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…

  SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES FROM AROUND   THE WORLD! U.S. TRAILS EUROPE IN CORPORATE DIVERSITY: An analysis conducted by Datamaran found a clear gap between the U.S. and Europe when it comes to corporate disclosures on diversity and inclusion (D&I). Datamaran’s CEO Marjella Lecourt-Alma considers the lack of transparency among American companies as a red flag Read more…

  SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES FROM AROUND   THE WORLD! ***CORONAVIRUS UPDATES – POTENTIAL VACCINE TO ENTER PHASE 2/3 IN GLOBAL TRIALS: Over 16.3 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins Read more…

  SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES FROM AROUND   THE WORLD! COVID-19 TO PLUNGE GLOBAL ECONOMY INTO WORST RECESSION SINCE WORLD WAR II: The swift and  massive shock of the Coronavirus pandemic and shutdown measures to contain it have plunged the global economy into a severe contraction.  According to the World Bank forecasts, the global economy will Read more…