Month: July 2018

Southgate Backs Deutsche Bank Hackathon

Stuart Mitchell

On July 19th and 20th volunteers from across Deutsche Bank’s global technical staff will spend 24 hours to come up with the best design for a mobile app for one of the bank’s Charities of the Year, Cure Leukaemia. Teams from the UK, India, Romania, Germany, Hong Kong, USA, Russia and Singapore will work around the clock to design a ground-breaking app for leukaemia patients across the globe. The aim of the app is to give leukaemia sufferers and their families worldwide access to a vital resource that connects them to…

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Xpress Money Says #WeSaluteYou to All Expats Around the World on International Day of Family Remittances

Stuart Mitchell

On the occasion of International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) celebrated on June 16th, Xpress Money, is saying #WeSaluteYou to all those sending money to their loved ones in other countries. With an estimated 232 million migrants across the globe, their contribution to the economies of their origin equates to over $613bn in remittances, often funded by migrants selflessly working hard to help their families back home. To mark the day, Xpress Money is calling for more to be done to help the movement of money and boost economies. In 2017, remittances…

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ACORE Sets Investment Goal of $1 Trillion by 2030 for U.S. Renewables

Stuart Mitchell

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a national business group made up of companies that finance, develop, manufacture and use all forms of renewable energy, announced the launch of a new campaign that aims to reach $1 trillion in new U.S. private sector investment in renewable energy and enabling grid technologies by 2030. Through $1T 2030: The American Renewable Investment Goal, the country’s major providers of capital for energy infrastructure projects have now come together in a coordinated effort to accelerate the investment and deployment of renewable power as…

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GUESS Partners with I:CO to Launch Wardrobe Recycling Program

Stuart Mitchell

GUESS is proud to partner with I:CO®, short for I:Collect, a global solutions provider and innovator for the collection, certified sorting, reuse and recycling of used apparel and footwear, to launch a wardrobe recycling program. The program, RESOURCED, launched in California on June 18, 2018, expanding to all North America by the end of 2018 and globally by 2020. Backed by the company’s chain-wide in-store, digital and online marketing campaign, it is GUESS’ mission to encourage men and women everywhere to recycle their wardrobe and give it new life. In…

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Calgary Food Bank gearing up for the 10th annual Put the Boots to Hunger™ campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Staff and volunteers at the Calgary Food Bank are getting ready for 10th annual Put the Boots to Hunger™ campaign.  For the ten days of Stampede, pancake breakfasts and BBQs around the city collect food and funds for families and individuals in crisis. Plus each night, a different company sponsors GMC Rangeland Derby driver, Dustin Gorst, a component of the campaign that is possible by the generous donation of the BD&P Put the Boots to Hunger™ chuckwagon tarp from law firm Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP (BD&P). The campaign timing…

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