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

The National Geographic Society and EarthX Partner to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

EarthX has announced its partnership with the National Geographic Society for Earthx2020, April 22 – 26, 2020 in Dallas to mark the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day.

Innovation & Technology

Atonix Digital: 2020 to be the Year Asset Performance Management Goes Mainstream

With utilities, industrial manufacturers and commercial businesses all seeking improved bottom-line performance and greater resource efficiency, the new year marks a turning point for Asset Performance Management (APM) solutions.

Sustainable Development Goals

Freeport-McMoRan Awards Grant for Tech Park in Sahuarita, Arizona

The Town of Sahuarita, Arizona, broke ground on construction of the Sahuarita Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Center (SAMTEC).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

In your career, there is a high likelihood that you will be the member of a team. Sometimes team members work very closely with one another while other times teams are more dependent on individual contributors due to the technical nature of tasks

Social Impact & Volunteering

VolunteerMatch and Benevity Announce Partnership, Bringing 7.5 Million Volunteer Opportunities to Benevity’s Industry-Leading Employee Engagement Software

VolunteerMatch, the world’s largest volunteer engagement network, and Benevity Inc., the global leader in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee engagement software, announced their partnership today.

Health & Healthcare

Public-Private Collaboration Commits to Accelerate Access to Health Services in Africa, Reaching 1.7 Million People

Public-Private Collaboration Commits to Accelerate Access to Health Services in Africa, Reaching 1.7 Million People

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

LG Honored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Responsible Electronics Recycling Leadership

LG Electronics has been recognized for leadership in responsible electronics recycling by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. At CES® 2020, LG received the highest-level recognition in the Sustainable Materials Management Electronics Challenge.

Diversity & Inclusion

Medtronic Releases First Annual Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Report

Medtronic Releases First Annual Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Report, highlighting 100% gender pay equity in the U.S. and 99% pay equity for its 90,000+ global employees.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Lowman Discusses Keep America Beautiful’s Goals, Accomplishments

Over the last 66 years, nonprofit Keep America Beautiful (KAB) has transformed from a public service messaging organization into an organization that aims to help change behavior around litter and recycling and improve communities.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Thinking Inside the Box

Figuring out exactly how to make packaging maximally efficient and sustainable falls to an elite group with an ambitious goal: In 2012, the packaging development team was challenged to reduce total packaging material by 25 million pounds by 2020.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Australia Bushfires: How You Can Help

Over the last two months, bushfires in Australia have killed at least 28 people, destroyed more than 2,200 homes, and ravaged 25 million acres of land. Australia’s renowned wildlife and unique ecosystems are taking a devastating toll, with hundreds of millions of animals perishing.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pink CASE Excavator Helps Fights Breast Cancer

Helping beat cancer, CASE Construction Equipment a global construction brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI/ MI: CNHI), is using its equipment to help in the fight against breast cancer with the pink CASE CX60C excavator.

Energy

As The World Burns: Talking Oil With Daniel Dicker

On the heels of being impeached by the House of Representatives, Donald Trump unsurprisingly created a diversion, having a key Iranian General assassinated by US drones.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Fifth Third Bank Uses Its Financial Strengths to Create Positive Impact

Our business impact goes beyond the financial - to environmental, social, and governance issues. I am excited to start the year by featuring Fifth Third Bank's corporate citizenship in the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship's magazine.

Energy

T-Mobile Takes a Portfolio Approach to Renewables: Q&A with Chad Wilkerson

T-Mobile moved early on renewables. The company became the only major telecom to receive high marks on Green America’s scorecard last April for committing to 100% renewable energy by 2021, signing agreements for wind power, and joining the RE100.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Facebook – Another Moral Dilemma

Facebook is loath to make judgments about the nature of certain political content (key difference between being an outlet and a platform), which is what leads to there being no or few filters applied to lies and deception, a continual problem for them.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

$150,000 in Grants Available for Newark-led Organizations to Improve Community Health and Fresh Food Access; Applications Being Accepted Now

Whole Cities Foundation, a nonprofit that works alongside community-based organizations to improve neighborhood health by broadening access to fresh food and nutrition education, announces Newark organizations can apply now for $150,000 in grants.

Education

Amgen Foundation’s Science Education Programs Have Reached Over 7,000,000 Students With Hands-on & Virtual Experiences in Science

The LabXchange launch, ABE Program Office expansion, new Amgen Scholars cohorts, and more—is anyone as excited for what 2020 means for STEM as Amgen Foundation is?

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: More Than a Drop in the Bucket

As this bucket fills, it shows humanity “using up” its carbon budget. Most striking is how fast the rate of change has accelerated in the last few decades.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Ways to Study Individual Corporations’ Supply Chains

In choosing where to invest, what products to develop and push, and what environmental and labor standards to uphold, corporations continually shape the global economy’s geography and its effects.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo and Enterprise Community Partners Launch the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge

Wells Fargo and Enterprise Community Partners opened the application process for the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge, a nationwide search for the most innovative, scalable and viable ideas to increase housing affordability solutions.

Energy

PepsiCo to Achieve 100% Renewable Electricity in the U.S.

PepsiCo’s efforts in the U.S. build upon its global progress in switching to renewable electricity around the world.

Events, Media & Communications

Register Now to Learn How to Turn Shoppers Into Superfans

At UPS, we have a front row seat to returns, so we know how much they can impact your relationship with your customers—and your bottom line.

Events, Media & Communications

Attendee List Revealed – Reuters Responsible Business Summit New York

We have just 10 years left to tackle the climate crisis, according to the UN.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ON Semiconductor Impacts Community Through Corporate Giving Program

ON Semiconductor, through its Corporate Giving Program, provided a grant to purchase robot sets for the team and donated over two dozen laptops to schools in Idaho specifically for robot programming.

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