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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives | Verizon

Verizon Foundation Donates $2 Million Towards Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton Relief Efforts

The Verizon Foundation is stepping up to support communities devastated by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton with a total of $2 million in donations to aid relief and recovery efforts.
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Sustainable Development Goals

Driving Trust and Confidence for Food Safety Through Our Vast Ecosystem

The pandemic has inevitably changed many things for many of us, but our focus remains clear. We all stand united for safe food for consumers everywhere.

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Education

MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs at Home: Bright as a New Penny

Have you ever wondered what causes copper coins to look dirty? Check out MilliporeSigma's Curiosity Labs at Home video to learn how to make them shiny again!

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Social Impact & Volunteering

The National Mentoring Partnership Celebrates January As National Mentoring Month With Mentoring Amplifies Movement

January is National Mentoring Month and this year, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, is announcing its Mentoring Amplifies campaign in partnership with American Student Assistance (ASA).

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Research, Reports & Publications

The Arbor Day Foundation's Tree Campus Programs

In 2020, the Arbor Day Foundation expanded it's Tree Campus program to include college and university campuses as well healthcare facility campuses. The result of this growth has led to a tremendous impact on the future of our urban forests.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

T. Rowe Price Supports the Creative Community During COVID-19

T. Rowe Price highlights needs in the creative community during COVID-19 and supports the Baltimore Emergency Artist Relief Fund.

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Diversity & Inclusion

CR & Sustainability Gender Pay Gap Narrows

​There is still room for improvement surrounding the remuneration disparities between men and women, despite the narrowing of the gender pay gap globally, according to the CR & Sustainability (CR&S) Salary Survey 2020.

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Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

KFC and Pizza Hut Launch New Plastic Reduction Initiatives in China

KFC China recently launched a "Be Natural, Be You" sustainability campaign to enhance consumers' awareness of environmental protection and encourage more sustainable lifestyles, including reducing the use of disposable plastic packaging and better waste sorting.

Environment

WBCSD Report Helps Business Accelerate Consistent and Credible Actions for Climate and Nature.

Natural climate solutions can help to deliver up to 37% of the solutions to achieve the Paris Agreement. Yet, to scale up investment in these nature-based solutions, business requires clarity on its scope and requirements.

Innovation & Technology

Cybersecurity: Alexion's First Line of Defense

October is Security Awareness Month and to celebrate, Alexion’s Global Security Team gave employees a “Backstage Pass” to learning how continuous vigilance keeps patients, our people and our assets safe.

Events, Media & Communications

The General Mills Foundation and UNCF Present the 31st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Breakfast Featuring Dr. Bernice King and Ambassador Andrew Young

Organized in partnership by General Mills and UNCF, the event’s theme is “Our Rising Voices: A Call for Bold Social Action.” Through this event, we join voices to reaffirm the values, words and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Ceres Opposes Proposed OCC Rule That Would Make the U.S. Banking System More Vulnerable to Climate Risk

Ceres submitted formal comments today in opposition to a newly proposed rule from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC), explaining how it fundamentally misrepresents climate risk management, and warning that it would put the country’s banking system and economy in harm’s way.

Health & Healthcare

United and CDC Work Together on Contact Tracing Initiative for All International and Domestic Flights

United Airlines with the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced a program to collect customer contact information for all international and domestic flights.

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Education

Rockwell Automation Launches Milwaukee's First Math Week Dec. 14-18

Rockwell Automation, in partnership with MIND Research Institute and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), launched its first Milwaukee Math Week Challenge on Monday, Dec. 14, at 8 a.m. through midnight Friday, Dec. 18.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation Welcomes Applications for 2021 Grassroots Grants with KidsGardening to Connect More Children to Benefits of Gardening

To support the rise in gardening nationwide and address the critical need to connect more children to healthy food, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation today opened its GroMoreGood Grassroots Grants with national nonprofit KidsGardening.

Media & Communications

The U.S.A. & the 2015 Paris Accord: Five Years On, the Largest Economy on Earth Promises to Return - With a Cabinet of Climate Change Champions Preparing for Action

Seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the great promise of the 21st Century – the Paris Accord. Can you believe, it is now five years on (260 weeks or so this December) since the meeting in the “City of Lights” of the Conference of Parties.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Creating An Award-Winning Workplace Where Parents Are Supported

Workiva was recognized on the 2020 Best Workplaces for Parents list by Great Place to Work. In honor of the award, members of the It Takes Village Employee Resource Group share how Workiva has supported them – especially during a challenging year.

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Innovation & Technology

Paradigm Shift: Industry Veterans Harness Cutting-Edge Technology to Identify Leaks

There’s not much that Flint Hills Resources’ Mike Clausewitz and Deb Preschler don’t know about safely refining oil and producing petrochemicals. Deb, an operations innovation director, and Mike, an enterprise leak detection and repair (LDAR) execution lead, have together clocked up nearly 60 years at Flint Hills’ Corpus Christi East and West, two of the three Flint Hills Resources refineries that separate oil into jet fuel, low-sulfur gasoline, diesel and the petrochemicals used to manufacture clothing, carpet, tires and much more.

Responsible Production & Consumption

GRI Waste Standard Available in Nine Languages

The GRI Waste Standard is now provided in nine languages. In addition to English, translations have launched in Arabic, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.

Research, Reports & Publications

Constant Change: Logitech's Commitment to A Sustainable Future

We are a company of committed believers that constant change is necessary. Change for the environment. Change for inclusion and equal playing field for all.

Environment

From Climate Targets to Holistic Solutions

The Paris Agreement – combined with the ever-clearer science and mounting impacts of natural disasters – has given business that clear signal and sense of direction it needed and requested.

Research, Reports & Publications

Tetra Pak Research Study Reveals Food Safety-Environment Dilemma Fostered by COVID-19 Pandemic

The Tetra Pak Index, in its 13th edition, has seen a 10% increase in global concern about food safety and future food supplies, now at 40%, compared to 30% from 2019.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Seeing Growth, Change and Opportunity in a 'Year of Missing'

I was reading a recent Washington Post article where people were asked to describe 2020 in one word or phrase. No surprises here: Exhausting. Chaotic. Relentless. Dumpster fire. Nightmare.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Vistra Marks a Year of Giving, Meeting Critical Community Need in 2020

In the final days of 2020, Vistra is reflecting on a year that has tested us, and brought us together. As a company, we continue to navigate the challenges of an unprecedented pandemic, shifting strategy with agility, supporting our customers...

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

PT Freeport Indonesia Wins National Award for COVID-19 Transmission Prevention and Community Awareness

Indonesia's Department of Public Health has bestowed its highest recognition to PT Freeport Indonesia for its workplace protocols and efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the Mimika Regency of Papua, Indonesia.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Sands China and Community Groups Assemble 40,000 Hygiene Kits for Clean the World

Approximately 200 volunteers from Sands China Ltd. and local community groups recently worked together at The Venetian® Macao to build 40,000 hygiene kits for Clean the World

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