Month: March 2023

CINCINNATI, March 8, 2023 /3BL Media/ – Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS) has recently been honored with a host of awards that celebrate the company’s workplace environment and the support it provides for its diverse, female and military-affiliated employee-partners.

Cintas has recently been recognized with the following honors:

Forbes’ America’s Best Large Employers 2023Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women 2023Military Friendly Company, which includes separate awards as a Military Friendly Employer with a Bronze Designation, Military Spouse Friendly Employer, Military Friendly Supplier Diversity and Military Friendly Brand

“Cintas is fortunate be honored for our workplace practices frequently, and when third-party awards are the result of the personal opinions and experiences of both our own employee-partners and others who are familiar with how we operate our business, these recognitions are more meaningful to everyone here,” said Max Langenkamp, Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer. “We’re appreciative of the positive response that these awards generate, especially when they reinforce so many of our corporate values.”

Cintas is frequently recognized for its business, corporate social responsibility and diversity initiatives.

In recent years, Cintas’ honors have included five straight Fortune 500 placements, as well as multiple Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies and Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies honors. The company has also earned bronze recognition from EcoVadis and has earned a spot on the FTSE4Good Index.

Other recent employment awards include Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Diversity, DiversityPlus Magazine’s Top 30 Champions of Diversity, Influencer Award from Autism Speaks, and the Disability Equality Index’s Best Places to Work for Disability.

“We believe we’ve fostered a tremendous workplace experience that provides opportunities, support and advancement for all. Our goal is to sustain an environment where everyone feels their contributions help empower our collective success. We’re committed to an overall culture that values everyone and perpetuates a safe and healthy workplace so that all of our employee-partners can have a sense of belonging and purpose while they’re on the job at Cintas,” Langenkamp added.

More information about Cintas’ approach to human capital and its workforce, including its overview and approach to DEI, talent recruitment and retention, compensation and benefits, performance and advancement, training and development and employee-partner engagement, is available in the 2022 Cintas ESG Report.

Cintas Corporation

Cintas Corporation helps more than one million businesses of all types and sizes get Ready™ to open their doors with confidence every day by providing products and services that help keep their customers’ facilities and employees clean, safe, and looking their best. With offerings including uniforms, mats, mops, towels, restroom supplies, workplace water services, first aid and safety products, eye-wash stations, safety training, fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems and alarm service, Cintas helps customers get Ready for the Workday®. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas is a publicly held Fortune 500 company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS and is a component of both the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and Nasdaq-100 Index.

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Lizz Summers, Director of Corporate Affairs, summerse2@cintas.com, (513) 972-2859

Logitech Blog

As Logitech celebrates International Women’s Day, we join the rest of the world in recognizing women’s incredible achievements around the globe, while raising awareness and encouraging organizations and people everywhere to advocate for gender equality. This year’s global theme to “Embrace Equity” resonates very strongly with us, as we join others to get the world talking about why equal opportunities are no longer enough.

At Logitech, we have strived to make important gains in women’s representation, both in leadership roles and throughout the company, but we know there is always more work to be done. Like most in the industry, we continue our work towards equal gender representation for STEM and technical roles within the walls of Logitech and in our community through multiple partnerships and programs.

Logitech remains committed to building a more equitable workplace by pushing back against bias, practicing allyship and embracing sponsorship. We also seek to address barriers and defy stereotypes through various initiatives, including:

