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“Starting a business is especially difficult for women in a male-dominated society like Pakistan,” Fariha Irfan, a small-business owner in Rawalpindi told me when I met her earlier this year. “At every step we need men to assist us, whether that’s our husbands or our brothers.”
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Join us in applauding KFC India and KFC Pakistan for their commitment to championing equity, inclusion and belonging in their restaurants by offering professional development and educational opportunities for the hearing and speech impaired.
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has announced $66 million in funding to support the Government of Pakistan’s efforts to reduce the twin climate impacts of flooding and drought and improve resilience in some of the country’s most vulnerable communities.
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The Western Union Foundation announced that it invested more than US$20 million, reaching more than two million people worldwide and connecting 50,000 individuals to economic opportunities, as part of its recently concluded Opportunity Beyond Borders commitment. The Foundation’s latest Impact Report highlights key programs and stories from people supported through the organization’s three-year commitment (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2022). Opportunity Beyond Borders focused on empowering disadvantaged you
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Chris Smalls, Angela Davis, Thomas le Bonniec, and others will speak at MozFest virtual from March 20 - 24. The 13th annual Festival celebrates the collective power of people
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Industry-leading collective formed by key players in the energy industry to focus on data-driven MRV across the CCS value-chain
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SOURCE: Ericsson DESCRIPTION:Caroline BernsHead of Diversity Inclusion and Talent Acquisition, MMEA Welcome to the latest edition of our Diversity Inclusion News Round-Up. Today we are talking about a new report from McKinsey, LinkedIn’s Diversity Nudges, how working from home can impact gender equality, and a librarian from Afghanistan fighting for women’s rights. Well-beingInteresting report from McKinsey about talent attraction and attrition, surveying over 13,000 people in 6 different countri
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Since its Launch in 2016, New Partnerships Bring Total Global CSR Program Contributions to JPY 19.7 Billion (Approx. USD 140.7 million) Across 24 Programs in 79 Countries
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More Than 23,000 Takeda Employees Voted on New Partnerships Selecting Ipas, Plan International, Pure Earth and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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Global CSR Program Partnerships Help Takeda Advance Disease Prevention, Empower the Health Workforce and Strengthen Health Systems Across the World
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Armory Square Ventures, a technology venture capital firm operating across New York State, announced its launch today of the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation. The new annual prize awards a talented literary translator with book publication. The winning manuscript, selected by a jury of peers, will be a translation of a literary work from one South Asian language into English. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire
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PG Beauty announced it will double the global supply of sustainably farmed guar in India. SOURCE: PG DESCRIPTION:PG Beauty is joining with Solvay and TechnoServe India in the Sustainable Guar Initiative (SGI), an industry-leading effort designed to accelerate sustainable growth of guar at scale, empower more women farmers, and further improve the livelihoods of smallholder guar bean farmers in India. Click here to learn more about the partnership. This natural material is one of PG Beauty’s prior
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Month of Giving Kicks Off February 1: IHOP Accepting Donations Ahead of National Pancake Day to Benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® and Other Charities
Guests Can Do Good for a Good Cause and Enjoy a Free Short Stack of Buttermilk Pancakes from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m., March 1, 2022, in Restaurant
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Supporting Our Neighbors: An Update on Walmart's Work to Welcome Afghan Refugees Fri, 12/03/2021 - 10:00 Subheader By Dan Bartlett, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Walmart Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body Ahmed Nabizada remembers standing in the candle section on one of his days as a Walmart department manager. As he looked at the rows of candles of all shapes and sizes, he worried. Originally from Kabul, Afghanistan, he had just moved to the United States from Pak
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Boehringer Ingelheim marks the World Health Summit 2021 by announcing updates to its strategic approach to sustainable development
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The company commits to investing EUR 250 million in collaborations to combat infectious diseases in humans and animals, and increases investment in health innovation and research to tackle non-communicable diseases worldwide
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In addition, Boehringer Ingelheim commits to expanding healthcare access for non-communicable diseases for 50 million people in vulnerable communities
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Gathering unveils 10 new programs, more than $54M in investments to promote economic opportunity and support bottom-up growth in communities across the United States and around the globe
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Strive kicks off with initial commitment of $25 million in philanthropic funding to strengthen financial resilience and growth of small businesses globally
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Kid Chef Rayaan named IHOP 2021 Kid Chef with proceeds from his winning Caramel Apple a la Mode Pancake Benefitting Children’s Causes
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From creating tools to help distribute COVID-19 vaccines to helping address food insecurity, this year's notable changemakers are rising to the occasion in a year unlike any other
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IHOP Answers a Famous Fan’s Request for All-You-Can-Drink Milkshakes to Keep Americans Laughing
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Western Union Foundation’s Opportunity Beyond Borders Q1 2021 funding will support COVID-19 vaccine dissemination and workforce training in more than 10 countries
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Program to train the next generation of domestic and international place-based social impact investing change agents
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15 Grantees Awarded Nearly $500,000 in Final 2020 Application Round
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FINCA Guatemala Smart Certification
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Mark Schnellbaecher Named President and Chief Operating Officer at Pure Earth
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet-first” tech business ecosystem, is pleased to announce that HiQ, a recently social app developed by HiRide Share Ltd. (“HiRide”), Facedrive’s wholly owned subsidiary achieved over 250,000 user downloads within 2 weeks of launch. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200714005346/en/ HiQ (the “App”) is a socialization and gaming mobile application that enco
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The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation today announced plans to donate much-needed medical supplies to 10 more countries in Asia.
