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.

A person laying down receiving an ultrasound, a medical professional applying gel to their chest.

Health & Healthcare | T-Mobile

Improving Access to Healthcare With 5G-Powered Technology

Dopl is closing the gap by removing distance from the equation using T-Mobile’s 5G network.

Innovation & Technology

Feeding America Launches MealConnect™ Technology Platform to Help Reduce Food Waste and End Hunger

For Earth Day 2017, Feeding America® is announcing the launch of MealConnectTM, an innovative technology platform that makes food donation as simple as a click. The new and free platform was developed to help reduce food waste, benefit the environment and put more food on the tables of families and individuals facing hunger in America.

Benevity Logo

Environment

This Earth Day, Don’t Forget to Think Small

Climate change. It’s certainly one of the biggest issues facing the planet and us, the 7 billion people who share it. Yet it’s become clearer than ever that we can’t rely on governments alone to do something about it. It’s imperative that the private sector step up as a force for Good — and we’re encouraged to see that it is. Read this article to see how companies like Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Expedia, Agrium, and EarthShare encourage employees to take small, everyday actions to make a big environmental impact.

Points of Light logo

Social Impact & Volunteering

Points of Light Celebrates National Volunteer Week with a Focus on How Service Brings People Together

ATLANTA (April 20, 2017) — Points of Light, in partnership with the PepsiCo Foundation and Got Your 6, celebrates National Volunteer Week, April 23-29, 2017, through volunteer recognition and service events across the country. This annual public awareness campaign celebrates the impact of volunteerism, and the power of service to bring people together to tackle tough challenges, create change, and build stronger, more vibrant communities.

Environment

The Disney Conservation Fund Names the Recipients of its 2016-2017 Grants

More than $7 million in grants have been awarded to leading nonprofit organizations, including the Jane Goodall Institute, National Wildlife Federation and Panthera, working across the globe to protect wildlife and provide experiences that will help inspire a lifelong love for nature in young people.

Research, Reports & Publications

Walmart Highlights Progress in Creating Shared Value in Tenth Annual Global Responsibility Report

Walmart today released its tenth annual Global Responsibility Report, which looks back at the company’s progress during fiscal year 2017 in advancing the key areas of opportunity, sustainability and local communities. The report also looks ahead at the retailer’s role in helping rewire whole social and environmental systems as it strives toward a new era of trust and transparency.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Comcast NBCUniversal Celebrates Year-Round Commitment to Volunteerism During Annual Cares Day

On Saturday, April 22nd, more than 100,000 Comcast NBCUniversal employees, and their families and friends, and community partners will participate in the 16th annual Comcast Cares Day, the nation’s largest single-day corporate volunteer effort and a culmination of the company’s year-round commitment to community service. At nearly 1,000 projects across the nation and in approximately 20 countries around the world, volunteers will be revitalizing neglected neighborhoods and parks, teaching digital literacy skills, painting murals, cleaning up beaches, installing computer labs, stocking community food banks, and much more.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Earth Week Guest Post: Reflections for New Business Leaders: Opportunity and Responsibility

In our second Earth Week guest post, a 2016 graduate of the University of Michigan's Erb Institute reflects on the essential impact her classmates will need to make as they reenter the workplace to ensure a sustainable future for their businesses and our planet.

Social Impact & Volunteering

This Florida Teen is a Rising Star

This Action Team Ambassador combines passions for baseball and helping others.


Action Team Ambassador Juan Salinas-Bentley didn’t derive nearly as much satisfaction from his baseball team’s 19-1 win over neighboring Palm Beach Lakes in February as he did from raising funds to help the financially stressed school pay the $1,485 for umpires it needed to complete this season.

3BL logo

Research, Reports & Publications

Aetna Releases 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Aetna, one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies, today released its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility report. This year’s report provides an in-depth look into Aetna’s commitment to building a healthier world, community by community.

TransCanada Logo

Education

New Infrastructure Promotes Education in Sinaloa, Mexico

For years, children in the northern region of Mexico’s Sinaloa state had no real place to learn. Teachers would move from one house to another, or cram their young students into a tiny room measuring 6m x 4m – with no furniture, no power, no running water and no washrooms.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies Speak Out About Gender Violence Through Partnership with PCADV

The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) has attained remarkable achievements in promoting safety and justice for victims of domestic violence in Pennsylvania and across the country in its 33 year history.

Responsible Production & Consumption

How Urbanization is Driving Changes to the Global Food System

Dr. Phil Pardey, professor of agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota and director of the International Science and Technology Practice and Policy Center, discusses the implications of today's shifting population trends for the global food system.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Food and Conservation Groups Invest in Soil to Sustain Food Production

A national effort to enhance farm sustainability through soil health has additional backing from a major consumer foods manufacturer. Leaders from General Mills, The Nature Conservancy, the Soil Health Institute and the Soil Health Partnership announce a collaborative effort to advance soil health on America’s farms and ranches, paving the way for measurable economic and environmental gains for farmers, businesses and communities for generations to come.

Innovation & Technology

Transformative Technology: Understanding Sustainability Impacts and Opportunities

For more than 30 years, we’ve been at the forefront of mobile technology – and we’re just getting started. Stemming from our industry expertise and long-time commitment to research and development, we are uniquely positioned to empower designers and developers to create new possibilities for our rapidly evolving world. We are at the hub of 5G innovation, spearheading the research efforts that will create the next global wireless revolution – just as we pioneered many of the building blocks for 3G and 4G.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Nordic Stock Exchanges recommend GRI Standards

Already 35 exchanges and market regulators globally reference GRI’s sustainability reporting framework. In March, Nasdaq’s Nordic and Baltic stock exchanges joined this group, as they released an ESG guide for listed companies to better comply with investor demands on non-financial disclosure, referencing GRI as the best practice in sustainability reporting throughout the guide.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CR Magazine Reveals 18th Annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List

Corporate Responsibility Magazine announced today its 18th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, recognizing the standout corporate responsibility and sustainability performance of public companies across the United States.

Responsible Production & Consumption

#TagYourHalf During Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Hi, I’m Staci from Our Family Lifestyle. Hi, I’m Colby from Days of a Domestic Dad.

We’ve been married for almost 23 years and have 5 children.

From the moment we met in high school, I have been making the moves and calling the shots. My Type A personality and Colby’s easy-going attitude have kept us checked and balanced in our marriage, in raising our children, and in life.

Education

Domtar’s STEM Program Works to Build Future Leaders

Domtar's Plymouth Mill is hosting a series of events in honor of Earth Day. Area students will learn about the mill's science, math, engineering and math (STEM) program as employees visit schools in North Carolina and host a mill tour. Domtar is committed to developing tomorrow's leaders via STEM learning.

Innovation & Technology

How Business Can Lead Sustainable Growth

Today the private sector is uniquely positioned to step forward and assume a higher level of sustainability leadership. The changing policy landscape around the world presents an opportunity for companies to create a consumer-driven marketplace that is better for the environment and better for business.

Environment

Shire Examines Packaging to Reduce Carbon Footprint

In 2016, we worked with third party partner, The Carbon Trust, on a lifecycle assessment to recertify the product carbon footprints of three different bags of Flexbumin 25% [Albumin (Human)] sold in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Asia. From plasma collection, to manufacturing, distribution, and end-of-life, the assessment looked at the whole product lifecycle to understand where the biggest carbon impacts arose.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation logo

Research, Reports & Publications

U.S. Chamber Foundation and IBM Issue New Report on Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Public Sentiment, Brand Reputation

The U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Corporate Citizenship Center and IBM today issued a new report that explores how efforts by businesses to be a positive force in communities – commonly referred to as corporate social responsibility (CSR) – influences public perception of those companies.

Education

From Wildomar to Rosemead, High Schoolers Get an Edison Scholars Surprise

When Promise Agbo, 17, was 6 years old, her father would often take her outside to look at the stars in the sky. Ten years later, she accepted an internship at NASA where she was able to work on the Mars Mission. Her idea: a hybrid spacecraft that once deployed would break off into a satellite and land rover. Her idea was so good it was presented to the NASA administration.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Republic Services Unveils Customer Resource Center in Indianapolis

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) unveiled today its latest Customer Resource Center (CRC), one of three fully operational, state-of-the-art centers designed to enhance the overall customer experience for more than 14 million customers nationwide. The 67,000-square-foot facility is home to modern communications capabilities to cater to evolving customer preferences and needs.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Voya Financial Congratulates 2017 National Teacher of the Year Sydney Chaffee

Today, Sydney Chaffee, a ninth-grade humanities teacher at Codman Academy Charter Public School in Boston, MA, was named the 2017 National Teacher of the Year.

HanesBrands logo

Environment

Hanes Partners with Give Back Box to Give Old Clothes New Life for Earth Day

As Earth Day approaches, Hanes, America’s No. 1 apparel brand, today announced that it is partnering with Give Back Box® to encourage consumers to “Give Back for Good” by reducing waste, giving their old clothes new life and helping those in need.

Latest Campaigns

  1. Energy for a Better Future
    Entergy’s performance report integrates a comprehensive overview of our 2023 achievements, including financial results with economic, environmental...

  2. Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
    The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) builds trust in sustainability standards worldwide by benchmarking third...

  3. Tapestry I Uplift Our Communities
    We aim to empower the communities where our employees live and work, and provide the resources and capacity needed to support supply chain partners in...

  4. STEM Education
    We inspire the next generation of inventors and advance workforce development for STEM-related careers.Our initiatives are designed to promote and...

  5. Leveraging the Education Potential of Technology
    Over the next three years, Verizon will invest up to $100 million in our education work to ensure that more students – particularly those in...

  6. CARE News & Stories
    CARE News & Stories is where to find out what's happening around the world through vibrant, engaging stories that put humanity at the center. 👉 https...

  7. Carbon Footprint
    We are accelerating our efforts to help build a low-carbon economy and avert the worst impacts of climate change. Our goal to reduce our GHG emissions...

  8. STEM Education
    We inspire the next generation of inventors and advance workforce development for STEM-related careers.Our initiatives are designed to promote and...

  9. Purposeful Innovation
    We invent breakthrough technologies that enable life-changing products and experiences.We’re building on our legacy of technology leadership with 5G...

  10. Environmental, Social, and Governance
    Environmental, Social, and Governance for Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

  11. HanesBrands: Planet
    It’s in our DNA to act responsibly – for people, for our communities, and for the planet. We believe in doing our part for this world, so we challenge...

  12. CARE News & Stories
    CARE News & Stories is where to find out what's happening around the world through vibrant, engaging stories that put humanity at the center. 👉 https...

  13. KeyBank: Responsible Banking
    Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...

  14. Seamless Connections
    We end supply chain disruption by reducing friction in every part of the journey to create certainty and security for all. We ensure quick...

  15. TCS | goIT
    Tata Consultancy Services is proud to bring you goIT In 2009, TCS North America launched goIT, its signature community engagement initiative.The...