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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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Health & Healthcare

World Community Grid Joins in the Fight Against COVID-19

One easy way to help join the fight against COVID-19 is through IBM’s World Community Grid, which crowdsources the surplus computing power that volunteers like you and me have, and uses it for scientific research.

Events, Media & Communications

Achieving a 4.0 for Sustainability in Higher Education

Sustainability is at the forefront of higher institutional change; initiatives are made to not only reduce operating costs, but work to also attract and retain talent.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Colleagues Making a Difference: Alberta Brown

Bechtel’s Alberta Brown has transitioned her 140-mile round-trip commute into crafting sessions for those in need at her home. She has been sewing masks and crafting cards continuously in her basement for family members, nursing homes, and others.

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Health & Healthcare

Preventing the Next Pandemic: mRNA Vaccines and siRNA oligo Therapies

Investing in promising new pharmaceutical platforms like oligonucleotide therapies could reduce the gap between first detection and total eradication in future pandemics.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Join Social Value Canada for the Social Value Certification Webinar

Social Value is of private, public and social-sector importance. Social Value Canada is a network bringing social value skills and knowledge to our work.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

IVECO Supports the Red Cross in Northern Italy

Conscious of its social responsibility as one of the world’s largest producers of trucks and buses, IVECO is supporting various local initiatives across Europe to address the challenges raised by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Cisco Helps Military Veterans Find Paths to Meaningful Employment through Partnership with Onward to Opportunity

We’re all navigating this fast-changing environment, doing our best to adjust to the rapid shift to remote working and online learning. This can feel even more uncertain for our military and veteran community as they transition to civilian careers.

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Education

Curiosity Labs™ at Home: Chromatography

How do scientists separate mixtures? Check out MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs™ at Home video to learn how through a fun chromatography experiment.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Announces Efforts to Keep People Housed in Response to COVID-19

Wells Fargo & Company today announced additional efforts to help people stay in their homes with funding for more than 500 nonprofits across the U.S., as part of the Wells Fargo Foundation’s $175 million commitment to assist people and communities in response to COVID-19.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Everything You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund

It has been two months since the first case of coronavirus was reported in Nigeria. From the onset, the government put measures in place to slow the pandemic, including 5-week lockdowns in Lagos and Abuja.

Research, Reports & Publications

Announcing eBay's 2019 Impact Report

Today, we’re releasing our 2019 Impact Report, which encompasses our environmental, social and governance work throughout the past year and explores our progress to-date on our impact goals.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Olympic Games Offer Young People Key Skills to Enter Job Market, Says IOC Guide

The publication, entitled The Olympic Games: A Springboard for Young Professionals, offers suggestions for future and potential Olympic Games organisers on how to put in place even greater youth employment and development opportunities.

Education

U.S. High School Students Compete Virtually in 2020 Euro Challenge

On May 12, 14 and 18, following regional contests, 25 teams from across the country compete virtually in the semi-final round of the annual Euro Challenge competition for American high-school students.

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Education

Georgia Teen Selected as Grand Prize Winner in National Teen Safe Driving PSA Competition

Toyota and Discovery Education announced the winners of the TeenDrive365 Video Challenge, a national safe-driving public service announcement competition for high school students.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How to Create Value through Impact Management in 5 steps

As there is plenty of information on each step of the entrepreneurial journey, the idea is not to repeat these teachings, but rather, to establish parallels and show how the adoption of impact management tools and techniques can be crucial

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Watch: Powering Through Together with Alliant Energy

More than ever, customers count on power to get things done today. That’s why it is so important that we continue keep the lights on and the natural gas flowing.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Nielsen Is Creating Value Through Trust and Transparency

Nielsen has released its third Global Responsibility Report today, covering its performance and progress on the long-term, ESG-focused (environmental, social, and governance) initiatives that drive continuous value for its business and stakeholders.

Education

Alexion Empowers Communities Through Science and Engineering

Two years ago, Alexion employees in Ireland began exploring fun and engaging ways to provide STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) education to local primary school children, and the STEAM Program-in-a-Box was created.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

It’s As Simple As Keeping the World Fed.

During the current Covid-19 pandemic, there is an increasing focus on just where our food comes from, and how it gets to our tables.

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Innovation & Technology

COVID-19 Emergency Intervention: Technological Innovation for Life

Fondazione Maurizio Fragiacomo, in the person of its President, Enzo Pesce, has expressed its willingness to take concrete action to support the health emergency caused by the spread of the COVID-19 virus, by launching a project involving some major world-leading electronics companies.

Environment

Teaching Kids to Become A+ Recyclers

As parents and teachers, we have an opportunity to model and teach environmentally responsible behavior like recycling to our children early on. To help with this, we’ve created some fun and engaging resources to support your efforts to teach your kids how and why to recycle. Check out these free resources to help your kids become A+ recyclers.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

COVID-19 and ESG: Prepare for the New Normal

As we claw out of the rubble from the pandemic, it is increasingly clear that we will not suddenly resume our pre-COVID ways of life. Though some of the changes made in response to the pandemic may ultimately revert back to normal, in other areas our understanding of what is “normal” has been irreversibly altered. One such case is our understanding of the role of the corporation in society, and the real drivers of enterprise value.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Gildan Responds to Increased Demand for Masks and Re-Opens Two Additional Facilities

Gildan has partially re-opened two of its sewing facilities in Nicaragua to help expand the production of masks.

Innovation & Technology

Physically Distant, Yet Socially Close: Coping With COVID-19

I hope that everyone is staying safe and healthy as we strive to adapt to these challenging circumstances. The COVID-19 pandemic is placing a heavy burden on all of us in many ways -- including our mental health.

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Diversity & Inclusion

National Grid Named Top Utility for Diversity, Inclusion, and LGBT Employees

National Grid has been ranked as one of the top utilities for diversity and inclusion by DiversityInc.

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