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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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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Hell No, Kraft Heinz! Hell Yes, Business For Good!

Unilever swatted away their unsolicited financial-driven suitors like a grizzly bear smacks down an interloper if her cubs are close by. But the fundamental issues at play here are worth more serious reflection than the mere machismo of win-or-lose deal-making in the greed-driven world of finance. We must ask ourselves three questions.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Foundation, Employees Committed to Local Communities

Community and service are integrated into everything our company does. Through the Duke Energy Foundation, we provide philanthropic support to address the needs of communities where our customers live and work.

Education

Meet Amgen Scholars Alumni Arvind Kumar

It started with an interest in math and grew from there. In high school, I got involved with my school’s math team and was president. That experience was about learning how to think through problems and solve them in different ways, using what math we knew. Through the math team and my coursework, I began to see important ties between math and science and human health.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Twelve New Dogs Start Advanced Training with Susquehanna Service Dogs

Earlier this week, twelve new dogs started advanced training at Susquehanna Service Dogs. Over the next six to eight months, they'll learn the tasks and behaviors they'll need to become service dogs.

Diversity & Inclusion

#WomensHistoryMonth at Cox Enterprises: Get to Know Amanda McCord

In celebration of Women's History Month, female leaders from across Cox Enterprises are sharing insights from their experience throughout the month of March. Amanda McCord is Cox Automotive Media Group’s Division Vice President of Sales.

Research, Reports & Publications

Northern Trust Publishes 2015 CSR Report

Northern Trust has aligned our efforts with our guiding principles of service, expertise and integrity. We are dedicated not only to meeting the needs of our clients and shareholders,

Social Impact & Volunteering

Putting Housing Back at the Forefront of the National Conversation

Eric’s family purchased a Habitat for Humanity home in the Florida farming community of Immokalee, Florida, which among many other things, provided stability and quiet. Eric recently earned a full scholarship to Cornell University, where he wants to study business and hotel management and bring his skills back to his hometown. He’s one of a group of Immokalee students who started Taste of Immokalee, a business that highlights their community’s commodities and produces sauces, salsas, and spice products that are now appearing on the shelves of local Publix stores. “Eric is a great example of what an impact housing makes in the life of a child,” said Lisa Lefkow, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Collier County.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LinkedIn Doubles Down On its Commitment to Skilled Volunteering with $37M In-Kind Gift to VolunteerMatch

LinkedIn has doubled down on a high-impact partnership with VolunteerMatch and has made a new two-year, in-kind commitment to support skilled volunteering worth more than $37M. The agreement will enable VolunteerMatch to continue to help even the smallest local nonprofit leverage LinkedIn’s massive professional network to find the skilled volunteers they need to support our kids, our environment, our communities and our future.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arrow Celebrates World Premiere Performance through Support for Colorado Ballet

Arrow Electronics takes pride in advancing frontiers of innovation through its support for arts and culture. On February 23, guests at the Colorado Ballet’s 2017 Firebird Gala in Denver were treated to the world premiere of a new work inspired by Arrow, this year’s Presenting Sponsor.

Innovation & Technology

Cerro Verde’s Micro and Small Entrepreneur Programs Participated in Alpaca Fashion Week

Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, a Freeport-McMoRan company, promotes the creation, improvement and development of micro and small enterprises through its various programs.

Health & Healthcare

New Safety Book Exposes Hidden Dangers in Sewers

A deadly explosion at a wastewater plant in Florida led two Xylem employees on a six-year journey to improve the safety of wastewater workers. Their new book combines science with reports on some of the biggest accidents in recent history.

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Events, Media & Communications

2017 Florida Women in Leadership Symposiums

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Florida Diversity Council will host its annual Women in Leadership Symposiums throughout the month of March.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Cargill, Heifer Commemorate Partnership with Kick-off Celebration, Delivery of Chicks to Farmers in China

Cargill and Heifer International are celebrating the official launch of a program aimed at improving the lives of more than 450 smallholder farming households in the Qinsghen, China.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Ethical Corporation’s 8th Responsible Business Awards

Ethical Corporation’s 8th Responsible Business Awards are back with the entry deadline on the 29th June 2017 and the awards ceremony itself taking place on the 16th October 2017 in London. Being a truly international competition, the Awards welcome nominees from all over the world. They recognise genuine, truly innovative and meaningful approaches to making responsible business a reality.

