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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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Education

Qualcomm Announced as Theme Sponsor of FIRST's Robotics 2021-2022 Season: FIRST FORWARD

As season presenting sponsor, Qualcomm aims to inspire youth around the world to explore the future of transportation and how it impacts individuals and economies globally.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Can This Model of Academic, Emotional and Financial Support Root Out Racial Disparity in Education?

At its most basic, education is about uplifting the individual. That means providing the tools and knowledge necessary to give people choices about their futures and a chance to be productive, and hopefully happy, in their lives and work.

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Innovation & Technology

Pushing the Limits of What's Possible: A New Frontier of HP Innovation

Inside HP Labs, the question isn’t simply what else can we print. It’s how we can leverage our printing technologies to create entirely new possibilities.

Environment

Biodiversity on the Farm: The Importance of Biodiversity and Supporting Ecosystems in Agriculture

“Farmers are stewards of the land and the environment,” says Dustin Spears, a farmer in northern Illinois. “We want to protect the land and wildlife around us. We live out here, and we enjoy nature as much as the suburban and urban person looking for their weekend getaway.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Shining the Light on the Future of Clean Energy

Edison International helps nonprofits bring the benefits of driving EVs to vulnerable communities.

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Energy

PSE&G Is Helping Customers Get Back on Track, Together

Recognizing that you may be unaware of new and updated payment assistance resources, we are helping you get caught up on your utility bills.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Safety Month: Committed to Being Safe Every Day

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has focused on health and safety more than ever before. Navigating this challenging time presented many learning opportunities in the field, in the office, and at home.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Global Reporting Initiative Launches Governance Review

The Board of GRI has launched a process to modernize the governance structure of the organization, supporting it to continue to provide world-leading sustainability reporting standards.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Oberlin College & Conservatory Unveils Far-Reaching Sustainability and Social Justice Initiatives

Oberlin College and Conservatory’s first Environmental and Social Responsibility Report shares the many ways in which students, faculty, staff, and the broader Oberlin community are working together to inspire the world we need.

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Health & Healthcare

New Private Sector Commitments to the End Malaria Project Announced

Leading private sector organizations come together to support action to tackle malaria, one of the world’s oldest pandemics.

Environment

Live at the Hive

Last month, Invesco hosted a “Live at the Hive” virtual behind the scenes event with our partner @Bee Downtown to celebrate Earth Day. Employees enjoyed watching the Invesco bees in action including a live Q&A session with @Leigh-Kathryn Bonner.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Walmart Recognized as One of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens

Because of our leadership on ESG issues, we placed first in our category among all food and staples retailers, and are proud of the progress we’ve made toward becoming a more trusted and transparent company.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Study Finds Experts Motivate Employees to Give More and More Often

ideas42 brings renewed attention to the results from a test commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the impact of experts on workplace giving behavior through the Benevity platform.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

O-I Glass Supports 10-Year Plan to Boost Glass Recycling

O-I Glass sets focus on increasing and improving recycling for glass packaging

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Health & Healthcare

CNH Industrial Rolls Out Further COVID-19 Measures to Support and Safeguard Employees in India

In the face of great adversity due to the ongoing pandemic in India, CNH Industrial has undertaken further measures to combat COVID-19 and safeguard the health and safety of its employees in the country.

Education

AASA Welcomes Delos as New School Solutions Partner

As school districts work diligently to reopen their school buildings safely, AASA, The School Superintendents Association, is joining forces with Delos, a wellness and technology company advancing health and well-being in indoor environments.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Schneider Electric Partners With Roca Group To Accelerate Decarbonization

Schneider Electric reached an agreement with Roca Group, a leader in the design, production and commercialization of products for the bathroom space to define a new roadmap towards decarbonization, establishing a single, global strategy across the Group.

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Media & Communications

The Private Equity World: Broadening Focus on Sustainability - The Blackstone Group is All In

P/E world: Private equity firms often have a pool of companies wholly owned or invested in and managed and advised by them in portfolio …this is the ambitious domain of the private equity (P/E) universe.

Diversity & Inclusion

UGG Commits to Inclusivity With the Valuable 500

UGG is joining The Valuable 500 – a global movement putting disability inclusion on the business leadership agenda.

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Events, Media & Communications

Kimberly-Clark's Kotex Brand to Host 'Igniting a New Cycle' on May 27

Kimberly-Clark’s Kotex® brand is built on a promise to women that a period should never stand in the way of her progress. As this year’s Menstrual Hygiene Day (MHD) approaches, Kotex is hosting a global conversation with its NGO partners.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Alliance Data Supporting Relief Efforts in India

Alliance Data is donating emergency funding to Direct Relief and CARE, and donating $2 for every $1 their associates give to support COVID-19 relief efforts in India.

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Education

Dow Leadership Academy Mentors

In this installment, we hear from DLA mentors who discuss the impact the program had on them and the students.

Research, Reports & Publications

AI for Disability Inclusion

More than one billion people globally are living with some form of disability. Collectively, people with disabilities cross every age, ethnicity, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.

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Diversity & Inclusion

HP Inc. Shares Ambitious 2030 Goals to Drive a More Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Tech Industry

HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) today announced a series of ambitious goals to drive a more diverse, equitable and inclusive technology industry, including a pledge to achieve gender parity in leadership by 2030.

Environment

BIER Member Spotlight: Simon Boas Hoffmeyer

Welcome to our series aimed at spotlighting the individual leaders within BIER member companies and stakeholder organizations. Learn how these practitioners and their companies are addressing pressing challenges around water, energy, agriculture, climate change and what inspires each of them to advance environmental sustainability in the beverage sector and collectively, overall.

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