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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement | Verizon

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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Sustainable Development Goals

Sappi Commits to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

As we enter into the last year of our five-year performance cycle, we’re already thinking about what 2025 might look like.

Research, Reports & Publications

PayPal Reveals How Americans Are Spending Credit Card Rewards In A COVID-19 World

PayPal has released new research looking at purchasing behaviors of credit card rewards holders during the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing people around the country are turning to rewards balances to help them stretch their budgets.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 9

Land Betterment, an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is proud to release Episode 9 of its Impact Minute video blog.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CIT Donates Meals to Veteran Families Through Mission 22

CIT Group Inc. today announced that it has donated meals to Mission 22, an organization supporting the veteran community through treatment programs, memorials and community social impact.

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Research, Reports & Publications

IWBI and GRESB Deliver Report Demonstrating Alignment Between WELL and GRESB 2020

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and GRESB today released a report that outlines how the GRESB Real Estate Assessment is supported by the WELL Building Standard (WELL).

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

56 More Companies Partner With Benevity to Power Their Corporate Purpose in First Half of 2020

New clients, including Toyota, Jacobs and COFRA Holdings, bring the total number of employees in Benevity’s client network to over 18 million.

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Innovation & Technology

Connectivity for All Brazilian Farmers Is the Next Efficiency Leap

Brazil is a world leading producer of grain, and is set to reach a new national grain production record, with some 251 million tons of soybeans and corn in the 2019/2020 harvest, according to the Country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply.

Health & Healthcare

Transforming Telemedicine With XR [Podcast]

How we do almost everything is changing. The global pandemic is forcing us to reassess the way we work, learn, play, and care for ourselves, among other things. And increasingly, we’re looking to technology for solutions.

Innovation & Technology

Comcast Extends 60-Days of Free Internet Service to New Internet Essentials Customers

To help provide additional support to students and families, Comcast announced it will continue to provide 60 days of free Internet service to new, eligible Internet Essentials customers.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

ON Semiconductor Named Most Sustainable Company in the Semiconductor Industry by World Finance Magazine

For its energy-efficient innovations, ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON) has been awarded the accolade of Most Sustainable Company in the Semiconductor Industry, 2020, by World Finance magazine.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Tetra Pak: Our Sustainability Story

From the very beginning, Tetra Pak has been committed to driving sustainability. Not just from a packaging or end of life perspective, but from a full end-to-end value chain perspective.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Empowering Entrepreneurs: Interview with Rob Howard of Brooksource

Brooksource is a proud event sponsor of the Whole Planet Foundation Virtual 5K that raised $63,000 to alleviate poverty around the globe.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Impact Case Study: Mountain Hazelnuts

About 70 percent of Bhutan’s population lives in rural areas, with most depending on subsistence agriculture, with an average farm size of 1.7 hectares. With much of Bhutan too steep, too high or too cold to farm, only 8 percent of land is cultivable

Research, Reports & Publications

Edison International 2019 Sustainability Report: Environmental and Social Justice

Through customer program incentives, earmarked funds in green technologies, and targeted community outreach, SCE prioritizes support for ESJ communities.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Global Citizen Fellowship Program Powered by Beygood Announces 2020 Cohort

Global Citizen Africa has announced candidates for the second annual Global Citizen Fellowship Program powered by BeyGOOD.

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Diversity & Inclusion

CNH Industrial Is Committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Work Place, Integrating People With Cognitive and Physical Impairments in Heavy Truck Manufacturing

Diversity and Inclusion is a key pillar of CNH Industrial N.V.’s corporate culture and provides a wider platform for step change for local communities.

Health & Healthcare

Community Investment Strategies Aligns with Delos to Integrate Wellness Solutions Into Affordable Senior Housing Portfolio To Help Bolster Healthier Environments

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Health & Healthcare

Gilead and the Morehouse School of Medicine Partner to Study Racial Health Inequities Associated with COVID-19

Gilead and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine announced a new partnership to develop a real-time, public-facing and comprehensive health equity data platform to help address the impact of COVID-19...

Environment

Moody's Announces Environmental Sustainability Commitments

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) today announced that it has established new environmental sustainability commitments and progress milestones

Education

Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $95,000 in Scholarships to 38 Maryland High School Seniors

Comcast NBCUniversal has awarded approximately $95,000 in scholarships for the 2020-2021 school year to 38 Maryland students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program.

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic: Remotely, Together

Here, at Medtronic, we pride ourselves on getting Further, Together. During this unprecedented time, we will give a new meaning to "togetherness" via healthcare, technology, and communication.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Forbes Names Herbalife Nutrition Among Best Employers for Women 2020

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Environment

Caring for Forests Today to Ensure Clear Skies Tomorrow

Hershey has always been environmentally responsible, but today we are committing to be part of the solution to preserving our forest ecosystem.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How the Pandemic Redefined Truist's Philanthropic Priorities

Ahead of the merger of BB&T and SunTrust Banks, executives spent months fine-tuning the scope and details of an endowed foundation that would blend the two banks’ charitable missions. But nine days after the March 2 launch of the Truist Foundation...

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Research, Reports & Publications

Alkermes Releases Third Annual Corporate Responsibility Report

The report highlights the company’s corporate and social responsibility and environmental sustainability efforts, including recognition of the importance of continuing to increase the sophistication of monitoring and reporting on such efforts in the future.

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    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...

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    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...

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    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...