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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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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

IWBI Announces RMZ Corp as World's First to Achieve WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations and Management

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today announced that leading privately owned developer, manager, and investor of real assets RMZ is the first organization globally to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations...

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 11

Land Betterment, an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is proud to release Episode 11 of its Impact Minute video blog.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New W-GDP Partnership With the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and Qualcomm® Uses Mobile and Online Learning to Bring Entrepreneurship Skills to Over 15,000 Women in Vietnam & Indonesia

The Women Entrepreneurs Amplifying Ventures and Economics (WEAVE) program will leverage Qualcomm-enabled digital technology to support and empower 15,000 women entrepreneurs running small and growing businesses (SGBs) in Vietnam and Indonesia.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Johnson & Johnson Named to Fast Company's 2020 Best Workplaces for Innovators List

From its work on an Ebola vaccine—and an investigational COVID-19 vaccine—to collaboration taking place across its Johnson & Johnson Innovation centers, we take a look at the innovative spirit that permeates the company's culture.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why Does Such A Thing Exist? Solidarity Microfinance for Women in the United States

While most of us generally consider the United States to be a “rich” country by global standards, and while this is true by several measures, many people in the U.S. still live in poverty.

Events, Media & Communications

Keep America Beautiful to Conduct Second Annual Signature 'Plogging' Event on Sun., Sept. 20

Join Stamford, Connecticut-based Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, on Sun., Sept. 20 for the second annual Keep America Beautiful TrashDash™ plogging event and fun run.

Diversity & Inclusion

Podcast: WE Local India Keynote- Rasha Hasaneen

In this SWE Diverse episode, Heather Doty, SWE FY20 President, speaks with Rasha Hasaneen, vice president of innovation and product management excellence at Trane Technologies.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Culture of Care and Camaraderie Makes Bacardi USA, Inc. Great Place to Work-Certified™ for Third Year in a Row

Bacardi paves the way for new talent, innovative thinking, and a family culture that has earned the world’s largest privately-held spirits company the well-deserved accolade of Great Place to Work-Certified™ in the U.S. for the third year in a row.

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Research, Reports & Publications

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Announces New ESG Priorities as Part of 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report

ScottsMiracle-Gro released its 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report, announcing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy for the next five years.

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Environment

Boeing Recognized for Sustainability Leadership

Boeing [NYSE: BA] today received a 2020 Sustainability Leadership Award from the National Association of Manufacturers. The award recognizes the company’s innovative efforts to recycle aerospace carbon fiber, diverting waste away from landfills across the globe.

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Research, Reports & Publications

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Announces New ESG Priorities in 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Goods for the Greater Good: Gildan's Partnership With Good360 to Support Those in Need

Since 2018, Gildan and Good360 Australia have partnered to distribute clothing to people in need across the nation.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Why We Love TerraCycle

TerraCycle gives you a box and then you collect the trash and then you mail it back to them. They turn it into something useful and keep the trash out of the landfill.

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Environment

Senator Warren Urges SEC to Tackle Systemic Risk of Climate Change and Mandate Climate Risk Disclosure, Citing Ceres Report

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to tackle climate change as a systemic financial risk, and to heed the recommendations in a report from the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets

Social Impact & Volunteering

Celebrating the Heroes Who Impact Our Communities

Cox Conserves Heroes is an awards program created by Cox Enterprises and The Trust for Public Land (TPL). The program serves to honor environmental volunteers who create, preserve or enhance shared outdoor spaces in their local communities.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Discovering a Flair for Entrepreneurship Through eBay

Longtime eBay seller Julie Yoo traces her lifelong love of vintage fashion to the time spent with her mother during her childhood days, going thrifting at second hand stores around Toronto.

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Health & Healthcare

CNH Industrial Harbin Plant Supports Sister Sites by Producing Protective Masks

Determined to provide a secure, high-quality in-house solution to CNH Industrial colleagues around the world, its global agricultural brands the Case IH and New Holland Agriculture plant in Harbin, China, in addition to producing world-class agricultural equipment, has set-up a state-of-the-art ISO Class 8 cleanroom to produce protective masks for CNH Industrial operations.

Education

Intel Launches Expanded Initiative to Help Underserved Students, School Districts Overcome COVID-19 Barriers

The program gives underserved students and educators access to critical tools and resources, including internet connectivity, technology devices and hands-on STEAM learning solutions.

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Environment

Trump Administration Rollback of Methane Standards Is Unconscionable and Ill-Advised

The Trump administration’s rollback of reasonable and effective oversight of methane emissions “is unconscionable – akin to saying to auto makers that seat belts and airbags are burdensome and are no longer necessary,” said Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Abilities First at Hershey

As the mother of a child with a rare neuromuscular condition, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has had a large impact on my personal and professional life.

Green Infrastructure

Mohawk Group's Fresh Take On Contemporary Plaid

Manufactured according to International Living Future Institute standards that ensures a net positive impact for people and the environment as a Living Product, Pattern & Symmetry is also built to last.

Innovation & Technology

Smart Water for Public Health in Mexico

Smart Water uses a 4G wireless network, smart sensors powered by our Company’s technology and the Dime H2O mobile app developed to continuously monitor the city’s water quality & provide administrators with instant access to accurate, real-time data.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Introducing IBM Service Corps Reignite

We've launched IBM Service Corps Reignite to help small businesses, entrepreneurs, and job seekers find new careers in tech; gain new digital skills, and help their communities thrive - creating lasting community impact, together.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Electronics Employees Build Food Kits for Colorado Students in Need

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Here's How Benevity Helped State Auto's Program Flourish

Find out how State Auto Insurance saw an increase in volunteering participation and giving after implementing Benevity.

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