ESG News from Leading Brands

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

IES & IWBI Announce Joint Memorandum of Understanding

Sep 14, 2020 5:00 PM ET

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and the International Well Building Institute (IWBI) are pleased to announce a memorandum of understanding enabling future collaboration to improve the quality of our indoor environments...

Research, Reports & Publications

America's Pledge Reveals U.S. States, Cities, and Businesses Accelerated Their Climate Progress Despite Trump, Global Pandemic, and Economic Downturn

Sep 14, 2020 4:20 PM ET

Today, America’s Pledge co-chairs, former California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP & Bloomberg Philanthropies, and three-term Mayor of New York City, unveiled America’s Pledge’s fourth analysis, which finds that despite the past four years of environmental rollbacks from President Trump’s administration, non-federal actors have successfully counterbalanced the climate denial and obstruction from the White House. This has made it possible for the U.S. to reach net zero emissions by 2050 with aggressive federal climate re-engagement in 2021.

Health & Healthcare

Alexion Partners With One Mind at Work

Sep 14, 2020 4:00 PM ET

Advancing the emotional well-being of the rare disease community, our employees, and the communities in which we live, and work is a core commitment of ours. During Mental Health Awareness Month, we strengthened this commitment by joining...

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

A Coalition on a Mission to Eliminate Persistent Poverty in the U.S.

Sep 14, 2020 3:30 PM ET

Education

IBM Envisions Accelerated P-TECH Growth for More Diversity and Opportunity. Is Your Region In?

Sep 14, 2020 3:00 PM ET

IBM is proud to do its part to create a more diverse & equal society. We recently committed to 1,000 P-TECH internships in the US through 2021 alone. We have liaisons stationed full time at the many P-TECH schools were are directly affiliated with.

Environment

Climate Action 100+ Calls for Net-zero Business Strategies & Sets Out Benchmark of Largest Corporate Emitters

Sep 14, 2020 2:15 PM ET

Letter sent to CEOs & chair of the board at 161 global companies sets out benchmark and calls on firms to commit to net-zero business strategies.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Amicus Therapeutics Wins 2020 ENR Regional Award for Best Project

Sep 14, 2020 2:00 PM ET

CRB is proud to announce that the Amicus Therapeutics Research and Gene Therapy Center facility has won Engineering News-Record (ENR) MidAtlantic’s 2020 Best Projects (Award of Merit) in the Healthcare category.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Republic Services Charitable Foundation Finding Innovative Ways to Support Neighborhood Revitalization Amid Pandemic

Sep 14, 2020 1:35 PM ET

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Republic Services is finding innovative ways to support neighborhood revitalization efforts across the country through its charitable foundation's National Neighborhood Promise (NNP) program.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Biogen to Invest $250 Million in a 20-year Initiative to Eliminate Its Use of Fossil Fuels and Improve Public Health

Sep 14, 2020 1:30 PM ET

Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives™ is a groundbreaking $250 million, 20-year initiative to eliminate fossil fuels across Biogen's operations & collaborate with renowned institutions to improve health, especially for the most vulnerable populations.

Environment

Dow Reaches Midpoint of “Valuing Nature” Goal; Company Continues To Deliver Environmental and Financial Value Through 2025 Sustainability Goals

Sep 14, 2020 1:30 PM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

McCain Foods Sustainability

Sep 14, 2020 1:10 PM ET

As the challenges posed by climate change become more acute, the global food system needs to transform significantly.

Education

Subaru of America Nurtures a Love for Science With Online Educational Resources

Sep 14, 2020 1:00 PM ET

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that in conjunction with longtime partner, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the automaker has supported the development of a library of educational science-focused activities and resources for families staying largely at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rock the Vote, Cox Announce Partnership

Sep 14, 2020 1:00 PM ET

Rock the Vote and Cox Enterprises are announcing a new partnership aimed at ensuring Cox employees and customers have the resources they need to register to vote, become engaged, and make sure their voices are heard in this fall’s presidential election.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Johnson & Johnson Signs a Historic Pledge to Uphold the Integrity of the Scientific Process in Developing an Investigational COVID-19 Vaccine

Sep 14, 2020 12:30 PM ET

Johnson & Johnson announced that we, alongside eight other companies working on investigational COVID-19 vaccines, are signing a #WeStandWithScience pledge committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific process as we work towards potential global regulatory filings and approvals of the first vaccines for COVID-19.

