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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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Diversity & Inclusion

Climate Change Solutions Should Prioritize Our Nation’s Most Vulnerable

Climate change is not solely an environmental issue. Its effects have shown detrimental impacts to every continent and ocean across the globe, however, its hazardous events and trends have disproportionately impacted vulnerable populations.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Marathon Petroleum Grant Helps Rebuilding Together Transform Lives in El Paso

A $50,000 grant from Marathon Petroleum, along with teams of employee volunteers, will help enable Rebuilding Together El Paso to reach more homeowners and better meet the demand for services.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why Community Matters for ESG Leaders Doing the Work

Beyond Workiva, a new community is emerging for ESG leaders and practitioners. The SEC Professionals Group is spinning off a new ESG Professionals Group open to anyone involved in ESG work.

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Energy

With Winter Heating Season Nearing, PSE&G Helps Customers Save Energy and Money

As winter heating season approaches, PSE&G recognizes that many households are facing challenging times and wants to remind its customers that programs exist to help people struggling with utility bills.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Four Tips To Keep Up With Retail Consumer Expectations on ESG and Sustainability

Consumer demand for corporate responsibility, transparency, and accountability is rising to new heights — especially when it comes to sustainable business practices, ESG strategies, and combating climate change.

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Diversity & Inclusion

'Shifting the Narrative' Around People With Disabilities

About one in four adult Americans live with a disability. While some disabilities are physical, others, like learning disabilities, autoimmune disorders or conditions impacting an individual’s daily life, are invisible.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Create Opportunity at FedEx

As a global company, we see exceptional business and community value in the diversity of perspectives and experiences that our team members bring to work every day. We are committed to embracing DEI so everyone feels appreciated and valued.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Tapestry Announces Launch of Latinx Employee Resource Group

We’re excited to celebrate the launch of our Latinx Employee Resource Group, Latinx & Hispanic Alliance.

Environment

BIER Member Spotlight: Erich Yaeger

I am a senior project manager at Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP). I've been with KDP for almost two years. In my role, I work on the climate and environment team, where I wear a couple of different hats.

Diversity & Inclusion

D&I Weekly News Round Up: Inclusive Hiring, Well-Being and More

Today we are talking about Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the midway results from UK’s four-day work week experiment, why D&I initiatives should focus on changing systems and not people, and a new campaign to remove barriers for workers.

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic Podcast: Why We Need To Stop Ignoring the Equivalent of 747s Crashing Daily and Expand Lung Cancer Screening

This episode shines a light on lung cancer, a deadly killer that isn’t getting the attention it deserves.

Environment

COP27: A Local Egypt Perspective With Environment Analyst

Environment Analyst interviewed our local Associate Amr Abdel-Aziz from Integral in Egypt ahead of COP27 for local perspective and expectations.

Environment

Carnival Corporation Expands Installation of Innovative Air Lubrication Systems

Carnival Corporation announced plans to expand the program for installation of Air Lubrication Systems to a majority of the cruise line brands, which is expected to generate significant savings in fuel consumption and carbon emissions.

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Health & Healthcare

Reducing Barriers to Health Care: A Public-Private Solution

Rutgers University is teaming up with Quest Diagnostics to provide no-cost laboratory tests over the next year to diagnose and manage acute and chronic diseases for uninsured and underinsured patients of the university’s H.O.P.E. Clinic.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Consumer Goods Companies Release Practical Guidance on Repayment of Worker-Paid Recruitment Fees

The Consumer Goods Forum Human Rights Coalition has released new “Guidance on the Repayment of Worker-paid Recruitment Fees and Related Costs” to support corporate action around the topic of remediating worker-paid recruitment fees.

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Innovation & Technology

From Human to Planet: Why Innovation Is Key to a Sustainable Future

Around the world, Lenovo is harnessing new ideas in everything from biofuels to energy-efficient liquid cooling systems for data centres, and paving the way for a future of more sustainable manufacturing.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Groundbreaking Study Finds WELL Certification Boosts Occupant Satisfaction and Perceived Health, Well-being and Productivity

A new study in the Journal of Building and Environment found that WELL Certification drives significant benefits across occupant satisfaction, perceived health, well-being and productivity.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Businesses Form Workforce and Justice Alliance To Drive Reform

U.S. businesses have come together to launch the Workforce and Justice Alliance (WJA), a groundbreaking coalition to help deliver criminal justice reform across the country.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Tractor Supply Foundation Announces $5 Million Scholarship Program To Support the Future Generation of Agricultural Leaders

Each year for the next five years, the Tractor Supply Foundation will commit $1 million to the FFA Future Leaders Scholarship Fund by Tractor Supply, making it the largest agriculture scholarship fund of its kind.

Diversity & Inclusion

IBM Announces the Launch of New Cybersecurity Centers at HBCUs

According to IBM, the program will be available at 20 HBCUs across 11 states to help co-create Cybersecurity Leadership Centers and create talent opportunities for employers and students combined.

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Innovation & Technology

Katchi: How Sustainable Fishing Helps Both Fishers and the Ocean

Meet Katchi, a rural Canadian company that won a $50,000 USD Climate Impact & Regeneration Runner-Up Prize. Both Katchi’s CEO and founder, Marc d’Entremont, and CFO, Angela “Angie” Greene’s, families and community are rooted in the fishing industry.

Events, Media & Communications

Blair Beasley to Keynote USGBC Georgia's Chrysalis Awards

Everyone is invited to attend this special event on November 15th as U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Georgia celebrates the winners of the 2022 Chrysalis Awards.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Nasdaq Quarterly ESG Report: Differentiating Amongst the Crowd

With the help of Nasdaq's proprietary Natural Language Processing (NPL) tools, data shows that the earnings call has solidified its spot as a key venue for issuers to communicate their ESG strategy.

Energy

Electric Vehicles: Fact vs. Fiction (Part Two)

The second episode of our video series “EVs: Fact vs. Fiction” tackles the idea that your electric car will be useless if there’s a power outage.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Franklin Templeton Launches Nonprofit Board Leadership Program

The Global Citizenship Team at Franklin Templeton has recently launched the firm’s first Nonprofit Board Leadership Program in the US to connect interested Franklin Templeton employees with nonprofit board service opportunities in their communities

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