In an effort to close the gap between available jobs and qualified workers in the computer science field, Discovery Education and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have launched a multi-million dollar initiative to reshape American education by making computational thinking a foundational skill for all students. Ignite My Future in School aims to train more than 20,000 teachers to implement computer science int

NEW YORK and MUMBAI, MARCH 28, 2017 /3BL Media/ -- Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital education content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, today announced the launch of Ignite My Future in School, a multi-million dollar and first-of-its-kind initiative to use computational thinking as a catalyst to transform education in America.

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JPMorgan Chase is expanding its comprehensive strategy to advance environmentally sustainable solutions for clients and its own operations. The firm’s two new strategic goals include:

• Renewable energy: JPMorgan Chase will source renewable power for 100 percent of its global energy needs by 2020.
  • The firm has offices and operations in more than 60 countries across over 5,500 properties, covering approximately 75 million square feet – about 27 times the square footage of the office space at the Empire State Building.
• Clean financing: The firm will facilitate $200 billion in clean financing through 2025, the largest commitment by a global financial institution.
  • Through this commitment, JPMorgan Chase will help scale the impact of sustainability efforts among its approximately 22,000 corporate and investor clients in the United States and across the world.
  • The announcement builds on JPMorgan Chase’s leadership and history of advancing sustainability in our business and operations, including our recent partnership with Current, powered by GE, to cut energy use at Chase branches.
• JPMorgan Chase will leverage its financial resources, insights and expertise to help clients, customers and communities better manage sustainability challenges and capitalize on new opportunities.

According to new research published in Nature Climate Change, we have even less time to address the impact of climate change.