ESG News from Leading Brands

Environment

Safeway Installs Another Electric Vehicle Charging Station

Aug 4, 2021 10:30 AM ET

Albertsons Cos.’ Safeway banner has added another electric vehicle (EV) charging station from Volta Industries, Inc. in Washington state. There are now 24 Safeway locations in Washington with Volta Charging stations.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper Donates 10,000 Euros to Support Disaster Relief for Recent Flood Victims in Belgium and Germany

Aug 4, 2021 10:15 AM ET

Aligned with the company's Vision 2030 goal to strengthen the resilience of its communities, International Paper has provided disaster relief funding of €10,000 following the floods that recently hit parts of Belgium and Germany, among others.

Health & Healthcare

Creating Culturally Relevant Conversations About Health in Native Classrooms

Aug 4, 2021 10:00 AM ET

With attention focused squarely on the COVID pandemic, it is understandable that may have forgotten about the drug epidemic, which continues to impact lives across the country.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank, in Partnership With the First Niagara Foundation, Awards $765,000 to Five Non-profit Organizations in Niagara County

Aug 4, 2021 10:00 AM ET

KeyBank, in partnership with the First Niagara Foundation, has awarded five non-profit organizations in Niagara County a total of $765,000.

Diversity & Inclusion

Intel's Nivruti Rai Shares Her Recipe for Success

Aug 4, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Nivruti’s story exemplifies how women in technology leadership roles can break barriers and shape economies.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Rancher-led Efforts to Address Climate Change Through Regenerative Grazing With A&W Canada and Cargill

Aug 4, 2021 9:55 AM ET

ALUS, A&W Canada and Cargill have collaborated to create Grazing Forward, to support regenerative grazing practices.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Helps Build North Carolina Workforce With $615,000 in Grants to Community Colleges, HBCUs and Nonprofits

Aug 4, 2021 9:45 AM ET

Duke Energy has awarded $615,000 in grants to 19 workforce development and education programs in North Carolina to help job seekers and students prepare for employment, particularly in the energy sector.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Has Earned the Top Spot on Forbes' 2021 List of 'Best Employers for New Graduates'

Aug 4, 2021 9:45 AM ET

Forbes teamed up with market research company Statista to identify the companies most liked by new workforce entrants in their annual ranking, in which Merck was named #1 best employer for new graduates.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

UnitedHealth Group Named Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion for Second Year

Aug 4, 2021 9:45 AM ET

For the second year in a row, UnitedHealth Group has been named one of the best places to work for disability inclusion in 2021 by the Disability Equality Index® (DEI).

Health & Healthcare

Merchants of Doubt

Aug 4, 2021 9:45 AM ET

In March 1996, a British fact-finding commission reporting to the House of Commons concluded that striking brain diseases observed in young people were probably due to the consumption of meat from BSE-infected cattle.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Mind Fish, the First Fair Trade Certified Canned Tuna Lands in the USA

Aug 4, 2021 9:10 AM ET

Mind Fish Co. has launched the first Fair Trade Certified canned tuna product available for purchase in the North American market.

Diversity & Inclusion

Invesco Is a Founding Partner With AFP on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awareness Initiative

Aug 3, 2021 5:10 PM ET

We’re proud to be a founding partner with AFP on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awareness Initiative designed to bolster awareness and encourage individuals in underrepresented communities to explore a career in corporate finance and treasury.

Responsible Production & Consumption

FPT Industrial's Bourbon-Lancy Plant Receives Gold WCM Medal

Aug 3, 2021 5:00 PM ET

FPT Industrial’s engine plant in Bourbon-Lancy, France, is the first of its world major factories to acquire the Gold Level certification in the World Class Manufacturing (WCM) program. FPT Industrial is a brand of CNH Industrial.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity Powers Chevron

Aug 3, 2021 3:10 PM ET

Education

Teach for America, Entergy Celebrate Education Efforts

Aug 3, 2021 3:00 PM ET

Teach for America Greater New Orleans and Entergy Corporation are teaming up to celebrate 30 years of commitment to educational excellence for students in the Greater New Orleans area.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Contributing to Social Development and Amazon Forest Conservation

Aug 3, 2021 2:45 PM ET

Latin America presents unique features when it comes to ESG: incredibly rich biodiversity, ethnic and cultural diversity on one side and challenges in the space of social inequality and environmental issues on the other side.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Owens Corning's Product Handprint: 2030 Sustainability Targets and Progress

Aug 3, 2021 2:40 PM ET

By 2030: Establish viable circular economy business models involving our materials and how they are used by collaborating up and down the supply chain, with customers, suppliers, communities, academics, policy makers, government entities, and other organizations.

Environment

Committed to Decarbonization and to Leading the Way

Aug 3, 2021 2:30 PM ET

In 2014, we established industry-leading GHG reduction goals and in 2015 became one of the first ten companies globally to have our decarbonization goal validated as 2 degrees Celsius-aligned by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Circularity in Action: The Home Depot's Commitment to Composting and Sustainability

Aug 3, 2021 2:30 PM ET

In Puget Sound, Washington, associates are turning trash into something customers can use. Flowers, soil, and other retired organic items are being composted instead of thrown away.

Diversity & Inclusion

M·A·C Gives Back to LGBTQIA+ Community With Pride & Joy Liquidlast Liner Vault

Aug 3, 2021 2:05 PM ET

“Pride is about Community, and this community has been through a lot. M·A·C has celebrated queer people since the inception of the brand."

Responsible Production & Consumption

Schneider Electric Moves Forward With Its Sustainability Impact Targets, Mobilizing Support From Employees, Partners and Customers

Aug 3, 2021 2:00 PM ET

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, published today its half-year progress overview on setting up and advancing on its 2021-2025 sustainability impact targets.

Events, Media & Communications

WATCH: Planning for the Future in Southern California: OCBC's Chairman's Leadership Breakfast Featuring Lewis Cornell, WSP USA

Aug 3, 2021 1:15 PM ET

On the horizon in Southern California: 2028 Olympics, L.A.'s Operation NEXT, California Comeback Plan, environmental justice, offshore wind power, and the infrastructure that will support it all.

Education

Pizza Hut Canada Sponsors Equal Slice Program to Provide Free Training, Education, and Mentorship to Underrepresented Canadian Small Business Owners

Aug 3, 2021 1:00 PM ET

Pizza Hut Canada has partnered with Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) on the Equal Slice Program that will offer a free executive education and virtual trainings designed to help strengthen and grow minority, immigrant, indigenous, and disabled-owned small businesses throughout Canada.

Media & Communications

ILFI Names New CEO

Aug 3, 2021 12:55 PM ET

Today the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) Board of Directors named Lindsay Baker as CEO, choosing a climate leader with deep experience in technology, real estate, and sustainability.

Health & Healthcare

International AIDS Society Leaders on the Future of HIV Prevention and Treatment

Aug 3, 2021 12:50 PM ET

Over the past 18 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases to center stage.