Diversity and Inclusion

WASHINGTON, DC - Venture-backed women-led enterprises are moving well beyond start-up stages of corporate formation to revenue generation, and almost 20 percent report profitability, according to Springboard Enterprises, whose program for women entrepreneurs has helpe...

GOSHEN,IN – Concerned PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) shareholders today announced their sponsorship of a proxy resolution asking the soft drink industry giant to report on how it plans to deal with the business and employee impact of the AIDS pandemic in Africa.

On Ma...

SEATTLE,WA – Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) and the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) are pleased to announce that Mary Williams was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the SCAA national conference on Saturday, April 26 in Boston. Wi...

SEATTLE, WA – Washington Mutual, a retailer of consumer financial services, today announced that it has been selected as one of DiversityInc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” for the second consecutive year.

“Washington Mutual is...

NEW YORK, NY -- Leading institutional shareholder advocates applauded today the results of a shareholder vote asking Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) to amend its nondiscrimination policy to explicitly include sexual orientation. Approximately 42.8% of shares voted in fa...

SEATTLE, WA – Washington Mutual, a retailer of consumer financial services, today announced that it has been selected as one of Family Digest magazine’s “Best Companies for African Americans.”

“We’re very proud to have earned a p...

ARLINGTON, VA - American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) President & CEO Kevin M. Burke announced today that, due to the on-going cruel and repressive nature of the ruling regime in Burma, AAFA has called for an immediate and total ban on U.S. textiles, ...

DALLAS, TX - Through its WOMEN ON THEIR WAY(TM)program, Wyndham International, Inc. (AMEX:WBR) is bolstering the efforts of women in business by becoming the official partner of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), a national bi-partisan public policy organization re...

London - Global index provider FTSE Group today announces a new, more stringent set of human rights criteria for the socially responsible index series FTSE4Good, as part of its ongoing strategy to raise the standards for entry into the index series. The enhanced crit...

SEATTLE - To further support Washington Mutual employees currently serving on active duty with the military, the company today announced an extension of its military leave policy. Effective immediately, the company is extending the length of time the company will make...