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Innovation & Technology

Intel AI-Powered Backpack Helps Visually Impaired Navigate World

“It’s incredible to see a developer take Intel’s AI technology for the edge and quickly build a solution to make their friend’s life easier,” said Hema Chamraj, director, Technology Advocacy and AI4Good at Intel.

Health & Healthcare

Four Viruses, One Swab, One Report

Waking up with a runny nose wouldn't be cause for alarm in "normal times." However, that's all changed thanks to COVID-19. Now the slightest runny nose or cough can cause alarm. Is it COVID-19?

Social Impact & Volunteering

Prove It! The Science Behind the Helper's High

Ever heard of the helper’s high? Did you wonder if it’s as legitimate as it sounds? We’re here to share the research! Explore resources about the helper’s high and the brain’s positive response to pro-social behaviors like volunteering and giving.

Diversity & Inclusion

Influential Women at Alliance Data: Val Greer

In continuation of our Women's History Month celebration, we’re thrilled to share this week’s spotlight — Val Greer, Chief Commercial Officer at Alliance Data. Val is passionate about empowering women in and out of the workplace.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

43 New Asset Managers Commit to Net Zero Emissions Goal

Asset managers representing over $22.8 trillion of assets under management (AUM) today announced that they are new signatories to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.

Health & Healthcare

Alkermes Provides Tips on Talking to a Doctor About Your Mental Health

Early identification of a serious mental illness and intervention can be critical to disease management and improved long-term outcomes for individuals.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Don't Fall Flat: Here's What to Do With Old Tires

With the 5th largest vocational fleet in the nation and more than 16,000 trucks, Republic Services knows a few things about tires and what to do and not do with your old tires.

Education

A Conversation About the Power of STEM Education With Dr. Gloria Banuelos

Our Thinkabit Lab program shows students from all cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds that they can be part of inventing the wireless world of the future.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women's Leadership and COVID-19: Spotlight on Garima Kaul

In this interview, we speak with Garima Kaul, who leads Clarivate therapy and analytics expert teams in India, Mainland China and Japan.

Research, Reports & Publications

2020's Health And Financial Challenges Likely To Linger

After an unpredictable 2020 and with a COVID-19 vaccine in the early stages of distribution, optimism and fresh starts are the sentiments ringing true right now.

Diversity & Inclusion

How Cicely Hart Pursued Leadership Through Engineering

Duke Energy vice president became an engineer because she loved math but stayed with it to lead others

Education

Discovery Education Presents Three New Virtual Field Trips Connecting Students to Curiosity Created in Partnership with Industry Leading Organizations

Focused on an array of diverse topics, these new virtual field trips connect learning to the real-world through relevant and timely digital content that supports learning wherever it takes place.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Cummins Leader Says past Successes Can Inform Carbon-Neutral Future

When Cummins’ Chief Technical Officer thinks about the global power leader’s aspiration to be carbon neutral by 2050, he’s inspired by the industry’s past success fighting smog.

Education

Introducing the Subaru University Scholarship for Automotive Excellence

If Subaru is known for one thing outside of producing rugged, reliable, family-friendly vehicles, it’s using its position as an industry leader for philanthropic purposes.

Diversity & Inclusion

EarthShare and Partners Advance Environmental Justice and Equity Learning for Earth Month 2021 With New Live Webinar Series for Corporate Workplaces

EarthShare announces a new environmental equity and justice webinar series for Earth Month 2021. Building Equity for All explores the past, present and future of environmental justice and empowers workplace participants to take action.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Former Access Bank CEO, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, to Release New Book Leaving the Tarmac: Buying a Bank in Africa and Launch His Family Philanthropic Foundation

‘This is not the end of the journey. We are moving on to other things and to being the change we want to see in Africa.’ Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede

Research, Reports & Publications

Electrolux Reports Progress on New Sustainability Strategy and Includes Climate Reduction Incentive Program for Top Managers

Electrolux publishes its 2020 Sustainability Report today. The report highlights include a 70% reduction in emissions since 2015 and an innovative climate reduction element to its long-term incentive program for top managers.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

IWBI Is Awarded an InsideOut Mental Health Award

The International WELL Building Institute was selected as a winner of the InsideOut Mental Health Awards, which celebrate mental health and those organizations and individuals who champion it.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Despite COVID-19, Affordable Housing Lending Remains Strong

“COVID-19 has impacted nearly every industry, and, with housing, it has brought additional light to the recognized need for more affordable housing,” according to Rob Likes, national manager of CDLI at KeyBank. Read more in the article.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Herbalife Nutrition Survey Finds Many Americans Experienced Food Insecurity During Pandemic.

Six in 10 Americans have faced “food insecurity” at some point in their lives, and of those, 73% experienced it for the first time since the start of the pandemic, according to new research.

Innovation & Technology

Loop Master™ System - A Problem Solved at a Rate of Knots

Balers, one of the most important pieces of equipment on any farm, have been in existence in some form or other since the late 1800s.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Stanley Black & Decker, Heritage on Turning Materials Waste Into an Asset

Dan Fitzgerald, senior director of product sustainability at Stanley Black & Decker, said adopting more sustainable materials is one of many steps manufacturers can take today to make measurable progress on their ESG goals.

Diversity & Inclusion

One Brand's Women's History Month Challenge Acknowledges “It's On Us”

Today, we examine how one company is going beyond the call for more diversity of women in mainstream marketing, to “infiltrating” the advertising industry from the inside.

Diversity & Inclusion

KeyBank Stands With the AAPI Community

At Key, we proudly stand with our Asian teammates, clients, and communities in the face of racism, prejudice, and discrimination.

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    Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...
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