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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Volunteer Your Skills to Nonprofits You Care About

If you’re a business professional interested in donating your HR, tech, data, marketing, strategy, or finance expertise to a nonprofit—this webinar is for you! Join Taproot Foundation's latest webinar on how to become a skilled volunteer and support nonprofits in need!

Social Impact & Volunteering

Employees Participate in Oyster Planting Trip

Since 2013, Franklin Templeton employees have helped to preserve the oyster population and improve the water quality in Baltimore through participation in the Great Baltimore Oyster Partnership.

Health & Healthcare

New Findings About Life With Bipolar 1 Disorder

Alkermes is committed to understanding the unique needs of people living with mental illness and supporting disease awareness and education. We know there’s much to be done.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Libra Group Announces New Chief Sustainability Officer

Arguiró Elefteriu will lead the development and adoption of an ESG framework implemented across Libra Group and its network of global subsidiaries

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Regions Receives Gallup's Don Clifton Strengths-Based Culture Award

Regions Bank has been honored a second time by Gallup with the Clifton Strengths-Based Culture Award which recognizes organizations with workplace cultures that put the strengths of leaders, managers and employees at the core of how they work daily.

Environment

Environment Business Observations With WSP USA's Dennis Papilion, Part 2

Dennis Papilion, the new president of WSP USA’s Earth & Environment (E&E) business, continues his observations about current trends in the environmental segments and WSP’s growing sophistication

Environment

Bread Financial Bangalore Associates Take Action to Protect Our Environment

In recognition of Earth Day, our Bangalore team planted a variety of trees including yellow cannas, ficus ponda, hibiscus edging, dracaena and crape myrtle!

Research, Reports & Publications

CBRE 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report

CBRE’s 15th annual Corporate Responsibility report highlights how the organization delivers exceptional results for its clients while also focusing on the company’s role in creating positive impacts for people and the planet

Health & Healthcare

PRECISE-ILLUMINA Partnership Agreement

Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE), the central entity implementing Singapore’s National Precision Medicine (NPM) strategy, and Illumina, Inc (Illumina), a leader in genomics technology, announced today a strategic partnership to sequence and analyse 100,000 Singaporean whole genomes (SG100K), to create for the first time, Southeast Asia’s most comprehensive consented population study.

Health & Healthcare

An Innovative Method for Treating Liver Cancer Sets the Stage to Test on Prostate and Brain Cancers

This remarkable innovation received FDA approval for the treatment of HCC earlier this year. Now, the Boston Scientific team is exploring how TheraSphere might be used to treat other types of tumors.

Education

Benton Harbor High School Students Attend Whirlpool Corporation Welcome Event for New Mentoring Program

33 students from Benton Harbor High School in Benton Harbor, Mich. attended a Whirlpool Corp. Welcome Event for our new mentoring program aimed at educating students about possible careers in both the technical and engineering fields.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How the Financial Industry Can Help Stop Modern Slavery

Forced labor, debt bondage and human trafficking victimize more than 40 million people worldwide each year.

Education

TCS goIT April Monthly Challenge Winner: E-Recycle

TCS’s goIT engages students from diverse backgrounds to bridge the learning curve with STEM, Computer Science, Design Thinking, and Digital Innovation.

Education

Portugal's Positive Approach to Teaching Teens about the Birds, Bees and STIs

“We want to leave young people with enough knowledge and confidence to identify STI symptoms if they arise and teach them the importance of requesting STI screenings, since many infections are asymptomatic.”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Blancco Named Sustainability Innovator of the Year at Channel Partner Insight's US MSP Innovation Awards

Blancco Technology Group, the industry standard in data erasure and mobile lifecycle solutions, today announced that the company has been named Channel Partner Insight‘s Sustainability Innovator of the Year in the 2022 U.S. MSP Innovation Awards.

Environment

ICYMI Fifth Third's New Operational Sustainability Goals

In addition to announcing these new targets, Fifth Third announces the establishment of a Sustainability Office with the appointment of Mike Faillo as chief sustainability officer.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Championing Her Progress to Create a Better World for All

Globally, more than 800 million women and girls are stigmatized, excluded and discriminated against simply because they menstruate.

Energy

Vistra Brings Texas’ Largest Battery Energy Storage System Online

Vistra (NYSE: VST) today announced that its DeCordova Energy Storage Facility in Granbury, Texas, is online and storing and releasing electricity to the ERCOT grid in time for another hot Texas summer. The 260-megawatt/260 megawatt-hour battery energy storage project is the largest of its kind in the Lone Star State.

Research, Reports & Publications

Quest Diagnostics Releases Quest for Health Equity 2021 Year in Review Report

We are proud to share our Quest for Health Equity 2021 Year In Review report, which includes stories from Q4HE’s inaugural year.

Health & Healthcare

Mobile Mindfulness: Explaining the “New Normal” in Mental Health

On our first episode of Mobile Diaries, T-Mobile Stories’ Shawna Ryan and Jason Adams wade into the evolving mental health needs spurred on by the global pandemic.

Innovation & Technology

Arrow Electronics Announces 'DANI' (Data Analytics & Network Innovation) Project: Technology Solutions for People With Disabilities and Limited Mobility

Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) today announced its new Data Analytics & Network Innovation Project, otherwise known as the ‘DANI Project,’ helping to improve the lives of wheelchair users and those with limited mobility.

Education

Introducing Kids to STEM Futures

Did you know that the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an over 10% growth in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) jobs in this next decade, a rate 3% faster than all other industries? That’s a big deal, and a big goal to fill.

Diversity & Inclusion

D&I Weekly News Round-Up: Neurodiversity, Stereotypes and More

Welcome to the latest edition of our Diversity & Inclusion News Round-Up. Today we are talking about the first Black woman on the ISS crew, a new job marketplace for neurodivergent job seekers, the boring stereotype, and Samsung apologizing for their latest advert.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ICYMI: Fifth Third To Raise Minimum Hourly Wage to $20 on July 4

Fifth Third Bancorp announced that it will raise its minimum wage to $20 per hour beginning July 4. Concurrently, the Bank will provide a wage adjustment for its first four job levels that are above the Bank’s new minimum wage.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

10 Ways LBX is Changing Crypto Currency's Reputation

Sustainable crypto is joining the blockchain space, and the Land Betterment Exchange (LBX) is helping the environment with its green currency initiatives.  

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