ESG News from Leading Brands

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

JetBlue Achieves Top Score in LGBT Workplace Equality

Nov 19, 2015 9:20 AM ET

For Yet Another Year JetBlue Earns a Perfect '100' From the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Annual Scorecard on LGBT Workplace Equality

Responsible Production & Consumption

First Green Supply Chain Forum Hosted in Tianjin, China

Nov 19, 2015 9:15 AM ET

On October 22, 2015, The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) convened the “Sustainable Development and Business Practices – 2015 Green Supply Chain Forum” jointly with Tianjin Green Supply Chain Center (TGCC), China Environmental United Certification Center (CEC), Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) in Tianjin.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ten Innovative Nonprofits Receive $40,000 GSK IMPACT Awards for Contributing to a Healthier Triangle Region

Nov 19, 2015 9:00 AM ET

GSK [LSE/NYSE: GSK] and Triangle Community Foundation today announced the GSK IMPACT Award Winners in a ceremony at GSK’s Research Triangle Park facility. Ten local nonprofits earned $40,000 each in recognition of their outstanding contributions to a healthier Triangle region.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru Launches Eighth Annual Share The Love Campaign

Nov 19, 2015 9:00 AM ET

Subaru of America, Inc. has launched the eighth annual “Share the Love” campaign, which will run through January 2, 2016.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alliance Data Makes $2.6 Million Donation to United Way Chapters Nationwide

Nov 19, 2015 9:00 AM ET

Alliance Data associates contributed $1.35 million out of their own wallets, which the company then matched dollar for dollar, for the first time this year, for a total contribution of $2.6 million to United Way chapters across the country. According to statistics from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, funds like these mean 18,240 abused children will be able to receive yearlong crisis intervention and counseling or 24,320 students will be to participate in interactive STEM programs to strengthen the bench of the next generation workforce.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CBRE Group, Inc. Earns Top Score on Corporate Equality Index for Third Consecutive Year

Nov 19, 2015 8:05 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Pizza Hut Corporate ‘Green Team’ Awarded the Environmental Star of Excellence

Nov 19, 2015 8:05 AM ET

Pizza Hut corporate created the ‘Green Team’ earlier this year in an effort to create more sustainable office processes. The team has addressed several projects to implement sustainable practices at the Restaurant Support Center (RSC) this year including a waste audit, Earth Day events such as the Go Dark Hour where all lights in the RSC were turned down to conserve energy, education and awareness, and careful resource management in our headquarters.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Safe, Sound, and Serviceable: Norfolk Southern’s Bridge Infrastructure

Nov 19, 2015 8:05 AM ET

Events, Media & Communications

Mike Bloomberg: Why the Paris Climate Summit is Now More Important than Ever

Nov 19, 2015 8:05 AM ET

On November 13, only hours before terrorists launched despicable attacks on the people of Paris, I met with Mayor Anne Hidalgo to discuss the upcoming Climate Summit for Local Leaders that we are convening on December 4, as part of the U.N.’s gathering of world leaders at COP21.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

An Interview with Henri de Castries of AXA at the BSR Conference 2015

Nov 19, 2015 8:00 AM ET

In an interview at the BSR Conference 2015, Henri de Castries, chairman and CEO of insurance company AXA, spoke with us about resilience and the insurability of a 4˚C rise in global temperature.

Education

Amgen Scholars Program 2014 Annual Report

Nov 19, 2015 7:00 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bloomberg partner CDP launches their US Climate Change Report

Nov 19, 2015 7:00 AM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

What HP, Groupon, DICK’s Sporting Goods and New Balance Have in Common

Nov 19, 2015 6:45 AM ET

HP uses it to engage employees. Groupon encourages restaurant visits with it. DICK’s leverages its power to remind consumers that sports matter. New Balance moves shoes with it. What is it? “It” is a strategic, win-win partnership between company and cause that pays both social and financial dividends: it’s cause marketing. All of these brands have won the industry's highest honor: the Cause Marketing Halo Award. And the 2016 submission period is now open!

Events, Media & Communications

UPS Wants Your Holiday Wish List

Nov 18, 2015 5:30 PM ET

When civil rights activist Bob Brown learned how many school children in Africa didn’t have access to school books, he set out to change the world – one book at a time.

Environment

Bill McKibben: Putting the X in XL

Nov 18, 2015 4:10 PM ET

The drawn-out fight to prevent the Keystone XL pipeline recently ended in a triumph for environmental activists, when President Obama announced he would not approve the pipeline.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ch. 2 WSB-TV and the Trust for Public Land Name Tom Branch as Atlanta’s 2015 Cox Conserves Hero

Nov 18, 2015 3:40 PM ET

Channel 2 WSB-TV and The Trust for Public Land named Tom Branch as Atlanta’s 2015 Cox Conserves Hero. Branch’s nonprofit of choice, Park Pride, will receive $10,000 on his behalf. The three finalists were chosen by a judging panel and then competed in an online public vote to be named Atlanta’s Cox Conserves Hero.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

UN Global Compact: Mobilizing Business to Change the World

Nov 18, 2015 3:30 PM ET

Over the past decades, the United Nations has undertaken the painstaking work of convening governments and urging them to take a serious look at how to address the urgent environmental, social, and governance challenges our world faces.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Major Leaguers, Action Team Captains Celebrate Veterans Day by Building a House for a Local Vet

Nov 18, 2015 3:30 PM ET

More than 50 Action Team Captains from Maine and Massachusetts joined Major Leaguers and New Englanders Matt Barnes (CT), Chris Iannetta (RI) and Ryan O’Rourke (MA), on Saturday, Nov. 14, for a regional service project to help South East New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity build a house for a local veteran and his young family.

Events, Media & Communications

3BL Media Lunch & Learn on Dec. 1: How Sustainability Communicators Distribute Content

Nov 18, 2015 3:15 PM ET

Communications professionals responsible for telling their organizations’ CSR and sustainability stories are invited to a lunch-and-learn webinar Dec. 1 to hear how leading corporations are leveraging 3BL Media’s distribution platform to reach target audiences.

Environment

Wells Fargo Recognized for Transparency on Climate Change by CDP

Nov 18, 2015 3:00 PM ET

Wells Fargo has been selected for the CDP S&P 500 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index 2015 with a perfect score of 100.

Wells Fargo earned its position on the index by disclosing high quality carbon emissions and energy data via CDP's climate change program. The Climate Disclosure Leadership Index lists the top 10 percent of companies within the S&P 500 Index for the depth and quality of climate change data disclosed to investors and the global marketplace.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Republic Services Expands CNG-Powered Fleet in Phoenix

Nov 18, 2015 3:00 PM ET

Republic Services announced today the addition of four Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste collection trucks to its fleet serving customers throughout the greater Phoenix area. The CNG trucks replace older diesel-powered trucks, and bring the total number of natural gas vehicles operated by Republic Services throughout Arizona to 34.

Diversity & Inclusion

When the Bloomberg Latino Community Leads, Success Follows

Nov 18, 2015 2:55 PM ET

Members of our Latino Community share insight into what it takes to lead a successful career at Bloomberg.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bandwagon & JetBlue Bring Smart Taxisharing to JFK

Nov 18, 2015 2:45 PM ET

Research, Reports & Publications

BJ's Wholesale Club Releases its Values in Action: 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report

Nov 18, 2015 2:05 PM ET

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., announced today the release of its Values in Action: 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Report (CSR) to highlight the company's efforts in helping to improve its communities and planet.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

T. Rowe Price Earns Top Marks in 2016 Corporate Equality Index

Nov 18, 2015 1:35 PM ET

T. Rowe Price received a score of 95 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees.