FedEx supports hundreds of organizations, projects and initiatives that help make life better in the communities where our team members live and where we do business. To help commemorate International Women’s Day (March 8), here are five organizations FedEx supports that help empower women and girls around the world.

MacDonald currently serves as Oil & Gas Segment Leader where he leverages industry insights into solutions that address the critical business drivers of petroleum-related assets.

Bechtel thanked employees at the company's affiliated government and nuclear projects for donating more than $12 million in 2016 and for volunteering countless hours to support their surrounding communities across the United States. In one case, responding to a wild fire that destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Tennessee, employees gave both hands-on help and financial aid – sending first responders and emergency supplies. Today's thank-you is part of Bechtel's Global Stewardship Month activities at the company's projects and sites worldwide.

De Beers has announced that it is resuming its title sponsorship of an international ice carving competition in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT).

Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as a 2017 World’s Most Ethical Company®.

Companies and other organizations found ways to boldly communicate their commitments to women, building on the already-unstoppable momentum of the day. Here’s a roundup of efforts that caught our eye:

Smithfield Foods’ Helping Hungry Homes® initiative, a program focused on alleviating hunger and helping Americans become more food secure, joined forces with Albertsons to donate more than 35,000 pounds of protein to Three Square Food Bank. The donation, equivalent to more than 1

Yorkshire Building Society Group has outlined how it is making a lasting and positive impact on society in the first annual review of its corporate responsibility performance.

Sandoz, a Novartis Division, announced today the three winners of the inaugural Healthcare Access Challenge (Sandoz HACk). The winners, chosen by a panel of judges at the Wired Health 2017 event in London, identified innovative approaches to address challenges in Ghana, the Maldives and the Philippines.