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Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity of Thought: Building a Dream Team

Jul 10, 2020 2:00 PM ET

What are the real-world benefits of diverse teams – and what does it take to make them work? I had a chance to find out when I was asked to lead product management for the Cisco team that developed App Discovery, a software-as-a-service...

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Bank Continues Homeownership Education Despite Pandemic

Jul 10, 2020 1:30 PM ET

Fifth Third collaborated with the Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce, the Cincinnati Herald, the Dayton Defender and the Dayton Weekly newspapers to host two free virtual homeownership seminars in honor of national homeownership month.

Diversity & Inclusion

Trailblazer Takeaways: Ibram X. Kendi on Being an Antiracist

Jul 10, 2020 1:10 PM ET

More than 7,000 T-Mobile employees recently tuned in to a livestreamed conversation between EVP of Customer Care Callie Field and Professor Ibram X. Kendi, bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist.

Innovation & Technology

5 Latest Facts About Johnson & Johnson's Ebola Vaccine

Jul 10, 2020 12:30 PM ET

One of the world's deadliest viral diseases was discovered in 1976 in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), near the Ebola River.

Sustainable Development Goals

Recap: Solutions and Support for Women-led Businesses to Navigate COVID-19

Jul 10, 2020 12:00 PM ET

Energy

Duke Energy Renewables' Largest Solar Project Now Online in Texas

Jul 10, 2020 11:20 AM ET

Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), announced that its 200-megawatt alternating current (MWac) Holstein Solar project in Nolan County, Texas, has begun commercial operation. It is the largest solar project...

Diversity & Inclusion

Women and Girls Must Be Participants and Leaders in Sport Recovery Plans, Says UN Women

Jul 10, 2020 11:00 AM ET

While the world is currently working on addressing and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, women and girls must be both participants and leaders in this process, so their gains are not lost, and a better future for all becomes a reality, says UN Women in a Policy Brief.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Four Questions with Cleve Jones: Reflecting on the AIDS Memorial Quilt as it Returns Home

Jul 10, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Cleve Jones is a human rights advocate who has long been a champion for people living with HIV and LGBTQ+ equality. He co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in 1983. Two years later, he conceived of The AIDS Memorial Quilt at an annual...

Innovation & Technology

Qualcomm and Infinite Collaborate to Facilitate Powerful Digital Transformation in Smart Cities and Enterprises and Deliver End-to-End IoT Platform and IoT as a Service Across Multiple Verticals

Jul 10, 2020 11:00 AM ET

The collaboration creates an end-to-end, fully managed solution that facilitates digital transformation for smart connected spaces across government, healthcare, construction, entertainment, transportation, manufacturing, retail and logistics.

Innovation & Technology

Bayer Partners with Prospera Technologies Inc. to Develop Integrated Digital Solutions for Vegetable Greenhouse Growers

Jul 10, 2020 10:05 AM ET

As part of its commitment to helping growers sustainably meet increasing global needs through digital solutions, Bayer has entered a strategic partnership with Prospera Technologies Inc., a leading AI data analytics company, specializing...

Health & Healthcare

Medtronic: Leaning Into Change

Jul 10, 2020 9:00 AM ET

The pandemic has forced us to embrace change in all capacities, a change that informs the "new normal". So how do we move forward?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Gillian Riley, President & CEO of Tangerine Bank and EVP, Scotiabank, named a Catalyst Honours Champion for 2020

Jul 9, 2020 6:10 PM ET

Scotiabank is pleased to announce that Gillian Riley, President and CEO, Tangerine Bank and Executive Vice President, Scotiabank has been named a Catalyst Honours Champion for 2020.

Health & Healthcare

IWBI Governance Council Votes to Graduate WELL v2 Out of Pilot

Jul 9, 2020 6:05 PM ET

Social Impact & Volunteering

OCTO Initiative: Nonprofit Connect - Amplifying Impact with VMware's Nonprofit Customers

Jul 9, 2020 6:00 PM ET

At VMware, we believe that technology can be a significant force for good by helping address the world’s societal challenges when integrated with existing processes and in partnership with the people working closest to the challenges.

Health & Healthcare

The CEO Investor Forum Launches Partnership with the Biopharma Sustainability Roundtable to Address the Need for Stronger Industry-wide Sustainability Efforts in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals Sector

Jul 9, 2020 6:00 PM ET

The Biopharma Sustainability Roundtable (BSRT) has partnered with CECP’s CEO Investor Forum to enhance sustainability efforts and focus on long-term value creation. The two groups will co-host the first sector-specific CEO-Investor Forum in June 2021

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Finding New Value in Old Plastics

Jul 9, 2020 5:35 PM ET

What if old plastic bottles and wrappers became key ingredients in creating new ones? Through our partnership with Fuenix Ecogy, we’re taking hard-to-recycle plastics to create new polymers for packaging for food and other items.

Events, Media & Communications

Mohawk Group Unveils DesignFWD Schedule and Speaker Lineup

Jul 9, 2020 5:20 PM ET

Mohawk Group has officially announced the speaker lineup and schedule for its inaugural Design Forward Virtual Summit, styled DesignFWD, which takes place exclusively online July 15–17.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation Virtual 5K Raises $63,000 for Low-Income Entrepreneurs

Jul 9, 2020 4:45 PM ET

Fifteen hundred participants joined Whole Planet Foundation’s Power Your Purpose Virtual 5K to run, walk, bike or move for microcredit.

Social Impact & Volunteering

CASE Construction Equipment Donates Skid Steer to Habitat for Humanity

Jul 9, 2020 3:00 PM ET

CASE Construction Equipment has donated a new skid steer to Wichita Habitat for Humanity.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wells Fargo Launches $400 Million Small Business Recovery Effort

Jul 9, 2020 3:00 PM ET

Following an April 2020 industry-leading commitment to donate all gross processing fees from the Paycheck Protection Program, Wells Fargo unveiled today the details of an approximately $400 million effort to help small businesses impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic keep their doors open

Environment

50 Investors With US $4 Trillion in Assets Back Strong Methane Emissions Regulation in Pennsylvania

Jul 9, 2020 2:50 PM ET

Today, a group of 50 institutional investors representing US $4 trillion in assets under management issued a statement of support for a strong final regulation to reduce air pollution and methane emissions

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Tools to Thrive

Jul 9, 2020 2:05 PM ET

Product donation is one way NortonLifeLock supports the nonprofit community. Seattle-based East African Community Services supports East African migrants and their first-generation American children in their social, emotional, and educational needs.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Disability-Led Organizations, Corporations and Foundations Launch Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration

Jul 9, 2020 2:05 PM ET

What do 633 disability leaders from 29 countries spanning six out of seven continents have in common? 100% believe that organizations led by people with disabilities are left out of disaster relief funding from foundations, corporations...

Innovation & Technology

Why Worker Data Protection Should Be Central to a 21st-Century Social Contract

Jul 9, 2020 2:00 PM ET

Data protection is rarely discussed during dialogue about the need for a new social contract. However, a modern social contract must address a whole host of new risks and opportunities arising from how employee data are collected, shared, and used.

Health & Healthcare

The Art and Science of Changing Lives

Jul 9, 2020 1:00 PM ET

As a graduate student in mechanical engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), Albert Manero always wanted to use his engineering skills to change the world. One morning in 2013, he caught a glimpse of how he might do it.