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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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Energy

REPowering Your Business: Five Steps To Decarbonise Your Supply Chain Using Renewable Electricity

It’s never been more important for businesses to reduce their carbon footprint. To help secure a net zero future, industries across sectors must make deep changes to reduce the impact of their operations.

Research, Reports & Publications

Keeping Teams Safe Everyday: Employee and Contractor Safety at Enbridge

Our mission is fueling quality of life, and operating safely is essential to that work. It’s our duty to keep the public, the members of our team and the environment safe.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Truist Foundation Grants National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders $1.2M To Support Communities Across the U.S.

Truist Foundation announced a $1.2 million grant to National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB), a national network of more than 200 nonprofit organizations and a community development financial institution (CDFI) dedicated to advancing economic mobility.

Energy

CSU Dominguez Hills Aims for Net-Zero Carbon With SCE Pilot

The urban campus slashes GHG emissions and busts climate change stereotypes.

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Green Infrastructure

Cummins and Chevron Partner To Expand the Use of Low-Carbon Fuels

Global power technology leader Cummins Inc. and Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, have announced a memorandum of understanding to leverage complementary positioning in hydrogen, natural gas and other lower carbon fuel value chains.

Diversity & Inclusion

D&I Weekly News Round Up: Work Life, Mental Health, and More

Today we are talking about A/B testing D&I initiatives, hustle culture, disability inclusion in the workplace, and a new campaign from Dove.

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Green Infrastructure

Cadence Sets New Precedent As First Affordable Housing Development To Achieve Green Communities Plus and WELL Certification

This summer, Cadence, an affordable senior living development located in Fort Collins, Colorado and comprising 55 senior living apartments, achieved a new first in the country — attaining Green Communities Plus and WELL Certification.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Transformative Gift: Jinxing Elementary School’s Modern Kitchen

The story of Jinxing Elementary School is one of resilience, collaboration, and compassion. The "One Yuan Donation" program exemplifies the profound change that collective effort can bring.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Foundation Invests $6 Million in Skilled Trades Training, Announces New Scholarship and Entrepreneurship Partnerships

The Home Depot Foundation announced an incremental investment of more than $6 million in skilled trades training and launched new strategic partnerships to address the nearly 400,000 job openings across the construction industry.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast NBCUniversal Announces $2.475 Million in Unrestricted Grants to 81 Nonprofits

Since this NBCU grant program was founded six years ago, more than $16 million in grants has been dedicated to 470 nonprofits in 11 communities that are served by NBC and Telemundo owned stations.

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Energy

Onsite Solar Isn’t As Easy as It Looks: How Manufacturers Can Get It Done

As a multinational producer of agricultural machinery and construction equipment with dozens of manufacturing and research facilities worldwide, CNH Industrial recognizes that the opportunity to reduce its carbon footprint is substantial.

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Energy

Vanguard Renewables Leads the Renewable Energy Movement Across America

Learn how Vanguard Renewables converts organic waste into renewable energy providing a valuable asset to people and the planet and supporting decarbonization strategies.

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Health & Healthcare

Making Connections To Care: Quest Supports Inspiring Health Equity Event Hosted by Sisters on the Vineyard

Quest Diagnostics supported the Health Empowerment and Wellness event hosted by Sisters on the Vineyard in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 10.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Alkermes Honors Women's Equality Day

Equality for women matters every day, and at Alkermes we’re proud to empower our female colleagues across the organization.

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Environment

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Joins CEO Dialogue at Net Zero Pakistan

Jeremy Lardeau joined the CEO Dialogue at a recent Net Zero Pakistan event to engage with industry leaders and share insight on how the industry can collectively work together to enable a net zero future for Pakistan’s textile sector.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Public Equity Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Trillium’s Sustainable Opportunities thematic public equity strategy aims to address global sustainability challenges in three core areas: climate solutions, economic inclusion, and healthy living.

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Education

Fifth Third Offers Tips To Set Up New College Students for Financial Success and Independence

Currently, only 23 states require a personal finance course in high school, according to Next Gen Personal Finance.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Entergy Arkansas Helps Customers Beat the Heat This Summer

Summertime brings warmer temperatures, which can translate into financial stress for customers on a tight budget. Over the last several months, Entergy Arkansas has been committed to supporting Arkansans during the high-energy usage months of summer.

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Diversity & Inclusion

SEE’s "Better Together" Podcast: Women’s Equality Day

On the "Better Together" podcast in honor of Women's Equality Day, female employees from global packaging solutions provider SEE (formerly Sealed Air) cover a range of workplace topics from education and career path to representation and pay equity.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Meet Aaron Kim, HIV Specialty Pharmacist at Walgreens

I’m Aaron Kim, an HIV specialty pharmacist at Walgreens, and my passion is providing holistic care for my patients living with HIV and AIDs.

Education

Bridging the Education Gap in China’s Rural Communities

Trane Technologies collaborates with Yuanshan Foundation to empower rural students in China with STEM education, fostering sustainable futures.

Education

Qualcomm and FIRST Are Increasing Access to STEM Education

FIRST is the world’s leading youth-serving non-profit organization advancing STEM education. It engages students in grades PreK-12 in hands-on, mentor-based robotics programs to help them become science and technology leaders and well-rounded contributors to society.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Makes $100,000 Grant in Support of Life’s Kitchen Job Skills Training Program

KeyBank has awarded a $100,000 grant to Life’s Kitchen, a non-profit organization that prepares at-risk youth in Idaho to be successful in food service and other careers.

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Health & Healthcare

Direct Relief Delivers $1 Billion in Donated Medicine and Medical Supplies to Ukraine

In response to the brutal fighting, continuing attacks on Ukraine’s civilians, destruction of the country’s electricity infrastructure, and infliction of widespread psychological trauma, Direct Relief has conducted its largest and most sustained humanitarian aid response

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bath & Body Works Named Among the Most Innovative Companies in 2023

Bath & Body Works announced today it has been named one of the top 10 most innovative companies in Fordham University’s American Innovation Index.

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