ESG News from Leading Brands

Education

Financial Literacy Challenge From Jackson Charitable Foundation and Discovery Education Inspires Community Collaboration to Win $10,000

Mar 11, 2021 9:15 AM ET

Jackson Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit with the mission to advance financial knowledge on a national scale, and Discovery Education today opened the 5th annual Cha-ChingTM Money Smart Kids Contest. The contest enables communities to vote for their school to win $10,000 to use toward critical educator resources to teach kids how to earn, save, spend, and donate.

Diversity & Inclusion

Pioneering Black Lineman Lights the Way

Mar 11, 2021 9:10 AM ET

John “Johnny” Lee Willis was born in Spring Hill, Louisiana to a sharecropper father and saw firsthand the impacts of slavery and racism in the Deep South.

Energy

Colorado Energy Organizations Launch First-of-its-Kind Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas Partnership

Mar 11, 2021 9:00 AM ET

A Colorado natural gas producer, an infrastructure operator and local municipal utility have entered into a first-of-its-kind Responsibly Sourced Gas (RSG) pilot project with Project Canary, a Denver-based B-Corp focused on providing continuous emissions monitoring data and technologies across the energy sector.

Education

Tanimura & Antle and Green City Growers Announce New Partnership & Acquisition

Mar 11, 2021 9:00 AM ET

The merger is based on a common commitment and passion to provide communities, organizations and individuals with a hands-on educational experience to increase awareness, build engagement and provide education about where food comes from.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Deloitte: A Case Study in Inclusive Leadership and Pro Bono

Mar 11, 2021 9:00 AM ET

Taproot Foundation and Deloitte co-created Pro Bono + Inclusive Leadership as free resource for businesses that demonstrates how Deloitte has leveraged pro bono as one way to help develop inclusive leadership traits and how other companies can do the same.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Women in Leadership Spotlight: Lauren Banks, Creative Marketing Resources

Mar 11, 2021 9:00 AM ET

In honor of Women's History Month, Common Impact is spotlighting prominent female leaders who are leaving their mark on their organizations and communities. Hear from Lauren Banks, Vice President of Client Services at Creative Marketing Resources.

Research, Reports & Publications

T. Rowe Price's Judy Ward Offers 7 Tips on How to Close the Gender Gap in Retirement Savings

Mar 11, 2021 9:00 AM ET

The wage and lifetime income gaps between men and women present many challenges for women preparing for retirement.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Message From the Edison International Managing Committee

Mar 11, 2021 9:00 AM ET

Media & Communications

Land Betterment Corporation Sponsored Episode 136 of the Middle Tech Podcast

Mar 11, 2021 8:35 AM ET

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”) is proud to be the Season 4 sponsor of the Middle Tech Podcast.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women in Security Part 1: Meet Taree Reardon, Senior Threat Analyst

Mar 11, 2021 8:30 AM ET

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we are excited to kick off our six-part Women in Security series. Meet Taree Reardon, Senior Threat Analyst, VMware Security Business Unit.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

EU Requirements for Impact-Focused Sustainability Reporting Are One Step Closer

Mar 11, 2021 8:15 AM ET

Recommendations for the creation of European sustainability reporting standards would require large companies in the EU to disclose their external impacts in a way that meets the needs of multiple stakeholders while building on the standard setting of global bodies, such as GRI.

Research, Reports & Publications

NN Group Releases 2020 Annual Report: Committed to Sustainable Value Creation

Mar 11, 2021 8:00 AM ET

NN Group, a financial services company active in several European countries and Japan, today published its 2020 Annual Report.

Diversity & Inclusion

Volunteer Vision Launches Digital Mentor Training Center to Maximize the Impact of CSR and DE&I Initiatives

Mar 11, 2021 7:55 AM ET

While high quality mentor training sounds costly and time consuming, digital features such as the newly released Volunteer Vision Training Center make high impact training accessible, trackable and scalable.

Events, Media & Communications

Business & Human Rights Summit: New Speakers Confirmed

Mar 11, 2021 5:00 AM ET

We invite you to participate in the UN Global Compact Network UK’s flagship Business & Human Rights Summit. The summit will be taking place 30-31 March 2021, and is generously supported by Marshalls plc.

Diversity & Inclusion

Choose Equal.

Mar 10, 2021 3:20 PM ET

In downturns and disasters throughout history, women always bear a heavy cost – more of the jobs lost, more of the frontline care, and often – more of the burden at home.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ON Semiconductor Joins Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies for a Second Consecutive Year

Mar 10, 2021 3:15 PM ET

In December 2020, Newsweek published their list of America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2021 and ON Semiconductor is proud to be listed for the second consecutive year, ranking #38 out of 399 U.S.-based companies across 14 industries.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Hershey Invests $1.5 Million In The Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Mar 10, 2021 2:55 PM ET

The Hershey Company announced it will invest $1.5 million in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to establish a scholarship endowment, with the goal to increase that to $3 million over the next ten years.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bloomberg Earns a Perfect Score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI)

Mar 10, 2021 2:50 PM ET

Bloomberg announced that it has earned a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and been designated as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality in the United States.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CECP Announces James D. White, Former CEO, Jamba Juice to Join Board of Directors

Mar 10, 2021 2:05 PM ET

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) announced that James D. White, Former CEO, Jamba Juice, has joined the organization’s distinguished Board of Directors.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Workiva Joins SASB in Support of XBRL Taxonomy for ESG Reporting

Mar 10, 2021 2:05 PM ET

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) announced its new eXtensible business reporting language (XBRL) taxonomy is now open for public comment.

Diversity & Inclusion

CBRE Strengthens DE&I Efforts with Addition of Two Seasoned Professionals

Mar 10, 2021 1:25 PM ET

CBRE announced it has expanded its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) team with the addition of two new professionals, Ryan Mitchell and LaTonya Woodson.

Environment

Megan Milliken Biven Proposes an Abandoned Well Administration

Mar 10, 2021 1:15 PM ET

For over a hundred years, American land and waters have been tapped for that dark and viscous substance that has propelled our economy and generated the climate crisis.

Innovation & Technology

Enbridge Innovation in Action: Safety Highlights

Mar 10, 2021 1:15 PM ET

Continuous innovation in safety is not simply about avoiding or mitigating the most frequent incidents, though.

Innovation & Technology

Goodyear Ventures Invests in Autonomous Trucking Company TuSimple

Mar 10, 2021 1:10 PM ET

Goodyear Ventures has added TuSimple, a global autonomous trucking technology company, to its growing investment portfolio.

Environment

Coalition Grows to Protect Biodiversity Globally

Mar 10, 2021 12:45 PM ET

“We can change the story if we decide to do it.”