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Merck Launches 2025 Curiosity Cube Tour to Inspire Global STEM Education

Merck Launches 2025 Curiosity Cube Tour to Inspire Global STEM Education
04/28/2025 | Companies
MilliporeSigma, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany for the U.S. and Canada, has officially launched its global 2025 Curiosity Cube tour in Darmstadt, Germany. These solar-powered mobile science labs are designed to deliver interactive STEM activities to communities across...
Africa, AI education, AI in education, artificial intelligence, Curiosity Cube, Curiosity Labs, digital authenticity, digital literacy, Europe, global education, hands-on learning, interactive learning, machine learning, Merck KGaA, MilliporeSigma, mobile science labs, North America, science accessibility, science initiatives, science innovation, science outreach, science technology, self-driving cars, STEM careers, STEM education, STEM events, STEM tours, student engagement, technology education, youth education

AI-Driven Solutions for Renewable Energy Goals: Insights from COP28

AI-Driven Solutions for Renewable Energy Goals: Insights from COP28
12/30/2024 | Companies
In December 2023, the COP28 declaration aimed to triple global renewable energy (RE) capacity and double improvements in energy efficiency (EE) by 2030. This ambitious goal faces significant challenges, as fossil fuels have consistently accounted for over 80% of the global energy mix over the past...
Africa, artificial intelligence, Asia, capital investment, clean energy, climate change, COP28, corporate efficiency, cost reduction, data centers, developing nations, energy challenges, energy deployment, energy distribution, energy efficiency, energy future, energy innovation, energy storage, energy systems, energy transformation, energy transition, fossil fuels, generative AI, global goals, high-performance computing, predictive maintenance, renewable energy, risk management, solar energy, sustainable energy, wind energy

Schuyla J.'s Impactful Leadership Journey at Cummins: Innovation, Risk-Taking, and Empowerment

Schuyla J.'s Impactful Leadership Journey at Cummins: Innovation, Risk-Taking, and Empowerment
11/06/2024 | Companies
In the evolving world of corporate careers, Schuyla J. exemplifies the power of pursuing potential through her 14-year journey at Cummins Inc., marked by seizing opportunities and embracing calculated risks. Currently serving as the Executive Director of Ethics and Compliance, Schuyla oversees...
Africa, business services, career growth, corporate culture, corporate success, Cummins, Cummins Black Network, diversity, employee engagement, empowerment, ethics, ethics and compliance, global business, inclusion, innovation, leadership, mentorship, mentorship stories, problem-solving, procurement, professional development, risk-taking, Schuyla J., social impact, supply chain, women in leadership

Lenovo Earns Record Score in Workplace Pride Global Benchmark for LGBTIQ+ Inclusion

Lenovo Earns Record Score in Workplace Pride Global Benchmark for LGBTIQ+ Inclusion
01/04/2024 | Citizenship
Lenovo proudly announced that it achieved its highest score ever in the annual Workplace Pride Global Benchmark, an extensive evaluation of global employers' policies and practices concerning LGBTIQ+ inclusion. Lenovo's score reached 51.55%, showcasing a noteworthy Year-on-Year improvement of 7.5%....
Africa, Best Employer for Diversity, Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Declaration of Amsterdam, Diversity and Inclusion, EMEA, Employee Engagement, Europe, Global Benchmark, Lenovo, LGBTIQ+ Inclusion, Middle East, PRIDE ERG Chapters, Razvan Bran, Volunteer of the Year, Workplace Awareness, Workplace Pride, Workplace Pride Impact Awards

Sustainability and economic prosperity in Southern Africa

Sustainability and economic prosperity in Southern Africa
12/01/2022 | Companies
This year, Egypt hosted the 27th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP27), which raised some intriguing questions about the relevance of sustainable business to African organizations and communities. Many people in this region see sustainability as a problem imported from the West and Europe...
Africa, African, agriculture, climate change, communities, COP27, crime, Egypt, environmental regulations, infrastructure gaps, organisations, SADC, social equity, Southern African Development Community, sustainability, sustainable business, tourism, UN Climate Change Conference of Parties, unskilled workers, utilities

