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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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Events, Media & Communications

Whirlpool Corporation Arms Builders with Millennial Insights, Innovative Products at International Builders Show 2016

The world’s leading global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances will showcase some of its most innovative products at the International Builders Show from Jan. 19-21, and provide builders with exclusive insights into the vital role millennials play in the home building market.

Environment

MIT Creates Plan for a Sustainable Campus

A university campus offers a great environment in which to implement sustainability. Particularly, an innovation-driven university can create a durable system where new and promising ideas can be continually incorporated.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Week of Gift Giving: NetSuite Employees in the Philippines Give Back to Local Youth

Responsible Production & Consumption

UK Ethical Spending Increasing Despite Retail Brands' ‘Disappointing’ Trading Performances

One source of optimism today comes from confirmation that the U.K. economic downturn has not dented people's desire to reduce their impact on the environment or spend on ethical products, in spite of some big U.K. retail brands recently announcing ‘disappointing’ trading performances.

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Environment

Reducing the Use of Petroleum-Based Plastics Is Closer Than You Might Think

Today, science and agricultural leaders DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced a new breakthrough process with the potential to expand the materials landscape in the 21st century with exciting and truly novel, high-performance renewable materials. The technology has applications in packaging, textiles, engineering plastics and many other industries.

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Environment

Happy, Sustainable 2016! Let Us Be a Part of Your Strategy

The signing of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) agreement in Paris last month is a victory for many who have been laboring for decades. It is miraculous that the world, as represented by 154 nations, has committed to address what is threatening us all – the devastating effects of global warming

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bombarded by Grant Requests? Here’s How You Can Simplify the Process and Stay Organized

Discover the secrets that the grant managers of top corporate philanthropy programs already know

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Education

SASB Announces New Sustainability Accounting Credentials

SASB has announced a new educational program focused on teaching professionals how to identify, manage, and evaluate sustainability topics relevant to the company’s bottom line. Read the interview with Nicolai Lundy, the Director of Education for the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.

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Innovation & Technology

Consumer Insights Influence Whirlpool Corporation Design and Technology at 2016 International Builders Show

Whirlpool Corporation, the world’s leading global manufacturer of home appliances, will share its outlook on the future of appliance design and display products that make an impact on the daily lives of consumers at the International Builders Show from Jan. 19-21.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

JPMorgan Chase Releases Detroit Workforce System Map to Examine Barriers to and Opportunities for Job Growth

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) today released the first report of a two-part series on the current state of Detroit’s workforce systems that further informs investments and helps aligns resources to support job growth in the city.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Caesars Foundation Solves for Soap, Engages Employees with Clean the World

The hospitality industry has long been under the CSR microscope due to the sheer volume of operations, energy use and waste creation. Although towel and linen reuse programs may be the hallmark consumer-facing program of the industry, new efforts have emerged that make a huge impact not only on sustainability issues within the industry but also leave a social impact mark on the world.

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Events, Media & Communications

CRA Webinar Part 2 - Using Your Sustainability/CSR Report for Real Market Advantage

Register today for CRA Webinar Part 2 – Using Your Sustainability/CSR Report for Real Market Advantage

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Events, Media & Communications

The American Art Therapy Association Endorses the Use of Dover Coloring & Activity Books in a Self-Care Regimen

Dover Publications is proud to announce that the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) supports the idea that coloring is beneficial as a self-care activity.

Diversity & Inclusion

Good Morning Sanofi - Elena

Meet Elena, a personal approach of career and work life balance among women in Russia.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

RSF Social Finance Fellows Follow-up: Nakul Kadaba

The RSF Social Impact Fellowship is missioned with growing the field of social finance, one cohort of thought leaders at a time. During their time at RSF, fellows work closely with the lending team to identify prospective borrowers, conduct due diligence, and structure loans.

Environment

Reflections on Laudato Si

I think I was about ten years old when Greek and Roman mythology first caught my attention. I’ve always enjoyed good stories, and when you set those stories in distant lands a long time ago and add in a dose of supernatural powers, I’m likely to get sucked in.

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Events, Media & Communications

Big Stories of 2015 - What Were Your Choices? Lots of Headlines About Sustainability Last Year

What’s on your list of the top stories of the year just behind us – 2015? Our Top Story this week is a look back at the Top 10 Business Stories of 2015 by Andrew Winston.

Health & Healthcare

A Tale of Two Cities

The form and composition of cities – their size, density, diversity and complexity – provide tremendous opportunity for understanding the drivers behind type 2 diabetes, thus making cities a focal point for developing interventions that can break the rising curve of diabetes. Getting to these solutions requires an understanding of how societal factors and individual behaviour associated with urban living influence an individual’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CECP Launches 2016 Survey

CECP, a nonprofit that believes business can and should be a force for good in society, is pleased to announce the opening of the 2016 Giving in Numbers Survey, in association with The Conference Board. The survey is open online January 15, 2016 to March 31, 2016 to companies with revenue of US $2 billion or more, including companies not yet affiliated with CECP.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Republic Services: MLK Community Service Award

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston Receives Prestigious Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service

In honor of its broad-based efforts to partner with underserved local communities to improve health, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is the recipient of the 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service, one of the most esteemed community service honors in healthcare.

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Events, Media & Communications

NRG Ex-CEO David Crane Named Editor at Large at GreenBiz Group

David Crane, until recently CEO of NRG Energy, has been named Editor at Large at GreenBiz Group, the media and events company focusing at the intersection of business, technology and innovation.

Events, Media & Communications

American Standard Features an Expanded Lineup of Home Comfort Systems and Technologies at IBS 2016

American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, a leader in home comfort products and a brand of Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR), brings to the International Builders Show (IBS) an expanded lineup of heating and cooling systems and technologies, including its new Gold S9VS family of furnaces, the most advanced line of furnaces it has ever designed.

Events, Media & Communications

Trane Showcases its Industry Leadership in Heating and Cooling Products and Technologies at IBS 2016

Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort systems and services and a brand of Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR), showcases its most highly advanced furnace platform in a quarter century - the new S-Series Furnace - along with a range of reliable and efficient products for residential replacement and builder applications at the International Builders’ Show (IBS), booth C6531, today through Jan. 21.

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