MetLife Continues its Support for the TOMODACHI MetLife Women’s Leadership Program, Fostering Women as Global Leaders through 2020

Tue, 04/26/2016 - 13:00

NEW YORK, April 25th, 2016 /3BL Media/ - MetLife Japan has partnered with the U.S.-Japan Council since 2013 in support of the TOMODACHI MetLife Women’s Leadership Program, and has decided to extend its financial support for the TOMODACHI MetLife Women’s Leadership Program (TMWLP) for the next five years, through to the year 2020.

Giving Young People Skills to Rebound and Rise

Tue, 04/26/2016 - 12:05

Why Rule of Law is Critical to Women’s Empowerment and Sustainable Development

Mon, 04/25/2016 - 17:00

Diversity and inclusion – in all its dimensions – is a business imperative that sparks innovation, fuels transformation and drives sustainable financial and economic performance. Gender equality was in the spotlight at the recent United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women 60th Session side event, “Gender, Justice and Sustainable Development.” I joined representatives from UN member states, the private sector and civil society to discuss the interrelationship between gender and justice in achieving the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Allie Kelly and The Ray Featured on Yale Climate Connections

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 10:00

How sustainable highways can help address climate change

Find the Stocks that Offer Innovation, Not Just Growth

Tue, 04/26/2016 - 14:00

Capital chases only risk-adjusted returns, with no interest in the impact of the resulting investments on driving sufficient economic growth.

New Barclays Study – Scale-up UK: Growing Businesses, Growing our Economy

Mon, 04/25/2016 - 11:00

Barclays has launched a new report on the future of business scale-ups in the UK. This is the culmination of a partnership, established in January last year, with the business schools of both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

We Mean Business Highlights Post-Paris Opportunities

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 09:00

Global leaders have converged to New York this week to sign the ​agreement thrashed out at the ​COP21 in Paris in December 2015.

[VIDEO] Benevity User Conference 2016: Penny Zuckerwise, Guggenheim on Employee Engagement

Sun, 04/24/2016 - 13:00

Recently in San Diego, business leaders from the U.S. and Canada gathered at Benevity's Goodness Matters User Conference to discuss the future of corporate philanthropy. In this video filmed at the conference, Benevity client Penny Zuckerwise, Founding Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Guggenheim, explores how companies can lead corporate social responsibility and engage employees in giving and volunteering programs.

MetLife Foundation Commits $240,000 to Build an Interactive Financial Services Map

Mon, 04/25/2016 - 10:50

MetLife Foundation announced a new program where researchers from University of Kansas and University of Michigan will lead a project to build a web-based, interactive map showing where financial services are located in communities across the United States and how the locations of these services affect individuals’ financial opportunity. The project, known as Mapping Financial Opportunity, will provide a tool that policymakers at all levels, regulators, consumer advocates, families and others can use to search by ZIP code and learn more about the financial opportunity within their communities.

AT&T Setting Out to Connect More U.S. Residents to the Internet

Fri, 04/22/2016 - 18:05

AT&T is making wireline home Internet service more affordable for low-income households starting today through Access from AT&T, a new program designed to help bridge the digital divide.