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.

Diversity & Inclusion

When Opportunity Knocks

Miguel Cardenas was happily working & living in Mexico with his family in 2016, when some of his colleagues made the move to Kohler Co. Even though Miguel was happy with his employer of 13 years, he was soon persuaded to also take a chance on Kohler.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Qualcomm Provides Emergency Call Device To Promote Public Safety to the Gangnam Support Center for Family With Disability

Gangnam Support Center for Family with Disability is distributing an emergency device embedded with a Qualcomm Technologies solution for the safety of the disabled in the local community.

Health & Healthcare

Herbalife Nutrition Honors Partners Who Are Helping End World Hunger Through “Nutrition for Zero Hunger” Initiative

Herbalife Nutrition and the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF), are honoring their nonprofit partners and the impacts they have made together in fighting food insecurity during the second year of its Nutrition for Zero Hunger initiative.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Update on Land Betterment's LBX Positive Cryptocurrency

Land Betterment, an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development, shares updates on its Land Betterment Exchange (LBX) Cryptocurrency.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dial® Gives Back to Teachers by Partnering with DonorsChoose

In addition to soap donations, this collaboration consists of a 1:1 match commitment (up to $100,000), where Dial® will double the impact of a consumer’s donation to projects on DonorsChoose through a dollar-for-dollar matching donation by Dial.

Social Impact & Volunteering

IP's Mansfield Team Addresses Clothing Insecurity at Local Elementary School

After learning about school uniform insecurity at the Mansfield Elementary School, Industrial Packaging’s Mansfield, Louisiana, Mill team donated 466 articles of clothing to local students in grades in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade.

Innovation & Technology

The Tools to End Technology Abuse

NortonLifeLock provides financial resources to the National Network to End Domestic Violence in support of its Safety Net Program. The program addresses the intersection between tech & safety, helping to create safer spaces for survivors.

Health & Healthcare

FDA Authorizes Quest Diagnostics' COVID-19 Collection Materials for Emergency Use

Quest Diagnostics has received FDA emergency use authorization for its Collection kit for COVID-19, which are intended to be used as part of a program to collect anterior nares (nasal) swab specimens for molecular testing at the laboratory.

Diversity & Inclusion

Chef Aarón Sánchez: “Our Time Has Come”

Aarón Sánchez joined T‑Mobile’s special Hispanic Heritage Month edition of its Talking with Trailblazers series, dishing about his cooking career, preserving his family legacy through food and planting seeds for the next generation of Latino chefs.

Environment

Hundreds of U.S. Companies Want to See Congress Act on Climate to Build a Clean, Resilient Economy.

A growing number of businesses are taking action to build a cleaner, more sustainable economy. These businesses recognize that investing in clean energy and climate solutions is not only good for the planet, it’s good for business.

Health & Healthcare

Celebrating Global Handwashing Day

Providing more than one billion liters of clean water each year is another example of P&G’s acts of good as we Lead with Love supporting our communities, fostering equality and inclusion, and protecting the planet we call home.

Events, Media & Communications

Second Global Inclusive Growth Summit Launches New Programs to Fight Increasing Inequality

Top business, government and civil society leaders gathered October 14, 2021 for the second Global Inclusive Growth Summit, co-hosted by the Aspen Institute and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.

Environment

Global Water Challenge and AMREF Health Africa Launch Women and Girl-Focused Impact Partnership

Global Water Challenge (GWC), with Amref Health Africa, launched a high impact community water partnership with support from The Starbucks Foundation to empower women and girls in coffee- and tea-growing communities of Kenya and Tanzania.

Innovation & Technology

Cummins Announces New Engine for Customers on Path to Zero Emissions

Global power leader Cummins is expanding its product line for customers wanting to reduce greenhouse gases. When using renewable natural gas, the company’s new 15-liter natural gas engine can reach net GHG emissions at or below zero.

Environment

Kimberly-Clark Receives Climate Leadership Award for Progress in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Kimberly-Clark announced that it received a 2021 Climate Leadership Award for ‘Goal Achievement in Greenhouse Gas Management’ from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and The Climate Registry.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

GoDaddy's Employee Resource Groups Recognize the Importance of Inclusion

GoDaddy is acknowledging National Disability Employment Awareness Month and National Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting two important Employee Resource Groups.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

'An Overwhelming Feeling': $20 Million Dollar Investment Coming To South Chicago Neighborhood

A South Chicago neighborhood is about to get a $20 million shot in the arm, thanks to an investment from Fifth Third Bank.

Education

Take the ESG Quiz

Take this unscientific quiz to see how you score, and Workiva will donate $1 to FIRST, which advances STEM education, for each survey completed, up to $5,000.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac Ranks Top 20 on Latina Style's List of 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work for in the U.S.

Aflac Incorporated, a leader in supplemental insurance and products in the U.S., today announced the company has been recognized by LATINA Style, Inc. as one of the 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States

Energy

Long-Duration Energy Storage: The Catalyst for a Sustainable Energy Future

New energy storage technologies are surging into the market, as business leaders and policymakers seek to address climate change, support renewable energy,

Events, Media & Communications

IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary Join Together to Present the Upcoming ESG Integration Forum

IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary are bringing the ESG Integration Forum back as a virtual event for the fourth year in a row.

Environment

Can You Picture a Carbon-Neutral Farm? We Can.

Climate change has us all reimagining our relationship with carbon. But farmers have an even bigger stake in the conversation than most. How will the farm of the future help us deliver on our current commitments—and get closer to carbon-neutral?

Research, Reports & Publications

Engineering Impact

Our latest ESG report details how Medtronic is driving demonstrable change on critical global issues, including protecting our planet, accelerating access to healthcare technology, and advancing inclusion, diversity, and equity.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third to Invest $20 Million to South Chicago through Neighborhood Investment Program

Fifth Third & Enterprise Community Partners' neighborhood program will support & revitalize the South Chicago neighborhood. The Neighborhood Investment Program will focus over 3 years on the Claretian Associates & cross-sector collaborations.

Education

Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab Collaboration Model

Interested in opening students’ minds to the world of invention, exploration, and STEM careers? Learn more about the Thinkabit Lab program.

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