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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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Events, Media & Communications

Schneider Electric and the Global Footprint Network Partner on “100 Days of Possibility” Initiative to Promote Solutions to Fight Climate Change

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and Global Footprint Network (GFN), a research organization that tracks how the world manages natural resources, today launched the “100 Days of Possibility” initiative.

Diversity & Inclusion

Creating Opportunity: Stella Su on Leading the Women @ Intel Network

Stella Su shares her experience as a member of Intel Taiwan’s Women @ Intel Network and what she’s learnt along her journey.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

This Living Lab Imagines the Post-COVID Office as Flexible, Informative and Responsive

As the COVID-19 pandemic fades and vaccination rates improve, employers are working on plans for re-entry with an opportunity to reset previous environments.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Convergence of Challenges: Addressing the Devastating Impact of Chronic Disease on Communities in Crisis

Abbott, CARE, RTI discuss how chronic diseases affect displaced populations – and a unique partnership in the Philippines to help.

Sustainable Development Goals

Vistra Shares Q2 Achievements in Innovation and Sustainability

Vistra Shares Q2 Achievements in Innovation and Sustainability. See the included graphic.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Business Expansion Funding Corporation Announced As Cornersquare Community Capital’s Newest CDFI Partner

“We’re committed to building more sustainable and equitable communities,” said John Stokes, community development manager at Truist.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why Nutrition During the First 1,000 Days Matters for Mothers and Their Children Campaign: Nutrition for Zero Hunger

Every child should have a strong start in life. But the reality is that an estimated 149 million children under the age of five are developmentally stunted due to chronic malnutrition during the 1,000 day period from conception until they reach two years of age.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Honoring the Legacy of Nelson Mandela in South Africa by Helping the Next Generation

CNH Industrial’s IVECO team in South Africa recently paid tribute to the theme of this past Nelson Mandela Day: ‘One Hand can Feed Another’ by making a difference in their nearby community.

Innovation & Technology

Power of 9: A Film Exploring Mobile Innovation for Good

"Power of 9: Mobile Innovation for Good" is a short film looking at the essential role mobile technology plays in solving some of the world’s most critical issues.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Launch of the Washington Materials Marketplace

The City of Tacoma, Seattle Good Business Network, and the US Business Council for Sustainable Development today announced the launch of a new program that allows for circular reuse of products and materials that might otherwise be destined for disposal in landfills.

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Events, Media & Communications

Land Betterment Corporation Hires Amanda Kruse to Expand Accounting and Financial Reporting Capabilities

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is pleased to announce that Amanda Kruse

Diversity & Inclusion

Community Partnerships Pave the Path to Equity

The time to simply “address” racial and ethnic inequities has passed. Today, we partner to actively break down systemic inequities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Supporting Housing Equity With Gateway Center

Established in 2005, Gateway Center provides basic needs and housing resources for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Functioning as much more than a shelter, the center offers case-by-case services around housing stability, health and wellness, job training and placement, family and community engagement and financial literacy.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dow Announces Strategic Collaboration With Natura for Project Ybá in Brazil - a Model of Sustainable Commercial-ecological- Social Development in the Amazon Rainforest

Dow recently announced that Natura cosmetics brand – part of Natura & Co group, the fourth largest personal care company in the world – is the first commercial collaborator for Project Ybá: Conservation that Transforms, a strategic sustainability project for balancing commercial growth of a local community with environmental preservation in Breu Branco, Pará, deep in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest.

Health & Healthcare

PT Freeport Indonesia Gifts Three Health Clinics to Papua Government

Three health clinics from PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) were given to the Mimika Regency government in Papua in June 2021.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity Partners With the “Go Give One” Campaign to Address Global COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity

Benevity and its clients PagerDuty and Workday have joined the Go Give One Coalition Challenge which launched in June, aiming to raise $5 million to fund one million vaccines by the end of this summer. As of mid-July the coalition had already reached a $1 million donation milestone, which will fund 200,000 doses for lower-income countries.

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Health & Healthcare

Expert Panel Issues Recommendations for Addressing Inequities in Cancer Care

New recommendations published by Doykos et al in Health Equity call for a significant expansion of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers to understand the causes of inequities in cancer care and a commitment to building sustained community partnerships to reduce them.

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Innovation & Technology

Unemployment Fraud Is Not Resolved

ITRC President and CEO Eva Velasquez focuses on the effects of identity fraud on the victims who have been denied much-needed unemployment and pandemic relief benefits.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Georgia-Pacific Expands Manufacturing of Curbside Recyclable Paper Padded Mailers for E-Commerce

Georgia-Pacific is expanding its manufacturing footprint for curbside recyclable paper padded mailers to support growing demand for more sustainable shipping envelopes.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Sappi CEO Steve Binnie Celebrates Company Achievements During Unprecedented Year

The past year has been unprecedented. The impact of COVID-19 cast a long shadow over the world. Our business was negatively affected, which influenced our ability to deliver our sustainability goals.

Health & Healthcare

United Awards Free Flights for a Year to Winners of "Your Shot to Fly" Sweepstakes

United Airlines recently announced the five lucky grand prize winners of its "Your Shot to Fly" sweepstakes, who will each get to fly anywhere in the world United flies with a companion over the course of the next year.

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Education

Subaru of America Adopts All K-5 Classrooms in the Camden City School District

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today announced that as part of its partnership with AdoptAClassroom.org it is “adopting,” or providing school supplies for, all kindergarten to fifth grade (K-5) classrooms in the Camden City School District.

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Environment

UFOs and Sustainability: What Can We Learn From the Dogged Pursuit of Disclosure?

Just as UFOs have grown more prominent and tangible in our societal consciousness due to recent developments, so too has the urgency of climate change, and the need for sustainable practices to counteract it.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Five Ways to Ensure Companies Create an Inclusive Workplace for LGTBQ+ Employees

As part of our DEI Speaker Series, Acre invited the team at Global Butterflies to host a talk on global trans & non-binary issues, with an added business perspective.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Evolve Small: Supporting Community Businesses

Evolve Small is a campaign focused on providing relief to small businesses recovering from the impact of COVID-19 in cities across North America.

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