ESG News from Leading Brands

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

We Can Help: Walmart Joins the Response to Support Veterans, Afghan Refugees

Aug 24, 2021 2:00 PM ET

The Walmart Foundation is committing $1 million to three nonprofits supporting Afghan refugees entering the U.S., as well as veterans and their families.

Media & Communications

Happy Healthy Workplaces Ebook

Aug 24, 2021 1:55 PM ET

As a society we’re starting to grasp that we are strongly social, inter-dependent, woven into nature, complex, diverse and both fragile and resilient.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Developing Crucial Caring Skills: Taking 'Time Out' As Parents or Unpaid Carers Needs a Rebrand

Aug 24, 2021 1:15 PM ET

When the pandemic turned our lives upside down, leaders all across the country found themselves drawing on a particular set of skills: empathy, resilience, stress tolerance.

Education

Truist and EVERFI Bring No-Cost Early Literacy Digital Education to Teachers, Families and Communities Nationwide

Aug 24, 2021 12:40 PM ET

Truist Financial Corporation and EVERFI Inc. announced all elementary students nationwide will soon have access to WORD Force Universe, a proven, no-cost digital early literacy program designed for students in grades K-2.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alkermes Shortlisted for 2021 Ibec KeepWell Awards

Aug 24, 2021 12:25 PM ET

We are excited to announce we have been nominated to receive an award recognizing our support for the mental health and well-being of our employees from Ibec!

Research, Reports & Publications

T. Rowe Price: Latest Research Highlights How Employers Can Help Close Racial and Ethnic Retirement Savings Gaps With Financial Wellness

Aug 24, 2021 12:15 PM ET

T. Rowe Price today released a series of white papers featuring findings from its sixth annual Retirement Savings and Spending survey focused on the financial attitudes and behaviors of 401(k) savers and retirees.

Innovation & Technology

Power of 9: India

Aug 24, 2021 12:00 PM ET

The StoveTrace program provides an affordable, reliable, mobile-phone-based monitoring device to enable widespread participation in a voluntary carbon market when individuals use clean cookstoves instead of traditional biomass burning cookstoves.

Environment

Duke Energy Teams With Accenture and Microsoft to Develop First-of-its-kind Methane-emissions Monitoring Platform

Aug 24, 2021 11:50 AM ET

Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) announced it is working with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) on the development of a new technology platform designed to measure actual baseline methane emissions from natural gas distribution systems.

Research, Reports & Publications

Introducing the 2021 Porter Novelli Focus: Business & Politics

Aug 24, 2021 11:30 AM ET

Our new 2021 Porter Novelli Focus: Business & Politics research shows that companies can and should speak up on domestic political issues but must be ready for the ramifications – good and bad.

Innovation & Technology

Empowering the Next Generation of Water Innovators

Aug 24, 2021 11:30 AM ET

Austin Alexander, Vice President, Sustainability and Social Impact at Xylem, shares her perspective on youth innovation, the opportunity to ignite a new generation of water innovators and how solving water lies in the power of the collective.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

12 Young Circular Economy Innovators

Aug 24, 2021 11:10 AM ET

Meet the group of students and early-career professionals looking to drive the transition to a circular economy

Diversity & Inclusion

Leading the Way

Aug 24, 2021 11:00 AM ET

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

One Year Into Pull Up For Change, Has the Beauty Industry Really Progressed?

Aug 24, 2021 11:00 AM ET

“Fighting systemic racism is a long-term journey. Last year was about taking an introspective look at ourselves and the areas we could improve on as a brand,”

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives S3E17: Susan McPherson, McPherson Strategies

Aug 24, 2021 11:00 AM ET

CSR and social impact expert Susan McPherson talks about her new book, “The Lost Art of Connecting,” and signature “gather, ask, do,” method for meaningful networking and lasting business relationships.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Corporate Climate Action: 4 Ways Businesses Can Fight Climate Change

Aug 24, 2021 10:25 AM ET

Over the last few decades, climate change has catapulted from a merely debatable topic to the modern crisis being faced by our planet.

Energy

IT and OT Work Together to Make Grids Smarter

Aug 24, 2021 10:00 AM ET

The joining of information technology and operational technology, also known as IT/OT convergence, will be the key to modernizing electricity grids.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fighting Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Aug 24, 2021 10:00 AM ET

International Paper (NYSE: IP), one of the world’s leading producers of renewable, fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper, has made a $110,000 donation to Feeding America® to support year-round hunger relief efforts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

MilliporeSigma & Seeding Labs Promote Access to Global Science Learning With Expanded TeleScience Website

Aug 24, 2021 9:55 AM ET

Seeding Labs is a signature partner of the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, whose U.S. and Canada business operates as MilliporeSigma.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge Winner Oorja Is Making a Difference for Farmers in India

Aug 24, 2021 9:50 AM ET

In rural India, 70 percent of people depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Discover how the Cisco Global Solver Challenge 2019 Grand prize winner, Oorja, makes solar energy accessible to farmers in India.

Environment

Water Quality Is a Big Concern; With a Microscopic Solution

Aug 24, 2021 9:45 AM ET

From our families to our pets to the wildlife that surrounds our homes, all life on Earth is made possible by water. That’s an obvious fact. But here’s a less obvious one: Did you know that 70% of freshwater is used by the Agriculture sector?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Georgia-Pacific Foley Cellulose Donates $9,000 to Boys & Girls Club of North Central Florida

Aug 24, 2021 9:45 AM ET

Georgia-Pacific Foley Cellulose Donates $9,000 to Boys & Girls Club of North Central Florida

Research, Reports & Publications

Exclusive Report: Global Energy Transition Analytics & Outlook 2021, by Reuters Events

Aug 24, 2021 9:00 AM ET

It is a measure of the urgency and importance of the energy transition that the staff of bp, once one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, were glad when their employer announced carbon-neutral targets.

Environment

Coldplay Joins GC Call for Governments to Contribute Resources Needed to Protect and Restore at Least 1 Billion Trees by 2022 to Curb Climate Change

Aug 24, 2021 7:00 AM ET

Ahead of Global Citizen Live Coldplay and the advocacy organisation Global Citizen are calling on international governments to take revolutionary action in climate change reversal by committing to planting one billion trees globally by 2022.

Responsible Production & Consumption

O-I Offers Fresh View on Single-Issue Sustainability Claims in 2021 Future of Packaging Report

Aug 23, 2021 5:15 PM ET

O-I Glass, Inc. published in the 2021 Future of Packaging Report from Raconteur. The annual publication targets the food and beverage industry value chain, which O-I has proudly served for more than a century.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Stanley Black & Decker Named to Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators List for Second Year

Aug 23, 2021 5:10 PM ET

Throughout the global pandemic, Stanley Black & Decker has demonstrated its commitment to innovation by continuing to introduce new innovation-focused products and processes.