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.

Innovation & Technology

Smart Transportation

Whether it’s a business operating trucks during off-peak hours or an individual choosing an alternate route to shorten travel times, connected, digitized transportation systems can lead to greater reductions in emissions & energy usage.

Diversity & Inclusion

Stronger Than Hate Challenge Inspires Student Activism and Creative Expression

The fourth annual Stronger Than Hate Challenge is now open and offers students the opportunity to win $10,000 in prizes. Students aged 13-18 are encouraged to submit a project by May 26, 2022, demonstrating how testimony can create a community that is stronger than hate.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac U.S. President Teresa White Named a 2022 AACSB Influential Leader

Aflac, a leading provider of supplemental insurance in the U.S., announced that Aflac U.S. President Teresa White was recognized as a 2022 Influential Leader by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB), the world's largest business education alliance.

Research, Reports & Publications

Beyond Zero-emissions Energy: How Ørsted Is Making Renewables a Force for Positive Change

A rapid build-out of renewable energy is indispensable for tackling the climate crisis. And as the build-out accelerates, renewables can become a force for dramatic positive change – far beyond delivering zero-emissions energy.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Essity Launches Green Hydrogen Pilot for CO\2\-free Tissue Production

Essity is launching a pilot project to run a paper machine CO2-free with green hydrogen in the company’s production facility in Mainz-Kostheim, Germany.

Events, Media & Communications

Introducing the Drawdown Georgia GHG Emissions Tracker

The new Drawdown Georgia GHG Emissions Tracker is a free, first-of-its-kind, interactive tool that shows where greenhouse gas emissions come from in Georgia at the state and county level.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

TD Recognized As the Top Ranked North American Bank in the 2022 S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook

TD Bank Group is proud to be recognized with a "S&P Global Silver Class" distinction in the 2022 S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook, one of the most comprehensive annual publications on the state of corporate responsibility.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

La TD classée au premier rang des banques nord-américaines dans le Sustainability Yearbook de 2022 de S&P Global

Le Groupe Banque TD est fier d’avoir reçu la distinction Silver Class dans le Sustainability Yearbook de 2022 de S&P Global, l’une des publications annuelles les plus exhaustives sur l'état de la responsabilité d’entreprise.

Education

How the International Youth Foundation and Cisco Networking Academy Are Providing Digital Skills Development in Mexico

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development indicates that “Raising living standards [in Mexico] will require boosting productivity growth by improving the business climate, including

Social Impact & Volunteering

What Can RW's Products or Services Do for Me?

With this article, we’re on a mission to make what we can accomplish together with your ESG and CSR program as easy as possible to understand. So, if you’re wondering if and how we can work together in 2022, this blog is for you.

Events, Media & Communications

Onboarding and Best Practices for Sustainable Supply Chain Initiatives

In this session, panelists from Carrier and GM will share some success drivers and lessons learned in the first year of their sustainable procurement journeys with EcoVadis.

Environment

PureCycle Joins Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) is pleased to welcome PureCycle Technologies, a publicly-traded advanced recycling company, as its newest member.

Social Impact & Volunteering

KeyBank Supports Super Refund Saturday With Volunteers and Sponsorships

Citing the importance of the Earned Income Tax Credit, more than three dozen volunteers from KeyBank recently came together to work alongside nonprofit organizations in Cleveland for Super Refund Saturday

Environment

Black & Veatch's Lichty Begins Term as President of Leading Recycled Water Organization

Black & Veatch announces that Craig Lichty, vice president and client director for the company’s Governments and Environment market sector, has been named president of the WateReuse Association (WateReuse), the nation’s leading trade association dedicated to advancing the legislation, policies and funding of water reuse and recycled water.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Nutrition for Zero Hunger Partnership With the UN World Food Program USA

As part of our Nutrition for Zero Hunger initiative, we are honored to partner with the World Food Program USA and provide food and support to help communities in need around the world.

Research, Reports & Publications

SCE to Host Groundbreaking Research Hub for Electric Truck Technologies

Imagine going for a walk in a neighborhood along the 10, 110 or 710 freeways and breathing in cleaner air. That’s the goal of a new project hosted by Southern California Edison

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Volunteermatch Spreads Love Coast to Coast by Introducing Kindhearted Cities Index

VolunteerMatch combed through troves of publicly available data, as well as internal figures on volunteer engagement across every zip code in the US, and ranked the top 50 most Kindhearted Cities in America in their 2022 Kindhearted Cities Index.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Named to “JUST 100” List of Top Corporate Citizens

MetLife, Inc. announced that it has been named one of America’s 100 Most JUST Companies by JUST Capital.

Diversity & Inclusion

What Would Wonder Woman Do?

Lori Shaffer, the vice president of Kimberly-Clark’s global nonwovens business and a mother of three young children, is a mechanical engineer who has devoted her career to driving sustainability through materials science

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

DuPont Earns Perfect Score on Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index

DuPont today announced it has been named a 2022 "Best Place to Work” for LGBTQ+ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and received a score of 100% on the HRC’s Corporate Equality Index

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Podcast: Beyond the Scope of Climate Pledges

Beyond the Scope is a new sustainability podcast series from Schneider Electric that brings sustainability experts and influencers together to offer insightful views on decarbonization solutions and pathways that lie ahead of us.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ann Sacks® Tile & Stone, Inc. Receives World Vision Crystal Vision 2022 Award

Kohler Co., parent company of ANN SACKS, has been sponsoring this worthwhile humanitarian program since its beginning, and has received the Crystal Vision Award in 2001, 2011, and 2012. This is the first time ANN SACKS has received the award.

Environment

HP Accelerates Partner Sustainability Programing Centered on Climate Action, Human Rights and Digital Equity

Today HP Inc. announced the expansion of HP Amplify™ Impact to an additional 24 countries across Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Japan

Innovation & Technology

Harris County Public Library Launches Internet Connect Campaign With 5G From T-Mobile for Business

Harris County Public Library is teaming up with T-Mobile and Google to launch HCPL Connected, a community-wide internet connectivity campaign for Harris County residents in need of online access.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Soil-Free Vertical Farming Firm Raises £21million in Funds

London-based vertical farming technology company, which enables companies to grow sustainable produce in urban areas, without using soil has raised £21m to accelerate the company to produce affordable, higher quality produce.

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