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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

SCE Adds Electric Pickups and a Big Rig to Its Fleet

After recently taking delivery of 15 Ford F-150 Lightning pickup trucks, Southern California Edison is closer to its goal of electrifying all the cars, SUVs and passenger trucks in its fleet by 2030. It has also purchased its first electric big rig to be deployed full time.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Vinyl Institute To Accelerate Post-Consumer PVC Recycling With Industry-First Recycling Grant Program

VIABILITY, a first-of-its-kind, industry-wide recycling grant program aimed at accelerating post-consumer PVC recycling across the country. The grant program will make available up to $1 million in funds each year over the next three years from four PVC resin manufacturers in the

Environment

The Problem of Biodiversity Loss: How It Relates to Climate, and What the Countries of the World Are Doing About It

Humans are the primary cause of the accelerated rate of biodiversity loss around the globe. The current statistics are sobering, and the urgency we must feel to solve the problem is only heightened when you examine the links between biodiversity and our changing climate.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

HBI Partners With Delivering Good To Assist With Ongoing Hurricane Ian Recovery Efforts

The storm exited quickly, yet the long-term need for essentials and support continued. In the months after the hurricane hit, HBI and partner Delivering Good provided more than 90,000 clothing items to those struggling to rebuild their lives and communities.

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Innovation & Technology

World’s First 3D-Printed Fully Biobased Home, Built on GP Product

Georgia-Pacific’s wood products have been used in millions of homes, but never one quite like this. It’s being called the world’s first 100% biobased home printed on the world’s largest 3D printer, and Georgia-Pacific is proud to have played a part in the project.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Finding Purpose in Improving Supply Chain Worker Well-Being

Cisco’s stated purpose is to Power an Inclusive Future for All. Achieving a goal focused on better outcomes for the people who work in and with our company is a complicated effort that involves many fronts.

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Environment

AB on COP27: Shifting the Global Climate-Change Debate

COP27, the latest United Nations Conference of the Parties, concluded recently with mixed results on some of the key agenda items. In our view, though, the event will be remembered more for the way it shifted the global climate-change debate.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Sealed Air Global Impact Report: Investing and Collaborating To Transform

Sealed Air is driving the industry in creating circular value chains that prevent waste, enable recovery of materials, and reduce dependence on natural resources.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

data.org: It’s Time To Act Boldly To Drive Data for Good

data.org today released Accelerate Aspirations: Moving Together to Achieve Systems Change, a comprehensive report on the key trends and tensions in the emerging field of data for social impact (DSI).

Energy

Global Battery Alliance Launches World’s First Battery Passport Proof of Concept

Global Battery Alliance Launches World’s First Battery Passport Proof of Concept

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sustainable Apparel Coalition To Host Planet Textiles at ITMA 2023

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) is pleased to announce it will be hosting the 2023 edition of Planet Textiles at this year’s Textile & Garment Technology Exhibition (ITMA 2023), the world’s largest international textile and garment technology exhibition.

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Environment

Advancing Biodiversity Restoration and Conservation Around the World

Tetra Tech incorporates science, best practices, and stakeholder needs to improve biodiversity conservation and restoration around the world.

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Research, Reports & Publications

New Platform Showcases How Companies Run More Sustainably

Sustainable Business Now is a new platform that showcases how leading companies are tackling sustainability challenges. The platform, introduced by GlobeScan, Leaders on Purpose, and SAP, shares insights and replicable, scalable best practices from leading companies.

Innovation & Technology

Why 5G Fixed Wireless Access Is Integral to Bridging the Digital Divide

Roughly 37% of the world’s population has no internet access and millions more have poor connectivity.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Essity’s Tork Brand Deepens Commitment to Sustainability in Higher Education

Essity, a leading health and hygiene company and maker of the Tork brand, announces its membership with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), an association of colleges, universities, businesses, nonprofits and other organizations work

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

New Holland Straddle Tractor Concept Wins German Design Award 2023

The Straddle Tractor Concept from New Holland Agriculture, a global brand of CNH Industrial, has won the gold medal for Excellent Product Design at the German Design Awards 2023.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

SAP Responsible Design and Production Helps Companies Manage Plastic Taxes in a Fragmented Environment

In the long run, SAP Responsible Design and Production can enable organizations to increase their sustainability KPI measurement and management capabilities as well as gain better visibility into material flows across all business processes.

Innovation & Technology

What You Need To Know About Digital Transformation for Government Grant Programs

The best time to embrace digital transformation for government grants and relief programs is pre-2020. The second best time is now.

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Environment

How Can HR Support the Rise of the Chief Sustainability Officer?

With COP27 in full flow, Tanith Allen asks how HR can help Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) shape our future far beyond any 2050 net zero goal or report.

Diversity & Inclusion

D&I Weekly News Round Up: Women's Rights, Men at Work and More

Today we are talking about men leaving the workforce, new research about menopause, 2022 workplace trends, and the Taliban closing universities to women.

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Environment

Paper and Packaging Board Highlights Sustainability Story, Dispels Deforestation Myths

For seven years and counting, Sappi continues to
be a proud sponsor of the Paper & Packaging Board’s
How Life Unfolds® campaign, which highlights our
commitment to innovative and sustainable products.

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Energy

Entergy Mississippi Opens Corporation’s First Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers

In preparation for the growing electric vehicle market, Entergy Mississippi has launched a direct current fast charging station pilot project. It is the first company-owned electric vehicle charging station of its kind in Entergy Corporation’s four-state service area.

Health & Healthcare

American Airlines Is Providing Travel Resources To Help Navigate the Persistent COVID-19 Pandemic

As the pandemic extended into its second year — with travel requirements shifting frequently depending on destination and other factors — American provided our customers with the resources they needed.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bread Financial CEO Ralph Andretta Named to Women’s Sports Foundation Board of Trustees

The Women’s Sports Foundation is pleased to welcome four new members to its Board of Trustees, an elite group of cross-sector experts who will help guide the Foundation’s operations and mission, to unlock the possibilities of every girl and woman through the power of sport.

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Environment

Kites in the Trees

International Paper has worked alongside the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) since 2020 to develop bird-focused management recommendations for private forest landowners

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