Series 2025.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Free Geek Receives $300,000 Grant From KeyBank Foundation

Free Geek, a nonprofit with offerings that help narrow the digital divide, has announced a grant of $300,000 from the KeyBank Foundation. Funds from this grant will support the organization’s efforts to provide digital literacy training and education.

Events, Media & Communications

Navigating OBBBA for the Technology and Life Sciences Industries

The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) marks one of the most sweeping legislative shifts affecting corporate governance, financing structures, and compliance obligations for companies operating in high-growth, innovation-driven industries.

Diversity & Inclusion

Lenovo Recognized Again as a Best Place To Work for Disability Inclusion by the Disability Index® in the US, the UK and Brazil

Lenovo announced it has once again been named a “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” by the Disability Index®, the world’s most comprehensive benchmarking tool for measuring disability workplace inclusion.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Anticipating What’s Next: How DP World Uses AI To Power Smarter Planning and Forecasting

Forecasting has always been the backbone of resilient supply chains. Yet in today’s world of constant disruption, traditional forecasting methods often fall short.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Saint-Gobain North America Launches Sustaining Futures, Raising Communities Program To Build Manufacturing Workforce of Tomorrow

Saint-Gobain North America, a leading manufacturer of light and sustainable building products and high-performance solutions, today launched Sustaining Futures, Raising Communities, a manufacturing workforce development program for high-school students.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy and Its Foundation Surpass $30 Million Over 10 Years To Support Community Resilience, Disaster Relief Efforts

Duke Energy Foundation announced that it, together with Duke Energy and its employees, has invested $33.8 million to nonprofit organizations since 2016 to support community resilience, emergency preparedness and disaster relief.

Innovation & Technology

AI for the Planet: From Tech Labs to Real Life

In this episode, hosts Dominique Silva and guest co-host Rebecca Handfield (BrainBox AI) delve into the world of AI with Jean-Simon Venne, co-founder of BrainBox AI and Dr. David Rolnick, Assistant Professor at McGill University and co-founder of Climate Change AI.

Social Impact & Volunteering

B4SI Expands Network in Spain Through the Acquisition of LBG España

B4SI, supported by SLR, announces expansion through the strategic acquisition of LBG España.

Energy

2 MW Solar Project at Pennsylvania’s Westtown School Is Expected To Start Generating Powering in the Coming Weeks

Westtown School’s 2 MW solar project is in the home stretch—mechanicals and interconnection are in, with initial power next week. The tracker-based array will produce >3,000,000 kWh/year, offset ~90% of campus use, and double as a hands-on learning lab.

Environment

Burying the Problem: A Q&A on Landfill Management

Burying waste was never a perfect solution, just the most convenient one we had.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Helps Direct Relief Sustain Response to Landslides in Rural India

Overnight on July 30, 2024, rural communities in the western Indian state of Kerala faced the worst flooding they had ever seen. These communities are prone to increasingly frequent and intense storms, but the landslides that followed devastated villages throughout the area and

Research, Reports & Publications

Think Sustainability Hurts Shareholder Value? Think Again.

Last year, 3BL research showed that companies on the 100 Best Corporate Citizens list outperformed the S&P 500, a clear sign that strong sustainability performance can align with financial success.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Celebrating Community: Meet Jonathan Tirado

For me, increasing community engagement is something I have been very excited about. I deeply value our sense of community, and I believe that learning more about each other helps us build stronger and closer relationships.

Education

Discovery Education Resources Inspire Career Exploration on Manufacturing Day and Beyond

Discovery Education, the creator of essential PreK-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, offers educators new resources to inspire student career explorations on Manufacturing Day 2025 and beyond.

Innovation & Technology

Democratizing AI and Creating a More Equitable, Ethical World

Can AI be ethical and accessible to all? That was the main question the 11 thousand people who attended the AI for Good Global Summit 2025 in Geneva had in their minds.

Energy

Watch Now: Cummins Expert Discusses BESS and Innovations Shaping Microgrid Future.

As energy systems face growing pressure from grid instability, rising demand, and the global push for decarbonization, microgrids are emerging as a key solution for delivering reliable, resilient, and sustainable power.

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Blood Sugar Basics

Do you rarely think about your blood sugar levels unless they dip and you start feeling shaky and sweaty? If so, you’re not alone. However, these days it’s becoming trendy to monitor blood sugar levels around the clock—and not just for people who have diabetes.

Events, Media & Communications

Global Commission Introduced at UN Amidst a Day Devoted to Healthy Indoor Air

IWBI President and CEO Rachel Hodgdon launched the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air in-person to more than 300 individuals at the United Nations on September 23 and to a worldwide audience online.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru Commits $3.1 Million To Help Shelter Animals This October Through Its Subaru Loves Pets Initiative

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that as part of its Subaru Loves Pets® initiative, the automaker and more than 630 of its participating retailers will provide over $3.1 million in direct financial assistance to local animal shelters nationwide

Responsible Production & Consumption

New Cascale Better Buying Partnership Index Survey Opens

Cascale Better Buying today opened the fall rating cycle for the Better Buying Partnership Index (BBPI), calling on suppliers and manufacturers worldwide to submit feedback to help accelerate responsible purchasing practices across the consumer goods industry.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

DP World Is Expanding Canola Export Capacity To Support Canada’s Farmers

Canada’s canola farmers face mounting pressures from volatile trade conditions, shifting tariffs, and global commodity uncertainty. In this climate, efficient export infrastructure isn’t just helpful – it’s essential.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Mary Kay Ash Foundation: Creating a Safer, Healthier World for Women
    In the U.S. and around the world, Mary Kay remains steadfast in its commitment to ending the cycle of domestic violence and finding cures for cancers...
  2. Subaru Share the Love® Event
    Since the launch of the Subaru Share the Love Event in 2008, Subaru of America and our retailers have donated more than $256 million to charity, with...
  3. 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...
  4. Inclusion
    Southwire’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) mission is to build a culture that recognizes and celebrates the value of diverse backgrounds...
  5. 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...
  6. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  7. Protecting our planet
    We believe that people can only live their healthiest lives on a healthy planet. That’s why we reduce our environmental footprint by finding...
  8. AEG Celebrates Inclusion
    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...
  9. Food Systems and Livelihoods
    Illustrate how resilient food systems and economic empowerment enable long-term food security. Cover climate-smart agriculture, local market access...
  10. Aflac in the Community
    Learn more about Aflac’s culture of care and how it sits at the heart of all we do.
  11. Policy and Advocacy
    Policy and Advocacy content from IWBI - International Well Building Institute
  12. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  13. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    The business landscape is reorienting itself and you can almost hear priorities shifting toward change-readiness and the bigger picture. And in this...
  14. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
  15. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...