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Diversity & Inclusion

Igniting Passion and Diversity in STEM

We need to make it easier for people to experiment with STEM early in life then create accessible and alternative opportunities to pursue their dreams.

Education

A Lesson in STEM: When a Teacher Becomes Student, It’s a Game Changer

When an opportunity in STEM education presents itself, the unknown can be a barrier or a game changer. But it all depends on how you look at it. In this case, the unknown was unavoidable and it was the very thing one school needed to embrace.

Environment

Minimizing Gilead's Environmental Impact

Gilead is committed to developing new and more sustainable products and practices to minimize our environmental impact. Employees at our Alberta, Canada and Cork, Ireland sites explained why this is a priority for them.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Introducing Philanthropic.ly, a New Giving Platform Creating Meaningful Connections Between Nonprofits and Companies

Philanthropic.ly creates meaningful direct connections between corporations and nonprofits. Learn more about how Philanthropic.ly plans to strengthen cause marketing.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Youth Leaders Take on the Fight to Feed a Hungry Planet

Some of the world’s brightest and most passionate young minds convene in Brazil for this year‘s Youth Ag Summit to think deeply about food and agriculture and unlock innovative and sustainable solutions to one of our most challenging questions: how do we feed a hungry planet while at the same time protect its natural resources?

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CNH Industrial and October Signed a Crowd-Funding Partnership Agreement to Offer Digital Funding to Small and Medium Companies

CNH Industrial and the fintech lending platform October entered into a partnership agreement in July 2019 to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) working with IVECO and CASE Construction Equipment brands through the adoption of crowd-lending

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Lessons Learned From a Different Sandbox

Sustainability is a great way to advance employee engagement, which leads to higher retention, higher productivity per employee, and more.

Innovation & Technology

Art, Science and Design Merge to Create Innovative Carpet Line From Mohawk

Invention and innovation are often confused, but there’s a stark difference between the two: invention is common, but innovation is genius.

Energy

Solar 4 All® Program Returns Highland Park Landfill to Productive Use

A plot of land that spent decades as a landfill for unwanted appliances, waste, and construction debris is today returning to productive use with the construction of a solar farm and battery storage system, thanks to PSE&G's Solar 4 All program.

Education

Stackable Credentials and Modular Programs Bring More Options to Postsecondary Education

The future of postsecondary education will be modular, stackable and more democratic. That’s according to edX, a nonprofit organization, that is re-imagining the postsecondary education model.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Directions in Sustainability

Through a series of panel topics at the Small Change, Big Impact Food Summit, food industry stakeholders shared ideas, plans and dreams to feed our world now and in the future, using seemingly small changes to make monumental differences.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

True innovation is seldom the work of solitary genius. Rather, it is driven by the convergence of many opinions, skill sets, and life experiences—which is why diversity and inclusion isn’t just good for society, it’s good for business.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

A New Approach to Recycling Plastics

Used plastic may become the next renewable resource, thanks to a radical new process from IBM Research™ called VolCat.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PNC Foundation Joins the TMW Center at University of Chicago to Launch New "Any Time is 3Ts Time" to Boost Early Learning

The PNC Foundation awarded $3.3 million to the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago to launch "Any Time is 3Ts Time," designed to empower parents to enhance their infants' and toddlers' cognitive development.

Diversity & Inclusion

One-Word Answers With Bacardi's Paula Glickenhaus

Earlier this month, Bacardi hosted its 4th annual Spirit Forward Summit, an event that brings together current and future female leaders to discuss how to future empower women and shatter stereotypes.

Education

The Importance and Impact of STEM in the Community

To learn more about the impact our company and employees are having in the community with regard to STEM we recently invited long-time partners Junior Achievement of Arizona, Semi Foundation, Future Stars, Inc and Phoenix Christian Preparatory School

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Published in Colombia: The Business of Solving Social Problems

In Colombia, a few companies are starting to go beyond philanthropy to see social impact as core to maximizing their business returns. These companies create shared value in different ways.

Education

Sustainable Forestry for 4th Graders … Or, How I Learned that Kids Will Drive the Change Our Planet Needs

My son is in the fourth grade, and his class is learning about forests and their role in the world. His teacher recently asked me to present on sustainable forestry to add a real world perspective to what they are learning in the classroom.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Supports Veterans With Housing, Career Transition Assistance

Wells Fargo & Co. announced the company has donated more than $170 million overall since 2012 to military- and veteran-related nonprofits that support housing, career transition, financial education and more

Environment

Tetra Tech Commits to Being a Changemaker for One Water

Tetra Tech is helping shift the water management paradigm to create a resilient water future. There are many challenges facing those managing water in the United States and around the world, and Tetra Tech embraces a One Water approach to finding more resilient solutions.

Innovation & Technology

How Humans & Tech Harmonize in Manufacturing Industry

Whirlpool Corporation's VP for the North American Region Integrated Supply Chain & Quality, Jim Keppler, talked to Manufacturing Tomorrow about automation and robotics in manufacturing.

Environment

Long Island’s Most Precious and Vulnerable Resource

This blog is one in a series focused on the impact of environmental organizations––supported by The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation––who are on the front lines of our nation’s water quality issues. This series highlights their important work.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Freeport-McMoRan Provides Technical Training for San Carlos Apache Tribe

Freeport-McMoRan’s Mine Training Institute created the San Carlos Training Institute in 2013 to increase the employability skills and job opportunities for the San Carlos Apache Tribe students

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