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Education & Workforce Development

Is Your Company Ready to Launch a Scholarship Program This Fall?

America's Charities

AI & Technology

3M Innovates To Help the Automotive Industry Navigate What’s Ahead

3M

Corporate Responsibility

GoDaddy 2025 Global Stakeholder Impact Report: About GoDaddy | Corporate Sustainability Approach

GoDaddy

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Dairy & Live & Active Cultures in a Balanced Diet

Guiding Stars Licensing Company LLC

Inclusion & Opportunity

Mary Kay Ash Foundation® Celebrates 30 Years and Over $100 Million Donated Toward Advancing Women’s Health and Safety

Mary Kay

Energy & Infrastructure

Connected Equipment is Protecting Louisiana’s Drivers

Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Education & Workforce Development

Truist Foundation Announces New Inspire Awards Challenge To Support Adult Workers in the Age of AI

Truist

Environment

Biochar’s Triple Win: Healthier Soils, Improved Crops, and Decarbonization

Cisco Systems Inc.

Featured Brands

LG Brings User-Friendly Design to the Laundry Room With ‘LG Comfort Kit’

Furthering its vision of a more inclusive home, LG Electronics USA has introduced the “LG Comfort Kit” for its U.S. laundry appliance lineup, making its inclusive “Design for All” philosophy a reality in one of the most essential rooms in the house.

3M Innovates To Help the Automotive Industry Navigate What’s Ahead

The automotive industry is under pressure from every direction. Electrification, software-defined vehicle architecture, lightweighting, manufacturing transformation, repair and recycling are not isolated challenges.

Guiding Stars: Dairy & Live & Active Cultures in a Balanced Diet

Have chronic congestion? “Stop consuming dairy.” Unrelenting belly problems? “Mmmm, could be cow’s milk.” Have you let this thinking guide your decision to avoid dairy? If so, you may lose out on essential macro and micronutrients.

Guiding Stars: I’m Done Losing Weight on a GLP-1—Now What?

Using GLP-1 agonist medications can improve health outcomes for a growing number of conditions including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, liver disease, and kidney disease. However, it’s no secret that lots of people take them primarily for weight loss.

Truist Foundation Announces New Inspire Awards Challenge To Support Adult Workers in the Age of AI

Truist Foundation today announced the launch of its fourth Inspire Awards, a capacity-building grant program for nonprofit organizations across the markets Truist Bank serves. This year’s challenge aligns to Truist Foundation’s focus on creating career pathways

Biochar’s Triple Win: Healthier Soils, Improved Crops, and Decarbonization

We often think of agricultural waste, such as crop residues, forestry byproducts, or even manure, as an end-of-the-line byproduct. But what if it were actually a valuable resource? Enter Biochar.

Check for Cancer Champion Dr. Ryan Schoenfeld Has a Vision for Earlier Detection

When it comes to cancer, progress is often measured not only by new treatments, but by how early the disease can be found. For Ryan Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CEO of The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, that distinction has become a defining focus

Medtronic Receives FDA Clearance for Nellcor™ Pulse Oximetry System With Nell-EQ™ Intelligent Processor, a New Technology Designed To Improve Reliability Across Diverse Patients and Conditions

The Nell-EQ™ intelligent processor is a new pulse oximetry processing technology designed to support more consistent and reliable oxygen saturation (SpO₂) and pulse rate monitoring across diverse patient populations, skin tones, and clinical care settings.

Guiding Stars: The Many Benefits of Maintaining Muscle

The amount of muscle on your body matters—for everyone. Whether you’re an athlete, on a weight loss journey, or enjoying your 8th decade of life (or more!), having adequate muscle is important for your health.

Idealist to Celebrate 30 Years of Impact in 2026

For thirty years, Idealist has served the social-impact sector in myriad ways. In 2026, the anniversary of idealist.org’s launch, the nonprofit will feature thirty stories of impact and invite community members to share their own stories.

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Philanthropy

Turning $50 Into a Small Business Owner’s Dream Come True

Celeste Phillips believes that working for someone else forces you to put your own dreams on hold. But working for yourself, she said, allows you to fulfill your dreams. That’s why she started Big LuLu’s Trucking LLC, a construction and hauling company in Pittsburgh. Before starting her own business, Phillips said she knew people who owned dump trucks, so she learned the business from them.

