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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Alkermes Announces 2022 Alkermes Inspiration Grants® Program to Support Innovative Programs Focused on People Affected by Addiction, Serious Mental Illness or Cancer

Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS) announced that the company will accept applications for its Alkermes Inspiration Grants® program beginning on June 15, 2022.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Engineering a Different Kind of Work Experience

Josh Zaagsma was never sure about what career path he wanted to take. He worked as a science teacher, academic researcher, mechanic and electronics technician before starting a degree in mechanical engineering.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why Slow Money?

Some Thoughts on Fiduciary Responsibility, Mutually Assured Destruction and Small, Diversified Organic Farms

Environment

World Environment Day: How Dignity Health Sports Park Is Helping To Reduce Food Waste

As we mark World Environment Day on June 5, 2022, we need to reflect on what we all stand to lose by the impact of climate change on our food systems are. Since the 1990s, the number of extreme weather-related disasters has doubled.

Research, Reports & Publications

Leveraging Digital Resources and Training for Small Business Growth and Community Benefit: Strategies for Policymakers and Partners to Uplift Small Businesses

As market and workforce needs shift, reimagining the digital landscape to include vibrant small businesses allows innovative solutions to emerge.

Health & Healthcare

Lupus: Treatments, Research and Bristol Myers Squibb's Dedication to Patients - A Q&A With Subhashis Banerjee

What is lupus and how does it impact patients’ lives?

Responsible Production & Consumption

Del Monte Foods Continues to Reduce Water Use to Nourish the Planet and Communities Amidst Climate Change

At Del Monte Foods, Inc., one of the ways we’re committing to being Growers of Good™ is by reducing our use of water – nature’s most precious resource.

Environment

What Climate Solutions Work Best in Georgia?

Drawdown Georgia is a "leaderfull" initiative that involves multiple stakeholders. Learn who is behind the movement.

Sustainable Development Goals

Dow’s CSO Andre Argenton Imagines Better

As we celebrate our 125th anniversary, this feels like a natural moment for reflection. But also to look ahead, because that is what our ‘Imagine Better’ theme is all about.

Events, Media & Communications

HPRC Signs Circular Plastics Alliance Declaration

We are excited to announce that the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) has become a signatory of the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) declaration.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Volunteers Make Finishing Touches Renovating Benton Harbor Park

Over one-hundred volunteers from the Whirlpool Corporation and the Benton Harbor community came out as part of Whirlpool's "Day of Impact."

Energy

Tetra Tech's Justin Goonesinghe Discusses Designing Clean Hydrogen Markets to Support Decarbonization Efforts

Tetra Tech’s Justin Goonesinghe discusses designing clean hydrogen markets to support decarbonization efforts.

Energy

Utility Payment Assistance Available for Customers Struggling To Pay Energy Bills

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has named the week of June 6 Utility Assistance Awareness Week to call attention to programs available to help customers who are struggling to pay their utility bills.

Environment

Keysight and World Environment Day 2022: Only One Earth

Every day is important for the environment, and on June 5th we are excited to celebrate World Environment Day as an opportunity to encourage awareness and environmental protection and inspire positive change.

Green Infrastructure

Solar Installation to Help Power Flint Hills Resources Facility

Koch companies Flint Hills Resources and DEPCOM Power will build what is believed to be the largest solar installation of its kind in the United States. The solar energy generated will help power Flint Hills' Pine Bend refinery.

Energy

Middletown Recreation Center Choose Microgrid, Fully Engineered by Clarke Energy

In line with the facility being set for the future of the community, sustainable and resilient energy is essential. Clarke Energy was chosen to provide the power solution for the building and to develop and deliver a turnkey microgrid for the site.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Benevity's 2022 Goodies Awards Ceremony Celebrates Gamechangers in Social Impact

Benevity, Inc., a leading provider of global corporate purpose software, today announced the winners of its Corporate Goodness Awards

Education

Illumina Expands STEM Education Efforts at BizTown Opening

On May 31, Illumina celebrated the official opening of the newest storefront in The McGrath Family Junior Achievement (JA) BizTown, in San Diego, California.

Energy

Natural Gas: Abundant, Versatile and Affordable

Natural gas is clean-burning and plentiful. It keeps the house warm, the lights on, the meals hot and the economy moving. Ultimately, natural gas fuels quality of life in thousands of ways.

Innovation & Technology

Benevity Launches New Product to Help Companies Amplify Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Initiatives

Benevity Inc., a leading provider of global corporate purpose software, today unveiled Benevity Affinity Groups, Benevity’s inclusion product that helps companies scale, manage and track their employee resource groups (ERGs)

Events, Media & Communications

Does Your Nonprofit Know How to Find Skilled Volunteers?

Sign up for Taproot Foundation's webinar that breaks down how to partner with skilled volunteers, and how the work of a skilled volunteer can benefit your nonprofit!

Diversity & Inclusion

Reflecting Me: The Video

The world is full of diverse groups of people. Our new project, Reflecting Me: Global Representation on Screen, explores perceptions of on-screen representation and diversity.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ConferMED Awarded Grant From the Quest Diagnostics Foundation To Provide Specialty eConsults to Front Line Providers at Federally Qualified Health Centers in Key Regions

ConferMED, one of the nation's leading eConsult companies, has been awarded a $2.3M grant from the Quest Diagnostics Foundation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Mastercard and the City of St. Louis Help Small Businesses Go Digital

Mastercard and the city of St. Louis have partnered to launch Digital Doors STL, a new online platform built for St. Louis entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Innovation & Technology

Smart Water Program Expands to Reach Communities in Tekax

Having access to clean water is important and especially so when a community’s sources of water are limited.

Latest Campaigns

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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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    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...
  10. Fifth Third’s Neighborhood Program
    Fifth Third has a proven track record of success in community development through its neighborhood program, which creates and implements innovative...
  11. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    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...
  12. Employee and Community Engagement
    At MilliporeSigma, we look for opportunities to use employee and community engagement to spark scientific curiosity and breakthroughs. We know that...
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    Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...
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  15. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
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