We’re celebrating Women’s History Month this March by introducing you to 10 women who help power your life at Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas. They advance our company with their vision, talent, hard work and creativity. These trailblazing women – including a nuclear engineer, astrophysicist and lineman – reveal inspiring stories of persistence, pluck and achievement in largely male-dominated fields. A diverse workplace isn’t just a nice idea, it’s a competitive necessity. Today, meet Ashley Coleman, a civil engineer based in Charlotte, NC.

“A new backpack started life as 7.5 plastic bottles trashed on streets in Haiti. The backpack—part of a new line of boots, bags, and t-shirts made by Timberland—looks like it's made from canvas. But the material is 50% recycled plastic, sourced from a place that both has excess trash and a desperate need for jobs.”

Subaru of America, Inc. today announced it has donated more than $23.4 million to national and local charities during its annual Share the Love event in 2016, bringing the total donated throughout the life of the program to more than $94 million.

Young people play a vital role in fostering global economic development. In the face of weak prospects for global economic growth, their involvement in the formal economy becomes increasingly relevant and urgent. In recent years, there has been much talk about the demographic dividend in most emerging economies and less-developed countries, a scenario where a larger proportion of the overall population is of working age. In Mexico, young people between 15 and 29 represent the largest age group. By 2022, the country will have the largest number of youth in its history and its size will shrink in the years that follow, as the country transitions toward an aging population.

In celebration of Women's History Month, female leaders from across Cox Enterprises are sharing insights from their experience throughout the month of March. Juliette Pryor is Cox Enterprises’ senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.

We Call on Business Leaders to Consciously Champion Gender Equality #WEPs Forum 14-15 March.

The Global Food Safety Conference is an important annual event for Tetra Pak, bringing together leaders in the industry, academia and regulation to discuss topics on securing safer food production worldwide.

The Wildlife Habitat Council partners with organizations dedicated to restoring and enhancing wildlife habitat on corporate lands. Freeport-McMoRan has been a member for many years and now has 20 sites with WHC-certified habitat enhancement, conservation education and wildlife management programs.

Arrow Electronics recently hosted students from Colorado State University, Metropolitan State University, the University of Colorado and the University of Denver at the company’s Denver-area global headquarters for a case competition focused on Arrow’s groundbreaking collaboration with Indiegogo, which helps entrepreneurs get their innovative technology products to market quickly and cost-effectively.

HP is counted among the top tech companies with women and underrepresented minorities in executive positions, where 27 percent of HP executives, director, and above are women.