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AI in 2025

Events, Media & Communications | Gen Digital Inc.

AI in 2025: Gen's Policy Recommendations for U.S. Leadership

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump’s administration has taken significant steps to strengthen U.S. leadership in AI. Efforts have been focused on accelerating AI innovation while curbing the flow of advanced technologies to geopolitical rivals.
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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Preparing for the Future: Building Climate Resilience for Your Business

Nasdaq understands that each company has its own set of considerations, and we prepared to partner at each stage of their journey towards climate and financial resilience. Our goal at Nasdaq is to help our community build resilience and trust.

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Environment

New Research Shows Legislation To Boycott ESG May Cost State Taxpayers Up to $700 Million in Excess Payments

As several states consider new anti-sustainable investing initiatives, new analysis shows taxpayers in six states could have been on the hook for up to $700 million in excess interest payments, if restrictions on sustainable investing had been in place.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

HanesBrands Recognized for Sustainability Leadership, Earning A- Scores in Both Climate Change and Water Security From CDP

HanesBrands has been recognized with an A- score on the global CDP annual sustainability disclosures across two key areas of environmental impact – climate change and water security.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Aramark Named to Newsweek's 2023 List of America's Most Responsible Companies

In recognition of its commitment to doing great things for people and the planet, Aramark was recently named to @Newsweek’s 2023 list of America’s Most Responsible Companies.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Home Depot Premieres Documentary Film “Hope Builds,” Offering Behind-the-Scenes Look at Natural Disasters and What It Takes To Rebuild

The Home Depot, in partnership with Imagine Entertainment, today premiered “Hope Builds,” a new documentary detailing the devastating effects of natural disasters on communities nationwide and the human spirit that compels people to help each other rebuild. 

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Diversity & Inclusion

The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility Returns to the World Economic Forum in Davos to Join the Dialogue on Diversity

The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) will make the case for The Power of Hispanic Inclusion™ in Corporate America on the world stage with its participation in the 2023 World Economic Forum perimeter events in Davos, Switzerland.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Franklin Templeton Employees Spread Joy and Kindness during Holiday Season

Franklin Templeton employees demonstrate their generosity and compassion all year long. This holiday season, employees showed their support for those in need by getting involved in various projects from the firm’s offices around the globe.

Events, Media & Communications

Webinar: Risk, Compliance, and ESG

Join KPMG and Workiva on Thursday, February 23 for a free webinar exploring hot topics in audit, risk, and compliance. Attendees will learn how to enable collaboration between teams and apply lessons learned from SOX as they prepare for ESG regulation. 

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

SkysTheLimit.org (“Sky’s the Limit”) Recognizes 3 Rising Movement Makers During Martin Luther King, Jr. Month

This January, SkystheLimit.org is proud to recognize and honor 3 founders, each of whom is harnessing the power of entrepreneurship and pushing the boundaries to transform lives and leave meaningful legacies. 

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Innovation & Technology

Utilizing Fleet Data Boosts Efficiency, Saves Money

Boosting efficiency to manage costs, optimize paid labor and maintain vehicle performance is a key lever fleet managers have to pull when it comes to finding success in the fluctuating fleet marketplace. Data can help.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Makes $150,000 Grant in Support of Create Common Good’s Job Skills Training Program

KeyBank has awarded a $150,000 grant to Create Common Good (CCG), a non-profit organization that prepares at-risk adults in Idaho to be successful in food service careers. The KeyBank grant will allow Create Common Good to expand its ServSafe Training career-prep program.

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Innovation & Technology

Trust in Tech Has Eroded: Here Are 3 Ways To Rebuild It

My company, like many others, believes that there’s great promise in blockchain technology to build more efficient financial instruments and payments systems. But none of it is possible without trust first.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Meet Gilead’s COVID-19 Virus Variants Hunters

Every time a serious new COVID-19 virus variant emerges, Gilead virologists Charlotte Hedskog and John Bilello, alongside their teams, mobilize as so-called “variant hunters.”

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Energy

Chemours Expands Nafion™ Ion Exchange Material Production in France To Support Growing Market Demand for Clean Hydrogen Generation

The Chemours Company (Chemours), a global chemistry company, today announced a $200 million investment to increase capacity and advance technology for its industry-leading Nafion™ ion exchange materials to be located at Chemours’ manufacturing facility in Villers-Saint-Paul

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Meet Land Betterment’s Board of Director: Kim Bryden Founder of Cureate

Kim Bryden founder and CEO of Cureate and Land Betterment Board Director talks about food supply and demand matchmaking - Cureating the Connection.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

How To Right-Size Support for Your Team in 2023

Learn how to right-size support for your Social Impact team in 2023 with RW. Whether you like to take the reigns and do things yourself, want to work with a team (our team!) to kick things off strong, or want to walk hand-in-hand towards impact – we got you covered!

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The 10 Big Things To Watch Across World’s Energy Markets in 2023

Energy has rarely been out of the news over the last year. From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine convulsing oil and gas markets, to big-power politics around OPEC+, a surge in interest in renewables, and in December a landmark US breakthrough in nuclear fusion research.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why Gen X Is Quiet Quitting in Tech

In general, those who don’t work well create problems, but those who work OK or above average are fine to work with. So, is Quiet Quitting a problem for tech workers?

Sustainable Development Goals

ESG Goals: Foundational to Enbridge, Notable in Sustainability Rankings

Sustainability is central to how we do business at Enbridge, and sustainability ratings agencies continue to notice.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Acre Project Launch Sponsor, TD, Boosts Environmental Impact

New Acre™ Project is pleased to announce a third phase of funding and fourth year of support from TD Bank Group (TD), continuing its commitment as the launch sponsor for New Acre Project™.  

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Leading With Love: Showing Up for Our Local Communities for the Holidays

At Peloton, we’re committed to supporting the well-being of our people, our community, and our planet; and progressing toward a more equitable and healthy society.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Seen on Screen: The Importance of Disability Representation

Disability representation on television is increasing, but slowly. And in an ever-expanding programming landscape, it’s also increasingly harder to find, and viewers in the disability community are struggling to feel seen.

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Health & Healthcare

Tanger Achieves WELL Health-Safety Rating

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (NYSE: SKT), a leading operator of upscale, open-air outlet centers, today announced it has achieved the International WELL Building Institute’s (IWBI) WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations and Management for all 36 properties

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Green Infrastructure

Is the Future of Harnessing US Offshore Wind Power Looking Less Turbulent?

The winds of change are expected to blow across the States as plans progress towards rapid renewable energy expansion – with offshore wind being a key player in the US decarbonization strategy.

Education

Cadence Awards Diversity in Technology Scholarship to 38 Students

Cadence recently announced the recipients of their 2022 Diversity in Technology Scholarship, spotlighting the outstanding academic achievements of 38 student recipients.

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