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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Starbucks, PayPal and PSEG Join Ceres' Company Network

Starbucks Corp., PayPal Holdings Inc. and PSEG have joined the Ceres Company Network, the sustainability nonprofit Ceres announced today.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

One Year Later: How Businesses Stepped up Their Social Responsibility, Employee Giving, and Wellness Programs in the Face of COVID-19

It has been one year since the pandemic first prompted "stay-at-home" orders and business shutdowns.

Education

How Qualcomm Is Powering Educational Experiences at Home and Around the World

Education is fundamental to improving lives across the globe, and so it’s crucial that we all do what we can to inspire and prepare the next generation of inventors who will drive innovation. It’s more important now than ever.

Diversity & Inclusion

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Shined a Light on Mental Health and Sparked a Movement to Change the Way We Work

Arianna Huffington, founder of Thrive Global, and Ellyn Shook, chief leadership and human resources officer at Accenture, recently joined Merck’s Dr. Julie Gerberding, chief patient officer and executive vice president, to talk.

Diversity & Inclusion

Q&A with Keysight's Director of Inclusion & Diversity — Women's History Month and Gender Diversity Trends

Leslie Camino’s role includes activating Keysight's enterprise wide ecosystem to foster an inclusive environment that serves as a competitive advantage, while increasing opportunities and innovation through a diverse workforce.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Mondelēz International Snackfutures Joins Upcycled Food Association

SnackFutures, the Mondelēz International, Inc. innovation and venture hub, today announced its membership to the Upcycled Food Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing food waste by growing the upcycled economy.

Diversity & Inclusion

Stanley Black & Decker Names Joe Simms Chief Diversity Officer

In this role, Simms will champion a broad approach to diversity, equity and inclusion to accelerate company performance, optimize organizational culture, enhance transparency and strengthen accountability.

Environment

Jim Thorne, President of Nourish Ventures and SVP, Partnerships & Strategy for Griffith Foods Hosted Networking discussion at Future Food Tech Summit

Jim Thorne, President of Nourish Ventures and SVP, Partnerships & Strategy for Griffith Foods hosted a networking discussion at Future Food-Tech Summit!

Energy

Chevron is Advancing A Lower-Carbon Future

See Chevron’s perspective and actions to advance a lower-carbon future. These actions will make energy and global supply chains more sustainable – helping industries and customers that use our products build the lower-carbon world we all desire.

Diversity & Inclusion

MetLife Elevates Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Role through New Reporting Line to CEO

Dr. Cindy Pace, MetLife's Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, will add a new reporting line directly to the CEO, underscoring the company’s commitment to embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in its business strategy.

Events, Media & Communications

Women Who Code: CONNECT Forward IG Live: Interview With Velia Carboni, Executive Vice President at VF Corp

Hear from Velia Carboni, VF Chief Digital Technology Officer, on how a digital mindset and cultural shift are the solutions to surviving the ever-changing technology landscape, especially for women in technology.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

CEOs Discuss Long-Term Plans from Corporate Issuer and Investor Perspectives

Leading corporate CEOs gathered virtually with former Vanguard Chair Bill McNabb and NRG CEO Mauricio Gutierrez for Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose’s© (CECP) CEO Virtual Roundtable Series.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Alkermes VP of Marketing Shares What Inspires His Work

We continue to recognize our passionate employees by spotlighting their “Why” for joining the Alkermes psychiatry team. Damon Harrell, VP of Marketing, shares why he’s inspired to make a difference for those living with serious mental illness.

Research, Reports & Publications

Circular Economy: A Solution to the Covid-19 Crisis?

When the Covid-19 crisis started to unfold in early spring last year, little did we know about what we could expect.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A Guide to Successful Marketing Pro Bono

Join Taproot Foundation's free webinar on Wednesday, March 31 at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT for everything you need to know about planning for and managing marketing pro bono to successfully boost your communications and storytelling efforts

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

An App That Makes Financial Sense for Older LGBTQ Adults

Like many people, Frank Liu and Donna Sue Johnson worry about being able to take care of themselves and their partners as they age.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Why the Recycling System Is Not Broken

I'm all about circularity – and that means I'm not willing to scrap recycling just because it has flaws.

Health & Healthcare

IBM Enters Second Phase of NIH Contract for Development of Verifiable Health Status Reporting and Contact Tracing

IBM today announced that it has been awarded the second phase of the Digital Health Solutions for COVID-19 contract by the National Institutes of Health to continue its work to develop and implement digital health solutions.

Energy

Mining's Advancement Towards a Clean Energy Future

The momentum of many industries advancing towards net-carbon neutrality is unstoppable. The focus on clean energy technologies today is led by the global drive for decarbonization..

Environment

City Food: The Vertical Farms Growing Produce Next Door

We love efficiency. We love reconfiguring a system, creating better outcomes, and in the process, using less. This type of efficient design thinking has taken us to the moon. It has slipped entire volumes of encyclopedias into our pockets.

Health & Healthcare

Rockwell Automation Donates Arena® Simulation Software to Support COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts

Rockwell Automation today announced that it is donating its Arena® Simulation Software to nonprofit organizations, governmental organizations, and public health partners to plan COVID-19 vaccination clinics in their communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Providing 'a Ramp Back to Success' for Small Businesses

At the age of 34, Brian Menges had achieved his life dream of owning a restaurant, 2nd Street Bistro, in Livingston, Montana. Business was good over the years for Menges, who now owns the restaurant group Slainte Mhath Inc., which also includes The Murray Bar, Gil’s Goods, and a commercial kitchen.

Environment

Cause Talk Radio Podcast Ep317: Subaru, NPCA Tell Visitors, 'Don't Feed the Landfills' (Halo Winner)

We’re back with another special edition of Cause Talk Radio in which we feature a deep dive conversation w/ one of this year’s Halo Award winners.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Citizen Philanthropy: Infinite Possibilities on Pi Day and All Year

At VMware, we have established an annual tradition of celebrating Pi Day each March 14 by embracing our core EPIC2 values and getting geeky about giving back.

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    They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and teach online classes. They power local economies and national growth but their impact...
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  9. Local Communities
    The principals of living and working in synergy with the communities in which we operate, as well as collaborating on projects that benefit those...
  10. GoDaddy | Microbusiness
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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...
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    The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has partnered with the Biomimicry Institute to create the Ray of Hope Accelerator, designed to bring commercially...