(3BL Media/Justmeans) – President Trump has ditched the manufacturing council of business leaders after more CEOs quit over his handling of violent clashes in Charlottesville Virginia. Merck’s CEO Kenneth Frazier, the only black business leader in the group, was first to resign after Trump initially failed to explicitly denounce the far-right rally. His resignation highlights the lack of real diversity at the top ranks of executives.
The importance of diversity in business isn’t a new topic, as many...
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – Green & Black's, the brand which pioneered organic Fairtrade chocolate, is now launching its first UK product without the familiar Fairtrade label. Instead, the new Velvet Edition dark chocolate bars that go on sale in the UK this month will carry the Cocoa Life certification, set up by Mondelez International, the owner of 
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – A new report by Mighty Earth shows what is responsible for the widespread manure and fertilizer pollution, causing one of the largest ‘Dead Zone’ on record in the Gulf of Mexico this year made headlines globally. Much of this pollution comes from the vast quantities of corn and soy used to raise livestock, which has contaminated water from the Heartland of America to the Gulf. Toxins from manure and fertilizer pouring into waterways are intensifying harmful algal blooms that create oxygen-deprived stretches of the gulf, the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay. Nutrients flowing into streams, rivers and the ocean from...
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – Social entrepreneurs are the heroes at grassroots creating change and making impact. The 
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – The future is ever changing. The next generation, born in 2010 and through 2025, known as Generation Alpha, will be the most tech-infused demographic. But what do their Millennial parents actually think about their children (seven years-old or younger) growing up with Artificial Intelligence (AI)? As already, to keep this generation of children engaged, parents are using apps, interactive screens and AI-powered devices. Helping to throw light on the views of Millennial parents and how ‘smart’ machines will impact their children’s lives, the 
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – New figures published in the UK by the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals that councils are currently providing temporary housing for 120,540 children with their families; a 37% increase since 2014. This is an increase of more than a third in over the last three years. Another way of looking at it: it’s the equivalent to housing an extra secondary school’s worth of homeless children every month.
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – GE Healthcare has just released a documentary called, ‘Heroines of Health,’ by Emmy-award winning filmmaker Lisa Russell. Terri Bresenham, GE Healthcare’s President of Sustainable Healthcare Solutions is behind the film, which was inspired by her trips to India, Africa and Southeast Asia, where she wanted to share the stories of women bringing healthcare to their communities—particularly three heroines, from these regions who are bringing better health to their communities. Women make-up 75 percent of the global healthcare workforce, yet often their work is unrecognised....
(3BL Media/Justmeans) – Social enterprises are a new way of doing business, where, by selling goods and services in the open market, the social enterprises reinvest the money they make back into their business or the local community to tackle social problems, improve people's lives, support communities and help the environment. It’s accepted that when a social enterprise profits, society profits. Millennials believe the success of a business should be measured in terms of more than just its financial performance, with a focus on improving society among the most important things it should seek to...