Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

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Editors Pick

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fortune Names Aflac to Most Admired Companies List

Environment

Sustainable Energy in America 2017 Factbook

The 2017 Factbook provides an update through the end of 2016, highlighting a number of key developments that occurred as the long-term transformation of US energy continues to unfold.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HP Inc. to Receive World Environment Center’s 2017 Gold Medal Award for Corporate Sustainability

The World Environment Center (WEC) is pleased to announce that its 33rd annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development will be awarded to HP Inc. (HP). HP will accept the Gold Medal Award on Thursday, May 11, 2017, during the Gold Medal Presentation Ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Innovation & Technology

National Entrepreneurship Week: How Cox Enterprises Energizes Entrepreneurship as it Evolves

Every company starts with a spark of entrepreneurship. For Cox Enterprises, it started with James M. Cox, a former schoolteacher and news reporter, who, at the age of 28, set out to own a newspaper. Over a century later, that family business earns more than $20 billion in annual revenue and employs more than 60,000 worldwide.

Innovation & Technology

Xylem Rental Pumps Provide Fast Solution for Dewatering

A large construction project in Mainz, Germany, recently used Xylem rental pumps for a drainage solution. The pumps were quickly delivered and provided reliable service.

Research, Reports & Publications

Parker 2016 Sustainability Report Demonstrates Local Impact of Global Commitment to Responsible Operations

Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, recently formalized a sustainability framework focused on three key areas where the company has an opportunity to maximize the impact of its efforts: people, planet and products.

Environment

#NowOrNeverglades Movement Gains Momentum

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Tetra Tech Receives Industry Awards from Environmental Business Journal

Achieving excellence in our business performance, project execution, and technological innovation

Diversity & Inclusion

Meet the Kick Ass Team of Women Taking on Complex Patents in Tech

What happens when three bright and motivated women put their heads together to brainstorm new approaches to challenging problems? Major creativity and production.

Health & Healthcare

First Comprehensive Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Initiative Launched in Africa

His Excellency the President Lieutenant General Dr. Seretse Khama Ian Khama of the Republic of Botswana, the Honorable Minister Dorcas Makgato of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers (TXCH) and Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children’s Hospital (BIPAI) through public-private partnerships with the governments of Botswana, Uganda and Malawi, announced a $100 million initiative to create an innovative pediatric hematology-oncology treatment network in southern and east Africa.

Innovation & Technology

Cisco’s Connectivity Solutions Paving the Way for the Next Generation of Mine at Goldcorp

As part of our series on #DisruptMining Innovation, in today’s post we’ll share some of the work we’ve been doing with Cisco to build the next-generation of connected mines.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

National Engineers Week 2017: Enabling the Evolution of Smart Cities and Smart Utilities

As we celebrate 2017 National Engineers Week, Black & Veatch recognizes engineers not only for their past contributions, but for their future work in enabling our cities and communities to act on the promise of a smarter, safer and more sustainable way of life.

Education

DSI Newsletter : February 2017

It’s the middle of winter here in New York, but at DSI it’s anything but gray and dull. Since our last newsletter, we hosted a summit measuring the impact of social design on human health, launched a collaboration with Cornell Tech University, celebrated the launch of faculty member Asi Burak’s new book, cheered as Mark Cuban became a partner in our alum’s company, and watched another cohort of first year students transformed as they learn and grow at DSI.

Health & Healthcare

Global Beer Responsibility Day

Innovation & Technology

Growing Our Community of Innovators

Environment

Cheers to Green Ideas

Environment

China Keeps More Bottles in the System

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Energy Storage: How Sustainability Works for All of Us

For many, “sustainability” evokes images of solar panels, windmills, and electric vehicles. When we at Green Charge use the word, we are indeed talking about reducing carbon emissions by using energy storage to bank renewable energy, thus reducing reliance on power from oil and coal.

Environment

First Glass Partnership at Kronenbourg

Environment

HVO Trucks in Sweden

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Yum! Brands Recognized on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies List

Research, Reports & Publications

Republic Services: Organics

Organics represents another sustainable solution for an evolving waste stream. According to the EPA, food waste is the second largest category of municipal solid waste sent to the nation’s landfills, accounting for approximately 18% of the overall waste stream.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Wendy’s Isn’t Chicken When It Comes to Quality

“Quality is Our Recipe” is more than a slogan hanging on the wall of our restaurants. It’s a constant commitment to improve the quality of our menu and make our customers really happy and crave the food we craft.

Latest Campaigns

  1. kate spade new york
    At kate spade new york and its Foundation, we believe that a woman’s mental health is foundational to her achieving sustainable long-term empowerment...
  2. Nutrition and Health
    Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...
  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. Baker Tilly Foundation
    The Baker Tilly Foundation makes a difference in the communities where we live and work by supporting causes in the areas of education, health and...
  5. Antea Group Brand
    Antea Group Brand Content
  6. Sustainability at Fifth Third
    Our holistic approach to addressing climate change includes supporting a sustainable transition, managing climate-related risks, and managing our...
  7. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...
  8. Aflac Stories
    Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.
  9. Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 5
    Welcome to Season 5 of Healthy Spaces by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. Supply Chain Dive AI Playbook 2025
    Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept – it’s already transforming supply chains end to end. In a new Playbook developed by DP...
  13. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is embedded in our company values. We actively promote it among our employees, raise awareness, and foster an...
  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. IWBI | Workplace Wellness
    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...