Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Diversity & Inclusion

Honoring Women Who “Choose To Be Courageous” This Women's History Month

Throughout March, Chemours is highlighting women who are choosing to be courageous each and every day at work, at home, and in the community.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Albertsons Companies Joins Beyond the Bag Initiative

Albertsons Companies today announced that it has joined the Beyond the Bag Initiative, its latest step to contributing to efforts to reduce plastic waste. The Beyond the Bag Initiative, launched by the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, is a multi-year collaboration across re

Innovation & Technology

FedEx Helps Save Lives Through Strategic Collaborations

Find out how FedEx and the World Resources Institute promote global safety by sharing expertise.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Digitization Meets Sustainability: Pouch-to-Pouch Concept Receives Digital Product Passport To Enable Traceability for Better Recycling

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW), together with HP Indigo, Reifenhäuser, Cadel Deinking and Karlville have implemented the application of a digital product passport using the R-Cycle database.

Diversity & Inclusion

Major Leaguers Provide $42,000 Grant to Honor Legacy of Jackie Robinson

Major League baseball players will once again proudly bestow a $42,000 grant from the Players Trust to the Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF), the Trust announced on Friday, April 14 – the day before the baseball world celebrated the 70th anniversary of when Jackie made his Major L

Social Impact & Volunteering

Educating Children in Ukraine on Pedestrian Safety

FedEx Cares works with nonprofits to shape programs that positively impact a social or environmental cause close to our business. For many years, one of the most compelling causes in Europe has been road safety.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fifth Third Earns Recognition as ESG Leader With Third Consecutive Leadership Score From CDP

Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) today announced it has received a Climate Leadership score of A- from CDP for its efforts and disclosures related to climate change.

Energy

Fifth Third Bank Recognized with Renewable Energy Hero Award

Fifth Third Bancorp was today recognized with the Renewable Energy Hero Award at Green Umbrella’s annual Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Announces Acquisition of Dividend Finance

Fifth Third announces a definitive agreement to acquire Dividend Finance, a leading fintech point-of-sale lender, providing financing solutions for residential renewable energy and sustainability-focused home improvement.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Albertsons Companies Partners With Trace Register to Elevate Seafood Traceability

Responsible Production & Consumption

Albertsons Goes Fishing For Sustainable Sushi

Albertsons added sushi to its “Top 5 by 2022” project, which promises that the five most popular wild and farm-raised seafood species used for sushi in its stores will be sourced sustainably and responsibly.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Join Albertsons Companies in Preventing and Reducing Food Waste

Happy Earth Day from Albertsons Companies! To minimize our impact on the planet, we take action across our company to reduce, repurpose, and donate unsold food.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fifth Third Receives Energy Opportunist Award in Michigan for Environmental Sustainability Initiatives

The award recognized the results achieved from a significant energy reduction project at the Bank’s Corporate Service Center campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Truist Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index

Truist once again earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Safe Kids Vietnam: Helping Students Walk Safely To School

Diversity & Inclusion

Leaders From Kroger, Albertsons, Lowe's Join Network of Executive Women Board

The Network of Executive Women (NEW), a group focused on women's leadership in retail, consumer goods and other industries, has named three new members to its board of directors… Mike Theilmann, EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Albertsons Cos...

Responsible Production & Consumption

USDA and EPA Welcome New U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) welcomed seven companies to the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions, companies that have committed to reducing food loss and waste in their U.S. operations

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Commemorating Our Veterans During Veterans Day

On Veterans Day, and all month long, Cadence showed our gratitude for our Veteran employees, their families, our Veteran friends, and all Veterans that have served the United States of America.

Health & Healthcare

Illumina Celebrates AAPI Heritage Month

As we celebrate AAPI heritage month, we recognize some of our amazing employees.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Road Safety Matters: FedEx Publishes 2019 Report

FedEx publishes new 2019 report: Road Safety Matters. Take a look and be inspired by initiatives helping road safety NGOs save lives and prevent injuries worldwide. Join us in helping make all of our journeys safer by following the road safety tips we share in the report.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Trex Company and Albertsons Companies Recycle Bulk Pharmacy Dispensing Bottles to Make Decking Material and Keep Plastic Out of Landfills

Albertsons Cos. has collected more than 54,000 pounds of bulk medication dispensing bottles, the contents of which are used to fill individual prescriptions. Trex then recycles the plastic bottles to produce its environmentally friendly decking.

Education

FedEx Donates $1 Million to National Urban League Work Force Development Programs

FedEx is investing $1 million in the National Urban League (NUL) as part of its FedEx Cares initiative to build a stronger workforce by creating pathways to meaningful employment for underserved communities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Albertsons Companies Continues Its Commitment to Provide Opportunities and Access for Diverse Suppliers

Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) today reaffirmed its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as the company expands its Supplier Diversity Program.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Chemours Spain Achieves Great Place to Work® Certification for Second Year in a Row

In April, the Chemours team in Spain received great news—Chemours Spain was certified as a Great Place to Work® for the second consecutive year.

Sustainable Development Goals

Albertsons Companies Commits to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Joins Influential Seafood Task Force