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Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement: Can Business Volunteering and...

US companies decry the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. They recognize that climate change is destructive for humanity and detrimental to peace and prosperity. There is positive action...

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Book Review—”Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save...

Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope have written an informative and compelling book about climate change and our opportunity to slow and halt its progression. Throughout it, the authors note the importance...

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Fact of the Week: Businesses Are Looking to Engage Their Employees through...

According to a survey by The Conference Board and American for the Arts, companies consider the arts to be important in building quality of life, stimulating creative thinking and problem solving, and...

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Q&A with Richard Buery: Why Pre-K Education Matters to Children, Communities,...

As New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives, Richard Buery is the architect of Pre-K for All, which for the first time provides free, full-day Pre-K for every four-year old in NYC....

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Increased Corporate Contributions to the Arts Are No Certainty

These are interesting times. It seems no matter what industry or field you’re in, there’s uncertainty on the horizon. The arts are in the heart of it, as President Trump’s 2018 Budget proposes...

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The SDGs: A Framework for Business and Nonprofit Collaboration

Companies and nonprofits are beginning to line up along the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs, established by the United Nations in the fall of 2015, build on the Millennium Development...

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Case Study: Creating an Outstanding Company Culture at Optimizely

Employees want to work for companies that care. According to the 2016 Cone Communications Employee Engagement Study, 58 percent of employees consider a company’s social and environmental commitments...

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Q&A with Grady Crosby and Annemarie Scobey: Johnson Controls in the...

In June 2016, Johnson Controls launched its Milwaukee Neighborhood Initiative, a place-based approach to philanthropy and engagement. Its goal is to transform three challenged Milwaukee neighborhoods....

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Q&A with Gabi Zedlmayer: Educating the World, Tuition Free

University of the People (UoPeople) bills itself as "the world's first nonprofit, tuition-free, accredited, online, American university." It was founded by entrepreneur Shai Reshef in 2009. Reshef told...

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Q&A with Sue Stephenson: Engaging Employees Worldwide in Advancing the SDGs

Established by the United Nations in September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a strategic plan to address the world’s most critical issues, including poverty, inequality, and...

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