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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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Events, Media & Communications

How to Start a Social Impact Program That Benefits Both Business Objectives and Communities

Join thinkPARALLAX and Qualcomm™ Wireless Reach®, on Wednesday, December 7 at 10 AM PST, to learn how a social impact program can benefit both business objectives and communities.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Philips and Dell on Revolutionizing Global Supply Chains – Complimentary Webinar

For most companies their greatest risks and impacts lie within their supply chains. To truly address areas such as; GHG emissions, Human Rights violations and water usage companies need to work with a whole host of partners.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

17 Kids Get Forever Families in Franklin County on National Adoption Day

Seventeen children will be tucked into beds at their "forever homes" after an adoption ceremony at the Franklin County Courthouse. November is National Adoption Month and Thursday's 18th annual event is raising awareness of more than 110,000 children in foster care nationwide needing permanent, loving families.

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Health & Healthcare

Gilead Announces 10-Year, $100 Million Commitment to Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Southern United States

Gilead Sciences, Inc.(NASDAQ:GILD) today announced the launch of the Gilead COMPASS (COMmitment to Partnership in Addressing HIV/AIDS in Southern States) Initiative, a 10-year, $100 million commitment to support organizations working to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Southern United States. Gilead will partner with three coordinating centers to lead the corporate giving program of the initiative: Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Workand the Southern AIDS Coalition. These coordinating centers will identify and provide funding to local organizations that are committed to addressing the epidemic throughout the region, focusing on capacity building and shared knowledge; wellbeing, mental health and trauma-informed care

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PC Habitat for Humanity Dedicates 10th Home

Whirlpool Corporation volunteers pitched in to help complete construction of a Habitat for Humanity home for a woman and her daughter, who is handicapped, in Ottawa.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Walmart, Every Day is Veterans Day

Every year, we come together as a nation to honor and thank the men and women who have made countless sacrifices to protect our freedoms. At Walmart, we know we all have a role to play when it comes to serving those who have served us. In fact, we hosted a Veterans Day celebration yesterday at our headquarters, championing our own veteran associates and the pride, talent and value they bring to our greater Walmart community. We’re passionate about our commitment to support men and women throughout their service journey, but our promise doesn’t end after November 11. It’s not enough to honor veterans only one day a year.

Benevity

Diversity & Inclusion

Are You Building an Inclusive Employee Experience Through Your Corporate Giving Program?

Whether through aging or injury, any of us can lose our ability to interact with the world around us, either temporarily or permanently. That’s why it’s important to remember that accessibility is for everyone. Director of Product Design at Benevity, Jim Olson, shares a personal story in this blog - showing the human impact that often takes a back seat to data and metrics when discussing diversity and inclusion.

Innovation & Technology

UPS Trials New and More Sustainable Urban Delivery System in London

UPS is testing a depot-to-door delivery system in central London. The Low Impact City Logistics project will reduce traffic congestion and emissions associated with urban package delivery by using a power-assisted delivery trailer. Packages will be loaded onto pay load boxes at the depot and delivered by a single trailer to a central hub located within a busy urban area.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Republic Services Recognized as "Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist" at 7th Annual East Bay Philanthropy Awards

Republic Services of Richmond and Pacheco, California were recognized at the 7th Annual East Bay Philanthropy Awards. Presented by the Sanford Institute for Philanthropy and Wells Fargo honoring the people, businesses, and service organizations that give back to the East Bay community. It is the most inspiring day for the East Bay Leadership Council, where they are thrilled to help recognize such an exceptional class of honorees. Republic Services was honored with the Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist award.

Health & Healthcare

Recognizing Who Puts the ‘Care’ in Healthcare

Healthcare is a hot topic – who gets it, who pays for it, who insures it. Oftentimes, though, there’s something lost in the discussion and that’s who provides our healthcare. Specifically, who are the people employed to care for others and what are the challenges they face? In some ways, these questions, and their answers, are the most fundamental to hospital and patient outcomes. It’s these doctors, nurses, administrators and support staff who are key to the quality of our entire healthcare system.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CBRE Workplace360: Miami

CBRE recently opened its new Workplace360 office in Miami. This video showcases how the innovative workplace promotes flexibility, mobility and productivity for our employees.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Falkenberg Becomes Carlsberg's First Carbon-Neutral Brewery

Carlsberg Group is now one step closer to achieving its Together Towards Zero goals — the company’s brewery in Falkenberg, Sweden is now 100 percent powered by biogas and clean electricity, thereby reducing its CO2 emissions to zero.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100- Current Winners

Brenda Rideout joined Tangerine (formerly ING DIRECT Canada) in 1999 as director of software development and quickly moved up the ranks to senior executive leadership positions. She was instrumental in growing the bank’s Canadian presence and led its brand transition to Tangerine. In 2007, she was awarded the Most Innovative CIO award from Bank Systems and Technology magazine and in 2008 she was the recipient of the CIO of the Year award from the Canadian Alliance Technology Association.

