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Investment in seven local youth development organizations made possible with Mercedes-Benz USA support

• Ford Motor Company announces in its 19^th annual Sustainability Report that it has achieved the company’s manufacturing emissions reduction goal eight years ahead of schedule
• The goal was set in 2010, aiming to reduce the company’s global carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing operations by 30 percent per vehicle produced by 2025
• Ford’s energy conservation work played a major role in achieving the goal eight years early, including paint and other process improvements, LED lighting, plant consolidations and new energy efficient facilities – and more

2017 Annual Conference and Exposition in Philadelphia

Barrett-Jackson proves the community is #VegasStrong with record attendance, world-record car sales

The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative™ – a coalition of more than 50 U.S. companies including FedEx, HMSHost, Starbucks, Yum! Brands, Walmart and more – has picked Atlanta for its next Opportunity Hiring Fair on May 3 to connect thousands of youth to jobs

Job and resource fair will kick off a long-term effort with the City, State and more than 75 other regional stakeholders to help create economic opportunities for the estimated 110,000 Opportunity Youth – young people ages 16-24 who are not in school or employed

The national initiative has already helped more than 175,000 youth find jobs in communities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle, Dallas and Washington DC, and has a goal to hire one million Opportunity Youth by 2021

Coalition of 55 Top U.S. Companies and Foundations Set to Launch Region’s Largest Long-Term Effort to Bring Jobs to Opportunity Youth – 16- to 24-Year-Olds Who Are Not in School or Employed

Registration Now Open for May 3 Job and Resource Fair; More than 1,800 Interviews and Hundreds of On-the-Spot Job Offers Expected at Free Hiring Event at Georgia World Congress Center

Coalition Aims to Hire at least 1 Million Youth Nationally by 2021