Diversity and Inclusion
Business strategies and HR practices addressing workplace equity, opportunity and inclusiveness.
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10-09-12
Barrick Partners With The Danish Institute For Human Rights
Barrick Gold Corporation and the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) have established a partnership to collaborate on developing human rights tools for business and on further enhan...
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09-26-12
Dr. Carol Adams Named Global Director of Standards for AA1000 Standards Series
AccountAbility is pleased to announce that Dr. Carol Adams, an expert in sustainability reporting and change management, will assume the role as Director of the Secretariat for the AA1000 Standards Series, effective October. Dr. Adams has a long history with the AA1000 Standards Series as a non ...
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09-18-12
ARAMARK Environmental Sustainability Interns Make Positive Impact While Gaining Business Experience
ARAMARK, a global leader in professional services, hired 17 young professionals for the 2012 ARAMARK Environmental Sustainability Internship Program. The program provides participants with hands-on job experience as they help implement environ...
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09-07-12
LATINA Style Names Wyndham Worldwide One of the 50 Best Companies for Latinas
(Marketwire) - For the fourth year in a row, Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN), one of the world's largest hospitality companies, has been named one of the 50 best companies for Latinas by the annual LATINA Styl...
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09-03-12
Pathbreaking Women From Around The World Convene To Share & Strengthen Global Effort For Change At Omega's 10th Women & Power Conference
In an election year when national headlines have engaged the country in debate centered around key issues of concern to women, Omega Institute’s 10thWomen & Power conference explores the th...
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08-01-12
Electronics Companies' Responses to Allegations That Their Industry Associations Undermine Conflict Minerals Legislation
Today Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is releasing its full compilation of responses to concerns raised by Global Witness about the discrepancy between companies procla...
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07-27-12
Volkswagen Group of America's Machelle Williams Named National Association of Minority Automobile Dealer's Woman of the Year
(Marketwire) - Volkswagen Group of America is proud to announce that Machelle Williams, general manager of organizational development and diversity, Human Resources, Volkswagen Group of America, has been named "Woman of the Year" by the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NA...
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07-19-12
Wyndham Worldwide Continues Its Ongoing Commitment to Global Diversity
(Marketwire) - Wyndham Worldwide Corp (NYSE: WYN), one of the world's largest hospitality companies, proudly supports global diversity and inclusion. Knowing that a diverse workplace can lead to increased productiv...
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06-26-12
Spanish Course for Professional Development also Empowers Guatemalan Women
Rhonda Orazio became a registered nurse out of a desire to help people. Working in the Health Services Center, Rhonda helped many people, but sometimes language barriers got in the way. So, Rhonda studied Spanish at the local community college. The classes helped, and she found she wanted to take...
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06-25-12
Glynwood Announces Kathleen Frith as its New President
Glynwood, one of the nation’s leading sustainable agriculture and food organizations, is pleased to announce that Kathleen Frith will become the organization’s new President effective August 1, 2012. Kathl...
