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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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Environment

Boeing's Environmental Achievements Highlighted in New Business Roundtable Report

Boeing is featured in a new report released this week by Business Roundtable that details our achievements in creating a more sustainable world and a better quality of life for all Americans.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Yum! Brands 2015 CSR Report Showcases Efforts To Feed The World For Good

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) announced today it released its online 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, highlighting its performance in relation to the Company’s overall strategy and governance, in addition to progress made across four strategic areas of focus: food, people, community and environment.

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Energy

B.C. LNG Poised to Reduce Global GHGs

Experts say Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects in British Columbia will help put a significant dent in Asian greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, helping reduce smog caused by coal-fired power production.

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Environment

Time Warner Cable Celebrates Earth Month with Cardboard Challenge

Earth Day is this Friday, April 22, and I’m happy to share that through a new partnership with the Imagination Foundation, Time Warner Cable (TWC) is introducing the 2016 Earth Day Cardboard Challenge. This Challenge provides an opportunity for children of all ages and the adults who support them to create novel, imaginative and sustainable solutions out of cardboard and other recycled materials.

Environment

Earth Week Guest Post: Find Your Cause and Make a Difference

We invited five individuals and organizations to share their thoughts on sustainability for our annual Earth Week guest post series. The founder and president of Living Lands & Waters, an “industrial strength” river cleanup organization, kicks off the series.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Are You Ready to Invest in Women?

One of the most important question over the next few years - Are you Ready to Invest in Women?

Environment

Mandatory Carbon Pricing Acceptable to Most Business Leaders

Most business leaders say a mandatory price on carbon is no problem! In fact, it could bring opportunities. See how they’re acting on #ClimateChange and preparing for the future. http://bit.ly/263pLl6

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

First set of GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards released for public comment

Environment

Green Buildings: Good for the Environment, Occupants and the Bottom Line

Green buildings are good for the environment—that is well known. But what benefits do they offer the people who inhabit them?

Health & Healthcare

Driving Safety Home at Norfolk Southern

Safety is Norfolk Southern’s No. 1 priority, and employee engagement and training are ongoing to reinforce safe behaviors in railroad workplaces.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

[VIDEO] Benevity User Conference 2016: Diane Solinger, Google on Employee Engagement

In this video filmed at Benevity's Goodness Matters User Conference, Diane Solinger, Global Lead, GooglersGive at Google, shares insights on how to engage a global workforce in giving and volunteering opportunities.

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Environment

Global Investor Groups Urge World Leaders to Sign and Accede to the Paris Climate Agreement Rapidly

72 hours before more than 130 world leaders are expected to travel to New York to sign the Paris Agreement, organisations that collectively represent more than 400 institutional investors with USD 24 trillion of assets under management have called on world leaders to not only sign but accede to the Paris Agreement and implement it into national law as a matter of urgency.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Freeport-McMoRan’s Community Partnership Panels Get High Marks from Community Stakeholders

Freeport-McMoRan’s Community Partnership Panels (CPPs) comprise a broad range of stakeholder group representatives across all sectors of the community.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Delhaize Group Releases 2015 Sustainability Progress Report

International food retailer Delhaize Group announced the publication of its 2015 Sustainability Progress Report online at https://sustainabilityreport. delhaizegroup.com/. The report highlights progress toward “Supergood”, the Group’s strategy to become a sustainability leader in its local markets by 2020.

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Health & Healthcare

Albertsons Companies Partners with Hearing Wellness Network to Offer Free Hearing Test Kiosks at 24 Stores

Albertsons Companies announced today that it will provide free hearing tests to customers in 24 stores using a unique testing kiosk developed by Hearing Wellness Network. The diagnostic test expands Albertsons Companies’ health and wellness services to customers by offering a qui

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Grantmakers: Grantees' Results Are Your Results

We have seen first-hand working with many of world’s leading brands that implementing new technology has a huge positive impact on grantees.

Diversity & Inclusion

Improving Communications for the Hard of Hearing Through HD Voice

For people with disabilities, it is rare that there is a single solution that meets everyone’s accessibility needs. Different circumstances and environments often require different solutions and this is certainly true for people who are hard of hearing or experiencing hearing loss. Hearing aids have become smaller, more comfortable and more powerful in recent years. They can make it possible to undertake activities that were previously more challenging – but they also have their limitations. The development of Hearing Aid Compatibility technologies that improve the ability of hearing aids to amplify mobile devices has greatly enhanced the experience for people with hearing loss, but it isn’t always the best solution for everyone.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Kris Bryant Donates 2015 Players Choice Award Grant to Wounded Warrior Project

In a pre-game ceremony Sunday afternoon, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant received a prestigious Players Choice Award as the 2015 NL Outstanding Rookie. Selected in a secret ballot of all National League players in recognition of his exceptional season, Bryant received his Players Choice Award from teammate Jake Arrieta.

Environment

Companies Focus on Energy Efficiency to Fight Climate Change

Energy efficiency plays a big role in how companies are acting on #ClimateChange and reducing their own #CarbonFootprint. New study details wide-ranging initiatives. http://bit.ly/263pLl6

Innovation & Technology

Data for Social Good: Helping Nonprofits Enter the Digital Age

While governments and businesses have reaped big benefits from the revolution in big data and software analytics, nonprofits sometimes lag behind the public and private sectors when it comes to adopting advanced machine learning techniques.

Research, Reports & Publications

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Education

Pequeños y Valiosos Enters Third Year of Helping Parents Boost Early Cognitive and Social-Emotional Development Among Young Children

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America, as part of its Univision Contigo empowerment platform, today launched its third annual Pequeños y Valiosos (Young and Valuable) campaign. Launched in 2014 as a joint initiative of Univision Contigo and Too Small to Fail, the cross-platform campaign encourages Hispanic parents to engage in specific actions that will boost early cognitive and social-emotional development among young children ages 0-5.

Environment

4.4 Million Students Recycle and Compost 79 Million Pounds in 2016 RecycleMania Tournament

Richland College, a two-year community college in Dallas, Texas, has been crowned the Grand Champion of the 2016 RecycleMania competition with a recycling rate of more than 82 percent. RecycleMania is the nation’s premier waste reduction and recycling competition among colleges and universities, managed by Keep America Beautiful.

Education

“Pequeños y Valiosos” Inicia Tercer Año de su Programa Para Ayudar a los Padres de Familia a Propiciar Desde Temprana Edad el Desarrollo Cognitivo y Socioemocional en los Niños

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    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

  2. Southwire Giving Back
    Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...

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  10. License to Operate
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  12. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

  13. Green Mountain Energy Commitment to Sustainability
    At Green Mountain Energy Company, we share our customers’ commitment to the environment and sustainability. We are inspired by the success that we...

  14. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

  15. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...