Environment

Consumers Energy, Cub Scouts Build Platform to Give Osprey Safe Place to Nest

Local Cub Scouts this past weekend built a nesting platform they hope will entice a pair of osprey away from using an electric utility pole for their nest site. “I asked my nephews who are members of Cub Scout Troop 3600 from the Breckenridge area if they and their scouting friends would be interested in helping give ospreys a safe place to nest,” said Darrel O’Boyle, low voltage distribution designer for Consumers Energy.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Making an Impact Around the Globe: Amgen China Supports Local Students

Amgen Asia’s R&D Impact Day had a double impact. Not only did Amgen staff make a positive difference in the lives of students at an impoverished school in Shangrao County, but the students also left a deep impression on the more than 50 R&D staff who volunteered.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Chipotle DC Raises Over $15,000 in One Day Through Partnership With Make-A-Wish® Mid-Atlantic

Make-A-Wish® Mid-Atlantic grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Each year, approximately 840 children in the Mid-Atlantic region are eligible to have their wish granted, but the hundreds of wishes Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic grants each year would go unanswered if it weren’t for local donations from generous individuals and corporate partners like Chipotle DC.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Conversation with Cities: Mayors on Catalyzing Collaboration & Engaging Citizens

When it comes to addressing the complex challenges that come with rapid urbanization, cities have an opportunity to tap into their strongest natural resource – their citizens. The City Accelerator continues to help city governments engage with their citizens so they can improve services and quality of life. For 18 months, cities in the initiative’s second round of participants focused on enhancing the ways in which cities engage with their residents on important local issues such as fostering entrepreneurship and connecting those in need to social services.

Green Infrastructure

Trane and GWCCA Unveil Convention Center Upgrades Expected to Reduce Energy Use by More Than a Third

Leaders from Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort solutions and services and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA) unveiled upgrades to the Atlanta convention center this week which are expected to cut energy costs and reduce the centers carbon footprint by 39 percent annually, saving more than $2.5 million in the first year alone.

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Innovation & Technology

Optimizing Safety and Performance through Accenture’s Connected Mine

As part of our series on #DisruptMining Innovation, in today’s post we share how we’ve been working with Accenture to create a connected mine.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Paul Durkee Promoted to Vice President at Antea Group

Antea Group announced today the promotion of Paul Durkee to Vice President. Durkee currently serves as the President of the Inogen Environmental Alliance, a global network of environment, health, safety and sustainability consultants.

Events, Media & Communications

People’s Flea and Festival to Benefit Susquehanna Service Dogs

Join 105.7 the X and Susquehanna Service Dogs for The People’s Flea and Festival, an event to benefit Susquehanna Service Dogs.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

What is The New Normal?

Screened at the 12th Annual Board of Boards in New York City on February 27, 2017, this video accompanied the formal launch of Strategic Investor Initiative (SII), the first step in the effort to move trillions in capital by working with leading companies to develop and deliver their long-term plans to strategic investors.

Responsible Production & Consumption

New Timberland X Thread Collection Delivers Good With Every Fiber

Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland today launched the Timberland X Thread collection in partnership with Thread, a Certified B Corporation that transforms plastic bottles from the streets and canals of Haiti into what Thread calls “the most responsible fabric on the planet.” The collection goes beyond environmental sustainability, creating social value and impact in the form of cleaner neighborhoods and meaningful new job opportunities. The new Timberland X Thread shoes, t-shirts and bags are available in Timberland® stores and at www.timberland.com.

Environment

Ingersoll Rand to Discuss Communicating Climate Solutions at Climate Leadership Conference

Scott Tew, executive director, Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand, a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, will speak with a global audience of climate, energy and sustainability professionals to address climate change through policy, innovation and business solutions at the Climate Leadership Conference.

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