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12 Mercedes-Benz brand ambassadors will gift an all-electric eSprinter van to a non-profit organization of their choice to help support community work.Brand ambassadors, including Martha Stewart, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, and Jess Hart will help deliver the "12 Days of Christmas" eSprinter vans across the U.S.The campaign highlights the Mercedes-Benz commitment to supporting local communities.The initiative also features local community events at Atlanta-area schools, continuing the annual tradition of Mercedes-Benz "Holidays with Love" marketing campaign. 

The Scholarships for Champions program has now awarded more than $780,000 in scholarships to 140 Houston-area students

Grant Thornton, one of America’s largest brands for audit, assurance, tax, and advisory services, has named Money Magnets Club to its Purple Paladin program. Through the program, Grant Thornton helps emerging nonprofit organizations move from “start-up to unstoppable” and provides funding, business advice and volunteer support, while also helping nonprofits raise awareness of their work and mission.Money Magnets Club, which is Grant Thornton’s 20th Purple Paladin, was established in 2022 and aim

ESRT is among the first to renew WELL Health-Safety Rating for the third time

To confront one of the most critical environmental challenges of our time and leverage the power of innovation to accelerate sustainable development, Alwaleed Philanthropies has launched Atlai, an AI-powered platform that provides monitoring and reporting to help combat deforestation globally.Atlai provides users around the world with access to data on deforestation. The platform is designed to document and raise awareness on deforestation activities wherever they are occurring. It aggregates hi

LSB Industries, Inc. (“LSB” or “the Company”), (NYSE: LXU) and Amogy Inc. (“Amogy”) today jointly announced they have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at promoting the adoption of low-carbon ammonia as a marine fuel, initially for the U.S. inland waterways transportation sector. Through joint efforts, the companies will focus on advancing the understanding, utilization, and advocacy of low-carbon ammonia as a sustainable fuel.This press release features multimedia. View the

Physical and mental health, DEI and workplace flexibility revealed as top employee priorities, according to inaugural workforce well-being poll

STEER Technologies Inc. (“STEER” or the “Company”) (TSXV: STER) (OTCQX: STEEF), an integrated ESG technology platform, is pleased to provide an update on its previously-announced sale (the “Proposed Transaction”) of approximately 37.5% of the Company’s digital restaurant supply business (the “Restaurant Supply Business”), which is currently indirectly held through STEER’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Food Hwy Canada Inc., to a group of investors (the “Investor Group”) at a post-money valuation of ap

Associated Press reports that while “… countries including Britain, Canada, Germany and the U.S. have ordered millions of (monkeypox) vaccine doses, none has gone to Africa.”After more than two years and major mishandling of the COVID-19 response, the world was once again caught unprepared for another emerging public health threat—this time, monkeypox—and countries and governments are now scrambling to secure vaccine doses and educate their publics about the virus

Publishes 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

Hotel Marcel New Haven, Tapestry Collection by Hilton to use solar power to generate its own electricity for lighting, heating, cooling and hot water

In the company’s “Reforesting to Protect the Environment and the Climate” project, every document processed in the cloud will contribute to the planting of a tree. 

ecobee and select utility companies across the country are offering residents a free ecobee3 lite to help them stay cool, save energy, and reduce their energy bills

South Atlanta High Becomes First BARR School in Georgia

New AP curriculum aims to increase access, participation, and long-term career success for high school students from communities currently underrepresented in tech – with Georgia, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania set to pilot the program during the 2021-2022 school year

Program to train the next generation of domestic and international place-based social impact investing change agents

Gabelli Funds’ Love Our Planet & People (NYSE: LOPP), an actively managed ETF focused on the “E” in ESG (Environmental Social & Governance) investing, is available to invest in beginning today.We believe that investment in renewables, batteries, water infrastructure, the recycling of plastics, and other sustainable practices is essential to the future of the planet and its people. LOPP provides investors the ability to invest in a broad range of companies across these sectors while leveraging ou

The Tioga District™, located within the Tioga neighborhood, will set precedent as the first federally qualified opportunity zone to register for the district-level certification

Basware wins 2020 Green Supply Chain award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive for assisting customers in achieving measurable sustainability goals.

