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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement | Verizon

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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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Accelerate Climate Solutions: Supporting Climate Capture Research and Scaling Clean Tech at FedEx

Third Derivative (D3), an RMI program, and supported by FedEx, accelerates climate tech startups with breakthrough ideas through a unique, climate tech accelerator program.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Donates $500,000 to Florida Disaster Fund for Hurricane Relief

Wells Fargo is donating $500,000 to the Florida Disaster Fund, led by Volunteer Florida, to aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia and the emergency response, including shelter, supplies, and services for those displaced.

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Southwire Is Powering Transformation by Focusing on Company’s Sustainability Goals

Southwire’s long-held commitment to sustainability has been evident throughout its history and was formalized with its first official sustainability report in 2007. Reflecting that commitment, the company recently launched its 2022 sustainability report.

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Environment

Avantor Impact Story: Reducing Waste in Everyday Shipment Handling

In the spirit of continuous improvement, Avantor’s supply chain and operations teams look for opportunities to increase recyclable and post-consumer recycled content materials in the packaging processes at our global distribution centers.

Diversity & Inclusion

Ericsson Named a Best Place To Work for Disability Inclusion

Ericsson was recently named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion in The Disability Equality Index® (DEI). The DEI is a comprehensive benchmarking tool to measure disability workplace inclusion.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Project Ybá Beekeeping Initiative: Creating a Sweet Path To Empower Amazon Communities

In collaboration with the Peabiru Institute, Dow expanded the scope of Project Ybá: Conservation that Transforms to include meliponiculture, or the breeding of stingless bees.

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Innovation & Technology

Automation’s Sustainable Potential: A Sustainable Year Story

CNH Industrial’s latest story in the A Sustainable Year series addresses its recent strategic focus on automation, more particularly on the role it may play for future generations with its potential to unlock sustainable growth for farmers.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

T‑Mobile Responds to Morocco’s Destructive Earthquake

T-Mobile is extending concessions in place to help customers with family and loved ones in Morocco through September 30, 2023.

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Education

UK Stem Students Get Hands-On Lessons in Biodiversity and Genomics

According to the Engineering Development Trust (EDT), a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for students to develop STEM skills, the United Kingdom is experiencing a shortage of 170,000 or more STEM workers, impairing innovation and growth.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

#AViewFrom Henkel North America: Elgin, IL

The polyurethane adhesives made in Henkel’s Elgin, IL production facility are utilized across markets and applications – from food packaging to building construction and from kitchen and bath fixtures to recreational vehicles (RVs).

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Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank’s Angel Rodriguez Named a 2023 Notable Latino Leader by Crain’s Cleveland Business

KeyBank’s Angel Rodriguez has been honored as a 2023 Notable Latino Leader by Crain’s Cleveland Business. Rodriguez, a Senior Vice President and Business Banking Sales Leader for Key in Northeast Ohio, was honored for his commitment to leading and coaching teammates.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Wish Upon a Star — In Outer Space!

Six-year-old Daniel Teague loves everything about outer space and has his sights set on becoming an astronaut. He is being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia but will not let that slow him down in his pursuit to blast off to the stars in a few years.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Less Is More: Abbott’s Approach to Packaging Innovation

It's said that haste makes waste, but Abbott is making swift progress toward its goal of addressing 50 million pounds of packaging by 2030, just one component of our comprehensive 2030 Sustainability Plan.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Magic City Moment

Helping other Regions Bank associates bag 11,000 diapers for Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank in Birmingham, Alabama, in a little over two hours, Jason Epstein thought of the impact diapers have made in his own child’s life.

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Innovation & Technology

Commissioner Franz, Pano AI and T-Mobile Provide Update on How AI Tech and 5G Are Helping DNR Fight Wildfires

Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz gave an update on how the Department of Natural Resources is using advanced AI technology that provides actionable intelligence to attack wildfires as soon as they start.

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Innovation & Technology

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose and Tata Consultancy Services: Skills Development for the AI Era

There is huge growth in the creation and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), but there is also a global shortage of workers with the skills and experience using the technology in order to be competitive.

Events, Media & Communications

Xfinity’s HBCU Fall Tour Opens Doors for the Next Generation of Innovators, Entrepreneurs, and Creators

This year's tour will visit 11 HBCU campuses in communities Comcast serves, inspiring the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and creators.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Shifting Priorities: How Sustainability and Decarbonization are Driving Modern Supply Chains

Supply chain operators have narrowed their focus on sustainability and decarbonization thanks to increasing market and regulatory pressures.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FedEx Matches Collin Morikawa’s Donation to World Central Kitchen

Every birdie that Collin Morikawa made during the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields benefitted relief efforts following the devastating wildfires in Maui.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Talent Hunt Intensifies As Singapore Family Offices Top 1,100 | With Commentary From Acre’s Paddy Balfour

As the number of single family offices in Singapore soars, demand for professionals across sustainability, client relationships and investment advisory is set to climb further.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Viatris 2022 Sustainability Report: Building Foundations To Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Viatris provides resources for colleagues and managers to connect, set goals aligned to company priorities, discuss career aspirations and development plans, and track progress throughout the year.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Trombonist Turned Banker Finds Parallels Connecting With Audiences and Customers

Before Mark Salatino was analyzing deposit trends and products for U.S. Bank, he was playing the trombone with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in Rochester, New York.

Sustainable Development Goals

Research Reveals Technology and Digitalization Are Key to Leading a Sustainable Lifestyle to More Than Two-Thirds of Consumers

There’s an opportunity for businesses to encourage consumers to become more sustainable when shopping online by tackling the major barriers.

Research, Reports & Publications

Navigating Global ESG Reporting Standards

For the second installment in our Climate Week series, Mandi McReynolds is joined by global experts Eelco van der Enden, CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative, and Anna Nefedova, global ESG reporting leader at Deloitte.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Project Lemonade Receives $35,000 Grant from KeyBank

KeyBank has awarded a $35,000 grant to Project Lemonade’s L+EARN internship program, which provides foster youth with career and financial coaching, ongoing mentorship and connections to future job opportunities.  

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