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DP World, a global leader in supply chain solutions, announces the appointment of Tim Gates as Vice President of Freight Forwarding for USA and Mexico.
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From painting a local veteran’s house his favorite shade of purple, to supporting a foster care system, Dawayne Gates, store manager in Houma, Louisiana knows how to encourage fellow associates to get in the Team Depot spirit.
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New research published in The Lancet reinforces the idea that handwashing outside of pandemic times is vital in order to reduce the burden of common colds and flu in low- and middle-income countries.
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Panelists to Discuss How Digital Public Goods Advance Financially Inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure on April 12 in Washington, D.C.
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Initial Deployment Across South Africa to Support Self-testers with Medical Diagnostech’s COVID-19 Antigen Test
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Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. (Tokyo; President & CEO: OZAWA Satoshi) today announce that their Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) for malaria control, VECTRONTM T500, has been prequalified by the WHO*1).
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Rissman will lead the impact organization’s rapidly growing membership community of leaders at the vanguard of social, economic and environmental progress
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Global animal health company renews co-funding with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the health and productivity of dairy, beef, poultry and fish producers in seven new countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
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C-suite executives at Verizon, Target, Salesforce; Harvard Business School professors; and social sector activists among those chosen for top honor.
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Founded by Bill Gates in 2015, Breakthrough Energy recently announced it will grant its first Catalyst project funding to LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels SAF plant in Soperton, Georgia.
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Company brings industry leadership and expertise as a founding sponsor of the initiative to make medicines more sustainable
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The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the Fund) today announced the recipients of its 2022 grants. The projects funded this year will help conserve more than 3,000 acres and protect ecologically sensitive bottomland hardwood forests in the Virginia-North Carolina coastal plains. Including those announced today, the Fund has awarded 29 projects totaling more than $3,100,000 in grants over the past seven years. An estimated 33,000 acres will be protected when these projects reach completion. The fo
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Illumina, announced that on September 30, its Illumina Genomics Forum (IGF) will feature Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who will deliver a keynote address on the remarkable potential of genomics to change the trajectory of global health.
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Free Event Features Screening of “The Terminal List” and Barbecue Dinner at Nissan Stadium in Nashville
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(BRK.A; BRK.B) – Today, Warren E. Buffett has converted 9,608 A shares into 14,412,000 B shares in order to donate 14,414,136 shares of Berkshire Hathaway “B” stock to five foundations: 11,003,166 to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, 1,100,316 shares to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and 770,218 shares to each of the Sherwood Foundation, Howard G. Buffett Foundation and NoVo Foundation. The donations have been delivered today. Mr. Buffett’s ownership of Berkshire now consists
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Pfizer will provide all its current and future patent-protected medicines and vaccines available in the U.S. or EU on a not-for-profit basis to 45 lower-income countries.
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Rwanda, Ghana, Malawi, Senegal and Uganda are the first five countries to commit to join the Accord. Health officials in these countries will help identify and resolve hurdles beyond supply to inform the roll out in all 45 lower-income countries.
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Pfizer calls upon global health leaders and organizations to join the Accord, bringing their expertise and resources to close the health equity gap and help create a healthier world for 1.2 billion people.
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Tapestry and WWF will seek cross-industry partners to expand the scope and scale of the program
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Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (ELAN: NYSE) today announces the expansion of its shared value footprint across Sub-Saharan Africa, delivering on its 2030 pledge to create sustainable development solutions for those who depend on livestock for their livelihoods. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220316005069/en/ Raising livestock is important to secure people's livelihood in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Photo: Business Wire) MA
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Philanthropic partnership supporting Seattle communities though digital commerce.
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Schrödinger will receive $4.9 million research grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support early-stage drug discovery of non-hormonal contraceptives
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Commits to Give Away at Least 90% of Wealth in His Lifetime
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Project to transform the lives of more than one thousand disadvantaged students in England.
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The Careers & Enterprise Company, an organisation announced by Government in 2015 to oversee careers education in England, aims to use this project to deliver cutting edge approaches to careers education that turbo-charge support for those young people in the most need.
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Programme signals the launch of JPMorgan Chase’s $75 million global initiative to better prepare young people for the jobs of today and tomorrow in the UK
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Research shows a gap in employment outcomes for young people aged 18-24 from lower socio-economic backgrounds and their more advantaged peers, with 26% of young people on free school meals (FSM) in year 11 not in education or employment (NEET), compared to 13% of non-FSM students. These projects aim to tackle this and build on the evidence base for high quality careers educating helping to close this gap.
