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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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Responsible Production & Consumption

World Wildlife Fund Joins the Walmart Foundation, Cargill, McDonald's to Launch Million-Acre Grazing Initiative to Help Restore Grasslands, Address Climate Change

Cross-industry collaboration is crucial to meeting the global demand for protein while also addressing the urgency of climate change and nature loss.

Green Infrastructure

Helping the UN Guide Ecosystem Restoration Into the Mainstream

Currently, the UN lacks the technical capacity to implement a strategy to address the scale of restoration needed on its own and is looking to corporate partners like WSP to help guide its successful development.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Understanding Health Disparities in Our Hispanic Communities

According to the U.S. Office of Minority Health, the percentage of obese and overweight children and adults is higher in Hispanic Americans than other populations. Hispanics in the U.S. are faced with challenges such as affordable housing...

Energy

Regulation Within Reach: Texas Summer

In the world of regulation, Texas is distinct. With its unique market structure, emphasis on competition, and unheard-of approach to resource adequacy, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas often serves as an example and case study of electricity done differently and, in our opinion, more effectively.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

T‑Mobile Teams Rally to Give School Supplies to Teachers

For the second year in a row, T-Mobile has tapped into Twitter to give back to teachers by donating to the #ClearTheList movement.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Community Engagement at International Paper

International Paper is committed to investing in people, and we continue to be a force for good in our communities.

Events, Media & Communications

EarthxTV and Sea Shepherd Announce Exclusive Worldwide Monthly Online Series Ocean ACTION Reports, Hosted by Captain Paul Watson

EarthX is presenting an exclusive worldwide online series, Sea Shepherd - Ocean ACTION Reports for the launch of EarthxTV during Climate Week September 21 – 27, 2020.

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Events, Media & Communications

Watch Land Betterment Corporation Present at the 2020 Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference

Land Betterment, an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, was honored to present at the inaugural Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference earlier this month.

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Events, Media & Communications

Webcasts Focus on Role of Buildings, Communities and Organizations to Respond to Today's Global Health Challenges

With the gravity of the situation regarding COVID-19, today, more than ever, the spaces where we spend our time play a role in the future of protecting our families, our businesses and the public at large. Join IWBI and the WELL community for...

Social Impact & Volunteering

Anne Cox Chambers Award Announced

Cox Automotive’s Christine Romero earned recognition for sewing more than 3,200 cloth face masks for anyone who needed them, including nursing homes, local hospitals, police departments, schools and countless other individuals and organizations.

Innovation & Technology

'5G Master Class' From the Washington Post BrandStudio Explores the Human and Economic Benefits of 5G

To better explain the revolutionary nature of 5G connectivity to U.S. policymakers, Qualcomm Technologies recently teamed up with The Washington Post BrandStudio to create a 5G Master Class.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Keysight Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Keysight employees are sharing the importance of the celebration and how Hispanic contributions have inspired them in their careers.

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Health & Healthcare

Building on Success Against COVID-19, Black & Veatch Launches Commercial Projects, Doubles IgniteX Funding

Delivering solutions that will safeguard communities against COVID-19, Black & Veatch IgniteX COVID-19 Response Accelerator has launched five new-to-market technology projects at sites in the U.S. The program will also double its funding to $500k

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Winners of Nationwide Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge Named

Although the housing challenges facing millions of Americans often seem intractable, organizations from across the U.S. are collaborating to deliver fresh, innovative and scalable ideas to create housing affordability solutions

Benevity

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

[GET THE GUIDE] Civic Engagement: Purpose Over Politics

Mixing business and politics doesn’t have to be risky if the goal is engagement and inclusion, not taking sides. Benevity provides a nonpartisan guide to help you empower your people to take civic action and put purpose over politics.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Deloitte: Leveraging Professional Skills to Help Nonprofits Solve Complex Challenges

Stepup continues to grow in scale in its sixth year, with 18 active chapters and an impressive portfolio of projects under its belt. In the last two years alone, over 1,200 stepup participants delivered nearly 200 projects to community nonprofits.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

New Consumer Goods Coalition to Accelerate Systemic Effort to Remove Deforestation and Forest Degradation from Key Commodity Supply Chains

17 global consumer goods brands will work together to accelerate systemic efforts to remove deforestation, forest degradation and conversion from key commodity supply chains, and drive transformative change across the industry.

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Innovation & Technology

Arbor Day Foundation Receives Award to Grow Natural Climate Solutions

Through the generous support of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Nature Conservancy’s Natural Climate Solutions Accelerator program announced the award of $860,000 to be split among five projects designed to help scale climate change...

Diversity & Inclusion

Telemundo Celebrates National Voter Registration Day Engaging and Empowering Eligible Latino Voters Across All Platforms

The efforts, taking place during Hispanic Heritage Month, will highlight the decisive role that Latino voters will play in the 2020 elections and feature cross-platform civic engagement opportunities for Telemundo’s audience.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Fair Trade USA Recognizes Partners' Expanded Commitments to Fair Trade Coffee During Price and Demand Crisis

Fair Trade USA®, the leading certifier of fair trade products in North America, announces its #JustOneCup campaign to aid coffee farmers amid an unprecedented coffee crisis as the pandemic continues.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Arrow Electronics Awards Succeeds Prize for Excellence In Technology Enabled Learning to Denver High School

Arrow Electronics presented The Succeeds Prize for Excellence in Technology Enabled Technology Learning to The CUBE High School in Denver in a virtual ceremony Sept. 12.

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Green Infrastructure

A Better Solution: An Inside Look at the Audacious Plan to Build the World's Largest Mirrored Building

The Guardian Glass team remembers driving through the Al Ula valley, a natural wonder dotted by an aquifer-fed oasis, ancient homes built inside limestone outcroppings with elegant carved facades.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Join a Global Community of Virtual Volunteers on Taproot Plus

Make a difference by teaming up with social good causes…virtually! Learn how to partner up with NGOs and charities for pro bono projects and consultations at Taproot Foundation's 9/30 webinar.

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Sustainable Development Goals

UN Global Compact in Partnership With Accenture and SAP, and With 3M As Patron Sponsor, Launch SDG Ambition Guidance to Accelerate Business Action to Achieve the SDGs

The United Nations Global Compact in partnership with Accenture and SAP SE, and with 3M joining as Patron Sponsor, today launched SDG Ambition guides to support businesses in accelerating action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Modern Identity Reflecting GRI's Purpose

GRI has launched a refreshed brand and website, created to support the continued delivery of sustainability standards that meet the needs of all stakeholders.

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