Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Energy

Vernon Hills Park District Offsets Electrical Costs Using Trane's Renewable Energy Solutions

Vernon Hills Park District, in collaboration with Trane® by Trane Technologies, a global climate innovator, has installed a rooftop solar array at its maintenance facility that produces enough energy to offset 70% of the building’s

Social Impact & Volunteering

How Digital Training Content Helps Refugees, Youth, and Young Adults Shape Their Careers

Deloitte worked with Volunteer Vision, a digital mentoring provider in the corporate volunteering and diversity & inclusion sector, to create an online program that would support youth and young adults on their path to employment.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Fifth Third Joins Ceres Company Network; Latest Step in Accelerating Transition to a Sustainable Future

Fifth Third joined a network of companies who commit to achieving robust sustainability goals, improving resiliency in operations & supply chains, and advancing market-based & equitable solutions to the world’s biggest sustainability challenges.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg Media Expands Bloomberg Equality, Deepening Commitment to Covering Issues of Race, Gender, Diversity, and Fairness

Bloomberg Media today announced the expansion of Bloomberg Equality to elevate issues of race, gender, diversity, and fairness within the governments, companies and societies that it covers.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bacardi Limited Donates $100,000 To Support India COVID-19 Efforts

Funding provided by Bacardi is earmarked to provide immediate assistance to local relief agencies working to mitigate the worsening impact of the coronavirus pandemic in India.

Diversity & Inclusion

Medtronic Receives Its Highest-Ever Ranking on DiversityInc Top 50 List

Medtronic’s move from # 33 in 2020 to # 11 in 2021 on the overall list is one of the largest jumps of any company in the Top 50.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Henkel Develops Industry's First Bio-Based PUR Hot Melt Adhesive for Consumer Electronics Assembly

In keeping with the company’s sustainability priorities, Henkel announces the development and commercial availability of LOCTITE® HHD 3544F, the industry’s first bio-based polyurethane reactive hot melt designed for consumer electronics assembly.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Nominate a Company for the 2021 Fortune Change the World List

Each year, Fortune publishes the Change the World List to celebrate companies and leaders that embrace corporate purpose and recognize how it can add value to business and society.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

United Health Foundation Support Fuels Medical School Charter Graduation

The first cohort of students of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) will be graduating on May 7, 2021.

Energy

Turning the Tide

How do we turn the tide on the mining sector’s “dirty” image and reveal how the mining supply chain and renewables can combine to limit global warming to at or below 2°C?

Media & Communications

Essential Talks Podcast Launches Season 2 by Showcasing Essity's Tork Circularity Innovation

Melting glaciers, more droughts and wilder weather have increased public awareness that we are all equally responsible for climate change. But are we running out of time?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Black & Veatch's Julie Eiter Selected for Society of American Military Engineers' Leadership Development Program

Black & Veatch proudly announces that licensed mechanical engineer Julie Eiter of the company’s federal business has been accepted to the Society of American Military Engineers’ (SAME) inaugural national leadership development program.

Education

AAUW: 2020 Summary Report Tech Trek Wearable Tech STEM Camp

In partnership with Qualcomm® Thinkabit Lab™, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) offered a virtual Wearable Tech Trek.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative Opens Benchmark for Social Compliance Schemes in Fishing, Agriculture and Aquaculture Sectors

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) has today opened its social benchmark to the fishing, agriculture and land-based aquaculture sectors with the launch of benchmark requirements for its new At-Sea Operations and Primary Production scopes.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo Named Top 50 Most Innovative Company by Boston Consulting Group - Inside Our Innovation-Led Strategy for Transformation

Becoming an innovative company doesn’t just happen. It’s the product of carefully and thoughtfully-designed strategy, creating operational systems and processes that support it, and establishing a culture that fosters challenging the status quo.

Diversity & Inclusion

Beyond the Field with Tua Tagovailoa

As an official retail bank of @NFL, @TruistNews partnered with @Tua to break it all down -- from his game day routine, to his Samoan heritage, to the Tua Foundation and beyond. #BeyondTheField.

Environment

Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers Boost Sustainability and the Bottom Line

Today’s yield demands and sustainability initiatives have required a shift in how growers use fertilizer products and technologies. Nutrient stewardship is the starting point for improving crop productivity while protecting the environment.

Health & Healthcare

Supporting India Through the COVID Crisis

The spike in coronavirus cases in India is the worst in the world right now. Currently, the country is battling more than 412,000 active cases of COVID-19, with states like Maharashtra, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh getting hit the hardest.

Education

Box Tops for Education Partners With Black Men Teach

Over the next 4 years, Box Tops will provide $500,000 to fund scholarships, loan forgiveness & programming to help the organization’s mission of increasing the number of Black male teachers in their 8 Minneapolis-area partner schools to 20% by 2025.

Diversity & Inclusion

Being Asian in the Time of COVID-19

Open, candid conversations about diversity and inclusion in our society and workplace must continue in order to support the fight for equality. Thankfully, these conversations continue to take place across Bloomberg, in various forms and forums.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Transparency and Accountability Are Critical to Drive Meaningful Climate Action

Climate change is one of the most far reaching and critical challenges of our time, and this coming decade will prove decisive. HP supports the move by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to consider climate change disclosure rules as part of its integrated disclosure system.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FedEx Named One of the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2021

FedEx, with close to 700 aircraft, benefited from the lockdown home-delivery bump with record quarterly earnings, partly by picking up slack from canceled flights. In December, the company also delivered the first COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

CGF End-to-End Value Chain Newsletter - Q1 2021

Check out the latest updates from our End-to-End Value Chain initiative at The Consumer Goods Forum.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics Supports No Barriers Global Impact Challenge to Inspire Student Innovation

Arrow Electronics is supporting the No Barriers Global Impact Challenge, an annual competition that challenges middle and high school students worldwide to address a critical barrier that matters to them.

Social Impact & Volunteering

LG Experience Happiness Celebrated National Teachers' Day

In recognition of National Teachers' Day, LG Experience Happiness and "The Happiness League" honors superhero teachers across the US delivering sustainable happiness skills to America's youth.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Southwire 2024 Sustainability Report
    Southwire was founded in 1950 with the goal of bringing electric light to people who needed it. In 2025, as we celebrate the 75-year history of our...
  3. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
    At Franklin Templeton, we are proud of our commitment to communities where we live and work. Each year, we engage with hundreds of organizations...
  4. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
  5. 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...
  6. Social Progress
    Social engagement has always been an integral part of our sense of responsibility as a company. We care and we act to do our part to improve the...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. Innovation Spotlight: Duke Energy
    At Duke Energy, we’re always improving operations and finding smart, safe and innovative ways to power the communities we serve. We’re embracing new...
  10. 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...
  11. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.
  12. 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+...
  13. Subaru Love Promise: Community
    Subaru is dedicated to supporting those who need it the most in our communities. From donating food to Feeding America, providing essential items to...
  14. CARE Corporate Partnerships
    CARE works with corporate partners globally to invest in innovative, scalable, impactful, community-based solutions.
  15. AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations
    AEG's sustainability initiatives are designed to reduce our consumption of the planet’s limited resources. Through our comprehensive sustainability...