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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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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Building Communities That Work: A Taproot Foundation Webinar

During a free 9/24 webinar Taproot Foundation will share how workforce development organizations can build capacity in high-need areas like IT, business planning, and design, manage volunteers virtually, and tips from an experienced pro bono user.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

[WEBINAR] Making the Most of Your Annual Campaign in 2020

Join Benevity's webinar on Sept. 24 to hear how TELUS and Genentech are turning a year of change into a year of impact as they prepare for their annual giving campaigns.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Novartis Reinforces Commitment to Patient Access, Pricing a EUR 1.85 Billion Sustainability-linked Bond

Novartis today announced the pricing of a [EUR 1.85] billion sustainability-linked bond (SLB), reinforcing its commitment to ESG principles and the 2025 Patient Access Targets announced earlier this month.

Innovation & Technology

Today's Technology Advancements Shaping Tomorrow's Smart Transportation

Through our thought leadership, strong 5G roadmap, proven AI capabilities, & a host of other enabling technologies, we are shaping a new era of smart transportation for advanced road safety, enhanced personal mobility, & environmental sustainability.

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Diversity & Inclusion

This is My Voice: Empowering an Inclusive Future for All

Growing up, I was always fascinated with gadgets. I oftentimes found myself following in my father’s footsteps, always tinkering with science kits, robotics kits, computers, etc. This love and affinity for technology was the reason I chose...

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Research, Reports & Publications

Tork Releases Two New Reach for the Stars Reports to Help Restaurants Navigate the New Normal

The two new reports from Tork address important business challenges that have emerged because of new guest preferences and behaviors in the wake of COVID-19.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ecocentricity Blog: The Prisoner's Dilemma

Many of the environmental problems seen globally come from profitable companies that operate in either an extractive or polluting manner, seeking to enrich themselves while harming communities and ecosystems.

Green Infrastructure

Free Battery Solution Keeps Critical Care Customers Safe During Outages

As a caretaker, Debra Chapman’s biggest concern for her 86-year-old mother, who has lung cancer and depends on an oxygen concentrator, is her well-being, safety and comfort.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Kohler Relief Showering Trailer Travels to Los Angeles

In continuation of COVID-19 support efforts, Kohler Co., a global leader in kitchen and bath products and power systems, has mobilized the company’s KOHLER Relief Showering Trailer to California.

Innovation & Technology

Ørsted pioneers an "Immersive Safety" program in the Humber region

In a first for the UK's Humber region, leading renewable energy company Ørsted have opened a fully immersive safety training programme called Thrive.

Events, Media & Communications

Sydney 2000: 20 Years on Sydney's Olympic Legacy Brings Comfort and Hope in Turbulent Times

Twenty years ago, Catherine Freeman, a proud Indigenous Australian athlete, lit the Olympic Cauldron marking the Opening Ceremony of Sydney 2000, a Games that celebrated not only sports achievement but also unity, forgiveness, resilience and innovation.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Opinion: How to Address the Impact of COVID-19 on Global Food Systems

Tetra Tech’s Richard Choularton and Meredith Mallory discuss seven actions the global development community can take now to begin addressing COVID-19’s impact on food and agriculture systems as its full scope continues to develop.

Diversity & Inclusion

UPS Longitudes | Podcast: What Can a Doll Teach Us About Black Business?

When Yelitsa Jean-Charles was a young girl, she didn’t see any dolls that looked like her. In fact, when her parents tried to give her a non-white doll, she cried because it wasn’t “the pretty one.”

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Celebrating 25 Years of eBay: The People and Technology that Fuel Our Global Marketplace

During this milestone moment for eBay, our President and CEO Jamie Iannone reflects on the magic of eBay — for the last 25 years and beyond.

Diversity & Inclusion

VF Publishes its Second Annual Inclusion & Diversity Profile

VF Corporation has published its latest Inclusion & Diversity Annual Profile, which features select achievements in the company’s Inclusion & Diversity strategy from the past year.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Foundation Powers $1.2 Million Innovation Meets Main Street Program for Black, Women-Owned Entrepreneurs

The funds are part of the $8.75 million Fifth Third pledged to support small businesses and the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

For My Family, the Business of S'Mores Is Personal

I know I’m not alone when I say that my professional and personal lives have become increasingly intertwined since March, when I began working from home. But I do have a somewhat unique story in the ways that they’ve become intertwined.

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Energy

Duke Energy's Green Source Advantage Continues Solar Expansion in North Carolina

Duke University has become the first academic institution to execute a renewable power agreement under Duke Energy’s Green Source Advantage (GSA) program – further expanding solar energy in North Carolina.

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Green Infrastructure

International WELL Building Institute Formally Launches WELL v2

Following two years of extensive development, in-use application and review, the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today formally launched the latest version of the WELL Building Standard – WELL v2. The newly graduated standard...

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Herbalife Nutrition Extends Partnership With National Hispanic Council on Aging Under The Nutrition for Zero Hunger Initiative

Today, Herbalife Nutrition announced an expanded partnership with the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA), the leading organization working to improve the lives of older Hispanic adults, their families and caregivers.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Alkermes Presents New Psychiatry Data at Psych Congress 2020 Virtual Experience

"We were pleased to share new research at this year's virtual Psych Congress, underscoring Alkermes' commitment to addressing the challenges faced by those living with serious mental illness," said Amy O'Sullivan, Vice President, Health Economics and Outcomes Research at Alkermes.

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Innovation & Technology

IoT: Powering the New Normal

More and more, governments, enterprises, healthcare, and even the education sector are using the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to autonomously fight the effects of the pandemic as it continues to spread globally.

Diversity & Inclusion

How 'Culture-Smart' Organizations Say, Do and Drive a Culture of Equality

On the forefront of helping to drive a culture-savvy One Accenture, Hidayath Khan, a certified trainer at Accenture in India, explains why cross-cultural training is a business imperative.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Our Integrated Approach to Health (of People and Our Planet)

As part of the world’s largest healthcare company, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health is uniquely positioned and has a responsibility to approach health (of people and our planet) in an integrated way. We can leverage our science, scale, and reach to improve the health of both people and the planet.

Research, Reports & Publications

Lobster Populations Remain Healthy as Wind Farm Study Results Are Published

Results from a survey have recently been published by the Holderness Fishing Industry Group (HFIG) which suggest that wind farm construction and operation has no significant negative impact on the ecology of European lobsters.

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    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

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    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

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    At Green Mountain Energy Company, we share our customers’ commitment to the environment and sustainability. We are inspired by the success that we...

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