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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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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Blackbaud Employee Mema Nackasha Is Helping Good Take Over With Her Account Management Talents

Mema Nackasha helps the smallest not-for-profits smarten up the way they use their data, so they can increase their fundraising revenue and power their amazing causes.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Kroger to Expand Fair Trade Certified Products in 2020

Kroger, America's favorite grocer, announced today its top food trend predictions for 2020, insightfully curated by its culinary experiences team and Our Brands product developers, chefs and innovators.

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Education

How a School in Italy and a FieldFox are Making Avalanche Prediction Easier

The University of Pavia used Keysight’s FieldFox to create a new method of avalanche prediction called SNOWAVE.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How T-Mobile Empowers Women in Leadership

As part of T-Mobile's Women's Leadership Network, Imani strives to help advance the careers of women. Here she shares her inspiring story, and equally inspiring spoken-word poetry.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Advanced Distribution Modernization Can Smooth the “Changing Physics” of the Grid

New Black & Veatch report finds that advanced distribution modernization sees utilities rapidly adopting digital technologies such as sensors, automated line switches and advanced remote monitoring to give themselves more control and faster response.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Responsible Business Alliance Expands Presence in Europe

The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) today announced it has expanded its presence in Europe by opening an office in Brussels, Belgium and hiring a European Director to represent the RBA and its membership.

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Education

Learning to Code, One Dancing Cat at a Time

This gap in preparing tomorrow’s workforce is why Koch supports programs – like Code.org – to help students discover new talents and abilities preparing them for their future. And why Code.org hosts “Hour of Code” events at every grade level across the country.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

EcoRise Teams Up with MetLife Foundation to Bring Eco-Literacy Program to New Jersey Classrooms

EcoRise and MetLife Foundation have joined forces to deliver a new education program to 20 New Jersey educators at no cost to teachers, schools, or school districts.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ScottsMiracle-Gro Named a Wonderful Workplace for Young Professionals

ScottsMiracle-Gro was once again recognized by the Columbus Young Professionals Club as a Wonderful Workplace for Young Professionals in 2019.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Pro Bono Perspectives S2E3: Rita Houston, WFUV

Host Danielle Holly sits down with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and WFUV Program Director Rita Houston to learn how she uses her platform and visibility to promote awareness of social causes, local nonprofits and volunteer opportunities.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Women in Science Find Encouragement and Opportunity at Kimberly-Clark

For women in science fields, Karien Rodriguez is proof that taking risks and pursuing your passion translates into an opportunity-filled career.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mars Looks Ahead: Which Trends Will Shape 2020?

To continue growing and rising to meet the disruptions taking place, we need to continue innovating, evolving and flexing - but what comes next?

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

America’s Charities Grows Employee Assistance Fund; Kicks Off 2020 with Six New Clients

America’s Charities, a nonprofit celebrating its 40th year as a pioneer in employee engagement, today announced it has expanded its Employee Assistance Fund (EAF) service by welcoming six new clients.

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Environment

Join Citi, Coca-Cola and More at Ceres 2020 in New York!

Ceres 2020 in New York will mobilize the world's most influential capital market leaders to accelerate and scale up innovative solutions on the most pressing global sustainability challenges.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Medtronic and the Medtronic Foundation Commit More Than $1M to Coronavirus Efforts

Medtronic plc announced it and the Medtronic Foundation are committing approximately $1.2M to coronavirus relief efforts across the globe. These contributions encompass Medtronic Foundation cash contributions and product donations from the company.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PNC Named One of Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies

This is the third annual Barron’s ranking of America’s Most Sustainable Companies, and PNC’s third appearance on the list.

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United Honored as One of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

In concert with the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), United Airlines is proud to be included on the 20th annual list of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs) for the 9th year running.

Diversity & Inclusion

A Mother’s Inspiration: "How My Mom’s Brave Actions Helped Shape My Future"

Johnson & Johnson’s Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Wanda Bryant Hope, shares what it was like for her mother to fight for equal rights in the 1960s.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CNH Industrial: Investing in the Technicians of Tomorrow

CNH Industrial N.V. in collaboration with the Salesian Institute "San Zeno" Launched the first TechPro2 program in Verona, Italy, focusing on training in mechanical industries.

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Events, Media & Communications

CECP Welcomes CEOs of Aptiv (APTV), Henry Schein (HSIC), Philip Morris International (PM), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), and Welltower (WELL) to Present Long-Term Plans at Strategic Investor Initiative’s 8th CEO Investor Forum

CECP’s Strategic Investor Initiative (SII) announced that five CEOs will present their companies’ Long-Term Plans to institutional investors at CECP’s 8th CEO Investor Forum on February 24th, 2020, in New York City.

Green Infrastructure

Southern California Edison Files 2020-22 Wildfire Mitigation Plan

Southern California Edison today filed its proposed 2020-22 Wildfire Mitigation Plan with the California Public Utilities Commission. SCE’s multiyear plan builds on the progress made last year to reduce the risk of fire ignitions caused by utility infrastructure.

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Media & Communications

Who Is the “Best Of” of Sustainable Companies in the Important Annual Rankings? Mirror, Mirror on the Wall – What Reflection for Our Company?

Mirror, mirror on the wall – who is the most sustainable company of them all? That memorable line from the Walt Disney Studios’ 1930s classic is being regularly applied now by a widening range of third party players

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Diversity & Inclusion

Arrow Electronics Named Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality in 2020

Arrow Electronics has achieved a 100 percent score on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s premier benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

Media & Communications

PAPERbecause Celebrates 10 Years of Paper Advocacy

Domtar's award-winning PAPERbecause campaign recognizes the enduring value of the printed page. It delivers creative and entertaining reminders of the benefits of paper through eye catching print ads in popular magazines and newspapers.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Consumer Trends That Will Help Communicators in 2020

This Porter Novelli/Cone Gen Z Purpose Study establishes what makes potential customers tick, the stimuli that motivate them, and how their habits and preferences are evolving.

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