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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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Research, Reports & Publications

Smithfield Foods 2017 Sustainability Report: Innovative Prime Fresh Packaging Video

Our new Prime Fresh line uses proprietary, minimalist packaging, which uses 31 percent less packaging than the conventional tubs that hold other pre-sliced deli meats. This provides a host of sustainability benefits such as fewer transportation miles (due to more product able to fit on trucks) and less waste sent to landfill.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Merck Named to Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s Annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List

Corporate Responsibility Magazine has ranked Merck #22 on its 19th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens list. The list recognizes the standout environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of public companies across the United States.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

The Arbor Day Foundation Partners With TD and Sustainable Brands on Tree Planting to Beautify Vancouver Park

The Arbor Day Foundation in collaboration with TDBank Group and Sustainable Brands are planting trees and doing clean-up at Stanley Park, Vancouver's first, largest and most well-known urban park on June 4. The tree planting will be done by volunteers attending the 2018 Sustainable Brands Conference — SB'18 Vancouver — which is being held in Downtown Vancouver June 4-7, 2018. The new trees are part of the City of Vancouver’s commitment to plant 150,000 trees by 2020. To sign up for this event please click here.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Strengthening Communities: Vancity Publishes 8th Integrated Annual Report

Vancity’s latest integrated Annual Report, Strengthening Communities, shows how Vancity exists solely for the benefit of our members and the communities in which they live and work. It can be viewed at annualreport.vancity.com.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Sustainability: L’Oréal Accelerates Its Transformation in 2017

Following Earth Day on April 22, L’Oréal publishes the 2017 Progress Report on its sustainability programme Sharing Beauty With All. The report shows significant progress, as much on sustainable innovation as on the company’s commitment to fighting climate change.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Important Dialogue - Community Investment Has a Role to Play in a Diversity & Inclusion Strategy

Join LBG Canada companies on June 5, 2018 in Calgary, as we discuss community investment's role in a diversity and inclusion strategy. Kelly Lendsay, President & CEO of Indigenous Works, joins panelists that include leaders influencing corporate thinking on abilities, LGBTQ inclusion, Action 92 and Indigenous inclusion, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Energy

Investor Momentum Builds With Majority Votes on Climate and Sustainability at Kinder Morgan

Shareholders delivered historic majority votes at Kinder Morgan today, with global investors helping pass key climate and sustainability resolutions, Ceres said in a statement. Kinder Morgan is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Social Activism and Community Engagement: A Conversation With Darrin Goss, President & CEO of Coastal Community Foundation

Social media activism, community engagement and leveraging philanthropic capital to advance change locally - Rachel Hutchisson of Blackbaud and Darrin Goss of the Coastal Community Foundation discussed these topics and more on the Champions for Social Good podcast.

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Health & Healthcare

Alcon Cares Project 100 Commits to Reducing Cataract Blindness Globally

Alcon, the global leader in eye care and a division of Novartis, today announced Alcon Cares Project 100, which aims to reduce cataract blindness by providing equipment to perform phacoemulsification (or “phaco”), a key step in the cataract surgery procedure. Alcon Cares, a foundation that oversees equipment and product donations to those in need, will give 100 reprocessed Infiniti units to eligible clinics in Asia, Central and South America, and Africa over the next three years, making it one of the largest eye care equipment donations of its kind.

Health & Healthcare

A Family Legacy: Improving Global Public Health

When Dr. Charles A. Knirsch, MD, MPH, joined Pfizer more than 20 years ago, planning had just begun for a new partnership to eliminate trachoma, a neglected tropical disease and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

IES Unveils Healthy Materials Management System in Partnership With International Living Future Institute

Finding building materials that won’t harm human health is now simpler and easier with the introduction of Red2Green (R2G), a new platform that slashes the time and effort required to pursue the ambitious requirements of the Living Building Challenge by crowdsourcing and documenting key materials health data for building and construction materials.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Valvoline Releases 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, ‘Voices of Valvoline’

Valvoline Inc. (NYSE: VVV), a leading worldwide supplier of premium branded lubricants and automotive services, today released its 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility Report (CSR). The foundational pillars of corporate social responsibility at Valvoline™ continue to center on its “People, Product and Planet” approach with a strategic focus on achieving greater impact in the areas of citizenship, sustainability, and diversity and inclusion.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Boeing Details More Than $54 Million in Grants and Philanthropic Investments

