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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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Research, Reports & Publications

BCG’s Latest Report on Sustainability: “A Circular Solution to Plastic Waste”

Plastics have delivered enormous societal benefits including providing product safety and enabling storage and complex transportation, among others.

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Health & Healthcare

Impact Through HIV Advocacy: Nathan Townsend

Nathan Townsend is a singer, songwriter, motivational speaker, creative director, and social advocate based in Fulton County, Georgia. He has been involved with HIV advocacy since 2005 and works with THRIVE SS to support people living with HIV...

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Environment

Ian Urbina on "The Outlaw Ocean"

This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to Ian Urbina, a longtime investigative reporter for the New York Times whose latest book "The Outlaw Ocean" reveals many of the hidden costs of the seafood and shipping industries.

Green Infrastructure

AIDA President Felix Eichhorn Presents Green Cruising Strategy at UNWTO Summit in Saint Petersburg

How can we use innovations to tackle climate change? That was one of the central questions at the UNWTO summit meeting which took place in Saint Petersburg (Russia) from September 10–13, 2019.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Virginia Governor’s Executive Order to Accelerate Clean Energy Future is the Right Move for the Commonwealth

Earlier today, Gov. Northam signed Executive Order 43, which set bold new goals to reach 30% renewable energy by 2030 and achieve 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050 in Virginia.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Bloomberg Launches Equity Benchmarks

Bloomberg today announced that it now offers U.S. equity benchmark capabilities. The equity offering includes the Bloomberg U.S. Large Cap Index (ticker: B500) as well as growth, value and dividend indices.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CNH Industrial Named as Industry Leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the Ninth Consecutive Year

CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI) is the Industry Leader in Machinery and Electrical Equipment in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), World and Europe, for the ninth consecutive year.

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Media & Communications

FSG Welcomes John Harper As Managing Director

FSG, one of the world’s leading advisors on creating social impact, is thrilled to welcome its newest managing director, John Harper, to its consulting team.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How We Decide: Our Approach to Effective Governance

Domtar benefits from having empowered interdisciplinary groups of managers with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds to establish and execute our strategies for sustainability, diversity and inclusion.

Research, Reports & Publications

We Can’t Leave It to Younger Generations to Save the World.

It’s clear that young people care about the planet. But can we assume they’ll do what’s necessary to save it?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How CEO Unity Is Driving the Responsible Company Model

After a worldwide financial crisis often viewed as caused by greed and sloppy governance, the people have spoken and businesses are authentically listening.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bloomberg LP Chairman Peter Grauer Recognized As a Leading Global Advocate for Women in Business

For the third year in a row, Bloomberg Chairman Peter T. Grauer has been recognized as a leading champion of gender diversity.

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Environment

How Two Companies Save Bees

Whirlpool Corporation is taking action to help protect bees by being a honey bee protectors. At its Brandywine Creek Center for Leadership and Lifelong Learning in Covert, MI, Whirlpool, provides a home to more than 350,000 Italian honey bees.

The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Employee Spotlight: Kaely Zeiser

As part of our employee spotlight series, we’re sitting down with Kaely Zeiser, business partner, Corporate Responsibility at MilliporeSigma, to learn more about the work she’s doing to ignite curiosity in the next generation of scientists.

Diversity & Inclusion

In Continued Effort to Enable Equal Visibility for Women, Secret Deodorant Commits to Boosting Attendance at Women’s Soccer Games, Purchasing 9,000 Seats at National Women’s Soccer League Home Games

Secret Deodorant announced today that it will continue to support female soccer players by helping to boost attendance and revenue at upcoming National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) games.

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Media & Communications

60% of the Russell 1000 Published Sustainability Reports in 2018 -- Trends Among Large-Cap, Publicly-Traded U.S. Companies Included in the Russell 1000® Index -- G&A Institute Shares Research Results

60% of the Russell 1000 Published Sustainability reports in 2018, however of the smallest 500 by market cap only 34% are reporting, compare to 86% of the largest 500

Diversity & Inclusion

Comerica Supports Growing Role of Women in Environmental Industry

For the third consecutive year, Comerica Bank sponsored the Women In Green Forum’s annual conference in Los Angeles.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Nine Early Childhood Education Organizations Share $446,000 From PNC Foundation

Literacy programs, community gardens and cutting-edge research are among the programming being funded by the PNC Foundation in celebration of its 15th anniversary of PNC Grow Up Great® in St. Louis.

Environment

Energy Matters Radio: An Interview With the Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Harriet Langford, president of The Ray and trustee for the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, and Phil Langford, trustee for The Ray and the Ray C. Anderson Foundation were recently interviewed on Energy Matters by Georgia Public Service Commissioner, Tim Echols.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dart Container Corporation Partners With Keep America Beautiful on National Plogging Initiatives

Dart Container Corporation and Keep America Beautiful® today announced Dart will be the Title Sponsor on all Keep America Beautiful national plogging initiatives, including the Keep America Beautiful Trash Dash™.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Owens Corning Earns Dow Jones Sustainability Index Recognition for 10th Straight Year

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) earned a place on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for the 10th consecutive year and was named Industry Leader for the DJSI World Building Products group for the seventh straight year.

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Events, Media & Communications

Charles Koch Talks Environment, Politics, Business and More

Charles Koch, chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, sat down with best-selling author and entrepreneur Tim Ferriss, host of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, to discuss the current state of politics, the economy, the future of business, and more.

Education

Crayola Thanks Thousands of Beloved Teachers Across America

In 1903, Crayola co-founders Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith created the first box of crayons. Alice Binney, Binney’s wife and a former schoolteacher, named the new crayons “Crayola.”

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Social Impact & Volunteering

CECP Q&A Series: How One Community of Corporate Leaders Is Elevating Volunteering for Greater Impact

Jennifer Weston-Murphy of CECP’s Corporate Leadership Team sat down with Service for Impact Co-Chairs Matthew Nelson, Corporate Vice President, New York Life and Lalita Badinehal, Director of Grantmaking, Credit Suisse Americas Foundation talk about what Service for Impact aims to accomplish and how the employee engagement field has evolved in recent years.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives Episode 30: Amy Smith, TOMS

In recognition of National Disaster Preparedness Month, Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly sits down with TOMS Chief Giving Officer Amy Smith to discuss how the company became a significant figure in gun violence prevention.

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    We are consistently ranked among the world’s most admired brands and employers. Read more about honors and recognition for FedEx’s ongoing effort to...

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