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Nielsen: Engaging Black Audiences

Research, Reports & Publications | Nielsen

SPOTLIGHT: Nielsen Study Connects Culture With the Bottom Line

A Nielsen study, which arrives just in time for Black History Month, serves as a reminder that Black history is being made every day. That’s increasingly true in the economic landscape, where Black America wields an outsized impact thanks to audiences that lead media engagement.

Diversity & Inclusion

Sands Hires Its First Corporate Team Member Through the Hiring Our Heroes Program

Las Vegas Sands

Research, Reports & Publications

Shareholder Activism: 2024 Year in Review

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

PotlatchDeltic Contributes to Heyburn Elementary Playground

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Innovation & Technology

Healthy Spaces Podcast: Season 4, Episode 5 - Digital Transformation

In this episode of the Healthy Spaces podcast, host Oakley Roberts speaks with Riaz Raihan, chief digital officer of Trane Technologies and Bob Irvin and Ryan Rutledge from Joules Accelerator, the largest climate tech incubator in the southeastern U.S.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Donates $180,000 to Rainier Scholars – Tacoma

KeyBank has announced a grant of $180,000 to Rainier Scholars – Tacoma as the nonprofit seeks to rapidly grow its services to underrepresented students of color in the greater Tacoma area. The goal is to provide youth with the academic, social, and emotional support needed to exc

Social Impact & Volunteering

Aflac Employees Help Provide Nearly 45,000 Meals to Those in Need

Over the past six months, teams of Aflac employees have volunteered at Feeding the Valley Food Bank, part of the Feeding America network, to help provide nearly 45,000 meals for children and adults living with food insecurity in the Chattahoochee Valley in Georgia and Alabama.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

The Summer of International Spotlight - Daniel F.

Daniel first got his start at The Bell a few years ago working on consumer experiences, which even led to him living in Singapore for about a year!

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Events, Media & Communications

Partnership in Action: Creating Connection Through Community Impact With Cisco

In May, Cisco ThousandEyes hosted its third annual Partner Connection – an event dedicated to sharing ideas, creating connections, and engaging with our channel partners.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Boehringer Ingelheim: Promoting Production Circularity With a Powerful Partnership in Denmark

In Denmark, Boehringer Ingelheim is making strides in waste reduction through a joint effort. As part of the Kalundborg Symbiosis, a collaboration of 20 companies, we are transforming production processes and taking a significant step towards a more sustainable future.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mastercard Provides Update to USAID’s PREPARE Call to Action

Addressing the climate crisis both domestically and internationally is key to ensuring long-term global economic stability.

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Education

Atlantic City Electric Intern Reflection: Q&A With Haley Piasecki

We are committed to fostering the next generation of leaders in the utility industry. Our summer internship program offers students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience, develop professional skills, and build meaningful connections within the company.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Transforming Daily Lives Through Digital Savings

In Sierra Leone, small savings groups have a long history of supporting farmers and marginalized communities, especially women. In short, saving groups have transformed lives, offering financial support and fostering community resilience.

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Energy

Mondelēz 2023 Snacking Made Right Report: Energy

Driving down our energy emissions is an important part of reaching our long-term goal relating to net-zero carbon. And we’re focusing on three key areas to make it happen.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AccountAbility Recognized for a Third Time Among Forbes World's Best Management Consulting Firms 2024

AccountAbility is pleased to announce that for the third consecutive year it has been recognized by Forbes as one of The World's Best Management Consulting Firms, this time for 2024.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

ACC’s Ask a Change Maker Campaign Highlights LYB EVP Tracey Campbell

The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) campaign, Ask a Change Maker, features Tracey Campbell, LYB Executive Vice President, Sustainability & Corporate Affairs in its latest video, explaining how circularity works in keeping plastics out of landfills or the environment.

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Events, Media & Communications

Federal, State, and Private-Sector Leaders Meet in Minnesota As State Rebate Programs Take Shape

Top federal officials, members of the Gov. Tim Walz administration, Minnesota private sector leaders, and local labor and nonprofit representatives gathered Wednesday for a collaborative discussion about home energy and efficiency rebate programs.

Diversity & Inclusion

American Airlines Becomes First US Airline To Launch Automated Tag for Mobility Devices

American Airlines is the first U.S. airline to launch an automated tag for mobility devices, part of an ongoing commitment to improve wheelchair and mobility device handling across its network.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sustainable Impact Through Cross-Sector Partnership

At SAP, we actively support social enterprises through our comprehensive corporate social responsibility strategy, which includes knowledge and skills transfer from employees and social procurement.

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Innovation & Technology

Industry Voices: A Roadmap to the Driverless Future of Autonomous Vehicles

The driverless future of autonomous vehicles is set to transform society by reinventing the transportation industry and changing consumer behaviors forever.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Best of the Best: Your Personal Gardener and Arborist

In April, Hiring Our Heroes announced 5 grant recipients for the Small Business Award for Veterans & Military Spouses, an initiative that provides a one-time $10,000 grant for selected military-connected entrepreneurs, thanks to the generosity of the FedEx Founder’s Fund.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Delmarva Power Volunteers Empower Delaware Students With Essential School Supplies at Cradles to Crayons Backpack-A-Thon

We recently participated in the Cradles to Crayons Backpack-A-Thon in Wilmington, where we dedicated our time to packing backpacks with essential school supplies for children in Delaware.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Empowering Communities: The KFC Foundation Funds $260,000 in Health and Wellbeing Projects

The KFC Foundation is awarding $1 million in grants to 100 community-based non-profit organizations this year. Grants are awarded quarterly, with each cycle focusing on addressing different crucial needs.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Monica Stefan Empowers Welsh Women’s Aid Through Twilio’s Skills-Based Volunteering Initiative

Recently, Monica had the exciting opportunity to lend her expertise to Welsh Women’s Aid, an organization dedicated to supporting survivors of domestic violence. Faced with an outdated Customer relationship management system (CRM) that fell short in user experience.

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Innovation & Technology

How Octavia Carbon Is Unlocking Africa’s DAC Potential: In Conversation With Climate Vault

In an interview with Climate Vault, Martin Freimüller, CEO & Co-Founder of Octavia Carbon, shares about their mission to reverse the effects of climate change and end the fossil fuel age by deploying competitively low-cost, geothermal-integrated Direct Air Capture (DAC) in Kenya.

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Innovation & Technology

AI Goes Ancient: Lenovo Uses Sophisticated Tech To Preserve Thousand-Year-Old Chinese Pagoda

In the heart of China’s Shanxi Province stands a remarkable testament to human ingenuity and resilience: the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Cascale’s Higg Index Tool Evolution Helps Consumer Goods Companies Meet New EU Reporting Obligations

Cascale, formerly the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, has published a white paper that details how the organization’s Higg Brand & Retail Module (BRM) can help companies meet their regulatory reporting obligations under European Union (EU) law.

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Innovation & Technology

The Economic Impact of Mobile Fuel Delivery Services | Booster

Imagine having your car at home, and instead of driving it to a gas when the tank is nearly empty, someone comes to your house and fills it up for you. But did you know that these services also significantly impact the economy?

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Arvada Center and U.S. Bank Build on a Decades-Long Relationship

For more than 30 years, the U.S. Bank Foundation has financially supported the Arvada Center, a nonprofit that brings the arts and humanities to the Denver metro area. The two organizations have always been aligned in their missions to power the potential of their communities.

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