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PNC Volunteers Bring Basic Financial Knowledge to New Volunteer Opportunity

For about two years now, the PNC Center for Financial Education (CFE), an effort led by Community Development Banking, has been collaborating with community-based nonprofits to offer financial education to individuals, first-time homebuyers and small businesses.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Therapeutic Horsemanship Gets Northern Minnesota Riders Saddled Up

Horses have been long known to elicit a special connection with humans, and Jack Pine Stables has been mastering this art for over two decades.

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Environment

Major U.S. Companies Call for Swift Passage of Ambitious Federal Climate Policy to Build an Affordable, Competitive Clean Economy

Chief executives and other senior leaders from influential U.S. companies will meet with congressional offices to urge swift passage of a federal reconciliation bill that includes historic climate, clean energy, and environmental justice investments.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Hershey Company Earns Top Score on Human Rights Campaign's 2022 Corporate Equality Index

The Hershey Company announced that it received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The diversity of Hershey's workforce serves as a foundation of strength, innovation and collaboration.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Kala Gibson Named to Executive Leadership Council's Class of 2022

The ELC is a membership organization committed to increasing the number of Black executives in C-Suite and CEO roles and on corporate boards of Fortune 1000, Global 500 and equivalent companies.

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Environment

Veganuary Increases Appetite for Reducing Your Environmental Impact

We need to work at pace collectively and individually to protect the environment from the constant threat of global warming devastation.

Diversity & Inclusion

OLAY Announces Second $1 Million Commitment to Closing the Gender Gap in STEM

This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, OLAY enters year two of the brand’s 10-year program by announcing their second commitment of $1 million towards efforts to help close the STEM gap

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Ben & Jerry's Uses Ice Cream as a Convener for Social Change

We invited Chris Miller, Ben & Jerry’s Head of Global Activism Strategy, to discuss what cutting-edge corporate activism looks like today and how Ben & Jerry’s remains authentic to its values while using ice cream to change the world.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Kings Team Up With Shoes That Fit to Distribute 100 Pairs of adidas Sneakers to Elementary School Students in Compton, Calif.

AEG’s LA Kings recently teamed up with Shoes That Fit, an organization that outfits children in need with new shoes, to distribute 100 pairs of adidas sneakers to students at Longfellow Elementary in Compton, Calif. on Feb. 10.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Clinton Foundation's Maura Pally to Join Blackstone Charitable Foundation as Executive Director

Ms. Pally will oversee all Blackstone Charitable Foundation activity, leading strategy and integration efforts for its signature programs to support Blackstone’s goal of creating economic opportunity for under-resourced communities.

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Innovation & Technology

Rockwell Automation Helps Pioneer Sustainability and the Circular Economy in Steel Production

Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) control technologies and expertise in plant design and engineering are part of Europe’s first full-scale facility to convert CO2 to ethanol for use as fuel in plastic production.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Winning for the Long-term: Investing in Diverse-Owned Media

With the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, many marketers have made commitments to increase their investments in Black-owned media.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

UNFCU Foundation Names 2022 Grant Recipients Expands Support to 19 Resilient Partners Empowering Women and Youth

UNFCU Foundation today announced that 19 organizations are the recipients of its 2022 grants.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Beijing 2022 Builds on 2008 Legacy

The Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 are being staged in the first city to host both the Summer and Winter editions of the Olympic Games

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Diversity & Inclusion

Entergy Partners With Diverse Firms, Spends $1.3B for Goods and Services in 2021

In an achievement that elevates Entergy to elite status nationally in an important category, we have spent $1.3 billion with diverse companies in 2021.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Georgia-Pacific Industrial Gypsum Donates $5,500 of Equipment and Training to Camden, New Jersey Fire Department

Georgia-Pacific Industrial Gypsum ended the 2021 season of giving with the Camden City Fire Department in New Jersey.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Chemours' Chief Sustainability Officer, Sheryl Telford, on What It Takes to Reach Their Net Zero Goals

Jim Giles, Carbon Analyst at GreenBiz, interviewed Sheryl Telford, Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President of Envir. Health and Safety at Chemours on the company’s 2030 commitment to achieving a 60% reduction in scope 1 and scope 2 emissions.

Environment

Headlines of the Future: The Future of Agriculture and Climate Change

All around the world, we see and feel the effects of climate change on our lives. While it impacts everyone, agriculture is one of the sectors that is at the forefront of climate change.

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Environment

New CEO of National Conservation Organization Sets Course for Scaling Nature Based Solutions With High Profile Leadership Team

The American Forest Foundation, the national conservation organization making a meaningful conservation impact by supporting America’s family forest owners, today announced its growing leadership team

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Donates $20 Million to Strengthen Small Businesses in Los Angeles

Wells Fargo today announced a $20 million donation to help Los Angeles small business owners own more of their businesses’ assets, including property and equipment.

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Environment

Soil Health Institute Receives Grant From Wells Fargo to Develop DNA Sequence Based Indicators of Soil Health

The Soil Health Institute (SHI), the non-profit charged with safeguarding and enhancing the vitality and productivity of soils, announced funding today from Wells Fargo to identify microbial indicators of optimal carbon cycling and storage in soil.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Campaigns With Heart Honored As 2022 Halo Award Finalists

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Engage for Good celebrates companies and causes that truly ‘get it’ – companies with heart – with the announcement of this year’s Halo Award finalists.

Research, Reports & Publications

EcoVadis and the German Supply Chain Act

For companies who sell into Germany, there are new expectations for sustainability: How will the recent German Supply Chain act impact your relationships?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Scotiabank's Efforts to Prioritize Gender and LGBT+ Equality Recognized

For the fifth consecutive year, Scotiabank has been included in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI), a reference index that aims to track the performance of public companies committed to transparency in gender-data reporting and gender equality.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Novartis Highlights Focus on Creating Value for Stakeholders and Society in New Integrated Report

At Novartis, we work to build trust with society and deliver long-term value to our stakeholders by embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics into the core of our business strategy and operations.

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Environment

The Arbor Day Foundation and PlayStation Partner to Plant Trees Via New Video Game, Horizon Forbidden West

The Arbor Day Foundation and PlayStation partner to plant up to 288,000 trees in the spring of 2022, to help complete three major reforestation projects across the U.S.

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