ESG News from Leading Brands

Social Impact & Volunteering

Lights, Normalcy Steadily Coming Back to Tangipahoa Parish Following Hurricane Ida

Nov 2, 2021 11:00 AM ET

Customer in Robert who rode out storm says she is grateful to have power again

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Reducing Risks in a Laboratory: an Ergonomic Approach

Nov 2, 2021 11:00 AM ET

Today’s lab designers strive to improve the efficiency, safety, and comfort of the lab environment, and the application of ergonomics plays a key role in that work.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

MilliporeSigma Joins Cyclyx Consortium As First Founding Member Representing the Life Sciences Industry

Nov 2, 2021 11:00 AM ET

Living up to its commitment to creating smaller footprints, MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, recently became the first founding member of Cyclyx representing the life science industry.

Energy

“Caulk Out the Cold” and Help Your Home Stand up to Winter

Nov 2, 2021 11:00 AM ET

With the winter heating season just around the corner there’s no better time to shore up your home’s defenses against frigid temperatures and unnecessarily high energy bills.

Green Infrastructure

Black & Veatch Helps Vail, Colorado, Complete First Phase of 100-Percent Electrification of its Public Bus Fleet

Nov 2, 2021 11:00 AM ET

For mountain ski towns like Vail, Colorado, climate change and warming temperatures pose an existential threat to the heavy snowpack on which the area’s tourism economy is based.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Scotiabank Announces Further Support for Canadian Literary Arts With Little Free Library and Scotiabank Giller Prize Collaboration

Nov 2, 2021 11:00 AM ET

Scotiabank announced a new collaboration with Little Free Library, the world's largest book-sharing movement, to place thousands of copies of The Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlisted novels in Little Free Libraries across Canada.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Financial Inclusion and Capacity-Building at Truist

Nov 2, 2021 11:00 AM ET

Environment

TD Bank Celebrates 10 Years of TD Tree Days Program in Partnership With Arbor Day Foundation

Nov 2, 2021 11:00 AM ET

This year, TD Bank celebrates the 10th anniversary of the TD Tree Days program, a community-based program, delivered in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation

Events, Media & Communications

EcoVadis Launches New eLearning Platform to Help Customers Improve Sustainability Practices and Performance

Nov 2, 2021 10:45 AM ET

EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, today launched its EcoVadis Academy.

Environment

Luminant Honored With Award of Excellence for its Reclamation and Restoration of Previously Mined Land

Nov 2, 2021 10:25 AM ET

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) announced Luminant, a subsidiary of @VistraCorp as a recipient of its 2021 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award.

Education

Edge at Hudson Yards and Discovery Education Launch New Partnership Empowering Students to Engineer STEM Dreams

Nov 2, 2021 10:20 AM ET

Edge at Hudson Yards and Discovery Education today announced a new educational initiative that shows students nationwide the transformative power of STEM during a virtual trip to the tallest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere

Social Impact & Volunteering

Students and Faculty at IU and Kelley Build Home With Whirlpool and Habitat for Humanity

Nov 2, 2021 10:20 AM ET

This will be the largest house built by IU and Kelley students since Whirlpool Corporation – a key corporate supporter and recruiter of students from the Kelley School – began a partnership with Habitat for Humanity International to construct homes in Monroe County in 2010.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leveling the Playing Field on Employee Engagement

Nov 2, 2021 10:15 AM ET

This month, we launched Dow’s first-ever global Volunteer and ERG Participation policy, which allows all of our employees paid time-off to volunteer and engage in Employee Resource Group (ERG) activities.

Innovation & Technology

Pro Bono Perspectives S3E22: Dan Noyes, Tech Goes Home

Nov 2, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Tech Goes Home Co-CEO Dan Noyes joins the podcast for a conversation on the root causes of the digital divide, the fundamental changes we must make for digital equity, and why this is both a social and economic imperative.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Cleaning Up: See How KeyBank Teammates Helped Beautify a City Park on Neighbors Make the Difference Day

Nov 2, 2021 10:00 AM ET

On September 14, 2021, hundreds of KeyBank teammates across the nation volunteered at more than 600 projects in the neighborhoods where they live and work on Neighbors Make the Difference Day.

Energy

Nunam: Meet the Team Unlocking the Socioeconomic and Environmental Potential of Used Batteries

Nov 2, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 winners have been officially announced, we are excited for you to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation.

Sustainable Development Goals

Corporate Innovation in Support of the SDGs

Nov 2, 2021 9:00 AM ET

Leading global experts from the private and public sector share their views on how technology can promote better health for all, as well as establish education systems that are fit for the future – in the latest podcasts from GRI.

Diversity & Inclusion

Trane Technologies to Donate $1 Million to Address Racial Inequities and Boost Opportunity in Charlotte-Mecklenburg

Nov 2, 2021 7:45 AM ET

Trane Technologies plc (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, is donating $1 million to a communitywide public-private partnership to address racial equity in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

Responsible Production & Consumption

First-of-Its-Kind Certification Eliminates Harmful PFAS in Foodware and Shifts Market to Preferred Alternatives

Nov 2, 2021 7:00 AM ET

Non-profit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean Production Action (CPA) have unveiled the GreenScreen Certified™ Standard for Food Service Ware.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

MIT Collaborates With Biogen on Three-Year, $7 Million Initiative to Address Climate, Health, and Equity

Nov 1, 2021 6:30 PM ET

MIT and Biogen today announced that they will collaborate with the goal to accelerate the science and action on climate change to improve human health.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Issues Inaugural $500 Million Green Bond

Nov 1, 2021 6:00 PM ET

With this issuance, Fifth Third is the first U.S. financial institution under $250 billion in assets to issue an ESG bond of any type.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx and Orbis: Fighting Blindness Side-by-Side for More Than 30 Years

Nov 1, 2021 5:45 PM ET

As the Director of the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, Maurice Geary is responsible for the smooth running of every Flying Eye Hospital project, working closely with all members of the team from the flight mechanics to the staff nurses.

Environment

Mondelēz International Commits to 2050 Net Zero Emissions Target

Nov 1, 2021 4:35 PM ET

As part of its commitment, Mondelēz has signed the Science Based Targets Initiative’s Business Ambition for 1.5°C, aligning its long-term emissions targets with the ambitious aim of limiting temperature rise in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

DuPont Receives Innovation Award for New Low GWP Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam

Nov 1, 2021 3:40 PM ET

DuPont Performance Building Solutions’ Low GWP Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam Blown with Liquid HFO and CO2 was recognized by the Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) with the 2021 Innovation Award.

Health & Healthcare

Lenovo Helps Estimated 3 Million People Across India During COVID 19

Nov 1, 2021 3:05 PM ET

As India continued to take action against COVID-19, Lenovo reached out again to both the government and people of India through the Lenovo Foundation, its charitable arm.