Environment

The Reclamation and Biodiversity Research Center at PT Freeport Indonesia, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Supports Agricultural Programs in Papua

The Reclamation and Biodiversity Research Center at PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) was established in 1995 as a way to restore the ecological function of the area near the operations known as the tailings deposition area. Tailings are the finely ground mineral rock that remain from the mining process after the economically valuable minerals have been removed from the ore.

Philanthropy

Morgan Stanley Partnered With Taproot Foundation to Host Fifth ScopeAthon With 10 Non-Profits

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) today announced 44 employees participated in the firm’s fifth ScopeAthon event this year to help 10 nonprofits build actionable plans to tackle a mission-critical challenge.

Philanthropy

Helping Corporations Give Every Day for 75 Years

Last week included Giving Tuesday, a day when individuals, foundations and corporations are encouraged to support their favorite causes during the holiday season. Designating the Tuesday after Thanksgiving as a day of giving has been a hugely successful way of focusing attention on the wide variety of charitable institutions in the country, and it’s also been a great way of promoting the idea of giving on-line.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Investments to Promote a More Inclusive Society

It is undeniably a divisive time in the United States with growing inequality, polarization of the political spheres, heightened racial tensions, and acts of extremist violence. We are all longing for greater empathy and tolerance. CECP is proud to mark the Day of Understanding by launching a new White Paper, Diversity & Inclusion in Corporate Social Engagement, as one step we, together with our companies, are taking to further embrace difference and build more inclusive cultures in our companies and communities.

Philanthropy

BLOG | ScottsMiracle-Gro Foundation Supports Coastal Restoration and Hurricane Resilience in Texas and Florida

ScottsMiracle-Gro Foundation environmental partners in Texas and Florida recently reported on their accomplishments in the past year. In addition to the normal challenges of engaging youth in coastal restoration, both program sites had to cope and adapt after experiencing severe hurricanes.

Corporate Responsibility

Battling a ‘Mountain of Hunger’ With Every Meal

During the cold, winter months, Christina Harris is glad she isn’t forced to choose between heat and food for her family. Each day, her children, along with nearly 1,700 others in their area, get a hot meal through Kids Café, a program of Feeding the Valley Food Bank in Midland, Georgia. Watch the video.

Philanthropy

Keep America Beautiful Celebrates Its 65th Anniversary by Lighting Up Broadway

Keep America Beautiful, the iconic national nonprofit community improvement organization, is lighting up Broadway this holiday season in celebration of its 65th anniversary.

AI & Technology

CBRE Report: Autonomous Vehicles Expected to Fundamentally Reshape U.S. Office Market by 2030

Infiltration of AVs will expand location options for companies, making proximity to commercial centers and public transit less critical when it comes to attracting top talent

Inclusion & Opportunity

Calling All Creative Types: It’s Time to Embrace Your Inner Computer Scientist!

Symantec is celebrating Computer Science Education Week, which raises awareness about the need to elevate computer science education at all levels and to underscore the critical role of computing in all careers.

Today, we’re featuring a guest post by Alice Steinglass, President of Code.org, one of Symantec’s nonprofit partners. Code.org is dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools and increasing participation by women and underrepresented minorities.

Health & Healthcare

Mohawk Expands Air.o Soft Flooring Line as Market Growth Increases and Hypoallergenic Benefit Resonates Strongly with Consumers

For consumers who value a hypoallergenic floor, Mohawk’s 100% recyclable Air.o soft flooring has resonated in a major way after a successful initial market launch that will see an expansion of four additional styles in 2019 to meet growing popularity demands.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Wells Fargo Sparks Diverse Small Business Growth Across U.S. by Fulfilling $75 Million Lending and Grant Commitment

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced it has exceeded its initial $75 million commitment for the Wells Fargo Works for Small Business: Diverse Community Capital program by awarding $13 million in lending capital and grants to 19 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in the latest round of the program. The CDFIs, which are nonprofit financial institutions, use the funds to deliver affordable financial products to diverse small business owners who do not typically have access to conventional financing.


AI & Technology

Circular Economy Helps IT Build Toward Sustainability

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Year’s Resolutions: Gen Z And Millennials Get Smart About Saving

A new survey is upending common perceptions that younger people can be less focused on saving for the future.

Research & Reports

Caterpillar | Energy Access

Nestled in the grassy plains of Gabon’s savanna region, Lékédi National Park is home to several fisheries as well as monkeys, buffalo, antelopes and other wildlife indigenous to Central Africa. When they wanted to build a base camp to accommodate staff and visitors and needed a cost-effective, reliable, scalable solution for power and water supply, they called on Caterpillar.

