Women Who Code Launches Network in Costa Rica

Women Who Code (WWCode), the world’s largest and most active organization of women engineers, with the support of VMware, has announced the launch of our newest WWCode Network in San Jose, Costa Rica. This group will serve the local tech community by providing a space for women engineers to gather and support one another, while also hosting technical, career development, and leadership training events. VMware is the official sponsor of Women Who Code Costa Rica and hosted the launch event which took place on Thursday, July 18th at their offices in San Jose. Leading the Network…

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SCS Global Services Launches Sustainability Pilot for Leading Growers and Retailers of Lab Grown Diamonds

SCS Global Services (SCS) announces the launch of a groundbreaking pilot to audit and analyze lab grown diamonds against a stringent set of sustainability criteria. The pilot audits follow the decision announced earlier this year by the Lab Grown Diamond Council to retain SCS, an internationally recognized third-party certifier and standards developer, to create the world’s first independent ‘product’ sustainability certification standard for diamonds. The market for lab grown diamonds is growing rapidly, creating the need to not only prevent fraud, but independently substantiate and differentiate product sustainability claims. The sustainability performance…

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Albertsons Companies Pharmacies Switch to Recycled Prescription Bag

Albertsons Companies pharmacies are swapping white for brown as they transition from traditional white prescription bags to a new recycled brown bag at 1,700+ locations across the United States. The switch to the more sustainable bag is expected to save more than 5,000 trees annually. Made with 100% recycled content, the new bags include 60% post-consumer recycled content, making Albertsons Companies the first major pharmacy chain to offer this type of bag. The fiber in the new bags is certified to meet the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards for recycled…

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Morgan Stanley Survey Finds Investor Enthusiasm for Sustainable Investing at an All-Time High

More than eight in ten U.S. individual investors now express interest in sustainable investing, while half take part in at least one sustainable investing activity, according to a new survey published by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing. The third edition of the individual investor survey, Sustainable Signals, examines the attitudes, perceptions and behaviors of individual investors towards sustainable investing. Following two prior Sustainable Signals individual investor surveys, the findings show that interest and adoption of sustainable investing has grown steadily since 2015. “These findings reaffirm that sustainable investing has entered the…

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This Diwali Aditya Birla Group urges Millennials to #BlurTheBoundaries

This Diwali, Aditya Birla Group urges millennials to celebrate inclusivity and #BlurTheBoundaries. Conceptualized & executed by Tonic Worldwide, Aditya Birla Group’s latest Diwali campaign tells an insightful story of celebration and inclusion in a unique way through Facebook Thumbstoppers.  The campaign features a young student studying abroad reminiscing about Diwali back home and how at the same time, his classmates from other nationalities dressed in Indian attire, join to celebrate Diwali with him, as a family. The theme of inclusion and encompassing all was brought keeping in mind Aditya Birla…

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