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Prudential

My Brother's Keeper Alliance

Prudential is supporting the newly formed My Brother’s Keeper Alliance (MBKA), a nonprofit organization that will help build and strengthen local communities to improve the life outcomes for boys and young men of color.
Business for Good Categories: 
Economic Empowerment
Bayer Corporation

Food Chain Partnership

Food Chain Partnership is an innovative business model started by Bayer where farmers, food exporters and importers, processors and retailers work together on optimized crop solutions according to sustainable agricultural principles for the benefit of all partners involved.
Business for Good Categories: 
Food Security
Environment
Jackson Charitable Foundation

Cha-Ching™ Money Smart Kids!

The Jackson Charitable Foundation has partnered with Discovery Education to offer elementary school classrooms nationwide a dynamic financial literacy program, Cha-Ching™ Money Smart Kids!.
Business for Good Categories: 
Economic Empowerment
Edison International

Edison Scholars

Through Edison International’s $1.2 million Edison Scholars Program, the company helps high school seniors with a passion for science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) achieve their academic goals.
Business for Good Categories: 
Education
Baxter International Inc.

Science@Work

In 2008, Baxter launched Science@Work: Expanding Minds with Real-World Science, a multi-year commitment to Chicago Public Schools to support teacher training and student development in the health sciences.
Business for Good Categories: 
Education
Enerkem

Cellulosic Ethanol and Chemicals from Waste

Enerkem’s disruptive technology converts non-recyclable municipal solid waste (i.e. garbage) into cellulosic ethanol, methanol and other renewable chemicals, with better economics and greater sustainability than other technologies relying on fossil sources.
Business for Good Categories: 
Environment
AMCS Group

Software to Manage Waste, Recycling, and Logistics Operations

AMCS is a supplier of integrated software and vehicle technology for the waste, recycling and material resources industries. The AMCS software suite is designed around best-in-class industry processes which underpin all waste, recycling and logistics operations.
Business for Good Categories: 
Environment
Bank of America

Bank of America Relending Program with USDA

Bank of America is teaming up with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to create a relending program that provides more than $400 million in long-term, low-cost financing for community development financial institutions (CDFIs).
Business for Good Categories: 
Economic Empowerment
Community Improvement
The Travelers Companies

Travelers Fortifies Homes

Travelers has joined forces with Habitat for Humanity® and the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) to help communities build fortified homes to better weather future storms in coastal regions of the country.
Business for Good Categories: 
Disaster Response & Community Resilience
Community Improvement
The Travelers Companies

Small Business Risk Education

As part of its commitment to small business advocacy, Travelers developed the Small Business Risk Education (SBRE) program to help women and minority small business owners learn about risk management, develop safety risk management plans, and qualify for microloans.
Business for Good Categories: 
Disaster Response & Community Resilience
Economic Empowerment
Pentair

Greening the Ballpark

In 2009, the Major League Baseball Minnesota Twins were constructing a new ballpark in Minneapolis. For team officials, environmental responsibility was a top priority. This was evidenced by an audacious goal: making Target Field the first LEED-certified pro-sport venue in North America.
Business for Good Categories: 
Environment
EILEEN FISHER

GREEN EILEEN

Through their sustainability initiative GREEN EILEEN, EILEEN FISHER create a second market. Gently used clothes are collected at their stores and resold to support programs for women and girls via community-building workshops and through initiatives and partnerships to create new products.
Business for Good Categories: 
Economic Empowerment
Environment
Comcast/NBC Universal

Internet Essentials

Comcast/NCB Universal launched Internet Essentials in 2011 to help bridge the digital divide, offering low-income families affordable high-speed broadband service and partnering with local school districts and nonprofits to provide digital literacy training.
Business for Good Categories: 
Economic Empowerment
Community Improvement
Scholastic

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the most prestigious recognition and scholarship program for creative teens with tens of thousands of students in grades 7 through 12 submitting original work each year.
Business for Good Categories: 
Education
Tarkett

Closed-Loop Circular Design

Tarkett’s Closed-Loop Circular Design includes choosing “good” materials that can be recycled; minimizing the environmental footprint during production and changing from an end-of-life to an end-of-use mindset for products

Business for Good Categories: 
Environment
Hewlett Packard

HP-LIFE

HP LIFE (Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs), a global e-learning program, provides baseline business and IT skills free of charge for aspiring entrepreneurs, students, and small businesses.

Business for Good Categories: 
Education
VF

CHEM-IQ

In 2013 VF developed CHEM-IQ, an innovative, new chemistry program that will advance responsible chemical management throughout their supply chain.

Business for Good Categories: 
Environment
Tata Consultancy Services

TCS IT Wiz

TCS IT Wiz is an educational initiative that incorporates a quiz program and competition that began in India in 1999 and has spread to multiple locations within India as well as other countries.

Business for Good Categories: 
Education
Ingersoll Rand

"Glocal" Initiative

Ingersoll Rand's "Glocal" Green Teams work in regional areas throughout the world to improve communities through employee volunteerism.

Business for Good Categories: 
Education
Community Improvement
Dell, Inc.

Dell Learning Labs

In conjunction with regional partners, Dell's solar-powered "learning labs" allow students to have greater access to education.

Business for Good Categories: 
Education
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