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the global leader working to transform our buildings, communities and organizations in ways that help people thrive, and the National League of Cities (NLC), the voice of cities, towns, and villages, representing more than 200 million people, announced today a multi-year partnership focused on supporting cities in their efforts to create safer, healthier spaces and help accelerate systems change to integrate health and well-being across the found

Companies Across the State of Texas Recognized in the TxN 20 for Their Leadership in Conservation & Sustainability

Partnership with human-I-T helps provide laptops, broadband access and digital literacy to underserved communities

Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet-first” tech ecosystem, is delighted to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, HiRide Share Ltd. (“HiRide”), a socially-responsible peer-to-peer platform offering innovative transportation and communication solutions, has reached over 1,000,000 downloads of its HiQ Social App within just five weeks of its launch date in late June 2020. HiQ (the “App”) is a mobile application designed to support meaningful interactions duri

Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), Canada’s first sustainable ridesharing and delivery company and a leading tech developer on the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic, is pleased to announce that the Government of Ontario has endorsed and supports the deployment of Facedrive’s newly launched COVID-19 contact tracing app, TraceSCAN.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200702005229/en/TraceSCAN COVID-19 Contact Tracing Ap

Funding from Amazon Future Engineer delivers teacher professional development and curriculum from BootUp – a nonprofit specializing in elementary school education, focusing on computer science concepts, practices, and standards for teachers and studentsAmazon Future Engineer program aims to bring high-quality computer science access to students from underserved and underrepresented communities across the country from childhood to career

Project will be a systematic review of existing studies on the environmental benefits of AM

In light of COVID-19, donation makes virtual computer science curriculum and training, including offline resources, available for thousands of teachers and students throughout Virginia, who are now learning from home for the remainder of the school year$3.9 million donation supplements Governor Ralph Northam’s state grants to implement computer science standards throughout Virginia and doubles CodeVA’s annual operating budget through 2022Virginia’s First Lady Pamela Northam, Chair of the Virginia STEM Education Commission, announced donation during a virtual visit to CodeRVA Regional High School computer science students learning from homeThe donation comes from Amazon Future Engineer – Amazon’s childhood-to-career program aimed at expanding computer science access to students from underserved and underrepresented communities across the country

The University of Southern California Gould School of Law today announced a generous $2 million estate gift from educator, philanthropist and community leader Barbara Bice to support and further the work of the school’s Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF), one of the nation’s oldest student organizations in the area of public interest law.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200302005770/en/Barbara and Scott Bice (Photo: B

Awards recognize teachers and their schools inspiring students in underserved and underrepresented communities to build skills and careers in computer science and teachers with a focus on promoting diversity and inclusion in computer scienceAll 2,400 Amazon Future Engineer high school and robotics teachers can be nominated and apply at AmazonFutureEngineer.com from February 13th to March 12thSeven award recipients will be chosen from across the country – two high school teachers from the Eastern U.S., two in the West, two in the Central region, and one Amazon Future Engineer Robotics Grant teacher Amazon Future Engineer is a four-part childhood-to-career program intended to inspire, educate, and prepare children and young adults from underrepresented and underserved communities to try computer science

Amazon is donating $1 million to Washington STEM – to support their work in making STEM more accessible, equitable, and meaningful for every Washington student, especially those furthest from opportunity – and $1 million to Pacific Science Center – to develop a new computer science curriculum and expand outreach to 200,000 students in low-income communitiesThe donation is part of Amazon Future Engineer – a childhood to career program aimed at expanding computer science access to more students from underserved and underrepresented communities across the country

In collaboration with Georgia Tech, the competition will run on EarSketch, a learn-to-code-through music platformStudents can win prizes including all-expenses-paid trips to Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, PreSonus Audiobox 96 Studios, and Amazon.com Gift CardsCompetition is the latest addition to Amazon Future Engineer, a four-part childhood-to-career program intended to inspire, educate, and prepare children and young adults from underrepresented and underserved communities to try computer science

One hundred students will be selected to receive $10,000 a year scholarships over four years to study computer science at a college of their choice – students can apply at AmazonFutureEngineer.com. Amazon Future Engineer scholarship recipients also receive a paid internship offer at Amazon in the summer after their first year of college – Amazon Future Engineer is one of the only computer science programs to offer a scholarship and internship placement to students. Amazon Future Engineer is a four-part childhood-to-career program intended to inspire, educate, and prepare children and young adults from underrepresented and underserved communities to try computer science.