Women Who Master Campaign: Logitech has taken action to drive gender balance, diversity and equality in technology. The #WomenWhoMaster campaign was created to ignite an industry and community movement to close the gender gap in STEM careers worldwide. Through a series that celebrates the achievements of women leaders who are impacting and innovating in STEM fields, each month Logitech spotlights a woman who has mastered their field, sharing inspirational stories of their experiences, concerns, and solutions to provide the next generation of makers, creators, and doers with powerful aspirations and career tips.Girls Who Code: As part of the #WomenWhoMaster campaign, Logitech conducts a series of educational initiatives with Girls Who Code, an organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology and computer science, while inspiring more girls to become computer scientists and engineers. As part of the Girls Who Code’s Summer Immersion Program and webinars, we aim to play a small part in connecting young girls with real-life role models who can support and encourage their passion for tech.Coalition for Gender Fair Procurement: In June 2022, Logitech co-founded the Coalition for Gender Fair Procurement with an organization called Gender Fair. The coalition is an alliance of like-minded organizations seeking to promote Gender Fairness. Based on The UN Women’s Empowerment Principles, the coalition is working to inspire sustained positive progress towards UN SDG 5 (Gender Equality) by leveraging the trillions of corporate spending power around the globe as a lever to deliver urgent progress towards gender equality.Logitech G: Logitech continues to rethink the design of gaming products to be more inclusive of all audiences, breaking stereotypes of the past. Logitech G’s Aurora Collection is a gender-inclusive collection centered around comfort, approachability and playfulness that supports our long-term commitment to enabling everyone to experience the joy of play. In setting out to design principally for women gamers, we achieved not only that, but created a collection we hope is meaningful for an even larger segment of gamers beyond gender and stereotypes. Additionally, for the month of March, Logitech G will feature women and femme presenting creators on our #CreatorSpotlight streams on Twitch to #EmbraceEquity by recognizing the value of gender equity and actions needed to continue to create a gender equal world, while raising money for Girls Who Code.Lastly, for this International Women’s Day, the Logitech Cares Fund, together with LogiWomen, has made a donation to She’s the First, who works together with grassroots organizations to make sure girls everywhere are educated, respected, and heard.

At Logitech, we celebrate the achievements and successes of women everywhere today and everyday, and remain committed to do our part in building a more equitable workplace and advocating for gender equality around the world.

By Candace Higginbotham

Growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, Judge Vanzetta Penn McPherson was reared in a household that valued education. Her parents were educators, and she was an exceptional student.

Yet despite an “extremely exhilarating childhood,” she was aware at a very early age that the Jim Crow laws of the South, enforcing segregation, made her different. It meant she was not permitted to go to the Paramount Theater and was allowed only to sit in the Black section on the city bus – behind demarcation signs that read “Whites” and “Colored.”

She was just eight years old when the Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights occurred, and she remembered how she and her brother “stole away” to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. One by one, those early experiences made a deep impression on her, ultimately influencing her decision to go to law school.

“It became clear to me that I was going to improve life, if at all, one person at a time,” McPherson said.

Regions Bank’s celebration of Black History Month culminated in a true grand finale Monday evening, by recognizing McPherson’s commitment.

During its annual History in Motion program, the bank honored McPherson for her lifetime of service defending civil rights, upholding justice for all and cultivating knowledge and understanding throughout her community.

In private law practice, McPherson specialized in the enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and represented many clients in employment discrimination cases based on race.

She was sworn in as the first Black Federal Magistrate Judge in Alabama in 1992 and served 14 years on the bench.

But her service to the community hasn’t been limited to the legal system. She and best friend and fellow judge, Delores Boyd, opened a bookstore to help address the lack of available African-American literature in retail bookstores and local libraries.

McPherson also served as a widely acclaimed columnist for the Montgomery Advertiser, where she provided political, racial and social commentary.

Her voice outside the courtroom has been just as influential as it was when upholding civil rights legislation. McPherson has used journalism as a platform to be a beacon for her community, in addressing issues that are critical to our society.

“She gets righteously indignant about all forms of racism,” Boyd said. “She is fearless in speaking out.”

Because she witnessed first-hand many significant events and milestones in history, McPherson acknowledges how important it is to make sure young people – especially young African Americans – understand “what happened, why it happened and what difference it makes.”

“I’m very proud of having lived through the time I lived through,” she said. “I am proud that I have served as a private practitioner and a judge. I’m proud that I can look around me and see the difference I have made.”

