Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest news from 3BL’s clients.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Subaru Park Camden Mini-Pitch Opens in Time for Memorial Day Weekend

The Subaru Park Camden Mini-Pitch is a part of SOA’s commitment to Empower Camden and to being a good neighbor to the residents of its hometown.

Health & Healthcare

Building Trust and Improving Care in Underserved Communities

Partnership with the University of Minnesota Community University Health Care Center brings care closer to underserved communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alkermes Announces Recipients of 2021 Alkermes Inspiration Grants® Program

Grants were awarded to 11 nonprofits working to address the needs of people living with addiction, serious mental illness or cancer, including programs serving historically under-resourced or underrepresented communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Receives Gold Award in Ministry of Defence's Employer Recognition Scheme

The UK business of global real estate advisor, CBRE, has been awarded the Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award by the Ministry of Defence.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Galaxy Team Up With Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center’s Hope Street Margolis Family Center to Host Youth Soccer Camps at Dignity Health Sports Park

AEG’s LA Galaxy recently teamed up with Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center’s Hope Street Margolis Family Center) to host a series of youth soccer camps for 60 youth ages 8-18 at Dignity Health Sport Park in Carson, Calif.

Environment

Brands Get Specific in Collaborations to Fight Climate Change

This week, we explore three ways brands are evolving these collaborative efforts to create detailed solutions to climate change.

Education

Fifth Third Celebrates Finance Academy Impact; Awards Student Scholarship at Illinois High School

Fifth Third Bank Chicago Regional President Mark Hoppe announced the first winner of the Fifth Third Spring Scholarship contest, for which there were over 1,600 entries.

Diversity & Inclusion

Greater Houston LGBT Chamber Recognizes Comcast With Pride in Business Award

The Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce held its signature event, Pride In Business, to celebrate Pride Month and the Chamber’s five year anniversary, as well as launch the Pride In Business Awards.

Energy

Carbon Capture and Storage Panel Session at the Clarivate Virtual Innovation Forum

At this year’s Clarivate Virtual Innovation Forum, Marilyn Johnson, Sr. Director ofGlobal Sustainability at Clarivate, moderated a panel session about carbon capture and storage as the way forward for companies.

Diversity & Inclusion

Always Helps Girls Build Confidence Through Sports.

Always is teaming up with girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai, pro athletes including Elena Della Donne, and other trailblazing women to rally society and encourage girls to #KeepHerPlaying.

Diversity & Inclusion

'Supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities Can Help America Ensure an Equitable Recovery'

Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf; Dr. Michael Lomax, president and CEO of UNCF; and Dr. Harry L. Williams, president and CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund, co-authored the following op-ed for Roll Call, which published on July 21.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Leading Chipmakers Aim to Make New Fabs More Sustainable

The recovering global economy is waking up to the notion that it now runs on silicon. And there isn’t enough of it.

Events, Media & Communications

Last Chance to Apply for the Responsible Business Awards 2021 - Entries Close Friday, July 30, 2021

After 12 years, Reuters Events’ world-renowned Responsible Business Awards remain a great way to reward your organisation and your team for all the hard work and successes you’ve achieved. But hurry – nominations close on 30th July at 5PM BST.

Green Infrastructure

Construction in Motion on Alliant Energy's Solar in Wisconsin

With approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on its first filing for 675 megawatts of solar, Alliant Energy begins construction on solar projects in Richland, Wood and Rock counties.

Environment

Freeport-McMoRan Helps Discover a New Frog Species in Papua

PT Freeport Indonesia, in partnership with The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and the South Australian Museum, discovered a new frog species in Mimika Regency, Papua, Indonesia.

Research, Reports & Publications

Republic Services Reports Reduced Emissions, Increased Circularity of Key Materials

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) has released its annual sustainability report, highlighting the Company's enhanced approach to climate leadership and tracking progress toward its ambitious 2030 sustainability goals.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CNH Industrial South America Supports Food and Hygiene Drive

CNH Industrial recently organized a food and hygiene items drive at its manufacturing sites in Brazil to support a number of charities in locations where the company has a presence.

Research, Reports & Publications

Intel Arizona RISE Report: Our Commitment to Our Community and Corporate Responsibility

Intel is investing in Arizona via our technology donations and COVID-19 relief, job creation and local spending, water restoration projects, volunteering, and so much more, all highlighted within our RISE Report.

Diversity & Inclusion

From Inspiring to Imperative: Celebrating Women in STEM

At Medtronic we're working to ensure that women are equally represented within our heavily science-based organization and leveling the playing field for women in science beyond our walls.

Innovation & Technology

Cell-based Meat - a Growing Industry ... Literally

It looks like a burger. It tastes like a burger. But no cows were harmed in the making. Sounds far-fetched? Scientists have cracked the code to produce real meat products from animal cells. But cell-based meat still has hurdles ahead to become a commercial reality.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Hawthorne Gardening Company Opens Doors to New Greenhouse to Fight Community Hunger

To help combat the hunger facing thousands of their fellow neighbors, The Hawthorne Gardening Company, a subsidiary of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, today announced that it has opened the doors to a 4,000 square-foot greenhouse

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 25

In the latest Impact Minute Land Betterment Corporation President, Kirk Taylor, discusses why you should embrace success and how it can lead to change in a community.

Environment

Amtrak Receives Federal Approval for Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project

Congratulations to Amtrak on receiving key federal approval for the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for the Gateway Hudson Tunnel project, which is part of the larger Gateway Project, that will allow rehabilitation of the existing 110-year-old tunnels currently used by 450+ Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT trains each day.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Oportun Commits to Matching up to $50k in Corporate and Individual Contributions Made to Altamed Health Services' “Altamed Gives” Program

Oportun is coming to the financial assistance of hundreds of AltaMed patients by committing to matching corporate and individual donations, up to $50,000, to the AltaMed Gives program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper Is Bringing a Colorful and Safe Playground to Children in Spain

Our team in the Canary Islands, Spain, is helping bring a colorful and safe playground to life for the children who attend Aldeas Infantiles SOS de España's nursery school in El Tablero.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Policy and Regulation
    Cascale shares insights regarding policy and regulation impacting the consumer goods industry, and highlights how it's supporting members prepare for...
  2. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  3. FedEx | Delivering for Good
    Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...
  4. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  5. 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...
  6. Forests
    Managing our forests sustainably and protecting water, wildlife, and species at risk.
  7. 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...
  8. Biomimicry and Ray of Hope Accelerator
    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...
  9. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  10. KeyBank's Commitment to Diversity
    Promoting inclusive environments by employing systemic changes to improve the access of individuals of diverse backgrounds. Learn more about our...
  11. Cascale Events
    Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...
  12. Greener Products and Solutions
    We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...
  13. Accelerating access to healthcare technology
    We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And...
  14. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  15. 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...