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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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The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada

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MilliporeSigma’s Jeffrey Whitford Named to Fast Company’s ‘Most Creative People in Business’ List

Jeffrey Whitford has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious Most Creative People in Business list for 2020. Whitford heads MilliporeSigma’s sustainability, social business innovation and branding functions. The annual selection honors an influential group of leaders from a broad range of global industries, including technology, healthcare and more.

Environment

Keep Haralson Beautiful: Finding Common Ground in Landfill Debate

Keep Haralson Beautiful, located in Tallapoosa, GA, recently shared its perspective on a proposed landfill in its community. The potential landfill has been the topic of controversy among local residents.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investing in Renewable Energy Benefits the Environment and Business

Our business is energy-intensive, so having an energy portfolio that makes us less dependent on carbon prices and helps us reduce our carbon intensity makes sense.

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Events, Media & Communications

49 Days Until #SVM2020!

This year's international Social Value Matters 2020 conference will bring together the most current thought leaders on social value who are working on concrete solutions already in practice in communities across the globe.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Moody’s and Girls Inc. of NYC Named as Recipients of NYC Service’s 2019 Partnership Impact Award

NYC Service announced today the recipients of the inaugural Partnership Impact Award, Moody’s and Girls Inc. of New York City, for their exemplary service in 2019, and welcomed a new cohort of businesses that have committed to deepening employee volunteer impact through the 2020 Good for Me. Good for My City. campaign.

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Media & Communications

Americans Tuning in to Sustainability During Crises, Expecting “More” From Government and Corporate Sector

According to responses to a June on-line survey of 2,000 adults in the U.S.A. for “clean manufacturing” leader Genomatica, sustainability is now a top-of-mind issue

Events, Media & Communications

Measuring Corporate Philanthropy, Employee Giving, Volunteering, and Social Impact: Now That You Know What to Measure, How Do You Measure It?

Last month our Engage CSR solution technology partner, SmartSimple, hosted a Fireside Chat featuring David Goodman, Head of Data Trusts at BrightHive and Mariana Catz, Managing Partner at Gen3

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Innovation & Technology

Lessons in Expanding Digital Payments to Remote Communities in Mexico and Colombia

Don Silvio Gómez lives with his family in the village of El Triunfo, near the small city of Pitalito in southwest Colombia. At age 74, he has dedicated more than 50 years of his life to growing coffee. He never imagined that one day it would be...

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

3 Ways to Pandemic Proof Your Facility

Segregation, cleanability, and automation/process closure are proven ways to protect viral containment through a pandemic and beyond.

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Health & Healthcare

Telemedicine: TeleSafe, TeleConvenient

There are many signs that while a mobile-first approach may be new to many, it’s certainly going to become more and more normal.

Innovation & Technology

Designing the Needle: How Gene Editing Can Transform Our Health and Planet

Episode 4: Our first three episodes explored the changing climate, the digital revolution, and our fluid understanding of what “sustainability” really means—and requires. The common thread? Change may just be the most consistent...

Energy

Republic Services Announces Partnership with Nikola to Develop and Purchase 2,500 Electric Collection Trucks

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) today announced a partnership with Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ: NKLA) to develop and purchase 2,500 electric waste and recycling collection trucks, representing the industry's first large-scale commitment...

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Environment

Returning the Atlantic Forest to Its Wild Roots with WWF

International Paper is proud to work with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to restore 250 acres (100 hectares) of the Mogi Guaçu river basin in the Atlantic Forest, one of the most ecologically important forests in the world.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

XO Records CEO Wassim 'Sal' Slaiby in Collaboration with Global Citizen Launch Urgent 'Global Aid for Lebanon' Campaign to Benefit Victims of the Beirut Tragedy

CEO of XO Wassim "Sal" Slaiby, along with Global Citizen, Red Cross Lebanon, World Food Program USA and the Children’s Cancer Center Lebanon, today launched Global Aid for Lebanon to raise funds for the victims of the Beirut explosion.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Mohawk Group Launches Seamless Visualization Experience Through New P.S. Tool

By digitizing some of the earlier stages, Mohawk Group’s visualization tool helps cut down on physical waste that is often created as part of the sampling and presentation phases.

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Education

Promoting Equity, Access & Cultural Awareness in Education

Recent events in the United States have sparked nationwide protests and civil unrest, as communities band together to demand change. It is vital that discussions about inclusion, equity, and culture continue as part of efforts to engage and empower youth.

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Innovation & Technology

Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is Revolutionizing Healthcare, but the Cybersecurity Threat is Real

The healthcare revolution is just getting started, promising to help medical professionals better serve patient health while providing a more expansive healthcare infrastructure to patients.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investors & Companies Use Climate Playbook to Scale Action on Water

The sheer scope of the global water crisis means that the entire financial system has to get onboard - here's how...

Innovation & Technology

To Catch a Poacher: How Our Engineers Brought AI Tech to the Fight Against the Illegal Wildlife Trade

Technology is an increasingly critical tool for protecting elephants and other large animals, given their necessarily expansive habitats: A group of just 50 rangers in Kenya, for example, covers a reserve of 3,000 square miles.

Diversity & Inclusion

Silicon Valley Insiders Say That the Shift to Remote Work Could Finally [Be] Making A Dent in Tech's Diversity Crisis. But It Also Creates Key Problems That the Industry Will Have to Solve for the Change to Stick.

For many tech companies, remote work is starting to become the long-term reality, rather than a temporary change, and experts say it could spur a more diverse workforce – an area where tech companies have long floundered and where the percentages...

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Diversity & Inclusion

Fifth Third Appoints Linda W. Clement-Holmes to Board of Directors

Clement-Holmes has been a pioneer in diversity & inclusion. She served as Procter & Gamble's first chief diversity officer and advanced to become the first African-American woman named to Procter & Gamble's Global Leadership Council.

Education

Thinkabit Lab Reaches New Audiences in 2019

Our Thinkabit Lab program shows students from all cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds that they can be part of inventing the wireless world of the future.

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Health & Healthcare

National Grid Joins OSHA in Celebrating Safe + Sound Week

National Grid today joins the United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a participant in Safe + Sound Week, a nationwide event held each August to recognize workplace health and safety programs and to offer information and ideas on how to keep workers safe.

Diversity & Inclusion

Comerica Bank: Invested in Diversity

Comerica isn’t simply a banking institution, it’s a corporate community populated by employees that mirror the diversity seen across the United States.

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Innovation & Technology

Tetra Tech's Melinda Tam Discusses How Cybersecurity Plays into the Digital World

Melinda Tam is an electrical engineer with more than 30 years of experience. Five years out of college, she started her own electrical, instrumentation, and controls engineering firm. Within 15 years, her firm had more than 100 employees and 4 offices across the United States.

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