ESG News from Leading Brands

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Environment | World Wildlife Fund

Grassland Loss in the Great Plains Persists, With 1.9 Million Acres Destroyed in 2022

Sep 26, 2024 9:55 AM ET

Annual analysis from World Wildlife Fund’s Plowprint report reveals 1.9 million acres of grasslands were converted for crops in 2022 alone across the Great Plains.

Environment

Subaru and Arbor Day Foundation Partner To Launch Largest Corporate Tree Distribution Program

Subaru of America, Inc.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Championing HIV Services for LGBTQ+ Youth

Gilead Sciences

Sustainable Development Goals

Drucker Institute 2022 Management Top 250 Rankings Includes CSRHub Metrics

Dec 21, 2022 12:30 PM ET

Drucker Institute ranks America’s Top 250 ‘best run companies’ each year on WSJ. CSRHub ESG data included in methodology for a sixth consecutive year.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sands Aims To Invest $200 Million in Workforce Development Over the Next Five Years To Support Professional Growth and Pathways to Prosperity

Dec 21, 2022 12:20 PM ET

Under the People pillar of the corporate responsibility platform, Sands aims to invest $200 million in workforce development over the next five years.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

2022 was another year of unprecedented societal challenges, requiring constant adaptation to issues caused by the pandemic, rising inflation, labor shortages, the war in Ukraine, supply chain limitations, and more.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Qurate Retail Group Awarded on Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies 2023 List

Dec 21, 2022 12:00 PM ET

Qurate Retail GroupSM has been recognized on Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2023.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Private Landowners and Family-Owned Forests Can Now Be ATFS Certified by SCS Global Services

Dec 21, 2022 12:00 PM ET

SCS Global Services (SCS) announced today that it is now accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to offer certification to the American Tree Farm System Standard (ATFS).

Diversity & Inclusion

FedEx Business Spotlight: Phillip Ashley Chocolates

Dec 21, 2022 11:35 AM ET

Phillip Ashley is an an award-winning chocolatier who founded Memphis, TN-based Phillip Ashley Chocolates in 2012.

Environment

Kohler: Better Planet: Environmentally Friendly Products

Dec 21, 2022 11:00 AM ET

At the core of our efforts to reduce Kohler’s environmental impact is our focus on providing customers with environmentally friendly products and services.

Green Infrastructure

IBM Journey to More Sustainable Facilities: IBM As Client Zero

Dec 21, 2022 11:00 AM ET

As IBM helps customers align sustainability goals with business objectives, we also leverage technology to achieve our own sustainability goals.

Research, Reports & Publications

Gildan Publishes First Stand-Alone Climate Change Disclosure Report

Dec 21, 2022 10:50 AM ET

Gildan Activewear Inc. is pleased to announce that it has published its first stand-alone Climate Change Disclosure Report structured in accordance with the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations.

Education

From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2021 ESG Report: Financial Education, Access and Stability

Dec 21, 2022 10:50 AM ET

Fifth Third is committed to financial education, access and stability. For more than 15 years, we’ve offered a suite of financial empowerment programs that are designed to educate and empower people.

Environment

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Launches Higg Facility Environmental Module 4.0 Technical Paper

Dec 21, 2022 10:30 AM ET

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has today published its Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM) 4.0 Technical Paper (“the Paper”).

Health & Healthcare

A Rebel (Wilson) With a Cause: Concussion Awareness Now

Dec 21, 2022 10:30 AM ET

Rebel Wilson — actress, comedian, producer and new mom, star of the iconic "Pitch Perfect" trilogy — is always on her mark. She quips. She deadpans. She performs her stunts. She crushes it.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PSEG Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 15th Consecutive Year and to Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies 2023 List

Dec 21, 2022 10:15 AM ET

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) has been named to both the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies 2023 list.

Diversity & Inclusion

AEG’s Employee Network Group, PRIDE@AEG Hosted an Employee Volunteer Day at Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Youth Holiday Celebration

Dec 21, 2022 10:00 AM ET

On December 17, AEG's employee network group, PRIDE@AEG, volunteered their time to served hot meals and celebrate the holidays with teens and young adults at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Youth Holiday Celebration.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation Quarterly Giving Series: Third Quarter

Dec 21, 2022 10:00 AM ET

From July 31 through Oct. 29, our third quarter giving provided hundreds of grants, impacted tens of thousands of athletes and provided more than $2.7 million to local sports organizations and youth athletes across the country.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast Exceeds Goal of Launching 1,250 Lift Zones in 2022

Dec 21, 2022 10:00 AM ET

Comcast announced it has exceeded the company’s goal of launching 1,250 Lift Zones by the end of 2022. Comcast’s award-winning Lift Zones program provides free WiFi access in neighborhood community centers nationwide.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Del Monte Foods Partners With Nonprofits To Nourish Communities and Grow Good for a Healthier Tomorrow

Dec 21, 2022 9:45 AM ET

As part of its Growers of Good purpose to grow a healthier and more hopeful tomorrow, Del Monte Foods, Inc. is committed to supporting nonprofit organizations in its mission to nourish people, the planet and communities.

Sustainable Development Goals

Putting Sustainability at the Heart of the Enterprise

Dec 21, 2022 9:30 AM ET

Sustainability is defined across three dimensions: social, economic and environmental. As businesses continue to adapt their operational models for post-pandemic planning, environmental, social and governance (ESG)

Social Impact & Volunteering

Neighbors Cookies - Sweetening People's Lives One Treat at a Time

Dec 21, 2022 9:30 AM ET

U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation helped provide Neighbors Cookies $3.5 million in tax credits investment to help owner Meryl Kennedy-Farr purchase the equipment she needed to expand production.

Energy

Black & Veatch: Four Ways To Increase Sustainability on Your Solar Projects

Dec 21, 2022 9:30 AM ET

Solar projects are the fastest-growing source of renewable energy. Although solar modules produce clean energy, there’s still room for improvements in sustainability during procurement and construction.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Paradox of ESG

Dec 21, 2022 9:30 AM ET

Corporate commitment to ESG investment has proven easier said than done. Government needs to balance the interests of business maximization and a safer environment.

Diversity & Inclusion

Gilead Sciences: Tatiana Williams Leads the Way With the Transinclusive Group

Dec 21, 2022 9:25 AM ET

This year, she implemented a plan to remedy that – and with the support of a Gilead TRANScend grant, the Transinclusive Group opened a peer-run seven-bed housing program called CHOICES.

Education

Nurturing the Next Generation of Life Sciences and Genomic Experts

Dec 21, 2022 9:00 AM ET

When Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI) was founded in 2013, it already had an Illumina connection—it was created with help from Illumina co-founder David Walt. Now Illumina provides in-kind donations to support its mission.

Diversity & Inclusion

Nielsen and AI4ALL Expand Relationship To Build the Next Generation of Diverse Artificial Intelligence Leaders

Dec 21, 2022 9:00 AM ET

Nielsen is providing volunteer support and continued sponsorship of AI4ALL, a nonprofit focused on opening doors to artificial intelligence (AI) for underrepresented talent through education and mentorship.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Makes $200,000 Grant in Support of Jannus, Inc. Programs To Aid Immigrants in Idaho

Dec 21, 2022 9:00 AM ET

KeyBank has awarded a $200,000 grant to Jannus, Inc., administrator of the Idaho Office for Refugees (IOR) organization focused on advancing economic and racial equity for refugees and immigrants in Idaho.

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