Health & Healthcare

Sodexo Announces Integrated Contract Awards from Vizient, Inc.

Sodexo, world leader of Quality of Life services, announced today it has been awarded integrated contracts with Vizient, Inc., the nation’s largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the country for managed hospital services. The agreements offer Vizient members enhanced value for Food Services, Environmental Services, Facilities Management and Clinical Technology Management, and incorporates enhanced analytics and resources designed to meet the challenges faced by health care providers in today’s health care market.

Philanthropy

VSP Vision Care and Prevent Blindness Launch ‘Clicks for Kids’ to Enhance Access to Vision Screenings and Eye Exams for Head Start Children

Healthy vision is essential to a child’s ability to learn, play sports or carry out daily tasks, and receiving eye care early on can help to detect problems that could impair eyesight for life. VSP Vision Care and Prevent Blindness launched Vision to Share: ‘Clicks for Kids' as a way to help bridge the gap in access to care for a population whose need for eye care is often unmet. With every click or share, VSP will donate $1, up to $20,000 in total, so that Head Start children ages 3, 4, and 5 years old, in 25 underserved communities across the United States, have increased access to vision screenings and comprehensive eye examinations, and treatment as needed before they enter school.

Energy & Infrastructure

India Indoors: Earning Credit for Your Low-Emitting Materials

The building sector in India is rapidly emerging as a global center for green building construction. The World Green Building Trends 2016 report suggests that environmental regulations, combined with the desire to create healthier neighborhoods and to “do the right thing,” are driving this growth. The greatest growth is anticipated in new high-rise residential construction, mixed-use development and commercial building.

Philanthropy

Costa Cruises to Support the “Pink Is Good” Project on Its Ships

To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Costa Cruises will once again be joining forces with the Umberto Veronesi Foundation to support the Pink is Good project, which aims to beat breast cancer for good by promoting prevention and supporting research activities every year.

Awards & Rankings

Actress Advocates for Diabetes Awareness, Health Care and Research

At age 12, she was the voice of Nala in Disney’s “The Lion King” movie. Since then, she has appeared in TV shows, off-Broadway plays and commercials. But Niketa Calame-Harris found that developing a chronic illness – in her case, Type 1 diabetes – came without a script.

Philanthropy

On World Food Day, Amway Ran a "Power of 5K" Virtual Race

Today, Amway’s Nutrilite Power of 5K is bringing 1,079 runners and walkers together on World Food Day to fight childhood malnutrition.

Health & Healthcare

Improving Maternal Health Through Evidence-Based Programs

Answers to the Big Questions with Dr. Amy Crockett and Merck for Mothers.

Health & Healthcare

The Five Senses Matter for Quality of Life

We get all of our information about the world around us through our five senses, but as we age our senses often diminish. It’s not just that we lose our hearing or have worsened eyesight. Senses of touch, taste and smell can weaken as well. These sensory changes alter the way we experience the world and ultimately impact quality of life.

Philanthropy

AEG’s StubHub Center Foundation and LA Galaxy Foundation to Host 11th Annual Treats-N-Suites Halloween Bash at StubHub Center on Friday, Oct. 20

AEG’s StubHub Center Foundation and the LA Galaxy Foundation announced today that StubHub Center will host the 11th annual Treats-n-Suites Halloween Bash on Friday, Oct. 20 from 4 - 6:30 p.m. PT, and will feature appearances by select LA Galaxy players.

The sold-out Treats-n-Suites event will host 1,500 children ages 2-11 for a series of Halloween-themed activities including trick-or-treating, arts and crafts, a costume parade and contest, hay rides, face painting, as well as the Wildlife Learning Center's Wildlife Safari Meet and Greet, which will feature a series of wild and exotic animals.

Philanthropy

PANDORA Turns Pink for a Good Cause

Across the world, October is recognised as Breast Cancer Awareness (BCA) month. As a brand with a big heart and a history of supporting women through charitable causes, PANDORA is donating to the cause in various markets to raise awareness for a disease that affects millions of women worldwide. Some of the markets that are supporting local charitable initiatives are, among others, the US, Brazil, Spain and Hong Kong.

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