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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement | Verizon

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

Lockheed Martin as a High-Trust Workplace

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Research, Reports & Publications

MetLife Foundation | A Message from the President

Anyone who works in financial services comes to understand that financial well-being affects, and is affected by, virtually every other area of life—from health status to educational attainment to family formation and much more.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Practitioner Spotlight--Tim Larson

Let's take a closer look at one of Antea Group's most valuable resources--its people! Next up is operational performance and assurance practitioner Tim Larson out of St. Paul, who talks to us about what solutions he's working on for the practice area, the coolest project he's ever worked on, and what TV show character he most identifies with.

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Events, Media & Communications

Strength & Stability Focus of AGM

President & CEO Russ Girling presents solid financial results to shareholders at Annual General Meeting in Calgary and details how TransCanada’s low-risk strategy continues to bring stability and strong results.

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Environment

Three National Parks Targeted for Zero Landfill Initiative, Subaru Sharing Its Expertise

Subaru, together with the National Park Service and the National Parks Conservation Association, is leveraging their environmental expertise to work toward a goal of significantly reducing waste going into landfills from all national parks.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Tapping Into the Inclusive Business Opportunity in Asia: Can the SDGs Fuel Inclusive Business?

According to a soon-to-be-launched report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on impact investing in Southeast Asia, the base of the economic pyramid (BoP) market in East and Southeast Asia is comprised of 1.3 billion people with a purchasing power of US$4.7 trillion. Inclusive businesses – commercially viable enterprises that provide livelihoods and essential goods and services to people at the BoP – can play a key role in responding to this market’s unmet needs.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Best Practice: February-March 2016

The Feb/March 2016 issue of Best Practice includes CSR and sustainability case studies from thought leaders across several industries

Social Impact & Volunteering

Corporate Giving & Engagement: Executive Leadership Support

One of the hallmarks of a strategic corporate giving and engagement program is genuine Executive Leadership Support.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

In Africa, #MarketsMatter for a Healthy Society

When it comes to improving access to healthcare in Africa, markets matter. From pharmaceutical companies to small clinics, an interconnected private market complements public sector services to help patients receive the healthcare they need, when and where they need it.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Arrow Electronics Wins PR Week 360 Global Award for Corporate Social Responsibility

Centennial, Colo., May 2, 2016 /3BL Media/ – Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) walked away with top honors in the Corporate Social Responsibility category at the PR Week 360 Global Awards on Thursday in London.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sodexo Employees Celebrate 20 Years of Fighting Hunger in North America as 2016 Stop Hunger Servathon Concludes

Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, celebrated the successful 20th year of employees impacting hunger issues in communities across North America in April. Its annual Stop Hunger Servathon, a month-long, global effort, drew to a close last week. Every year during the month of April, Sodexo employees, clients, customers and local stakeholders join forces to fight hunger and raise awareness about related health and nutrition issues. Results for the worldwide effort will be announced in June.

Education

DIY Science at Home: Instant Art w/ Cabbage and Lemon Juice

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Atlas Copco Rental: Safety Means A Lot to Us

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Outstanding Safety Record at Atlas Copco Chile

Social Impact & Volunteering

Diageo North America Employees Revitalize STAR Center in Norwalk to Benefit Neighbors with Disabilities

More than 100 employees from Diageo North America’s finance team undertook a transformational service project at the STAR, Inc. Lighting the Way center in Norwalk this week. STAR is a nonprofit organization that has provided services to individuals with developmental disabilities in mid-Fairfield County since 1952.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Four Questions with PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi and Target’s Brian Cornell on Advancing Women in Leadership

​Indra Nooyi and Brian Cornell have a lot in common. They first met back in 1998, when Indra was leading strategy and business development for PepsiCo, and Brian was managing Tropicana’s North American business.

Social Impact & Volunteering

#GoingToBat Community Spotlight: Nelson Cruz

Nelson Cruz, a native of Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic, is an international superstar. Some of his best work, however, is not on a baseball diamond, but away from the spotlight supporting causes close to his heart.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pizza Hut Harvest: Fighting Food Waste, Hunger and Greenhouse Emissions, One Slice of Pizza at a Time

Pizza Hut has a strong legacy with food donations, dating back to 1992 when we became the first company to create a national surplus food donation program.

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Diversity & Inclusion

BMS Foundation Working to Improve Minorities’ Access to Healthcare

April is National Minority Health Month in the United States and this year the Department of Health and Human Services has chosen the theme, “Accelerating Health Equity for the Nation.” The goal is to raise awareness of the health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities and to mobilize groups across the nation, like the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, to work with government and other partners to accelerate the realization of health equity – the attainment of the highest level of health for all people (Healthy People 2020).

Research, Reports & Publications

Transformative Technologies

21st Century Fox

Education

21CF Supports Education for Syrian Refugee Children with $125,000 Donation to Malala Fund

21st Century Fox has announced a contribution of more than $125,000 to Malala Fund, an organization advocating for secondary girls' education around the world. The gift consists of funds raised through a company-wide employee matching program, as well as a social media campaign led by 21CF and the National Geographic Channel, and will help provide education for Syrian refugee children. The donation is the culmination of the company's year-long global campaign to support "He Named Me Malala," Fox Searchlight and National Geographic Channel's documentary about 18-year-old activist Malala Yousafzai, and raise awareness of the more than 60 million young women who are out of school around the globe.

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Events, Media & Communications

Ecovadis Conference 2016: Calling All Brands

Two weeks ago in Paris, EcoVadis held its annual conference, providing content to both its customers and its global staff of analysts, those ultimately responsible for scoring companies across a spectrum of corporate social responsibility and sustainability criteria.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Avnet Employees Jazz up Arizona School

Social Impact & Volunteering

Susquehanna Service Dogs: A Grassroots Effort that Took Seed and Blossomed

“Each person who volunteers their time in any capacity,” Pam Foreman, director of Susquehanna Service Dogs, says, “each person partnered with an SSD dog, each employee and each person who provides a monetary or in-kind donation of any amount makes this program what it is.” Harrisburg Magazine provides a "behind the scenes" look at Susquehanna Service Dogs and how little puppies become working service dogs.

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Environment

Corporate Action That’s Making a Difference on SDG 6-Water and Sanitation

This week, Global Sourcing Council's 17 Weeks for 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explores SDG 6 with examples of corporate action to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Latest Campaigns

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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...

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    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...