ESG News from Leading Brands

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Winning Culture at Bacardi U.S.A. Inc. Makes It One of the Best Medium Workplaces in the Country

Oct 25, 2019 11:15 AM ET

This is the second year Bacardi in the U.S. is a Great Place to Work-Certified™ and this reflects a strong corporate culture driven by being Fearless, treating each other like Family and thinking like Founders.

Innovation & Technology

Patch PDX: Sharing Our Culture of Community With Portland’s Tech Industry

Oct 25, 2019 11:15 AM ET

How do we use technology to improve our communities? This is the question I and 80 of my peers from across the Portland tech community asked ourselves as we gathered in the Zones cafeteria earlier this month for Intel’s inaugural Patch PDX event.

Innovation & Technology

Spotlight on Arya Bairat: 17-Year Old Sustainable Inventor

Oct 25, 2019 11:05 AM ET

At just 15 years old, Arya Bairat developed the EES Sustineri – a system that combines innovative technologies to provide a sustainable, cost-effective source of electrical power that could be used in almost any industry.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sycwin Coating & Wires Receives Lead Safe Paint® Certification for All Paint Brands

Oct 25, 2019 10:55 AM ET

IPEN announced today that paint products manufactured by Sycwin Coating & Wires, Inc. (Sycwin), a leading paint manufacturer from the Philippines, have been certified under the Lead Safe Paint® standard.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Timberland Announces Partnership to Build Leather Supply Chain From Regenerative Ranches

Oct 25, 2019 10:30 AM ET

Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland today announced a new partnership with Other Half Processing to build a responsible leather supply chain sourced from ranches that employ regenerative practices.

Energy

P&G Achieves a Significant 2020 Sustainability Goal Ahead of Schedule

Oct 25, 2019 10:15 AM ET

We are proud to share that we are purchasing 100% renewable electricity in the U.S. and Canada, and extended it to Western Europe. These three markets are among our largest and represent over 70% of our purchased electricity, signifying a strong start to P&G’s Ambition 2030 goal of purchasing 100% renewable electricity globally by 2030.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Give the Earth a Treat This Halloween With These Green Tips

Oct 25, 2019 10:15 AM ET

We know Halloween can be a sweet holiday, as well as a frightfully wasteful one with all of the disposable decorations, packaging, and costumes that come with the season.

Research, Reports & Publications

JetBlue Uses NextGen Systems to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Oct 25, 2019 10:00 AM ET

NextGen benefits lead to lower JetBlue fuel usage and carbon emissions. As climate change leads to more frequent and more intense weather events, we expect benefits to increase.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

'Working Mother' Names GM One of the 2019 100 Best Companies

Oct 25, 2019 10:00 AM ET

General Motors was named one of the 100 Best Companies by Working Mother. The 2019 winners were recognized for focusing on inclusive benefits for families, including gender-neutral parental leave, gradual phase-back after leave and accessible, affordable childcare.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cybersecurity Awareness Month—Own IT: Understand Your Digital Profile

Oct 25, 2019 9:00 AM ET

Internet-based applications and devices are present in every aspect of our lives—at home, school, work, and on the go.

Sustainable Development Goals

The Arbor Day Foundation and International Paper to Continue Partnership to Reforest Communities

Oct 25, 2019 9:00 AM ET

The Arbor Day Foundation and International Paper will continue their partnership to plant trees in forests and communities across the country.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Inclusivity and Data Science Brought Steven Roush to Booz Allen

Oct 25, 2019 8:00 AM ET

GLOBE, which celebrates its anniversary this October, has been Booz Allen’s LGBTQ+ employee business resource group for 20 years. For Lead Data Scientist Steven Roush, Booz Allen’s commitment to diversity and inclusion was a big reason he selected the firm for the next step in his professional journey.

