ESG News from Leading Brands

Innovation & Technology

Simprints: Using Touchless Biometrics to Facilitate Access to Healthcare

Jul 20, 2021 9:45 AM ET

More than 1.1 billion people around the world still lack an official identity. Biometrics presents a way for governments and NGOs to use digital technologies for accurate and inclusive identification of program recipients.

Research, Reports & Publications

UnitedHealth Group's 2020 Sustainability Report: Modernizing Health Care

Jul 20, 2021 9:35 AM ET

UnitedHealth Group is committed to expanding access to care, improving health care affordability, enhancing the health care experience and achieving better health outcomes.

Innovation & Technology

Working Across Cloud Environments, Platforms, and Services With AWS and Booz Allen Principal Brad Beaulieu

Jul 20, 2021 9:00 AM ET

In 2020, as the world suddenly shifted to remote operations, cloud technology kept vital operations running at organizations around the world, including federal agencies.

Research, Reports & Publications

JBS USA Announces New Global Sustainability Targets and Shares 2020 Accomplishments

Jul 20, 2021 9:00 AM ET

JBS USA today released its 2020 Sustainability Report: Celebrate Your Foodprint, which includes new aggressive global targets and completion of its 2020 sustainability goals.

Diversity & Inclusion

Novartis Pledges 10-year Commitment With Morehouse School of Medicine, 26 Historically Black Colleges, Universities, Medical Schools and Other Leading Organizations to Co-create Effective, Measurable Solutions for Health Equity

Jul 20, 2021 8:15 AM ET

Novartis and the Novartis US Foundation today announced a planned 10-year collaboration with Coursera, the National Medical Association, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Morehouse School of Medicine and 26 additional Historically Black Colleges, Universities and Medical Schools (HBCUs)

Research, Reports & Publications

Ferrero Publishes Its 12th Sustainability Report

Jul 20, 2021 5:00 AM ET

The Ferrero Group (“Ferrero”), a global leader in the sweet packaged foods market, has today published its 12th Sustainability Report updating on its progress towards its sustainability goals.

Research, Reports & Publications

En+ Group Sustainability Report Sets Stretching New Targets

Jul 20, 2021 3:00 AM ET

EN+ GROUP, the world’s largest producer of low carbon aluminium, today published its 2020 Sustainability Report.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Think Globally, Act Locally: This Mom's Fight for Digital Equity is a Lesson For Us All

Jul 19, 2021 5:20 PM ET

Green Infrastructure

Black & Veatch Awarded Federal Funding to Advance Direct Air Capture Technology

Jul 19, 2021 5:00 PM ET

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Black & Veatch $2.5 million in federal funding to participate in a research and development (R&D) project aimed at advancing direct air capture (DAC) technology.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Announcing Dr. Andrew Steer As Keynote Speaker for CleanEquity Monaco 2021, in Person and Streaming Live on EarthxTV

Jul 19, 2021 4:15 PM ET

As the next generation sustainable technology conference nears, CleanEquity Monaco announces Dr. Andrew Steer, President & CEO, Bezos Earth Fund, as its keynote speaker.

Sustainable Development Goals

Leveraging the Power of Design to Progress Sustainable Development Goals

Jul 19, 2021 4:05 PM ET

Manufacturing facilities are crucial for life sciences companies to deliver life-enhancing medicines and can support the industry initiative to enact the SDGs.

Environment

World Ocean Day: 10 Tips for Conserving Our Oceans

Jul 19, 2021 3:30 PM ET

We often call our world the blue planet as over 70% of the surface is covered by the ocean. Oceans are vital to us, no matter if you live upland, urban or somewhere landlocked.

Social Impact & Volunteering

WATCH: Tega Cay Family Rescued From Burning Home by Two Neighborhood Heroes

Jul 19, 2021 3:05 PM ET

Green Infrastructure

London Is on Board With England's First Hydrogen-powered Double-deckers

Jul 19, 2021 3:00 PM ET

A fleet of 20 hydrogen double-decker buses has been released onto the streets of London to help cut toxic fumes and tackle climate change.

Energy

Electric Aircraft Set to Take Flight by 2026 Under New Agreements With United Airlines Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Mesa Airlines, Heart Aerospace

Jul 19, 2021 1:30 PM ET

United Airlines Ventures (UAV) announced today it, along with Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and Mesa Airlines, has invested in electric aircraft startup Heart Aerospace.

Energy

Two Leaders Partner to Help Democratize Utility Scale Renewable Energy

Jul 19, 2021 1:00 PM ET

Sustainability Roundtable, Inc (SR Inc), a leader in outsourced Environmental, Social and Governance management, and REsurety, a leading analytics company empowering the clean energy economy, today announced a partnership to facilitate the systemization and scaling of buyer-favorable renewable energy transactions for SR Inc’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers (NZCB).

Research, Reports & Publications

Northern Trust Releases Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Jul 19, 2021 1:00 PM ET

Northern Trust released its latest Corporate Social Responsibility report today, marking a full decade of transparent, detailed information across the company.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Dow Joins CDP Supply Chain Program to Expand Supplier Engagement on Climate

Jul 19, 2021 12:55 PM ET

Dow joins CDP Supply Chain Program (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) to track climate impacts in the supply chain and identify collaborative decarbonization opportunities with suppliers.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aflac Named a Best Place to Work in It for 21st Time IDG Insider Pro and Computerworld Rank Aflac No. 16 Among Large Organizations for Excellence in It Employee Compensation, Benefits, Growth Opportunity

Jul 19, 2021 12:00 PM ET

Aflac, a leading provider of supplemental insurance products in the U.S., announced that Insider Pro and Computerworld named the insurer one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in IT.

Diversity & Inclusion

Seats at the Table

Jul 19, 2021 11:15 AM ET

Raul Vazquez, CEO of Oportun, sets himself apart in a region with 45 Fortune 1000 companies run by hundreds of board members, but only 13 who are Latinx.

Green Infrastructure

State of the Green Building Industry 2021

Jul 19, 2021 11:10 AM ET

USGBC created LEED, the world’s most widely used green building rating system and promotes the use of strategies that reduce environmental impact, enhance human health and support economic development.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cummins CEO Leading the Charge to a Cleaner Future

Jul 19, 2021 10:15 AM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

Columbine Vineyards Becomes the First Sustainably Grown Certified Table Grapes Producer in the US

Jul 19, 2021 10:00 AM ET

Columbine Vineyards, producer of the popular Holiday® table grapes in California's San Joaquin Valley, has now become the first Sustainably Grown Certified table grapes producer in the US.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fortune and Great Place to Work Name Workiva a 2021 Best Workplaces in New York

Jul 19, 2021 9:30 AM ET

Great Place to Work®, a global people analytics and consulting firm, and FORTUNE have honored Workiva Inc. as one of the 2021 Best Workplaces in New York™

Sustainable Development Goals

Tetra Tech's Jessica Menon Discusses Advancing Gender Equality for Women in the Global Energy Workforce

Jul 19, 2021 9:00 AM ET

Jessica Menon, Tetra Tech’s gender integration director for energy, has advanced gender equality and social inclusion globally for more than 15 years. Based in Lusaka, Zambia, she manages Tetra Tech’s USAID Engendering Utilities program, oversees a team of technical experts who also support USAID Enhancing Equality in Energy for Southeast Asia (E4SEA), and provides technical support to gender specialists across Tetra Tech’s international energy services projects.