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ICIC Helps Nearly 3,000 Businesses Stay “Open for Business”

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) yesterday unveiled its 2022 Inner City 100 (IC100) list and Impact Report at the conclusion of its Annual Conference.

Striving To Thrive 2022: The State of Play for Micro and Small Businesses

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

To help small businesses access technology and develop digital skills, we launched Strive UK.

Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Receives $3.75 Million Grant From Truist Foundation To Support Expansion Into South Georgia

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Truist Foundation today announced a $3.75 million commitment to launch the Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Small Business Capital strategy at Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc. (ACE)

Qualcomm AI Enables Cars, Smart Factories, and More at the Connected Intelligent Edge

Innovation & Technology

Thanks to our powerful Qualcomm AI Engine, we can now run highly complicated neural networks solely on-device to keep your personal data local and secure.

Spotlight on Our ERGs: PRIDE

Diversity & Inclusion

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are an important part of company culture. They help build community and engage different perspectives with the goal of encouraging positive change within and outside of the company.

10 Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Entrepreneurs Share Their 2022 Breakthroughs

Education

In 2022, small business owners — more than 100,000 of them — gained access to free courses, one-on-one coaching, and networking with fellow entrepreneurs through Verizon Small Business Digital Ready.

Helping Ensure the Health and Success of Future Leaders

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Through Quest’s ongoing support, and with this new investment from Q4HE, the NBCA will expand its efforts to help students transform their potential into possibility.

Cisco Releases 2022 Purpose Report, Highlighting Progress on ESG Goals

Research, Reports & Publications

The 2022 Cisco Purpose Report describes our goals, progress, and impact for the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics that are significant to achieving our purpose to Power an Inclusive Future for All

COP 27: How Can ICT Help Us Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change?

Environment

This must be a decade of action, yet many experts warn that we are heading in the wrong direction. On the eve of COP 27, we lay down the critical role of ICT and public-private partnerships in helping our world mitigate, adapt to and build resilience against climate catastrophe

Regions Next Step Survey Finds Many Americans Aren't Prepared for Medical Expenses

Regions Bank announced the results of a new medical financial hardship survey that finds people are not financially prepared to cover medical expenses or pay off medical debt, despite perhaps thinking they are prepared.

Sustainable Fuels Offer Immediate Emissions Reductions to Fleets While They Electrify

Energy

Sustainable fuels offer immediate carbon reductions to fleets as they embark on the iterative transition to electric vehicle fleets.

FedEx & Accion Business Owner Education and Learning

Education

Accelerating business growth for women and entrepreneurs of color

Fifth Third Offers Tips on How To Keep Your Money, Credit and Identity Safe During the Holiday Shopping Season

Here are a few easy actions you can take to protect yourself this holiday season and beyond.

Southwire 2021 Sustainability Report: Doing Right

Utilizing responsible business practices guided by ethics, mutual respect, integrity and honesty allows Southwire to protect stakeholders while establishing trust.

How AI and the Latest Technologies Can Accelerate Progress on Sustainability Goals

Innovation & Technology

At IBM, we believe that hybrid cloud and AI technologies are critical enablers to meet ESG targets both internally and externally.

4 Experts on How To Improve Employee Participation in CSR

To create impactful and sustainable CSR programs, employees need to get involved and stay involved. Centering the employee experience is key.

SCE Teams With Lockheed Martin on Huge Solar Farm Expansion

Energy

Now up and running in Palmdale: a 20-megawatt, ground-mounted solar farm that is the largest Net Energy Metering project in Southern California Edison’s 50,000-square-mile service area.

Blitz Building for Recovery: The Home Depot Foundation and Habitat for Humanity Build Homes for Families Impacted by Central U.S. Tornadoes

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

In the wake of last year’s storms in the Central U.S., Team Depot, The Home Depot’s volunteer force, began donating and distributing water, trash bags, disaster relief buckets, and other essential items to affected areas.

Alibaba Cloud Champions Clean Energy During 11.11 Shopping Festival

Sustainable Development Goals

Alibaba Group’s computing arm Alibaba Cloud boosted its use of clean energy and leveraged cloud-native technology to make this year’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival its most eco-friendly to date.

The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation Partners with Global FoodBanking Network to Remind the Public How They Can Help Reduce Hunger

Health & Healthcare

The Herbalife Nutrition Foundation through their Nutrition for Zero Hunger initiative, have partnered with the Global FoodBanking Network, to remind everyone you can take steps this holiday season to help reduce hunger and food waste.

GivingTuesday 2022: A Record-Breaking Day of Generosity

Social Impact & Volunteering

At CyberGrants, we’re continuously humbled by the efforts of our customers and their employees to make a difference and we’re honored to support their generosity. This GivingTuesday, over $30 million was given through our platform by 25,017 donors.

together we advance_human rights

At AMD, we believe we can have the most impact on addressing the systemic causes of forced and bonded labor by working with multi-stakeholder initiatives and leveraging relationships with our manufacturing suppliers.

Fifth Annual CGF China Day, and Food Safety, Health and Sustainability, Digital Supply Chain Days to Take Place 9th-10th January 2023

Events, Media & Communications

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) will host on 9th – 10th January 2023 the fifth annual edition of the China Day in Shanghai, which will bring together CEOs from the CGF China Board of Directors and from CGF member companies based in China.

Enviva Celebrates Hoke Community Forest Restoration Project With the Planting of Longleaf Pine in North Carolina

Social Impact & Volunteering

Environmental associations, companies, and organizations alike partner with Hoke County, North Carolina residents to restore more than 500 acres of land back to longleaf pine

Kohler Partners with Polar Explorer Robert Swan on Antarctic Expedition

Energy

A leader in energy resiliency for more than 100 years, Kohler is equipping Swan’s journey with a customized KOHLER generator that utilizes a KOHLER diesel engine fueled by hydrotreated vegetable oil.