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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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Diversity & Inclusion

The Home Depot Joins Billion Dollar Roundtable, Continues To Expand Supplier Diversity Programs

The Home Depot joins the Billion Dollar Roundtable Inc. (BDR), a nonprofit organization that promotes supplier diversity excellence and best practices. The BDR consists of U.S.-based corporations that spend $1 billion or more annually with minority and woman-owned suppliers.

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Health & Healthcare

Nutrition For Zero Hunger's Continued Impact

The Nutrition For Zero Hunger (NFZH) initiative aims to solve the immense challenges resulting from hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity, and it’s helping us make an impact.

Green Infrastructure

A Year After the Games, a New Life Begins for Tokyo 2020 Venues

From archery to canoeing, skateboarding to hockey, a year after the postponed Olympic and Paralympic Games, Tokyo’s citizens are already enjoying a sporting and architectural legacy built on the principles of “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle”.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Keeping Community & Dreams Alive With BBQ | Icons of Cincinnati

Sweets & Meats owners Anton Gaffney and Kristen Bailey show us what it’s like to weave a deep-rooted community into their daily operations.

What started out as a regular cookout quickly turned into a BBQ business when friends started shelling out cash to get a plate of Kristen and Anton’s insanely delicious home cooking.

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Sustainable Development Goals

AllianceBernstein Commits to Net Zero Pathway

AllianceBernstein L.P. has announced its commitment to achieve netzero emissions, working to align its business operations and a range of investment strategies with a 1.5-degree Celsius pathway by 2050, in support of the Paris Agreement.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

WestRock and Mattoni Partner To Improve Circularity in Czech Republic Beverage Industry

Customers in the Czech Republic can get ready to see their favorite Mattoni products developed and packaged more sustainably than ever.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New Benefits for Remote Workers Linked to Better Workplaces [Survey]

After surveying more than 1,000 employees across the U.S.—from executive through entry level—the team at Paychex has uncovered new insights into the remote employee benefit conundrum.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Indiana Transmission Towers Repurposed for Eagle Nesting Platforms at Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife Area in West Terre Haute

Duke Energy is converting two electric transmission towers that have reached the end of their useful service life into nesting platforms for bald eagles at the Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife Area in West Terre Haute, Ind.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Camden Dream Center Levels-Up Diversity in IT

This is where a program like Cisco Networking Academy shows its strength. A core value of Networking Academy is making technology education inclusive, and bridging that digital divide, regardless of learners’ backgrounds.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Whirlpool Corp. Recognized as One of the 2022 Best Companies for Multicultural Women

Inclusion and Diversity is a core value at Whirlpool Corporation because we know that drawing from diverse points of view improves our products, services, our teams, and each other.

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Health & Healthcare

Experts Discuss Importance of Cancer Screenings and Early Detection

In episode 5 of Teal Talks, Harris sits down with Dr. Laura Makaroff, SVP, prevention and early detection, American Cancer Society, and Merck’s Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus, and Steve Keefe, AVP, to discuss cancer prevention and advances in screening.

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Health & Healthcare

Gilead's Hackathon Unearths Innovative Ways To Improve HIV Prevention

The goal of the hackathon was to identify innovative, digital solutions to help improve PrEP education, access and care services, particularly for the Black and Hispanic/Latinx communities in the Southern United States.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Economic Empowerment: Summer Teacher Institute Energizes Classroom Leaders

Education is a powerful tool and no one knows that more than teachers. That’s why their job never really ends, not even during the summer.

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Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch Completes World's First Commercial-Scale Alternative Animal Feed Production Facility

With demand for protein from the world’s rapidly growing population expected to rise, commissioning is now underway at the world’s first industrial-scale FeedKind® facility in Chongqing, China.

Responsible Production & Consumption

'Your Calling Is Calling': New Timberland Pro Campaign Celebrates Those Who Follow Their Passion and Find Purpose in the Skilled Trades

To help raise awareness for the skilled trades gap and to attract and inspire the next generation of skilled workers, Timberland PRO is celebrating those who follow their passion and find purpose in the skilled trades

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bringing New Digital Resources to Chicago's South Side and Beyond

We’re investing $500,000 over the next three years in the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, where we’re partnering to launch new targeted efforts to get and keep more Chicagoans connected and provide access to digital tools and skills training.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Bank Hosts Sixth Supplier Diversity Summit To Educate and Connect Diverse Suppliers

Fifth Third Bank today hosted its sixth Supplier Diversity Summit, providing an opportunity for suppliers to explore innovative best practices, as well as connect with Fifth Third representatives and other corporate and community partners.

Education

The Future Faces of Tech: Meet Cadence's 2022 GEM Fellowship Interns

Cadence is honored to partner with The National Graduate Engineering Minorities Consortium as part of our mission to foster a diverse workforce in the STEM community.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Advice for Inventing in STEM: From an Engineer With 300+ Worldwide Patents and Applications

Dr. Lola Awoniyi-Oteri is a Principal Systems Engineer at Qualcomm Technologies, where she focuses on standardization, research and development of 5G millimeter wave devices, particularly in the areas of mobility management and power efficiency.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Procter & Gamble Brings Relief to Residents Affected by Flooding in Eastern Kentucky With P&G Products and Tide Loads of Hope Laundry Services

The Tide Loads of Hope Mobile Laundry Unit, powered by Matthew 25: Ministries, has been deployed to support relief and recovery efforts in the wake of the deadly flooding throughout eastern Kentucky.

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic Podcast: Dr. Laura Mauri Brings Years of Patient Care Experience to Medtronic’s Top Clinical, Regulatory, Scientific Post

In this episode, Dr. Laura Mauri shares the career path that started with an early interest in medicine brought, at least partly, by her mother’s cancer diagnosis.

Environment

From Landfill to Landscape: The Rebirth of New York City Parks

Where some see a toxic dumping ground of the past, WSP USA sees possibility for the future. The company’s planners, engineers, environmental specialists and resilience experts have been hands-on with dozens of challenging restoration projects.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Lenovo Program Empowers Indian Youth To Pursue Careers in Manufacturing

Together with Motilal Nehru Government Polytechnic College and TNS India Foundation (TNSIF), Lenovo India hosted a certificate distribution ceremony in May 2022 to celebrate the 150 students graduating from the program.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Hershey Company Earns Great Place to Work® Certification™

The Hershey Company is proud that its U.S. business has been Certified™ by Great Place to Work®. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Hershey.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Social Impact Challenge: Elevate Yourself

When it comes to social impact programs, we can't over-emphasize the importance of filling your program with the right people and empowering them to lead. So, stop doing and start multiplying - with a few small steps (like reading this blog!).

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