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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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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Communities Campaign Raises $658,787 to Support Local and Global Communities

The Whole Foods Market Foundations combined forces in a Communities Campaign in October to raise awareness and funds, enabling shoppers to join causes such as poverty alleviation in the United States and around the globe through Whole Planet Foundation.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

ScottsMiracle-Gro Associates GroMoreGood This Holiday Season

From toy drives to care-package deliveries, these programs exemplify the true passion of our associates to GroMoreGood in their communities.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New York State Common Retirement Fund Becomes First US Pension Fund to Commit to Net-Zero by 2040

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced that New York State Common Retirement Fund will commit to the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its portfolio by 2040

The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada

Education

MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs at Home: Wind Your Way Around Your Own DNA

At MilliporeSigma, we are passionate about inspiring the next generation of scientists. As many families are home for a prolonged period of time, we wanted to help bring a little curiosity to them at home.

Research, Reports & Publications

AEP Releases Corporate Accountability Year-End Update

American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) has issued its Corporate Accountability Report Year-End Update, which highlights significant developments in the company’s environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) efforts

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Communication Is Key: Jeff Komanetsky's Pro Bono Story and Tips for Volunteers

"Whether you’re in a professional rut or not, there are so many benefits to stepping out of your routine. You’re opening yourself to new ideas and to change." -Jeff Komanetsky on some of the perks of donating your time and skills pro bono.

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Environment

Latest Updates From the Ferrero Group on Its 2025 Packaging Commitment

The Ferrero Group shares its latest updates on its commitment for 100% of packaging to be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

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Energy

Ceres Releases a Set of Practices for an Equitable and Just Transition to Clean Energy

As clean energy deployment accelerates across the U.S. with solar and wind power now supplying more electricity than coal and $1.7 trillion in new renewable projects expected this decade

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Environment

Investors Talk Deforestation: Q&A with Julie Gorte, Impax AM

Julie Gorte is the Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing at Impax Asset Management LLC and Pax World Funds.

Diversity & Inclusion

Empowering Unique Abilities

For 10 year, Medtronic has partnered with Project SEARCH to provide an immersive internship experience for people with intellectual and developmental challenges. Learn more about its impact.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ON Semiconductor Names Hassane El-Khoury as Next CEO

ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ON) (“ON Semiconductor”) announced today that Hassane El-Khoury has been named as the company’s president, chief executive officer and member of its board of directors, effective Dec. 7, 2020.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion Champions in Asia

ON Semiconductor has a network of manufacturing facilities and design centers in key markets across the globe.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

FPT Industrial and Slow Food Support Sustainable Food Production Communities

FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE:CNHI / MI:CNHI), has teamed up with Slow Food, a global grassroots organization, to support two local communities’ initiatives, in Italy and France

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Companies Refocus Efforts on Essential Workers, but More Support Is Needed

As the United States breaks the record for most deaths in one day this Wednesday, the strain on healthcare and essential workers has become immense.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Duke Energy Earns an A- on the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) 2020 Climate Change and Water Security Indexes

Duke Energy is excited to announce that we have earned scores of A- on the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) 2020 Climate Change and Water Security indexes.

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Health & Healthcare

A Holiday PSA: Pick Up the Phone

As this year winds down, it’s hard not to notice the weariness that’s come from shifting almost every area of our lives — from work to school, workouts to happy hours — to some form of video call.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank Launches Collaborative Initiative to Assist Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

The Initiative will provide small businesses of 25 or fewer employees in low-to-moderate income communities that have been impacted by the pandemic with advice and pathways to accessing capital, via the Initiative’s loan and grant programs.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Marcus Rashford, MBE, Launches Football Boots Prize Draw to Fight Hunger in the UK

Two pairs of Marcus Rashford’s special edition All-Black Nike Mercurial Superfly boots available to win: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/BOOTS

Whole Foods Market Foundation

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Foods Market Nonprofit Foundations Raise $658,787 to Support Local and Global Communities

The Foundations combined forces in a Communities Campaign in October to raise awareness and funds, enabling shoppers to join the retailer in efforts to alleviate global poverty, improve children’s nutrition and increase healthy food access in communities facing barriers.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Creating Impact and Purpose for Our Global Communities This Holiday Season

For many families across America and around the world, 2020 has been the hungriest year in modern history. There will be more empty plates this holiday season than ever before due to the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.

The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada

Education

MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs at Home: Bobbing Raisins

At MilliporeSigma, we are passionate about inspiring the next generation of scientists. As many families are home for a prolonged period of time, we wanted to help bring a little curiosity to them at home.

Energy

Dominion Energy, Smithfield Foods Complete First-of-Its-Kind Renewable Natural Gas Project in Utah

The project is the first large-scale effort in the state to capture methane from hog farming operations and convert it into clean energy for homes, businesses and transportation.

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Education

High School Interning…Making Real Differences

Keysight’s experience with high school interns has positively influenced the development of technology skills in the local communities while offering the company an early preview of potential future employees.

Diversity & Inclusion

Medtronic: 10 Years. 1 Million Jobs. Countless Opportunities.

What does equity look like? For Medtronic, it looks like the private sector stepping up and leading, with measurable outcomes, attainable goals and countless opportunities for all.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Scholar Finds Common Purpose at FedEx

Dailyn Hereford, a senior marketing major at Jackson State University and TMCF scholar, knows firsthand that personal interactions can leave lasting impressions for college students making internship and employment decisions.

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