Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Responsible Production & Consumption | Tetra Pak

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.
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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Europe Leads the Way on Scope 3 Emissions: What Investors and Companies Need To Know

CSRHub

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cocoa Market Turmoil: How Hershey Is Innovating Through Unprecedented Challenges

The Hershey Company

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sustainable Strategies for Grocery Growth

Tetra Pak

Energy

Stop Buying Energy Infrastructure. Start Buying Results.

Veolia North America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why Sustainability Is the Smartest Investment in an Uncertain Trade Landscape

DP World

Energy

Energy for a Better Future: Entergy’s Growth and Resiliency Strategy

Entergy Corporation

Energy

AllianceBernstein: Power Play: How To Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification

AllianceBernstein

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Sysco 2024 Sustainability Report: At the Heart of One Planet One Table

Sysco Corporation

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Energy

Cummins Develops Option to Help Switcher Locomotives Reduce Emissions

Cummins Inc. is expanding its product offerings in the rail market segment with the addition of the clean and reliable QST30 Tier 4 locomotive power module.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Donates $20 Million to Strengthen Small Businesses in Charlotte

Wells Fargo announced a $20 million donation to Foundation For The Carolinas to help small business owners in Charlotte own more of their businesses’ assets, such as property, equipment, and technology.

Sustainable Development Goals

WSP's Tom Lewis on Adopting an Integrated Approach to Sustainability Targets

Jim Giles, Carbon Analyst at GreenBiz, interviewed Tom Lewis, Senior Executive of Climate, Resilience and Sustainability at WSP USA, during VERGE 21 (October 25-28, 2021).

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Environment

Recycling Helps Give Plastics New Life

On my weekly visit to the grocery store, I feel a sense of pride seeing more organizations and businesses making changes to make sustainability a priority.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

St. Thomas University College of Law, Ben Crump Announce Center for Social Justice

Funded by a grant from the Truist Charitable Fund, The Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice at the St. Thomas University College of Law announced an initiative to prepare new and diverse lawyers to lead the fight for justice.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

NortonLifeLock Is Named One of America’s Most Responsible Companies

For the second year in a row, NortonLifeLock has been chosen as one of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek. Awards are given to the top 500 companies, of which NortonLifeLock ranked 139 overall and 9th out of 39 in our sector.

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Health & Healthcare

The IWBI Special Report Chapter Series: “Affordable Housing is Fundamental to Health Equity”

The ability to find stable and secure housing is a fundamental freedom, enshrined by the United Nations in its Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the vital need for every person to have a home.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Q&A with Keysight India Leaders: Recent Community Initiatives and Adjustments Made Through Pandemic

Keysight India's CSR efforts in the country focus on supporting local communities by helping secure livelihoods, imparting knowledge through STEM education, building environmental consciousness, & most recently providing support during the pandemic.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

American Express Backs Emerging Artists With $1 Million in Sponsorship to the Studio Museum in Harlem

American Express (NYSE:AXP) announced artistic collaborations with world-renowned artists Julie Mehretu and Kehinde Wiley to reimagine and create new designs of the iconic Consumer Platinum Card.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Illumina and Sequoia Capital China Select First Startups to Join Genomics Incubator in China

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), and Sequoia Capital China, a leading investment firm, today jointly announced the selection of the first two startup companies joining the Sequoia Capital China Intelligent Healthcare Genomics Incubator, Powered by Illumina.

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Events, Media & Communications

Global Citizen Reveals 117 Million Lives Benefited Three Years On From Commitments Announced At The Epic Mandela 100 Festival

To mark the third anniversary of the Mandela 100 festival, international advocacy organisation, Global Citizen, has announced that over 12 million lives have been impacted this year across Africa, and the world, adding to the 105 million lives reported last year.

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Education

New Mexico School for the Deaf Keeps Students Engaged at Home with LanSchool Air Classroom Management

Many children rely on NMSD’s residential services, as their families live too far away to commute each day. The decision to close schools during the pandemic meant disrupting not only students’ day-to-day schedules but living arrangements as well.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Stellantis Women's Leadership Experience Earns Second Coveted Brandon Hall Award

The Stellantis Women’s Leadership Experience (WLE) leadership development program recently earned a Silver Award for excellence from the Brandon Hall Group.

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Environment

COP26 - Where to Go From Here

The ‘should haves’ and ‘could haves’ need to be put on hold for now, in favour of facing the future head-on and focusing on what we can do to mitigate further damage to the planet.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

To Support the Advancement of Women's Athletic Programs, T-Mobile Donates $700,000 to SEC Schools at T-Mobile SEC Championship Concert with Chris Young

The Un-carrier is proud to announce a $50,000 donation to each of the SEC’s 14 universities – totaling $700,000 – supporting the advancement of women’s athletic programs.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

United Way 2021 Campaigns: Copper, Creativity and COVID Recovery

Enbridge campaigns raise more than US$4.1 million (C$5.4 million) for chapters across North America

Environment

How to Compare ESG and Sustainability Reporting Standards

The variety of options & overload of information makes it complex for companies to determine which ESG framework or standard is right for them. This article wants to bring clarity, focusing on ESG reporting standards that are used to draft reports.

Energy

Ecocentricity Blog: Energy Burdens

While my family and I light a fire to create a mood, many in our community are struggling to afford to keep their whole houses warm. What is to be done about energy burdens?

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

M·A·C's VIVA GLAM x Keith Haring Lipsticks Are a '90s Club-Kid Dream

When MAC launched its first Viva Glam lipstick 1994, HIV/AIDS was the the leading cause of death for all Americans ages 25 to 44.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

4 Strategies to Make Open Enrollment Better

It’s no secret that employees don’t love open enrollment.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Single Mom Returns to Work

When Erica Bowman left her career in financial services to become a stay-at-home mother, she understood the challenges ahead.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Record $112.6 Million Donated to 43,000 Causes Through Benevity on GivingTuesday

Today, Benevity, Inc. announced that a record-setting $112.6 million was donated through its platform on GivingTuesday 2021. This is more than double the $55 million donated in 2020 and the highest single-day amount in Benevity’s history.

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Education

American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Discovery Education Partner to Unlock Student Success Through Engineering

Discovery Education and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) have launched Engineering Dreams, an educational initiative designed to engage K-12 students nationwide in the biggest challenges of today while helping them unlock future success through engineering.

Research, Reports & Publications

Together for Sustainability & EcoVadis Impact Report 2021

This Impact Report commemorates 10 years of partnership between EcoVadis and Together for Sustainability (TfS).

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Diversity & Inclusion

Encouraging Recruitment of Diverse Talent in the Biopharma Industry

I am a Black British man with an African name living in the United States.

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