

Originally published on thehersheycompany.com by Allison Arbib, Research Program Director at Verité, an independent, nonprofit, civil society organization focused on human rights and eliminating labor abuses. In a range of human rights and labor rights due diligence frameworks — the UN Guiding Principles, the United States Department of Labor Comply Chain, the…
Originally published on jnj.com. Up to 200,000 Regimens of Janssen’s Investigational Ebola Vaccine to be Supplied to Rwanda for Use in Border Region near Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Johnson & Johnson today announced that its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies will provide up to 200,000 Ebola vaccine regimens to the…
Originally posted on Dow.com Dow (NYSE: DOW) and WE are proud to team up and take the third annual WE Are Innovators Campaign across the U.S. and expand across the globe. Whether it is helping people gain access to healthy fresh food, learning how to include different perspectives for more innovative ideas, or driving…
Originally Posted on Accenture.com Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has named 787 people to managing director and senior managing director, including a record number of women. “Every day, these inspiring leaders create an environment where their teams can innovate, push boundaries and be true partners to our clients,” said Julie Sweet, Accenture’s…
Originally Published on Comcast.com Comcast and Connect Direct, a subsidiary of Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD), today launched customer service support via American Sign Language (ASL) for Internet Essentials, Xfinity Internet, and general Xfinity billing questions, called ASL Now. With the combined expertise of both companies, Internet Essentials and…
This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new rule tightening requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The rule will decrease the number of people eligible for SNAP benefits by nearly 2%, which means 688,000 people will no longer qualify. SNAP benefits, formerly known as Food…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed a fee increase to access immigration records from the first half of the 20th century. The Washington Post reported that the fees to access citizenship and alien registration files, visa applications and other records about immigrants from the early 1900s will nearly…
Wisconsin teenager Duaa Ahmad, 17, helped around 100 of her fellow Oshkosh West High School students take shelter at the nearby mosque where she and her family worship after a school stabbing and shooting on Tuesday. The incident began when a 16-year-old student stabbed a law enforcement officer and the…
Corie Pauling, TIAA’s Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, spoke at “Envisioning Change in an Evolving Landscape,” a SUNY diversity and inclusion conference. See TIAA’s LinkedIn announcement below.
When Charlotte Nebres’ mother Danielle Nebres informed her daughter she was going to be the first Black Marie in George Balanchine’s version of “The Nutcracker” with the New York City Ballet, Charlotte’s response was, “Wow. That seems a little late,” The New York Times reports. Nebres, who is just 11…
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