Annual award from Ethisphere Institute recognizes Avnet’s emphasis on leading a purpose-driven business model with integrity

Ethisphere Institute recognizes Avnet for leading with purpose and integrity

Dec 14, 2017 12:35 PM ET - Avnet today announced its title sponsorship of The Not Impossible Awards, which recognizes the breakthrough achievements of innovators who share the Not Impossible Labs mission to create inventive technology that improves the well-being of others.

Aug 29, 2017 9:30 AM ET - PHOENIX, August 29, 2017 /3BL Media/ --  Avnet (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, in partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) and the ...

Aug 14, 2017 12:05 PM ET - In a 2016 survey of people from 104 countries, Hackster.io discovered that fewer than six percent of hardware developers are women. In an effort to encourage more women of all ages to pursue careers in hardware, Adafruit and Hackster.io have...

Jul 24, 2017 11:10 AM ET - element14, a Premier Farnell / Avnet community launched the ‘IoT on Wheels’ Design Challenge with STMicroelectronics. Itching for a project? Make your wheels safer, smarter or more efficient with the element14 IoT on Wheels Design Challenge.

Jul 14, 2017 1:35 PM ET - In the early days of my career, when I would tell people I worked for an electronics distributor, their eyes would light up with fascination. The era of personal electronics was just dawning and the public was mesmerized. Once I clarified that I...

Jul 12, 2017 12:05 PM ET - This week, July 10-14, Avnet and Chandler, AZ-based youth organization ICAN are hosting a week-long ...

May 23, 2017 11:45 AM ET - Avnet, a leading global technology distributor, today released the May 2017 issue of Supply Chain Navigator, the award-winning journal dedicated to supply chain thought leadership. This special edition examines how industry leaders including Cisco,...

May 18, 2017 12:35 PM ET - Avnet, a leading global technology distributor, today announced its activities as a presenting sponsor at Maker Faire Bay Area beginning tomorrow at the San Mateo County Event Center.

May 10, 2017 10:55 AM ET - Avnet, a leading global technology distributor, will share its IoT industry knowledge and expertise throughout Internet of Things World next week at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Executives representing Avnet’s leading team of IoT experts will...

May 4, 2017 9:50 AM ET - It started with a breakthrough idea Braster S.A. is a Poland-based company founded by scientists with a mission – to save lives by giving women an easier, more effective and more comfortable way to conduct breast self-...

Apr 12, 2017 8:45 AM ET - Avnet works with Ubicquia to make cities smarter by embedding streetlight sensors that detect threats such as gas leaks, radiation and gunshots, and alert response teams. These same sensors alert rural African communities to the approach of...

Apr 10, 2017 10:55 AM ET - Watch the full story on how Avnet helped guide Owlet’s smart baby sock from idea to product and then to market. Owlet developed a baby sock that tracks heart rate and oxygen levels in infants, designed to notify parents if levels fall outside...

Apr 7, 2017 11:45 AM ET - Avnet announced today that MaryAnn Miller, Senior Vice President, Chief HR Officer and head of Global Marketing and Communications has been named one of 2017’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Council. This is the third...

Apr 4, 2017 1:20 PM ET - Highlighting its ongoing mission to help customers navigate an ever-changing technology landscape, Avnet (NYSE: AVT) today introduced “Reach Further,” its new global branding campaign. Reach Further reflects Avnet’s corporate transformation as well...

Mar 29, 2017 9:40 AM ET - As part of its ongoing partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) to drive technology innovation and entrepreneurship, Avnet (NYSE:AVT) is sponsoring the inaugural ASU Innovation Open (ASUio). The final round of the ASUio, the ASUio Demo Day,...

Mar 13, 2017 9:10 AM ET - Avnet (NYSE: AVT) has been recognized as a 2017 World’s Most Ethical Company® for the fourth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. ...

Feb 17, 2017 3:40 PM ET - Avnet (NYSE: AVT) was honored on FORTUNE magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” list for 2017 in the wholesalers: electronics and office equipment category.

Feb 16, 2017 10:50 AM ET - element14, the world’s largest electronic design community, has launched a new Design Challenge for designers and engineers called ‘Upcycle it’. Sponsored by Intel® , element14 will challenge 15 community members to Upcycle an unwanted or waste...

