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.

Research, Reports & Publications

Momentum Builds Towards Historic Dakar 2026 YOG

International Olympic Committee

Responsible Production & Consumption

Toxic Release Inventory Reporting: A Q&A With Kara and Friends

Antea Group

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Beets, Basketball and Mid-Bore Engines

Cummins Inc

Events, Media & Communications

EcoVadis Launches New eLearning Platform to Help Customers Improve Sustainability Practices and Performance

EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, today launched its EcoVadis Academy.

Environment

Luminant Honored With Award of Excellence for its Reclamation and Restoration of Previously Mined Land

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) announced Luminant, a subsidiary of @VistraCorp as a recipient of its 2021 Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Award.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Students and Faculty at IU and Kelley Build Home With Whirlpool and Habitat for Humanity

This will be the largest house built by IU and Kelley students since Whirlpool Corporation – a key corporate supporter and recruiter of students from the Kelley School – began a partnership with Habitat for Humanity International to construct homes in Monroe County in 2010.

Education

Edge at Hudson Yards and Discovery Education Launch New Partnership Empowering Students to Engineer STEM Dreams

Edge at Hudson Yards and Discovery Education today announced a new educational initiative that shows students nationwide the transformative power of STEM during a virtual trip to the tallest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leveling the Playing Field on Employee Engagement

This month, we launched Dow’s first-ever global Volunteer and ERG Participation policy, which allows all of our employees paid time-off to volunteer and engage in Employee Resource Group (ERG) activities.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Cleaning Up: See How KeyBank Teammates Helped Beautify a City Park on Neighbors Make the Difference Day

On September 14, 2021, hundreds of KeyBank teammates across the nation volunteered at more than 600 projects in the neighborhoods where they live and work on Neighbors Make the Difference Day.

Energy

Nunam: Meet the Team Unlocking the Socioeconomic and Environmental Potential of Used Batteries

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 winners have been officially announced, we are excited for you to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation.

Innovation & Technology

Pro Bono Perspectives S3E22: Dan Noyes, Tech Goes Home

Tech Goes Home Co-CEO Dan Noyes joins the podcast for a conversation on the root causes of the digital divide, the fundamental changes we must make for digital equity, and why this is both a social and economic imperative.

Sustainable Development Goals

Corporate Innovation in Support of the SDGs

Leading global experts from the private and public sector share their views on how technology can promote better health for all, as well as establish education systems that are fit for the future – in the latest podcasts from GRI.

Diversity & Inclusion

Trane Technologies to Donate $1 Million to Address Racial Inequities and Boost Opportunity in Charlotte-Mecklenburg

Trane Technologies plc (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, is donating $1 million to a communitywide public-private partnership to address racial equity in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

Responsible Production & Consumption

First-of-Its-Kind Certification Eliminates Harmful PFAS in Foodware and Shifts Market to Preferred Alternatives

Non-profit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean Production Action (CPA) have unveiled the GreenScreen Certified™ Standard for Food Service Ware.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

MIT Collaborates With Biogen on Three-Year, $7 Million Initiative to Address Climate, Health, and Equity

MIT and Biogen today announced that they will collaborate with the goal to accelerate the science and action on climate change to improve human health.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx and Orbis: Fighting Blindness Side-by-Side for More Than 30 Years

As the Director of the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, Maurice Geary is responsible for the smooth running of every Flying Eye Hospital project, working closely with all members of the team from the flight mechanics to the staff nurses.

Environment

Mondelēz International Commits to 2050 Net Zero Emissions Target

As part of its commitment, Mondelēz has signed the Science Based Targets Initiative’s Business Ambition for 1.5°C, aligning its long-term emissions targets with the ambitious aim of limiting temperature rise in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

DuPont Receives Innovation Award for New Low GWP Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam

DuPont Performance Building Solutions’ Low GWP Froth-Pak™ Spray Foam Blown with Liquid HFO and CO2 was recognized by the Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) with the 2021 Innovation Award.

Health & Healthcare

Lenovo Helps Estimated 3 Million People Across India During COVID 19

As India continued to take action against COVID-19, Lenovo reached out again to both the government and people of India through the Lenovo Foundation, its charitable arm.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CIT Launches Annual One Million Meals Campaign

IT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced the start of its annual partnership with Feeding America® to help provide One Million Meals1 to people facing hunger across the country.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Listen Up! Doing Corporate Citizenship Better, Together - November 2021

Leverage uncertainty and the unknown as the path to innovation, impact, and “smart luck" on this episode of the Listen Up! Show with guest Christian Busch, Director, CGA Global Economy Program NYU, and author of The Serendipity Mindset. Register now!

Environment

Subaru of America Expands Partnership With National Forest Foundation With Commitment to Plant One Million Trees

Subaru of America, Inc. and its retailers in California, and now with the support of Idaho, Oregon and Washington retailers, are proud to announce they will replant one million trees by 2022 in forests devastated by wildfire.

Innovation & Technology

Arrow Electronics Cultivates New Generation of Innovators Through Support of 2021 Collegiate Inventors Competition

A first-year engineering student from the University of Texas at Austin won the Arrow Electronics People’s Choice Award at the 2021 Collegiate Inventors Competition.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

WSP USA Supports Initiative Generating Economic SURGE in Philippines

USAID’s Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity effort is helping disadvantaged Filipino producers improve income, market share and resiliency.

Energy

Keysight to Install Rooftop Solar Array in Penang, Malaysia

Keysight is committed to achieving net zero emissions in company operations by the end of fiscal year 2040, in alignment with the Paris Agreement's preferred goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

Environment

ESG Enhancement: A Post-Acquisition Playbook

Join us Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at 2:00pm EST for our webinar, ESG Enhancement: A Post-Acquisition Playbook, and learn how to integrate ESG throughout the investment lifecycle.

Green Infrastructure

United Airlines Operates First Flight Powered by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel

United was the first airline in the world to operate a flight powered by 100% drop-in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Sustainable Development Goals

SCS Global Services Joins The Water Council as First Water Champion Member

The Water Council, a nonprofit membership organization driving freshwater innovation and advancing water stewardship, today announces its new Water Champion membership program with SCS Global Services (SCS) as its first member.

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