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Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN) today announces its inclusion in FORTUNE’s 2021 Change the World list, which recognizes companies that have made an important social or environmental impact through their profit-making strategy and operations. This year’s publication honored Elanco’s shared value initiative “East Africa Growth Accelerator (EAGA)” and ranked Elanco 19th on the list of 53 companies that do well by doing good. With the East Africa Growth Accelerator, Elanco provides sm
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Smart Sewer Technology Satisfies EPA Consent Decree, Saves City $400 Million Wed, 09/15/2021 - 11:00 Type of Content Press Release Layout Featured Media Body RYE BROOK, N.Y., September 15, 2021 /3BL Media/ – Global water technology company, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), is delivering the advanced “smart sewer” system enabling the City of South Bend, Indiana, to exceed the requirements of a wastewater consent decree for 60% less capital investment (CapEx) than originally planned. The US Environmental Protect
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Establishes $50 Million Tapestry Foundation to Advance Equity and Opportunity and to Combat Climate Change
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Launches Bold ESG Commitments to Accelerate Corporate Responsibility Goals
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Amplifies People-Centered Focus Through Compensation Initiatives; Commits to Minimum $15 an Hour Wage for U.S. Hourly Employees
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Don't Foil It: How Aluminum Can Help You Have a More Sustainable Summer Fri, 06/25/2021 - 12:30 Type of Content Blog Layout Featured Media Body Now that it’s officially summer, you may notice that your kitchen is beginning to include a lot of aluminum. When things heat up, refreshing, ice-cold beverages are in order. The great news is that aluminum beer, soda, and sparkling water cans are easily recycled, so you can get your hands on more of your favorite beverages in a sustainable fashion. And
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Today is a milestone for me. In 2006, I pledged to distribute all of my Berkshire Hathaway shares – more than 99% of my net worth – to philanthropy. With today’s $4.1 billion distribution, I’m halfway there. In June of 2006, I owned 474,998 “A” shares. Now, I own 238,624 shares, worth about $100 billion. All remain destined for philanthropy. Having reached the midway point of my plan, I would like to supply a bit of history and suggest a few subjects for further thought by philanthropists, gover
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Gift Will Support the New “Thomas W. Haas We All Fly” Gallery, Which Will Celebrate the Joy of Flying and Impact of General Aviation
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Gallery to Be Among the First to Open in 2022 After Extensive Museum Renovations
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Two funding rounds accelerate global deployment of Heliogen’s breakthrough AI-assisted concentrated solar thermal technology
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ideas42 brings renewed attention to the results from a test commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the impact of experts on workplace giving behavior through the Benevity platform.
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Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) has committed US $60 million in sequencing capabilities to a global pathogen genomics initiative, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other public and private entities.
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Recognized Champion in Human Services Industry Brings Expertise and Passion to Expand and Scale Social Good Across Nonprofit Sector
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Phoenix House Texas Awarded $100,000 Grant by The Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health for providing substance use treatment.
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Amplify Aims to Provide Equitable Algebra 1 Solutions with a Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Novartis today announced that it has entered into a grant agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As part of the agreement, the foundation will provide funding support for the discovery and development of a single-administration, in vivo gene therapy to cure sickle cell disease (SCD).
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SOURCE: Novartis SUMMARY:Project brings together Novartis drug discovery and gene therapy expertise and funding support from the Gates Foundation Agreement aims to address disparity in access to treatments and to prioritize populations and regions that bear the greatest burden of sickle cell disease in the search for curative therapies Effort expands on Novartis commitment to sickle cell disease, which includes a therapeutic pipeline and a holistic approach to diagnosis, treatment, and managemen
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Impossible Foods earns a perfect score on influential assessment of workplace equality.
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The Human Rights Campaign designates Impossible Foods as one of the country’s “Best Places to Work” for LGBTQ+ Equality.
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The 100% ranking is awarded to companies who meet all of the criteria according to the Corporate Equality Index, a benchmarking tool used to measure the quality of workplace policies for employees that identify with the LGBTQ+ community.
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Bill Gates to Speak at GreenBiz 21 Thu, 01/28/2021 - 08:00 Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body Have you heard the big news? Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy, will be speaking at GreenBiz 21 — the premier annual event for business leaders! Gates joins a dynamic speaker lineup of nearly 200 thought leaders and will kick off GreenBiz 21 with his session “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Critical Role Businesses Must Play
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As Chief Science Officer, York will oversee R&D and product innovation
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Respected Vanderbilt chair, professor, and lab director will report directly to CEO and Founder Dr. Pat Brown as part of the startup’s senior leadership team
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Impossible Foods continues to expand its world-class team of scientists with plans to double the size of the R&D staff in 2021
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The matching gift will help launch innovative solution to reduce student loan debt at scale
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Porsche has joined the Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI). This cross-industry coalition of international companies and non-governmental organizations is campaigning for transparency and improved working conditions in mica supply chains. The raw material is used in numerous industrial and cosmetic products. As an automotive manufacturer, Porsche also contributes to the global consumption of the raw material through use of mica in car paints. The sports car manufacturer represents the Volkswagen G
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SOURCE: Novartis DESCRIPTION:September 30, 2020 /3BL Media/ - COVID-19’s existence anywhere poses a threat to communities everywhere. The health, social, and economic impacts can only be addressed through the collective actions of stakeholders across private, public, and philanthropic sectors in partnership with civil society. As organizations dedicated to improving and protecting global health, with our varied skills, roles, and resources, we remain committed to doing our part in ending this pan
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Supply Surge rallies local businesses and community partners to support students in need
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Impossible Foods has already provided relief to more than 750,000 people experiencing food insecurity since the start of the pandemic; company is on track to donate more than 1 million meals in 2020
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Leading food tech startup is expanding its “social good” program to organizations fighting for social justice -- including Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp
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The collaboration between Impossible Foods and Know Your Rights Camp kicks off today in San Francisco with San Francisco Marin Food Bank and Al Pastor Papi food truck
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(BRK.A; BRK.B) – Yesterday, Warren E. Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, contributed 15,971,345 “B” shares of Berkshire to five philanthropies. The shares, valued at about $2.9 billion, were given to the following foundations: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, Howard G. Buffett Foundation and NoVo Foundation. Mr. Buffett’s current contribution of Berkshire stock is the 15th installment of an annual giving plan he initiated in June, 20
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Impossible Foods partners with Local Human, an apparel brand co-founded by Isaac Rochell of The LA Chargers
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For every limited-edition “Food Fam” t-shirt, five Impossible™ Burgers will be donated to LA Regional Food Bank and $10 will be donated to No Kid Hungry
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Impossible Foods has donated more than 500,000 Impossible Burgers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
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“Highgate Heroes” series to profile the selfless healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle staying at hotels across New York
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Food security efforts, including education program to improve livestock health among African farmers, detailed in Elanco’s new social impact report