De Beers Group played a major role in the staging of a high profile marathon run in the Botswana capital of Gaborone.
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The company arranged for prime exhibition space to be allocated to the De Beers Youth Innovators initiative, giving 15 young entrepreneurs a platform to showcase their talents to the 6,000 runners and a variety of corporate leaders, as well as the opportunity to gain media exposure.
Kago Ramokate, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development, said: “It’s great to see initiatives like these, particularly where the ministry is not the lead. It’s inspiring to see the enthusiasm from the youth and their drive to market their product.”
With 6 million unique page views, TriplePundit is top site for conversation on triple bottom line
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass., June 1, 2017 /3BL Media/ -- 3BL Media, the digital corporate communications platform for sustainability and corporate responsibility content, announced today it has acquired TriplePundit, the leading online business publication for the triple bottom line.
TriplePundit will continue to operate independently, under the leadership of Founder and Publisher, Nick Aster, and Editor in Chief, Jen Boynton.
Oakland’s Fair Trade USA and apparel partners Patagonia, Outerknown, Obey, Athleta and Prana have collaborated on a photo project featuring portraits of company leaders and athletes associated with the brands...
As you probably know by now, Orvis has partnered with the Everglades Foundation to help save the amazing ecosystem of the Everglades, and we have asked our customers to help through a matching-grant program.
A global photography contest is being sponsored by De Beers to celebrate the role women play in the mining industry and to raise their profile.
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The International Women in Mining (IWiM) photo competition, launched to coincide with International Women’s Day 2017 in March, has the theme of ‘impact and influence’ and is designed to celebrate the diversity, talents, energy and resilience of women at all levels of the mining industry.
Submissions – from women and men, professional photographers and amateurs – are invited from governments, academics, industry and communities.
De Beers has stepped in to support Botswana as a leading tourist destination at the world’s biggest travel trade show.
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The country was this year’s official partner at the Internationale Tourismus-Borse (ITB) in Berlin, and Botswana’s President Seretse Khama Ian Khama was among leading figures to attend.
Overall, from 8 to 12 March, more than 100,000 trade visitors came to the ITB, which featured 10,000 exhibiting companies from 184 countries and regions on almost 1,100 stands in an area of 160,000 square metres.
As well as sponsoring the Botswana Pavilion, the premium pavilion at the show, De Beers played a significant role in its design and execution.