Feb 9, 2017 12:35 PM ET - Unistream was launched in 2001, the same year Avnet Israel was established. More than 700 teens across Israel are participating in a program called “Educating Tomorrow’s Leaders Today.” The aim of the program is to inspire and empower these young...

Jan 25, 2017 4:30 PM ET - During Avnet’s second annual Global Month of Service in October, Avnet partnered with PayPal to host the fourth annual Arizona Opportunity Hack event, in which nonprofit organizations received free solutions to their most pressing business and...

Jan 13, 2017 8:05 AM ET - Thanks to Avnet’s corporate partnership with Junior Achievement (JA) of Arizona, more than 25,000 students are able to have a hands-on tech industry experience. Sparking interest in the technology industry and nurturing science, technology,...

Jan 6, 2017 7:45 AM ET - Employees at Avnet’s Global Solutions Center in Chandler, Ariz., raised more than $26,000 to help the Salvation Army’s Christmas Angel program, an effort that supports more than 50,000 people in the Phoenix metro area. The employee-led effort dates...

Sep 20, 2016 1:25 PM ET - Bringing a product to market is full of challenges and excitement. Hear from Avnet Innovation Lab entrepreneurs how Avnet is helping them learn and succeed as they take their ideas from concept to a market reality.

Jun 23, 2016 1:30 PM ET - Every year Avnet recruits a team of summer interns and during their first week on the job, the interns are invited to participate in a community service project underscoring Avnet’s commitment to community giving. This year, the day of service...

Jun 1, 2016 1:20 PM ET - Avnet, a leading global technology distributor announces a new new partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) and its Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. The organizations collaborated to create the Avnet Innovation Lab, which is designed...

Apr 29, 2016 1:35 PM ET - For the 23rd straight year, more than 150 Avnet employees, friends and family dedicated a recent Saturday morning to clean classrooms, paint murals, construct tables and plant flowers for the HandsOn Greater Phoenix’s Serve-A-Thon. This year, the...

Apr 28, 2016 3:20 PM ET - Avnet employees, families and friends rolled up their sleeves and revitalized a Chandler, Ariz. elementary school. This is the 23rd year Avnet has partnered with HandsOn Greater Phoenix to serve our community.

Mar 11, 2016 4:25 PM ET - Avnet employees in Phoenix, Ariz., USA, recently banded together to clean, organize and beautify a school as part of the annual HandsOn Greater Phoenix Serve-A-Thon. More than 130 Avnet volunteers spent a Saturday morning at Keller Elementary...

Dec 30, 2015 1:05 PM ET - Numbers always tell a story. Sometimes good, sometimes not. This year’s annual Giving Report doesn’t tell a good story, it tells a ...

Dec 24, 2015 12:35 PM ET - Avnet is one of the largest donors to Salvation Army’s Forgotten Angels program in Arizona, raising $39,000 this year and more than $256,000 since 2007. The Avnet Cares team at the Global Solutions Center in Chandler, Arizona describes this annual...

Dec 4, 2015 1:20 PM ET - October 2015 was Avnet’s inaugural Global Month of Service, where we mobilized, energized and inspired employees around the world to come together to make an impact on the communities where we live, work and play. And I feel confident in saying...

Nov 27, 2015 1:40 PM ET - Approximately 20,000 students from 225 schools in Arizona are experiencing real-world business practices through Junior Achievement’s BizTown curriculum this school year. In-classroom lessons are...

Nov 24, 2015 1:30 PM ET - InTempe, Arizona, Avnet is hosting two technology stores at JA BizTown to excite students about available career opportunities related to the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) realm.

Oct 1, 2015 1:25 PM ET - Avnet employees around the globe are embracing communities and impacting lives. As a company, we have a long-standing tradition of supporting nonprofit organizations that our employees are most passionate about. In fact, ...

Jan 28, 2015 2:35 PM ET - For the eighth year in a row, Avnet employees play Santa to give every child a merry Christmas.

Jan 27, 2015 1:35 PM ET - Through the Avnet Cares program, our employees lead the charge in making a profound and lasting impact on communities around the world. Thousands of volunteer hours and millions of dollars in employee donations and matching corporate grants have...