MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–U.S. Bank is introducing a new Business Diversity Lending Program that will expand the ability of diverse business owners to obtain capital, building upon the bank’s broader efforts to support under-represented businesses and help address the wealth gap. Through the Business Diversity Lending Program, U.S. Bank will provide credit and financing to help women-, minority-, and veteran-owned businesses grow and thrive. The program is based on traditional loans and lin
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PARSIPPANY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Analysis of studies involving 160,000 people across three continents reinforces message that handwashing is not just for pandemics.
PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI) is excited to announce the publication of two landmark reports that demonstrate that whilst the barriers on paying fair incomes or wages for mica workers in India are still high the cost impact on finished goods using mica will be minimal. Providing living wages and incomes to workers at mica mines and processors is a vital step on the path to lift workers, their families, and their communities out of poverty and exploitation and tow
TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #G7–IGES will serve as the secretariat of the “Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership Center” to be established
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #CSR–Recap of CSR stories on Business Wire
TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In a first-of-its kind agreement with Make-A-Wish Canada, Blue Cross — a long-time supporter of wish granting efforts — will help grant over 6,000 new travel wishes to over 26,000 wish kids and their families over the next five years. This gift-in-kind pledge will provide much-needed travel insurance so that wish kids and their families can enjoy worry-free travel, and marks the largest gift ever committed to Make-A-Wish Canada. “World Wish Day is the annual Make-A-Wis
TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dans le cadre d’une entente inédite conclue avec la Fondation Make-A-Wish | Rêves d’enfants Canada, Croix Bleue, qui soutient depuis longtemps les efforts visant à exaucer les rêves, aidera à réaliser plus de 6 000 nouveaux rêves de voyage pour plus de 26 000 enfants et leurs familles, au cours des cinq prochaines années. Cette promesse de don en nature permettra de leur offrir une assurance voyage indispensable afin qu’ils voyagent en toute tranquillité. Il s’agit du
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #ADEA100–Dr. Karen P. West, ADEA President and CEO, was selected by Nonprofit HR as a 2023 Social Impact Women to Watch Finalist.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Affirming its global leadership in advanced decarbonization, sustainability and resilience solutions, Black & Veatch announces that the Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) latest “Top 500 Design Firms” Sourcebook again ranks it among the world’s leaders in power, telecommunications and water. Basing its rankings on the company’s operational revenue, the Top 500 Design Firms Sourcebook lists Black & Veatch’s power business No. 3. Black & Veatch comes
CHEVY CHASE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Forbright Bank, a nationwide full-service bank that is helping accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy announced that it has closed on a debt financing deal to build a new wasted food to renewable energy facility in Turlock, CA. The facility, owned by Divert, Inc., will process 100,000 tons of food waste per year and turn it into renewable energy. Wasted food is a top contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Human produced waste in landfills create