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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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Green Infrastructure

IBM Launches RFP To Help Accelerate Global Water Management Solutions for Vulnerable Populations

The IBM Sustainability Accelerator applies IBM technologies, such as hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence, and an ecosystem of experts to enhance and scale projects focused on populations vulnerable to environmental threats.

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Innovation & Technology

Emerging Technology Innovations to Expect in 2023 and Beyond

In 2023, organizations will continue their journey to accelerate digital transformation as they strive to drive efficiency gains, improve the user experience, and meet sustainability imperatives.

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Events, Media & Communications

The State of Large-Cap ESG Efforts? Barron’s Reports on 2022 Progress

Barron’s magazine, sister publication to The Wall Street Journal, is an important investor-focused publication reaching almost 500,000 subscribers with keen interest in the capital markets.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Black & Veatch’s Ajay Kasarabada Appointed by the Department of Commerce to the Secretary’s Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee

Ajay Kasarabada, associate vice president and director of environmental solutions for Black & Veatch, has been selected by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to serve on the secretary’s 2022-2024 Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC).

Education

Meet the 2022 Cadence Women in Technology Scholarship Recipients

In celebration of the Cadence Women in Technology Scholarship’s fifth year, Cadence highlights 22 scholarship recipients by sharing their outstanding achievements and inspirational stories.

Diversity & Inclusion

LGBTQ+ History Month: Learning from Personal Stories

As part of our celebrations for LGBTQ+ History Month, we are proud to share the personal histories of our colleagues through their experiences.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Our People: Detroit Operator Continuously Challenges Herself

Detroit refinery Operator Tara Chippewa is inspiring her children, her family and others in the industrial field to pursue their passions and goals, even if it is in a non-traditional role.

Diversity & Inclusion

From Phone Operator to Store Manager: Associate Celebrates 31 Years of Growth at The Home Depot

When Melissa Coronado was 19, her goal was to build a career in the criminal justice field. After realizing that it wasn’t an ideal fit, she searched for a career where she could help people, be financially stable and be a part of a big company.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

To B or Not to B (Lab)

Today, the idea that business can be a force for good is mainstream…but it wasn’t always that way.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Journey and Impact of Getting Proximate

Have you invested the time to understand and learn about the lived experiences of people who are different from you? At Cisco, through the Proximity Initiative, we’ve spent the last three years on a journey to do just that.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ethisphere Names Kimberly-Clark as One of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies®

Kimberly-Clark was recognized by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies. Kimberly-Clark has received this recognition for five consecutive years

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

NBCUniversal Partners with The Alliance For Media Arts + Culture to Advance Access and Equity in Creative Careers

NBCUniversal announced a new partnership with The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture that builds on the company’s commitment to expand career pathways and promote apprenticeship for underrepresented communities in the creative industry.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Named One of America’s Most Just Companies

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that it has been named one of America’s 100 Most JUST Companies for the third year in a row by JUST Capital.

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Innovation & Technology

Duke Energy To Mobilize First-of-Its-Kind Microgrid-Integrated Fleet Electrification Center

Duke Energy has announced it will build a first-of-its-kind performance center that will model and accelerate the development, testing and deployment of zero-emissions light-, medium- and heavy-duty commercial electric vehicle (EV) fleets.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

25 Volunteering Ideas for National Volunteer Week and Beyond

Looking for inspiration for National Volunteer Week? Here are 25 volunteering ideas that will inspire your employees to participate and help to build a purpose-driven company culture people want to be part of.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Applied Materials Makes the Clean200™ List

Applied Materials is humbled to receive recognition from Corporate Knights and As You Sow  for making their 2023 Clean200™ list.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

For Aflac’s Mountain Market Team, It’s Not Just Business — It’s Purpose

When Ashleigh George, Aflac regional sales coordinator and Aflac Childhood Cancer ambassador, learned the Beads of Courage program at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare in Atlanta needed funding, she and Aflac’s Mountain Market team stepped up.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AMD Rises in America's Most Responsible Companies Ranking

AMD is ranked again as one of America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek. Moving up in the 2023 ranking, the company is now listed in 20th place overall, including a 94 out of 100 score in environmental concerns.

Environment

Niro Ceramic Group Announces Environmental Product Declaration for Its Porcelain Tiles

Niro Ceramic Group (NCG) announces publication of a verified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for its Niro Granite and Portino porcelain tiles, illustrating the environmental impacts of its products.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ImpactAssets’ Twelfth IA 50 Impact Fund List Showcases 163 Fund Managers and $122 Billion in Assets Under Management

ImpactAssets announced today that it has released the ImpactAssets 50 2023 (IA 50), a free publicly available, searchable database of impact investment fund managers for impact investors, family offices, corporations, foundations and institutional investors.

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Environment

Arbor Day Foundation CEO Names Nonprofit’s New President

Arbor Day Foundation Chief Operating Officer Katie Loos was recently promoted to president of the organization.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Human Rights Coalition Hosts Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop With Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and Malaysian Palm Oil Suppliers

In collaboration with the Malaysian Ministry of Plantation and Commodities, The Consumer Goods Forum Human Rights Coalition hosted a practical workshop for Malaysian palm oil companies on best practices for implementing a pragmatic business approach to human rights due diligence

Education

Showtime and Paramount Global Donate $300,000 to ‘Boys in Blue’ Minneapolis High School (Exclusive Video)

As part of their Content for Change initiative, Showtime and Paramount Global have donated $300,000 to North Community High School, home of the student football team featured in the new Peter Berg-directed docuseries “Boys in Blue.”

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Diversity & Inclusion

Sealed Air’s “Better Together” Podcast: Honoring International Women's Day

On Episode 8 of Sealed Air's "Better Together" corporate podcast, employees discuss embracing equity in honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month.

Innovation & Technology

INOVUES Announces Its First Higher-Education Energy Efficiency Retrofit

INOVUES, provider of the only upfit technology that enables building facades and windows to be upgraded without replacement or disruption, will demonstrate its patented retrofit solution at University of Minnesota’s Saint Paul campus. The project is the first of its kind.

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