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.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Uniting to Restore Glad Plant Operations After Arkansas Tornado

The Clorox Company

Environment

Partnering for a Cleaner Port of Long Beach

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Education

McDonald’s Archways to Opportunity Has Awarded More Than $185 Million in High School and College Tuition Assistance

At McDonald’s, we believe opportunity starts with education – which is why we and many participating Franchisees offer avenues for learning to restaurant employees across the globe.

Sustainable Development Goals

Speaking of Sustainability: Fawn Uhl, Director of R&D, Building Insulation and FOAMULAR®

With a background in chemistry, Fawn Uhl brings a unique perspective to Owens Corning’s research and development initiatives.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Packed Up and Ready for School

Regions Bank associates are pitching in to help ease this financial pressure for families and ensure students and teachers across the bank’s footprint are equipped and ready for a fresh start to the new school year.

Health & Healthcare

Insights From Dublin: Fostering Precision Oncology for Better Patient Outcomes

The 35th European Congress of Pathology (ECP), taking place September 9–13 in Dublin, Ireland, is a focal point for pathologists from over 100 countries and serves as a platform for the latest advancements in the field.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot’s Retool Your School Grants Improve And Beautify HBCUs

From landscaping and renovating dorms to repaving athletic courts, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) around the country are using Retool Your School grant money to improve student life.

Environment

Action Against Hunger Responds to Severe Flooding in Libya

Action Against Hunger teams in Libya are ready to support the local Libyan Red Crescent in the distribution of food packages, hygiene kits, and other essential items for 1,000 affected people.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Advancing Project UP’s Goals for Students

Since the ACP ’s launch nearly two years ago, Comcast has been committed to raising awareness about this ambitious funding program, which, when applied to Comcast’s Internet Essentials or Internet Essentials Plus tiers, makes home Internet effectively free.

Diversity & Inclusion

We Are Better Together: DEI at Enbridge

Enbridge’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program is animated by one fundamental belief: We are better together. We believe having a workforce that closely reflects the communities where we live and work strengthens relationships and helps build trust.

Energy

Get Informed About Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs or RECs): A Buyer’s Guide

A straightforward way for companies to start an emission reduction pathway is to reduce their scope 2 emissions – these are the indirect emissions from the electricity purchased and used by the organisation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Celebrating 11th Purple Eagle Honoree

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), together with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, celebrated the 11th anniversary of the Purple Eagle program at TPC Southwind during the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Renewable Solutions Roadmap: EMEA Packaging

Apply innovation, redesign and material replacement to reduction, recycling and recovery strategies in five ways

Diversity & Inclusion

D&I Weekly News Round Up: Representation, Gender Equity, and More

According to economists, the “great resignation” is over. One reason might be the current economic climate and people taking fewer risks – but according to this article, better job satisfaction might be another reason!

Diversity & Inclusion

Speaker Spotlight: Lessons From Canada’s Truth & Reconciliation Process: Centering and Celebrating Indigenous Wisdom

Part of the DNA of the WELL Summit is bringing our community closer, and one way to do that is getting to know more about our speakers–and staff–and what personally drives their commitment to the movement.

Research, Reports & Publications

Rayonier 2022 Sustainability Report: Carbon Footprint

In order to quantify the impacts that our global operations have on the environment, we conduct an annual analysis of the carbon sequestration and emissions across our forestry operations and corporate activities.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Shatterproof Presents Health Action Alliance ‘Recovery-Ready Workplaces’ Employer Briefing for National Recovery Month

One in eleven full-time employees has a substance use disorder (SUD) and SUD costs employers $80B+ annually.

Join the Health Action Alliance on 9/14 at 2 pm ET to learn how to become a Recovery-Ready workplace and support employees: https://tinyurl.com/36eewwrn

Research, Reports & Publications

GoDaddy Venture Forward Report | Summer 2023 | U.S. Edition: A Note From GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani

Entrepreneurs are important. They innovate. They create solutions to unaddressed challenges and opportunities. But how do we measure the impact they make on their local economy and community?

Health & Healthcare

Americares and Quest Diagnostics Expand Collaboration to Support Health Equity

Americares and Quest Diagnostics, with the Quest Diagnostics Foundation, are teaming up to provide no-cost diagnostic services and expanded telehealth services to free and charitable clinics across the United States to reduce health disparities in underserved communities.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Report Explores Viable Strategies To Decarbonize the Gas Distribution Industry

Ceres today published a report that provides guidance for investors to effectively influence and support utility companies in decarbonizing the gas distribution industry and align with the global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Report: Innovative Finance Tools Key to Activating Nature Based Climate Solutions

The report, Boosting the Power of Corporate Investment in the Fight Against Climate Change, reveals that innovations to carbon programs and financing models are essential to build and scale a voluntary market that maximizes climate impact and benefits rural landowners.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sofidel Invests $185 Million To Expand Its Circleville Ohio Plant

To meet the growing demand in the U.S., the Sofidel tissue paper group, well-known for its Regina, Nicky and customer brands, is further strengthening its production capacity with a $185 million investment in its integrated plant in Circleville, Ohio.

Health & Healthcare

One Size Does Not Fit All: The Future of Clinical Trials

Our diversity initiative is just one aspect of continuing efforts to enhance health equity, expand access and affordability, and remove barriers to life-improving technology and scientific innovation.

Events, Media & Communications

Call for Nominations for the WEC 2024 Gold Medal Award Are Now Open!

As the world moves to rebuild our economies and tackle climate change and systemic injustices, corporate leadership on sustainable development is more important than ever.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lynette Bell, President of Truist Foundation, Selected for 2023 Trailblazer Purpose Award

The Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals (ACCP), the nation’s leading advocate for corporate social impact professionals, announced that Lynette Bell, President of Truist Foundation, was awarded the organization’s Trailblazer Award for her exceptional leadership.

Innovation & Technology

Henkel Highlights Solutions for Next-Generation Design and Manufacturing of Battery Components During Battery Show North America

As global sales of electric vehicles are set to achieve another record year in 2023, manufacturers are continuing to innovate in the areas of design and production to further improve performance, range, process efficiency and sustainability.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Two Georgia-Pacific Facilities Again Achieve Wildlife Habitat Council Certifications

Containerboard facilities in Big Island, Virginia, and Monticello, Mississippi, recently earned certifications for an additional two years from The Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC).

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