At Northern Trust, a career isn’t just a job, it’s a journey. From the moment someone joins us, they’re supported with opportunities to learn, build skills, grow into new roles and shape long-term careers.
Amos said that Aflac’s workforce is 66% women, 35% African American and almost 50% minority. To keep those numbers moving in the right directions, Amos gets personally involved in diversity initiatives.
With the Climate Decade upon us, cutting global emissions in half by 2030 depends on bold actions and a global capacity for innovation. We’re focused on both. Throughout our 20-year history, we’ve pioneered solutions to help build a low-carbon...
Today, America’s Pledge co-chairs, former California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP & Bloomberg Philanthropies, and three-term Mayor of New York City, unveiled America’s Pledge’s fourth analysis, which finds that despite the past four years of environmental rollbacks from President Trump’s administration, non-federal actors have successfully counterbalanced the climate denial and obstruction from the White House. This has made it possible for the U.S. to reach net zero emissions by 2050 with aggressive federal climate re-engagement in 2021.
Bloomberg LP announced that its Chairman, Peter T. Grauer, has signed The Hispanic Promise, the first-of-it's its kind national pledge to hire, promote, retain and celebrate Hispanics in the workplace. By joining more than 150 other corporations in a public commitment to champion Hispanics in the U.S. workplace, Bloomberg is reinforcing its company-wide effort to promote diversity and inclusion globally, including initiatives to source and advance underrepresented talent throughout the company.
Today kicks off the virtual Bloomberg Green Festival, a five-day event that will feature a mix of panels, presentations, fireside chats, and interactive elements, focused on core issues of climate action.
Healthy Climate, Healthy Lives™ is a groundbreaking $250 million, 20-year initiative to eliminate fossil fuels across Biogen's operations & collaborate with renowned institutions to improve health, especially for the most vulnerable populations.
Cox Automotive’s Christine Romero earned recognition for sewing more than 3,200 cloth face masks for anyone who needed them, including nursing homes, local hospitals, police departments, schools and countless other individuals and organizations.
Fair Trade USA is pleased to announce that the Los Angeles City Council has voted to become an official Fair Trade City, celebrate World Fair Trade Day every year on the second Saturday in May, and take the necessary steps to include Fair Trade principles in City purchasing. In January of this year, Councilmembers Paul Koretz (CD5), Mike Bonin (CD11), and Joe Buscaino (CD 15) introduced both a motion and a resolution encouraging diverse businesses and organizations to increase the citywide understanding of Fair Trade, grow the availability of Fair Trade products among retailers, and add Fair Trade principles to the City government’s Environmentally-Preferable Purchasing Program.
Solar United Neighbors’ East Houston Solar Co-op has selected Green Mountain Energy to serve the 30-member group and increase the growth of residential solar in Houston. Chosen through a competitive bidding process over four other firms, Green Mountain will provide each member with an individualized proposal based on a group rate through its installation partner Green Light Solar.
This month we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. It kicks off on the important date of September 15th, the anniversary of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. As the largest ethnic community in the United States, representing 60.6 million individuals across the nation, there is a lot to celebrate – and companies are joining in. This month we’ve already seen one company continue their strides for representation in their product line.
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