Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch Sells Data Analytics Solutions Leader Atonix Digital™

As demand for innovative, scalable asset performance management (APM) platforms rises, Black & Veatch has sold Atonix Digital™ LLC, a software company focused on operational intelligence for resource intensive industries to the management...

Environment

PepsiCo Doubles Down on Climate Goal and Pledges Net-Zero Emissions by 2040

PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) today announced plans to more than double its science-based climate goal, targeting a reduction of absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by more than 40% by 2030.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MENTOR National Announces 2021 Excellence in Mentoring Honorees

MENTOR National, an organization dedicated to unifying mentoring across the nation, today announced this year’s honorees of the annual Excellence in Mentoring awards.

Social Impact & Volunteering

2021 CSR and Sustainability Conferences Guide

The go-to guide for CSR and sustainability professionals has arrived! The Realized Worth 2021 Conference Guide showcases conferences from around the world that are rich with industry expertise, fresh takes, challenging topics, and great speakers.

Diversity & Inclusion

Watch: Scotiabank Launches ScotiaRISE to Help Build Economic Resilience; Foster Stronger Households and Communities

Through ScotiaRISE, Scotiabank will support programs and partner with organizations that provide the tools people need to improve their education and employment prospects, adapt to changing circumstances, and increase financial success.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Three GRI Standards Come Into Effect for Sustainability Reports in 2021

Companies disclosing their impacts through the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards are to adhere to three new and updated standards, for reports they publish from this year onward.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Certification Standard for Sustainable Diamonds

SCS Standards announced today that its groundbreaking Certification Standard for Sustainable Diamonds (SCS 007) is now entering a 60-day public consultation phase, on the path to finalization this spring.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Reimagining Community Health Systems Challenge Connects Underserved Areas To Telehealth Services

If there is a central message to be gleaned from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that we are all in this together—a simple truth that forms the bedrock of PYXERA Global’s “Reimagine Series” of Challenges that turn problems exposed by the pandemic into opportunities to strengthen society.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

WSP USA Launches New Climate, Resilience & Sustainability Business

WSP USA, a leading professional services consultancy, announced the new Climate, Resilience & Sustainability business line to partner with companies, government agencies and communities across the U.S. to solve the dynamic challenges of equitable climate mitigation, asset and infrastructure adaptation and emergency management.

Environment

The High Stake Race for Climate

It’s a good moment to take stock of our efforts to fight the world’s climate crisis: WBCSD calls on business and governments to “double down” on their commitments to implementing bold, sustained climate action.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CNH Industrial's Month of Hope

CNH Industrial N.V. recently held its annual Month of Hope in support of the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge Program.

Innovation & Technology

WFB (Bus), Anyone? T‑Mobile Turns Red Rose Transit Buses into Free Wi‑Fi Hubs for Lancaster, PA Riders

T-Mobile is America’s 5G leader, delivering 5G speeds in more places with the first and largest nationwide 5G network, and laying the groundwork for improved, more robust emergency communications across the country.

Diversity & Inclusion

Lenovo 2020 Diversity and Inclusion Report: Female and Minority Executive Representation on the Rise As the Company Welcomes a New Chief Diversity Officer in 2021

Lenovo shares its 2020 Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Report, highlighting its annual snapshot of workforce demographics, hiring and attrition data, and a recap of the diversity and inclusion highlights of the past year.

Diversity & Inclusion

Medtronic: Equity and Opportunity for All

In September, we partnered with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund on a multi-year plan to build and foster stronger relationships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and bring more diverse talent into our leadership pipeline

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Magic of Storytelling 2021

Disney announces its ninth annual 2021 Magic of Storytelling campaign to cultivate the next generation of storytellers.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alexion Ranked #1 Biotech Company for Lowest ESG Risk by Sustainalytics

Since 2018, Alexion has regularly engaged with a variety of external organizations to validate and evaluate our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (i.e., ESG). Sustainalytics, an organization that is one of the most...

Media & Communications

Jim Furnish + Kate Sheppard on the Last Frontier

According to the State of Alaska website, the state’s name derives from the Aleut alyeska, meaning “great land.” Today on Sea Change Radio we talk about The Last Frontier, and some of the threats to its greatness.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ceres Joins Lawmakers, Businesses and Majority of Americans Demanding the Impeachment of Donald Trump

Ceres joins congressional lawmakers on both sides of the aisles and hundreds of business and investment leaders, trade associations, and advocacy organizations who are demanding that Donald Trump be impeached and removed from office

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

DialogueDirect Awarded Real Leaders® 150 Top Impact Companies of 2021

DialogueDirect is honored to be selected as one of the top 150 global organizations empowering positive social or environmental change.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arcos Dorados' “Gran Día” Donated More Than USD 5 Million in 2020 to Support Several Social Organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean

Despite the global context and with the adjustments needed to comply with the new normality, the solidarity campaign that donates proceeds from Big Mac sales to support dozens of institutions and projects exceeded by far the established goals.

Education

MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs at Home: Dancing Critters

MilliporeSigma has created a number of easy and educational science experiments that can be completed at home with materials typically found around the house.

Research, Reports & Publications

Seizing Opportunity

How can leaders help markets achieve systemic transformations toward inclusion & equity? This new report from FSG provides tools, practices & lessons from our work alongside our global partners.

Health & Healthcare

FedEx Express Canada, Innomar Strategies Begin Distribution of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Across Canada

FedEx Express Canada, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., and Innomar Strategies, announced recently that the country’s first operations to distribute the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Canada on behalf of the Government of Canada are underway.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Rockwell Automation Sustainability Update

Find out how Rockwell Automation is making positive change through sustainable environmental, social and governance practices that bring value to our customers, company and community.

Latest Campaigns

  1. 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...
  2. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.
  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. 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...
  5. 2024-25 AMD CR Report
    AMD Commemorates 30 Years of Corporate Responsibility with 2024-25 Report
  6. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  7. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  8. Innovation & Sustainable Solutions
    Chemours chemistry is essential to our daily lives, global commerce, and the future. Our commitment to product sustainability drives us to innovate...
  9. 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...
  10. Goals That Inspire: Positive Social Impact
    Through our Goals That Inspire we strive to make a positive difference in our communities by relying on our ability to understand their needs and then...
  11. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  12. Collaboration and Partnership
    Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...
  13. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  14. 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...
  15. Kids to College Powered by Entergy
    Entergy believes in the dreams of the families we serve. Everyone deserves the opportunity to continue their education and, as a corporate leader and...