ESG News from Leading Brands

Keep up with the latest environmental, social and governance news from companies embracing the triple bottom line, shared via 3BL's distribution platform.

Events, Media & Communications

The Clock is Ticking for Businesses to Meet Sustainability Targets

Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Home Depot Achieves Milestone in Eliminating Harmful Packaging Materials

The Home Depot

Research, Reports & Publications

Cascale Contributes to UN Fashion for Climate Report

Cascale (formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition) collaborated with Fashion Charter Decarbonization Working Group members on the UN Fashion for Climate Report, Guidance for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Purchased Goods and Services in the Apparel and Footwear Industry

Green Infrastructure

Black & Veatch Offering Insights to High-Level Presidential Trade and Investment Mission to the Philippines

Black & Veatch, a global leader in critical infrastructure solutions, was selected to join the United States (US) Presidential Trade and Investment Mission (PTIM) to the Philippines on 11-12 March.

Environment

Ceres Applauds Collaborative Treasury and Insurance Regulators’ Effort To Collect Critical Climate Risk Data

Ceres commends the U.S. Department of the Treasury for its new effort with state insurance regulators and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to collect crucial climate risk data from homeowners at the zip code level.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Engine-Uity Reigns at American’s Tulsa Maintenance Base

Located in the geographic center of the mainland United States, American’s Tech Ops – Tulsa maintenance base has been the backbone of American’s maintenance, repair and overhaul work since 1946.

Diversity & Inclusion

GoDaddy’s Love & Business Series: Malik Books

GoDaddy chatted with Malik and April Muhammad, who together have built Malik Books, an African American bookstore that specializes in books full of cultural diversity.

Events, Media & Communications

Abbott Extends Innovative Health Partnership With Real Madrid and the Real Madrid Foundation

Abbott, Real Madrid and the Real Madrid Foundation announced the extension of their partnership through Real Madrid's 2026-27 season.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Opportunity for Women in the Clean Energy Transition

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, it is again a time of reflection. We delight in the pockets of progress over the years but reiterate that there is certainly no room for complacency.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Learn How the Green Ledger Best Practice Supports Sustainability Goals

SAP believes businesses of all sizes and across industries need to adopt cloud solutions so that they can benefit from ongoing advances in AI, sustainability data and automation.

Environment

Invasive Carp Consortium Harnesses Industry Power To Combat Fish Species Devastating US Waterways

Today, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Freshwater Select, in collaboration with industry partners, launched the Invasive Carp Consortium (ICC) which will propel market forces to halt the damage caused by invasive carp to U.S. lakes and rivers.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Has Been Recognized in the 2024 Gartner® Peer Insights™ ‘Voice of the Customer’ for Breach and Attack Simulation Tools

We are honored that Keysight has been recognized in the ‘Aspiring’ quadrant in Gartner's Voice of the Customer. This is a significant milestone in our journey with the Keysight Threat Simulator platform and I want to thank all our customers and partners for their feedback.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Mastercard: Inclusion By Choice, Not Chance

Digital technology holds the potential to accelerate economic development, reduce global inequality and deliver innovative partnerships to connect communities – but only if we focus it with intention.

Innovation & Technology

Biomimicry Institute Opens Applications for Fifth Ray of Hope Accelerator Cohort Class

Biomimicry Institute, a not-for-profit organization co-founded by Janine Benyus in 2005 today opens applications for its 2024 Ray of Hope Accelerator.

Responsible Production & Consumption

A Look Back and Ahead for Yum! Brands Sustainability

Proud of Yum for our recognition from CDP on our climate, water and deforestation efforts. 2023's scores were highest ever across all three CDP categories, with all areas receiving A's or B's.

Diversity & Inclusion

Hear From Two Students Named a 3M Scholar in Partnership With UNCF

Josiah Christopher’s interest in discovering how things work started when he was young and went beyond building blocks and Legos to taking apart household appliances.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Embracing Innovation: Engineers Week at HARMAN

HARMAN is a global connected technologies leader known for our products and solutions that make life easier, more productive and entertaining. Our success wouldn’t be possible without the technical expertise and innovation mindset of our skilled engineering teams!

Diversity & Inclusion

Bank Expanding Program Designed To Help Underserved Small Businesses Grow

As a Business Access Advisor at U.S. Bank, Cassandra Kidd’s goal is to help underserved small businesses thrive by providing them access to information, connections and other resources.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Offers Freddie Mac Home Possible® Mortgage Loans as Part of Commitment to Making Homeownership More Accessible to All

As part of its commitment to making homeownership more accessible, KeyBank is pleased to announce that it now offers Freddie Mac Home Possible® mortgage loans. The Home Possible® mortgage offers more options and credit flexibilities than ever before to help eligible individuals.

Responsible Production & Consumption

SOE Organic Fraud Prevention – What Every Business Needs To Know

Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) Organic Fraud Prevention – What Every Business Needs to Know

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Value and Values of Corporate Culture

This issue of Soft&Green features an interview with Cristina Bombassei, president of AIDAF, the Italian Association of Family Businesses (the Italian Chapter of Family Business Network), to understand how corporate culture is evolving within the economic realities it represents.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Our 2024 BEYA Winners Work on the Cutting Edge

At SAIC, we value our people for their unique perspectives, life experiences, values and skills.

Sustainable Development Goals

IOC Welcomes Admission As Observer Organisation to UN Climate Change

This will enable the IOC to engage more effectively with the global efforts to address climate change, underscoring its commitment to reducing emissions and to leveraging the role of sport as an “important enabler” for the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Environment

TIME Magazine Publishes Op-Ed From Arbor Day Foundation CEO

In new TIME op-ed, Arbor Day Foundation CEO urges companies to work together to rebuild trust in the voluntary carbon market.

Diversity & Inclusion

Conquering the Grass Ceiling: Female Farmers Are Feeding America and the World

According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, women are the face of farming globally.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

As Malnutrition Deaths Are Reported and Hunger Grows, Will ‘Famine’ Be Declared in Gaza?

Tobias Stillman, Action Against Hunger's director of technical services and innovation, talks to NBC News about what constitutes famine in Gaza.

Environment

Carnival Corporation Unveils New Solar Park at Amber Cove Port in Dominican Republic

Carnival Corporation today unveiled a new solar park at its Amber Cove Cruise Center in the Dominican Republic.

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