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Health & Healthcare | T-Mobile

Improving Access to Healthcare With 5G-Powered Technology

Dopl is closing the gap by removing distance from the equation using T-Mobile’s 5G network.

Responsible Production & Consumption

O-I Glass is "Driving" Sustainability by Leveraging Biofuels

O-I’s Reims, France, plant is delivering champagne bottles to nearby customers with trucks powered by grapeseed and fryer oil.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Hormel Foods Earns Perfect Score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023–24 Corporate Equality Index

Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a Fortune 500 global branded food company, received a perfect score of 100 on the 2023–24 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

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Events, Media & Communications

Kendrick Lamar and ‘Move Afrika: Rwanda’ Light Up Kigali With Sold Out Show, Launching the First Pan-African Touring Circuit Headlined by International Artists

The first ever Move Afrika event, held tonight in Kigali, was unlike any live show Rwanda has seen before.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Antea Group Sponsors 2024 AWS Global Water Stewardship Forum Through Inogen Alliance

Antea Group is proud to announce that through Inogen Alliance, we will be a sponsor of the ninth annual Global Water Stewardship Forum with the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) for the second year in a row. The forum will take place June 5-6, 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland. 

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Resourcefulness in Evolving Global Solutions: Bi-Annual Meeting Insights From 2024

Inogen Alliance recently concluded our second bi-annual Associate meeting for 2023 in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Kohler’s 2022 Believing in Better Report: Enhancing Quality of Life at Kohler

A career at Kohler is more than a job. To support this, we look holistically at what helps our associates show up at their best to do their best. It’s more than creating career opportunities where they can learn, grow, and achieve their full potential.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Microbusiness Owners Invest in Their Website First

Investing in a website pays off for entrepreneurs. According to GoDaddy’s Venture Forward research initiative, the most popular way *microbusiness owners spend their first dollars is by creating a website (28%), and it pays off.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Henkel Relaunches Its Bonding and Sealing Portfolio With Recycled Cartridges Across Europe

As a global leading supplier of adhesives, sealants and functional coatings Henkel is continuously driving sustainability across markets.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Maximus Staff Show Their Generosity by Supporting Food & Friends

The DC Job Placement and FRSP staff joined to participate in a community service activity at the Food & Friends Program.

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Green Infrastructure

Electrification 101: Getting the Grid Ready for an EV Revolution

As more and more electric cars and trucks hit the road, utilities need to prepare the infrastructure to charge them. That’s where planning tools like GridUp come in.

Innovation & Technology

Leading University in Vigo, Spain Collaborates With Qualcomm To Offer Its Students 5G Training & Certification

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announces its collaboration with the Escola de Enxeñaría de Telecomunicación de la Universidade de Vigo to provide 5G training courses.

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Education

GoldieBlox and Discovery Education Partner To Bring Chemistry to High School Classrooms Nationwide With New Immersive Learning Experience on Roblox

GoldieBlox and Discovery Education today announced a new education initiative – Maker High.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Fifth Third Awards $53,000 Grant to Delight Nails & Spa

For two weeks in November, Fifth Third employees across northern Florida and the Bank’s footprint showed their love for local small businesses by entering them in a sweepstakes to win a $53,000 grant. The Bank is pleased to announce one of the winners is Delight Nails & Spa.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Academy Aims To Be a Hub for Change, Opportunity on Chicago’s Southwest Side

When you walk through the main doors at the Academy for Global Citizenship’s new building on Chicago’s southwest side, you know immediately it’s no ordinary school. The first room you enter has two-story windows, walls painted in shades of green and seedlings growing.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Natural History Museum and Bloomberg Team Up To Make the Museum’s Biodiversity Intactness Index Available to Financial Markets for the First Time

The Natural History Museum, London, and Bloomberg announced a collaboration to make the Museum’s Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) data available to the investment community for the first time through Bloomberg, a global leader in business and financial information.

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Innovation & Technology

ekō Solutions Expands Sustainable Accommodations With ekō Outpost on Airbnb

ekō Solutions expands it’s sustainable up-cycled shipping container glamping units for rent through Airbnb in the ekō Outpost Village located at Poplar Point Lakeside Park in Athens, Alabama

Environment

The Bronx Development at the Intersection of Sustainability and Affordable Housing

Completed in 2019, Cooper Gardens is a $156 million, 450,000-square-foot, multi-building, mixed-use project at the intersection of housing affordability and sustainability.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

With Corporate Responsibility in the Spotlight, Baker Tilly Shines

In today's corporate world, workplace awards go beyond recognition — they celebrate an organization's culture and reaffirm its dedication to the community.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Santiam Hospital and Clinics Foundation Receives $150,000 Grant from KeyBank

KeyBank has announced a grant of $150,000 to the Santiam Hospital And Clinics Foundation. The funds will help improve access to healthcare where patients live, work, and play through an expansion of the emergency department.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cintas Corporation Named One of Newsweek's 2024 America's Most Responsible Companies

Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS) was honored among Newsweek's 2024 America's Most Responsible Companies.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Revolutionizing the Cold Chain: The ‘-15°C Initiative’ and Its Global Impact on Sustainability

As the world grapples with the escalating food security crisis exacerbated by climate change, a groundbreaking initiative is emerging. At the forefront of this transformative journey is the “Join the Move to -15°C” campaign, announced and launched by DP World at COP28.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

MAC Cosmetics and Community Healthcare Network Partner for HIV Testing Activation on World AIDS Day

On Friday, December 1st, M·A·C Cosmetics was proud to partner with nonprofit organization Community Healthcare Network (CHN) on an HIV testing activation in New York City to encourage the community to “know your status” in honour of World AIDS Day.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

T. Rowe Price Group Announces "THRIVE" Associate Resource Group on Heels of International Day of Persons With Disabilities

On the heels of International Day of Persons with Disabilities,, Baltimore-based global investment management firm T. Rowe Price introduces its newest business resource group (BRG), THRIVE @ T. Rowe Price.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why 'Authenticity' Has Been My Word of the Year Since 1983

Merriam-Webster's 2023 Word of the Year is “authentic” — reflecting a global shift toward sincerity, genuineness and credibility.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Cisco’s Sustainability 101: What Is the Circular Economy?

Products have a lifecycle that starts before they’re made and goes beyond their use – including what they’re made of and how they’re manufactured, shipped and eventually disposed of.

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