ESG News from Leading Brands

Research, Reports & Publications

BofA, Mastercard, Salesforce, IBM to Report ESG Metrics Championed by World Economic Forum

Jan 28, 2021 10:00 AM ET

The push for a global set of ESG standards is bearing fruit.

Education

Retool Your School Program to Grant $1 Million to 30 HBCUs

Jan 28, 2021 10:00 AM ET

The Home Depot’s Retool Your School grant program is doubling its commitment to $1 million in HBCU campus improvement grants.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Subaru of America, Inc. Earns 100 Percent in 2021 Corporate Equality Index for Fifth Consecutive Year

Jan 28, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that the Human Rights Campaign has awarded the automaker a score of 100 percent on its Corporate Equality Index.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Xylem Earns Top Marks For Equality From Human Rights Campaign

Jan 28, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Xylem earns 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual assessment of LGBTQ workplace equality

Social Impact & Volunteering

Virtual Volunteering for Corporates: 9 Crucial Insights from Goodera

Jan 28, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Explore crucial insights from Goodera about virtual volunteering for corporates to improve your CSR and Corporate Citizenship programs this year!

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Qurate Retail Group Earns Top Marks for LGBTQ Workplace Equality

Jan 28, 2021 9:45 AM ET

Qurate Retail Group proudly announced that it has received a 100% rating on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index

Education

Stronger Than Hate Challenge Provides Students Social and Emotional Learning Opportunity with Chance to Counter Hate and Win $10,000!

Jan 28, 2021 9:35 AM ET

The third annual Stronger Than Hate Challenge is now open and offers students the opportunity to win $10,000 in prizing.

Environment

How Biden's Climate Policies May Affect Georgia

Jan 28, 2021 9:30 AM ET

While the Paris agreement might feel pretty distant, other climate policies the Biden administration may roll out could have more on-the-ground effects in Georgia.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Named to Bloomberg's 2021 Gender-Equality Index

Jan 28, 2021 9:20 AM ET

In recognition of its commitment to gender inclusion in the workplace, the supply chain and the communities in which it operates, Dow (NYSE:DOW) has been included in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI).

Research, Reports & Publications

2020 Environmental Sustainability Goals at P&G

Jan 28, 2021 9:20 AM ET

In 2010, P&G declared a set of goals and commitments to reduce our environmental footprint across climate, water and waste. Since then our business has continued to grow, while our teams have developed smarter, more efficient ways to operate.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sodexo Receives 100% on the Human Rights Campaign's 2021 Corporate Equality Index, Earning the Designation of “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality”

Jan 28, 2021 9:00 AM ET

Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to improving Quality of Life, announced today it has received a score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI)

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity's “Dear 2020 Challenge” Exceeds Goal of 3 Million Acts of Goodness

Jan 28, 2021 8:55 AM ET

Companies that took part in the Dear 2020 challenge saw overall engagement in their corporate purpose programs grow by an average of 5 percent.

Sustainable Development Goals

Fairtrade Commits to a Better Future for Thousands of Banana Farmers

Jan 28, 2021 8:10 AM ET

Fairtrade International announces a comprehensive approach to supporting banana farmers in 2021 and beyond through efforts to achieve living wages and improve working conditions.

Events, Media & Communications

Bill Gates to Speak at GreenBiz 21

Jan 28, 2021 8:00 AM ET

Have you heard the big news? Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, will be speaking at GreenBiz 21 — the premier annual event for business leaders!

Environment

Leading Corporate Citizen Hormel Foods Announces It Will Match 100 Percent of its Global Energy Use with Renewable Sourcing and Establish Science Based Targets for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Jan 28, 2021 8:00 AM ET

The company’s new goals follow its previous set of sustainability goals in which the company achieved significant reductions in its packaging, nonrenewable energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and solid waste sent to landfills.

Sustainable Development Goals

EQT and Project Canary Partner on Certified Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas Pilot

Jan 28, 2021 8:00 AM ET

EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) today announced its commitment to a pilot project to demonstrate the production of responsibly sourced natural gas (RSG) for use in domestic and international energy markets.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Every Day Is “Data Privacy Day” at Alliance Data

Jan 28, 2021 7:40 AM ET

Respect one’s privacy. It’s a basic societal tenet that most of us learned from our parents at a very young age.

Environment

New Episode of Healthy Spaces With Trane Technologies Podcast: Transparency Is the New Green

Jan 28, 2021 7:00 AM ET

What if you knew how the spaces you occupy were performing? Would your expectations change if you could read the carbon dioxide level in any given room of your house?

Sustainable Development Goals

American Airlines: Addressing Climate Change

Jan 27, 2021 5:45 PM ET

Climate change is a pressing global challenge, and American Airlines believes it must do its part to address it. That is why the airline has set a goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Diversity & Inclusion

Watch: HP Inc. Is Standing for a New Era of Opportunity

Jan 27, 2021 5:30 PM ET

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How a 'Hamburger' Can Help Alleviate Food Poverty

Jan 27, 2021 4:00 PM ET

CNH Industrial, through is $2 million Solidarity Fund, enabled its commercial vehicles brand IVECO to make a €16,000 donation to Hamburger Tafel e.V.

Innovation & Technology

Applications Now Open for T‑Mobile Accelerator 2021 Spring Program

Jan 27, 2021 3:35 PM ET

Companies participating in T-Mobile Accelerator will be provided with business and leadership growth opportunities while working directly with T-Mobile leaders and other experts and mentors to develop and commercialize new 5G products and services.

Environment

Derek Walker: New Sheriffs on Climate Action

Jan 27, 2021 3:15 PM ET

Which of the Trump-era environmental transgressions made your heart hurt the most? Was it when they loosened CO2 emission restrictions on power plants, removed protections from wetlands, or expanded drilling in all sorts of delicate ecosystems?

Health & Healthcare

Piedmont Columbus Regional to Offer Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for COVID-19 at Doctors Hospital

Jan 27, 2021 2:35 PM ET

Aflac Chairman Dan Amos and his wife Kathelen, made a million-dollar contribution early this year to help the hospital activate the fifth floor. It was a $2 million in which others including the Amoses contributed.

Green Infrastructure

Emily Wasley Named Board President of the American Society of Adaptation Professionals

Jan 27, 2021 2:10 PM ET

Emily Wasley, corporate climate resilience practice leader at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, was named board president of the American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP).