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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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Research, Reports & Publications

Sands Releases Its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) has released its latest environmental, social and governance (ESG) report outlining the company’s 2022 progress on the corporate responsibility ambitions and priorities established for its 2021-2025 reporting period.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Chemours Earns Great Place to Work Certification™ in 15 Global Regions Including the U.S.

The Chemours Company is proud to be Certified™ as a Great Place to Work® in the United States and 14 additional regions where the company operates for the 2023-2024 year.

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Innovation & Technology

Merck Is Harnessing Innovation To Reach Indigenous Communities

Alaska is a vast state with extremes in weather and terrain. For people living in its 240 remote villages and communities, obtaining lifesaving medicines can be a challenge. And extreme challenges call for innovative solutions.

Innovation & Technology

Empowering Sustainability: Carbon Emissions Explorer Dashboard for VMware Aria Operations

The new carbon emissions explorer dashboard in VMware Aria Operations is a significant step towards achieving zero carbon emissions in IT infrastructure.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

AB: Do Financials Have a Role in Sustainable Equity Portfolios?

Financial companies that help address some of the world’s most pressing socioeconomic challenges deserve attention from sustainability-focused investors.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Advancing Cisco’s Commitment to Accessibility and Disability Inclusion

When we share that we work on accessibility and disability inclusion at Cisco, people might think, “That’s nice, but it really doesn’t affect me”—but that’s where they are wrong.

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Research, Reports & Publications

New Research Shows Insurance Sector Has Significant Exposure to Fossil Fuel Assets Despite Vulnerability to Climate Change

A new report unveiled today finds that the U.S. insurance sector held $536 billion in fossil-fuel related assets in 2019, despite some insurers citing climate-related risk and natural disasters as factors in raising premiums and/or dropping coverage

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How the New World of Invisible Banking Supports Decarbonization

Santander CIB has partnered with SAP to expand the digitization of their global transaction banking services.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CACI Helps Grant Wishes to Military Families Through Make-A-Wish Operation Dream Maker

CACI has a long history of supporting military members, veterans, and their families through its philanthropic arm, CACI Cares.

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Education

Action for Healthy Kids Awards Nearly $30 Million to Boost School Nutrition in 264 Small & Rural Communities Through Cooperative Agreement With USDA

Action for Healthy Kids today announced that it is awarding nearly $30 million in subgrants to 264 school districts across 44 states and the District of Columbia, reaching students in some of our nation’s highest need schools.

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All in a Day’s Work for Nature’s Firefighters

It’s an early start for some of nature’s most efficient and hungry firefighters. Their task? Gobbling up vegetation near Southern California Edison’s electrical equipment and power lines.

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Research, Reports & Publications

The UK Is Facing a Green Skills Crisis – What Can We Do?

Despite increased concern about the need to tackle climate change, the UK workforce does not currently possess the skills needed to drive the green economy transformation, research has found.

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Innovation & Technology

Container Homes Are Surging in Popularity

ekō Solutions, a Land Betterment company, is well positioned for the surge in container home popularity.

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Innovation & Technology

Formula 1® Is Using Lenovo Technology To Build a Faster, Smarter, and More Sustainable Sport

To keep the organization’s many moving parts running smoothly, the experts at Formula 1 partnered with Lenovo for an IT infrastructure that can withstand the breakneck pace of innovation.

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Health & Healthcare

The Lifecycle of a Hard Hat

Stickers on the hard hats highlight a commitment to safety, recognize achievements or reflect on a particular annual outage. What better way to celebrate their contribution to our culture of safety than showcasing these canvases that are so integral to our daily work?

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Taking Care of the Things That Matter Most: Our ESG Strategy and Commitments

When it comes to sustainability, Bath & Body Works’ values and ethics serve as the foundation for how we are approaching our environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

From the Fifth Third Bancorp 2022 Sustainability Report: Military Checking and Banking

Fifth Third Bank believes that current and former U.S. military members deserve extra recognition for their service.

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Innovation & Technology

Keysight Joins White House Initiative To Improve IoT Security

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announces support for the voluntary national standard for consumer internet of things (IoT) cybersecurity labeling program unveiled by the Biden-Harris Administration at the White House this morning.

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Sustainable Development Goals

LyondellBasell 2022 Sustainability Report: Advancing Good

Our global corporate citizenship program, Advancing Good, demonstrates our commitment to being a responsible, good neighbor.

Education

Advancing Economic Mobility Through Intentional Collaboration

I recently had the honor of joining U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and activist-actor John Leguizamo in a powerful discussion at the Aspen Ideas Festival about how we can best prepare students for the workforce of the future.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Employee Spotlight: Meet Pizza Hut U.S. Chef Alex Yeatts

To learn more about what it takes to be a chef, we sat down with Pizza Hut U.S.’ Innovation Chef, Alex Yeatts, to share what a typical day looks like for him, how he finds inspiration, and advice he’d give to someone who is looking to pursue a career in the Culinary Arts.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Northern Trust Brings Back Take Your Child to Work Day

After a four-year hiatus, the Northern Trust Take Your Child to Work Day was back with our Chicago and Tempe offices participating in this year’s event. As an organization, we are proud to continue to support and promote family inclusion.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Aflac & Sunrise Association Deliver Joy to 50 Children and Families With Childhood Cancer in Lake Zurich, IL

Aflac and the Sunrise Association, delivered My Special Aflac Ducks® to 50 children and families facing childhood cancer today at Sunrise Day Camp–Chicago located at the JCC Chicago Lake County Campus in Lake Zurich, Illinois.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Our Land, Our Farms, Our Future: Healthy Land Means Healthy People

To change the course of the way things are, we must imagine what could be. Some argue that eliminating all beef and lamb production is a solution to enhance environmental sustainability. Others assert that current meat alternatives are bad for health and the environment.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

2023 ICCC Canadian Cohorts: Free Training, Education, and Mentorship for Canadian Small Businesses

ICIC, with support from Yum! Brands, invites small business owners from across Canada to apply for the 2023 Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) program – a tuition-free, 40-hour “mini-MBA” program.

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