ESG News from Leading Brands

Media & Communications

SCA to Become Two Listed Companies: the Forest Products Company SCA and the Hygiene and Health Company Essity

Apr 10, 2017 2:45 PM ET

At the Annual General Meeting of SCA, the company’s shareholders voted in favor of the Board of Director’s proposal to split the Group into two listed companies. One of these will continue to operate as SCA, an efficient and well-invested forest products company that will include the forest products operations and all forest land currently owned by the Group.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sands Bethlehem Hosts First Sustainable Foods Workshop

Apr 10, 2017 2:35 PM ET

In March, Sands Bethlehem hosted its first Sustainable Foods Workshop in conjunction with Las Vegas Sands’ Global Sustainability Program. Six major food and beverage suppliers participated by discussing their company sustainability practices, while providing insight during a roundtable discussion on a myriad of sustainability topics, including trends they’re seeing and challenges they are experiencing.

Media & Communications

Sam Schmidt to Take on Mario Andretti at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Apr 10, 2017 2:00 PM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Making the Match: A 3-Part Series for Corporate Pro Bono Leaders from Taproot

Apr 10, 2017 1:30 PM ET

It’s a common misconception that the bigger and more complex a pro bono initiative is, the higher the impact will be for nonprofits, your employees, and the company itself. In fact, the biggest determinant of a program’s impact is not its scale or complexity but the quality of the match between employees’ expertise and nonprofits’ needs. Great pro bono initiatives have one thing in common – the right support for the right nonprofit at the right time.

Energy

GM Earns ENERGY STAR® Award for Environmental Leadership

Apr 10, 2017 1:15 PM ET

General Motors earned the 2017 EPA ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year — Sustained Excellence award for continued leadership in protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. GM’s commitment to reducing energy intensity saved $73 million in energy costs last year and avoided 388,000 metric tons of carbon emissions, equivalent to the electricity use of 57,000 U.S. homes.

Events, Media & Communications

Dan Schulman, CEO of PayPal, Talks with Facebook's Michelle Klein on #LeadershipLive

Apr 10, 2017 1:10 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sisters Recycle Crayons to Inspire Passion for the Arts

Apr 10, 2017 1:00 PM ET

What started as a small project in their kitchen has now grown and expanded into their garage. To date, they have made and donated 15,000 crayons and are expanding with local partnerships like their local Boys & Girls Club and different schools in the area.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Gildan Donates $518,000 USD to Mario C. Rivas Hospital in Honduras

Apr 10, 2017 1:00 PM ET

Gildan is proud to announce the donation and inauguration of the external newborn ward at Mario C. Rivas Hospital in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Sustainable Development Goals

Bacardi Celebrates Earth Month

Apr 10, 2017 12:30 PM ET

Now in its fourth year, the Bacardi Limited “Good Spirited” initiative continues to make an impact as we work together to build a more sustainable future.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PowerTalk21 is Coming. Are You Ready?

Apr 10, 2017 12:30 PM ET

Every year on April 21, MADD, as part of the Power of Parents® program, encourages parents to have critical, potentially life-saving conversations with their teens about the dangers of underage drinking and other drugs.

Health & Healthcare

Improving Diagnostic Pathways for Rare Disease Patients

Apr 10, 2017 12:00 PM ET

It can take longer to diagnose rare diseases than many common diseases. On average, rare disease diagnosis takes 7.6 years in the U.S. and 5.6 years in the UK. Rare diseases such as the primary immunodeficiency (PI) disorders Gaucher disease, Fabry disease, and Hunter syndrome can be devastating, as they are difficult to detect and equally difficult to treat.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating Siblings Day in their Forever Home

Apr 10, 2017 12:00 PM ET

Children in foster care are not bad. They are not delinquents and they are not dangerous. Children in foster care are the victims of circumstances beyond their control and it’s our job to find them safe, loving, permanent, committed, never-going-to-abandon-you adoptive families. That’s where I come in.

