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Health & Healthcare | Boehringer Ingelheim

Empowering Indigenous Health: Boehringer Ingelheim’s PATHWAYS Initiative in Canada

Boehringer Ingelheim's PATHWAYS initiative is bridging the healthcare gap for Indigenous communities in Canada. This initiative is not only providing diabetic patients with culturally sensitive care and but also empowering community members with knowledge about adjusting insulin.
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Innovation & Technology

What Is the US Cyber Trust Mark?

In July 2023, the White House introduced U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity certification and labeling program that intends to elevate the level of cybersecurity across connected devices in the United States.

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Health & Healthcare

‘It’s the Nearness That You Are There For:’ Primary Healthcare Clinic Offers a Path Forward

When the clinic first opened – built with funds provided by Viatris in partnership with Rhiza Babuyile, a local nonprofit – Sister Thandi cried.

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Green Infrastructure

The Future – It’s Electric! But Are We Ready?

President Biden has set an ambitious goal of 100 percent clean electricity by 2035, but is that achievable? It is the challenge of our generation and one of the most exciting business opportunities ever presented to the United States.

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Health & Healthcare

New Report From Quest Diagnostics Unveils Priorities for Community Health Centers

More than 1,100 Community Health Centers – also called Federally Qualified Health Centers, or FQHC – today provide affordable, comprehensive care to over 30 million children and adults across the United States.

Health & Healthcare

Cadence Partners With Antiviral Discovery Consortium to Spearhead Rapid Development of Treatments for Viral Pandemics

Cadence Molecular Sciences (OpenEye)—a business unit of Cadence Design Systems (Nasdaq: CDNS)—will provide OpenEye’s molecular design software to power the open-science AI-driven Structure-enabled Antiviral Platform (ASAP) Discovery Consortium.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Paychex Identifies Top 5 Regulatory Issues for Employers To Watch in 2024

Paychex, Inc. released the top five regulatory and compliance-related topics employers should be monitoring heading into 2024.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Pepco Employees Become Santa’s Helpers to Make Sure Local Kids Have a Bright Holiday Season!

For the 14th year, Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery transformed into Santa’s Workshop full of hundreds of toys and gifts to support the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program which pairs sponsors with a deserving child, “Angel”, in need.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation Quarterly Giving Series: Q3 2023

Today we’re bringing you the latest quarterly giving series from The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation to highlight the great work being done in support of our mission to help inspire and enable youth sports participation.

Energy

Countdown to 2045: Near-Term Priority Actions To Achieve Net Zero

Achieving an 85% GHG emissions reduction and reaching net zero by 2045 requires bold, immediate action from all stakeholders across the public and private sectors.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Meet Jessica Zander, Manager of Strategy and Operations for Walgreen Benefit Fund

In 1939, Charles R. Walgreen Sr., created the Walgreen Benefit Fund when he donated 2,500 shares of Walgreens stock to assist team members and retirees in dire financial need due to hardship.

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Diversity & Inclusion

For 17th Year, U.S. Bank Scores 100 on the HRC Corporate Equality Index

For the 17th consecutive year, U.S. Bank has received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CFLI India Announces Climate Finance Solutions With the Potential To Mobilize Over US$6.5 Billion in India

Michael R. Bloomberg, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions and founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI) India, announced climate finance solutions.

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Environment

COP28 Spotlights Youth in Combatting Climate Change

At SAP, we’ve embraced a four-pronged approach specifically designed to support and empower youth in their journey to a sustainable and just world: rally, represent, reskill, and resource.

Innovation & Technology

Soil Health Institute Launches Slakes: A Free Smartphone App To Measure Soil Aggregate Stability

“As one of the top commercial bank agricultural lenders in the U.S., Wells Fargo is a proud supporter of the Soil Health Institute and the development of Slakes,” added Robyn Luhning, Chief Sustainability Officer at Wells Fargo.

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Diversity & Inclusion

UAACC Charitable Foundation Receives $100,000 Grant from KeyBank in Support of Utah Youth

KeyBank has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Utah African American Chamber of Commerce (UAACC) Charitable Foundation to support the organization’s career exploration programming for high school and college students.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

The Evolution of Sustainable Packaging

To minimize environmental impacts, we need to find a balance between packaging solutions that are recyclable and those that preserve product and extend shelf life because emissions associated with food waste are more environmentally damaging than the packaging.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Largest U.S. Pension Fund Just Rolled Out a Climate Transition Plan Focused on Risk and Opportunity

There are times when an established company, an investor, a startup makes a move that is so strategic—so in tune with the risks and the opportunities of the moment—that it marks the shift between the market’s past and its future.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Clorox Sustainability & Diversity Leaders Share Learnings From Responsible Sourcing Partners in Ghana

Since joining Clorox, we’ve both embraced our company purpose to champion people to be well and thrive every single day.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

KFC Celebrates Global Growth with Major Milestone Restaurant Openings

KFC announced key milestone store openings with two new restaurants in Haryana, India and Bucharest, Romania, as KFC expands in markets across the world.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Albertsons Exclusive Extending Smiles Flowers by debi lilly design™ Raised Over $1 Million Since 2019

Sold exclusively at Albertsons Companies, Extending Smiles flowers by debi lilly design™ make a difference one bouquet at a time. Every Extending Smiles bouquet purchase includes a $0.75 donation to charity and has raised over $1 million for those in need since 2019.

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Events, Media & Communications

Testing Conformance and Interoperability for EV and Charging Infrastructure

Learn the concept of harmonized conformance and interoperability testing, current trends in charging technology like bidirectional charging and Megawatt Charging, and the broad Keysight Charging Test Solution portfolio.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Texas Capital and FHLB Dallas Celebrate the Opening of Senior Apartment Community in Stop Six Neighborhood of Fort Worth

Local real estate developers, community partners and residents celebrated the grand opening of Cowan Place Senior Living.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Olympic Refuge Foundation and Nike To Work Together To Facilitate Access to Sport for Displaced People

The Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) has today announced that it will be collaborating with Nike in order to help displaced young people find belonging through sport.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mastercard and Consumers International Partner To Accelerate Equitable Global Consumer Protection and Empowerment in the Digital Economy

Yesterday, at Consumers International’s Global Congress in Nairobi, held once every four years to bring together consumer advocates and marketplace leaders, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth (The Center) and Consumers International announced a new partnership

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Braving a Winter Night To Shine a Spotlight on Youth Homelessness

A determined group of people will brave the freezing night at McDonald Park in Kamloops, BC on Dec. 8. They’re not homeless, but they want to put a spotlight on youth homelessness.

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