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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

WWF and Toyota Form Global Partnership, Join Forces on Living Asian Forest Project and Climate Change

Energy

Siemens Secures Follow-Up Onshore Wind Project in Australia

Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply, install and commission 32 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.2 megawatts and a rotor diameter of 113 meters, for the Hornsdale Stage 2 onshore wind farm in South Australia. Stage 2 is an addition to the Hornsdale Stage 1 wind farm project, for which Siemens has signed a contract in August 2015.

Environment

Mars Restates Sustainability Pledge After Missing Packaging Target in 2015

Health & Healthcare

Pfizer Partners with National Urban League, Anthem and City of Hope to Address Chronic Health Issues Facing African Americans

Pfizer is proud to announce its partnership with National Urban League, Anthem and City of Hope to launch Take Action for Health, an awareness program aiming to address the greatest health issues facing African-Americans: heart disease, breast cancer and emotional well-being. This program seeks to increase mammograms, blood pressure screenings, and depression and anxiety-risk screenings in an effort to one day eliminate these health disparities in the African-American community.

Environment

GM Looks to Cars and Infrastructure to Mainstream EVs

Chevrolet recently sold its 100,000th Volt – America’s first plug-in to reach the milestone. Owners have driven almost 1.5 billion miles in EV mode out of a total 2.5 billion cumulative miles, saving nearly 58 million gallons of fuel. That is enough gasoline to fill more than 87 competition-size swimming pools.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Asian Firms and Governments Demonstrate Need to Fortify Anti-Corruption Efforts

A joint research project conducted by the ASEAN CSR (Association of Southeast Asian Nations Corporate Social Responsibility) Network and the National University of Singapore Business School’s Center for Governance, Institutions and Organization revealed that businesses in Southeast Asia are not doing enough to combat corruption.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

4 Reasons to Attend VM Summit 16

The folks at VolunteerMatch have hosted an annual Summit — all about corporate volunteerism — for over a decade. Throughout most of the Summit’s lifespan, however, it was called the “VolunteerMatch Client Summit.” That meant attendance was reserved exclusively for clients of our volunteer management platform, YourMatch™. Although the conference name changed, many of the reasons to attend VM Summit 16 remain the same.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Partners with No Kid Hungry to Create Youth Engagement Toolkit

Environment

Mars Strives for Sustainability

Mars recently released its annual Principles in Action Summary report in order to share and track the company’s progress in regards to its bold commitments. Mars has made adopting sustainable practices across the world and creating healthier products its priority, as it works to create a better future for generations to come.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Follow Wendy’s Franchise Owner as he Bikes Across America for Children in Foster Care

Follow along as Ed Anderson pedals his way across the country to raise critical funds for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Ed and his wife will cover 4,000 miles by October 4 and their goal is to raise $1 million to help find permanent, loving homes for children waiting in foster care.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Source Intelligence Receives Company of the Year Award

Responsible Production & Consumption

How Do We Feel About Antibiotics? For People And Animals…It’s Complicated

Responsible Production & Consumption

Drax Biomass Earns First Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) Certificates Issued by SCS Global Services

The first Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) certificates issued by SCS Global Services (SCS),a leading global third-party certifier, were presented this week to industry leader, Drax Biomass Inc., for its Morehouse BioEnergy and Amite BioEnergy wood pellet manufacturing facilities. This certification follows on the heels of last month’s announcement that SBP had approved SCS as its newest certification body.

Environment

Narrow Streets, Unlimited Innovation

The world’s largest transportation and logistics company proposed replacing its large delivery vehicles with a smaller, city-friendly fleet in Hamburg. UPS drivers would pick up deliveries from a storage container of consolidated shipments in the center of the city. UPS drivers would then use alternative methods, including walkers, conventional tricycles and electrically assisted tricycles, to make deliveries throughout the city center and in pedestrian-only zones.

Social Impact & Volunteering

IBM Consultants Donate Time and Expertise in Service to Others

Those new to IBM may be (pleasantly) surprised by IBM’s and IBMers’ commitment to service, but current and retired IBMers have engaged in skills-based volunteering through IBM’s On Demand Community for more than 10 years.

Green Infrastructure

Siemens Makes Skyscrapers Greener

Siemens is making the world's second tallest office building even greener. Representatives of Taipei 101 and Siemens recently signed a memorandum of understanding that paves the way for the installation of Siemens Navigator, a cloud-based energy and sustainability management platform for buildings.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Carnival Ecstasy Donates Tableware to Five Charleston-Area Charities

Continuing Carnival Cruise Line’s ongoing support of its homeport communities, the Charleston-based Carnival Ecstasy has donated tableware – plates, saucers, cups, silverware, etc. – to five local charities, including Habitat for Humanity Restore, Windwood Farm Home for Children, Connie Maxwell Children’s Home, The Neighborhood House of Our Lady of Mercy, and My Sister’s House.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why Embracing Profitable Good—Not CSR—Will Help You Stay Ahead

Social Impact & Volunteering

GM Student Corps Members Learn, Earn and Lead

Since 2013, more than 500 high school students have earned a paycheck while learning real-world work skills and giving back to their communities via the GM Student Corps. This year’s Student Corps includes 129 students from 13 high schools in metro Detroit, Flint and Pontiac

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Environment

Taking a Look Behind the Scenes at Yosemite National Park

Sunshine and shadows dappled the Merced River canyon on a cool morning as I drove to Yosemite last week. Hillsides were dressed in dusty browns and variegated greens. It’s another summer in the Sierra Nevada.

Research, Reports & Publications

Harnessing Grit, Passion and the Power of Technology to Make a Difference

Those of us GRI-trained reporting-types know that when putting together a sustainability report, we can find ourselves lost in the details – aggregating pages of data, writing countless stories, holding hundreds of meetings with colleagues, and securing approvals for every detail of a final report. This year, it was no different for my team as we put together AT&T’s sustainability report, which we call our “Annual Sustainability Update.” But, throughout the reporting process, it’s easy to lose sight of the bigger picture associated with what we’re doing: How our more than 250,000 employees have come together – harnessing grit, passion and the power of technology – to make a positive difference for our communities, our planet, and our company.

Environment

Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Keep America Beautiful Bring Recycling to More Public Parks

STAMFORD, Conn. (Aug. 3) – Americans should expect to see cleaner public parks this fall thanks to a significant grant made possible by Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) in collaboration with Keep America Beautiful. The Dr Pepper Snapple Group/Keep America Beautiful Park Recycling Bin Grant Program provides funding for 900 new recycling bins in public parks across the country in 2016, making recycling more accessible for Americans enjoying the outdoors.

Environment

Nature Inspired Home Gardening System Wins Student Living Product Prize in Biomimicry Global Design Challenge

The Biomimicry Global Design Challenge teamed up with the Living Future Institute to issue a prize for products that function as elegantly as the natural world.

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Environment

Andrew Winston on the North American Clean Economy Agreement

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

YUM! China Receives the 2016 CSR Excellence Award

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