ESG News from Leading Brands

Research, Reports & Publications

Expanding Access to Basic Healthcare

Jul 13, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Along with affordable housing, access to basic healthcare is one of the most important building blocks of financial well-being.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Toyota Financial Services Offers Payment Relief to Customers Affected by West Virginia Natural Disasters

Jul 13, 2016 9:00 AM ET

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) announced it is offering payment relief options to its customers affected by the natural disasters in West Virginia. This broad outreach includes any Toyota Financial Services (TFS) or Lexus Financial Services (LFS) customer in the FEMA-designated West Virginia disaster areas.

Events, Media & Communications

Malaria Experts and African Leaders Challenged to Maintain the Momentum and Win the Race for Malaria Elimination

Jul 13, 2016 2:15 AM ET

Novartis convenes the 15th Annual National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) Best Practice Sharing Workshop today in Dakar, Senegal. Over the next two days, leading malaria experts and African leaders will discuss how to take on the challenge to win the race for malaria elimination.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Electric Utilities Must Prepare for New Roles in the Smart City Transformation

Jul 12, 2016 6:30 PM ET

Electric utilities are facing a need and opportunity to transform their business due to the bidirectional nature of distributed generation and energy storage. This is just one of several fundamental changes that the smart cities movement is driving to reshape how fundamental services are delivered and managed.

Responsible Production & Consumption

The Three Pillars of Supply Chain Sustainability

Jul 12, 2016 5:20 PM ET

Implementing sustainability across one large company is substantial feat on its own. Yet for AT&T, we are not just working on sustainability at our own company but trying to embed sustainable business practices at hundreds of companies all at the same time. That is part of what it means to work on supply chain sustainability, from setting a goal to reduce our customers’ emissions 10x our own footprint, to setting goals to reduce energy intensity at our operations, to working with our suppliers to ensure they are living up to the standards we have set for ourselves.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Probability and Climate Change

Jul 12, 2016 4:15 PM ET

When climate change deniers find new evidence that suggests humans might not be driving climate change, that evidence cannot “disprove” anthropogenic climate change. Instead, the evidence might only slightly reduce its probability.

Research, Reports & Publications

Bring Your Future Engineer to Work Day

Jul 12, 2016 3:30 PM ET

Ingersoll Rand engineers, lab technicians, human resources representatives, sales team members and procurement leaders celebrated 2015 National Engineers Week by hosting “Bring Your Future Engineer to Work Day” at the company’s campus in Davidson, North Carolina.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

With One Flight to Spread Good, What Would You Do?

Jul 12, 2016 3:20 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

Swim the Charles: Today... and Maybe Every Day?

Jul 12, 2016 3:00 PM ET

In conjunction with today's sold-out fourth annual CitySplash event, the Charles River Conservancy (CRC), released "Swimming in the Charles: A Feasibility Study for the Establishment of a Permanent Swimming Facility in the Charles River Basin" and launched Swim the Charles, an Indiegogo campaign to support returning swimming to the Charles.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Tennessee Agency Owner Who Created Nonprofit in Memory of Late Daughter Named Allstate’s National Volunteer of the Year

Jul 12, 2016 2:45 PM ET

Allstate agency owner David Erb has been named Allstate’s national volunteer of the year, recognized for his commitment to breaking down barriers for people with disabilities. Inspired by his daughter Amelia’s diagnosis with acute microcephaly – a birth defect caused by stunted brain growth that results in developmental problems and seizures, among other symptoms – Erb and his wife started a nonprofit to help better the lives of those with special needs.

