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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

Upwardly Global: Bridging the Divide for Immigrants to Thrive in the U.S. Workforce

More than at any other point in history, those immigrating are more educated – 45 percent hold at least a bachelor’s degree. Yet, two million degreed and professionally experienced immigrants and refugees face a multitude of barriers that prevent them from applying their full potential in the United States.

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Diversity & Inclusion

How to Move Workplace Diversity and Inclusion From Awareness to Action

As a white, Jewish woman from South Africa, Natalie Lichtigfeld has been exposed to different cultures, people and religions all her life.

But attending a DE&I in the Workplace program at the University of South Florida was different.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nestlé Professional USA Announces Cool Food Menu Certification in Partnership With World Resources Institute

Nestlé Professional USA announces a partnership with the World Resources Institute (WRI) to bring more climate friendly meals to consumers in foodservice settings.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ESG Disclosure Language on the Rise in 10-K Filings

Public companies are adding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) language to 10-K filings in a big way: some terms are showing up three times more often than two years ago, our search of public filings found.

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Health & Healthcare

Tork and the Green Bay Packers Team up to “Tackle Hygiene With Every Catch”

As fans return to Lambeau Field this week for the home opener, the Green Bay Packers are teaming up with Tork, an Essity brand, to keep fans healthy and give back to the Green Bay and Milwaukee communities.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating the Diversity of Our Workforce

For over five years and counting, we continue to dedicate a full month to fostering meaningful discussions and learning around diversity and inclusion while pausing to reflect and celebrate all the wonderful D&I-focused work being done throughout the year.

Environment

Tunnels: Sustainable Solutions for Major Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

As a leading designer of water and wastewater infrastructure above and below the surface, WSP USA has been at the forefront of guiding urban leaders to find the most practical and beneficial system to suit their needs.

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Innovation & Technology

Emerging Tech Will Be Crucial in Reaching Net-Zero

As countries and companies work to decarbonize in an effort to align with the Paris Agreement and limit global temperature rise, public conversation can take on an “electrify everything” theme.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

International Paper - Giving Back to Those Affected by Hurricane Ida

Our team in Orange, Texas, is giving back to individuals recently affected by Hurricane Ida. They make us #ProudtobeIP.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Herbalife Nutrition Partners With Green Antz for Waste Diversion Initiative

Herbalife Nutrition Philippines has partnered with Green Antz Builders, Inc. for its waste diversion initiative, the Herbalife Nutrition Go Green Recycling Program.

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Research, Reports & Publications

New Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Report Examines How For-Profit Companies Can Act as Anchor Institutions to Advance Social Impact in Lower-Income Communities

A new report from Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) explores how for-profit corporations can serve as anchor institutions by fostering strategic partnerships and social impact efforts that benefit residents of lower-income communities where their companies are rooted.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Qualcomm Report Calls for Accelerated Efforts to Use 5G to Enable a More Sustainable Future

The report finds that 5G can transform and positively impact industries across the globe by creating new products and processes that support environmental sustainability.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Verizon Forward for Good Accelerator Now Accepting Applications for Disability Innovation Cohort

Aimed at driving meaningful social change through leading-edge technologies, such as 5G, MEC, AI and XR, the Verizon Forward for Good Accelerator has one mission: To leave the world better than we found it.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Aramark Expands Community Outreach During 2021 Global Day Of Service

On Thursday, September 23, Aramark employees around the world will participate in Aramark Building Community (ABC) Day.

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Environment

When It Rains, It's Really Going to Pour: Getting a Handle on Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities Through TCFD

Join Antea Group TCFD experts to gain tangible knowledge on how to conduct TCFD-aligned analysis and prepare public disclosures, as well as examples for how disclosures can lead to long-term business value creation.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Five Ways to Support Women in the Workplace After a Pandemic Setback

Like so many women in the workplace, I’ve had that uncomfortable conversation about competing priorities at work and at home.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investing in an Ocean Economy

The Earth is a water world covered by vast oceans and a sheltering atmosphere. The sheer immensity of our oceans has made them appear impervious to man’s presence. But they are not.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Truist Teammates Prop up a Hoop to Help

In the middle of the pandemic in 2020, Paul Bellamy, a Truist client services representative in Whiteville, N.C., got a phone call from a client while he was working his normal shift at the call center there.

Research, Reports & Publications

Blockchain for Social Impact: New Report by Blockchain Association INATBA

The International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications’ (INATBA) Social Impact Working Group (SIWG) recently published a report titled “Blockchain for Social Impact”. The report, co-authored by founding member and software provider iPoint-systems, provides insights into the role of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for blockchain-based social impact and announces the launch of social impact framework development.

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Environment

Did You Know: Wind Farm

From adhesives to beauty to laundry and home care, our innovations deliver the technology and solutions behind the products you use every day.

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Environment

Net-Zero Emissions Strategy for Tech Sector

The technology sector plays a vital role in developing long-term solutions to decrease climate-changing emissions.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Goldman Sachs, Xylem Launch First ESG-linked Demand Deposit Account

The new Goldman Sachs product links the yield clients earn on their deposits to the achievement of their own ESG targets. ESG-focused companies, like Xylem, stand to earn higher yields as they deliver on their sustainability strategies.

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Events, Media & Communications

Schneider Electric's Innovation Summit World Tour 2021

Get your business ready for the future by improving resilience and leveraging digitization, today. Discover how during our Innovation Summit World Tour 2021, kicking off October 12th!

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Environment

Illumina Begins Climate Week by Highlighting How Sequencing Supports Resilient Responses to Climate Change

This was a summer of unprecedented heat and runaway algae.

Energy

American Airlines Fuels Low-Carbon Future as Anchor Partner to Breakthrough Energy Catalyst

American Airlines announced today that it has become an anchor partner to Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, investing $100 million in a groundbreaking collaborative effort to accelerate the clean energy technologies necessary for achieving a net zero economy by 2050.

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