Workforce development is finally getting the attention it deserves. But one group is often still left out of the conversation: the workers we already have. Mid- to late-career adults—individuals in their 40s, 50s and beyond, often with decades of experience—are navigating career.
Ericsson and Mastercard today announce a collaboration to reshape how money moves across the world. By integrating the Ericsson Fintech Platform (Mobile Financial Services) with Mastercard Move, Mastercard’s portfolio of money movement solutions,
The United States has made tangible progress connecting homes to high-speed internet, yet there are still gaps to be filled. BEAD, the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program, was created to make sure every American has reliable broadband
When you think about eating a nutritious diet, you probably focus on what is on the plate. Are there enough vegetables? Is there some protein? What about a whole grain? But the fact is that nutrition is not just limited to the food on your plate.
In India, there is a subtle but tangible shift in the digital economy. In a society of diverse languages and communities, questions of informal work, uneven access to opportunity and who remains unseen come to the fore.
As the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games get underway, Comcast is helping keep American flags flying proudly in communities across the country through Operation Old Glory.
Medtronic welcomed 200 fifth-grade students to its campus for a half-day, immersive learning experience powered by Medtronic Spark and led by employee volunteers.
Many athletes have achieved groundbreaking results at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Among them are 249 Olympic Solidarity scholarship-holders from 74 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) across six sports, who qualified for the Games
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America, as part of its Univision Contigo empowerment platform, today launched its third annual Pequeños y Valiosos (Young and Valuable) campaign. Launched in 2014 as a joint initiative of Univision Contigo and Too Small to Fail, the cross-platform campaign encourages Hispanic parents to engage in specific actions that will boost early cognitive and social-emotional development among young children ages 0-5.
Nearly 72,000 young adults, ages 15-39, are diagnosed with cancer every year. April is the time when we highlight the unique challenges that young adult cancer survivors face like school, jobs, dating, getting married and having children. Over the years, LIVESTRONG has interviewed thousands of cancer survivors. Many of those survivors were filmed for our website including a woman named Kim Bergeron. Kim applied to become a LIVESTRONGLeader this year and we jumped at the chance to share her survivor story again 15 years in the making.
The world’s newest country, South Sudan, is also one of the most volatile nations on the planet. After years of civil war within Sudan, a referendum held in 2011 scored a 99 percent “yes” vote for independence.
The International Living Future Institute is thrilled to announce Living Future 2016, a cutting-edge conference that brings together leading minds in the green building movement. The goal? To shape the built environment around social justice, diversity, and equity for all people—in other words, to create a Living Future. Participants envision ways that the building industry can become a model for true sustainability and lead a shift toward ecological wholeness and urban regeneration.
What are corporations around the world doing to mitigate #ClimateChange? New whitepaper from Ingersoll Rand and GreenBiz shows it’s more than you may think. http://bit.ly/263pLl6
On April 27th and 28th, an outstanding faculty will present at the new two-day CSR Certificate Program at the Rutgers University Business School's Ethical Leadership Institute in downtown Newark, New Jersey.
Each year, Grocery Headquarters Magazine recognizes the country’s most notable growers, packers and distributors of fresh produce. This year’s 2016 Produce Trailblazer Awards, handed out earlier this month, included Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. and Peri & Sons Farms, both of whom were cited for their sustainable agriculture initiatives.
One of the country’s most well-respected and profitable control states and the best-selling whiskey in the world have teamed up to launch an initiative designed to encourage responsible alcohol service and consumption. Live Free & Host Responsibly is a partnership between the New HampshireLiquor Commission and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey that will engage and inform consumers and lounge and restaurant owners through a year-long campaign that includes a “Cocktail & Mocktail Competition” designed to highlight the responsible use of Jack Daniel’s products and the creation of alcohol-free drinks known as “mocktails.” To learn more, visit www.LiquorAndWineOutlets.com/responsibility.
Republic Services announced today the addition of 62 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste collection trucks serving customers in Broward and Dade Counties. The new CNG trucks replace older diesel-powered collection trucks, and bring the total number of natural gas vehicles operated by Republic in South Florida to 127
Business needs another industrial revolution—one led by corporations like Phillips, selling light as well as bulbs, or Dell, creating a closed-loop recycled plastics supply chain to recycle computers back into new computers, or the Dow Chemical Company, recovering non-recycled plastics, and converting them into usable energy. While reducing waste is not a new idea, these companies understand the value of a circular economy at work, one in which resources are endlessly cycled back into supply chains, where waste simply does not exist.
Last month, Bacardi launched the "No Straw" movement – an internal initiative to eliminate straws and stirrers from all company events. The effort helps to send a signal to employees that sustainability is a priority for the brand, and even the smallest acts can build to greater impact.
Ingersoll Rand revealed findings from a new survey conducted in partnership with GreenBiz Group that details the current landscape of corporate action on climate change. Findings include that more than 90 percent of companies are working to reduce their carbon footprint.
Deirdre White, CEO PYXERA Global, gave a TEDx talk on April 9, on the solvable problem of post-harvest loss at the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart. White’s talk was titled How Will the World Feed 9 Billion People by 2050? and addressed the severity of post-harvest loss and the solutions currently available.
Approximately 40% of all produce is lost between farm and market in less industrialized countries throughout the world.
“At its heart, our approach focuses on behavior change, from how small farmers grow and store their crops to how companies account for food loss and waste across their operations,” said White. “An efficient, productive food system with minimal loss is our goal – and one that is well within reach.”
One of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne's big ideas was to increase the National Living Wage (NLW) on 1 April 2016 and wasn’t an April Fools!
Cox Communications, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, is accepting nominations for Virginia’s 5th annual Cox Conserves Heroes program at CoxConservesHeroes.com through 5 p.m. EST on April 22. The program honors volunteers who are creating, preserving or enhancing outdoor spaces.
Clean data is the gateway to supply chain visibility and allows companies to identify risk. Companies that take a risk based approach tend to have the most success because it allows them to dissect their supply chains in pieces, and not analyze the supply chain as a whole.
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