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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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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dow Announces Strategic Collaboration With Natura for Project Ybá in Brazil - a Model of Sustainable Commercial-ecological- Social Development in the Amazon Rainforest

Dow recently announced that Natura cosmetics brand – part of Natura & Co group, the fourth largest personal care company in the world – is the first commercial collaborator for Project Ybá: Conservation that Transforms, a strategic sustainability project for balancing commercial growth of a local community with environmental preservation in Breu Branco, Pará, deep in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest.

Health & Healthcare

PT Freeport Indonesia Gifts Three Health Clinics to Papua Government

Three health clinics from PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) were given to the Mimika Regency government in Papua in June 2021.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity Partners With the “Go Give One” Campaign to Address Global COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity

Benevity and its clients PagerDuty and Workday have joined the Go Give One Coalition Challenge which launched in June, aiming to raise $5 million to fund one million vaccines by the end of this summer. As of mid-July the coalition had already reached a $1 million donation milestone, which will fund 200,000 doses for lower-income countries.

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Health & Healthcare

Expert Panel Issues Recommendations for Addressing Inequities in Cancer Care

New recommendations published by Doykos et al in Health Equity call for a significant expansion of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers to understand the causes of inequities in cancer care and a commitment to building sustained community partnerships to reduce them.

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Innovation & Technology

Unemployment Fraud Is Not Resolved

ITRC President and CEO Eva Velasquez focuses on the effects of identity fraud on the victims who have been denied much-needed unemployment and pandemic relief benefits.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Georgia-Pacific Expands Manufacturing of Curbside Recyclable Paper Padded Mailers for E-Commerce

Georgia-Pacific is expanding its manufacturing footprint for curbside recyclable paper padded mailers to support growing demand for more sustainable shipping envelopes.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Sappi CEO Steve Binnie Celebrates Company Achievements During Unprecedented Year

The past year has been unprecedented. The impact of COVID-19 cast a long shadow over the world. Our business was negatively affected, which influenced our ability to deliver our sustainability goals.

Health & Healthcare

United Awards Free Flights for a Year to Winners of "Your Shot to Fly" Sweepstakes

United Airlines recently announced the five lucky grand prize winners of its "Your Shot to Fly" sweepstakes, who will each get to fly anywhere in the world United flies with a companion over the course of the next year.

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Education

Subaru of America Adopts All K-5 Classrooms in the Camden City School District

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today announced that as part of its partnership with AdoptAClassroom.org it is “adopting,” or providing school supplies for, all kindergarten to fifth grade (K-5) classrooms in the Camden City School District.

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Environment

UFOs and Sustainability: What Can We Learn From the Dogged Pursuit of Disclosure?

Just as UFOs have grown more prominent and tangible in our societal consciousness due to recent developments, so too has the urgency of climate change, and the need for sustainable practices to counteract it.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Five Ways to Ensure Companies Create an Inclusive Workplace for LGTBQ+ Employees

As part of our DEI Speaker Series, Acre invited the team at Global Butterflies to host a talk on global trans & non-binary issues, with an added business perspective.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Evolve Small: Supporting Community Businesses

Evolve Small is a campaign focused on providing relief to small businesses recovering from the impact of COVID-19 in cities across North America.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Q&A With Enbridge's Chief Sustainability Officer

We have an incredible responsibility to safely, reliably and efficiently deliver affordable, ever-cleaner energy to customers and thousands of communities across our vast network.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Rockwell Automation Named to the FTSE4Good Index Series for the 20th Time

Rockwell Automation was once again named to the FTSE4Good Index Series following a June 2021 review.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Stanley Black & Decker Commits to Zero Waste to Landfill Across Operations by 2030

We are proud to report that 53 of our manufacturing and distribution sites have achieved Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL) status.​

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Innovation & Technology

Supercharge Your Battery-Powered IoT Devices

The battery industry has come a long way from more than two decades ago. Today, battery manufacturers are constantly experimenting to find cheaper, lighter, and more powerful solutions to support the wide variety of battery-powered devices.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Announcing the 2020 FedEx Cares Report

FedEx Cares delivers connections and resources that help communities solve pressing problems and prepare for what’s next. The calendar year 2020 was an unprecedented time for our business and the communities we serve.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Giving Back in Truly PhenoMenaul Ways

The team at T‑Mobile’s Albuquerque‑based Menaul Customer Experience Center helped pave the way (somewhat literally!) for a local food pantry to better serve the community.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

WSP USA Embraces Opportunity to Improve Equity in San Francisco Bay Area

WSP USA eagerly embraces challenge & opportunity to improve quality of life for underserved & marginalized communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Metropolitan Transportation Commission selected WSP as its 2020 equity consultant.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Community and Philanthropic Outreach Through positiveNRG

PositiveNRG is our company’s philanthropic giving program. It helps to build our culture by creating a workplace that empowers employees to support communities, causes, and organizations that they elect to champion through donations of their time and/or money.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Entergy Provides Laptops to Students in Need

Entergy has donated more than 460 refurbished laptops to school districts in our service territory so students have the technology they need when they return to school this fall.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Schneider Electric Communications Services: Address Increasing Investor, Stakeholder Pressure

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced its Communications Service, a strategic addition to the firm’s existing suite of energy and sustainability consulting services.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Small Businesses in the Digital Economy: How Corporate-Community Partnership Models Level the Playing Field for Underserved Entrepreneurs and Their Communities

The partnership between Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) and GoDaddy, launched in 2019, provides a premium digital marketing curriculum and expert support and services to small business owners across the country.

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Diversity & Inclusion

M·A·C Cosmetics Teams Up with CultureCon to Celebrate the Beauty of Representation

Join host Gia Peppers along with Bresha Webb, June Ambrose, Angeer Amol and the co-founders of Women of Color on Broadway for a discussion about how creatives of color can demand a seat at the table and help dismantle systemic racism in the beauty industry and beyond.

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Sustainable Development Goals

The Power of Holistic Action on Sustainability

In the latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Fritz Micus, Director of Corporate Communications at Symrise. Take a listen to hear Fritz speak about Symrise’s innovative, multi-faceted sustainability strategy, and more.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

  2. Southwire Giving Back
    Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...

  3. Carbon Footprint
    We are accelerating our efforts to help build a low-carbon economy and avert the worst impacts of climate change. Our goal to reduce our GHG emissions...

  4. Environmental Sustainability
    As sustainability leaders, we implement our sustainability strategy across all company activities along the entire value chain, from raw materials to...

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  6. International Paper | HEALTHY & ABUNDANT FORESTS
    Vision 2030 Goal: Lead forest stewardship efforts globally

  7. Sustainability Report
    Our latest Sustainability Report highlights recent accomplishments and progress toward achieving goals in the environmental, social and governance...

  8. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.

  9. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

  10. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

  11. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

  12. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

  13. Green Mountain Energy Commitment to Sustainability
    At Green Mountain Energy Company, we share our customers’ commitment to the environment and sustainability. We are inspired by the success that we...

  14. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

  15. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...