Baumgartens Announces National Minority-Owned Business Certification Atlanta, GA, May 10, 2021 (PR.com) Baumgartens, an award-winning family business that provides school, home, and office supplies nationwide, has been certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) by the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC) and officially part of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSCD). The MBE certification is an addition to Baumgartens’ long-standing certification as a woman-owned business with the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
After passing the rigorous requirements of the MBE application process, this certification gives Baumgartens an increased opportunity to be visible and do business, via their distributors, with large corporations and local, state, and federal government.
Kroger Celebrates Small Business Week and Offers Retail Partnership Guidebook to Advance Supplier Inclusion
Retailer achieved $4.1 billion in diverse supplier spend in 2020
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CINCINNATI, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today announced notable progress and new initiatives – including the launch of its Small Business Resource Guide – as part of its
Framework for Action: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion plan, featuring steps developed in collaboration with associates and leaders to accelerate and promote greater change in the workplace and in the communities the organization serves.
Kroger achieves $4.1 billion in diverse supplier spend and launches Small Business Resource Guide.
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Convoy Releases Inaugural Corporate Sustainability Report
May 4, 2021 GMT
Ship Responsibly: Convoy s 2020 Sustainability Report (Photo: Business Wire)
SEATTLE (BUSINESS WIRE) May 4, 2021
Convoy, the nation’s most efficient digital freight network, today released the company’s first corporate sustainability report. The detailed report underscores Convoy’s commitment to shipping responsibly and highlights the company’s accomplishments across key environmental and social areas in 2020, as well as new goals and commitments for 2021 and beyond.
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Ship Responsibly: Convoy’s 2020 Sustainability Report (Photo: Business Wire)
The report, titled “Ship Responsibly,” summarizes key areas of focus for Convoy, including innovation, internal culture, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and improving the lives of America’s 3 million truck drivers. It also includes detaile
The COVID-19 pandemic halted traditional graduation ceremonies last year, but this spring, area colleges are holding on-campus commencements â with precautions in place.
California University of Pennsylvania will host three in-person commencement ceremonies for graduates over two days, May 7-8, at Cal Uâs 6,000-seat Convocation Center.
Interim university President Robert Thorn will confer more than 1,000 degrees at the ceremonies, although not all graduates will attend.
The staggered graduation ceremonies were organized by the college to meet state-mandated occupancy limits. Students from the School of Graduate Studies and Research will attend at 7 p.m. May 7; students from the College of Education and Liberal Arts at 10 a.m. May 8; and students from the Eberly College of Science and Technology at 2 p.m. May 8.
April 23, 2021 – The Charlotte Hornets Foundation tonight announced entrepreneur Brandi Long and her product, The Jurse, was selected as the winner of the first-ever Hornets Innovation Summit and a $15,000 investment from the organization. The announcement of the winner was made at halftime of tonight’s game between the Hornets and Cavaliers, which was this season’s second Economic EmpowerMINT Night presented by Bank of America.
The Jurse, which is short for jacket-purse, describes itself as “fashion meets convenience” and transitions from a jacket to a purse, or vice versa, in less than 30 seconds. It also contains an additional pocket to store essentials such as keys, cellphone and cards that do not need to be removed during the jacket to purse transition. The Jurse was selected from five finalists by a panel of five judges: The Lonely Entrepreneur Founder & CEO Michael Dermer, Red Ventures Co-Founder & CEO Ric Elias, Hornets Sports & Entertainment Executive Vice