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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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Responsible Production & Consumption

Collaborating for the Planet: How One Unlikely Material Enabled a Sustainable Luxury Golf Bag

On a mission to reimagine a more sustainable golf bag for a world-class golf event, VESSEL and Dow turned to a novel and versatile material solution: LuxSense™ Silicone Leather.

Diversity & Inclusion

NBCUniversal and IllumiNative Partner To Increase Indigenous Representation in Media

To kick-off Native American Heritage Month, NBCUniversal and IllumiNative, the Native women-led organization focused on amplifying contemporary Native voices, stories, and issues to advance justice, equity, and self-determination, announced a new partnership.

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Research, Reports & Publications

TENWEST Streetfest and Startup Tucson Creates a Place for Entrepreneurs To Learn and Grow

GoDaddy’s Sr. Director of Venture Forward, Alexandra Rosen, kicked off Innovation Day at TENWEST this year with a presentation on the power of entrepreneurship, including the growth, journey and impact of the local microbusiness owner in Tucson and surrounding Arizona.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Like Pizza, Opportunity Is Better Shared

At Pizza Hut, we believe that everyone deserves equal opportunity. That’s why we created the Equal Slice program, which provides education, mentorship, and $20,000 grants to business owners in underrepresented communities to help them succeed.

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Energy

How Chemours’ Chemistries Are Helping To Sustainably Scale the Hydrogen Economy

One of the hydrogen industry’s biggest challenges is the need to quickly and exponentially scale a new supply chain that can support rapid advancement toward a global Hydrogen Economy, especially in the face of geopolitical challenges.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Entergy Texas Partners With Montgomery County Food Bank To Provide Healthy Meals to the Community

No one should have to question where their next meal will come from, but unfortunately, that’s the reality for many families in Texas.

Energy

Ramping Up RNG Potential in the Pacific Northwest

Renewable energy, including RNG, is an important and growing business for Enbridge, which has been investing in renewables and lower-carbon infrastructure for more than 20 years.

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Santa Barbara Unveils New Electric Buses

Santa Barbara’s Metropolitan Transit District is two stops closer to a zero-emission fleet. The agency recently added two new 40-foot, battery-electric buses and charging infrastructure to its operations.

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Health & Healthcare

Essity Hygiene and Health Report 2023–2024: Prevention for Preparedness in Hygiene and Health

Prevention helps save lives and facilitates equity and equality. Prevention measures including access to basic hygiene services are as essential for health systems and societies as they are for individuals.

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Diversity & Inclusion

High School Internship Program Helps Students Grow Careers in Banking

For Jorge Estudillo-Castillo, thinking about a future career in banking started while attending Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Twin Cities and interning at a U.S. Bank branch in Minneapolis.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Insight From Nielsen: New Research Shows That Disability-Inclusive Content Is Smart Business

It’s the classic fashion catalog pose. Two fetching models, a man and a woman who look like they’re about to go yachting, peer into the camera with a look that borders on smoldering.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Doing Good by Giving Back: Honoring National Philanthropy Day

As a global company committed to developing solutions that improve people’s daily experiences, HARMAN has always believed in pursuing ideas, technologies and partnerships that have a profound impact on people, communities and the broader society.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Local Business L&M Hair Company Wins KeyBank’s Key4Women, 2023 Women-Owned Business Pitch Contest in Partnership With Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), and the Portland Thorns FC

KeyBank’s Key4Women program, Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), and the Portland Thorns FC announced that local business, L&M Hair Company, is the winner of a business pitch contest for women-owned businesses (WOBs) located in Oregon and SW Washington.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Franklin Templeton Employees Engage in Read for the Record Initiative

This year, 40 Franklin Templeton employees across seven offices read to over 1,200 students as part of Jumpstart’s 17th anniversary of Read for the Record.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

DP World and McLaren Racing Pioneer Sustainable Logistics in Moving F1 Race Equipment

Sustainability met speed last week through DP World's latest collaboration with McLaren Racing.

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Innovation & Technology

Bad Actors Using AI To Target Businesses via BEC

Business Email Compromise – known simply as BEC – often looks like an innocuous email. Yet it’s one of the most financially damaging online crimes.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Fortune and Great Place to Work® Name Cadence One of the World’s Best Workplaces™ in 2023, Ranking 9th

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that Fortune magazine and Great Place To Work® have honored the company as one of the 2023 World’s Best Workplaces™ for the eighth time, ranking Cadence #9.

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Environment

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Joins MIT SHINE Research Initiative

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has become a member of the Sustainability and Health Initiative for Net Positive Enterprise (SHINE) established by the Materials Systems Laboratory (MSL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Subaru of America Adopts All Classrooms on Camden High School Campus

Last year, Subaru adopted the city's middle schools and the year before adopted elementary schools as part of its Subaru Loves Learning initiative. The company partners with AdoptAClassroom.org with its initiative.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Video: SEE® Creates Sustainability Beyond Our Oceans With Talley's

Global packaging provider SEE (formerly Sealed Air) worked with Talley's, a New Zealand-based agribusiness company, to provide a seafood packaging solution that aligns with Talley's eco-conscious values and meets industry and retailer requirements for recyclable packaging.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Duke Energy Honors Ohio and Northern Kentucky Veterans With Foundation Grants, Volunteerism

Duke Energy proudly honors our nation’s veterans with Foundation grants in 2023 totaling $35,000.

Green Infrastructure

Trane Technologies Delivers on Low-Carbon Steel Commitment With 1M+ Sustainable HVAC Systems

Trane Technologies today announced a significant milestone for its industry-leading, sustainable climate solutions – with more than one million HVAC units with low-carbon steel shipped to homeowners and commercial customers across the U.S.

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Environment

Landmark Oceans Futures Platform Projects the Arctic, Gulf of Guinea, and Central Pacific To Be Among Future Climate-Driven Fisheries Conflict Hotspots

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced the launch of its Oceans Futures platform, a first-of-its-kind initiative that projects seascapes surrounding the Arctic Ocean and within the Gulf of Guinea, Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Tropical Pacific, and Central Pacific will experience

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Environment

Newly Released Resources for Private Equity Investors Will Help Evaluate Portfolio Progress Toward Net Zero

Ceres welcomes two important new resources for private equity investors to help them evaluate and communicate the progress their portfolio companies are making towards net zero.

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Events, Media & Communications

At COP28, Influential Investors, Companies, and Policymakers To Call for Greater Global Ambition and Accelerated Action To Limit Temperature Rise and Achieve a Net Zero Economy

With less than seven years to halve emissions by 2030, the 2023 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28) presents a critical moment for governments and businesses to accelerate ambition and action to stabilize the climate

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