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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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Education

Join MilliporeSigma at SciFest, the Virtual Interactive STEM Expo

Join MilliporeSigma for SciFest All Access on September 26 – October 3, 2020. This event is brought to you by the USA Science & Engineering Festival and is open to all

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Sustainable Development Goals

COVID-19 Private Sector Global Facility Announced at SDG Business Forum - UNDP, UN Global Compact and ICC Join Forces With DHL, Microsoft and PwC to Help Communities Recover Better From the Pandemic

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UN Global Compact) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have established the COVID-19 Private Sector Global Facility

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Environment

Beyond Climate Solutions: How Our Corporate Partners Invest in People, Nature, and Wildlife

It’s important to remember that trees are far more than just a carbon sink. Through high-impact strategic tree planting, our corporate partners drive sustainability efforts that do more than just improve our future climate outlook – they mitigate the immediate impacts of climate change for people, wildlife, and critical ecosystems around the globe.

Health & Healthcare

Grupo Gondi Helps Protect Forests While Protecting Its Network From COVID-19

Grupo Gondi, a leading paper packaging company in Mexico, has manufactured and distributed more than 7,000 face shields made with Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certified paper fiber

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Koch Industries and Society for Human Resource Management are Maximizing Human Potential

Each of us has unique gifts and abilities to be discovered, developed and applied to make life better and work more meaningful.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Become an Impact Venture Capitalist Using Donor-Advised Funds

Donor-Advised Funds are a hot and controversial topic in the world of philanthropy and impact investing.

Research, Reports & Publications

Hormel Foods Achieves Packaging Reduction Goal, Continues its Food Journey Progress in 14th Annual Corporate Responsibility Report

Hormel Foods today announced the launch of its 14th annual corporate responsibility (CR) report. The report is available online at https://csr.hormelfoods.com/ and includes information about the company’s CR progress in fiscal 2019.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Saving People and Mangroves on Sierra Leone's Coast

Tetra Tech’s David Goodman discusses how the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA BiCC) program aims to save both people and mangroves in the coastal landscape of Sierra Leone.

Responsible Production & Consumption

UPS Longitudes | Food Is the Best Antidote to Chaos

During my organization’s more than 50-year history, we have witnessed countless disasters and responded to famines, cyclones, earthquakes and wars that devastated communities and left trails of hunger and poverty in their wake.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

HP Inc. and the Arbor Day Foundation Team Up to Plant One Million Trees by the End of 2020

During Climate Week, HP continues to showcase its commitment to a low-carbon, circular economy through protecting, restoring, and promoting sustainable forests while setting goals and intentions to reduce consumption in operations over the next 5 years.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

General Motors Receives EPA Green Power Leadership Award

General Motors announced today that it has received a 2020 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Social Impact & Volunteering

6 Ways You Can Take Action on National Voter Registration Day

The United States has much lower voter turnout rates than other developed countries. In the 2016 presidential election, almost half of the eligible voting population in the US didn’t cast a vote, according to the Knight Foundation.

Environment

COVID-19 and Climate Risk

JetBlue views both pandemics and the climate crisis as ‘gray rhinos.’ Both types of risks (and embedded opportunities) are large, obvious, and slow moving – but extremely dangerous and relevant on a global level.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Economic Costs of Structural Racism Are Too High to Ignore

Inclusive growth ensures that the benefits of a growing economy extend to all segments of society, and research suggests that productivity is determined less by a person's skills and abilities, and more by their access to the vital networks that...

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Furry Friends Not Forgotten by FedEx

After hurricane Laura hit, one of the calls we made was to the ASPCA®. This organization indeed was helping with the recovery effort and we found they could use assistance in getting animal relief supplies to their emergency shelter operation in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Imaflora Research in Partnership With General Mills Reveals That Sustainable Agricultural Techniques Position Popcorn Maize Production in Mato Grosso Among the Ten Most Efficient in the World

An unprecedented study conducted by Imaflora in partnership with General Mills revealed that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in popcorn maize production in Brazil is about 70% lower than the global average.

Innovation & Technology

4 High-Tech Tools Johnson & Johnson Is Using to Get Products to You During the Pandemic

While consumers were getting a crash course in supply and demand, the experts at Johnson & Johnson remained confident in their ability to manage or circumvent disruptions so that hospitals, pharmacies and people around the world could continue to get much needed medications, medical devices and other healthcare products.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

World Wildlife Fund Joins the Walmart Foundation, Cargill, McDonald's to Launch Million-Acre Grazing Initiative to Help Restore Grasslands, Address Climate Change

Cross-industry collaboration is crucial to meeting the global demand for protein while also addressing the urgency of climate change and nature loss.

Green Infrastructure

Helping the UN Guide Ecosystem Restoration Into the Mainstream

Currently, the UN lacks the technical capacity to implement a strategy to address the scale of restoration needed on its own and is looking to corporate partners like WSP to help guide its successful development.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Understanding Health Disparities in Our Hispanic Communities

According to the U.S. Office of Minority Health, the percentage of obese and overweight children and adults is higher in Hispanic Americans than other populations. Hispanics in the U.S. are faced with challenges such as affordable housing...

Energy

Regulation Within Reach: Texas Summer

In the world of regulation, Texas is distinct. With its unique market structure, emphasis on competition, and unheard-of approach to resource adequacy, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas often serves as an example and case study of electricity done differently and, in our opinion, more effectively.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

T‑Mobile Teams Rally to Give School Supplies to Teachers

For the second year in a row, T-Mobile has tapped into Twitter to give back to teachers by donating to the #ClearTheList movement.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Community Engagement at International Paper

International Paper is committed to investing in people, and we continue to be a force for good in our communities.

Events, Media & Communications

EarthxTV and Sea Shepherd Announce Exclusive Worldwide Monthly Online Series Ocean ACTION Reports, Hosted by Captain Paul Watson

EarthX is presenting an exclusive worldwide online series, Sea Shepherd - Ocean ACTION Reports for the launch of EarthxTV during Climate Week September 21 – 27, 2020.

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Events, Media & Communications

Watch Land Betterment Corporation Present at the 2020 Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference

Land Betterment, an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, was honored to present at the inaugural Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference earlier this month.

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