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

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Birdies Bank Big Bucks to Benefit Heart to Heart International

Birdies. Not those hatched in a nest, but rather, those made on made on the golf course. PGA Professionals and friends, Justin Thomas and Bud Cauley recently took part in a “birdie challenge.” The golfer with the most birdies would have $100,000 donated in his name by FedEx to Heart to Heart International (HHI), a nonprofit providing humanitarian development and crisis relief worldwide.

Sustainable Development Goals

Building Forward Better - Closer Sector Collaboration to Build a More Resilient Future

The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), Business Fights Poverty and The Partnering Initiative, in consultation with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Corporate Responsibility Initiative, today published a Building Forward Better Framework.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Earth Day Network Joins Forces With National CleanUp Day and Keep America Beautiful

Earth Day Network, the global organizer of Earth Day, today announced a partnership with National CleanUp Day® and Keep America Beautiful® to remove trash across the United States amid a global pandemic.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm Wireless Reach: Hapinoy Mobile Money Hubs

By offering this service through the Mobile Money Hubs program, Nanays in the Hapinoy sari-sari store program can generate additional income by providing quick, reliable remittance service in the convenience of their customer’s local stores.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tetra Pak Supports Local COVID-19 Relief Efforts

Tetra Pak recently awarded $275,000 to organizations supporting COVID-19 relief efforts in many of the U.S. communities where the company operates.

Health & Healthcare

Tork Launches Clean Care Program to Support Hygiene and Promote Safer Workplaces Within Manufacturing

Within manufacturing, both businesses and people are under immense pressure. It’s necessary to keep staff safe by supporting employees and practicing proper hygiene in production facilities.

Environment

FPT Industrial Supports Imperial Needlefish Research

FPT Industrial, the global powertrain division of CNH Industrial N.V., is committed to supporting a range of environmental initiatives which are in harmony with their brand values.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Gives $1 Million in Scholarships to Bridge Financial Gaps Faced by Students Amidst COVID-19

Students dedicated to making a positive difference in the world offer the greatest hope for the future, but for many their plans are threatened due to the unexpected financial gap posed by COVID-19 – sometimes prohibiting them from continuing and completing college.

Environment

Introducing the 2020 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge Finalists

The Biomimicry Institute announces the 10 finalist teams that have created solutions inspired by nature that address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Diversity & Inclusion

Moody's LGBTQ+ Insight Event | EMEA | 7th October 2020 | Virtual

Moody’s is a global integrated risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions. Our data, analytical solutions and insights help decision-makers identify opportunities and manage the risks of doing business with others.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Responsible Investment Momentum for Colombia

The public and private sectors in Colombia have united in support of responsible investment practices that enable a fair and sustainable economy.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

UPS Longitudes | Building a More Resilient Supply Chain: Part II

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every part of the global supply chain — from procurement and logistics to manufacturing and warehousing.

Health & Healthcare

Cerro Verde, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Donates Oxygen Generating Plant to Arequipa Hospital

After a surge in coronavirus cases left Peruvian hospitals struggling to keep pace with increased demand for medical-grade oxygen amid a supply shortage, Cerro Verde donated an oxygen generating plant to Honorio Delgado Regional Hospital in Arequipa, Peru at the end of July.

Innovation & Technology

Transform Your Properties Into Smart, Sustainable Buildings

Check out technologies and best practices for smart, sustainable buildings in a new white paper commissioned by CLP’s Smart Energy Connect. It includes market forecasts, evolving customer expectations, and key enabling technologies.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Clean the World and Las Vegas Sands Partner with Seven Clean Seas to Prevent Plastic from Reaching the Ocean

Clean the World Foundation, a global leader in water, sanitation, hygiene, and sustainability has partnered with Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) to facilitate The Drop by Drop Project.

Diversity & Inclusion

Yum! Brands and KFC U.S. Invest $6 Million to Advance Equity and Opportunity in Louisville

This expanded investment in Louisville will target endeavors that tackle inequality and uplift Black students, educators, entrepreneurs and social change agents.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru of America, National Parks Conservation Association, and National Park Foundation Team Up to Reduce Waste at National Parks, Eliminating 16 Million Pounds of Waste from Landfills

Subaru of America, Inc., the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), and National Park Foundation (NPF) announced that through an innovative partnership three of America’s most iconic national parks are at the forefront to reduce the amount of waste that parks send to landfills.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Xylem Delivers More Than 100,000 Face Shields to Front-line Workers

Xylem Inc. announced it manufactured and delivered through Xylem partners more than 100,000 protective face shields in Europe and the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Innovation & Technology

Racecar Driver Sam Schmidt Tests New Arrow SAM Car

Arrow Electronics debuted the newest version of its Semi-Autonomous Motorcar (SAM) at a private racetrack in Indiana, where racecar driver Sam Schmidt took several high-speed laps in the modified 2020 Chevrolet Corvette.

Responsible Production & Consumption

How Does Herbalife Nutrition Make Its Products? It Starts with Quality Ingredients

Quality is at the heart of everything Herbalife Nutrition does. From sourcing the ingredients to the final package, their products go through numerous checks, including quality assurance, safety, science, regulatory, sensory, and label design.

Innovation & Technology

Keysight's CX3300 Anomalous Waveform Analytics Contributes to Waseda University's Hardware Trojan Detection Research

While the use of the IoT is expanding, outsourcing of circuit design and manufacturing from in-house, as well as the use of IP progressed from other companies, is increasing. As a result, cybersecurity threats due to hardware trojans are on the rise.

Innovation & Technology

Communications Are Critical to Bridging the Digital Divide

There is no doubt that advanced communication networks are changing how we interact with data, technology and one another.

Research, Reports & Publications

Walmart Makes Progress Toward Positive Societal, Environmental Change Through ESG Initiatives

Walmart takes a shared value, whole-system approach to ESG. Their ESG initiatives aim to go beyond mitigating business risk. The company aims to address societal issues through business initiatives that create value for all stakeholders; and they seek, in collaboration with others, to transform underlying societal systems (such as retail workforce development and food supply chains) for long-term social, environmental and economic sustainability.

Events, Media & Communications

EarthX to Mark Climate Week with the Launch of EarthxTV

EarthX will launch EarthxTV whose mission is to become the foremost streaming network for environmental programming, covering cross-disiplinary solutions to the critical issues facing the natural world.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ScottsMiracle-Gro is Helping the World Grow a Little More Extraordinary

"We help people express themselves on their own piece of the Earth—and there is virtually no limit to how they do that." –Jim Hagedorn, Chairman and CEO

Latest Campaigns

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  4. Environmental Sustainability
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  7. AEG's Commitment to Sustainable Operations
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  8. Key Supports Affordable Housing
    KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment helps fulfill Key’s purpose to help clients and communities thrive by financing projects that...
  9. Planet We Share
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  10. Environmental Sustainability
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  13. Sustainable Products and Innovation
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  14. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
  15. Kingfisher Around the World
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