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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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Environment

Alibaba Pledges Carbon Neutrality by 2030 and 1.5 Gigatons of Decarbonization Across Ecosystem by 2035

Alibaba Group pledged to reach carbon neutrality by 2030 as it reins in emissions across its operations. By working with merchants and consumers, Alibaba said it would slash carbon emissions by 1.5 gigatons across its digital ecosystem by 2035.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Comcast Expands Digital Equity Efforts: Installs Free WiFi at 1,000th Lift Zone Community Center

Comcast announced that it has installed free WiFi in its 1,000th Lift Zone in St. Paul, Minnesota at The Sanneh Foundation’s Seton Center.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

International Paper to Build State-of-the-Art Corrugated Packaging Plant in Atglen, Pennsylvania to Meet Growing Customer Demand in the Region

International Paper (NYSE:IP) today announced it will build a state-of-the-art corrugated packaging plant in Atglen, Pennsylvania . The facility will employ approximately 150 team members.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Vistra's TXU Energy Donates Meals, Blankets and Holiday Decorations to Families in Need

In the spirit of the holiday season, Vistra’s flagship retail brand, TXU Energy, today announced it is committing nearly $25,000 to provide meals, Christmas trees and warm blankets to families in need.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Verizon Frontline Deployed to 128 Named Wildfires in 16 States in 2021

To help enable mission-critical voice and data service during fire mitigation efforts in locations from California to Minnesota, the Verizon Response Team delivered close to 2,000 Verizon Frontline solutions to nearly 200 communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Stanley Black & Decker Wins 4 Best Places to Work Awards

Thanks to the anonymous feedback of employees, Stanley Black & Decker was recently honored with four Comparably Best Places to Work Awards.

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Green Infrastructure

Charging Ahead: FedEx Receives First All-Electric, Zero-tailpipe Emissions Delivery Vehicles from BrightDrop

FedEx Corp. today received its first five of an order of 500 electric Light Commercial Vehicles (eLCVs) from BrightDrop, the new electric delivery and logistics business from General Motors (GM).

Diversity & Inclusion

Gender Shouldn't Be A Barrier To Your Tech Career

Sangeeta Ghangam Manepalli is a Platform Architect in the Intel Client Computing Group (CCG), where she leads user experience-driven solution innovation for the Athena usages in client platforms.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Carrying Out Our Commitments

In June 2020 PNC made a $1B commitment to help challenge systemic racism. We’ve made significant progress in carrying out that commitment. As of November 30, the Community Development Banking team has issued $339M in loans and investments.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third's Community Development Lending and Investments Group Funds More than $500 Million in 2021 Projects

The financing provided for over 6,000 units of new & preserved housing for low- & moderate-income people. In addition, over 6 loans & investments went to development projects that will provide jobs & services for communities in the Bank’s footprint.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

NortonLifeLock Surpasses Last Year's Giving Tuesday With a $250K Donation

For the second year in a row, NortonLifeLock celebrated Giving Tuesday by offering a special 2:1 Donation Match for all team members on November 30. Together we contributed at least $250,000 to incredible causes in just one day.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Frankly Speaking With Franchisees: Standing on the Shoulders of Elephants

Yum! travels to East Asia where Tavan Bogd Group Executive Vice President Hulan Dashdavaa shares how she overcame adversity and grew her collection of businesses to include nearly 30 KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in her home country. Here is her story.

Sustainable Development Goals

Alibaba Group Announces Carbon Neutrality Goal by 2030

Alibaba Group Holding Limited announced a pledge to achieve carbon neutrality in its own operations by 2030 and introduced a Scope 3+ target, a pioneering initiative aiming to facilitate 1.5 gigatons of decarbonization across its business by 2035.

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Health & Healthcare

How Mentorship Changed the Game for This Kenyan Entrepreneur

“My child has a reason to smile. We used cans before, but now we have a reason to smile.” This is one of many heartfelt testimonials for the Utulav toilet, created by Syna Consultancy in Kenya.

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Health & Healthcare

Merck and Ridgeback Announce Publication of Phase 3 Study of Molnupiravir, an Investigational Oral Antiviral COVID-19 Treatment, in the New England Journal of Medicine

Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced the New England Journal of Medicine has published findings from the Phase 3 MOVe-OUT trial evaluating molnupiravir, an investigational oral antiviral COVID-19 medicine.

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Health & Healthcare

The IWBI Special Report Chapter Series: “India: The Paradox of Success”

At the beginning of the pandemic, many public health experts feared that India’s ultra-high-density cities, high income inequality and comparatively low healthcare spending would likely create the perfect storm.

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Health & Healthcare

Illumina Supports Norway's Pioneering Precision Medicine Study

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN), announced that it is supporting a national precision medicine study in Norway to assess the efficacy of blood-based comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) in cancer therapy selection testing.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Small Businesses Make Financial Gains, Closing the Gap With Large Businesses

Principal Financial Group® reported today that small and medium-sized businesses1 (SMBs) are showing stronger current financial health and an increase in hiring, despite the ongoing impacts of COVID-19. At the same time, a shifting environment, lingering economic impacts from th

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Guiding Principles That Lead to a Strong Business

Governance at Herbalife Nutrition begins with their own clear and straightforward values: we always do what’s right, work together, and build it better.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Benton Harbor Hosts First Community Pitch Competition

Each time the automatic doors opened to the entryway of Mosaic CCDA’s headquarters and resale store, excitement doubled and energy hummed. Despite sleet and cold attempting to invade the lobby, new hope burned and filled the room.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Musim Mas Supports Over 1,200 Independent Smallholders to Gain Certification Under the New ISPO 2020 Standard- Minister of Agriculture Decree No.38

More than 1,200 independent smallholder farmers from Musim Mas’ Smallholders Program have become the first in Indonesia to be certified under the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) Minister of Agriculture Decree No.38 of 2020 standard.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

MPLX Named Energy ESG Top Performer by Hart Energy

MPLX earned a 2021 Energy ESG Top Performers Award in the public midstream category from Hart Energy on Nov. 29. The winners were announced at the annual Energy ESG Conference in Houston.

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Environment

National Grid Climate Leaders: Meet Brittney Pietro

Brittney Pietro takes positive steps both personally and professionally to protect the environment, fight climate change and inspire others to make positive environmental choices.

Events, Media & Communications

Navigating ESG Expectations: 4 Takeaways From Reuters' Sustainable Finance & Reporting Europe 2021

The drumbeat of ESG-related news is gaining momentum.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Splunk's 2021 Global Impact Report Highlights a Data-Driven Approach to Addressing Important Global Challenges

Splunk, the data platform leader for security and observability, released its 2021 Global Impact Report, detailing the company’s approach and engagement with the societal and environmental issues that matter most to its stakeholders and business.

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