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.

Research, Reports & Publications

Momentum Builds Towards Historic Dakar 2026 YOG

International Olympic Committee

Responsible Production & Consumption

Toxic Release Inventory Reporting: A Q&A With Kara and Friends

Antea Group

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Beets, Basketball and Mid-Bore Engines

Cummins Inc

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Honey Mama's Is Funding Women Entrepreneurs During Women's History Month

During Women’s History Month, Whole Planet Foundation and sponsors like Honey Mama's are helping to alleviate global poverty, celebrate the achievements of women entrepreneurs and collectively raise $50,000 to support them with microcredit.

Energy

Transmission Upgrades are Integral to Asia's Clean Energy Transition

Wind and solar may be the generation staples of our clean energy future, but they cannot exist successfully without flexible transmission infrastructure.

Health & Healthcare

Illumina Unveils Groundbreaking Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Test for Cancer in Europe

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the launch of TruSight™ Oncology (TSO) Comprehensive (EU), a single test that assesses multiple tumor genes and biomarkers to reveal the specific molecular profile of a patient's cancer.

Health & Healthcare

U Mobile Awarded Qualcomm Wireless Reach Grant to Provide Telemedicine Services to B40 Community

U Mobile, the data-centric and award-winning telco, recently received a grant from the Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative, which aims to bring advanced wireless technologies to people and communities who need it most.

Innovation & Technology

Norton Brightens SXSW 2022 as Lead Sponsor of Tech Industry Track

Leading into SXSW, we made a $25,000 donation to Girls Who Code, furthering their mission to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does.

Energy

New Report: Carbon Pricing is Essential for Achieving a Clean, Reliable Energy Grid

An economy-wide carbon price is key to ensuring all Americans have access to affordable and reliable electricity.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ethisphere Announces Fifth Third Bank as One of the 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies

Today’s announcement marks the third time Fifth Third has been recognized by Ethisphere in the “banks” category. In 2022, 136 honorees were recognized, spanning 22 countries and 45 industries.

Diversity & Inclusion

Home Depot's Women Who Code Are Creating Opportunities in Technology

The Home Depot depends on technology associates. Whether they’re building innovative solutions to problems or laboring to expand business capabilities, their hard work is a big part of the company’s success.

Research, Reports & Publications

Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Releases Third Report in Series Analyzing How the Coronavirus Recession and Recovery Have Affected Businesses and Jobs in the Nation's 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas

New ICIC report tracking COVID-19 recession recovery in top 100 U.S. metro areas finds business and job losses in the final quarter of 2021 reversed gains from earlier in the year

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

FigBytes Ranked Among Top 14 Sustainability Management Vendors

FigBytes recently announced their ESG platform has been recognized among the top 14 providers in The Forrester New Wave™: Sustainability Management Software, Q1 2022. The report is an evaluation of the most significant vendors in the emerging market.

Green Infrastructure

Ørsted and Eversource Joint Venture Takes Final Investment Decision on New York's South Fork Wind Offshore Windfarm

South Fork Wind, a 50-50 joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource, has taken final investment decision (FID) on the project that will be New York’s first offshore wind farm.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

EcoVadis Announces 2022 Sustainable Procurement Leadership Award Winner

EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, announces the winners of its sixth annual Sustainable Procurement Leadership Awards program. Winners were announced at the EcoVadis Sustain 2022 virtual conference.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How Opportunity International Empowers Financial Inclusion Through Digital Banking

Opportunity International’s (Opportunity) mission for over five decades has been to reach those living in poverty and offer them access to otherwise unavailable financial opportunities, like loans, savings accounts, and capacity-building services.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Supporting Women in Skilled Trades: Regions Foundation Announces $100,000 Grant for Moore Community House

The Regions Foundation announced a $100,000 grant to Moore Community House to support Moore’s Women in Construction (WinC) program that prepares women for lucrative careers in construction and advanced manufacturing.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

PepsiCo and N-Drip Partner to Provide Water-saving, Crop-enhancing Benefits to Farmers Around the World

PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) and N-Drip have announced a partnership to help farmers around the world adopt game-changing technology in water efficiency across 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) by 2025.

Health & Healthcare

SAIC Partners With Yale University School of Nursing on Research to Improve Pandemic Response in Underserved Communities

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has partnered with Yale School of Nursing to fund research and provide recommendations to improve access to resources such as vaccines during a national response to a crisis.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Enbridge to Receive Award for Improving Gender Representation

On March 17, Enbridge will be recognized by the global nonprofit Catalyst for its work increasing female representation across its workforce.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: Climate Town

Climate Town is a YouTube channel produced by the comedian and climate expert Rollie Williams. He creates some of the best, and certainly the funniest, climate videos available.

Education

Inspiring the Next Generation of Young Innovators

To foster the next generation of innovators, AMD & the AMD Foundation make investments in STEM education programs to attract students to technology early & create awareness of educational/career opportunities they may not have known existed.

Research, Reports & Publications

ISSB: A “Badly Needed” Step in ESG Disclosure Push

The creation of the new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) was a major step in the effort to establish a global consensus for sustainability disclosures and simplify the complex landscape, according to industry participants.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Tacoma Urban League Receives $75,000 Grant from KeyBank

Tacoma Urban League [today] announces a $75,000 donation from KeyBank to bolster its Small Business Navigator Program, which is designed to support Black entrepreneurs expand their businesses.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac Celebrates Sweet 16 on Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies List

For the 16th year in a row, Ethisphere recognized Aflac Incorporated as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. A leader in supplemental insurance, the Fortune 500 company is the only insurer around the globe to make the prestigious list since the recognition program began in 2007.

Environment

Adam Sobel: A Climate Science Midlife Crisis

Imagine you go to graduate school for a bunch of years, conscientiously studying the nuanced interactions of the variables that underlie the globe's climate.

Diversity & Inclusion

Two Women at Whirlpool Corporation's Findlay, Ohio Plant Honored by Manufacturing Institute With STEP Ahead Awards

The Manufacturing Institute announced that it has awarded Amy Doroff and Tyra Woodruff from Whirlpool Corp’s manufacturing facility in Findlay, Ohio, with Women in Manufacturing STEP Ahead Awards.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dold Foods Donates $16,000 to Wichita YMCA for Summer Camp Meals

Dold Foods, the local manufacturing facility owned by Hormel Foods Corporation, announced a donation of $16,000 to the Greater Wichita YMCA to provide meals for youth in the Wichita, Kan., area.

Latest Campaigns

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