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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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Environment

Water May Be Life, But It Is Never a Given: Learnings from the Navajo Nation

In 2021, human rights nonprofit DigDeep collaborated with Kohler to launch the Water Is Life microgrant program — which is working to make safe water a reality for all residents of the Navajo Nation.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Lenovo Earns Perfect Score for Fifth Consecutive Year in 2022 Corporate Equality Index

Lenovo announced that, for the fifth consecutive year, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation gave the company a perfect score of 100 on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index.

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Environment

Current Investment Could Provide Future Water Security

The concurrent challenges of Covid-19, climate change and aging infrastructure have placed increasing burden on an already struggling water industry.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

From Solution Integrator to Solutions Architect: One Individual's Exciting Career Journey

What’s it like to work as a security expert for a global company, which invests heavily in security and offers an open invitation to customers for dialogue on the issue?

Innovation & Technology

A High-Tech Approach to Improving Wildfire Threat Prediction

Southern California Edison continues to enhance its fire science program- Opens in new window and Tom Rolinski, SCE’s fire scientist, leads the effort.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

New Video Explains Key Role Fuel Cells Could Play in Decarbonization

As part of its efforts to lead in the global campaign to decarbonize, Cummins has produced a new video explaining the important role hydrogen fuel cells could play.

Green Infrastructure

Improving Governance In Infrastructure Projects to Accelerate Decision-Making

How the SI:D³ systems approach fosters delivery of intended benefits

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Education

Green Bronx Machine and Quest Diagnostics Foundation Team up to Expand Acclaimed Indoor Gardening Curriculum to Inspire Healthier Students

Green Bronx Machine, a transformational educational nonprofit helping students and teachers turn classrooms into agricultural learning experiences

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Innovation & Technology

Calling Young Innovators: T-Mobile and the T-Mobile Foundation Launch Fourth Changemaker Challenge to Fund Big Ideas

Today T-Mobile, the T-Mobile Foundation and Ashoka kicked off the fourth Changemaker Challenge, a nationwide contest that gives young leaders the opportunity to level up their ideas for creating a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable future.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AMD Recognized by CDP As a Supplier Engagement Leader on Climate Change

AMD has again been recognized by CDP as a Supplier Engagement Leader for its actions to reduce emissions and manage climate risks in its global supply chain.

Diversity & Inclusion

Therapeutic Horsemanship Gets Northern Minnesota Riders Saddled Up

Horses have been long known to elicit a special connection with humans, and Jack Pine Stables has been mastering this art for over two decades.

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Environment

Major U.S. Companies Call for Swift Passage of Ambitious Federal Climate Policy to Build an Affordable, Competitive Clean Economy

Chief executives and other senior leaders from influential U.S. companies will meet with congressional offices to urge swift passage of a federal reconciliation bill that includes historic climate, clean energy, and environmental justice investments.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Hershey Company Earns Top Score on Human Rights Campaign's 2022 Corporate Equality Index

The Hershey Company announced that it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The diversity of Hershey's workforce serves as a foundation of strength, innovation and collaboration.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Kala Gibson Named to Executive Leadership Council's Class of 2022

The ELC is a membership organization committed to increasing the number of Black executives in C-Suite and CEO roles and on corporate boards of Fortune 1000, Global 500 and equivalent companies.

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Environment

Veganuary Increases Appetite for Reducing Your Environmental Impact

We need to work at pace collectively and individually to protect the environment from the constant threat of global warming devastation.

Diversity & Inclusion

OLAY Announces Second $1 Million Commitment to Closing the Gender Gap in STEM

This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, OLAY enters year two of the brand’s 10-year program by announcing their second commitment of $1 million towards efforts to help close the STEM gap

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Ben & Jerry's Uses Ice Cream as a Convener for Social Change

We invited Chris Miller, Ben & Jerry’s Head of Global Activism Strategy, to discuss what cutting-edge corporate activism looks like today and how Ben & Jerry’s remains authentic to its values while using ice cream to change the world.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Kings Team Up With Shoes That Fit to Distribute 100 Pairs of adidas Sneakers to Elementary School Students in Compton, Calif.

AEG’s LA Kings recently teamed up with Shoes That Fit, an organization that outfits children in need with new shoes, to distribute 100 pairs of adidas sneakers to students at Longfellow Elementary in Compton, Calif. on Feb. 10.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Clinton Foundation's Maura Pally to Join Blackstone Charitable Foundation as Executive Director

Ms. Pally will oversee all Blackstone Charitable Foundation activity, leading strategy and integration efforts for its signature programs to support Blackstone’s goal of creating economic opportunity for under-resourced communities.

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Innovation & Technology

Rockwell Automation Helps Pioneer Sustainability and the Circular Economy in Steel Production

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) control technologies and expertise in plant design and engineering are part of Europe’s first full-scale facility to convert CO2 to ethanol for use as fuel in plastic production.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Winning for the Long-term: Investing in Diverse-Owned Media

With the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, many marketers have made commitments to increase their investments in Black-owned media.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

UNFCU Foundation Names 2022 Grant Recipients Expands Support to 19 Resilient Partners Empowering Women and Youth

UNFCU Foundation today announced that 19 organizations are the recipients of its 2022 grants.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Beijing 2022 Builds on 2008 Legacy

The Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 are being staged in the first city to host both the Summer and Winter editions of the Olympic Games

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Diversity & Inclusion

Entergy Partners With Diverse Firms, Spends $1.3B for Goods and Services in 2021

In an achievement that elevates Entergy to elite status nationally in an important category, we have spent $1.3 billion with diverse companies in 2021.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Georgia-Pacific Industrial Gypsum Donates $5,500 of Equipment and Training to Camden, New Jersey Fire Department

Georgia-Pacific Industrial Gypsum ended the 2021 season of giving with the Camden City Fire Department in New Jersey.

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