Sustainable Development Goals

Business and the Sustainable Development Goals: Why It Matters

In an increasingly interconnected, complex and turbulent world, business is navigating uncharted waters. Amidst this uncertainty, the global community came together in a global call to action to guide all stakeholders– including business– in building a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive society. While the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were designed for and approved by governments, they also constitute a global framework for measuring business contributions to society – how companies can ‘win with purpose’.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Leading Tire Company CEOs Announce Continued Progress on Research Projects Addressing Key Sustainability Issues

Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of leading tire companies have announced the latest results of ongoing international research projects studying the potential health and environmental impacts of tires. The eleven CEOs form the Tire Industry Project (TIP), which was founded in 2005 to identify and offer solutions to sustainability challenges associated with the life cycle of tires. TIP is a proactive organization that operates under the umbrella of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Providing a "Different Kind of Healing" to Seriously Ill Children and Their Families

In addition to their medical concerns, seriously ill children experience a multitude of emotional challenges including isolation, fear and uncertainty. When Paul Newman founded The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in 1988, he wanted to provide these children with a hideout where they could escape their illness and just be kids. What he didn’t anticipate was the incredible healing impact of being surrounded by others who understood the challenges they face.

Environment

Could Perennial Grains Be the Next Climate-Saving Superstars?

A new cereal grain more than 40 years in the making is finding its way into the marketplace in several forms, including a new product from food giant General Mills. Some believe it carries the promise of a whole new type of staple crop — one that requires minimal plowing, fertilizers or pesticides — that also could become a weapon in the battle against climate change.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sustainable Products and Services are the Foundation of Northern Trust's Responsible Investment Principles

At the end of 2016, Northern Trust Asset Management managed $54 billion of assets globally that incorporate ESG criteria, including six ESG funds and two newly launched ESG exchange-traded funds (ETFs). With ESG trends continuing to strengthen, our ESG pooled fund platform grew to over $5 billion. Northern Trust's investment oversight solutions offer our investors comprehensive analysis, insights and monitoring, as well as asset class portfolios that include traditional market-based metrics and ESG exposures.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

De Beers Secretaries Use Their Special Day to Help Young Girl Students

The aim of the P7,000 donation of toiletries and sanitary pads by a total of 32 secretaries from the Orapa, Letlhakane and Damtshaa mines was to support young girls in the hostel at Khwee Primary School in the challenges of developing into young women. It was also a demonstration of Debswana’s value of showing its people care.

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Health & Healthcare

15 Whole Kids Foundation® Supplier Partners Contribute Over $950K to Kids’ Nutrition and Health

Today, Whole Kids Foundation announced the 2017 Growing Healthy Kids Campaign raised $3,542,448, with 15 supplier partners investing more than $950,000 to support children’s nutrition and health.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

What Have We Learned About Learning in the Past 10 Years?

As a member of the evaluation community, and in my work as an advisor to foundation clients including Kaiser Permanente’s Community Benefit, the Kresge Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation, I think about trends shaping the field, and how they are showing up in practice.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Arbor Day Foundation Announces a Five-Year Partnership With Texas Roadhouse to Restore Hurricane Destroyed Tree Canopies in Forests and Communities

The Arbor Day Foundation announced today a five-year partnership with Texas Roadhouse as part of its newly launched Hurricane Tree Recovery Campaign. Texas Roadhouse has committed funding towards the tree restoration efforts in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. The initial phase of their $250,000 commitment will focus on planting and distributing trees in affected communities along the gulf coast.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Should International Development Recruiters Act as Career Coaches?

For the past six years, I have been a recruiter for Tetra Tech International Development Services (IDS), where my primary responsibility is to find professionals who perfectly match requirements dictated by Tetra Tech’s clients. Typically, I have about 30 days to find ideal candidates; establish relationships with them; review their documents; run reference checks; and negotiate salary and benefits packages.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Safeway Store in Aberdeen Donates “Near Date” Items to Food Banks

The Ocean Shores Food Bank is one of four groups on Grays Harbor County that have started receiving help from the Aberdeen Safeway store with ongoing efforts to feed hungry Harborites through a program administered by Seattle-based nonprofit Food Lifeline.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Barclays & Unreasonable Group | Jobs of Tomorrow, Solutions for the Planet

Unreasonable Impact, created by Barclays and Unreasonable Group, is a programme centered around scaling growth-stage ventures across the globe that are well positioned to create thousands of jobs while solving our toughest societal and environmental challenges.

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