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.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives | Aflac Incorporated

Aflac Voices — Kathelen Amos: Building a Bridge to a Brighter Future

It all started nearly three decades ago with a $3 million pledge to establish the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center — the first step in a long-standing commitment to supporting the treatment and cure of childhood cancer and blood disorders.
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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

HNF Donates $15,000 to “Ana and the Children” Association in Romania

In August, the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF) donated $15,000 to “Ana and the Children” Association, a Casa Herbalife Nutrition partner in Romania, to help provide healthy nutrition and daily meals to the children of the organization.

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Environment

CEO Rallies Support for Strategy to Address Climate Challenges

Cummins Inc.’s new Chief Executive Officer urged employees to be advocates for the company’s environmental sustainability strategy, maintaining it is integral to the global power leader’s mission and future success.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Home Depot Wins 2022 WaterSense Retail Partner of the Year

The Home Depot has earned the 2022 WaterSense Retail Partner of the Year award for making a wide range of WaterSense-labeled products available to customers.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Kingmakers of Oakland Aims to Improve the Lives of Young Black Men

Alonzo Henderson is the Media, Communications and Technical Assistant for Kingmakers of Oakland, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of Black youth in public school systems.

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Energy

Increased Energy Consumption Requires Cleaner, More Efficient Sources and Distribution Methods

Energy production methods are critical to protecting our planet—and wasteful energy generation processes can contribute to climate change.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Salveo Innovations: How an mHealth Application Gives Patients a Greater Sense of Self-Agency

This year, Cisco offered a special HBCU Startup Prize to a team with a founder who is a student or graduate of one of America’s HBCUs, and who presents an innovative technology solution that addresses a social or environmental problem.

Research, Reports & Publications

ESG Talk Podcast: Driving Purpose and Profit Ft. George Serafeim

Tune into our chat with George Serafeim, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author of Purpose + Profit.

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Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank, Indiana Black Expo Honor Black Business Training Small Business Award Winner

The Indiana Black Expo (IBE) has dedicated more than 50 years to helping business owners build management training, procurement opportunities and networking to enhance capacity and growth.

Events, Media & Communications

EcoVadis Index: Sustainability Performance Accelerates as More Companies Build on Foundations to Advance Supply Chain Risk Mitigation and Resilience

More Than 65% of Companies Scored in the Good Range or Better; Labor & Human Rights Remains Strong While Sustainable Procurement Theme Reverses a Declining Trend

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Booster® Announced As 2022 'Best Tech for Good' Finalist

Booster®, the leading tech-driven mobile energy delivery company, has been named a finalist for ‘Best Tech for Good’ in the 2022 Timmy Awards by Tech in Motion.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

American Heart Association, Duke Energy Foundation Prepare Thousands of Pasco and Citrus County Students To Help During an Emergency

CPR & first-aid kits, funded through a recent Duke Energy Foundation grant, will help train students and teachers on lifesaving skills

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Energy

3M's Energy Efficiency Efforts Recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy and NASA

The first Wednesday in October is Energy Efficiency Day – this year it’s Oct. 5 – an annual effort started in 2016 by a group of efficiency advocacy groups to raise awareness of the benefits of saving energy.

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Energy

How AMD Is Advancing Energy Efficiency for IT Users

At AMD, we strive to create products that improve people’s lives and help our customers and end-users reduce their own energy use and GHG emissions.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating the Impact of Kohler's Latino/a/x Associates: Vitor Wojastyk

For Vitor, creating a culture of inclusion is key to his plant’s success—on Hispanic Heritage Month and always.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Foundation Donates $500,000 for Hurricane Relief in Florida; Bank Deploys eBus to Support Local Communities

The Fifth Third Foundation has contributed $500,000 to support relief efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Ian, which made landfall in Florida on Sept. 28.

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Events, Media & Communications

Complimentary Webinar on Improving ESG Measurement Through Stakeholder Perceptions on October 11

Experts from Mattel, Twitter, 3BL Media Inc. and Converseon will join to discuss bridging the ESG stakeholder measurement gap.

Events, Media & Communications

Bayer Completes Sale of Its Environmental Science Professional Business to Cinven

Bayer has completed the sale of its Environmental Science Professional business to the international private equity firm Cinven, after the two companies had entered into a corresponding agreement in March.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Tapestry's Strategy to Increase Equity and Diversity at All Employee Levels

The parent company of Coach, Kate Spade New York and Stuart Weitzman seeks to expand diversity within its leadership teams and tackle gender and racial inequality in the workplace within its 2025 goals. BoF finds out more.

Innovation & Technology

Global Battery Alliance Launches Greenhouse Gas Rulebook for Battery Passport

Global Battery Alliance Launches Greenhouse Gas Rulebook for Battery Passport

Energy

On Energy Efficiency Day, Commit To Cost-Saving Home Upgrades

As the cost of living continues to rise, one of the best things you can do is plan now to replace items throughout your home with those that are energy efficient, saving you money and helping protect the environment at a time when it is important to do so.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rockwell Automation Supports Relief Efforts for Hurricane Ian, Other Natural Disasters

As hurricane season continues, and in anticipate of continuing destructive storms, Rockwell Automation has committed $50,000 to the American Red Cross to support disaster relief for Hurricane Ian and other storms.

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Green Infrastructure

Inspiring Others To Adopt Sustainable Transportation in India

FedEx is investing in supporting local communities to move people and goods more sustainably. This includes our support of the Akshaya Patra Foundation’s (APF) “Go-Green Initiative” where we are helping to transform their fuel bikes into electric bikes in Bellary, India.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo Receives Top AA+ Rating in 2022 Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index - Receiving the Best Score in the IT Industry for Second Year in a Row

The AA+ score reflects Lenovo’s continuous commitment and efforts on environmental, social, and governance aspects.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Scientific and Hiking Adventures To Inspire the Next Generation of Researchers

From backpacking through the California mountains with a renowned physician-scientist to developing a hypothesis, collecting, analyzing and presenting data, the R&D internship program prioritizes recruiting interns from diverse backgrounds.

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Energy

Aldi's Drive to Fill Fleet with Renewable Biomethane Fuel

CNG Fuels, Europe’s largest supplier of renewable biomethane fuel, has added Aldi to its list of clients who are striving for low carbon transport within their heavy goods vehicle (HGV) fleets.

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