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.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Buzz Around the ScottsMiracle-Gro Beehives

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whirlpool Corporation Employees Help Improve Homes and Lives in Colombia

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Diversity & Inclusion

Rockwell Automation's Professional Women's Council Reflects Company's Global Growth

Rockwell Automation’s Professional Women’s Council (PWC) is one of its longest-running employee resource groups. Launched in the mid-1990s in Milwaukee, the ERG has grown to more than 26 chapters worldwide – mirroring Rockwell’s global growth.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Opinion: Searching for the Next Generation of Sustainable Health Care

The pandemic has laid bare the health inequities between and within countries — inequities not only in access to vaccines and medicines, but just as importantly in the health and financial systems that are essential to delivering care.

Events, Media & Communications

[Procurement Foundry] ESG & Sustainability - Procurement's Strategic Role

In this panel hosted during Procurement Foundry's FORGE: Blue Sky event, speakers from Bigger Picture, EcoVadis, HP Canada, and WeWork discuss how procurement teams can tangibly support sustainability and ESG goals alongside their own savings objectives.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Four Reasons You Can't Miss Goodness Matters 2022

Here are the top reasons you should secure your spot for Benevity's Goodness Matters, THE corporate purpose event of the year; June 1 to 3, online and in-person at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa near San Diego.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

First Delivery of Heat-n-Eats Single-Serve Meals a Success!

Food For Free received an incredibly generous donation of a new preparation kitchen by Biogen and the Biogen Foundation in 2019. The 500-square-foot space, located directly in the Biogen headquarters was built for the sole use of Food For Free.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Coors Seltzer Supports Water Replenishment With New Acre Project

New Acre Project will help deliver 100 acres of nature-based solutions in Alberta with funding from Coors Seltzer.

Environment

Celebrate World Water Day By Committing to Water Stewardship

The celebration of World Water Day aims to embrace and highlight the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Agenda for 2030. The following is a high-level overview of the importance and urgency of global water sustainability efforts.

Innovation & Technology

Connecting Passion and Purpose

Purpose fuels passion and performance. This phrase describes Natalie Killeen from Keysight Labs perfectly. Natalie is very passionate about her job, striving to make a positive impact at work and the world we are living in.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Learning by the Book

When Carolyn Wilson describes her heroes, they’re not literary characters in the books she reads. They’re the adult students she’s teaching to read them.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Ecolab Celebrates New Water Stewardship Certifications on World Water Day

Ecolab Inc. has increased its portfolio of Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) certified sites, adding two manufacturing plants in Lerma and Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico and its first-ever platinum certified facility in Taicang, China.

Environment

Tips for Conserving Water and Saving Energy at Home

Clean, fresh water is a precious and limited resource. Conserving water helps protect the environment and saves energy.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Land Betterment Exchange Is Flipping the Narrative on Cryptocurrency and Carbon Offsets

The LBX Token is a positive incentive to create an environmental force for good.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Boosting Nonprofit Capacity for Community Impact at the Charles Schwab Pro Bono Challenge

This signature flash consulting event enables skills-based volunteers to collaborate with vital nonprofits to address business challenges and expand their impact in our communities. See highlights from this year's event.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Cummins Works to be Water Wise

To celebrate World Water Day this week, global power leader Cummins Inc. is presenting five ways it is working to be a good steward of this increasingly important resource.

Environment

EarthShare Announces Second Round Grant Opportunity for Clean and Equitable Energy Initiatives in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Arizona

EarthShare is supporting the transition to clean energy through a second-year grants program, The Energy of One, The Power of Many, that will continue to establish community-level initiatives in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Arizona

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Merck's Support for Ukraine

To date, we have delivered 135,000 courses of molnupiravir through a supply and purchase agreement with the government and donated 100,000 courses of molnupiravir to Direct Relief, an organization providing emergency medical assistance.

Environment

RBA and AWS Partner to Address Water Risks in Supply Chains

The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) and the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) today announced their partnership to increase awareness of water risks in supply chains and help companies address those risks through improved water stewardship.

Diversity & Inclusion

Be Bold: Calculated Career Pivots Take Courage

Truist Chief Teammate Officer and Head of Enterprise Diversity Kimberly Moore-Wright shares about her zig-zag path up the corporate ladder in honor of Women’s History Month.

Environment

Kimberly-Clark Facilities in Latin America Achieve Water Savings Equivalent to Filling Over 500 Olympic-Size Swimming Pools

Water conservation is critical to Kimberly-Clark’s sustainability goals as it works to uplift 1 billion lives in underserved communities around the globe in the next decade

Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch Joins as Host of CEMEX Venture's Construction Startup Competition

Black & Veatch joined a group of 10 partners hosting CEMEX’s 2022 Construction Startup Competition to find and foster creative solutions for improving sustainability, productivity, supply chain management and building with new methods and materials.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FedEx Earns No. 16 Spot on the Fortune World's Most Admired Companies List

FedEx Corp. is once again ranked among the most admired companies in the world, according to a survey published in Fortune magazine.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

United for Safe Water

We’re teaming up with Manchester United during the month of March to shine a light on safe water and sanitation challenges and raise funds to support response efforts in Ukraine and Eastern Europe.

Environment

Ceres Welcomes SEC's New Landmark Climate Disclosure Rule Proposal

Ceres welcomes a new landmark rule proposal issued today by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would require U.S. publicly-traded companies to disclose annually how their businesses are assessing, measuring, and managing climate change financial risks.

Energy

Energy Transition Explained: Why and How the World Is Making a Shift

What is energy transition? It might not mean what you think! We break it down and share insights into the global energy transition that’s taking place right now. 

Education

Dr. Tonia Holmes-Sutton Leads Education Transformation for Sands Cares' Partner Nevada Succeeds

Holmes-Sutton recently joined Nevada Succeeds as Director of the InspirED Global Fellowship, which was founded by Nevada Succeeds and Sands to help transform education in Nevada’s public schools.

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