IFC and Microsoft partner to foster female entrepreneurship and opportunities for forcibly displaced populations in Brazil

Microsoft Participações is joining the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets and a member of the World Bank Group, to boost female entrepreneurship and training and employability for forcibly displaced populations in Brazil. The partnership involves three complementary efforts: a public workshop to discuss how to address Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) concepts in technology companies and startups at an early stage; a technical training program for female entrepreneurs, and the promotion of technological qualifications for forcibly displaced populations, aiming…

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Discovery Education and Somos Educação Bring Innovative STEM Education to Millions of Students in Brazil

Discovery Education—the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms—and SOMOS Educação—Brazil’s largest education company, and one of the largest educational groups in the world—have announced an innovative new partnership. In this new collaboration, Discovery Education and SOMOS Educação will deliver award-winning digital resources supporting STEM education to students across Brazil through Plurall, Somos’s digital teaching platform, which has become the largest digital classroom platform for private elementary and high schools in Brazil, with more than 1.3 million students. Preparing Brazilian students with…

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Mobile App Promotes Safe Blood Donation in Brazil During COVID-19 Pandemic

Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ in collaboration with MTM Tecnologia and ClearTech launched a mobile app supporting the Green and Yellow Blood Project in Brazil. The free app is designed to promote and facilitate safe blood donation throughout the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ensuring steady blood donation during this time of great uncertainty and need is critical. Car accidents, people being diagnosed with terminal illnesses, and life-altering surgeries are still taking place – for all of which, blood donation is a necessity[1]. Adding more pressure to blood donation centers, patients affected…

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Tesco announces support for funding to protect Cerrado region in Brazil

Tesco has become one of the first companies to lend its support to a new initiative designed to help end soy-associated deforestation in one of Brazil’s most important areas of biodiversity. Tesco’s £10 million contribution over five years to the Funding for Soy Farmers in the Cerrado initiative will support soy farmers in the Cerrado region of Brazil to protect native vegetation and transition to producing soy only on existing agricultural land. The retailer has been joined by the animal nutrition business, Nutreco, and Grieg Seafood in pledging funds to…

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SC Johnson Partners With Molecoola to Increase Recycling in Brazil

SC Johnson has announced a partnership with reverse logistics startup Molecoola to sponsor recycling centers in São Paulo, Brazil, reinforcing the company’s commitment to recycling and sustainability. Consumers can return empty products from any of SC Johnson’s well-known brands, including Mr Muscle®, Glade® and OFF!®, at any of Molecoola’s locations and earn points that can be redeemed using app technology for goods and services. The points can also be used for charitable donations to communities in São Paulo. “We are excited to partner with Molecoola to help increase recycling rates…

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