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Southern Company Gas Donates Over $11 Million to Nonprofits Across 4 States

Southern Company Gas Donates Over $11 Million to Nonprofits Across 4 States
02/04/2025 | Companies
Southern Company Gas, along with its philanthropic branch, the Southern Company Gas Foundation, contributed over $11 million in financial donations last year to more than 600 nonprofit organizations across its service areas. These efforts benefitted around 4.5 million people in Georgia, Illinois,...
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Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 10 Million Trees for Hurricane Recovery in Six States

Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 10 Million Trees for Hurricane Recovery in Six States
10/31/2024 | Companies
In response to the severe damage caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Arbor Day Foundation has pledged to plant 10 million trees across six impacted states.  "After witnessing the destruction left by Helene and Milton, we felt a strong responsibility to contribute meaningfully to the...
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Enhancing Financial Literacy: Regions Bank’s Community Initiatives Reach Across Southeastern U.S.

Enhancing Financial Literacy: Regions Bank’s Community Initiatives Reach Across Southeastern U.S.
04/17/2024 | Companies
Regions Bank has announced the commencement of its 15th annual Share the Good® initiative, a collective volunteer effort aimed at benefiting communities served by Regions across the Southeast, the Midwest, and Texas. Coinciding with the bank’s activities for Financial Literacy Month in April, the...
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Georgia-Pacific's Tennessee Expansion: Creating Jobs and Economic Growth

Georgia-Pacific's Tennessee Expansion: Creating Jobs and Economic Growth
03/01/2024 | Companies
In a recent initiative aimed at promoting collaboration and knowledge exchange, the Jackson, Tennessee, Dixie team partnered with their counterparts in Bowling Green, Kentucky, for an enriching training program. With a shared dedication to personal and professional growth, more than 40 employees...
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Melba Russell: The Longest-Serving Employee in Walgreens History

Melba Russell: The Longest-Serving Employee in Walgreens History
09/28/2023 | Citizenship
Melba Russell had to retire due to her hip problems, which her doctor said could only be healed by staying off her feet. Despite being 88 years old, she enjoyed helping unload trucks at Walgreens, and even did so a month before retiring in May 2023. She had been working for the company for 67...
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Conservation of forests areas and wildlife receive $10M funding

Conservation of forests areas and wildlife receive $10M funding
12/20/2022 | Companies
International Paper and The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) have renewed their Forestland Stewards Partnership for the next five years, with IP committing $10 million to wildlife and working forest conservation. The Forestland Stewards Partnership (FSP), one of the most successful...
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Habitat for Humanity fulfills one more dream of affordable home ownership

Habitat for Humanity fulfills one more dream of affordable home ownership
12/04/2022 | Citizenship
  Maya had been concerned about the rising rent in Dickson, Tennessee, where she and her young son live. But she didn't have much of a choice because home prices were rising as well, giving her the impression that saving for a mortgage down payment would take a long time—if at all. Maya...
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NFWF and International Paper award $2.6M for restoring natural habitat for Louisiana black bear

NFWF and International Paper award $2.6M for restoring natural habitat for Louisiana black bear
07/13/2022 | Environment
NFWF and International Paper award $2.6M for restoring natural habitat for the Louisiana black bear, waterfowl in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and forest birds. Through a Forestlands Stewards  partnership, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) in partnership with...
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Keeping The ‘Tennessee River Watershed Beautiful’ Throughout October

Keeping The ‘Tennessee River Watershed Beautiful’ Throughout October
11/07/2019 | Environment
Attempts to keep Tennessee River Beautiful through sustainable celebrations came out with notable results. Dailycsr.com – 07 November 2019 – Last month of October 2019, the four states, namely “Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky” put up “quite a bit” show to celebrate “Keep the Tennessee...
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CART Is A Recent Collaborative Effort Of Tetra Pak To Provide An Yard Stick For Best Practices In Recycling

CART Is A Recent Collaborative Effort Of Tetra Pak To Provide An Yard Stick For Best Practices In Recycling
01/19/2017 | Environment
Tetra Pak continues to support the local recycling system to improve by gathering data through an analysis. Dailycsr.com – 18 January 2017 – The commitment of Tetra Pak has been to support “local partnerships and projects” that encourage the increment of “recycling rates”, whereby a new report...
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