Collaboration will focus on creating homes that help people thrive

Through Amazon Future Engineer’s funding, 2,000 high schools, including schools from every state in the US, such as Nenana High School in Nenana, Alaska, and also in the District of Columbia, now have full-year Introductory and AP Computer Science coursesAmazon’s funding supports teachers as they work to inspire, prepare and propel more than 100,000 students from different backgrounds to try coding – many for the first time Amazon Future Engineer is a four-part, childhood-to-career program that works to inspire and educate 10 million children and young adults each year from underserved and underrepresented communities to try computer science

Teachers and students can watch and participate live on Thursday, October 17, at 7:00 p.m. ET/ 4:00 p.m. PT via Twitch at: https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires The live stream, in collaboration with nonprofit FIRST, will feature state of the art robotics technology from inside an Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center so students learn more about robotics and the importance of a computer science education. The live tour is the latest addition to Amazon Future Engineer – a four-part, childhood-to-career program that works to inspire and educate 10 million children and young adults each year from underserved and underrepresented communities to try computer science

Horizon Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: HZNP) announced today that the company has won a Gold International CSR Excellence Award in the Large Business category for its partnership with Chicago-based school, Perspectives Math and Science Academy (MSA). A video highlighting the partnership can be found here.Since 2016, Horizon’s partnership with MSA has focused on three areas of giving: infrastructure, programming and employee engagement. To date, Horizon has invested more than $500,000 in financial sup

Change reflects better alignment with the school’s innovative curriculum and academic offerings

100 Amazon Future Engineer scholarship winners will receive $10,000 per year over four years to study computer science starting this fall at the college of their choice. All of the recipients demonstrated financial need and more than half of the students are from an underrepresented group in the computer science field. Scholarship winners will also receive a guaranteed, paid internship opportunity at Amazon after their freshman year of college. Amazon Future Engineer is a four-part, childhood-to-career program that works to inspire and educate 10 million children and young adults each year from underrepresented and underserved communities to pursue careers in the fast-growing field of computer science and coding. See what this scholarship means to one of its recipients here.

Employee volunteers living out mission to create cleaner, safer, healthier spaces; seek to foster creativity inside four local schools by beautifying exteriors

Horizon Pharma plc (Nasdaq: HZNP) announced today that it has won a PR News CSR Award in the Corporation category for its impactful partnership with Chicago-based charter school, Perspectives Math and Science Academy (MSA). A video highlighting the partnership can be found here. PR News’ CSR Awards celebrate organizations committed to making the world a better place through innovative corporate social responsibility initiatives in the past 12 months, re

In an effort to help address adolescent drug abuse and misuse in Ohio, The Rite Aid Foundation is bringing the Prescription Drug Safety program, an innovative digital course about prescription drug abuse prevention, to Akron-area high schools. The program, developed by EVERFI, the nation’s leading education technology innovator used in one in seven schools nationwide, will be made available to high schools in Summit and Stark counties, at no cost.

By this fall, more than 1,000 high schools will offer Introductory and Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science courses funded by the Amazon Future Engineer program – part of Amazon’s $50 million investment in computer science and STEM education More than 700 of the of high schools participating in Amazon Future Engineer serve students from low-income communities, as indicated by the school’s Title I status Amazon Future Engineer is a four-part, childhood-to-career program that works to inspire and educate 10 million children and young adults each year from underprivileged, underrepresented, and underserved communities to pursue careers in the fast-growing field of computer science and coding

Amazon and Code.org partner for this year’s Hour of Code, which aims to inspire one million girls during the first week of December to try coding their own dance party Over 1,000 Amazon employees volunteering at schools and events around the world to inspire young people to learn to code Initiative forms part of Amazon’s Future Engineer program, a comprehensive kindergarten-to-career program that works to inspire, educate, and train 10 million children and young adults each year from underrepresented communities to pursue careers in the fast-growing field of computer science

Arizona Public Service and its parent company, Pinnacle West Capital Corp., have been awarded the HIRE Vets Medallion by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Voya Financial has announced the winners of Voya Scholars — a scholarship program launched in collaboration with Scholarship America.

The Collection Features 21 Hits from Current GRAMMY®-Nominated Superstars and Emerging Talent

APS is sending 50 line workers and support staff to Puerto Rico in early January to assist with ongoing power restoration efforts on the island.

Regional Winners Move on to Final Phase of Competition: National Finals in Washington, D.C. Neil Wary (Elmhurst, IL) Wins Top Individual Honors; Brandon Zhu and Daniel Zhang (Midland, MI) Win Top Team Honors