On September 15th, Goldman Sachs announced their continued $100 million commitment to CSR. Over the next 5 years, the $100 million will be utilized for 10,000 Women, a program to support partnerships between universities and development organizations to provide women in underserved areas around the world with a business and management education.
Although the Olympic games in Beijing ended almost a month ago, the Paralympics drew to a close just last week with great success. With almost 4000 athletics from 150 different countries, the Paralympics were a show of astounding athletic abilities and attracted millions of viewers.
Since January 2008, over 1,500 pupils and teachers from 24 European countries worked in intercultural, cross-border teams to create joint projects. Partnerships from Slovenia to Malta, Lithuania to Finland and Czech Republic to Luxemburg, produced stories, poems, dictionaries, films, and performances to present in a two-day programme in May held in Graz, Austria.
More than 2,000 entries were received in response to an invitation from the EU to visually portray the meaning of the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. The competition, launched last March, invited anyone with a camera and a sense of curiosity to submit their own vision of cultures meeting and mixing in their neighbourhood. […]
Bayer Corporation will host a STEM Education Diversity Forum in December, the second such forum the company has held in the last three years. (STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The purpose of the forum is to encourage and help business executives from the various STEM industries – biotechnology, information technology, engineering and beyond […]
Despite the global financial crisis and the perspective of lower revenues, software giant Microsoft is still committing 5 million Euros for diversity and sustainability. The company revealed that both financial and software resources would be delivered to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across Europe, which would be focused on community skills training projects.
The European Parliament has endorsed the idea of an EU work permit, called the ‘blue card’ after the US Green Card, allowing employment to non-Europeans in any country within the 27-nation bloc. In late November, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted a “consultation” report on the issue, with 388 votes in favour, 56 against, […]
This November, Siemens named Barbara Kux to its management board, making her the first senior woman executive in the German conglomerate’s 160-year history, as well as the first among industrial German blue chips. The Swiss-born 54-year-old, who had been
Total is now providing assistance at its gas stations to customers with mobility restrictions. At over 1000 gas stations, signs are available with a number for telephone assistance for all customers requiring assistance. The initiative, with the slogan “We’re glad to help” is available throughout Germany.
Bank of America Charitable Foundation and Bright Ideas Trust announced in December a new partnership aimed at helping young people aged 16-30 in London inner city areas to create and run successful businesses. Tim Campbell, founder and CEO of Bright Ideas Trust, commented,
