The 2016 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge is still accepting teams to compete. Finalist teams for the 2016 Challenge will be announced in October 2016 at the Bioneers Conference, where we will present the inaugural $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize to one of eight finalist teams from the 2015 Challenge.
Guided by a mission “to be the most innovative bank empowering the underserved to achieve,” David Reiling has grown inner city St. Paul's Sunrise Banks into a banking group with $900 million in assets, 6 branches operating in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and a national prepaid card business based in Sioux Falls, SD, representing 25 percent of revenues.
On Sunday September 25th 2016, we will once again convene our growing community around the topic of “Data for Social Good” at our Data for Good Exchange 2016. The overall theme for this year’s event will be “better governance” – how data science can be applied to solve public interest problems.
Trialogue negotiations have begun. The EU Conflict Minerals regulation is now on the radar of many companies and questions are being asked. What are some best practices companies can follow for supplier engagement? How do companies effectively perform quality Due Diligence? How do companies properly report our compliance efforts? And most importantly, which companies will be affected?
Jess Kraus, CEO and Co-Founder of Source Intelligence, was honored as a finalist. Kraus was recognized for his more than 30 years of experience and leadership in environmental and sustainability programs at some of the world’s largest brands.
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it has been named one of the "World's Most Admired Companies" for 2016 by Fortune.
Le 27 janvier 2016, Goldcorp a été le fier commanditaire de la soirée casino préparée par l’organisme L’étoffe du succès, un événement réservé exclusivement aux femmes, qui s’est tenu à l’Hôtel Fairmont de Vancouver. Pour sa deuxième année, l’événement a réuni 120 femmes travaillant dans l’exploitation minière et les secteurs connexes et a permis d’amasser plus de 48 000 $ à l’appui de l’organisme L’étoffe du succès de Vancouver (Dress for Success). Le produit net de l’événement permettra à environ 600 femmes de la région de participer à des programmes qui aident les femmes à atteindre l’indépendance économique en leur fournissant des vêtements professionnels, des services d’orientation de carrière et des programmes de perfectionnement professionnel pour se tailler une place avec success.
El 27 de enero de 2016, Goldcorp tuvo fue orgulloso patrocinador de la Noche Casino de Dress for Success, un evento exclusivo para mujeres que se realizó en el Hotel Fairmont de Vancouver. En su segundo año consecutivo, éste evento reunió a 120 mujeres que trabajan en la industria minera y en áreas relacionadas a éste sector, quienes en conjunto recaudaron más de $48,000 mil dólares en apoyo a dicha organización. Lo recaudado durante el evento hará posible que alrededor de 600 mujeres de la población local participen en programas de empoderamiento para poder alcanzar una independencia económica, al proveerles de atuendos ejecutivos, servicios de asistencia laboral y programas de desarrollo de habilidades, con el fin de ayudarlas a superarse tanto en el ámbito laboral como personal.
The growing global glut of crude and corresponding collapse in oil prices are reshaping short-term market dynamics. In this environment, it is easy to forget that – long term – industries that have traditionally relied on petroleum-based feedstocks must still innovate to sustainably meet the needs of a rapidly expanding global population. A global, connected middle class – expected to roughly double by 2030 – is rapidly changing the breadth and scale of consumer demand, as well as signaling the need to rethink how we meet it. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the plastics industry.
