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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement | Verizon

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

FPT Industrial and Slow Food Support Sustainable Food Production Communities

FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE:CNHI / MI:CNHI), has teamed up with Slow Food, a global grassroots organization, to support two local communities’ initiatives, in Italy and France

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Companies Refocus Efforts on Essential Workers, but More Support Is Needed

As the United States breaks the record for most deaths in one day this Wednesday, the strain on healthcare and essential workers has become immense.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Duke Energy Earns an A- on the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) 2020 Climate Change and Water Security Indexes

Duke Energy is excited to announce that we have earned scores of A- on the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) 2020 Climate Change and Water Security indexes.

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Health & Healthcare

A Holiday PSA: Pick Up the Phone

As this year winds down, it’s hard not to notice the weariness that’s come from shifting almost every area of our lives — from work to school, workouts to happy hours — to some form of video call.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank Launches Collaborative Initiative to Assist Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

The Initiative will provide small businesses of 25 or fewer employees in low-to-moderate income communities that have been impacted by the pandemic with advice and pathways to accessing capital, via the Initiative’s loan and grant programs.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Marcus Rashford, MBE, Launches Football Boots Prize Draw to Fight Hunger in the UK

Two pairs of Marcus Rashford’s special edition All-Black Nike Mercurial Superfly boots available to win: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/BOOTS

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Foods Market Nonprofit Foundations Raise $658,787 to Support Local and Global Communities

The Foundations combined forces in a Communities Campaign in October to raise awareness and funds, enabling shoppers to join the retailer in efforts to alleviate global poverty, improve children’s nutrition and increase healthy food access in communities facing barriers.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Creating Impact and Purpose for Our Global Communities This Holiday Season

For many families across America and around the world, 2020 has been the hungriest year in modern history. There will be more empty plates this holiday season than ever before due to the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.

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Education

MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs at Home: Bobbing Raisins

At MilliporeSigma, we are passionate about inspiring the next generation of scientists. As many families are home for a prolonged period of time, we wanted to help bring a little curiosity to them at home.

Energy

Dominion Energy, Smithfield Foods Complete First-of-Its-Kind Renewable Natural Gas Project in Utah

The project is the first large-scale effort in the state to capture methane from hog farming operations and convert it into clean energy for homes, businesses and transportation.

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Education

High School Interning…Making Real Differences

Keysight’s experience with high school interns has positively influenced the development of technology skills in the local communities while offering the company an early preview of potential future employees.

Diversity & Inclusion

Medtronic: 10 Years. 1 Million Jobs. Countless Opportunities.

What does equity look like? For Medtronic, it looks like the private sector stepping up and leading, with measurable outcomes, attainable goals and countless opportunities for all.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Scholar Finds Common Purpose at FedEx

Dailyn Hereford, a senior marketing major at Jackson State University and TMCF scholar, knows firsthand that personal interactions can leave lasting impressions for college students making internship and employment decisions.

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Energy

CIT Serves as Coordinating Lead Arranger for $256 Million Texas Solar Financing

CIT Group recently announced that its Power and Energy business served as coordinating lead arranger on a $256 million financing for the 250-megawatt (MW) Taygete I Energy Project owned by 7X Energy, Inc (7X) and located in Pecos County, Texas.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Leading Asset Managers Commit to Net Zero Emissions Goal With Launch of Global Initiative

30 founding investor signatories to Net Zero Asset Managers initiative will work in collaboration with clients to achieve target-based net zero goal by 2050 or sooner

Energy

Ørsted and Amazon Sign Europe's Largest Offshore Wind Corporate Power Purchase Agreement

Amazon has signed a 10-year corporate power purchase agreement with renewable energy company Ørsted to offtake the output of 250MW from Ørsted's planned 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany.

Health & Healthcare

Our Commitment: the J&J Center for Health Worker Innovation

At the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation, we’re determined that the front line emerges from this pandemic better equipped and supported than before.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CLP Crowned Top Awards for Achievements in Corporate Governance, Reporting and Financing

CLP's outstanding performance in corporate governance and reporting continues to win recognition as the Company’s 2019 Annual Report, Annual Report Online Snapshot and 2019 Sustainability Report received coveted awards in Hong Kong and overseas.

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Ninety One Hosts Investing for a World of Change and Introduces the Road to 2030

Ninety One's Richard Garland reflected,“We’re delighted to share this important analysis as we present Ninety One’s thought leadership through five key themes designed to help clients take a long-term, proactive approach in this changing landscape.”

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Environment

Innovation and Climate Risk Mitigation Protect Kosovo's Agricultural Sector Competitiveness

The agricultural sectors in Kosovo and Europe are experiencing the effects of climate change, reflected in increasing climate variability and unpredictability.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Whirlpool Corporation's Chairman and CEO Marc Bitzer to be Founding Member of OneTen Coalition

Whirlpool Corporation announced that its Chairman and CEO Marc Bitzer will become a founding member of OneTen, a coalition of leading executives who are coming together to create an organization with the mission to train, hire and advance one million Black Americans over the next 10 years into family-sustaining jobs with opportunities for advancement.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

VF Corporation Stands Up for Human Rights, Endorses the United Nations Global Compact and the Women's Empowerment Principles

VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), a global leader in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear, and accessories, today announced its commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the Women’s Empowerment Principles.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arks' That Help Combat Poverty in Germany Receive a Substantial Donation From CNH Industrial

The increasing focus on helping combat child poverty is a core priority of a wide range of NGOs. In the port city of Hamburg in northern Germany, three so-called "ARCHEN" (“arks”) help children and young people in low-income neighborhoods.

Green Infrastructure

Getting to Net Zero in 2050: The Initial Pathway for American Airlines

American’s strategy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is focused on driving operational & technical improvements that reduce GHG emissions by improving fuel efficiency & substituting petroleum-based fuels with lower-carbon alternatives.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

How a French Electrical Company Became a Digital Energy Leader

More than 20 years ago I was a recent graduate shlepping out to the suburbs of Paris to teach English to a variety of businesses. One of which was Schneider Electric.

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