ESG News from Leading Brands

Education

Duke Energy Commits $300,000 to Support Internship Programs for Minority College Students

Mar 26, 2021 12:15 PM ET

The Duke Energy Foundation announced a three-year, $300,000 commitment to support internships for college students of color to jumpstart more career opportunities in energy, government, law and politics.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cybersecurity Jobs Are Booming. Where's the Talent?

Mar 26, 2021 12:10 PM ET

Given my role assessing cybersecurity risks at HP, it might not surprise you if I list the biggest security challenges of the past year: the massive and sudden transition to remote work made workflows more complex, and also made companies vulnerable in wholly new ways.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

EU Sustainability Standards Could Achieve Global Alignment

Mar 26, 2021 12:05 PM ET

GRI has welcomed the opportunity to present how it can support and enable the corporate sustainability mandate being pursued by the European Commission.

Environment

P&G Accelerates Commitment on Responsible Forestry

Mar 26, 2021 12:00 PM ET

Procter & Gamble has established an ambition to achieve 100% Forest Stewardship Council® certification for wood pulp sourced for its Charmin, Puffs and Bounty products by 2030.

Diversity & Inclusion

'We're Not Doing Our Job if We're Not Telling the Whole Story.'

Mar 26, 2021 12:00 PM ET

ViacomCBS employees discuss the importance of fostering a culture of belonging that exists beyond Black History Month.

Education

FIRST - Fostering a Pipeline of STEM Leaders

Mar 26, 2021 12:00 PM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

Yum! Brands Joins How2Recycle® Label Program

Mar 26, 2021 11:45 AM ET

How2Recycle, the leading recycling labeling system in the US and Canada, is excited to welcome Yum! Brands and their KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill brands into the How2Recycle label program.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Chris deBarbadillo Rejoins Black & Veatch as Plant Optimization Practice Leader

Mar 26, 2021 11:45 AM ET

Known as an industry leader for her experience in advanced wastewater treatment technologies and innovation, Chris deBarbadillo has rejoined Black & Veatch as associate vice president and plant optimization practice leader.

Education

Celebrating Read Across America Day

Mar 26, 2021 11:45 AM ET

The Washington Reads Program partnered with Scholastic Book Fairs on National Read Across America Day to provide 100 Washington Reads schools in the DMV region with 2 book packages containing books on diversity, inclusion, and social justice.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women Making History: 5 Women Who Got Us to 5G

Mar 26, 2021 11:00 AM ET

As Women's History Month comes to a close, we look at the work five females have done for a promising future of 5G ahead.

Environment

Mohawk Group's Waterways Project Begins National Tour, Moving Design Forward Through Health and Wellbeing

Mar 26, 2021 10:35 AM ET

Mohawk Group announces the launch of its Waterways Project, a luxury mobile showcase featuring new products and innovations from Mohawk Group and Durkan.

Diversity & Inclusion

Compassion as a Management Tool in the Future of Work

Mar 26, 2021 10:15 AM ET

The COVID pandemic has affected us all, but not equally. Several studies emerging show more women have been economically impacted in the last year than we could have imagined.

Research, Reports & Publications

bp Publishes 2020 Sustainability Report: Reimagining Energy for People and Our Planet

Mar 26, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Today bp shares further detail on the sustainability frame underpinning its new strategy and introduces 10 new aims focused on improving people’s lives and caring for our planet. Read more in the 2020 sustainability report.

Diversity & Inclusion

Pro Bono + Inclusive Leadership: Cultural Intelligence

Mar 26, 2021 9:00 AM ET

See how pro bono builds cultural intelligence, one of Deloitte's Six Traits of Inclusive Leadership, in this profile from Pro Bono + Inclusive Leadership.

Events, Media & Communications

Tetra Tech's 2021 Spring Solid Waste Webinar Series

Mar 26, 2021 9:00 AM ET

Tetra Tech continues its 2021 Solid Waste Solutions Webinar Series this spring with a new line-up of great topics focused on emerging technologies and developments in the waste industry.

Green Infrastructure

The First Filling Station to Supply Bio-LNG and Bio-CNG in Northwest Italy Comes Online

Mar 25, 2021 5:00 PM ET

The collaboration between IVECO, a commercial vehicles brand of CNH Industrial N.V., ENGIE, and VULCANGAS has reached an important milestone, just a year after the inauguration of the filling station near IVECO’s global headquarters in Turin, Italy.

Green Infrastructure

Tenebris Fiber, Diode Ventures and JLC Infrastructure Begin Development on Dark Fiber Route in Northern Virginia

Mar 25, 2021 4:35 PM ET

Tenebris Fiber, a dark fiber provider in Virginia, has partnered with JLC Infrastructure (JLC), an infrastructure investor and asset management firm, and Diode Ventures, a global turnkey asset development company, to advance the development...

Environment

Janet, 11, in Zambia Celebrated World Water Day in the Best Way - with Clean Water

Mar 25, 2021 4:15 PM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Schneider Electric Supports Each Ambition of the Biden-Harris Climate Plan

Mar 25, 2021 4:00 PM ET

Innovation & Technology

Personal Safety Is Not Only About Being Prepared. It's About Being Connected.

Mar 25, 2021 4:00 PM ET

During COVID, Wearsafe provided individuals the ability to stay connected with their loved ones when it was unsafe for them to be together.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Herbalife Nutrition and the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation Partner With the Asociacion Mexicana De Bancos De Alimentos to Help Eradicate Hunger and Provide Nutritious Food to Those in Need

Mar 25, 2021 3:30 PM ET

Herbalife Nutrition and The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation have formed a new partnership with the Asociacion Mexicana de Bancos de Alimentos (“BAMX”).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bacardí® Legacy Cocktail Competition To Fund Creative Project Ideas via ‘El Coco’ Bartender Grants

Mar 25, 2021 3:15 PM ET

The grant will fund each competitor’s time to devise and develop a project or enterprise that supports the industry’s recovery, following the huge impact that the pandemic has had across the bartending world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bacardí® Legacy Cocktail Competition Fondeará Proyectos Creativos a Través de ‘El Coco Grant’, Una Beca Para Bartenders

Mar 25, 2021 3:15 PM ET

La subvención financiará el tiempo de cada competidor para diseñar y desarrollar un proyecto o empresa que apoye la recuperación de la industria, luego del enorme impacto que la pandemia ha tenido en el mundo de la coctelería.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alexion Achieves The KeepWell Mark For a Second Time!

Mar 25, 2021 3:00 PM ET

For the second time, Alexion received the Irish Business Employers Confederation’s (Ibec) KeepWell Mark™. Ibec is an evidence-based workplace wellbeing accreditation awarded to companies who successfully meet the standards of the framework.

Innovation & Technology

T‑Mobile Completes STIR/SHAKEN with ALL Major Carriers to Help Protect Customers from Scams and Spam

Mar 25, 2021 2:35 PM ET

T-Mobile is the first US wireless provider to work with all other major networks to implement STIR/SHAKEN to fight number spoofing and further protect customers from scammers.