Arcos Dorados, Latin America’s largest restaurant chain and the world’s largest independent McDonald's franchisee, announced that it will substitute the plastic trays currently used by its guests with trays made from more sustainable materials, further advancing its commitment to positively impact the environment. This initiative takes part in the company’s Recipe for the Future framework, thru which, in 2018, it began a plastic reduction program that has allowed it to remove more than 1,300 tons of this material from its operation.
A renewed partnership agreement signed by Novartis and the World Health Organization (WHO) will drive the global push towards making leprosy history. The five-year extension of the partnership – which was first signed in 2000 – will see Novartis continue to donate multidrug therapy (MDT) medicines to treat leprosy up to the end of 2025.
In response to the disproportionate and devastating impact COVID-19 has had on Black communities and other underserved communities of color, the first of hundreds of COVID-19 testing, vaccine awareness and education events nationwide took place at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, January 25th.