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PNC Volunteers Bring Basic Financial Knowledge to New Volunteer Opportunity

For about two years now, the PNC Center for Financial Education (CFE), an effort led by Community Development Banking, has been collaborating with community-based nonprofits to offer financial education to individuals, first-time homebuyers and small businesses.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Mentoring Matters: Pour Wisdom Into Others

P-TECH mentors know how much mentorship matters.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Tetra Pak Scores Double ‘A’ by CDP for Leading Efforts Against Climate Change and Protecting Forests

Tetra Pak has been commended for its climate action and driving sustainable sourcing in its supply chain for the fourth time, achieving a place on the global environmental impact non-profit CDP's prestigious ‘A List.'

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Sustainable Development Goals

Essity's Approach to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

At Essity we believe that the work aimed at fulfilling the SDGs will make the world a little better and create good business opportunities for companies around the world.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Coffee, Culture, and Connections: An Albertsons Companies Food Technologist Deepens Her Passion for Food During Visit to Colombia

When you stand in Jardín, Colombia, the closest Albertsons Companies store is about 2,000 miles away. But the relationship between this 17,000-person community and Albertsons Cos. is much tighter than that vast distance implies.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Ecocentricity Blog: Modern Day Alchemy

Basically, they claim to have found the Holy Grail of the circular economy. They’ve developed a process to take generic waste that would otherwise be put in a landfill and turn it instead into a useful thermoplastic.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

MetLife a Climate Leader in CDP Report

MetLife has earned a Leadership grade (A-) on climate change in the annual CDP Investor Report for the fourth consecutive year.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Millennials and Money: A Shared Sense of Destiny

The shared experiences of Millennials have created a sense of shared destiny. Seeing the effects of financial market events and sharing our responses to them, mostly on social media, has made risk very real for us when making financial decisions.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Tetra Tech Wins the EBJ Technology Merit Award for USAID Oceans Project

The Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) honored Tetra Tech with multiple Business Achievement Awards for 2019.

Health & Healthcare

On World Cancer Day, a Call for United Action in Africa

IBM works alongside American Cancer Society, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), and the Clinton Health Access Initiative to make progress in improving access to chemotherapy drugs in Africa.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How T-Mobile Embraces Diversity

DJ Hurston works out of our Charleston Experience Center, where he's following his dreams—and empowering others at T-Mobile to do the same.

Media & Communications

The Aflac Duck Is 20 Years Old. Here's How He's Changed the Insurance World

The duck has even gone high tech to help sick kids. Amos said that the company has already raised more than $145 million for pediatric cancer charities since the start of the ad campaign from the sale of stuffed plush Aflac ducks.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Gildan Receives Bronze Class Distinction in the 2020 SAM Sustainability Yearbook

Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL: TSX and NYSE) is pleased to announce that the Company has been included in the 2020 SAM Sustainability Yearbook for the eighth-consecutive year.

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Stanley Black & Decker Recognized On CDP “A List” For Climate Action and Water Security Leadership

Stanley Black & Decker today announced that it has again been recognized by environmental impact nonprofit CDP for its climate action and water security leadership.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HP Achieves Triple CDP “A” Score for Transparency, Action on Climate, Forests and Water Risks

HP Inc. has been highlighted as a world leader in corporate sustainability by global environmental non-profit CDP, achieving a place on the prestigious triple “A List” for taking climate actions, protecting forests and addressing water security

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Education

Fifth Third Bank Funds $70,000 in Finance Academy Scholarships

Fifth Third Bank congratulates Kennedy Boler, an Indianapolis high school student, whose winning essay netted her a $2,500 Fifth Third Finance Academy scholarship. Fifth Third celebrated with Boler and her fellow Finance Academy students on January 30.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: What's the APR on Climate Change?

By burning fossil fuels these last couple hundred years, we’ve been borrowing against our carbon budget & our climate future. Trillions of tons of carbon have been spent into the atmosphere, & we now need to pay them back by returning them

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru Gifts Car to Sacramento Make-A-Wish Headquarters

Sacramento’s Make-A-Wish headquarters was gifted a 2019 Outback Subaru Thursday to help fulfill wishes for hundreds of children from California and Nevada.

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Green Infrastructure

Art, Environment and Sustainability by FPT Industrial

Our first location is the pretty seaside town of San Benedetto del Tronto located on Italy’s Adriatic coast. It is here that FPT Industrial launched its “Fishing for Plastic” initiative in collaboration with “Clean Sea LIFE."

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Foundation Awards 24 National Neighborhood Promise® Grants for 2020

The Republic Services Charitable Foundation announced today that it has awarded 24 National Neighborhood Promise® grants for 2020, which will fund neighborhood revitalization projects around the country in areas where Republic Services customers...

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Environment

Andrew Winston: Sustainability in 2020

In optometry 2020 means normal visual acuity. But what will 2020 mean for the rest of us in the coming year? What sustainability trends might take flight as we close out the second decade of the new millennium?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Morgan Stanley Establishes Alliance for Children’s Mental Health

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) today announced the establishment of the Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health (the “Alliance”).

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Intel Recognized as Global Leader for Engaging Its Supply Chain on Climate Change

Intel has been recognized for its actions and strategies to reduce emissions and manage climate risks in its supply chain in the past reporting year.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Tork Releases New Insights About Sustainable Life Away from Home

Demands for integrating sustainability into business practices are increasing and people, companies and organizations are constantly looking for new ideas and solutions to improve their sustainability.

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Green Infrastructure

The Arbor Day Foundation and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Recognize Tree Cities of the World

The Arbor Day Foundation along with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today announced the first cities to be recognized through the Tree Cities of the World program.


Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Alliant Energy Earns Top Marks in 2020 Corporate Equality Index

Alliant Energy’s perfect score on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index reflects the company’s commitment to employees and others in the LGBTQ+ community.

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