Article #2231

Article #2231
11/15/2022 | Companies
Over 220 FedEx volunteers gathered in early October to help the USO assemble a record-breaking number of holiday care packages. FedEx team members worked quickly to kit over 19,240 care kits that provide a small taste of home to the troops. The packages will be delivered in two to three weeks to...
Africa, care kits, cash contributions, Eastern Europe, FedEx, holiday care packages, Middle East, Pacific region, remote locations, South America, training facilities, United States, US

GSK And Novartis To Fund Research On African Genetic Diversity

GSK And Novartis To Fund Research On African Genetic Diversity
01/26/2021 | Economics
Together, both the companies have made a commitment of fund worth “2.8 million” over a period of five years. Dailycsr.com – 26 January 2021 – On January 19, 2021, Novartis and GSK made an announcement about their collaboration on supporting “high-quality scientific research” that investigates the...
Africa, Funding, Genetic Diversity, Genomic Research Approach for Diversity and Optimizing Therapeutics, GRADIENT, GSK, malaria, Novartis, Project Africa, Research, treatment, tuberculosis

Intel Looks Into ‘High-Tech’ Mineral Sourcing From Rwanda

Intel Looks Into ‘High-Tech’ Mineral Sourcing From Rwanda
09/29/2020 | Ethics & Compliance
Intel’s partner tech companies also joined Intel in its travel to Africa in ensuring responsible sourcing. Dailycsr.com – 29 September 2020 – In 2019, Intel’s Director of “Supply Chain Sustainability”, Adam Schafer as well as its “Responsible Minerals Program manager”, Erin Mitchell spent a week in...
Africa, Circular Economy, Intel, Mine Operators, Mineral, Responsible Sourcing, Rwanda, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Sustainability, Tech Minerals

What Is The COVID-19 Impact On Sustainability And Green Development?

What Is The COVID-19 Impact On Sustainability And Green Development?
05/29/2020 | World
Schneider’s Caspar on “Leaders’ Insights interview”. Dailycsr.com – 29 May 2020 – At present, the world is battling against the outbreak of coronavirus, while the chief executive officer of “Schneider Electric for the Middle East & Africa”, Caspar Herzberg says that the best way to respond...
Africa, Caspar, Digital Transformation, Employee Engagement, Forbes Middle East, Green Development, IoT, Leaders’ Insight Interview, Middle East, Responsible Business, Schneider Electric, Smart Cities, Sustainability

Protecting Lion Means Protecting The ‘Entire Circle Of Life’

Protecting Lion Means Protecting The ‘Entire Circle Of Life’
07/01/2019 | Environment
The Lion King celebrates through lion conservation campaign. Dailycsr.com – 01 July 2019 – Disney is celebrating the release of The Lion King with a “global conservation campaign” which aims to spread awareness and gathered support to strengthen the “dwindling lion population across Africa”. Disney...
Africa, Conservation Campaign, Disney, Lion, Lion King Protect the Pride campaign, Lion Population, Lion Recovery Fund, The Lion King, Wildlife Conservation Network

Youth employment in Africa discussed during the UN Youth Forum

Youth employment in Africa discussed during the UN Youth Forum
05/03/2019 | Economics
The 2019 UN Youth Forum took place on April 8-9th on the theme “Empowered, included and equal”. During these two days, young leaders, policymakers and government representatives discussed young people’s challenges and needs including unemployment, poverty and access to education. This year, a focus...
Africa, education, employment, poverty, UN Youth Forum

EPA Featured Among The Companies To ‘Inspire Africa 2019’ List

EPA Featured Among The Companies To ‘Inspire Africa 2019’ List
02/21/2019 | Companies
Private companies leading a sustainable growth and adding dynamism to the African apparel sector appears in the list of “London Stock Exchange Group”. Dailycsr.com – 21 February 2019 – The Ethical Apparel Africa, in short EAA, is a company that sources for the apparel market, whereby it working...
Africa, Apparel Sector, Awards, EPA, Ethical Apparel, Inspire Africa 2019, London Stock Exchange Group, Ratings, Report, Selection, Sustainable Growth, West Africa

Kenya’s Lesson On Land Restoration 2030 Commitment

Kenya’s Lesson On Land Restoration 2030 Commitment
12/12/2018 | Environment
“African nations committed to 100 million hectares” and they are sincerely following it up. Dailycsr.com – 12 December 2018 – The earth is going through a biodiversity crisis at present, writes Leigh Ann Winowiecki, as one third of global lands have fallen prey to “deforestation, soil erosion, loss...
Africa, Biodiversity, Environment, ICRAF, Kenya, Land Rehabilitation, Natural Resources, Remediation, Research, Restoration, Soil Erosion, Soil Health, World Agroforestry Centre

