OSAKA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced four new partnerships to its Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program, which makes long-term commitments to strengthen healthcare for people in developing and emerging countries. Even the best clinics and hospitals are unable to offer consistent, appropriate, quality care if people cannot access them; a strong health workforce, sustainable supply chains, appropriate resources, and much more are key to building

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GrowerIQ, the leading cannabis enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform, today announced it recently closed an oversubscribed $3 million CAD ($2.3 million USD) seed round. The round was co-led by Golden Section and MaRS IAF, with participation from LAGO, Delbridge, GTM Fund and Gaingels. Non-cannabis ERP systems don’t work for cannabis production, so producers are stuck using Excel or outdated software that do not talk to each other. This makes it hard to gather dat

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Invitation Homes Inc. (NYSE: INVH) (“Invitation Homes” or the “Company”) continues to expand on its environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) efforts. As part of its commitments to advance innovation, ensure that its products and processes are sustainable, and provide transparency in its reporting, the Company has hired professional in-house expertise to expand and deepen its approach to ESG matters. Roy Conn has been named vice president, ESG. Mr. Conn previously wa

SILVER SPRING, Md. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR), a public benefit corporation (PBC), today announced the release of its third annual Corporate Responsibility Report with 2021 highlights, providing stakeholders important information regarding the company’s commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities. Contained within the report is the company’s inaugural public benefit report, detailing United Therapeutic

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Teleperformance (Paris:TEP), the global leader in outsourced customer and citizen experience management and related digital services, announces that it will join the CAC 40 ESG index as of September 16, 2022 after market close. Launched in March 2021 by Euronext, the CAC 40 ESG index brings together the 40 French companies in the CAC Large 60 with the best environmental, societal and governance (ESG) practices. This distinction reflects the strong commit

LA TRINITÉ-SUR-MER, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #IBSA–A real celebration was held on September 9 in the port of La Trinité-Sur-Mer, in Brittany, for the launch of the Class40 IBSA, the brand new boat with which Alberto Bona will participate in the Route du Rhum. The transatlantic regatta is indeed the first project of the three-year program Sailing into the Future. Together that the ocean sailor started with IBSA at the beginning of 2022. Great enthusiasm and emotion characterised the event, that took p

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Teleperformance (Paris:TEP), the global leader in outsourced customer and citizen experience management and related digital services, announced that its operations in 64 countries have received Great Place to Work® certifications, up four countries from 2021. With this achievement, Teleperformance increases its number of certified countries two years in a row, and confirms over 97% of its 420,000 global employees are working in a Great Place to Work® loc

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alcoa Corporation (NYSE: AA) announced today that it has received certification from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) for its Poços de Caldas operations in Brazil. All of the Company’s operating locations in Brazil are now ASI certified, which brings the global number of Alcoa sites that have earned ASI’s Performance Standard certification to 17. Founded in 1965, the Poços de Caldas site was Alcoa’s first venture in Brazil. It includes a bauxite mine, alum