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Beyond Financial Inclusion: What Drives Financial Health for Women Entrepreneurs?

CARE’s new Strive Women report finds digital divide, financial stress and household responsibilities limit business success in emerging markets.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Tapestry Career Spotlight: Eric Chavous, Senior Manager, Counsel

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Innovation & Technology

Innovating for Impact: Trane Technologies Helps Geely Bring Efficiency to Their Electric Car Manufacturing

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

More Food Gardens Underway at Head Starts Nationwide

Ten Head Start programs across the country will soon be growing something greater next spring thanks to a grant from The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation and National Head Start Association

Events, Media & Communications

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr., 82nd Attorney General of the United States, to Serve as Keynote Speaker at the 30th Annual MLK Holiday Breakfast

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr., 82nd Attorney General of the United States, will serve as keynote speaker at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday breakfast on Monday, January 20, 2020 at the Minneapolis Armory.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CECP’s 2020 Look Ahead

As companies settle in this world of “corporate purpose”, 2020 will focus on what those purpose statements mean—moving from words to action.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Hormel Foods Named One of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek

Hormel Foods came in at No.100 on the inaugural list of 300 companies recognized.

Research, Reports & Publications

Caterpillar's Focus on Philanthropy and Social Innovation

As Caterpillar and its customers work to build traditional infrastructure, the Caterpillar Foundation is focused on building human infrastructure. Learn how the Caterpillar Foundation makes a difference.

Innovation & Technology

Human Traffickers on Notice as IBM Activates AI Crime Fighting Tool

IBM has activated the Traffik Analysis Hub (TA Hub), used by public, private, and not-for-profit organizations as they collaborate to disrupt human trafficking.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

AEG Community Foundation Awards Playworks $25,000

AEG today announced that Playworks has been awarded $25,000 from the AEG Community Foundation as the winner of the 2019 #SpreadCheer Challenge.

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Environment

Green Chemistry: The Secret Behind Sustainable Product Development

Jeffrey Whitford, head of corporate responsibility and branding for the research and biotech company MilliporeSigma, described the challenge last week in an interview with TriplePundit.

Health & Healthcare

Team DKMS: Running Strong for Those Who Can't

Colin Hall was first introduced to DKMS when his friend was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 2011, but now he runs to help put an end to blood cancer.

Green Infrastructure

First U.S. Solar Road Gets a Technical Upgrade - More Energy Production Expected

The Ray, the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT), and international infrastructure innovator Colas have unveiled an upgraded version of the Wattway solar road at the Visitor Information Center located at Exit 1 on Interstate 85 in Southwest Georgia.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Companies Are Making Progress on Human Rights, Expert Says

It’s hard to believe it has been nearly a decade since the United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which today are considered the authoritative global standard.

Health & Healthcare

27 Years of Humanitarian Programs in Vietnam

One of Sanofi Genzyme Humanitarian Program's primary goals is to build better access to therapy in Vietnam by collaborating with patient associations and local policy makers to help build a sustainable treatment environment for rare disease patients.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Subaru Helps Teen Artist Put Her Talents on Display

Subaru of America Inc., Make-A-Wish® hosted a special wish unveiling for Jaylah at North Park Subaru Dominion, which set aside part of their showroom featuring an exhibit of Jaylah's paintings during the annual Subaru Share The Love® Event.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Nature Needs Heroes: Environmental Communicator Summer Rayne

Brooklyn-based Summer Rayne has a passion for the environment that she intends to spread to everyone around the world. As an environmental communicator, host of her own YouTube channel “Plant One On Me,” and author of How to Make a Plant Love You, Summer inspires people to get more attuned to nature.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arbor Day Foundation and YouTube Surpass Donation Goal to Plant 20 Million Trees Through Viral #TeamTrees Movement

The Arbor Day Foundation has announced that as of December 19 2019, at 3:28 p.m. CT, #TeamTrees — a viral social media campaign driven by YouTube creators Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast) and Mark Rober — reached its goal of raising $20 million to plant 20 million trees around the globe, beating the initial goal of January 1, 2020. Launched on October 25, the campaign is the largest crowdfunding effort in YouTube’s history and one of the fastest-growing environmental fundraising initiatives to-date.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

BSR Conference 2019: Sam Liccardo, Mayor of San Jose

As Mayor of San Jose, Sam Liccardo has big plans for the city, from upgrading its energy technology to ensuring better access to education. He shared the importance of achieving these goals during his speech at the BSR Conference 2019.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why ‘Carbon Neutral’ Is the New Climate Change Mantra

The industrialized world has been spewing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases faster than they can be contained for centuries.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ON Semiconductor Awards $100k in Grants to 10 Nonprofits Globally

Part of the community impact work that ON Semiconductor supports is through its Global Corporate Giving (GCG) Program, which strategically leverages our resources, talent and efforts to support nonprofits and educational institutions.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

CIT Donates 1.5 Million Meals This Holiday Season to Fight Hunger

CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced the results of its second annual One Million Meals1 campaign to fight hunger in partnership with Feeding America®.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Engaged Around the World: Five Principles for Increasing Employee Volunteerism

In 2018, as a result of a corporate challenge to celebrate Intel's 50th anniversary, we saw more volunteers in a single year than ever before—69,000 employees and US retirees.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Christmas Delivered

IVECO, the commercial vehicles brand of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI), has deep roots in Brazil, with extensive manufacturing presence in the country.

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Events, Media & Communications

LA Kings Host Watch Party for More Than 500 Marines at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

For the second consecutive year, AEG’s LA Kings partnered with the USO to host a dinner and Watch Party at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center for more than 500 Marines in training on Dec. 14.

Education

Domtar's Literacy Partnerships Distribute 40,000 Books to Local Teachers

Why are our literacy partnerships with organizations like Classroom Central and First Book important to us? Because reading on grade level by the end of third grade is the most important predictor of academic success.

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Media & Communications

Purpose – It Was the Buzzword of 2019 for the Corporate Sector & Investment Community. The Debate Will Continue in 2020

The year 2019 began with an important challenge to corporate leaders from Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock (with more than US$6 trillion in AUM).

Innovation & Technology

What Learning Should Be: Skillsbuild Creates a Path for Lifelong Learning Journey

SkillsBuild is a digital platform providing jobseekers—including those with long-term unemployment, refugees, asylum seekers and veterans—a multimodal journey.

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    At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

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

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    GoDaddy's ESG reporting shows our progress in building a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive society and outlines areas for future growth.