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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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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Makers of Happy Little Plants® Products Support the National Young Farmers Coalition

The makers of the Happy Little Plants® products have announced a donation of $10,000 to support the efforts of the National Young Farmers Coalition, a nonprofit organization dedicated to agriculture and helping young farmers.

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Education

Power of Change When K-12 and Business Collaborate

I have been reflecting on the changes that have occurred in education over the last decade. In my previous role, as executive director of education and skills within a multinational company, I was in the center of various reforms.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Celebrating Women's Achievements and Continuing to Fight for Women's Rights

On March 8, #InternationalWomensDay, and throughout the month of March, Americans will celebrate the many achievements of women throughout history in art, athletics, business, government, philanthropy, humanities, science, and education.

Diversity & Inclusion

Ambition Is Not a Simple Thing – a Conversation With The New York Women’s Foundation’s Ana Oliveira

On March 8th, individuals around the world – of all genders – will come together to celebrate International Women’s Day. Since the first gathering, held over a century ago, leaders have made great progress in driving gender equality.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Companies Commemorate International Women’s Day 2020

This Sunday (March 8) marks International Women’s Day - a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This year’s theme of #EachforEqual

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The 2020 Goodies People Power Award, Adobe

Adobe was recognized for empowering its 21,000 global employees to create change and work together to help address some of the world’s most pressing issues.

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Green Infrastructure

The Future Is Hydrogen

IVECO, CNH Industrial’s commercial vehicles brand, is the European leader in alternative propulsion vehicles in both the truck and bus segments, primarily with natural gas engines.

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Diversity & Inclusion

From Program to Possibility: Gildan Explores the Impacts of Their Leadership and Development Programs for International Women’s Day

For International Women’s Day, Gildan is honouring the spirit of this year’s theme, “An equal world is an enabled world”, with a mini-series that revisits some of the Company’s initiatives focused on professional development & women’s empowerment.

Diversity & Inclusion

International Women’s Day 2020: Celebrating Women’s Achievements and the Quest for Gender Equality

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day – Each for Equal – is centered on the idea that an equal world is an enabled world, and that gender equality is essential for economies and communities to thrive.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Webinar: The Third Era of Integrating ESG Into Investment Processes

CSRHub CTO and co-founder, Bahar Gidwani will be leading the BrightTALK webinar The Third Era of Integrating ESG Into Investment Processes on March 10th at 5pm ET. Register for the webinar here.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Mohawk Again Ranked as Top Training Company in Flooring Industry

Training magazine has once again identified Mohawk as the flooring industry’s top learning and development organization.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Can Snow Clearing Be Sexist?

In honor of International Women's Day 2020 #IWD (Sunday, March 8), FSG's gender team shares thoughts on gender equity: Sweden recently realized that their snow clearing routine was typically benefiting men over women.

Diversity & Inclusion

Empowering Women Through Sustainable Cocoa Farming

Meet Rebecca Mensah, a farmer in Ghana who is part of CARE's cocoa sustainability initiative. Because of the program, she is able to provide for her children’s education and has the strength and opportunity to contribute to household decision-making.

Social Impact & Volunteering

The Makers of HORMEL® Chili Partner with Mower County Humane Society on Adoption of “Chili” and Her Six Puppies

In addition to covering adoption fees for the dogs, the makers of Hormel® chili will donating $1,000 to the Mower County shelter and will be providing each canine with branded collars, T-shirts, dog toys and treats to enjoy.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Sysco Celebrates International Women’s Day; Launches Inaugural Gem Award to Recognize Sysco Champions of Gender Diversity

As part of its global celebration, Sysco invited prominent women leaders from within their organization, as well as from customer and supplier organizations, to participate in a special panel discussion at the Company’s headquarters in Houston.

Social Impact & Volunteering

We Are Citizen Philanthropists – Service Learning in Munich, Germany

Every waterfall begins with a single drop of water. That’s the idea behind VMware’s Citizen Philanthropy approach to giving—VMware’s waterfall of impact is the result of the collective actions of VMware people. Core to our ethos is the belief...

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Diversity & Inclusion

We'll Never End Extreme Poverty Without Tackling Gender Inequality, Too

Not a single country has achieved economic equality between women and men. As of 2019, women only had equal rights in six countries.

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Diversity & Inclusion

How 3 Memphis Companies Are Making Diversity and Inclusion a Priority

"Diversity inclusion is one of the enablers for driving the sustainability of the organization."

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating the Achievements of Women in the Workplace Every Day

International Women’s Day celebrates the accomplishments of women, while recognizing the ongoing need to close the gap in gender equality.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Accelerates Small Business Loans and Lines of Credit

With a focus of serving its customers and keeping them at the center of every decision, Fifth Third’s partnership with Fundation allows the Bank to provide a streamlined application process and faster access to funding.

Education

Bringing STEM to Students With Help From Cox Enterprises

Imagine a world where Netflix makes your kids smarter, and Youtube is safe. A world where K-12 children can live-stream classes from the very best instructors in courses like robotics, microbiology, chemistry and engineering.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Beyond Women on Boards: How Gender Lens Investing Can Transform Your Impact Strategy

Understanding on how to unlock the power of capital to support gender equality commitments remains limited. Gender lens investing is a powerful new approach with the potential to change that.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

NRG’s CEO Talks Sustainability to Investors

Sustainability is embedded in our culture, aligned with our strategy and necessary for our long-term success.

Health & Healthcare

4 Questions for a Scientist Working on a Revolutionary CAR-T Therapy for Multiple Myeloma

The early data results seemed almost too good to be true.

That's what Sen Zhuang, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President, Oncology Clinical Research, Janssen Research & Development, was thinking at a meeting of the ASCO last summer.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating ON Semiconductor’s Women’s Leadership Initiative

WLI became ON Semiconductor’s first corporate diversity and inclusion affinity network group in 2014. Developed by several female leaders within our corporate headquarters to promote awareness of women and the importance of having women in leadership.

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