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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

Moves to Expand Disclosure for Financial Markets Are Welcome

Confirmation by the IFRS Foundation that they will address the impacts on value creation of sustainability topics in their standards, through the formation of an International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), has been welcomed by GRI.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Provides $130,000 in Technology Grants To Boost Access at Young Bankers Club Schools

Fifth Third Bank announces 13 technology grants of $10,000 each to schools and nonprofits that have active engagement with the new digital Young Bankers Club program, the Bank’s signature financial education program for fifth-grade students.

Events, Media & Communications

Enbridge ESG Forum: CEO Presentation

Watch Al Monaco, President and CEO at Enbridge, discuss society’s dual challenge of meeting growing energy demand while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Green Infrastructure

Qualcomm's Quest To Make Cities Smarter

Qualcomm's Smart City Accelerate program now includes over 400 partners and delivers end-to-end IoT solutions across more than thirty verticals.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog: No Lack of Intelligence

Environmentalists have been beating the drum for years. The consensus that climate change is real; that humans are the primary cause. We’ve implored people to “listen to the scientists." That hasn’t been enough for some people.

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Innovation & Technology

Black & Veatch Collaborates with Future Facilities to Help Data Centers Increase Efficiency, Transition to High-Density

As the digital revolution redefines the definition of infrastructure, data centers are increasingly transitioning to high performance computing with higher rack density to meet demand for high-speed, reliable computing and analytics.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

LG Electronics Named '2021 Eco-Leader' for Championing Sustainability and Carbon Reduction

In recognition of its commitment to climate action, LG Electronics has been named a 2021 Eco-Leader. This is the third consecutive year that LG has been awarded the coveted Eco-Leader distinction by Green Builder® Media.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Being herself: Deanna Strable-Soethout

Speaking up used to be a struggle for Deanna Strable-Soethout.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Returning to the Workplace: Are Your Employee Benefits Ready?

As vaccination rates rise and employers game-plan how to return to a shared workspace, decision-makers are left juggling a bevy of considerations.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Illumina Named a World's Top-Female Friendly Company by Forbes

We are proud to announce that Illumina has been included in Forbes’ inaugural list highlighting the World’s Top Female Friendly Companies.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How to Support Humane Society International's Global Efforts to Protect All Animals Through Your Workplace

As a donor, you can support Humane Society International by donating to them through your employer’s workplace giving program.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Bacardi Cuts Plastic in Its Gift Packs by 50%

Bacardi is removing 147 tons of single-use plastic used annually in its gift packs through innovative new designs, and by replacing plastic inserts with sustainable alternatives made from cardboard certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Teva Becomes First Pharmaceutical Company to Execute Sustainability-Linked Bond Tied to Both Climate and Access to Medicine Targets

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) announced ambitious commitments to address two of today’s greatest global crises—access to medicines and climate change—tied to its recently issued $5 billion sustainability-linked bond.

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Health & Healthcare

Webinar: Collaborating to Address Health Inequities in Underserved Communities

Quest Diagnostics is sponsoring an upcoming Modern Healthcare webinar on November 10th that will feature leaders from across healthcare discussing how they are coming together to build proactive solutions and reduce healthcare disparities in underserved populations.

Health & Healthcare

Delos' Well Living Lab and Harrison Street Announce Collaboration to Research the Impact of Indoor Senior Living Environments on the Health of Older Adults

The Well Living Lab, founded as a collaboration of Delos and Mayo Clinic, along with Harrison Street, one of the nation’s leading investment management firms exclusively focused on alternative real assets, announced today that they will partner in an upcoming Healthy Aging study series.

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Energy

CIT Serves as Sole Lead Arranger on $67.8 Million Financing for Upstate New York Solar Power and Battery Storage Portfolio

CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced that its Power and Energy business served as sole lead arranger for $67.8 million in financing for construction of the new AMP NY2 community solar and storage portfolio.

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Education

New Holland and the CNH Industrial Bank Distribute 12 Thousand Children's Books to Rural Schools in Brazil

To encourage children to read, New Holland Agriculture and the CNH Industrial Bank in Brazil are supporting the Coletânea Renovarte project, which aims at supplying 12,000 children's books to rural public schools in the State of Paraná in Brazil.

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Environment

Time to Act on the Climate Crisis

New Report from FSG Calls on Entire Philanthropic Sector to Address Global Warming, Center on Climate Justice

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Intersection of Corporate Good and Climate Justice

Climate protection, including climate justice, is a core tenet of Verizon’s responsible business plan, Citizen Verizon, by Rose Stuckey Kirk, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Office.

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Environment

LG's GHG Emissions Reduction Target Validated by Climate Expert SBTi

LG Electronics’ strategy for cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from production to use by 2030 has been independently reviewed and validated by climate expert SBTi.

Diversity & Inclusion

Helping Senior Citizens Successfully Navigate the Internet with New Digital Skills: Albert Pannell

For some people, including senior citizens, understanding how to use a computer and navigate the internet can be overwhelming.

Diversity & Inclusion

Engineering Impact: Employee Stories

Our business success and impact on society stems from our 90,000+ passionate employees — each with a relentless drive to help others and fulfill the Medtronic Mission. Hear from employees leading the charge to advance positive impact.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

According to a New Study, Small Dollar Loans Are up to 24x Less Expensive at Oportun, Which Uses A.I. To Evaluate Credit Risk and Score 100-percent of Applicants

Oportun, an A.I.-driven fintech that provides hardworking people with access to responsible and affordable loans, released findings from the True Cost of a Loan analysis, conducted by the Financial Health Network.

Diversity & Inclusion

Olympians and Paralympians Call on World Leaders to Work Together to Fight Climate Change

In a powerful video produced with support from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), athletes who participated at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 are calling on world leaders to deliver on climate action.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Thinking Beyond 2030: How Our 2030 Goals Are Only the Beginning for This Engineer

As a technology and development environmental engineer at Intel, Ashley Walsh is passionate about waste. Learn why she thinks the solutions to our environmental problems can be found in—you guessed it—waste.

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