ESG News from Leading Brands

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cox and The Trust for Public Land Announce Robert (Bob) Byrnes as California’s 2017 Cox Conserves Hero

Jun 29, 2017 1:00 PM ET

Environment

Collaboration for a Cleaner World

Jun 29, 2017 1:00 PM ET

At UPS, we collaborate with other businesses to maximize results and tap into creative solutions. We’re clear-eyed about challenges and resources – by combining our skills, technology and solutions with other partners’, we make the impossible, possible.

Diversity & Inclusion

Transforming a Business Starts with Employees

Jun 29, 2017 12:45 PM ET

GM’s chief talent officer, Michael Arena, knows the power of culture and employees. In an industry that is poised for radical disruption, like automotive, it is critical to disrupt the way employees work to not only keep pace with start-ups, but to transform veteran companies. Arena’s core objective is to develop a culture where people feel connected and empowered.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Mother Starts Charity to Fulfill Cancer-Survivor Daughter’s Dancing Dreams

Jun 29, 2017 12:30 PM ET

Andrea Rizzo's dream was to become a dance therapist and work with kids with special needs and cancer. On May 19, 2002, she was on her way home from a dance performance and was killed by a drunk driver. Her mother Susan Rizzo was devastated but credits a group of compassionate friends and colleagues for helping her through it. “One of Andrea’s colleagues approached me and said let’s start a foundation in Andrea’s name. She wanted to be a dance therapist, somehow maybe we can provide dance therapy to children,” said Susan.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

2017 Sustainable Spirit Award Recipients

Jun 29, 2017 12:30 PM ET

As one of the more recognizable gin brands around the world, Bombay Sapphire’s sustainable distillery initiative sets a valuable precedent for others brands to follow. Their Laverstoke Mill distillery, where Bombay Sapphire, Bombay Dry, and Star of Bombay gins are made, engages in multiple green practices, such cutting down on its carbon emissions by 38%, recycling multiple forms of biomass, and harvesting rainwater.

Environment

Carney’s CEO Club Gives $3.3 Trillion Muscle to Climate Fight

Jun 29, 2017 12:20 PM ET

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said he’s concerned investors aren’t doing enough to assess threats that global warming will have on assets they purchase.

Health & Healthcare

Design for Wellness: Strategies to Unite Health & Design

Jun 29, 2017 12:15 PM ET

Design can be about many things: beauty, symmetry, color - but one of the most powerful elements of building and space design is the opportunity to impact and improve the health and well-being of people. Through thoughtful design choices like strategic placement of drinking water stations, selection of non-toxic materials and lighting that aligns with the body’s circadian rhythms, designers can be ambassadors for public health, a mission that we wholeheartedly believe in.

Innovation & Technology

The Smart City Puzzle: The Role of Utilities in Next-Gen Communities

Jun 29, 2017 12:10 PM ET

The term smart city has become ubiquitous in the technology world, and especially among the energy industry. But what does smart city really mean for utilities? Register for the free webinar.

Diversity & Inclusion

Inclusion Creates Ingenuity and Motivation

Jun 29, 2017 11:50 AM ET

Our diverse workforce is essential to PNC’s success. Recruiting talent from diverse market segments provides PNC with a wealth of skills and ideas, increases employee engagement and ties us closer to the communities we serve.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Let's Get Circular

Jun 29, 2017 11:45 AM ET

What if we lived in a world where we didn’t own anything? I’m not talking about giving away all of our possessions and living in a yurt. I mean what if we could still enjoy all of the latest gadgets and appliances we love, and the clothing and furniture we need, but we just paid to use them instead of bought and owned them outright? What if we didn’t have the hassle or expense of maintaining them or replacing them when they no longer served their purpose?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Corporation's Carnival Cruise Line And Houston Texans Gear Up For 'Summer Kickoff' Event with The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston

Jun 29, 2017 11:30 AM ET

Carnival Cruise Line and the Houston Texans teamed up to host the first-ever Summer Kickoff event recently with a variety of fun activities for kids at the Havard Boys & Girls Club in Houston.

Environment

Materials Testing: Focus on Healthcare Film Recycling

Jun 29, 2017 11:25 AM ET

HPRC, in collaboration with Plastics Engineering Technology students at Penn State, conducted a study that analyzed the physical properties of various blends of recycled plastics and virgin resin found in hospital areas which generate the highest volumes of packaging waste - the operating room, general floor and loading dock.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Proud of Top Ranking

Jun 29, 2017 11:00 AM ET

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is proud to share it has earned a 4-star rating on Charity Navigator. This means we consistently execute our mission in the most fiscally responsible way. In fact 90 percent of the funds donated to the Foundation go back into our programs.

Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability at Kingfisher: Making It Easy for Customers, and Part of the Everyday for Colleagues

Jun 29, 2017 11:00 AM ET

Kingfisher’s aim is to make sustainability an easy choice for customers. It’s this vision that sets the path for everything they do, and that will help them achieve their ambition to create good homes by making home improvement accessible for everyone.

Environment

Safe Tires a First Step on the Road to Zero

Jun 29, 2017 11:00 AM ET

If our nation is to eliminate preventable deaths everywhere, it will need to eliminate preventable deaths on the roads. We hope this can begin by using creativity and awareness to eliminate deaths on a stretch of highway southwest of Atlanta.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Employees' Power to Drive Social Impact is Good for Business

Jun 29, 2017 10:20 AM ET

Eileen Howard Boone is Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy for CVS Health, and President of the CVS Health Foundation. She is responsible for formulating the strategic positioning of the company’s corporate social responsibility platform and leading the company’s corporate philanthropic programs.

Environment

For Sustainable Business, Collaboration is the New Competition

Jun 29, 2017 10:15 AM ET

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies often find themselves boxed in by customer demand. On one hand, more shoppers say they want to purchase more sustainable products, but many are not willing to pay a premium. And although most consumers still base their purchases largely on price and performance, the trends are clear: Environmental sustainability is expected. This applies to not only products, but also packaging.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Timberland X Thread Partnership

Jun 29, 2017 10:00 AM ET

The unbridled accumulation of single-use, post-consumer plastic bottles represents a social and environmental crisis affecting populations and landscapes the world over. While industrialized countries have evolved systems and customs that effectively displace this waste stream, the problem is glaringly evident in less-industrialized countries, ill-equipped to control the flow.

Environment

Elevating Water Services and Achieving Compliance through Integrated Planning

Jun 29, 2017 10:00 AM ET

This year’s Strategic Directions: Water Industry Report survey shows that while early adopters are making progress with implementing an “Integrated Planning Approach,” opportunity exists to implement this approach on a larger scale, across the board.

Research, Reports & Publications

By the Numbers: CSR at BNY Mellon

Jun 29, 2017 10:00 AM ET

Since our founding in 1784, BNY Mellon has been dedicated to delighting our clients and helping them succeed. We carry this principle through all our corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to help enable prosperity and wellbeing for our stakeholders.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Kids Foundation® Launches Free Organic Education App, Helping Kids Discover the Meaning of Organic

Jun 29, 2017 9:45 AM ET

Today, Whole Kids Foundation launches Starting with Soil, a free tablet-based organic education app available via Google Play and the App Store, to provide a fun way for kids and parents to learn what it looks and feels like to grow food in harmony with nature.

Green Infrastructure

Corporate Sustainability Unfolding

Jun 29, 2017 9:40 AM ET

Tam Nguyen is the global head of sustainability for Bechtel corporation, an international engineering and construction company. He directs the overall formulation and implementation of Bechtel’s sustainability strategy and integration process across the enterprise and into major projects. He also leads corporate initiatives, stakeholder and policy planning on a range of global issues, including climate change, human rights, and economic development.

Events, Media & Communications

Webinar: The Core Elements of an Engaging CSR Strategy with Samantha Mesrobian of Scotiabank and Guusje Bendeler of thinkPARALLAX

Jun 29, 2017 9:30 AM ET

Discover how Canada’s largest international bank, Scotiabank, refreshed their approach to CSR communications and how it changed the way they engage with their stakeholders. In this one hour webinar Samantha Mesrobian, Director Corporate Social Responsibility at Scotiabank, and Guusje Bendeler, thinkPARALLAX Co-Founder and Chief Strategy and Creative, will discuss the launch of Scotiabank’s new CSR strategy — Better Future, Better Off — followed by a live question-and-answer session.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Challenge Accepted: Team Viacom Once Again Races Through J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge

Jun 29, 2017 9:15 AM ET

J.P. Morgan has hosted the Corporate Challenge almost annually since 1977, when 200 runners showed up. Viacom has participated for many years. Entry fees benefit the Central Park Conservancy, a public-private partnership that manages the park’s 843 acres.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Recommendations To Improve Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

Jun 29, 2017 9:00 AM ET

New recommendations released today by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, or TCFD, will play a critical role in improving climate-related financial disclosures, providing investors with the important information they need to make better short-term and long-term investment decisions, Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber said in a statement today.