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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives | The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

To Measure Social Impact, We Could Start by Using the Tools We Already Have

An initiative called Project Kirana, launched by Mastercard and its partners, helped Renu adopt digital payments, creating the formal transaction history that would show her business was booming.

Research, Reports & Publications

Suncor Issues Its Annual Report on Sustainability and Climate Report

Suncor Energy

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Cox Automotive Presents 2023 Leader in Sustainability Award To Mark Miller Subaru

Subaru of America

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

It’s Personal: Kimberly-Clark’s Lori Shaffer Describes Purpose-Driven Supply Chains

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

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Health & Healthcare

Bridging the Knowledge Gap About Diversity in Clinical Trials

Here’s a statistic to stop you in your tracks: 75 percent of all participants in the FDA’s 2020 clinical trials identified as white. Compare this to the fact that the highest prevalence rates of health disparities are observed in racial and ethnic minority groups.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Kids Foundation Grows 500 Edible Gardens With $1.5M Investment In Schools and Nonprofits

Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit focused on children’s nutrition and wellness, announced today that 500 new garden grants will be awarded to schools and nonprofit organizations to start or expand edible learning spaces.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Cisco’s Commitment to DEI Helped It Keep One of Its Best Employees for 23 Years (and Counting!)

To build on its purpose of Powering an Inclusive Future for All, Cisco offers nearly 20 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and events. Last fiscal year, more than 2,500 Cisconians accumulated almost 34,000 hours of structured DEI learning.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Duke Energy Equips Florida Communities With Storm Kits, Essential Tools and More Thanks to $300,000 in Emergency Preparedness Grants

As Duke Energy stands ready to respond to another active storm season in Florida, the company is investing $300,000 in grants to support emergency operation centers and nonprofits dedicated to helping residents prepare for and recover from severe weather events.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

A New Space for Creating Community Opens in Dickinson

A repurposed area of downtown Dickinson, North Dakota, is providing the community with a central gathering space for outdoor movies, concerts, recreation and educational programs.

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Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AccountAbility Recognized for a Second Time Among Forbes World’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2023

AccountAbility is pleased to announce that for a second consecutive year it has been recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Management Consulting Firms, this time for 2023.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Antea Group Receives Avetta's Operational Excellence Leader Award

Antea Group is honored to have been awarded the Operational Excellence Leader award from Avetta!

Environment

Eaton Wins $6M Contract To Supply and Build Electrical Infrastructure for New South Lake Water Treatment Plant in Georgetown, Texas

Intelligent power management company Eaton today announced a contract valued at approximately $6M to provide the city of Georgetown, Texas, with turnkey electrical engineering services, power distribution, control and protection equipmen.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Changing the Face of a City

For thousands who worked on the London Games (and, I suspect, any Olympic Games), our experiences – challenging, exhausting and euphoric – are seared forever into our DNA, life-changing, career-defining, and deeply engrained with the physical space of the Olympic Park.

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Education

Virginia Early Childhood Foundation President Joins PNC Grow Up Great Advisory Council

Virginia early childhood education leader Kathy Glazer has joined the PNC Grow Up Great Advisory Council.

Diversity & Inclusion

Disrupting the Genre: An Unexpected Artist at Truist Headquarters

Justin Ellis remembers creating art with his dad and brother, the three of them sitting on his grandmother’s floor. His dad illustrated hyper-realistic cars while his brother drew comics. Justin just wanted to become as good as both of them.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

LA Kings and SoCal Gas Partner With North East Trees to Beautify the Augustus F. Hawkins Nature Park in South Los Angeles

Once the site of a cement storage yard, the Augustus F. Hawkins Nature Park is a dense space filled with walking trails, rolling hills, wildflowers, and trees. 

Responsible Production & Consumption

Focus on Reducing Food Waste, Carbon Emissions in New Farm Bill

When Congress returns from recess, lawmakers are aiming to craft a new farm bill that reauthorizes billions of dollars in federal spending and sets priorities for national agriculture, nutrition, conservation and forestry policies.

Events, Media & Communications

World Environment Center Names Dr. Neil C. Hawkins as Interim President & CEO

The World Environment Center (WEC) announced today that Dr. Neil Hawkins, President of Michigan Sustainability Associates and Research Advisor/Instructor at Harvard, has been appointed interim president and CEO of WEC.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Operational Management: Safeguarding Asset Integrity and Reliability at Enbridge

Enbridge continues to uphold safety as a core value and topmost priority across our business. In our training, management and internal communications practices we aim to foster a culture of safety and reliability.

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Innovation & Technology

In Regenerative Agriculture, One Size Does Not Fit All

Technology is at the heart of specialized, precision agriculture that enables farmers to make the right decisions resulting in higher yields at lower costs at longer term.

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Green Infrastructure

Southwire’s Atlanta Battery Office Featured in Cabling Installation & Maintenance Magazine

A recent issue of Cabling Installation & Maintenance Magazine highlights the Power over Ethernet (PoE) lighting system at Southwire’s office at The Battery Atlanta and the company’s investments with Sinclair Digital Services and VoltServer.

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Innovation & Technology

CSRHub Consensus ESG Data Integrates With Archer’s ESG Score Connect Product

CSRHub's ESG data is being incorporated into Archer’s ESG Score Connect, which simplifies risk analysis and increases transparency for third-party portfolios.

Health & Healthcare

How Corporate Partnerships Scale Health and Wellness Around the World

The U.S. has had a child hunger problem for decades. The COVID-19 pandemic turned that problem into a crisis.

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Environment

Protecting Our Climate

Through our Decarbonize and Grow strategy, we are looking across our operations and value chains to lower our carbon footprint while growing our business.

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Health & Healthcare

Wildfire Season Is Here – 3M Scientist Offers Tips To Help Protect Yourself Outdoors and Improve Indoor Air Quality

As wildfire smoke continues to blanket large portions of North America and create unhealthy air for millions of people, scientists at 3M are offering tips and resources to help protect your breathing during these hazardous conditions.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Leidos Helps the U.S. Army Eliminate Chemical Weapons Stockpile

Earlier this month, the White House, Defense Department and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed the U.S. has completed destruction of its enormous Cold War-era chemical weapons stockpile as well as the facilities that manufactured them.

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Research, Reports & Publications

Gildan Publishes Its 19th Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report

Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL: TSX and NYSE) is pleased to announce that it has published its latest Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report, marking the Company’s 19th year of public ESG disclosures.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Sappi’s 2023 ‘Employee Ideas that Matter’ Winners Drive Impact Across Local Communities

Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and pulp, announced the winners of its 2023 Employee Ideas that Matter (EITM) grant program, donating up to $50,000 to causes that are important to employees.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Champion Supports 2023 Special Olympics With Newly Designed Team Gear

Champion has supported the Special Olympics and millions of athletes who represent inclusion and acceptance for two decades. This year, Champion Teamwear created new uniform designs for Special Olympics USA.

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    We're focusing on early learning to help children succeed. Research has shown that the first five years of a child's life is critical to long-term...

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    Vision 2030 Goal: Improve our climate impact and advance water stewardship

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