Movers, Shakers & Impact Makers: Setting ambitious science-based targets

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Featured this week: Dr. Seun O. Ross, Independence Blue Cross; Allstate; Catalent; Estee Lauder; General Motors; onsemi; Pitney Bowes; PwC; Samsung; Takeda, ViacomCBS; Accenture, Adobe, Alston & Bird, Bank of America, Blue Shield of CA, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Capital One Financial Corp, Cox Enterprises, Dow, EY, Experian, Hilton, Intuit, JM Family Enterprise, KPMG LLP, Navy Federal Credit Union, Liberty Mutual, Ohio Health, Robert Half, RSM US, Ryan LLC, Salesforce, Target Corp, Texas Health Resources; The Clorox Company; BBVA

The member community convened by Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is one of a kind. The 500+ companies we serve each year around the globe are leaders in environmental, social, and governance action, and the thousands of individuals who make up this network are some of the best in the field!

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Here is how our members have been working to build better business and a better world:

Spotlight on You

Dr. Seun O. Ross has been appointed as Independence Blue Cross's first-ever executive director of Health Equity. In this new role, Ross, who holds a doctorate in Nursing, will help develop and implement strategies and interventions to ensure equitable whole person health across Independence.

Member Job Postings

Allstate Insurance Company 
Remote, U.S.
Equity Senior Manager

Estee Lauder
New York, NY
Manager, ESG Data Analytics

General Motors
Warren, MI
ESG Reporting, Disclosures and Benchmarking Manager

onsemi
Phoenix, AZ
Director, Talent Acquisition

Pitney Bowes
Stamford, CT
Manager, Operations

PwC
Boston, MA
Sustainability/ESG Director

Samsung Austin Semiconductor
Austin, TX
Corporate Community Affairs Specialist

Takeda
Cambridge, MA
Associate Director, Executive Communications and Science Philanthropy

ViacomCBS
New York, NY
Senior Manager, Global Sourcing, Energy and ESG

Member Companies in the News

BCCCC members comprised 25% of the roundup in People's 100 Companies that Care 2021: Meet the Employers Putting Their Communities First. Compiled with data from Great Place to Work, People identified "top U.S. companies supporting their employees and their surrounding communities": Accenture, Adobe, Alston & Bird, Bank of America, Blue Shield of CA, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Capital One Financial Corp, Cox Enterprises, Dow, EY, Experian, Hilton, Intuit, JM Family Enterprise, KPMG LLP, Navy Federal Credit Union, Liberty Mutual, Ohio Health, Robert Half, RSM US, Ryan LLC, Salesforce, Target Corp, Texas Health Resources

The Clorox Company has announced new science-based targets (SBTs) as part of its climate strategy, which will put the company on a path to net zero emissions across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 2050. By 2030, Clorox aims to reduce carbon emissions across its operations (Scopes 1 and 2) by 50% and pledges to reduce its value chain emissions (Scope 3) from its purchased goods and services and use of sold products by 25%, all on an absolute basis against a 2020 baseline. "Taking decisive climate action is essential to protecting our planet and communities and demonstrates our commitment to our purpose – to champion people to be well and thrive,” said Linda Rendle, CEO of The Clorox Company. “We have strong aspirations for decarbonizing our business as we accelerate our growth agenda for long-term value creation for all stakeholders."

Members on the Move

A CSR leader from BBVA is the latest to sign up for our Virtual Accelerated Certificate Summit—being held from Oct 4-8, 2021. Join this cohort and earn your Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Practice!  Learn more.