Inclusion & Opportunity

Women across Medtronic are helping to lead the company’s information technology group as it looks to help transform the future of healthcare

Welcome to the weekly TriplePundit flash, for which every Monday we will offer up a quick rundown of the stories the editors at 3p think you need to know.

Over the years, brands have leveraged Black History Month to create campaigns and activations that celebrate and honor the culture, history and successes of black people.

On 14 March, join the UN Global Compact, UN Women and the UN Office for Partnerships at the UN Headquarters in New York for the 2019 Women’s Empowerment Principles Forum. The WEPs Forum aims to accelerate the pace of progress on gender equality and inspire responsible businesses everywhere to empower women.

Positive Impact’s Girls Creating Campaign exists to inspire girls to be limitless in the creation of their careers. According to a Unicef gender equality report ‘By the time children reach age 10, boys’ worlds often expand while girls’ worlds contract ’and Positive Impact is passionate about using the example of a female full event industry to address this.

Melody Birmingham-Byrd was 22 when she vaulted into management, taking a job as a front-line supervisor at a General Motors plant in Rochester, N.Y. She oversaw members of the United Automobile Workers whose backgrounds were about as different from hers as they could possibly be – most were male, white, older and experienced.But Birmingham-Byrd was determined to do right by her team, to provide the type of supportive, positive leadership she felt her parents never got in their assembly line jobs.

Meet the winners of The 2019 Corporate Goodness Awards! “The Goodies” were presented last night at Benevity's Annual Goodness Matters client conference to recognize progressive companies who are leading the social impact space with innovative, inclusive approaches to community investment and employee engagement in giving, volunteering, activism and positive actions.

Wells Fargo announced $18.5 million in grants today to nine Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) so they can unlock capital or increase training to diverse small businesses across the U.S. Two CDFIs are receiving awards to continue their work supporting entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico, which is still recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Shelter is on the first rung of renowned psychologist Abraham Maslow‘s hierarchy of needs. And yet, as a society, we have not cracked the code for how to house people in a way that is equitable and sustainable. While millions consume cubic acres of carbon heating and cooling their McMansions, others combat housing insecurity on a daily basis.