Innovation & Technology

Avnet Success Story Video | The Story of Owlet

Apr 10, 2017 11:55 AM ET

Environment

Fairview 4H Club and SCA Complete Plastic Cap Collection Totaling 500 Pounds – to be Recycled into Park Bench for Local Park

Apr 10, 2017 11:30 AM ET

Members of the Fairview 4H Club met in Black Creek, Wisconsin, on April 3 to conduct a final sort of the last batch of plastic caps collected for a sustainability project. SCA, a global hygiene and forest products company with two sites and 900 employees in the Neenah-Menasha area, has partnered with the 4H Club of Black Creek on this initiative to collect and sort plastic caps.

Health & Healthcare

The Difference a Service Dog Makes

Apr 10, 2017 11:25 AM ET

SSD Diego, a courthouse dog trained by Susquehanna Service Dogs, relieves the anxiety of children at Cumberland County Courthouse in Pennsylvania. A friend of SSD Diego shares a story about the difference Diego made in one young girl's life.

Research, Reports & Publications

Scotiabank Showcases Progress on CSR Strategy: Better Future, Better Off

Apr 10, 2017 11:20 AM ET

Scotiabank’s 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report is now available online, highlighting the Bank’s commitment to communities and discussing progress made on its CSR strategy: Better Future, Better Off.

Education

CITGO Lemont Refinery Supports Local STEM Events

Apr 10, 2017 10:30 AM ET

During February and March, as a part of the CITGO STEM Talent Pipeline Program, which seeks to increase access to educational opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), the CITGO Lemont Refinery participated in four STEM-related events for area youth.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Bridging a Digital Divide

Apr 10, 2017 10:05 AM ET

Cape Town is a city of contrast. Around every neighborhood corner is a history lesson in the European, African, Indian, and Malaysian influences that give meaning to South Africa’s epithet of ‘rainbow nation.’ Even the city’s landscape can feel like a convergence of worlds, from the windswept Cape Flats to the dramatic peaks of Table Mountain, to the rocky coastline where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. This rich diversity in history, wildlife, culture, landscape, and industry gives rise to Cape Town’s characterization as the ‘world in one city.’ But nowhere does this ring so true as when a 10 minutes’ drive from the palm-lined streets of the city’s posh urban center finds you on a shanty-lined street in one of the city’s sprawling townships.

Research, Reports & Publications

Scotiabank Showcases Progress on CSR Strategy: Better Future, Better Off

Apr 10, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Scotiabank published its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility report, Investing in Progress, as well as a new CSR website today.
In this report Scotiabank discusses the progress made on its CSR Strategy: Better Future, Better Off.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bristol-Myers Squibb Earns ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for Third Consecutive Year

Apr 10, 2017 10:00 AM ET

NEW YORK, April 10, 2017 /3BL Media/ – For the third consecutive year, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognizes Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) with an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for outstanding efforts to improve the energy efficiency of facilities worldwide. The award reaffirms Bristol-Myers Squibb’s commitment being a good global citizen through driving sustainable and impactful improvements in energy performance across all of our sites worldwide, resulting in energy reductions, avoided costs and lowered emissions.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Creating a More Sustainable Cocoa Sector

Apr 10, 2017 9:15 AM ET

Cargill is committed to ensuring a sustainable cocoa supply chain by enabling farmers to produce more and improve their livelihoods. As part of Cargill’s broader commitment to end deforestation, the cocoa supply chain is taking steps to protect forests and focus production on existing farmland.

Innovation & Technology

Students Compete to Keep Astronauts Comfortable, Fit, and Fed in Outer Space

Apr 10, 2017 9:05 AM ET

HP and Intel are joining forces on an innovative new contest, called the “Life in Space” Design Challenge. The contest will tap some of the brightest engineering minds at universities across the US to develop a product that can improve the lives of astronauts in space.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dr. Harry Poulos of Coffey, A Tetra Tech Company, Wins ASCE OPAL Award

Apr 10, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Recognizing lifetime achievement in civil engineering and revolutionary geotechnical design methods

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Tetra Tech Welcomes Its Leadership Academy Class of 2017

Apr 8, 2017 9:00 AM ET

Helping our emerging leaders hone their operational, financial, and interpersonal skills

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Team EduIndia Aims to Foster Education Access and Retention in India; Wins Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge

Apr 7, 2017 7:50 PM ET

Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management today announced that EduIndia was named the winner of the 2017 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge.