Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - May 2019

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UPS Named a "Best Corporate Citizen" Again - Marks Decade being Honored on an Annual List

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine has named the company to its “100 Best Corporate Citizens” annual listing for the tenth straight year.

Review of the GRI Universal Standards

The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), the independent standard setting body of GRI, is launching a project to review the universal Standards.

Smithfield Foods Senior Director of Smithfield Renewables Honored for Environmental Efforts

Smithfield Foods, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Environment and Energy Leaders Institute recognized Kraig Westerbeek, senior director of Smithfield Renewables and hog production environmental affairs, as an Environment + Energy 100 honoree. Environment + Energy 100 is a program that honors individuals for their leadership of environmental, energy, and sustainability initiatives at their companies.

Ecolab Ranks Eighth on 2019 Best Corporate Citizens List

For the sixth consecutive year, Ecolab Inc. is ranked within the top 10 on Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens list, which recognizes leading U.S. public companies for their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. Ecolab ranks eighth on the 2019 Best Corporate Citizens list.

PepsiCo Launches TerraCycle Operated Reusable Packaging Pilot

It is part of a market trial of the new shopping platform, Loop, operated by the global recycling organization, TerraCycle. The involvement in Loop builds on PepsiCo’s sustainable packaging vision to create a world where packaging need never become waste, providing consumers with a convenient way to enjoy its products, while reducing impact on the planet.

FPT Industrial Promotes the Importance of Sustainability Through Its Commitment to Art

FPT Industrial, the global brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI), and a leader in the powertrain sector, is the Main Sponsor of Padiglione Italia at Biennale Arte 2019 and will present, in Venice, a large installation by American artist Christian Holstad who, invited by Milovan Farronato, has conceived an artwork inspired by the theme of protecting the marine environment from plastic waste. The work, entitled Consider yourself as a guest (Cornucopia), will be displayed at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, from 9 to 11 May 2019 on the banks of the Canal Grande and, from 12 May to 12 June 2019, in the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice quadrangle.

GM Named to CR Magazine 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2019

Corporate Responsibility Magazine has named General Motors to its 20th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking, recognizing outstanding environmental, social and governance transparency and performance among the 1,000 largest U.S. public companies. GM is ranked No. 24 for 2019. This is the third year in a row that GM is ranked in the top 100.

Secretary Moniz to Present Ingersoll Rand With WEC’s 2019 Gold Medal Award for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development

The World Environment Center (WEC) is pleased to announce that its 35th annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development will be awarded to Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR). Ingersoll Rand is a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, delivering innovative solutions to customers through the Club Car®, Ingersoll Rand®, Thermo King® and Trane® brands.

Shifting Baselines: Good for You, Good for the Planet

Shifting Baselines features the work of Sustainable Brands, a premiere global community of brand innovators driving global change for good, and the unique partnerships they have with some of the world's biggest companies. With culture as a driving force, our collective priorities are shifting — both in individuals and a nation as a whole — in order to ensure a more sustainable future. This series looks at the role consumers and corporations are playing in recalibrating the concept of the "American Dream".

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