Diversity & Inclusion

Meet One of Our Cherie Blair Foundation Programme Partners: Qualcomm

Oct 24, 2019 6:50 PM ET

Qualcomm has been collaborating with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women since 2012. For our first collaboration, we teamed up to provide online mentoring support as part of the Foundation’s Mentoring Women in Business Programme in Malaysia.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

eBay, Hank Willis Thomas, and Public Art Fund Launch Exclusive Sale of Iconic ALL LI ES MATTER Prints for Charity

Oct 24, 2019 6:25 PM ET

In the spirit of #Artober, shoppers can purchase this timely and important signed, limited-edition print knowing 100 percent of proceeds benefit the Public Art Fund of New York.

Innovation & Technology

Raising the Curtain on Breast Cancer Awareness

Oct 24, 2019 5:55 PM ET

The Tribeca X Award-winning VR film, The 100%, reveals the story of ballerina Maggie Kudirka, whose stage four breast cancer diagnosis at age 23 and continuing battle has made her an advocate for young people with the disease.

Energy

Schneider Sustainability Impact 2018-2020 Achieves 2019 7/10 Target a Quarter in Advance with a 7.08/10 Score

Oct 24, 2019 5:05 PM ET

Each quarter, Schneider Electric publishes 21 indicators from the Schneider Sustainability Impact, measuring progress towards its ambitious sustainability commitments for 2018 to 2020, in line with its COP 21 commitments and United Nations SDGs.

Environment

Paint Company PT Mowilex Becomes Indonesia’s First Carbon Neutral Manufacturer

Oct 24, 2019 4:55 PM ET

Leading Indonesian coatings company PT Mowilex Indonesia (PT Mowilex) announced that it has achieved carbon neutrality. The achievement is a first by any manufacturing company in Indonesia.

Diversity & Inclusion

Superheroes Do Exist! ON Semiconductor Celebrates Wonder Woman, Billie Johnson

Oct 24, 2019 3:55 PM ET

In the fall of 2019, Professional Women’s Magazine recognized Billie Johnson, Principal Physical Design Engineer at ON Semiconductor Pocatello, for her exemplary contributions to her communities both inside and out of the workplace.

Responsible Production & Consumption

ReFED Accelerates Action to Cut Food Waste in Half by 2030 at 2019 Food Waste Summit

Oct 24, 2019 3:45 PM ET

The 2019 Food Waste Summit will gather influential thought leaders and decision-makers from across sectors to share and discuss concrete strategies to achieve the national goal to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Awards More than $253,000 in Environmental Grants to Support Projects in Greater Cincinnati

Oct 24, 2019 2:55 PM ET

Diversity & Inclusion

The Scotiabank Women Initiative™ Continues to Champion Women Entrepreneurs at She's Next, Empowered by Visa

Oct 24, 2019 2:20 PM ET

The Scotiabank Women Initiative™ participated in the first Visa Canada She's Next, Empowered by Visa workshop in Toronto yesterday, a global initiative to support and champion women business owners as they build, sustain and advance their businesses.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Tackling Local Issues Through Citywide Days of Skilled Service

Oct 24, 2019 2:20 PM ET

Companies are thinking more expansively about how to work with their neighboring businesses to target regional issues. Common Impact is facilitating these partnerships through Skills for Cities, its model for localized days of skilled service.

Education

Discovery Education & Corporate Program Partners Recognize Red Ribbon Week with New Resources to Aid in Substance Abuse Prevention

Oct 24, 2019 1:50 PM ET

Discovery Education continues to add to the portfolio of Corporate Education Partnership programs that provide students, families, and employees with cross-disciplinary resources to support educating students about the dangers of substance misuse.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bridgestone Wins the Mercedes-Benz Environmental Responsibility Award

Oct 24, 2019 1:10 PM ET

Bridgestone received the Mercedes-Benz Environmental Responsibility Award for the implementation of the Reused Water Project. The announcement of the winners took place on October 15, at an awards ceremony held in São Paulo.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Montana Homeownership to Get $3.4 Million Boost From Wells Fargo

Oct 24, 2019 12:45 PM ET

The NeighborhoodLIFT® program is part of $1 billion commitment by the Wells Fargo Foundation over six years to address housing affordability