ESG News For Costa Mesa

Phocas Software, the global SaaS company specializing in Business Intelligence and Financial Planning and Analysis (BI and FP&A) has announced a zero gender pay gap based on average total remuneration for its global workforce of 286 employees this financial year ending 30 June 2024.This milestone is a significant achievement in the technology space which is traditionally male dominated. When Phocas was certified by B Corp, it received high marks for workforce retention and conditions. Achieving

Pacific Premier Bank received the Corporate Responsibility award from the Association for Corporate Growth Orange County in Costa Mesa, California.

Junior Achievement, Orange County’s leading nonprofit for financial education and empowerment of disadvantaged youth, has released the list of business professionals who will serve on the organization’s Advisory Board for the 2021-‘22 year. The 26 - member board includes top executives and advisors across the region.Those selected to serve for the 2021-2022 term year include:Executive CommitteeMichael Shepherd, Managing Partner, The Shepherd Group (Chair)Courtney Williams, First Vice President,

Every year, 250,000 people leave the military. This is a very challenging transition. In many metropolitan areas, up to 80% of veterans leave without a job lined up, and about half of veterans leave their first post-military job within a year. Companies are failing to recognize veterans’ skill sets. Only 17% of companies consider military veterans to be useful contributors to the workplace.Starting immediately, fintech startup Better.com will hire 80 veterans through Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup Shift.org, which places veterans with growth tech companies.In addition to veterans, Better.com’s new military hiring program commits to hiring veteran spouses. The military spouse unemployment rate is a staggering 16%.Better.com follows fellow tech companies Amazon, Dell, Uber, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, who also pledged to hire veterans and military spouses.

233 Grants Will Help Nonprofit Organizations Advance Programs to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Children in Their Communities

9th Annual Getzlaf Golf Shootout and MVP Party Benefiting CureDuchenne to be Held September 6 and 7, 2019

High school teams earn high marks for technical work, water conservation messages in nation’s largest solar-powered boat competition, starting tomorrow Note to media: Action-packed Solar Cup b-roll footage is available at ftp://blizzard.mwdh2o.com/merickson/Solar_Cup_B_Roll_2019_Media/. Photos and videos of this weekend’s event will be available upon request.

Celebrity Cruises Announced as Official Red Carpet Sponsor of OC Fashion Week; Sails Into Opening Day with Emerging Designer Competition

First Foundation Inc. (NASDAQ: FFWM), a financial services company with two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, First Foundation Advisors and First Foundation Bank, today announced the recipients of its 2018 ‘Supporting Our Communities,’ a philanthropic initiative that aids local charitable organizations. Driven by the purpose to help nonprofits achieve sustainable growth and reinforce their respective missions and causes, ‘Supporting Our Communi

Boat-building event this Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 4-5) kicks off largest solar-powered boat competition, culminating with three-day competition in May 2018