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GRI
Corporate social responsibility efforts in Asia Pacific are on the rise, driven by new regulatory regimes and investor demand for sustainability data. This, and a report from GRI's Regional Hub US and Canada, are two of the topics of the GRI…
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Arbor Day Foundation
Planting trees is core to the Arbor Day Foundation mission. It’s what we’ve always done. Because trees help to improve people’s lives. In fact, they provide the necessities of life itself: clean air, healthy water, a tolerable climate, people’s…
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PNC Financial Services Group
Pittsburgh Quarterly magazine asked five high-​profile executives, including Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Demchak: What do you believe to be the most important ingredients of successful leadership? Bill's interview from…
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Arbor Day Foundation
When disaster strikes, the need to act is dire. It could be months until final disaster numbers are reported, but what we do know is the affected communities need our help to rebuild and recover.
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Barclays
A small but growing number of fathers are taking up shared parental leave, a policy that allows mothers to transfer part of their maternity leave to their partner. We spoke to Barclays employees Cameron Kirkwood and Benjamin Tancock about taking…
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Duke Energy Corporation
Duke Energy, an industry leader in transparent environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting, is now helping pilot an innovative industry-wide approach to better communicate progress on ESG and sustainability issues.
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Benevity
Large grants allow charities to implement programs and projects that are mission critical to advance their causes. However, as the landscape of community investment changes, so too does the opportunity to increase both the social and business ROI of…
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Benevity
It’s been a week since #GivingTuesday 2017 and we’re still overwhelmed by the incredible participation of companies and people around the world who, together, raised a staggering $264.6 million in the movement's sixth year. At Benevity, almost…
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Barclays
Recognizing the importance of providing mentoring and support to early-stage start-ups founded by United States military veterans, and with a commitment to veteran-owned enterprises, Barclays and NYU Tandon School of Engineering launched the…
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CBRE Group, Inc.
CBRE recently opened its new Workplace360 office in Miami. This video showcases how the innovative workplace promotes flexibility, mobility and productivity for our employees.
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Arbor Day Foundation
The Arbor Day Foundation announced today a five-year partnership with Texas Roadhouse as part of its newly launched Hurricane Tree Recovery Campaign. Texas Roadhouse has committed funding towards the tree restoration efforts in Texas, Florida and…
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Barclays
Unreasonable Impact, created by Barclays and Unreasonable Group, is a programme centered around scaling growth-stage ventures across the globe that are well positioned to create thousands of jobs while solving our toughest societal and environmental…
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British American Tobacco
BAT’s Group Operations Director Alan Davy explains why supporting sustainable agriculture remains such a priority, and how the company is responding to major issues impacting farming communities.
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SiMPACT Strategy Group
One of the more impactful community investment choices that a company can make is to create a multi-year agreement with a community partner, and more and more companies are making these a significant proportion of their activities. The average…
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Qualcomm
Join thinkPARALLAX and Qualcomm™ Wireless Reach®, on Wednesday, December 7 at 10 AM PST, to learn how a social impact program can benefit both business objectives and communities.
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CBRE Group, Inc.
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SiMPACT Strategy Group
Best Buy’s 12,000 employees are enjoying the retailer’s new employee giving program that matches 40 per cent of their donations to registered Canadian charities. The retailer’s new open giving program, called ‘myGiving’ launched in June.
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Aflac Incorporated
Since 2007, more than 2,100 members of Aflac’s Columbus, Georgia, team have strapped on hardhats and tool belts with Habitat for Humanity. The program is so popular that Aflac holds lotteries to determine which employees will get the chance to…
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Nestlé S.A.
From creating a safe haven for people and pets, to growing locally to provide work opportunities, to stewarding natural resources for future generations, we work around the clock to help our communities thrive.
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De Beers Group
The finalists, three from each of the company’s southern Africa producer countries of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, were selected from more than 130 entries.
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SLR
Good business has been defined in recent years as companies proactively being responsible and held accountable to their actions. No longer is it enough to develop safe products, recycle, and make charitable donations as the bedrock of a corporate…
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Hormel Foods Corporation
Inspiration. Tricky to define, but you know it when you see it. And make no mistake…you see a lot of it at Hormel Foods.

The company’s newly coined purpose statement – Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ – is all about it, and with good…
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Benevity
In this video, Microsoft Philanthropies Director of Employee Engagement Karen Bergin reveals the strategies that elevated their company’s workplace giving and volunteering program to a record 74% participation rate (with 70,000 employees!).
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Republic Services
Whether it’s providing training, the right tools and resources for the job, growth and development opportunities or celebrating achievements, at Republic Services, we believe in making our people feel welcomed and valued. We believe this brings out…
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Benevity
New data points to an increase in companies participating in the #GivingTuesday movement. The growth represents a terrific opportunity for companies to put empathy, service and generosity at the top of the agenda. However, Benevity sees greater…
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