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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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Diversity & Inclusion

The 5–9 Series: Victor Gomez

Work-life balance means finding a happy medium — feeling fulfilled (but not overwhelmed) by your job, spending time with your family, and doing the things you love. Often times, it’s a balancing act, as you don’t want one aspect of your life to suffer for another.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

“A Bold Step Forward.” Regions Foundation, Jefferson State Community College Unveil Student Success Center

The Regions Foundation and Jefferson State Community College unveiled a transformational resource connecting Jefferson State students with no-cost services ranging from emergency grants to food pantry access, mental healthcare, and more.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Child Abuse Prevention Month

A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds in the United States, with hundreds of deaths related to child abuse reported each year.

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Innovation & Technology

Big Data Inspires Big Trust in Innovation

This week, Ben shifts gears and, through his conversation with guest Albert Groebmeyer, shows listeners how Big Data is helping engineers accelerate innovation in electric vehicle (EV) battery design.

Green Infrastructure

Parkway Schools and Trane Accelerate Decarbonization with Comprehensive Energy Upgrades, Save Taxpayers $1.1 Million

Trane® - by Trane Technologies and Parkway School District announced that the district has achieved a total energy savings of more than $1.1 million in the four years following comprehensive energy and infrastructure upgrades.

Environment

Nonprofit Leadership Spotlight: Binka Le Breton, Iracambi Rainforest Research and Conservation Center

Today we head from Binka Le Breton, an award-winning author, environmentalist, and activist. Binka lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, where she co-directs Iracambi Research Center and serves as an International Leason.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Resources To Support Your Community This National Volunteer Week

Get set for National Volunteer week with this activation kit! The National Volunteer Week Activation Kit includes volunteer templates for different themes and a list of image suggestions to amplify your campaign promotions.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

World Health Day 2023

World Health Day takes place on April 7th each year, marking the anniversary of when the World Health Organization (WHO) was founded. WHO selects a different theme each year, focusing on one of the topics from their 6-point agenda and highlighting a priority area of concern.

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Environment

Cool Effect Debuts Video Content Hub To Provide Education for the Voluntary Carbon Market

Cool Effect, a Bay Area based nonprofit dedicated to supporting voluntary carbon projects around the globe, is releasing its first-ever video series to kick off Earth Month, dedicated to providing education for those interested in learning about tools for climate action.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sealed Air Recognized for Supplier Engagement on Climate Change

Leading global packaging provider Sealed Air has been recognized by CDP as a Supplier Engagement Leader for partnering with its suppliers on climate change and playing a crucial role in the transition towards the net-zero sustainable economy.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Baker Hughes Foundation Contributes $270,000 to Charities Nominated by Employee Resource Groups

The Baker Hughes Foundation announced Monday a total of $270,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

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Environment

Subaru of America Celebrates Fifth Year of “Subaru Loves the Earth” Community Recycling Program and Announces Major New Milestone

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that the automaker and its retailers have diverted more than eight million pieces of hard-to-recycle trash from landfills across the country through its Subaru Loves the Earth initiative.

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Diversity & Inclusion

History in the Making: How Women at Cisco Are Making Strides in Sustainability

I want to recognize some of the amazing unsung heroes at Cisco doing this great work in sustainability, from engineering to operations, customer experience, supply chain, and climate impact investing.

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Education

Entergy Partners With the American Heart Association To Inspire Young Women To Pursue STEM Careers

Last week, Entergy partnered with The American Heart Association as the title sponsor for STEM Goes Red – an annual event aimed to inspire and engage young women to consider careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How Mastercard Is Advancing Inclusive Growth

At the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, we work every day to forge innovative partnerships, uncover actionable insights and data, and marshal Mastercard’s built-in assets to advance financial inclusion across the globe.

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Innovation & Technology

CNH Industrial to Acquire Hemisphere GNSS

CNH Industrial announces that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Hemisphere GNSS (Hemisphere), a global leader in high-performance satellite positioning technology, currently owned by Unistrong, a company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China.

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Environment

EPA Decision Paves Way for Dramatic Growth in Clean Truck Production and Sales

Ceres applauds the Biden administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for taking decisive action to accelerate the growth of clean truck sales in states across the country

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Applied Materials Commitment to Equity-Centered Community Involvement

At Applied Materials, our community involvement is driven by the belief that equity-centered engagement will contribute to a more just, fair and humane world.

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Environment

LyondellBasell and EEW Sign LOI for Potential Advanced Waste Sorting

LyondellBasell and EEW a leading company in thermal waste treatment in Europe recently signed a letter of intent that includes exploring a potential long-term strategic partnership to extract and recycle plasplastics out of incineration waste streams.

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Diversity & Inclusion

How Harman Celebrated Extraordinary Leaders This Women’s History Month

At HARMAN, our ongoing commitment to support gender diversity in our workplace and beyond, is focused on empowering women today and into the future, and Women’s History Month gives us another opportunity to do our part in supporting female leaders of tomorrow.

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Energy

Cummins and Leclanché SA to Collaborate on Lower Emission Solutions for Marine and Rail

Global power and technology leader Cummins Inc. and leading provider of energy storage solutions, Leclanché S.A, have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding  to collaborate on providing customers with a broader portfolio of integrated power solutions.

Diversity & Inclusion

Timberland Supports Communities of Color and Releases the Hip Hop Royalty Boot To Commemorate 50th Anniversary

To continue Timberland’s 50th anniversary celebration and honor the communities that helped propel the brand to where it is today, Timberland will host five youth design workshops in partnership with Black-owned creative brand CNSTNT:DVLPMNT.

Diversity & Inclusion

Women in Leadership Spotlight: Christina Bryan

We are thrilled to highlight one of our outstanding leaders at Common Impact: Christina Bryan, Chief of Staff to the CEO.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Viatris Continues Support of SBP, Celebrates Restoration of 250th Home Damaged by Hurricane Maria

Five years after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, disaster recovery and rebuilding nonprofit SBP Puerto Rico celebrated a major milestone in December 2022: 250 homes were rebuilt after the severe damage done by that storm.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Empower by GoDaddy Celebrates America's Small Business Development Centers Day

According to GoDaddy’s Venture Forward research initiative, microbusinesses play an essential role in the U.S. economy. Areas with a higher density of microbusinesses can benefit from an increase in growth of median household income and greater job creation.

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