ESG News For Harvard University

Scholarship winners Devan Tatlow and Braden Fleagle share their personal battles with cancer.

Warren Thaler and Tamara Watts join the Board of Trustees at the largest national, independent donor-advised fund public charity

Only 20% of Large Companies Increased Promotion Opportunities, According to 2024 American Opportunity IndexW.W. Grainger, Costco, Capital One, Meta and ServiceNow Top This Year’s Ranking

Program provides resources to Housing Choice Voucher families with children to move to high opportunity areas

Old Dominion University Becomes the First-Ever Carnegie Research 1 University to Reach the SMI Top 10

Moore Foundation awards more than $4 million to advance the ideas and innovations of five scientist-inventors

Dynamic program and initial speaker line-up announced for the highly anticipated four-day event centering around the theme “Shaping a Shared Future”

Each Prize Winner to Receive $750,000 Over Three Years

Arctaris Impact Investors, Housing Diversity Corp., and United Way of Greater Los Angeles form a new partnership to deliver accessible housing tailored to residents' needs

Groundbreaking Ranking Shows Which Companies Are Best at Investing in Their Most Valuable Asset – Their Employees – To Increase Productivity and Fuel GrowthIncludes Revelatory Measures of Hiring, Pay, Promotion, Culture, and the Parity with Which Companies Promote Women and People of Color Based on the Real-World Experience of Five Million American Employees

Established with a philanthropic investment of almost $17 million from Robert G. and Sue Douthit O’Donnell, the new center will bring together the best minds from a wide range of fields.

Equal Slice Celebrates Successful Sophomore Year, Providing a Combined $200,000 to Canadian Small Businesses since Inception

Emmanuel Schalit Named CEO

Resilient growth in revenue and operating margin in a global environment of increased uncertainty and inflexions in many sectors of activity

From the canvas to the court, two philanthropists with Memphis ties to be honored for outstanding achievements in advancing lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The event will take place in Boston from October 17 to 19, 2023.

The first-ever, comprehensive study of the region's forever wild forests makes a case to accelerate their protection

Arctaris Impact Fund, LP (“Fund”), the flagship debt fund of Arctaris Impact Investors, LLC (“Arctaris”), has obtained a new $10 million warehouse line of credit (LOC) with KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) through its Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Group.KeyBank CDFI’s LOC will help Arctaris bridge the timing between when investments are made, and Impact Notes are secured for long-term permanent financing. This LOC also enables speed in execution,

Jim Schacht to succeed Chandler as Vice President – Corporate Responsibility and Community Relations and CEO of the Cummins Foundation

More than $50,000 was awarded in the 20th Annual Michael A. DeMayo Scholarship Program

Climate impacts that challenge California and the world require a new solution: a culturally diversified network of FirstFoodResponders

The Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing unveils its largest and most diverse class of research fellows

C-suite executives at Verizon, Target, Salesforce; Harvard Business School professors; and social sector activists among those chosen for top honor.

Jackie Glenn brings 25+ years of experience creating inclusive corporate cultures to help SmartBear retain top talent globally as company continues to scale for growth

David Carey, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs & Communications at Hearst, is the featured guest this week on the Impact Podcast with John Shegerian. The show is hosted by Shegerian, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of ERI, the nation’s leading fully integrated IT and electronics asset disposition provider and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company.As a member of Hearst’s ESG leadership team, Carey recently spearheaded the development of the company’s 2022 Sustainability Overv

Head of Product for Firmwide Employee Experience for Integrated Help at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Past Executive Director of the Kaplan Educational Foundation will be honored at gala event in New York City on Wednesday, October 26th

Signature “Purpose Charter” to be introduced to ultimately outline a shared roadmap for companies to execute to become a purpose-centered organization

Arctaris became the largest impact-focused Opportunity Zone firm in 2021, continuing to create quality jobs, build affordable housing, and develop both broadband and clean energy infrastructure in underserved communities

Samantha Attwood and Art Levitt have officially joined the Aquarium of the Pacific’s Board of Directors.

Databento and Domeyard founder Christina Qi is featured on the Impact Podcast with John Shegerian this week.

Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Simply Healthcare Seek to Improve Health Equity by Strengthening Access to Safe, Affordable Housing

Diversity HR Disruptor Names Best Companies for Diverse Employees

Agape’s annual spring fundraiser will celebrate 25 years of empowerment and inspiration

Newton School Superintendent to run Region’s Largest Provider of Workforce Development Services

Byron Johnson, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University, will join the Pepperdine School of Public Policy (SPP) faculty as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religious Studies and the Common Good as of April 1, 2022.Johnson is the founding director of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and a faculty affiliate of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. He is a faculty scholar in the Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health at Duke University

UKG announces sponsorship of veteran and adaptive athlete Dan Cnossen, the most-decorated U.S. male athlete from the 2018 Paralympic games.

Investment Spurs Economic Development in Underserved Communities East of the Anacostia River

The Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing unveils its most global class of research fellows ever.

Sustainability Efforts Create Key Benefits Including Reduced Energy Costs for Greater Efficiency, Increased Customer and Employee Loyalty and Improved Community Relations

Former Uber executive joins TCP to help the technology non-profit organization rapidly scale its platforms and servicesTCP is building a global trust platform to scale applications in health and beyond, including verifiable health data to enable safe border reopening around the worldTCP’s independent, neutral structure was established to fill the void between tech companies and governments to build and operate digital services for the common good

Over 30 CEOs and Leaders from Leading Tech Companies Pledge to Take Action and Drive Change

Using breakthrough advances in CRISPR genetic engineering, a new wave of thoughtful disruptive conservation and restorative biology aims to rewild degraded ecosystems to help combat the effects of climate change and loss of biodiversity

Amanda Gorman Named Global Changemaker and Curator of New “WRITING CHANGE” Literacy Initiative for The Estée Lauder CompaniesThe Estée Lauder Companies will contribute $3M over three years to this inaugural literacy initiative

Fifty Students from 19 States and the District of Columbia Will Receive Scholarships and Invitation to Join Visa Full-Time After Graduation

WomenExecs on Boards, Wharton Alumni for Boards and Stanford Women on Boards join global network of more than 50 organizations improving diversity within executive teams

Collaboration aims to fill director seats with openly LGBTQ+ executives, who currently represent less than one percent of leaders in the Fortune 500

George Atallah, Marcia Dyson, Jeff Gray, Faith Leach, Carmen Perez, Mary Pryor and Angela Rye to work directly with The Parent Company’s management team to ensure maximum impact for all investments

GIS Technology Leader Awarded for Contributions to Global Sustainability

Recognized Champion in Human Services Industry Brings Expertise and Passion to Expand and Scale Social Good Across Nonprofit Sector

A team of investigators led by CHLA’s Bradley Peterson, MD, plan a foundational study into treatment of childhood anxiety.