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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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Diversity & Inclusion

Bath & Body Works Encourages Associates To Be Bold at Women’s History Month Conference

This month, more than 600 associates attended Bath & Body Works’ second annual Women’s History Month Conference at the brand’s headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife Recognized As 2024 Energy Star® Partner of the Year for Sixth Consecutive Year

MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that it has received the 2024 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Viatris’ Indore Site Receives International Sustainability Rating System (ISRS) Certification

Viatris’ Indore manufacturing site has received certification for International Sustainability Rating System (ISRS), 9th Edition – Process Safety, from DNV, a global service provider for managing risk and supporting safe and responsible business performance.

Events, Media & Communications

100 Years of Olympic Winter Games: Legacies of the Past Olympic Winter Games

Next week marks 100 years since the first Olympic Winter Games took place in Chamonix, France. Ahead of the 100th anniversary, we look into the legacies of the various Olympic Winter Games editions since.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Dow, Diversey and Pebbles Project Collaborate To Bring Soap for Hope to South Africa

Dow (NYSE: DOW), Diversey - a Solenis company and Pebbles Project launched today the Soap For Hope™ program in Cape Town, South Africa. This initiative was one of the seven awarded by Dow within its Business Impact Fund.

Education

Building Dreams: Northeast BC High School Students Get a Head Start in Career Pursuits

To help alleviate financial barriers, Enbridge has supported Northern Opportunities through a scholarship, providing students with financial support to help them complete their dual credit programs.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

She Is Not Skipping a Beat, and Patients Are Noticing

At Quest for 2 years, Marissa McGhee, Patient Services Representative (PSR 1) in Stamford, Connecticut, has grown to have a bit of a local following amongst some patients.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Inogen Alliance, denxpert and HPC; Antea Group USA and Tonkin + Taylor Shortlisted for Environment Analyst Sustainability Awards

Inogen Alliance, denxpert and HPC have been shortlisted for our ESG Pre Screening Tool in the Environment Analyst (EA) Sustainability Awards for the category of Digital Innovation.

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Events, Media & Communications

National Winner Announced for Inaugural NEXTILE: Soy in Textiles Design Challenge

Students Across the Country Competed to Create the Next Great Innovation in Soy-Based Textiles; Winner Chosen for a Moth Designed Textile

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ana Laura Obregón Jiménez: The Power of Collaboration at Covia

One of my favorite things about Covia is the people. Since I was hired back in 2014, I’ve been able to work alongside such a reliable, open, and supportive group of Team Members.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Violence in Haïti Drives Nearly 5 Million People Into Hunger Crisis

Martine Villeneuve, Haiti Country Director for Action Against Hunger, explains the hunger crisis in Haiti.

Education

‘Say Yes to Opportunities’

Ask for help, keep learning, build a network and be open to new perspectives. These are some of the career tips Regions leaders recently shared with students at University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Collat School of Business.

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Innovation & Technology

Lenovo Digitizes ESG Data Management Across the Value Chain

This article explores how the Lenovo ESG management platform is helping Lenovo monitor ESG performance across the value chain—and how businesses across all sectors can leverage a data-driven ESG performance management system.

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Health & Healthcare

Walgreens Boots Alliance Expands Digital Healthcare Access To Serve Medically Underserved Communities

Universalizing digital access to healthcare and pharmacy products is an integral component of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s strategy to increase healthcare access, particularly in medically underserved communities.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Emerging Trends and Early Outcomes Signal Impactful 2024 Proxy Season for Climate-Related Proposals

A new analysis by the sustainability nonprofit Ceres indicates investor-driven climate action interest in the 2024 proxy season remains strong.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ESG Trendsetters: How Applied Materials Prioritizes ESG Through Strategic Governance and Teamwork

In this episode of ESG Trendsetters, we learn about Applied Materials. Founded in 1967, Applied Materials is a leader in designing and manufacturing the machines that make semiconductors, which can be found in virtually all digital devices.

Green Infrastructure

Ride-Hailing Sector Can Lead the Decarbonization of Transport in Europe

The electrification of ride-hailing and other point-to-point, on-demand and shared mobility services must be accelerated to maintain Europe’s decarbonization momentum in line with the Paris Agreement, according to BloombergNEF’s (BNEF’s) report.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Clarion Partners Earns 2024 Energy Star® Partner of the Year Award

Clarion Partners, LLC has been recognized as an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for the second consecutive year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy.*

Black & Veatch

Green Infrastructure

Black & Veatch Perspective: Q&A with Dr. James Barnard

Known in the water treatment world as the “Father of BNR” – biological nutrient removal – Dr. James Barnard recently retired from Black & Veatch after a long, distinguished career as an expert in his field.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Arrow Electronics Releases 2023 ESG Report

Arrow Electronics Inc. released its annual Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report today, available at arrow.com/esg.

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Innovation & Technology

Together Toward Digital Inclusion: The Only Route From Here

While most of us take the opportunity benefits of our access to the internet and the devices that connect to it for granted, there are people in our community who lack those advantages completely.

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Innovation & Technology

How To Overcome the Five Challenges Threatening NTN Success

Despite the hype over the commercial possibilities of 5G NTN, it also promises to transform capabilities for aerospace and defense. Potential 5G NTN use cases for military and government include coverage for forward battlefields or focused special operations.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

“Communications for Good” Provides Maximus Foundation Grantees With Professional Support

Maximus’ Corporate Communications team is finding ways to embody the company’s values of compassion and collaboration through its Communications for Good project in partnership with the Maximus Foundation.

Sustainable Development Goals

Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business Contributes to SDG Action and Awareness Week

Faculty, staff, and partners of the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business participated in the week of events focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Material Circularity: Principle No. 2 for Building a Circular Economy

To achieve true material circularity, we need material-to-material molecular recycling. To create a circular economy, we need to invest in better access, collection and sorting within the mechanical recycling system.

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