Month: September 2026

Originally published on http://newsroom.marykay.com/ 

DALLAS, Texas, September 2, 2026 /3BL/ – Mary Kay Inc., the iconic beauty and entrepreneurship brand founded by the bold visionary Mary Kay Ash, announces Beauty Is More Beautiful Shared™, its largest-ever global consumer-facing campaign and a long-term brand strategy designed to drive its next era of growth. Launching across 40 markets worldwide, the campaign reintroduces Mary Kay to a new generation of consumers by celebrating a timeless truth at the heart of the brand: Beauty Is More Beautiful Shared™ and bridging the love for Mary Kay across generations. 

“Beauty Is More Beautiful Shared™ is a reflection of who we are and what we have always stood for: women supporting women,” said Ryan Rogers, Chief Executive Officer of Mary Kay Inc. “As we enter our next era of growth, we are celebrating and empowering every Mary Kay woman, from our Independent Beauty Consultants to customers, expanding our reach and impact and bringing our promise of confidence, opportunity, and human connection to life in bold, relevant, and compelling new ways.”

Through Beauty Is More Beautiful Shared™ Mary Kay directly addresses the shift in beauty, tapping into a profound cultural longing for community and connection that the world, and generations of women, are feeling more than ever. The campaign champions connection, sisterhood, and community in an increasingly digital world, reinforcing Mary Kay’s unique point of view and modern relevance as a beauty brand built not only on products, but on relationships.

“In a world where beauty has often resonated as a solo act, we’re reclaiming beauty as a shared experience, celebrating the power of sharing, supporting, and uplifting one another. Beauty Is More Beautiful Shared™ brings the enduring power of womanhood and shared connection into the way Mary Kay approaches beauty,” said Dr. Lucy Gildea, Chief Brand and Scientific Officer of Mary Kay. “Through this master brand campaign, we are sharing the emotional connection and timeless purpose at the heart of our brand with consumers around the world, celebrating the transformative power of our iconic products and the difference our brand makes in women’s lives and communities. This campaign is an invitation to rediscover what has always made Mary Kay different, and to experience the beauty of what’s possible when we share it.”

Beauty Is More Beautiful Shared™ global campaign was developed in partnership with Grey, through an all women-team bringing together a modern creative vision and Mary Kay’s enduring heritage to shape the next chapter of the brand.

“Beauty Is More Beautiful Shared™ elevates Mary Kay as the contemporary, confident brand it is, not just in strategic vision, but in its visual execution,” said Agnes Fischer, U.S. Chief Executive Officer of Grey. “Working alongside an A-list director from the next generation, Olivia De Camps, we’ve built a creative narrative that reveals a powerful truth about Mary Kay. The campaign meets today’s women where they are, re-igniting the iconic Mary Kay brand and making it unmistakably relevant.”

Beauty Is More Beautiful Shared™ was intentionally designed to support the success of Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants. With a message that amplifies community and transformation, this bold campaign will broaden awareness and foster a desire to purchase Mary Kay products and to connect with Independent Beauty Consultants through their personal digital storefront at Mary Kay.

GLOBAL ACTIVATIONS: Beauty Is More Beautiful Shared™ will be powered through a comprehensive media mix tailored to meet the next generation of beauty and community lovers where they are, further amplifying the campaign’s reach and impact. 

• The campaign rollout includes an effective blend of online amplification through digital platforms, social media, influencer partnerships, and “real world” bold, out-of-home placements and events.
• A wave of high visibility, unmissable, experiential consumer events designed to bring Gen Z together in real life will kick off in New York this month, engaging a global community across 40 markets from Brazil, Mexico and China to Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic and more. 

Topping The Global Charts:

• Mary Kay ranked #8 out of 5,500 brands on Forbes’s 2026 Best Brands for Social Impact moving up from stellar #9 achieved in 2025. Mary Kay is the only beauty brand in the Top 15.
• Mary Kay ranked #2 on Forbes 2026 Best Customer Service list moving up from #93 in 2025. Mary Kay is the only Beauty brand in the Top 15 and the only direct-selling company in the Top 50.
• Mary Kay is named to Happi’s Top 50 U.S. Companies 2026 Report, cinching Mary Kay Ash’s favorite number 13 ranking.

Discover Mary Kay’s Beauty Is More Beautiful Shared™ Campaign: 
Watch the Campaign Film here.    
Experience the Campaign Creatives here.
Learn More About Campaign Film Director Olivia De Camps.  

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ABOUT MARY KAY 
For more than 60 years, Mary Kay has empowered generations of women around the world to discover beauty together, build meaningful futures and find a community of women who celebrate one another. Founded by Mary Kay Ash in 1963, the global beauty company has connected women across 40 markets through innovative skincare, color cosmetics, fragrances, and wellness products. Mary Kay transforms purpose into action by advancing causes that support women and families, investing in scientific innovation, and working toward a more sustainable future. At its core, Mary Kay is dedicated to enriching women’s lives and creating opportunities for women to thrive together. Learn more at marykayglobal.com. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. 

