ESG News from Leading Brands

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Grant Williams Receives Bill Russell Mentoring Legacy Award

Jan 29, 2021 9:10 AM ET

MENTOR National, an organization dedicated to unifying mentoring across the nation, today announced the second recipient of The Bill Russell Mentoring Legacy Award, Grant Williams of the Boston Celtics.

Events, Media & Communications

How the Customer Experience Has Been Altered for Good

Jan 29, 2021 9:00 AM ET

Every second counts in a pandemic-driven world. Customers want the ability to quickly access claims information across multiple devices. At Aflac, we launched our “guest checkout” capability in 2020.

Education

NBCUniversal News Group Launches NBCU Academy, Offering Training to Universities and Community Colleges

Jan 29, 2021 9:00 AM ET

In keeping with Comcast and NBCU News Group’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, the multi-year partnership involves 17 academic partners reaching students from underrepresented groups.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CBRE Global Investors Closes First Bond Issuance in EMEA, Based on Green Credentials

Jan 29, 2021 9:00 AM ET

A fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors has priced its inaugural Green Eurobond debt offering of senior unsecured notes raising €500 million.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Transparency and Ownership: Key Components to Gildan's Ethical and Sustainable Practices

Jan 29, 2021 8:35 AM ET

In today’s fashion and apparel industry, it is common for both brands and companies to outsource the production of their clothes to various third-party contractors. In fact, decentralized global supply chains are quite common in this industry.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ecolab Again Named "Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality" by Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index

Jan 29, 2021 8:30 AM ET

Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, received a top score of 100% on the 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), designating it as one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality.”

Environment

Waste Not

Jan 29, 2021 8:20 AM ET

What do a water bottle, a KitKat wrapper and a cat litter box all have in common? They each play key roles in our ongoing push to find innovative ways to secure a future in which none of our packaging ends up in landfill. Read more.

Research, Reports & Publications

New GFSI Podcast Series to Explore Food Safety, Industry Action and Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues

Jan 29, 2021 8:15 AM ET

The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) today launches its all-new GFSI Podcast Series.

Environment

GM Commitment Is an Important Step Toward a Zero-Emissions Future

Jan 29, 2021 8:10 AM ET

Ceres released the following response to General Motors announcement that it would commit to the Business Ambition Pledge for 1.5 degrees Celsius, to be carbon neutral by 2040, and to comply with interim Science Based Targets

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CIT Named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality by Human Rights Campaign Foundation

Jan 29, 2021 7:40 AM ET

CIT Group Inc. (CIT) today announced that it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index, the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality for the second year in a row.

Health & Healthcare

Novartis Renews WHO Medicine Donation Pledge With Aim of Ending Leprosy

Jan 29, 2021 1:15 AM ET

A renewed partnership agreement signed by Novartis and the World Health Organization (WHO) will drive the global push towards making leprosy history. The five-year extension of the partnership – which was first signed in 2000 – will see Novartis continue to donate multidrug therapy (MDT) medicines to treat leprosy up to the end of 2025.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo Earns Top Marks for Fourth Consecutive Year in 2021 Corporate Equality Index

Jan 28, 2021 5:10 PM ET

Lenovo announced today that, for the fourth consecutive year, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation gave the company a perfect score of 100 on the 2021 Corporate Equality Index.

Innovation & Technology

VF Corporation Launches Enhanced Product Traceability Mapping Data Providing Unprecedented Industry Supply Chain Transparency

Jan 28, 2021 4:55 PM ET

VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies, enhanced its traceability mapping program today by disclosing Tier 1 through Tier 4 supplier information in a consolidated, downloadable file, providing an unprecedented level of industry transparency.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Free Produce Markets Build a Healthier Community in the Hilltop

Jan 28, 2021 4:40 PM ET

The community garden’s leaders want to make it clear that this garden is open to everyone, even if the surrounding neighborhood has one of the highest crime rates in Columbus, Ohio.

Energy

Join Energea's Webinar on Renewable Energy Investing

Jan 28, 2021 4:40 PM ET

Take a deep dive into one of our solar projects and better understand how these projects work.

Research, Reports & Publications

Bridgestone Develops New Technology for Improving Guayule-Derived Natural Rubber Productivity through Joint Development with Kirin Holdings

Jan 28, 2021 4:15 PM ET

Bridgestone Corporation announced the development of a new technology for improving guayule-derived natural rubber productivity through a joint development project with Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (Kirin Holdings).

Green Infrastructure

United States Air Force Begins Construction on $403 Million Energy Savings Performance Contract with Schneider Electric to Enhance Mission Readiness at Yokota Air Base

Jan 28, 2021 3:50 PM ET

Health & Healthcare

Merck Announces Second Cohort of Safer Childbirth Cities Organizations Committed to Improving Maternal Health Equity and Reducing Preventable Maternal Deaths in the US

Jan 28, 2021 3:15 PM ET

The newly selected projects will focus on addressing maternal health needs in their respective city, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnant women and new mothers and will catalyze innovative approaches to ensure long-term change...

Sustainable Development Goals

Customers Driving Sustainability in the C-Suite

Jan 28, 2021 3:10 PM ET

More efficient and sustainable operations have long been goals for utilities, but this has only become more challenging in the era of climate change.

Responsible Production & Consumption

What Happens to Recycled Aluminum Cans?

Jan 28, 2021 3:00 PM ET

The COVID-19 pandemic has made Americans more eco-conscious than ever, according to a recent survey by Republic Services and OnePoll.

Green Infrastructure

Enbridge: Alberta Solar One Project Update

Jan 28, 2021 2:40 PM ET

Solar panel racking on our Alberta Solar One Project is completely installed, and over 65% of the 35,994 solar panels are in place.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Why Sustainable Manufacturing Makes Economic and Ethical Sense

Jan 28, 2021 2:25 PM ET

Rockwell Automation Chairman and CEO Blake Moret, a speaker at this week’s Davos Agenda, recently contributed to a World Economic Forum blog about ways the pandemic has forced manufacturing to change quickly.

Environment

IOC to Be Climate Positive in 2024

Jan 28, 2021 1:45 PM ET

In addition to reducing its emissions, the IOC will offset more than 100 per cent of its remaining carbon emissions.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Stanley Black & Decker Earns Top Marks in 2021 Corporate Equality Index

Jan 28, 2021 1:35 PM ET

To support an inclusive environment, Stanley Black & Decker has supported the creation of nine employee resource groups (ERGs), with more than 75 chapters globally.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Named a “Best Place to Work for LBGTQ Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign; Achieves Highest Score in Corporate Equality Index for the Eighth-Consecutive Year

Jan 28, 2021 1:20 PM ET

CBRE has been recognized as a “Best Place to Work for LBGTQ Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign and earned a perfect score in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the eighth consecutive year.