ICRAF Trains The African Youths On Landscape Restoration

ICRAF Trains The African Youths On Landscape Restoration
11/19/2018 | Environment
Living in the haunting reality of degrading landscape, the youths of Africa gather to learn about restoration. Dailycsr.com – 19 November 2018 – More than sixty youths of various countries of African continent came together on August 27, 2018 and August 28, 2018 at the “World Agroforestry Centre”....
Africa, African Youth, Community Involvement, Degradation, Ecosystems, Environment, Forests, Global Landscape Forum, ICRAF, Landscape, Natural Resources, Restoration, Social Change, Sustainability, Training

Connected Conservation Expands To Contain Wildlife Poaching

Connected Conservation Expands To Contain Wildlife Poaching
06/14/2018 | Environment
Cisco has assembled its digital technologies to save the wildlife in remote forests, and its pilot project of Connected Conservation has amassed a success rate of 96%. Dailycsr.com – 14 June 2018 – Cisco and Dimension Data has been in a partnership for twenty seven years delivering to the world a...
Africa, Cisco, Connected Conservation, CSR, Digital Conservation, Dimension Data, Elephant, Elephant Tusks, Endangered Species, Environment, Forest, Kruger National Park, Mozambique, Poaching Wildlife, Protection, Rhino, Rhino Horn, South Africa, Wildlife Conservation

‘Talent Is Evenly Distributed, But Opportunity Is Not’

‘Talent Is Evenly Distributed, But Opportunity Is Not’
11/25/2017 | Citizenship
Cisco makes digital literacy and education accessible to the youth of Kenya in association with “Learning Lions and Startup Lions”. Dailycsr.com – 25 November 2017 – Novato Africa’s consultant as well as the co-founder of BRCK Inc., Juliana Rotich, recalls an “oft-quoted line” which goes like this...
Africa, BRK, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco's Global Problem Solvers, Connectivity, Corporate Social Responsibility, Digital Literacy, Education, Education Access, Honing Skills, Improving Education, Innovation, Job, Kenya, Learning Lions, Opportunity, Rotich, Skills, Startup Lions, Support, Talent, Technology, Youth

New Website From Orange To Help African & Middle East Entrepreneurs

New Website From Orange To Help African & Middle East Entrepreneurs
02/23/2016 | World
Orange takes another step in its CSR endeavour, by introducing the website “Entrepreneur Club”. Dailycsr.com – 23 February 2016 – The start-ups in the Middle East and Africa will be able to get hands on guidance besides accessing company creation tools from Orange, through its new website the...
Africa, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur Club, Orange, The Middle East, Website

Portable Bags To Produce Biogas in Africa

Portable Bags To Produce Biogas in Africa
09/18/2015 | Companies
B-Energy encourages African entrepreneurs into clean energy with its innovative biogas digester bag that are portable in nature. Dailycsr.com – 18 September 2015 – According to the “BBC News reports”, the B-Energy, a German based “social enterprise” designed a portable bag capable of producing...
Africa, B-Energy, Biogas, Digester, Franchisees, Portable Bags

African Start-ups Earn Recognition For Their Local Solutions To Sustainable Development

African Start-ups Earn Recognition For Their Local Solutions To Sustainable Development
09/18/2015 | World
The SEED award for 2015 was awarded to various start-ups from Africa, who provided local solutions to sustainable development for environment and local communities. Dailycsr.com – 18 September 2015 – In the course of last week, the SEED Africa Symposium of 2015 awarded twenty seven “social and...
Africa, Community, Environment, SEED, Startups

Kidogo: A Ray of Early Childhood Hope In The Slums Of Africa

Kidogo: A Ray of Early Childhood Hope In The Slums Of Africa
07/08/2015 | World
Kidogo has been actively involved in African child care centres, whereby they attempt to provide the necessary childhood care to slum dwellers. Dailycsr.com – 07 July 2015 – Who says small entities can’t leave a big positive impact in the world through small innovative steps? The living testimony...
Africa, Children, Education, Healthcare, Kidogo, Social Enterprise

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