Inclusion & Opportunity

The Time Is Now: Scotiabank Launches The Scotiabank Women Initiative™

Environment

6 EHS ‘Scare’ Tactics to Keep Your Employees Safe & Your Office Fright-Free

Antea Group shows you 6 ways to train your employees and create a culture of safety at work.

Philanthropy

Pet Events Happening All Through the Holidays with Subaru’s Annual Share the Love® Event!

Exciting news for animal lovers nationwide! For the eleventh year in a row, the ASPCA has been selected as a national charity partner to participate in the Subaru Share the Love® Event, which kicks off Thursday, November 15, and runs through January 2, 2019.

Philanthropy

Eckrich® and Albertsons Team Up to Recognize Five Local Veterans at Dallas Mavericks Game

On Tuesday, Dec. 4, Eckrich® took the court at the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Portland Trail Blazers at American Airlines Center to surprise five former service members each with $1,000 in free groceries. This gift, presented in collaboration with grocery retailer

Environment

COP24: A Chance For Companies To Act On Climate

What do we do about our changing climate? That’s the question world leaders will be focused on as the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, otherwise known as COP24 kicks off this week in Katowice, Poland.

Corporate Responsibility

VIDEO | Aflac CSR Hero Sherricka Day Highlights the Value of Investing in Employees

When it comes to laws and regulations, Aflac employee and CSR Hero Sherricka Day knows her stuff. She is part of the Regulatory Compliance department, which helps ensure the company is compliant with state laws and regulations. Although her job can be tedious, Sherrika finds balance in the friendly, warm environment that Aflac cultivates.

Research & Reports

Why We Need a Just Transition to a Low-Carbon World

As the UN Climate Conference (COP24) kicks off, BSR emphasizes why we need a just transition to a low-carbon world and how business can play a role in achieving it.

Health & Healthcare

Meet the 2018 GPS Challenge First Runner-Up: Flux

Growing up in Kenya, the Ruto brothers couldn’t recall ever having a consistent water supply. Ken and Denis would often go days and weeks without running water, as over 50% of Kenya’s water resources are lost to theft, corruption, or leakage in the aging analog systems. Like other families, they’d buy water from unscreened sources, which was not only expensive but potentially dangerous. The Kenyan government has had no way to track these water losses, which is where Denis and Ken formed the idea for their innovation, Flux.

Volunteering & Community

Las Vegas Second Grader Recruits Help From the Venetian and the Palazzo for His Mission to Save the Planet

Benji Bach, a seven-year-old second grader at American Heritage Academy in Las Vegas, has been on a quest to save the environment by reducing the use of plastic shopping bags after reading about plastic bags floating in the ocean and how they can harm sea life. Benji decided to take action and sent a letter to The Venetian Resort asking for assistance with his efforts to seek help from his classmates to eliminate their use of plastic bags.

Corporate Responsibility

The Making of a Sustainable Textile Designer: Interview With Katherine Soucie of Sans Soucie Zero-Waste Textile Design

In November 2017, Gildan partnered with Katherine Soucie of Sans Soucie, zero-waste textile design studio to give its hosiery waste new life through transformation into textiles, fashion and art. On the one-year anniversary of this partnership, Soucie talks about her research, her design and her curiosity with new inputs.

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Policy and Advocacy

Policy and Advocacy content from IWBI - International Well Building Institute

Nutrition and Health

Focus on preventing and treating malnutrition across life stages. Highlights include early detection, community-based treatment (e.g., MUAC screening...

Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship

The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

Antea Group Brand

Antea Group Brand Content

2026 Wesco International Sustainability Report

Wesco’s 2026 Sustainability Report outlines progress toward long-term goals, demonstrates how sustainability shapes business decisions, and provides...

Emergency Response

Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med

SCS Consulting

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Guiding Stars blog: Health & Wellness

About the Guiding Stars Health & Wellness Blog The Guiding Stars Health & Wellness blog is your place for the latest in health and nutrition news...

IWBI | Community News

We believe that people's health and wellness should be at the center of design. That’s why we’re working with industry professionals in real estate...

Truist Foundation

Truist Foundation is committed to Truist Financial Corporation's (NYSE: TFC) purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities. The Foundation...