Month: April 2023

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 7, 2023 /3BL Media/ – Bath & Body Works announces today that it was recognized by Columbus Business First with a Diversity in Business Award. The publication’s awards recognize people and organizations doing outstanding work in the field of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

“We’re proud to receive this honor,” says Kelie Charles, Chief Diversity Officer for Bath & Body Works. “We strive to infuse our belief that diversity, equity and inclusion make us stronger into our inclusive culture, equitable business processes and support of diverse communities. This award honors our positive momentum in this space, and we look forward to what’s ahead.”

This is the eighth year for Columbus Business First’s program which highlights excellence in encouraging diversity in age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race and religion at local workplaces in Central Ohio. Bath & Body Works is one of 18 honorees on this year’s distinguished list.

For more information on Bath & Body Works’ DEI strategy and commitments, visit bbwinc.com.

ABOUT BATH & BODY WORKS 
Home of America’s Favorite Fragrances®, Bath & Body Works is a global leader in personal care and home fragrance, including the top-selling collections for fine fragrance mist, body lotion and body cream, 3-wick candles, home fragrance diffusers and liquid hand soap. Powered by agility and innovation, the company’s predominantly U.S.-based supply chain enables the company to deliver quality, on-trend luxuries at affordable prices. Bath & Body Works serves and delights customers however and wherever they want to shop, from welcoming, in-store experiences at more than 1,800 company-operated Bath & Body Works locations in the U.S. and Canada and more than 425 international franchised locations to an online storefront at BathandBodyWorks.com.

For more information, please contact:

Bath & Body Works, Inc.: 
Media Relations 
Emmy Beach 
Communications@bbw.com

AUSTIN, Minn., April 7, 2023 /3BL Media/ – Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a Fortune 500 global branded food company, has been named one of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies by Newsweek for a second straight year.

“We are honored to be recognized as one of the most trusted companies in America. Building a culture of trust is not a one-time achievement, but a continuous effort,” said Jim Snee, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Hormel Foods. “At Hormel Foods, we strive to earn and maintain the trust of our customers and stakeholders every day through our actions and our commitment to transparency, accountability and integrity. Our recognition as one of the most trusted companies in America is a testament to the dedication and hard work of our team members who are the foundation of our success.”

Hormel Foods has long been a leader in transparency, sustainability and corporate responsibility, including being named one of America’s Most Responsible Companies for a fourth consecutive year by Newsweek, being recognized as one of the World’s Top Female-Friendly Companies by Forbes and being recently named one of Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies.

Additionally, Hormel Foods has an ambitious set of corporate responsibility goals that it will strive to achieve by 2030 (the 20 By 30 Challenge), an initiative that has already led to significant reductions in packaging, nonrenewable energy use, greenhouse-gas emissions, water use and solid waste sent to landfills. The goals of the 20 By 30 Challenge were based on a robust key-topics-assessment process that identified and prioritized the issues most relevant to the company and its stakeholders.

Newsweek partnered with Statista to compile its annual ranking of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies, which analyzed 3,100 publicly traded U.S. corporations with annual revenue over $500 million, across 23 different industries. An independent survey of more than 25,000 U.S. residents was conducted to determine the list of companies that Americans trust the most, ranked by industry.

To view the full list of America’s Most Trusted Companies 2023, visit www.newsweek.com/rankings/most-trustworthy-companies-america-2023.

Originally published on HARMAN News Room

As the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates 75 years of improving public health and promoting overall well-being for World Health Day, HARMAN will be spotlighting its latest technologies. Technologies that enhance the patient experience and deliver greater, security rich care across the healthcare ecosystem by empowering providers and clinicians.

This year’s theme for World Health Day is “Health for All.” As a global leader in connected technologies, HARMAN contributes to a healthier future with solutions that digitally transform the healthcare ecosystem for improved access and outcomes. Our Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS) business designs and deploys next-generation technology to address everyday healthcare needs. At the recently held HARMAN EXPLORE 2023, HARMAN revealed its Intelligent Healthcare Platform, which is designed to help healthcare providers deliver personalized and consumer-centric services. In today’s digital world, more providers and patients rely on virtual and connected healthcare. The patient data systems tend to be disconnected and complex, often adding costs and challenges to delivering quality patient care.

With this in mind, HARMAN Digital Transformation Solutions set out to deliver the right technology to allow for greater transparency, connectedness, and autonomy in remote care while improving the patient experience. Using the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the Intelligent Healthcare Platform improves the efficiency and accuracy of medical diagnoses. Ultimately, it helps enable healthcare providers to deliver the best possible care to their patients through predictive analytics and actionable insights on data harnessed from disparate sources.

Over 200 clients have benefited from HARMAN solutions, with a significant number in the healthcare sector. Here are a number of applications and solutions currently available for providers, payers, life sciences, pharma, and medical equipment manufacturers:

Wearables empowering home-based patient care: HARMAN partnered with LIVMOR to leverage product engineering capabilities for a more interactive, predictive, and proactive healthcare model that can deliver a better, more productive quality of life at home or work.Better maternal health and wellness through a digital platform: HARMAN created a comprehensive health and wellness platform for maternity care in partnership with Reach, a global social impact organization.Mental healthcare delivery through gamification: A global pioneer in pharmaceuticals partnered with HARMAN to create a solution that better impacts healthcare delivery for neurodivergent patients by offering real-time insights into the patient’s behavioral pattern.

HARMAN is helping providers make healthcare more equitable with emerging technologies that improve the way each human experiences healthcare. As these examples demonstrate, HARMAN innovations help make “Health for All” possible because HARMAN focuses on “healthcare on good.” To learn more about HARMAN Digital Transformation Solutions, visit https://services.harman.com/.

Last November, EEI joined a group of member companies and the Pro Bono Institute in hosting EmPOWERing Pro Bono Day, a first-ever event for the electric power industry. Participants used the day of service to offer legal support to low-income, marginalized communities in electric companies’ service territories.

In-house legal teams from electric and natural gas companies across the country—including AVANGRID, Consolidated Edison, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, El Paso Electric, Entergy, Exelon, and PPL Corporation—volunteered in the focused effort to provide support for underserved communities in their service territories.

As part of the marked day of service, more than 150 in-house volunteer attorneys and legal staff teamed up with outside counsel and nonprofits to help customers find legal solutions to problems affecting the stability and well-being of vulnerable community members. The volunteers served more than 315 clients as part of EmPOWERing Pro Bono Day.

“When we help our customers navigate complex legal issues, they become more resilient, which means they will be able to manage life’s challenges, whether it’s on a blue-sky day or following a disaster,” said Christy Kane, attorney and pro bono counsel at Entergy.

Entergy’s team, led by Kane, connected pro bono attorneys and resources with nearly 200 community members throughout Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Twenty-nine volunteers from Entergy’s legal department, including Executive Vice President and General Counsel Marcus Brown, worked on life-planning documents for seniors, veterans, and first responders; provided policy research on restoring a driver’s license; staffed in-person and online referral clinics for self-represented litigants; addressed issues related to the racial justice gap in property ownership; and represented domestic violence survivors.

This article was originally published in the March/April 2023 issue of EEI’s Electric Perspectives magazine.