The Consumer Goods Forum is delighted to announce the following new companies have joined our global membership community and, in doing so, have confirmed their commitment to our vision of better lives through better business.
MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) was honored for achieving 27 percent female representation on the company’s board of directors by the Women’s Forum of New York at its third biennial Breakfast of Corporate Champions. The Women's Forum of New York recognizes forward-thinking companies such as MGM Resorts International that have achieved at least 20 percent female representation on their boards. More than 500 business leaders, including CEOs and Board Directors, government officials, media and thought leaders attend the annual recognition event in New York City.
So what would the Olympics look like in non-sports form? Let’s assume the whole world was willing to gather for some other purpose, sending official delegations, national leaders, support staff and even fans to one city for two weeks. What if that gathering captured the same spirit of hope and enthusiasm that permeates the Olympic Games? Perhaps the focus could even be something as ambitious as solving climate change.
To an extent, Thanksgiving bothers me in a similar way. The holiday creates the expectation that all of America pause one Thursday in November to be grateful and offer goodwill to others. I suppose this result is valuable, but wouldn’t a societal expectation of daily goodwill and thankfulness be better than a yearly one?
Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) US$3.8 million grant to Fundación Entreculturas will help expand the nonprofit’s e-learning program and equip an additional 80,000 disadvantaged youth across Africa, Latin America and Spain with the skills needed for the most in-demand jobs.
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) ranks again among the nation’s leading companies for workplace equality based on its policies and practices relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees, according to a prominent benchmarking organization. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that for the fourth consecutive year MGM Resorts has earned a perfect score from the 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual HRC survey that ranks major companies for their non-discrimination and benefits practices with respect to LGBT employees.
GRI’s Reporting 2025 is designed to promote an international discussion about the purpose of sustainability reporting and disclosures looking ahead to 2025. Watch this interview with Ben Pratt, Vice President Corporate Public Affairs, Mosaic Company.
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