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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

GoldieBlox and Discovery Education Partner To Bring Chemistry to High School Classrooms Nationwide With New Immersive Learning Experience on Roblox

GoldieBlox and Discovery Education today announced a new education initiative – Maker High.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Academy Aims To Be a Hub for Change, Opportunity on Chicago’s Southwest Side

When you walk through the main doors at the Academy for Global Citizenship’s new building on Chicago’s southwest side, you know immediately it’s no ordinary school. The first room you enter has two-story windows, walls painted in shades of green and seedlings growing.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Awards $53,000 Grant to Delight Nails & Spa

For two weeks in November, Fifth Third employees across northern Florida and the Bank’s footprint showed their love for local small businesses by entering them in a sweepstakes to win a $53,000 grant. The Bank is pleased to announce one of the winners is Delight Nails & Spa.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Natural History Museum and Bloomberg Team Up To Make the Museum’s Biodiversity Intactness Index Available to Financial Markets for the First Time

The Natural History Museum, London, and Bloomberg announced a collaboration to make the Museum’s Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) data available to the investment community for the first time through Bloomberg, a global leader in business and financial information.

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Innovation & Technology

ekō Solutions Expands Sustainable Accommodations With ekō Outpost on Airbnb

ekō Solutions expands it’s sustainable up-cycled shipping container glamping units for rent through Airbnb in the ekō Outpost Village located at Poplar Point Lakeside Park in Athens, Alabama

Environment

The Bronx Development at the Intersection of Sustainability and Affordable Housing

Completed in 2019, Cooper Gardens is a $156 million, 450,000-square-foot, multi-building, mixed-use project at the intersection of housing affordability and sustainability.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MAC Cosmetics and Community Healthcare Network Partner for HIV Testing Activation on World AIDS Day

On Friday, December 1st, M·A·C Cosmetics was proud to partner with nonprofit organization Community Healthcare Network (CHN) on an HIV testing activation in New York City to encourage the community to “know your status” in honour of World AIDS Day.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

T. Rowe Price Group Announces "THRIVE" Associate Resource Group on Heels of International Day of Persons With Disabilities

On the heels of International Day of Persons with Disabilities,, Baltimore-based global investment management firm T. Rowe Price introduces its newest business resource group (BRG), THRIVE @ T. Rowe Price.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

With Corporate Responsibility in the Spotlight, Baker Tilly Shines

In today's corporate world, workplace awards go beyond recognition — they celebrate an organization's culture and reaffirm its dedication to the community.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Revolutionizing the Cold Chain: The ‘-15°C Initiative’ and Its Global Impact on Sustainability

As the world grapples with the escalating food security crisis exacerbated by climate change, a groundbreaking initiative is emerging. At the forefront of this transformative journey is the “Join the Move to -15°C” campaign, announced and launched by DP World at COP28.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cintas Corporation Named One of Newsweek's 2024 America's Most Responsible Companies

Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS) was honored among Newsweek's 2024 America's Most Responsible Companies.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Santiam Hospital and Clinics Foundation Receives $150,000 Grant from KeyBank

KeyBank has announced a grant of $150,000 to the Santiam Hospital And Clinics Foundation. The funds will help improve access to healthcare where patients live, work, and play through an expansion of the emergency department.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why 'Authenticity' Has Been My Word of the Year Since 1983

Merriam-Webster's 2023 Word of the Year is “authentic” — reflecting a global shift toward sincerity, genuineness and credibility.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cisco’s Sustainability 101: What Is the Circular Economy?

Products have a lifecycle that starts before they’re made and goes beyond their use – including what they’re made of and how they’re manufactured, shipped and eventually disposed of.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Foundation Awards $275,000 To Support More Than 60 Small Businesses in Ohio, Kentucky

The Duke Energy Foundation has partnered with six local chambers of commerce and the Miami University Small Business Office to award $275,000 in grants to more than 60 local small businesses.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Applied Materials Receives SBTi Validation of its Science-based Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions Reductions Targets

The validation marks a significant step towards Applied’s Net Zero 2040 Playbook – a collaborative approach to reducing the semiconductor industry’s carbon emissions

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Sustainable Development Goals

Bacardi Cuts Carbon Footprint of Glass Bottle Production In First for Spirits Industry

Family-owned spirits company, Bacardi has successfully completed the world’s first commercial production of a glass spirits bottle fueled by hydrogen in a trial that took place earlier this month.

Gilead Sciences

Health & Healthcare

Gilead’s Leadership in Metastatic Breast Cancer Showcased With New Trodelvy Data at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2023

Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced it will present new data at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2023, supporting the use of Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) in certain metastatic triple-negative breast cancer and pre-treated HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer patients.

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Environment

Senate Bills Provide Bipartisan Path Toward Lowering Global Pollution and Boosting U.S. Manufacturing

Ceres applauds U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R – LA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D – RI) for each introducing legislation that would create a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

Diversity & Inclusion

Closing the Gender Leadership Gap in BC

Research shows that investing in women’s education and leadership development positively impacts communities at every level.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Sysco Colleagues Volunteer Nearly 17,000 Hours During First Global Purpose Month

Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), the leading global foodservice distribution company, announced today that its colleagues volunteered nearly 17,000 hours during its first ever global Purpose month in November 2023.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Giving Tuesday²

Full-time Regions associates and recent retirees can put their financial gifts to work – on Giving Tuesday or any other day – using the company’s Matching Gift program.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Advancing ID&E in Dow's Communities

We are championing a more inclusive society in the communities where we live and work and are committed to addressing systemic discrimination and inequities in our society.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Yosemite Hospitality Announces Significant Reduction of Single-Use Plastics in Yosemite National Park

Yosemite Hospitality, a subsidiary of Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) and the authorized concessioner of Yosemite National Park, today announced significant wins in its effort to remove single-use plastic bottles from its retail and dining establishments.

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Green Infrastructure

The Historic Transatlantic Flight on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Q&A With Virent Leaders

On Tuesday, Nov. 28, Virgin Atlantic operated the world’s first transatlantic flight on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by a commercial airline.

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