ESG News from Leading Brands

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Paris Olympics

Environment | Inogen Alliance

How the Paris Olympics Highlighted Critical EHS Issues

The 2024 Paris Olympics have been hot. While the heat has not, thus far, shattered any records, it has brought attention to two EHS issues at the center of this year’s Olympics: Indoor air quality and water safety.
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Education

National Grid Partners With Bloc Power & New York Edge to Launch Clean Energy Workforce Development Training Program

National Grid is partnering with Bloc Power and New York Edge to launch a heat pump awareness training program for young people in New York City and on Long Island, helping bridge the opportunity gap, developing the clean energy workforce and advancing new and innovative technologies.

Research, Reports & Publications

American Express Releases Its Inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report

American Express (NYSE: AXP) today announced the release of its inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) report, which documents the company’s progress on its DE&I commitments and initiatives as part of its $1 Billion DE&I Action Plan launched in October 2020.

Sustainable Development Goals

Engineering Impact: Product stewardship

To support a healthy planet, Medtronic is working to find opportunities to improve product stewardship — from design and manufacturing, to packaging, distribution, reuse, and disposal and recently established two new waste reduction targets.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Enbridge ESG Forum: Sustainable Operations

Watch Michele Harradence, Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer with Gas Transmission and Midstream at Enbridge, discuss the company’s approach to improving pipeline safety.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

NortonLifeLock is Listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index

We are proud to announce that NortonLifeLock has once again been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World and North America indices, one of the world’s leading environmental, social, and governance (ESG) benchmarks.

PepsiCo

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PepsiCo-Unilever Soil Health Innovation Project Takes Top Honor at Field to Market's 2021 Sustainability Leadership Awards

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture honored the recipients of the 2021 Sustainability Leadership Awards on the eve of the seventh annual Sustainable Agriculture Summit.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2020 ESG Report: Adopting Detroit's G7 Neighborhood

Fifth Third's $5 million investment is funding physical improvements to parks, streetscapes, commercial corridors, single family housing and affordable housing.

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Environment

How Girls Will Save the World With Climate Action

Both HP and MIT Solve want to invest in girls and young women like these social entrepreneurs with an eye toward nurturing the next big idea that can save the world.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

22-Year Air Force Veteran Talks Travel, Military Service and Teamwork

In the 22 years Aminah Meho served in the United States Air Force, she spent most of her time overseas.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Keysight Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index for Third Year in a Row

Keysight Technologies has been selected as a constituent of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America. This is the third year in a row that Keysight has been included in the DJSI.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

KEEN Footwear and Points of Light Join to Fight Global Stress and Uncertainty Launching Largest Volunteer Resource Ahead of Giving Tuesday

​KEEN, Inc. (KEEN), the global footwear brand committed to positive change through civic engagement and volunteering

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Research, Reports & Publications

Fiduciary Trust International Releases Research Report on Developing a Sustainable Food System in the United States

Fiduciary Trust International’s atest research report explores the role of private capital in developing a sustainable land-based food system.

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Environment

Introducing the City Water Optimisation Index from Economist Impact and DuPont

The 2021 City Water Optimisation Index, developed by Economist Impact and supported by DuPont Water Solutions, investigates how 51 cities around the world are ensuring that all end-users have access to safe, affordable and reliable water.

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Education

New Resources Helping Educators and Families Empower Students With SEL

Social-Emotional Learning has never been more important. Right now, in the United States, 1 in 5 children are experiencing mental health challenges, like depression, behavioral problems, or anxiety.

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Environment

The State of Carbon Pricing

Earlier this month, key government and environmental figures met to discuss the best path to accelerate climate action toward the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Rockwell Automation Receives Military Friendly and Veterans in Business Honors

Military Friendly® has designated Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) as a 2022 Military Friendly® Employer and the Milwaukee Business Journal honored Rockwell last week as part of its Veterans in Business Awards.

Innovation & Technology

How Can Technological Innovation Mitigate Climate Change?

When the subject of the Industrial Revolution is raised, what images come to mind? You might think of the steam engine, the expansion of the railways or electrification literally illuminating the world.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Phin Launches Virtual Team Building Experience to Solve Climate Change

Phin has opened enrollment for its first virtual escape room, Climate Quest, to help remote and hybrid companies build high performing teams.

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Environment

Strategies to Move Toward a Circular Economy

Circularity can seem like an impossible end goal, but there are strategies to help you start and move toward a circular economy.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

PepsiCo-Unilever Soil Health Innovation Project, Texas Farmer Barry Evans and Indiana Conservation Specialist Leslie Fisher Take Top Honors at Field to Market's 2021 Sustainability Leadership Awards

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture honored the recipients of the 2021 Sustainability Leadership Awards on the eve of the seventh annual Sustainable Agriculture Summit.

Energy

Ecocentricity Blog: Farming Squared

Farmers are going to be presented with the choice of continuing to farm or selling to solar developers. We absolutely need more installed solar on the grid, but we also need productive farms! So ideally, we would be able to do both simultaneously.

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Diversity & Inclusion

We're Training More Diverse Investigators to Help Improve Clinical Trials

Increasing diverse participation in clinical trials plays a crucial role in ensuring that new treatments and preventative care plans are safe and work well for people from different communities.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Kimberly-Clark Named by Seramount as One of the Top 75 Companies for Executive Women for Fifth Consecutive Year

Kimberly-Clark announced that it was named one of the 2021 Top 75 Companies for Executive Women by Seramount (formerly Working Mother Media) for the fifth consecutive year.

Research, Reports & Publications

Vista Recognized for Office Sustainability

Vistra’s corporate headquarters, located in Irving, Texas, has received the EPA’s prestigious Energy Star recognition for the past decade, and a handful of our regional offices have received the honor as well.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Smithsonian Latino Center Receives $2 Million Gift From Wells Fargo

The Smithsonian Latino Center has announced a $2 million gift from Wells Fargo to support the National Museum of the American Latino and the development of the Molina Family Latino Gallery. The gift establishes Wells Fargo as a corporate founder to commit $2 million and a founding donor from the financial services industry. Wells Fargo is a corporate founder of the Latino Gallery and a founding donor of the National Museum of the American Latino.

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