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With funding commitment from lululemon, Peace on Purpose aims to train and equip more than 3,000 aid workers and reach 30,000 UN staff over the next three years with mindfulness and self-care tools
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Vizient has selected Community Partners of Dallas as the winner of its annual Norman Borlaug Humanitarian Award for its work helping abused children.
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Aug 30, 2019 8:00 AM ET - "Clean water for this young schoolboy makes my job feel worthwhile." Read Maryam Khalid from Nestlé Pakistan on our clean water and sanitation projects that benefit over 60,000 people in the country. Read more...
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Rice farming uses 40% of the world’s irrigation water & accounts for half of Mars’ unsustainable water use. That’s why we’re promoting water stewardship with rice farmers - with programs in India & Pakistan seeing a 30% reduction in water use so far.
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Grants to help strengthen health systems and reduce health disparities in underserved communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America
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Eurofins acquires AQM expanding its excellence in inspection and audits, Corporate Social Responsibility and brand protection.
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Two top women entrepreneurs from the FinTech and Social Impact challenges received $100,000 (USD) each and access to Visa’s network to grow their companies.
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In nationwide search for young innovators, the Un-carrier and Ashoka
saw more than 330 entries and have selected the top 30 trailblazing
teams to visit T-Mobile Bellevue for two-day lab to help fast-track
their world-changing ideas
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More than 1,300 applications from 130 countries were received. The
ten awardees have been selected across five continents.
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This year, the Intercultural Innovation Award Ceremony has been
held for the first time at United Nations headquarters in New York.
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Given the tremendous success of the initiative, the BMW Group and
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations have decided to renew the
partnership for another four years.
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Today, the provincial government of Punjab in Pakistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Novartis to roll out Novartis Access. Poor patients in the province of Punjab will soon have free access to high-quality medicines from the Novartis Access portfolio targeting four key noncommunicable disease areas (NCDs): cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory illnesses, and breast cancer. The agreement also includes the implementation of innovative software to track and monitor individual pa
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By the time Bechtel’s Alba Potline 6 Aluminum project in Bahrain reaches peak construction in mid-2018, there could be more than 10,000 skilled craft workers on site. Like most construction projects in the Middle East, Alba will rely to a large extent on the commitment and dedication of expatriate workers, from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and other countries.
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Supported by the Baxter International Foundation, the Prestigious
Award Recognizes Dr. Richmond’s Research on the Psychological Effects of
Violence and Injury
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The global canola oil market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 5% during the forecast period, according to Technavio’s latest report.
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Novartis reaches agreement with Pakistan to supply medicines that address the rapid rise of chronic illness among poor people in the world's sixth most populous nation. Novartis Access medicines will be made available to the poorest population in Pakistan through hospitals under the Prime Minister’s National Health Insurance Program.
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Fox opened its doors to seven of the university's top female graduate students on July 13 as part of an exchange organized by Lee and the Women's Empowerment programs at the U.S. Department of State. The visit, which included a full tour of the studio lot and its operations, gave the students an up close and personal look at the American entertainment industry.
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They come from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Nigeria, Gambia, Pakistan, and Iraq. Some of them fled their homeland only recently, while others applied for asylum in Germany quite some time ago.
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Oct 19, 2012 10:25 AM ET - Intel has partnered with South Korean telecom company KT Corporation to develop energy-efficient technology to reduce power consumption...
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Sep 7, 2010 11:09 AM ET - theCSRminute is your daily video digest of the most relevant Corporate Social Responsible news of the day. Our team of 3BL Media correspondents tracks the global world of corporate social responsibility to bring you coverage of the most important announcements, initiatives, issues, trends, ideas, and breaking news.
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Aug 11, 2010 11:41 AM ET - theCSRminute is your daily video digest of the most relevant Corporate Social Responsible news of the day. Our team of 3BL Media correspondents tracks the global world of corporate social responsibility to bring you coverage of the most important announcements, initiatives, issues, trends, ideas, and breaking news.