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Entrepreneur Expands Her Thriving Tax Firm With Digital Innovation

Helen Mathis taught accounting as a vocational instructor for 30 years before facing a career-defining moment: The school where she worked closed and Mathis knew she needed a new plan

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Innovation & Technology

New Acre Project Leverages Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Carbon Credit Quantification

New Acre Project partners with Albo Climate to apply novel technologies to quantify carbon for farmer-delivered tree and shrub projects.

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Education

Partnering for Greener Chemistry Education Globally: MilliporeSigma Announces Expanded Partnership With Beyond Benign

MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, is expanding its partnership with global green chemistry education nonprofit Beyond Benign.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Veteran Receives Mortgage-Free Home

For U.S. Army Sergeant Xanthin Luptak, a home was something he always wanted. U.S. Bank, in partnership with Freedom Alliance and Ole South, teamed up to help Luptak realize his dream with the gift of a mortgage-free home.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Cisco: Women Use Technology to Solve the Issues Facing Humanity—And the World Needs More

The theme for the United Nations International Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, and Cisco Networking Academy is at the forefront of providing education for everyone interested in technology as a career.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CRB Board of Directors Adds CEO Title to President Ryan Schroeder; Company Announces Sam Kitchell as New Chief Operating Officer

CRB, a leading global provider of sustainable engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting solutions to the biopharmaceutical and food and beverage industries, today announced the Board of Directors has named President Ryan Schroeder as Chief Executive Officer.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Whirlpool Corporation Celebrates Ribbon-Cutting for Second Offsite Wind Farm

While commercial operations began in late December, today Whirlpool Corp. announced a formal ribbon cutting at the Limestone Wind wind farm in Dawson Texas.

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Innovation & Technology

ekō Solutions To Host Exhibit at the World of Modular Annual Conference and Tradeshow

ekō Solutions to host exhibit at the World of Modular Annual Conference and Tradeshow from March 29th – April 1st, 2023 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

American Airlines Donates $1.1 Million to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

American Airlines and its partners raised more than $1.1 million to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation this month at the Celebrity Ski event in Beaver Creek, Colorado. To date, American has raised more than $45 million for CF Foundation through the annual event.

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Environment

Fifth Third Speaks on Climate Transition at Ceres Global Conference

Fifth Third Bank’s Director of Climate and Reputation Risk Kevin Quatman spoke last week at Ceres Global, which was held in New York from March 22-24. Quatman spoke alongside other banking influencers on how Fifth Third Bank engages customers on their climate transitions.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Our People: Shelly Kirk, Mother, Grandmother, Truck Driver

In 2007, Shelly Kirk was a single mother struggling to make ends meet. She was making minimum wage at a convenience store trying to support her three children. She tried working at fast food restaurants, and then she was a medical assistant. But those jobs weren’t cutting it.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AMD Named a Supplier Engagement Leader on Climate Change by CDP

AMD has again been recognized by CDP as a Supplier Engagement Leader (2022) for its actions to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate risks in its global supply chain.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg To Expand EU Women in Finance Initiative To Keep Inspiring the Next Generation

Bloomberg today announced the expansion of the EU Women in Finance initiative, following a successful first year.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Amplifying HBCUs – A Conversation With Mark Berry, Bobbie Knight & Tony Allen

Across Southern Company, our journey to propel historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is moving boldly forward.

Diversity & Inclusion

Being Black in America - A Discussion

Our Ericsson African American Alliance employee resource group (EAAA ERG) kicked-off the first of several informative and educational events to honor Black History Month.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Focus on Supply Chain: International Paper's US Supplier Diversity Program

International Paper values the contributions of businesses that are owned by individuals of diverse backgrounds in order to deliver the best products, with the greatest value, to an increasingly diverse marketplace.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Rise Against Hunger Food Packets Contribute To Better School Attendance

According to the General Secretary of the Maine-Soroa District, Mr. Hassan Lawan Marouma who officially received the food ration for the month of June on behalf of the Barbara Kirker, the food assistance provided by RAH plays a great role in the security of the region.

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Events, Media & Communications

WEBINAR: Development and Implementation of a Pipeline Safety Management System – An API 1173 Journey

Loin our API RP 1173 experts for our webinar, Development and Implementation of a Pipeline Safety Management System – An API 1173 Journey on Wednesday, April 12, at 2:00pm EDT to learn more about the foundations of an API 1173 pipeline safety management system.

Sustainable Development Goals

Hormel Foods Brands Showcase Innovation and Sustainability Efforts at 2023 Natural Products Expo West

Team members from Hormel Foods Corporation, attended the 2023 Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, Calif., to showcase the latest innovations and trends in natural and sustainable food within its broad product portfolio.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Four in Five Companies Would Take Regulatory Penalties To Avoid Sustainability Initiatives, Research Finds • With Commentary From Acre’s Marie Cloherty for People Management

Four in five companies would take regulatory penalties to avoid sustainability initiatives, research finds. But while the majority recognise their environmental strategy as a priority, experts say economic turbulence has pushed it down the business agenda.

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Health & Healthcare

Leidos and Milken Institute Bring Companies Together To Address Addiction and Mental Health Crises

Leidos and the Milken Institute Center for Public Health (CPH) recently published a new report highlighting the work done by both organizations to address the addiction and mental health crises that deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Diversity & Inclusion

The Importance of a Healthy Routine: Meet Prashanthi Kanniappan Murthy

I started out as an intern at GoDaddy in the summer of 2019. I joined back as a full time employee in 2020 and have been here ever since! My internship was with the Cyber Threat Intelligence team. I fell in love with this section of security.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Reskilling for the Green Transition

Our climate is changing, and 1.47 billion jobs globally depend on a stable climate. Let’s turn the spotlight to discover how this crisis can create new opportunities for companies and individuals.

Social Impact & Volunteering

9 Ways Data Science Can Accelerate Your Social Impact Work

For people working across the philanthropic sector, data science can feel like an unwieldy topic. Where do you start? What data is important? How does it fit into your community work?

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Innovation & Technology

The Drive to Disrupt: How Digital Twins Are Fueling Automotive Innovation

In the third and final episode of Source De[Code]'s deep dive into digital twins, Ben is joined by Dr. Silviu Tuca to contextualize their limitless potential by demonstrating how these concepts are applied to a ubiquitous aspect of daily life: our cars.

Energy

Clean Energy Future on Display at World Ag Expo

Southern California Edison presents its vision of the benefits of electrification for farmers and homeowners alike.

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