Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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







Editors Pick

Social Impact & Volunteering

Republic’s Ragland-Castaneda Talks Organics Diversion, Food Recovery

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Impact Makers: Clif Bar Proves You Don’t Need Big Resources to Make Incredible Happen

Environment

Tetra Pak Becomes the First Company in the Food and Beverage Industry to Offer Packaging Made With Fully Traceable Plant-based Polymers

Tetra Pak, together with its supplier Braskem, has become the first company in the food and beverage industry to responsibly source plant-based polymers using the Bonsucro standards for sustainable sugar cane.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IOC and Airbnb Announce Major Global Olympic Partnership for Sustainability

The nine-year, five-Games partnership is designed to create a new standard for hosting that will be a win for host cities, a win for spectators and fans, and a win for athletes.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CUSA Looks to Make Financial Literacy Practical

Sponsored by Scotiabank, CUSA and the university’s financial literacy campaign has seven events which range from financial workshops and interview role-playing, to a local food market on campus.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How You — and Your Kids — Can Make Smart Student Loan Decisions

Summer and fall are important seasons for families to research student loans. If your household includes a student preparing to apply to colleges, you’ll want to factor cost into the decision and be mindful of the potential amount of debt accrued.

Media & Communications

Global Cohort Joins Sustainable Brands’ New Network for Brand Transformation

Sustainable Brands® announces today that it is adding a new dimension to its community. The SB Affiliate Member Network launches with 12 founding members.

Environment

Why Seizing Sustainability Makes Sense

Albertsons Cos. released a new line of compostable and Earth-friendly products last April under its Open Nature store brand that are not only sustainable, but they are innovative.

Health & Healthcare

Tackling the Barriers to Good Health

Events, Media & Communications

Webcast - The Decarbonization Opportunity: Utility Plans for 2030

3BL Media’s live professional development webcasts continue with a look ahead to a decade of climate action.

Environment

The New Climate for Business: Aron Cramer's 2019 Annual Letter

BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer addresses the new climate for business and the urgency agenda for the upcoming decisive decade in his first Annual CEO Letter.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Montgomery Hospice: Gentling the Journey for Our Diverse Communities

We all want our loved ones to be comfortable as their health declines, right through to the end of life. We also want to deal with grief in a healthy way that makes it possible to balance memories with creating a positive future.

Diversity & Inclusion

Franklin Templeton Hosts CEO Action's "Check Your Blind Spots" Tour Addressing Unconscious Bias

Franklin Templeton hosted the CEO Action “Check Your Blind Spots” mobile tour at the firm’s headquarters in San Mateo, California. The CEO Action bus enabled Franklin Templeton employees, and others in the community, to explore the nuances of unconscious bias.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The eBay Community Raises More Than $1 Billion for Charities Globally

Today, eBay for Charity announced that the program reached a major milestone ahead of its 2020 goal: $1 billion in total funds raised for charities around the world.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Great Place to Work® Recognizes CNH Industrial Mexico

The CNH Industrial manufacturing facility in Querétaro was named “Great Place to Work®” by the Great Place to Work® Institute in Mexico. This is the fourth time for CNH de México to be recognized as an excellent workplace in terms of workplace culture.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The AEG Community Foundation Launches Social Media Campaign #SpreadCheer Challenge to Kick Off AEG’s 2019 Annual Season of Giving

In celebration of its annual Season of Giving initiative, AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company, and the AEG Community Foundation today launched the 2019 #SpreadCheer Challenge

Events, Media & Communications

Mohawk Returns to Greenbuild as Premier Sponsor

Mohawk Industries is once again a premier sponsor of the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, the largest convening of green building and sustainability leaders.

Research, Reports & Publications

Environmental, Health and Safety Management at Caterpillar

Caterpillar employees have found ways to implement innovative solutions that improve safety and lower the company's energy, water and waste costs, as well as reduce its environmental impacts.

Sustainable Development Goals

Goodyear Better Future: Advanced Mobility

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Named on 2019 Working Mother Best Companies for Dads List

We are honored to be named again to the 2019 Working Mother Best Companies for Dads list. The list recognizes forward-thinking workplaces that lead in the areas of paternity and gender-neutral parental leave, flexible schedules...

Diversity & Inclusion

The Importance of Helping Veterans Transition to Civilian Life

Sustainable Development Goals

More Than Just a Toilet: Fusing Partnerships for a Better World

Poverty-stricken communities in Honduras and Ghana have a new lease on a better life with safe water and sanitation solutions from Water Mission and iDE – supported by more than 3,000 KOHLER pour flush toilets.

Diversity & Inclusion

Northern Trust's Shundrawn Thomas Walks the Talk on Diversity in Financial Services

Ultimately, Mr. Thomas said, what's good for minorities and women is good for business.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Capital Caring Health: Advanced Home Care & Hospice For All Ages at All Times

One of the first and largest nonprofit hospices in the United States, Capital Caring has provided hospice and palliative care to more than 123,000 patients and their families across Virginia, Washington, DC, and Maryland for more than 40 years.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Back to Where It All Began

Paul Newman was worried. In 1982, he’d started his own food company, Newman’s Own, Inc., to give all of its profits to charitable organizations to address pressing social challenges.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. Investing in our Communities
    We invest in sustainable community outcomes that improve lives.
  5. Sustainable Operations
    ops-related sustainability content (e.g., new electric equipment, decarb efforts, etc.)
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.
  11. Health and Safety by Antea Group
    Antea Group's health and safety consultants understand what it takes to help make a positive impact on safety culture. Read blogs, insights, and more...
  12. Integrated Tools
    Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...
  13. 2024-25 AMD CR Report
    AMD Commemorates 30 Years of Corporate Responsibility with 2024-25 Report
  14. Sustainable Products and Innovation
    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
  15. 2024-25 AMD CR Report
    AMD Commemorates 30 Years of Corporate Responsibility with 2024-25 Report