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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

Schneider Electric and MSCI Announce Multi-Pronged Climate Action Partnership

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and sustainability, and MSCI, a leading provider of global investment tools and intelligence, today announced a new collaboration with MSCI for climate action.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Quest Spotlights Hispanic Employees' Cultural Traditions in Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month

My favorite family tradition is one that may be found in many Cuban households on New Year’s Eve.

Environment

Edison International 2021 Sustainability Report: Biodiversity, Natural Habitat & Cultural Resource Protection

Biodiversity, natural habitat and cultural resource protections are key considerations for SCE as we modernize and update our grid infrastructure and execute on our Wildfire Mitigation Plan.

Research, Reports & Publications

Trust Can't Wait: How To Prepare for Unfinished ESG Reporting Requirements

“Get ready,” “start now,” “it’s time to prepare.” When it comes to ESG reporting, organizations are constantly being told to act as quickly as possible.

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Education

UC San Diego Students Cross Borders and Explore New Fields in STEM

Growing up in Tijuana, Mexico, Olivia Graeve was interested in pursuing the sciences but didn’t quite know how to make a career of it. To her knowledge, no cross-border student exchange programs for scientific research were available to her.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Oportun Shortlisted for the 2022 FinTech Futures Banking Tech Awards

This award recognizes our use of A.I. to create more financial opportunities for individuals and communities historically shut out of the mainstream financial system.

Education

Reading Is Fundamental Joins Forces With Trane Technologies to Advance the Power of Literacy and Create Sustainable Futures

Reading Is Fundamental joined forces with Trane Technologies at the start of the 2021-2022 school year to deliver on their shared mission to support children’s literacy and empower children through reading.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Turning Environmental and Social Promises Into Action

Medtronic is turning environmental and social promises into action.

Social Impact & Volunteering

A Slice of NiCE: Nickelodeon Community Efforts - August/September 2022

A bi-weekly update/preview into what Nickelodeon Animation & the Community Efforts (aka NiCE) team is up to around the globe.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Dow Named Among the “PEOPLE Companies That Care®” for 3rd Consecutive Year

"Receiving this award for a third straight year is inspiring and humbling, as there is no better single measure of how we are treating our colleagues than direct feedback from them."

Diversity & Inclusion

D&I Weekly News Round Up: Equal Pay, LGBTQ+ and More

The State of California just passed a bill on pay transparency, that would require companies to disclose salary ranges on their job listings. It would also impose reporting requirements on companies with more than 100 employees.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

In Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month AEG’s LA Galaxy Partners With Susan G. Komen’s “More Than Pink Walk” To Raise Awareness and Funds for Breast Cancer Research

In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, AEG's LA Galaxy employees joined more than 2,000 volunteers on October 8, 2022, for the Susan G. Komen “More Than Pink Walk,” to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Community Offshore Wind and Hudson River Community Sailing Provide Lessons in Wind to New York City Students From Underserved Communities

In partnership with Hudson River Community Sailing, Community Offshore Wind will offer marine and wind education through sailing to New York City public school students from underserved communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Why Impact Investing Needs Philanthropy and Catalytic Capital

Over the past several years, the global impact investing field has expanded like never before.

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Health & Healthcare

Planet Water Foundation Provides Handwashing Facilities, Handwashing Education and Clean Water Access to Over 35,000 People for Global Handwashing Day

Planet Water Foundation is commemorating Global Handwashing Day this year with a renewed push to provide handwashing facilities and hygiene education programs to communities in need.

Education

Home Depot's Kids Workshops: Teaching Building Skills and Empowering Young People for 25 Years

Build. Learn. Create. Building strong relationships is a core value at The Home Depot, and it shows in the workshop program developed by a team of store associates to help our youngest customers develop basic and safe building skills, while gaining confidence using tools to complete projects.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Hispanic+Latin Heritage Month: Sharon G.

Meet Sharon! She leads the Digital Menu Management Team and brings tacos to fans across the web via app, kiosk and delivery. Not only that, but she also empowers restaurant teams with the product data behind many of our back-of-house technologies.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Giving Back Is What We're About

When our Black Leadership Network Teammate Resource Group led a company-wide Hunger Action Month activation in support of Feeding America, our Atlanta distribution center teammates found a way to go above and beyond to make the activation a success.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Joining Forces for 1.5 Million Smallholder Farming Households

“This MOU is an important milestone to us, and we are excited as Government as it builds on the work we are doing in realizing the green economy."

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Diversity & Inclusion

GoDaddy Highlights Baltimore's Social Impact Entrepreneurs in Latest 'Made in America' Season

Domain registration giant GoDaddy highlighted its various relationships with Baltimore-based small business, social impact entities and entrepreneurs in its latest season of “Made in America,” its docuseries highlighting minority-owned small business owners across the country.

Energy

What's Next for Energy Trends and the Sustainability Landscape?

As Vice President of Sustainable Solutions and Innovation, my team and I are part of the sustainability conversations driving business action. Find out more about today’s energy landscape and how we support our customers’ sustainability journeys.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How Cisco Data Scientists Helped CommonLit Innovate Teacher Feedback for Better Learning

More can and will be done to address the implications of widening achievement for all students, and in particular students from underserved districts. To stimulate an academic recovery, we need innovative classroom solutions like CommonLit.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Accelerating ESG Impact With Fair Trade Certified

October is Fair Trade Month, when we and many organizations raise awareness about the importance of fair trade. This year we have a lot to celebrate

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Diversity & Inclusion

The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in Physical Security

A panel of PNC employees in the bank’s physical security team discussed diversity and inclusion in the physical security space at PNC’s Enterprise Technology and Security discussion.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Meet Abbott's Working Parents of the Year

Abbott exists to help people around the world live their fullest lives – and we know that for many of our employees that includes being a parent.

Latest Campaigns

  1. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

  2. Southwire Giving Back
    Our neighbors depend on us, just as we depend on them, so we are committed to improving the quality of life in the communities in which we work. At...

  3. Carbon Footprint
    We are accelerating our efforts to help build a low-carbon economy and avert the worst impacts of climate change. Our goal to reduce our GHG emissions...

  4. Environmental Sustainability
    As sustainability leaders, we implement our sustainability strategy across all company activities along the entire value chain, from raw materials to...

  5. Corporate Social Responsibility
    Corporate Social Responsibility

  6. International Paper | HEALTHY & ABUNDANT FORESTS
    Vision 2030 Goal: Lead forest stewardship efforts globally

  7. Sustainability Report
    Our latest Sustainability Report highlights recent accomplishments and progress toward achieving goals in the environmental, social and governance...

  8. Social Impact at Mastercard
    At Mastercard, we’re powering economies and empowering people, building a sustainable economy where everyone prospers.

  9. Kingfisher Around the World
    The SCS Kingfisher certification mark is showing up on an increasing number of products around the world. It differentiates companies that are making...

  10. License to Operate
    Corporate governance, risk management, operational integrity, and regulatory compliance are demanding challenges that companies face in today’s ever...

  11. IWBI | WELL Building Standard
    Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

  12. Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship
    The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

  13. Green Mountain Energy Commitment to Sustainability
    At Green Mountain Energy Company, we share our customers’ commitment to the environment and sustainability. We are inspired by the success that we...

  14. KeyBank's Community Investment
    In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

  15. GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
    Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...