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Innovation & Technology | Logitech

Logitech’s One-of-a-Kind Accessible Gaming Rig

Two years ago, while awaiting surgery to address a unique medical condition, 12-year-old Daire Gorman desperately needed to find a new way to game.

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Environment

Protecting Pollinators: Join a BioBlitz in Your Community This Month

Thanks to our partnership with The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz campaign is now in its second year and is quickly gaining popularity all over the country.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

10 Innovative Startups From the 100+ Accelerator Changing the World Right Now

Two years after launching the 100+ Accelerator we have seen how our startups have skyrocketed. They are creating impact worldwide and helping us become more sustainable, innovative and transformative every day.

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Environment

Angel's Envy® Celebrates 7th Annual “Toast the Trees” Initiative With Launch of “Lost Oak Experiments” Campaign

As part of this year’s initiative, ANGEL’s ENVY has pledged to plant one white oak tree for every use of #ToastTheTrees and every share of the “Lost Oak Experiments” video on social media.

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Environment

Subaru Supports Local Action in First-Ever #Faceliftactlocal National Clean-Up and Recycling Initiative

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that it will co-host and serve as official vehicle for the country’s first national litter clean-up and recycling initiative, encouraging people nationwide to help reduce landfill waste in their local communities, even in their own backyards.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Biogen Moves $10 Million To Black-Owned OneUnited, Joining the Fortune 500 Trend To 'Bank Black'

It’s the latest in a string of moves by large corporations to shift some of their money to Black-owned banks & lenders primarily serving the Black community in the months of unrest over racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd in May.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm Small Business Accelerator Program to Provide Transformational Technology and Services to 33 Selected Small Businesses: From Music Teaching to Cleantech Engineering

The program was created to provide small businesses with products powered by Qualcomm Technologies solutions, collaboration tools, & support, so that the businesses can continue to maintain operations throughout the current global pandemic & beyond.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Comcast NBCUniversal Recognized on PEOPLE's '50 Companies that Care' List

This is the third consecutive time PEOPLE has recognized Comcast on the list for its ongoing commitment to create real and lasting impact in the communities where its employees live and work.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ON Semiconductor Grant Provides Sustainable STEAM Training to Educators

As Arizona schools begin the new school year, the ON Semiconductor is here to help. Educators and student alike are facing new challenges on top of an already stressed education system.

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Media & Communications

The Financial Sector & Corporate Universe - the “ESG Factors” Are Now Everywhere When Companies Seek Capital

The roots of today’s “sustainable investing” approaches go back decades; the organizing principle often was often around what investors viewed as “socially responsible”, “ethical”, “faith-based” and “values” investing.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Fresh Start: Sands-Supported Initiative Celebrates Three Years of Serving the Community

Since 2010, Fresh Start has served over two million people in the Las Vegas area alone, and 15 million around the world.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Joining With Other Prominent Nonprofits to Spark Service, VolunteerMatch Supports Nationwide Day of Virtual Volunteering to Remember 9/11 on Its 19th Anniversary

VolunteerMatch is the standout technological partner with 9/11 Day as it launches a new digital initiative, “9/11 Day at Home,” to provide meaningful ways for millions of Americans to honor the victims and first responders on September 11, 2001.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Antwerp 1920: A Symbol of Peace and Unity 100 Years After the Games

Following World War I, the IOC selected Antwerp to host the 1920 Olympic Games. Organisers overcame many obstacles to deliver an edition of the Games that is still recognised for its lasting contributions to sport, gender equality, unity and peace.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Enhanced Forbes 400 Philanthropy Score, Produced With Support From Global Citizen, Measures Billionaire Money Donated Directly To Charitable Organizations

An enhanced score that measures the generosity of the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, inspired by and produced with support from Global Citizen, now counts grants that billionaires put towards actual charitable uses, rather than money parked in their charitable foundations.

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Environment

Holy Smoke! Air Quality Meteorologist Scott Landes

With record-setting wildfires blanketing large swaths of the Western United States in smoke, we thought it appropriate to speak to someone who knows a thing or two about wildfire smoke.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Reimagining, Rethinking and Recycling Our Packaging

Veronique Cremades-Mathes, Global Head of Sustainable Packaging lays out Nestle's multi-pronged strategy to help tackle plastic pollution.

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Sustainable Development Goals

COVID-19, Conservation, and Combating Wildlife Trafficking: Breaking the Silos of Conservation and Public Health

Tetra Tech’s COVID-19, Conservation, and Combating Wildlife Trafficking webinar convened a panel of global experts to identify how we can use our combined knowledge and data to mitigate future risk of zoonotic diseases

Social Impact & Volunteering

UPS Longitudes | Why Human Trafficking Worsens During a Pandemic

Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world. According to the Global Slavery Index, more than 40 million people are living in modern slavery.

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Research, Reports & Publications

AccountAbility Releases Latest Guidance on Sustainability Assurance

AccountAbility launches the AA1000AS v3 – a next generation standard for sustainability leaders seeking assurance of sustainability management, performance, & reporting.

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Innovation & Technology

Lower-Income Countries Could Soon Leapfrog High-Income Countries With AI-Enabled Health Technologies, Novartis Foundation and Microsoft Backed Report Says

Low- and middle-income countries could soon leapfrog high-income countries in their adoption of new AI-enabled technologies in health, suggests a report led by the Novartis Foundation and Microsoft.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Mohawk Group to Debut CEU Based on Fractal Design As Part of Resourceful Series

Next week Mohawk Group will host the latest presentation in its Resourceful CEU series and debut an accredited session that showcases an emerging body of work in the realm of biophilic design. “Fractal Fluency in the Built Environment” will focus on the intersection of science, design and art, and the concepts behind a stress-reductive approach to commercial spaces.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

10 Once-in-a-Lifetime Artist Experiences You Can Earn by Checking Your Voter Registration Status

Registering to vote is a crucial step toward participating in democracy. The United Nations’ Global Goal 16 calls on countries to protect the integrity of elections and ensure that people have a say in political processes. You can join the Just Vote campaign by taking action here.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

CIT Named Top Lead Arranger for Renewable Energy Financing

CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced that its Power and Energy business was named Renewable Energy Lead Arranger of the Year by Power Finance & Risk, a top publication covering the energy project finance industry.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

Harvesting a New Transport Channel

The challenge faced by the Transport Logistics team at CNH Industrial N.V. was the transportation of its Case IH and New Holland Agriculture combine harvesters from the Company’s hub in Zeebrugge, Belgium, to destinations throughout Europe.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Collaboration Drives Water Stewardship Forward in the Food Sector

Hormel Foods, a founding member of the AgWater Challenge, is one company that’s upping its goals and expanding what it means to be a water steward while mitigating its own risk.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GM Awarded for Global Sustainability Leadership Award

Today, the Business Intelligence Group named Dane Parker, GM’s Chief Sustainability Officer, a Sustainability Hero in the 2020 Sustainability Awards program. In addition, General Motors was awarded as a Leader in Sustainability for their Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion vision for the future.

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