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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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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The EPiQ Unlock to Your Organization’s Purpose

Host Carol Cone is joined by Wendy Salomon, Managing Director of Reputation & Corporate Strategy at The Harris Poll, to walk you through this first-of-its-kind tool to measure the success of your organization’s purpose.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Foundation Awards Goodwill Industries of Michiana, Inc. $175,000 Grant

The KeyBank Foundation has awarded Goodwill Industries of Michiana, Inc. a $175,000 grant in support of the newly opened The Academy at the Goodwill Bendix Campus. The Academy provides skilled trades technical training and serves the counties of La Porte, Elkhart and St. Joseph.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

National Grid Named One of ‘America’s Best Employers’

National Grid has been recognized as one of ‘America's Best Large Employers’ by Forbes. The Company was also recognized in 2022 on the lists of ‘Best Employers for Veterans’ and ‘Best Employers for New Grads.’

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sappi Elevates the Customer Experience

This year, Sappi has further developed our portfolio of products to provide our customers with dynamic papers, packaging and textiles without a steep environmental cost.

Events, Media & Communications

EcoVadis Index: Companies of All Sizes and Performance Levels Continue To Make Significant Strides on Their Sustainability Journeys

Companies across the globe, of all sizes and maturity, continue to improve their sustainability performance and build upon ongoing progress to implement positive sustainable practices across their value chains.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Reduce Emissions of an Offshore Compression Platform

The oil and gas industry is vital to ensuring the world’s energy transition, yet the production and transformation processes represents 15% of the overall industry footprint according to the IEA. It’s also one of the most energy-intensive industrial processes.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

McDonald’s PRIDE Network Is a Force for Good Year-Round

For years, McDonald’s PRIDE Network has been instrumental in advocating for LGBTQ+ rights inside and outside of the workplace.

Education

Bayer: Make Way for Girls in Science!

Capturing the attention of 7-9th grade students and inspiring them to consider careers in STEM can be accomplished through role modeling, representation, and realistic experiences, according to Dr. Kelly Lane-deGraaf

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New EU Sustainability Reporting Standards Coming Soon

GRI welcomes progress of new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), as consultation gets underway

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Research, Reports & Publications

Ralph Lauren Details Progress on Social and Environmental Goals in 2023 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) today published its 2023 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report, emphasizing the Company’s ongoing commitment to creating timeless products that are made to live on responsibly

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Research, Reports & Publications

Chemours Details ESG Progress in Its Sixth Sustainability Report

Report showcases Chemours’ progress toward achieving Corporate Responsibility Commitment goals through environmental leadership, sustainable innovation and community investment

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Diversity & Inclusion

Product Diversity Office Impact: Making Lenovo’s Commercial Vantage Accessible

In 2020, Lenovo established its Product Diversity Office (PDO) to ensure its smarter technology is accessible to all users, regardless of their background or ability.

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Innovation & Technology

New Tests Yield Actionable Insights

Quest employees are among the first to benefit from newly developed testing.

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Environment

How Artificial Intelligence and Technology Are Used To Minimise the Environmental Impact of Data Centres and Cloud Computing

​For the past two decades, digital transformation has been at the forefront of many corporate conversations as the world’s carbon emissions continue to increase.

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Innovation & Technology

Dispatching Innovation: Suncor’s New Dispatch System Improves Mine Operations

The innovative process is one of the ways we continue to harness technology to improve the reliability and productivity performance of our operations.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Crowley’s Second Annual Sustainability Report Details Progress on Environmental Strategy and Continued Commitment to Employees

Crowley has released its second annual sustainability report, which details progress toward its sustainability goals in 2022 and previews continued efforts for 2023 and beyond.

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Energy

Farmers Help Duke Energy Add More Renewables to Its Grid

To help build a more sustainable, carbon-free future, Duke Energy is seeking property owners with acreage that can accommodate power generation, such as large-scale solar facilities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Celebrating Ten Years of Progress and Impact With Our Black Employee Network

Investing in the success of people includes building communities of belonging, advocacy and allyship. For Trane Technologies' Black Employee Network, we're recognizing 10 years of progress and the need to continue.

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Energy

Groundswell Celebrates New Community Solar Array and District Milestone

Groundswell celebrates new community solar array and District milestone. No-cost solar energy now available to close to 10,000 low to moderate income District households

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Green Infrastructure

Major Companies and Investors Push EPA for Strong Emissions Standards To Bolster U.S. in Global Clean Vehicle Race

Dozens of major U.S. companies and investors are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize strong multi-pollutant emissions standards for light- and medium-duty vehicles and stringent greenhouse gas emissions for heavy-duty vehicles. 

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Diversity & Inclusion

Inclusion in Practice: Celebrating Juneteenth, Nurturing Connections

When McKenzie Kerry graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a leadership position in a financial services company was very much on her mind. A business management major, Kerry had long sought out extra opportunities and activities.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Juneteenth Reflections From Alkermes' Harold Weekes, Sr. Director, Human Resources

On Monday we commemorate Juneteenth – also known as Freedom Day – the anniversary of the freeing of the last enslaved Black Americans, which took place on June 19th, 1865, more than two years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

DraftKings Las Vegas Teammates Help Build Beds with Sleep in Heavenly Peace

From the support of our DraftKings S.E.R.V.E.S. program, together we successfully built 50 beds for Las Vegas families in need with Sleep in Heavenly Peace and did it in record time!

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Good Business: Benefits Beyond Savings

Smart, strategic choices – like how Regions and Pinnacle Group have worked together – can make the difference.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Mastercard: Highlights From a Journey To Support Women Entrepreneurs

Kelly Ifill, a former math teacher with an MBA from Columbia Business School, was determined to make banking work for Black entrepreneurs. Working in venture capital after business school, she’d seen how difficult it is for Black entrepreneurs to raise capital.

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