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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement | Verizon

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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Responsible Production & Consumption

Scotch-Brite Continues To Build Sustainability Into Its Greener Clean Products

In continued efforts to design solutions that help advance a global circular economy, the brand has expanded its cleaning tools containing recycled content and plant-based materials, again without sacrificing durable cleaning power.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

My Quest Story – Jessica Clow

I began working at Quest Diagnostics in December 2020. Having recently moved from Maryland to New York, I was looking to start a new career but wasn’t sure what that was.

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Education

Lenovo’s Partnership With Solve Education! Foundation Underscores the Transformative Power of High-Quality Learning Opportunities

At Lenovo, we believe access to high-quality educational opportunities for every child around the world is critical to the betterment of society.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Boston Bound: DICK'S Sporting Goods Surprises Three Deserving Runners With Entry Bibs for the Boston Marathon

DICK’S worked with its partner, the B.A.A., to identify three deserving athletes from the Boston area who have qualified but never run in the Boston Marathon and offer them race bibs, giving them the opportunity to achieve their long sought-after goal.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Home Depot Earns Top Spot As Most Culturally Inclusive Brand of 2023

Established by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), the Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing (AIMM) recently awarded The Home Depot as #1 on their list of Most Culturally Inclusive Brands of 2023.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

American Airlines, Make-a-Wish® and Disney Host Wish Flight in Support of 28 Children Battling Critical Illnesses

American Airlines, Make-A-Wish and Disney will grant the wishes of children battling critical illnesses in celebration of World Wish Month.

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Health & Healthcare

Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Integrated Approach to Medication Adherence

The failure to take medications as prescribed is associated with adverse health outcomes and rising healthcare costs. Walgreens Boots Alliance strives to improve medication adherence by addressing systemic barriers to care.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Kingsport Pollinator Gardens Receive Keep America Beautiful Innovation Award

A network of pollinator gardens — the brainchild of an Eastman engineer — has been recognized by Keep America Beautiful with a 2023 Innovation Award, one of only 10 presented across the country.

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Green Infrastructure

Required Water System Update: Resilience Assessments and Plans

A record 28 “billion-dollar” weather and climate disasters struck the U.S. in 2023, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), causing an estimated $92.9 billion in damages.

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Research, Reports & Publications

US Entrepreneurs Skew Older Than Counterparts in the UK

Microbusiness owners in the U.S. skew older than those in the U.K. In the U.S., 63% of microbusiness entrepreneurs are Generation X (age 40-54) or baby boomers (age 55+), compared to 49% in the U.K., where millennials (age 25-39) take the lead.

Research, Reports & Publications

No Doubt About It: EVs Really Are Cleaner Than Gas Cars

As electric vehicles become a bigger part of the global car fleet, a contrarian take seems to surface every few months: are electric vehicles really that clean?

Research, Reports & Publications

Qualcomm’s 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report: Resource Management - Energy

As renewable energy becomes more accessible and the global electricity grid becomes more resilient, it is essential that we shift our strategy-driven efforts towards more climate conscious behaviors.

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Energy

Baker Tilly’s Insights on How To Capitalize on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for Renewable Energy

What implications does the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) hold for the renewable energy landscape, and how can organizations strategically prepare for it?

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Provides $54.9 Million of Financing for Affordable Multifamily Housing in Jersey City

KeyBank secured $54.9 million for Hudson Valley Property Group to refinance Grandview Terrace Apartments, a 283-unit affordable multifamily property located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Grandview Terrace will target family households with incomes between 60% and 90% of area media.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Regions Bank Teams Celebrate Financial Literacy Month by Sharing the Good

Regions Bank on Tuesday announced the launch of its 15th annual Share the Good® initiative, a company-wide volunteer effort that benefits communities served by Regions throughout the Southeast, the Midwest and Texas.

The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada

Research, Reports & Publications

Not Seeing Themselves in STEM Careers, 48% of Students Don't Realize They Are Already Great Scientists, According to a New MilliporeSigma Survey

According to a new global survey from MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, kids already have the qualities and interests of scientists, they just don't realize it.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Women’s History Month Spotlight: Thurgood Marshall College Fund Founder Dr. N. Joyce Payne Discusses Equity in Education and Corporate America

As part of Women’s History Month 2024, Sands is spotlighting women leaders who are driving success in their organizations while advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

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Education

Atlantic City Residents Earn Energy Career Opportunity Following Atlantic City Infrastructure Program Graduation

The second cohort of 20 Atlantic City residents has completed the 16-week Atlantic City Infrastructure Program (ACIP), an energy workforce training program for City residents provided by the City of Atlantic City and Atlantic City Electric.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Georgia-Pacific's Innovative JumpStart Program: Inside Look at Paper Product Manufacturing and Recycling

How are Georgia-Pacific LLC’s paper products made? Just ask the interns and employees participating in our JumpStart Program – a hands-on program providing learning opportunities in GP's Consumer Products division for those early in their careers.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods in South America and the Amazon

Rather than continuing an aged paradigm of “hands-off” conservation, these three Cisco Foundation partners working in and around the Amazon are prioritizing the integration of economic livelihoods and environmental preservation.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Celebrates Opening Day With the Tampa Bay Rays by Pledging To Raise Funds for Florida Customers Facing Financial Hardships

Duke Energy to donate $1,000 to its Share the Light Fund® agencies each time the Rays win a game

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third and UNC Kenan Institute Launch “Empowering American Cities” Initiative

Fifth Third today announced the launch of Empowering American Cities, the outcome of a collaborative relationship with the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Dayforce Highlights Impact Through Innovation in Annual ESG Report

Dayforce, Inc., a global human capital management (HCM) leader that makes work life better, today released its annual ESG Report, Impact Through Innovation.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Free Tax Prep Services Secures Nearly $43M in Tax Refunds for Entergy Customers in 2023

An annual sponsorship of free tax preparation services has been a cornerstone of Entergy’s corporate social responsibility initiatives to help customers facing financial challenges and uplift our communities out of poverty.

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Health & Healthcare

Thousands of Covid-19 Vaccines Reach Patients in Mexico

Last week, Direct Relief distributed 14,500 Covid-19 vaccines, donated by Pfizer Mexico, that will be administered to patients free of charge as part of an effort to protect people over the age of 12 in the State of Mexico from the Omicron variant.

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