ABOUT GREY
Grey’s mission is to create Famously Effective ideas that move people, businesses, and the world forward, harnessing the power of creativity to solve business challenges and drive growth for some of the world’s most influential brands and companies, including Procter & Gamble, Volvo, Haleon, Circle K, and The Coca-Cola Company. That commitment to effectiveness has earned Grey a Grand Effie in every market where it operates. Grey was recognized as a 2025 Fast Company World Changing Ideas winner and earned 26 Lions at the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, contributing to Ogilvy’s Network of the Year honors. Newsweek also named Grey a Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace in 2024 and one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women and Professional Services in 2025. Grey is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel.

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1.  Alan Schwarz (March 17, 2026). Forbes – Best Brands For Social Impact 2026. https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-brands-social-impact/
2.  Alan Schwarz (October 14, 2025). Forbes – Best Customer Service 2026. https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-customer-service/ 
3. Happi’s Top 50 Report. https://www.happi.com/top-companies-reports/top-50-us-companies/ 

PARSIPPANY, N.J., September 1, 2026 /3BL/ — PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE: PBF) today published its 2025 Sustainability Data Supplement, presenting three years of environmental, safety, workforce, and governance performance data (2023–2025) across the company’s refining operations, reported in alignment with the SASB Oil & Gas – Refining & Marketing standard.

Among the year-over-year highlights, gross Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions declined for a third consecutive year. Hazardous waste generated also dropped in 2025, and the share of hazardous waste recycled rose from the prior year. Water-related non-compliance incidents continued a downward trend. The company also increased the share of its Renewable Volume Obligation met through production in 2025, and reported zero employee or contractor fatalities for the third consecutive year.

The supplement also reports data on air quality, water management, workforce health and safety, board composition, workforce demographics, and refining operations using PBF Energy’s operational control boundary, giving stakeholders a full picture of performance trends across the portfolio, including areas that moved in the other direction year over year.

The full 2025 Sustainability Data Supplement is available here. Questions about the report’s metrics or methodology can be directed to sustainability@pbfenergy.com.

About PBF Energy Inc.

PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE: PBF) is one of the largest independent refiners in North America, operating, through its subsidiaries, oil refineries and related facilities in California, Delaware, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Ohio. Our mission is to operate our facilities in a safe, reliable and environmentally responsible manner, provide employees with a safe and rewarding workplace, become a positive influence in the communities where we do business, and provide superior returns to our investors.
 

NEW YORK, September 1, 2026 /3BL/ – Sustainability consulting and research firm Governance & Accountability Institute (G&A) and nonprofit advocacy organization Ceres released joint research examining the first voluntary corporate reports on climate risk submitted under California’s Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261). This research on new rules from California – one of the world’s largest economies – comes as state-level climate disclosure takes on a larger role in the absence of U.S. federal mandates.

The research analyzes 154 voluntary disclosures under SB 261 as of early May 2026. Entities operating in California submitted these reports voluntarily amid legal challenges to the law. “Companies’ decision to report before it is mandatory to do so offers a signal of continued momentum toward more comprehensive climate-risk disclosure,” said Annie Roberts, SVP, Climate Consulting, G&A Institute.

The paper, “Trends in Climate Risk Reporting: Lessons From Initial Voluntary Corporate Reports under California’s SB 261,” documents a wide range of approaches to identifying, assessing, and managing climate risk.

Key Findings from SB 261 Voluntary Reports
The findings establish an initial baseline for understanding how corporate climate risk reporting is developing ahead of mandatory compliance. As a resource for companies preparing for SB 261 reporting cycles, the results show that disclosure quality can vary dramatically. The authors identified gaps in the rigor and ambition of climate risk management; for example, nearly all early reporters identify physical and transition risks, but only 12% mention a formal transition plan and 12% quantify the financial impacts of climate-related risks. This result shows how companies technically can meet the minimum disclosure requirement while producing disclosures that fall short of what investors actually need.

“The first SB 261 reports make clear that the market has moved beyond the question of whether companies will disclose climate risk,” said Steven Rothstein, Chief Program Officer at Ceres. “The most important question for investors is how useful those disclosures are—and whether they connect climate risks to financial impacts, business strategy, and concrete transition plans.”

In another finding, 92% of early reporters disclosed board-level oversight of climate-related issues, though governance structure alone did not guarantee substantive climate action or disclosure quality.

“CARB’s minimum requirements are an important starting point, but the strongest disclosures demonstrate that companies can—and increasingly need to—go further,” said Roberts. “For investors, decision-useful disclosure means understanding not only what climate risks a company faces, but how those risks could affect its financial performance and how management plans to respond.”

Where companies demonstrate more leadership is in their preparation of GHG emissions inventories, in many cases including Scope 3 emissions. While companies are not required to disclose emissions under SB 261, some of the same companies will be subject to SB 253, which requires Scopes 1-2 reporting beginning in November 2026 and Scope 3 reporting in 2027.