Innovation & Technology

Empowering the Blind or Visually Impaired Community in China

Sep 14, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Wireless Reach, alongside BSR, Beijing Baoyi Interaction Scientific & Technological Company and China Academy of Information & Communication Technology, developed the See4me program to address the most pressing needs of China’s BVI population.

Innovation & Technology

VMware and the National Science Foundation Collaborate on the Next Generation of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure

Sep 14, 2020 12:00 PM ET

With the Climate Decade upon us, cutting global emissions in half by 2030 depends on bold actions and a global capacity for innovation. We’re focused on both. Throughout our 20-year history, we’ve pioneered solutions to help build a low-carbon...

Events, Media & Communications

Bloomberg Green Virtual Festival Kicks Off Today

Sep 14, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Today kicks off the virtual Bloomberg Green Festival, a five-day event that will feature a mix of panels, presentations, fireside chats, and interactive elements, focused on core issues of climate action.

Education

STEYR Helps to Train Hungary's Future Farmers

Sep 14, 2020 11:30 AM ET

Magtár Kft, the official importer of STEYR in Hungary, has won a tender to supply a total of 24 tractors to 18 agricultural schools, to help train the Country’s future farmers. The EU-funded tender was launched to renew the existing outdated machines operated by the agricultural schools and professional training centres, as well as to enhance the digital competencies of the students and future agricultural professionals by enabling them to work with the latest technology. STEYR is a European agricultural brand of CNH Industrial.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ScottsMiracle-Gro: GroMoreGood is Our Purpose

Sep 14, 2020 11:30 AM ET

GroMoreGood is our promise to our communities, our planet, our consumers, our partners and each other. It’s our desire to bring goodness to every person and every patch of the Earth. GroMoreGood reflects who we have always been and what we stand for.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Paso Robles WWTP Upgrade Garners Top Wastewater Project Award for Packing Multifaceted Sustainability into Existing Footprint

Sep 14, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Packing long-term water resilience and other sustainable solutions into a small footprint earned the upgrade of the Paso Robles Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) top honors as the Global Water Awards’ 2020 Wastewater Project of the Year.

Research, Reports & Publications

Logitech Charts Progress on Key Environmental Goals in FY20 Sustainability Report

Sep 14, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Since last year, we have made multiple forward-looking public commitments and made good progress with our key environmental goals of improving carbon, toxicity and circularity of our products and our operations.

Green Infrastructure

East Houston Solar Co-op Chooses Green Mountain Energy to Bring Solar to More Houstonians

Sep 14, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Solar United Neighbors’ East Houston Solar Co-op has selected Green Mountain Energy to serve the 30-member group and increase the growth of residential solar in Houston. Chosen through a competitive bidding process over four other firms, Green Mountain will provide each member with an individualized proposal based on a group rate through its installation partner Green Light Solar.

Diversity & Inclusion

Watch: Aflac's Commitment to Diversity

Sep 14, 2020 10:10 AM ET

Teresa White, President of Aflac U.S., discusses how Aflac’s culture embraces diversity, which includes having honest conversations about the issues our communities face across the country.

Events, Media & Communications

BSR20 Best Rates Extended Through Friday

Sep 14, 2020 10:00 AM ET

Did you miss the news last week that the best rates for BSR20 expired on Friday? If so—we’ve got you covered.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Los Angeles Becomes the Largest “Fair Trade City” in North America

Sep 14, 2020 9:50 AM ET

Fair Trade USA is pleased to announce that the Los Angeles City Council has voted to become an official Fair Trade City, celebrate World Fair Trade Day every year on the second Saturday in May, and take the necessary steps to include Fair Trade principles in City purchasing. In January of this year, Councilmembers Paul Koretz (CD5), Mike Bonin (CD11), and Joe Buscaino (CD 15) introduced both a motion and a resolution encouraging diverse businesses and organizations to increase the citywide understanding of Fair Trade, grow the availability of Fair Trade products among retailers, and add Fair Trade principles to the City government’s Environmentally-Preferable Purchasing Program.