See and hear more of Judge McPherson’s inspiring story in the video above.

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the historical and cultural achievements of women. But in tandem with International Women’s Day, the celebration of women should be an important reminder of women who struggle daily with housing costs and honor those who have overcome overwhelming obstacles to gain access to proper shelter, as well as the women who continue to seek adequate shelter for their families.

On average, women are disproportionately impacted by inadequate and unsafe housing. Nearly one in three single mothers live below the poverty line. In the U.S., one in six families must choose between having a place to call home, pay for food, health care, childcare, education or reliable transportation.

Meet Jannetta

Jannetta’s home in Kansas City, Missouri was unsafe and unhealthy for her and her family. “The roof caved in six times. It was drafty and poorly insulated. My bathroom pipes would freeze every time it was below 30 degrees, so I would have to crawl under the house with a hairdryer to thaw them. If I waited for the landlord, it would be days before he’d fix it.”

Beyond high energy bills and ever-increasing rent, Jannetta’s home was too small to fit her family’s needs. Her grandchildren, who visited on the weekends didn’t have room to play, and there was no space for her mother, for whom Jannetta provides daily care.

Jannetta applied to the Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City homeownership program and was approved. In 2022, with the help of a team of volunteers comprised solely of women, Jannetta built her new home. She said, “I’m through with paying rent. The cost is always going up and you’re not getting anything for it.” Her new home has enabled Jannetta to achieve her dream of providing a safe home for her family.

Women, families and Habitat for Humanity’s mission

Women and families are an integral part of Habitat for Humanity’s mission, with housing at the center of well-being for individuals and families, which is why Habitat is a steadfast advocate for women, and particularly minority women, in their journeys to homeownership.

With the support of partners like Whirlpool Corporation, Habitat reduces barriers to home ownership around the world through the following programs:

Habitat Builds serve women and families by increasing access to affordable housing. The majority of U.S. households served by Habitat for Humanity are female-led and most of these households are led by a woman who identify as Black or African American. In response to this need, new home construction and repair work for female-led households has steadily increased over the last five years. This work is also impacting family members in need, as female-led households are more likely to have dependents, a person over 65 and/or a person with disabilities living in the household.

Outside the U.S., the Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter (TCIS), part of Habitat for Humanity International, expands low-income families’ access to innovative housing products, services and financing. TCIS is currently working with Whirlpool Corporation in Mexico to explore washing machine solutions for families in rural areas where access to electricity and clean water is limited. Whirlpool Corp. is proud to partner with Habitat and TCIS on what could potentially be another innovative solution that empowers women and provides the tools needed to break these cycles of poverty.

In Kenya, a housing microfinancing project through TCIS is creating positive impact on women’s livelihoods, health, and standards of living, while building confidence, skills and decision-making power. The financial stability of participating women improved, from using their property as a productive asset, to freeing up previous rent payments, to having more time for business activity through improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and energy solutions. Together with the increased income, having a decent and stable home enabled the women’s children to pursue education longer and the investment in clean energy, cooking and WASH facilities led to improved diets, cleaner homes and reduction in water-borne and respiratory diseases.

Habitat’s Women Build was developed in 1991, in recognition of the overwhelming power of women to make a difference in their communities and for one another. The program empowers women to help families build strength, stability and independence by offering them the opportunity to take a proactive step in serving and changing their communities through hands-on learning. In developing countries, this is done through partnerships with organizations to assist in bringing the full rights and responsibilities of homeownership to women.

Women Build also supports Habitat’s advocacy programs by collecting information on the challenges, particularly with property rights, that women face worldwide. Through Women Build, Habitat is increasing advocacy efforts on these important issues and demonstrating the many benefits of female ownership.

Thanks to partners like Whirlpool Corporation, together, we are making the cost of a house something women, like Jannetta, around the world can all afford and the reality of a home possible to achieve.

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