Events, Media & Communications

LGBT Americans Optimistic About Planning for Future, Says Wells Fargo Survey

Jul 12, 2016 2:15 PM ET

One year after the federal ruling in favor of marriage equality, same-sex couples report experiencing a positive shift in their overall quality of life. According to a new survey from Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Americans, 75% feel marriage makes them more confident in planning for their future. More than half surveyed (67%) say marriage made their relationship better, and 62% believe it will improve their financial future.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Closer Look at the GOJO Sustainability Commitment

Jul 12, 2016 2:00 PM ET

The GOJO Purpose, Saving Lives and Making Life Better Through Well-Being Solutions, continues to inspire our deep commitment to creating Sustainable Value – that is, social, environmental and economic value – for GOJO and our customers and people who use our products, our suppliers, our team members, our collaboration partners and our community.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Two Philippine Companies Receive First Lead Safe Paint® Certifications

Jul 12, 2016 2:00 PM ET

Two companies, Pacific Paint (Boysen) Philippines, Inc. and Davies Paints Philippines, Inc., are the first in the world to earn the Lead Safe Paint® mark under a newly-established certification program. The certification program, established by the international non-profit IPEN, was created to let customers know that the paints they are purchasing meet the Philippines mandatory regulatory standard[1] and the world’s strictest regulatory standard for lead content in paint.

Energy

Transitioning from Climate Commitments to Implementation

Jul 12, 2016 1:25 PM ET

In the latest Build 100 Blog article, John Gϋlen, senior principal engineer at Bechtel, explores clean power-generation solutions for customers and countries that base their energy consumption on fossil fuels.

Energy

Green-e Energy Certifies Southern California Edison’s New Clean Energy Options

Jul 12, 2016 1:00 PM ET

Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) announced on July 12, 2016 that two Southern California Edison (SCE) clean energy programs have received Green-e Energy certification—”Green Rate,” a voluntary program offering a 50% and 100% renewable energy option to SCE residential and commercial customers in California, and “Community Renewables,” a program that allows customers to contract directly with developers of clean energy facilities and receive bill credit through the utility. Clean energy generation for both programs will be located in California, and will not count towards the State’s 50% by 2030 renewable portfolio standard goal. Energy generated will be in addition to this goal.

Energy

Environmentally Friendly Transformers for America’s Largest Reservoir

Jul 12, 2016 12:50 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

HP Gets White House Nod for Syrian Refugee Education Efforts

Jul 12, 2016 12:30 PM ET

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Strategic, Sustainable Actions Lead to Prosperity

Jul 12, 2016 12:05 PM ET

Since 2008, Sappi North America has established regional long-term goals to focus our collective efforts on areas that are critical to our business. Achieving these goals improves our performance and helps assure our success for years to come.

Environment

Diageo and WaterAid Announce Five Year International Partnership

Jul 12, 2016 11:45 AM ET

Diageo, a global leader in beverage alcohol, today announces a five year partnership with WaterAid, an international NGO providing access to safe water and sanitation in some of the world’s poorest communities.

Health & Healthcare

Sanofi – Fighting Against Dengue in Malaysia: The Dengue Patrol Program

Jul 12, 2016 11:35 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PT Freeport Indonesia, a Freeport-McMoRan company, Receives National Occupational Health and Safety Awards

Jul 12, 2016 11:15 AM ET

The Minister of Manpower Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia presented PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) with three Awards for Occupational Health and Safety.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sacramento Republic Services Driver Saves A Life

Jul 12, 2016 11:15 AM ET

In late June, Republic Services’ Sacramento collection truck driver Kevin Pugh saw something that caught his eye that would ultimately lead to saving a stranger’s life.

Environment

@GoParks Expedition Inspires Diverse Audiences To #FindYourPark [CONTEST]

Jul 12, 2016 11:00 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

LIVESTRONG Fertility Surpasses $30 Million Saved Milestone

Jul 12, 2016 11:00 AM ET

LIVESTRONG Fertility is dedicated to providing reproductive information, resources and financial support to survivors whose cancer and its treatment present risks to their fertility. LIVESTRONG’s program has now saved more than 7,000 young adult cancer survivors like Sarah and Eric $30 million in fertility preservation costs.

Energy

National Grid Completes Major Upgrade of Canada-New England Transmission Link

Jul 12, 2016 10:45 AM ET

National Grid recently completed a major upgrade to its portion of a 960-mile, 450 kilovolt high-voltage direct-current, or HVDC, transmission system that has been delivering clean, carbon-free electricity from Canada to New England for the past 25 years. National Grid is the majority owner of the US portion of the system, which it operates on behalf of some 35 other energy providers. The $27 million project took approximately three years and was completed on time and on budget.