ESG News from Leading Brands

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Innovation & Technology | U.S. Soy

New Documentary Sheds Light on the Surprising Scope of Soy’s Sustainability Benefits

From food to fuel to plastic, soy is making the Earth more sustainable in thousands of surprising ways. In the years ahead, it might even do the same on Mars.
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Social Impact & Volunteering

Duke Energy Awards $200,000 in Grants to Support Economic Development in Florida

Duke Energy Florida is investing $200,000 in strategic economic development and recruitment programs across the state.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Biogen Recognized As One of America's Most JUST Companies

Biogen was recognized as #36 of 954 companies, reflecting our performance and sustained commitment to ESG.

Research, Reports & Publications

Enviva Releases Its Second Annual Corporate Sustainability Report

Enviva Inc. (NYSE: EVA), the world’s leading producer of sustainable wood bioenergy, today announced the public release of its Corporate Sustainability Report for the year ending December 31, 2020.

Energy

Hydrogen Blending Project Now Operational, Reducing Carbon Footprint of Natural Gas Delivered by Enbridge Gas

Enbridge Gas Inc. and project partner Cummins Inc. announced today that North America’s first hydrogen blending initiative is fully operational, and successfully serving the southern Ontario city of Markham.

Diversity & Inclusion

Ericsson Pledges to Support One Million Children and Young People by 2025 With Access to Digital Learning and Skills

Ericsson announced a major new commitment to empower one million children and young people by 2025 through access to digital learning, tools, content and development programs.

Green Infrastructure

Bus Automation: Cost-Effective Solutions for Transit Operators

A new WSP USA study explores what transit agencies and roadway authorities should be considering when implementing cost-effective transit solutions.

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Events, Media & Communications

Hershey's President & CEO Discusses Corporate Agility and Purpose

Disruption can bring opportunity. President and CEO Michele Buck discusses what it takes for companies and leaders to be agile and successful in times of change.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Rockwell Automation Launches New ROK in Action Global Volunteer Program and Platform

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) has launched ROK in Action, a new global volunteer program and platform that makes it easier for employees to take action and create lasting change in their communities.

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Environment

A Comprehensive Approach to Sustainability: Why It's No Longer Just a Nice-to-have

In our latest Horizons Report, we found that embracing sustainable change is no longer negotiable as 97% of life sciences companies report having committed to sustainability metrics – with three key factors driving these commitments.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru Winterfest Returns for a Season of Adventure at Eight Ski Resorts in 2022

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Yum! Brands COO Tracy Skeans Cooks up Recipe for Growth and Good

Yum! Brands Chief Operating Officer and Chief People Officer Tracy Skeans spoke on the “Inside the ICE House” podcast about Yum!’s Recipe for Growth and Good

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Commitment to Equity-Centered Community Involvement

At Applied Materials, our community involvement is driven by the belief that equity-centered engagement will contribute to a more just, fair and humane world.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Drucker Institute 2021 Management Top 250 Rankings Includes CSRHub Metrics

Each year the Drucker Institute ranks America’s Top 250 ‘best run companies’, presented in special coverage from The Wall Street Journal. CSRHub is proud to say that, for a fifth consecutive year, our ESG data is included in Drucker’s ratings’ methodology.

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Environment

Ceres Calls on the U.S. Government to Strengthen the Federal Procurement Process

In response to the federal government’s request for comments on draft regulations that would revise the federal procurement process to factor in sustainability in government purchasing, Ceres submitted recommendations that would help reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) while incentivizing zero-carbon innovation.

Events, Media & Communications

Recyclability vs Recycling Infrastructure: How to Engage Stakeholders and Align Solutions

Please join Tetra Pak and the Foodservices Packaging Institute on January 18, 2022 at 1pm ET to learn how the two organizations have worked as part of a larger collective to minimize the amount of food packaging that becomes litter across the U.S.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Ti-Pure™ Brand Poll Reveals Balancing Sustainability and Cost as Greatest Challenge to Advancing Sustainability in Coatings Product Design

The Chemours Company released its coatings sustainability poll results, finding that 63 percent of coatings professionals identify balancing sustainability and cost as their greatest challenge to advancing sustainability in their coatings design.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Named One of America's Most JUST Companies for the Third Year by JUST Capital

Dow announced that for the third year it has been named to the JUST 100 list and this year has earned the top spot in the Chemicals sector overall.

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Green Infrastructure

More Than Point A to B: Why Koch Is Scaling Up Autonomous and Electrified Logistics Solutions

Byron Knight explores the 'tremendous opportunity' to invest in new supply chain innovations

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Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank Partners With The Eastern Area of Links, Incorporated to Bring Financial Resources to Women of Color Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs

KeyBank and The Eastern Area of The Links, Incorporated, one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of professional women of African descent, announce a newly formed partnership to provide a customized Key4Women® Business Education Series and micro-grants to women of color small business owners and entrepreneurs.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

iHeartMedia-Chicago Hits Over $675K for Children's Hospital

iHeartMedia Chicago's 93.9 LITE FM, Relaxing Favorites, and ROCK 95 FIVE, Chicago's Rock Station, announced that "Lurie Children's Hospital Radiothon" raised over $675,000 in support of the patients and families at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, one of the top children's hospitals in the nation, providing pediatric care, cutting-edge treatments and advanced research.

Diversity & Inclusion

Prioritizing Mental Health As a Multicultural Founder

Launching a company can be stressful for anyone, but diverse founders often face unique impacts on their mental well-being. Here’s how some prior participants in our Multicultural Innovation Lab have coped.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Illumina Named One of America's Most JUST Companies for Third Consecutive Year

We are honored to be recognized as #32 by CNBC and JUST Capital in the Americas Most JUST rankings and #1 for customers in the Pharmaceuticals and Biotech industry.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

How E-Commerce Can Push the Sustainable Packaging Trend

The rise of e-commerce has also given rise to enormous piles of discarded shipping boxes and packaging materials that sit at the curbside as monuments of waste.

Events, Media & Communications

The State of Sustainable Procurement: Insights From Spend Matters

Join this fireside chat moderated by EcoVadis CMO Emily Rakowski as she interviews Nick Heinzmann, Analyst Team Lead at Spend Matters for his insights on the current trends at the intersection of procurement and sustainability.

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Environment

People Behind CSR at Cisco: Inspiration to Action, Stepping Toward Climate Solutions

At Cisco, we envision a world where our planet’s limited resources are used sustainably so both people and ecosystems can thrive.

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