Boeing (NYSE: BA) today announced details for $54 million in grants and philanthropic sponsorships to nonprofits in the U.S. and around the globe. As part of the company’s pledge to invest in local communities following the enactment of the tax reform legislation, the investments include new or accelerated partnerships with organizations that improve STEM education, enhance transition and health services for veterans and their families, and enrich local communities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Northern Trust's Barbara Lane & Jackie Jordan Attended the Stand Against Racism Luncheon hosted by The YWCA

Northern Trust's Barbara Lane & Jackie Jordan attended the Stand Against Racism Luncheon hosted by The YWCA in West Palm Beach Florida. The keynote speaker was Judge Marilyn Milian. Milian currently presides over the American TV series The People’s Court.

Innovation & Technology

UPS To Deploy New, State-Of-The-Art Electric Vehicles in London and Paris

ARRIVAL will supply UPS with 35 modular, light-weight EVs with zero tailpipe emissions, 150-mile battery range and advanced safety features to make deliveries in London and Paris.

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How to Build an Inclusive Business

Read the inspiring stories of Lucky, Nash, Peter and Norihiko taking you on their inclusive business journey.

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Health & Healthcare

Novo Nordisk and Discovery Education Announce "Super Health, Super You" National Community Health Challenge Winners

Novo Nordisk, a global health care leader in diabetes care and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, today announced the 2017 Super Health, Super You Community Health Challenge winners in celebration of thriving, healthy and active school communities across the United States.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

TCFD and CDSB Launch Knowledge Hub to Help Organizations Implement the TCFD Recommendations

Today the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) announced the launch of the TCFD Knowledge Hub – a platform with relevant insights, tools and resources to help organizations implement the TCFD recommendations – at the TCFD U.S. Scenario Analysis Conference in New York.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Shared Value Summit 2018 Reflection

When Common Impact’s clients ask me what events they should attend to understand the next generation of CSR, employee engagement and for-purpose business, I always point them to the Shared Value Initiative (SVI). SVI held its annual summit this past week in the (finally sunny!) downtown NYC, where hundreds of business, investment and social sector professionals met to hear and discuss the latest in driving a social, environmental and financial bottom line at once.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Social Value Canada Announces SROI (Social Return on Investment) Training for Calgary and Toronto

May 30-31, 2018 in Calgary and June 13-14, 2018 in Toronto, join Social Value Canada for SROI Accreditation training. The course is a requirement for all individuals seeking accreditation by the SROI International Network.

Research, Reports & Publications

INFOGRAPHIC: Environmental Stewardship at Smithfield Foods

Learn more about Smithfield’s ambitious goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and its progress toward its 2020 environmental targets in its 2017 Sustainability Report at smithfieldfoods.com/environment.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

How Taiwanese Companies Are Responding to the Sustainable Development Goals

Climate change is a global challenge, and financial, supply chain and other related risks derived from climate change are among the top of the list of potential major impact risks. Taiwanese companies, like many global companies around the world, are beginning to realize the severity of the situation. Taiwanese businesses are using the Sustainable Development Goals to help guide progress and business operations for the future.

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Education

Arrow Electronics Funds Teacher Training in Colorado's Cherry Creek School District

Arrow Electronics is expanding its support of innovation in the Cherry Creek School District by helping to fund a new teacher-training initiative. In June, the district will begin partnering with the Buck Institute for Education to train 550 teachers across all grades and several disciplines on how to teach project-based learning.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

VIDEO | Garden Time Provides Incarcerated Individuals Hope for the Future

We’ve seen firsthand how gardens transform communities, but even more so, people’s lives. Here’s the story of one of those gardens, Garden Time in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Education

HP Education Solutions Increase Access to Quality Learning Around the World

Around the world, hundreds of millions of people lack access to quality learning opportunities, including 264 million children living in communities where basic educational resources are unavailable. To address this inequity, HP is working with other companies, nonprofit organizations, and governments to create technology solutions that can connect individuals to educational opportunities wherever they live.

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    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

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    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

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  11. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

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  14. FedEx | Awards & Recognition
    We are consistently ranked among the world’s most admired brands and employers. Read more about honors and recognition for FedEx’s ongoing effort to...

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    Doing what we do best for those who need it most. When disaster strikes, and there’s not a moment to lose, our people mobilize the FedEx global fleet...