YOUR JULY 2021 NEWS BULLETIN BRIEF FROM THE… KENTUCKY ’BRING DIVERSITY BACK.’ HOW KENTUCKY’S BLACK FARMERS ARE GETTING FINANCIAL HELP: Much of Kentucky’s agriculture was built on the backs of Black Americans, yet Black farmers in the state account for less than 600 of the more than 76,000 agriculture operations in the state — a mere Read more…

YOUR JUNE 2021 NEWS BULLETIN BRIEF FROM THE… KENTUCKY $250 MILLION IN GRANTS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS KENTUCKY’S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS: Funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act and administered by the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority (KIA), $250 million has been appropriated for clean drinking water and wastewater grants to fund projects across Kentucky. There are Read more…

YOUR MAY 2021 NEWS BULLETIN BRIEF FROM THE… KENTUCKY CONTINENTAL REFINING CO’S $20 MILLION AGRITECH INVESTMENT WILL ADD SOYBEAN-BASED PRODUCTS IN SOMERSET, KY: Continental Refining Co. (CRC) plans to invest $20 million to add a soybean crushing, biodiesel refining and blending facility at its CRC oil refinery in Somerset, Ky., it announced today. The ability Read more…

YOUR APRIL 2021 NEWS BULLETIN BRIEF FROM THE… TENNESSEE GOOGLE SAYS IT CONTRIBUTED $4.6 BILLION TO TENNESSEE’S ECONOMY IN 2020, HERE’S HOW IT BREAKS DOWN: Google’s U.S. economic impact totals $50 billion more than Tennessee’s entire gross domestic product, according to the tech company’s annual evaluation. Nationwide, $426 billion was generated by Google and its subsidiaries, its new Read more…

C E L E B R A T I N G… SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD! ‌ CONSULTING FIRMS CO-FOUND WEF’S RACIAL JUSTICE BUSINESS FORUM: The World Economic Forum has launched ‘Partnering for Racial Justice in Business’, a global initiative that brings leading responsible companies together with the aim of promoting the diversity Read more…

SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD! ‌ FIGHTING SYSTEMIC RACISM – 48 COMPANIES FORM GLOBAL COALITION TO BRING RACIAL JUSTICE TO THE WORKPLACE: A new initiative supported by 48 corporate leaders aims to set new global standards for racial and ethnic justice in business. Global companies are increasingly taking up their role as responsible Read more…

SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD! ‌ WORLD – BOARD DIVERSITY IN 2020 SHOWS SLOW SIGNS OF PROGRESS STUDY FINDS: Despite increased attention to diversity and inclusion, board diversity progress is slow and insufficient, according to a report from executive search firm Egon Zehnder. The 2020 Egon Zehnder Global Board Diversity Tracker examined the Read more…

SEASON’S GREETINGS! SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD! ‌ 100 ETHNIC MINORITY EXECUTIVES 2020: The EMpower Ethnic Minority Role Model Lists supported by Yahoo Finance showcase business leaders who are breaking down barriers at work and working hard to smash the ceiling for ethnic minorities in the UK, Ireland, Europe, and people of color Read more…

  SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES FROM AROUND   THE WORLD! COMPANY BOARDS ‘MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE BAME MEMBER’: The biggest UK firms should have at least one black, Asian, or minority ethnic (BAME) member on their boards by 2021, business group the CBI has said.  Backed by   companies such as Microsoft and law firm Read more…

  SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES FROM AROUND   THE WORLD! GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE AVAILABLE 120 MILLION AFFORDABLE, QUALITY COVID-19 RAPID TESTS FOR LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES:  A set of agreements to make available, for low and middle-income countries, affordable, high-quality COVID-19 antigen rapid tests were today announced by the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Read more…