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IPCC Issues Dire Warning on Climate Change: Time Is Running Out

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DESCRIPTION: The scientific consensus is that climate change is responsible for warming of temperatures, rising seas as icebergs melt, greater intensity of storms (hurricanes, cyclones, and super rainstorms), and more such impacts on Planet Earth. And according to the experts, humans are primarily responsible for climate change.

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As corporate leaders pledge to embrace purpose beyond profit, are business schools keeping up?

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Themes of sustainability, corporate social responsibility, inclusion and diversity weave through the curriculum. For an MBA course on sustainability-driven business, students examine the role of entrepreneurship in promoting social impact initiatives. Recently, the school published an employer guide for hiring refugees.

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What Younger Employees Want: The Chance To Do Good in the World

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While programs like these aren’t new, they’ve taken on added importance as recruiting and retention tools, with 47% of US companies offering volunteer programs in 2022 , up from 40% in 2014. today, we try to engage employees on an even deeper level.” - Hilary Smith, executive vice president, corporate social responsibility, NBCUniversal. “I

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“It's Now or Never” on Global Warming - IPCC's Working Group III Makes Findings Public

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DESCRIPTION: The Sixth Assessment Report (AR65) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Report on Climate Change (IPCC) is nearing publication later this year after being delayed for two years. The last assessment from the IPCC, AR5, was issued in October 2014 and forecasted alarming impacts of climate change on our global society.

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TCS’ Flagship STEM Education Program goIT™ Celebrates 15 Years, Empowering Over 300K Students With Digital Skills

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Balaji Ganapathy, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, TCS , said, " We celebrate the power of student changemakers transforming their communities by using 21st century skills and digital technologies to solve real world problems. million people around the world.

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Watershed Year for Expansion of Corporate ESG Reporting

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Part of the modernization, he explained, is that investor habits have changed and investors really do care about climate risk. The ongoing dialogue in the United States about climate change (causes, effects, actions to be taken, disclosures to be made) is not isolated. In the European Union, more populous than the U.S.

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What it Means to Work for a "Best" Company Today - One Employee's Perspective

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By Michele Robinson-Pontbriand, Director Corporate Social Responsibility. Having worked for Keysight since its formation in 2014, I always viewed the company as the right fit for me. As community members, corporates and employees are both critical to positive efforts in this space. SOURCE: Keysight Technologies.