Wider Benefits of SB 261 Research
In conducting this research, G&A translated the CARB disclosure checklist into outputs related to the structure of TCFD and IFRS S2 and created measurable indicators for each one. They developed an AI analysis tool to extract specific data points from each individual report submitted to CARB’s public docket and manually reviewed data points against the individual report. Together, G&A and Ceres drew on their knowledge of corporate and investor perspectives to provide context and interpret the results. Ultimately, the research yielded a set of indicators that can be used to assess future SB 261 submissions.

In addition, the paper presents case studies of leading disclosure practices, providing practical examples for organizations seeking to strengthen their disclosures.

Looking Forward
Climate disclosure practices can scale quickly once reporting frameworks become embedded in regulatory and voluntary expectations. G&A’s long-range research on trends in corporate sustainability disclosure shows just how quickly: in G&A’s flagship Sustainability Reporting in Focus research, among Russell 1000 companies, TCFD alignment rose from just 4% in 2019 to 60% in 2023. As California’s climate-related disclosure requirements become more established, we would expect a similar trajectory – perhaps even faster, given their mandatory nature.

The report is available through G&A’s research hub and Ceres’ reports page.

About G&A Institute, Inc.
Founded in 2006, Governance & Accountability Institute (G&A) is a New York–based sustainability consulting and research firm with deep advisory experience supporting corporate leaders and investors in integrating sustainability into governance, risk, enterprise performance, and evolving regulatory and stakeholder expectations.

Backed by rigorous disclosure research and one of the industry’s most comprehensive benchmarking databases, we deliver insight that strengthens transparency, enhances competitiveness, and drives measurable return on investment.

G&A has published numerous research papers, issue briefs, and quick reference guides covering global sustainability reporting regulations and frameworks, including the CSRD, ISSB standards, and other emerging mandates.

For more information, visit G&A Institute.

Media Contact:
Louis D. Coppola, CEO & Co-Founder
Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc.
Tel 646.430.8230 ext 14
Email lcoppola@ga-institute.com

About Ceres
Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient economy. With data-driven research and expert analysis, we inspire investors and companies to act on the world’s sustainability challenges and advocate for market and policy solutions. Together, our efforts transform industries, unlock new business opportunities, and foster innovation and job growth — proving that sustainability is the bottom line.

For more information, visit ceres.org.

Media Contact:
Diane May, Senior Communications Manager
Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, Ceres
Tel 617.247.0700
Email: dmay@ceres.org

PORTLAND, Ore., September 1, 2026 /3BL/ – The Global Electronics Council^® (GEC), an independent international nonprofit working to accelerate markets for sustainable electronic technology, today issued a call for expressions of interest from qualified individuals interested in serving on its Board of Directors.

GEC is seeking engaged leaders who can bring diverse expertise, perspectives, and independent judgment to the organization’s governance and long-term direction. Serving on the GEC Board offers a leadership opportunity to help shape an influential organization working to grow the market for sustainable electronics. Prospective Directors can learn more about the role in GEC’s Board of Directors Prospective Director Information Guide, which was also launched this morning.

GEC’s Board is critical in shaping its work at the intersection of sustainability, technology, procurement, criteria development, and market acceleration. Directors serve GEC’s mission and exercise independent judgment in the best interests of the organization. Board leadership will also guide GEC’s continued impact through EPEAT^®, its global Type I ecolabel that empowers institutional purchasers to lessen their negative environmental and social impacts via electronics procurement.

The organization welcomes qualified authorities from all sectors and countries to express their interest, particularly those with experience in finance, procurement, sustainability, circularity, supply chain management, electronics, global market development, stakeholder engagement, public policy, conformity assessment, nonprofit governance, academia, and other fields related to GEC’s work.

Serving on the GEC Board offers experienced subject experts an opportunity to leverage their expertise in support of the organization’s globally impactful mission from a position of strategic leadership, governance, and organizational stewardship. New Directors typically begin by serving on a standing committee, with opportunities over time to take on Committee Chair or Board Officer roles.

GEC is seeking self-expressions of interest from individuals with experience and shared ambition to advance GEC’s continued growth and success. Prospective candidates should complete the online Expression of Interest form and provide a current resume or CV, along with an optional cover letter.

Expressions of interest will be accepted through September 23, 2026.

 

About the Global Electronics Council

The Global Electronics Council (GEC) envisions a world with only sustainable electronic technology that enhances the well-being of people and planet. Our mission is to accelerate the transformation of markets toward prioritizing the most sustainable electronic products and services.

As stewards of the EPEAT ecolabel, we set global standards for electronics that empower brands, their value chains, and their buyers to achieve ambitious sustainability goals. Through our thought leadership, advocacy, and EPEAT ecolabel, GEC is helping to reshape the electronics industry into a driving force for environmental preservation and global well-being.

 

About the EPEAT Ecolabel

EPEAT is a leading global ecolabel that enables manufacturers to meet strict, third-party-verified standards while providing transparency for buyers.

Since its launch in 2006, procurement professionals have reported purchases of more than 3.2 billion EPEAT products, generating cost savings exceeding $39 billion USD and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 370 million metric tonnes.

 

Media Contact

Erik Fessler
Senior Manager, Global Communications
Global Electronics Council
Direct Line: +1 (971) 380-4088
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efessler@gec.org