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Bacardi-Owned BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Announces ‘Electrifying’ Global Partnership With E1 Series

BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® is stepping into the world of sports entertainment, announcing a new global partnership with E1 Series – the world’s first all-electric race boat Championship that combines sports, entertainment and a respect for the world’s ‘natural blues.’

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How a Dog Daycare Owner Is Getting Back on Her Feet With a PayPal Empowerment Grant

Bridgett Jeffries has dedicated her life to caring for other people’s furry family members as if they were her own.

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Health & Healthcare

Tork Clean Care Infographic: Handwashing Procedure

Within manufacturing, both businesses and people are under immense pressure. It’s necessary to keep staff safe by supporting employees and practicing proper hygiene in production facilities.

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Diversity & Inclusion

CNH Industrial Supports Young Talent

Earlier this year, the Engineering Shop team at CNH Industrial’s site in New Holland was able to support students from Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (TSCT) in Lancaster who were working on a unique project for a national design competition.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

NRG Snapshot: July Edition

This month’s NRG Snapshot spotlights news from across the company. Covering topics from the importance of environmental disclosure to our acquisition announcement, this edition brings you select NRG news and highlights from the month of July.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

16 Surefire Ways to Ace the Interview and Rock Your Job Search, According to Recruiters

It’s a stressful time to be job searching, that much is certain. But even though the stakes may feel particularly high, it’s still possible to land a job you love.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Companies Act on Voting Access

As the 2020 presidential election looms during the continued effects of coronavirus, even the act of voting has become a public health risk. That, combined with daily news stories sharing new obstacles to voting (such as slow mail times, removal of mail boxes and the closing of polling stations), has made the topic of voting a major concern for many. To encourage voting in a time where the barriers seem higher than ever before, companies are getting involved. Here are top examples from this week of brands unveiling their efforts around voting access and education:

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Meet Neurafarm: A Third Runner-Up of the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2020

Co-founders of Neurafarm, Febi Agil Ifdillah (CEO) and Lintang Kusuma Pratiwi (Chief of Agriculture), winners of a Third Runner-Up $10,000 USD prize, want to solve one simple problem – feed the world.

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Environment

Climate Week NYC and Global Citizen Partner to Highlight Youth-Led and Justice-Based Climate Action

Climate Week NYC is teaming up with Global Citizen for the second year to promote youth-led and grassroots climate action.

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm Wireless Reach: AftaRobot

Afta Robot, currently implemented in Johannesburg, is a technology platform that consists of a suite of mobile applications, a portal, and a cloud backend that aims to improve the operational efficiency of taxi associations, as well as travel safety.

Innovation & Technology

4 Innovative Ways Johnson & Johnson Has Helped Protect the Public's Health During Outbreaks Since the Late 1800s

From epidemic masks introduced during the Spanish flu pandemic to work it's doing today on an investigational COVID-19 vaccine, learn how the company has been at the forefront of safeguarding global public health for well over a century.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Chrysalis: Partnering to End Hunger Through Dignifying Jobs

Hunger is not a one-size-fits-all problem. Hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition are driven by complex factors and needs vary from community to community. In Los Angeles, those experiencing homelessness are particularly vulnerable to hunger...

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Schneider Electric: The New Normality!

With the worldwide school strikes of the Fridays for Future movement, the issue came from the streets and into our living rooms. Our children are asking us what condition we will hand over the world to them – the young generation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

United Helps Customers Navigate Travel Restrictions With New Online, Interactive Map

United Airlines today introduces a new interactive map tool on united.com and the United mobile app that allows customers to filter and view destinations' COVID-19 related travel restrictions.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

ABERFELDY® Single Malt Scotch Whisky And Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) Launch 'Gardening Giveback Project' To Encourage Urban Beekeeping In Honor Of National Honey Month

To keep the U.S. honeybee population stable, it is crucial that everyone does their part in giving back to the bees and the professionals who care for them.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Keep America Beautiful: 5 Tips for a Sustainable Labor Day

Believe it or not, Labor Day is around the corner. It’s the unofficial end of the summer and a great time to kick off some new eco-friendly routines. Check out our favorite tips for enjoying the long holiday weekend with the environment in mind.

Education

FCA Foundation Bridges Digital Divide for Detroit Students

The FCA Foundation has joined a coalition of Detroit’s leading businesses and philanthropic organizations that is investing $23 million in a program to bridge the digital divide for 51,000 Detroit students.

Diversity & Inclusion

Leaders Who Are Out, Proud and Loud Foster LGBT+ Inclusion

Accenture’s "Visible Growth; Invisible Fears" report reveals that strong leaders are critical in cultivating a culture of equality. Learn how Accenture walks the talk as Christine Rauh, Managing Director, takes the “Pride Challenge”.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Watch Land Betterment Corporation's Impact Minute Episode 13

Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is proud to release Episode 13 of its Impact Minute video blog. The impact Minute is a weekly, short video series where members of the Company’s management team discuss entrepreneurship and creating sustainable business that aim to address environmental and social issues.

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Sustainable Development Goals

How Sustainable Changes—Big or Small—Are a Step in the Right Direction

Change. Whether we want to admit it or not, it’s something that we aren’t fond of, don’t like to embrace, and most of the time, aren’t really great at. There’s an entire field of study and career paths in change management to help usher in change in a more palatable way. Corporations invest money to have professionals or staff members trained to take ownership of things, like cultural change, operational change or fill-in-the _________ change.

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Diversity & Inclusion

ON Semiconductor Amplifies Voices with New Podcast Series

Recently, they launched a new podcast series called Amplify Voices. Their intent is to create awareness, learning and dialogue around social issues.

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Health & Healthcare

Tork Clean Care Infographic: Surface Hygiene

In addition to following proper hand hygiene routines, cleaning and disinfecting surfaces is equally important to slow down spread of viruses and kill bacteria. Contaminants can stay on surfaces and continue to be a threat for days if not removed properly.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Why T-shirts Are Great Tools for Fundraising

Charity work can take on many forms, but the key to an organization’s charitable acts lies in its efforts to raise money for the cause it supports.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Cross-Sector Leaders Urge Senator Coons to Support Local Nonprofits and the Recovery Effort with Amendments to the CORPS Act (S. 3964) to Make Service More Inclusive and Accessible to All Americans

Nonprofit, academic and business leaders have launched a national policy initiative to urge Senator Coons, and the 17 co-sponsors of the $16.6B CORPS Act (S. 3964), to add $350M in nonprofit capacity building and digital infrastructure funding to help communities hard hit by COVID-19 more effectively engage and mobilize all Americans willing to step to support their community and the recovery effort ahead.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Advancing Prosperous Forests in Peru

Through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Securing a Sustainable, Profitable, and Inclusive Forest Sector in Peru (Pro-Bosques) Activity, Tetra Tech is helping boost Peru’s natural resources and forest sector through sustainable forest management to improve its legality, competitiveness, and inclusion.

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Research, Reports & Publications

AccountAbility Releases German and Simplified Chinese Translations of the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP, 2018)

AccountAbility, in partnership with DQS CFS and CECEPEC, releases German and Simplified Chinese Translations of its signature sustainability management framework and guidance document – the AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP, 2018)

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