Month: June 2021

Hologic and Partners Launch Project Health Equality to Help Transform the Care Women of Color Receive in the Health Care System

Stuart Mitchell

Hologic, Inc. has launched Project Health Equality (PHE), a unique initiative that strives to address the structural and cultural barriers that prevent Black and Hispanic women in the U.S. from receiving the same quality health care as white women. PHE will focus initially on how health care is experienced by thousands of Black and Hispanic women in regions across the United States. It will leverage crucial partners to make meaningful, sustainable health care improvements in these communities. Project Health Equality is a multifaceted, multiyear investment of more than $20 million…

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Susan G. Komen® and American Bone Health™ Unite on Campaign to Empower Women Through Healthy Living

Stuart Mitchell

Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, is teaming up with American Bone Health™ on a unique education campaign to empower women with information about the importance of heathy living for maintaining good life-long breast and bone health. The campaign, sponsored by Amgen, will seek to help women have constructive conversations with their doctor about appropriate screening and diagnosis to understand their evolving risk of breast cancer, bone loss and fracture throughout their life. “We know that as women age, their risk for both breast cancer and bone…

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Rainforest Alliance Confirms SCS Global Services as Authorized Certification Body

Stuart Mitchell

SCS Global Services (SCS), a pioneer and global leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification, auditing, testing, and standards development, today announced it has been formally accepted by Rainforest Alliance as an authorized certification body to the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard (SAS). SCS will provide international agricultural producers who are working to meet the SAS with independent auditing and certification services, confirming their conformance to criteria addressing ecosystem conservation, wildlife protection, and fair treatment and good working conditions for workers. SCS has a long-established history of providing thorough,…

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New Report Reveals CEO Insights Into Racial Equity Challenges

Stuart Mitchell

A new report released recently by a partnership consisting of PolicyLink, FSG, and JUST Capital reveals what some of America’s CEOs and C-suite leaders identify as the key challenges to advancing racial equity and what it means for what comes next. Conducted in partnership with Paul Shoemaker, former Microsoft executive and founding president of Social Venture Partners International, the report synthesizes one-on-one interviews with 40 senior business executives (60 percent of them CEOs/chairpersons) spanning 38 companies across a broad range of industries, including retail and consumer products, finance, information technology,…

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General Mills and NFWF Announce Partnership to Accelerate the Adoption of Regenerative Agriculture

Stuart Mitchell

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has announced a partnership with General Mills that will support important conservation efforts on working lands in the Great Lakes Basin (Michigan and Wisconsin) and the Southern Great Plains (stretching from Nebraska to Texas). Through NFWF’s Sustain Our Great Lakes and Conservation Partners Programs, this new partnership will accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture to improve soil heath and water quality, while also enhancing vital habitat for fish and wildlife. Regenerative agriculture emphasizes a comprehensive, holistic approach to land management that rebuilds soil…

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