NEW YORK & HANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Alibaba Group and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced the launch of “Hunger Map LIVE,” a groundbreaking global hunger monitoring system that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning and data analytics to predict and track the...

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KFC celebrated the return of its annual giving initiative, “Acts of Colonel-ness,” to honor what would have been founder Colonel Harland Sanders’ 129th birthday on September 9. The company challenged employees in more than 135 countries and territories to conduct 129,000 acts of...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kao Corporation (TOKYO: 4452) has been selected for inclusion in the 2019 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific), among the world’s most renowned socially responsible investment (SRI) indices. This is the sixth...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- WAKi International Group chairman and founder Teo Choo Guan became the first Malaysian to be awarded the World Peace Award 2019.

Teo received the award for his dedication and effort in promoting activities that cultivate harmony and respect among the...

Team Citi will support Citi’s mission to foster a more inclusive society by shining a spotlight on the worldwide Paralympic Movement

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With less than one year to go until the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Citi today announced the roster of Para athletes who will comprise “Team Citi...

HÀ NỘI — Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has signed an instruction asking organisations in the health sector to strictly minimise plastic waste.

The instruction followed guidance from Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc about reducing plastic waste.

Tiến said that plastic waste impacts ecology, the...

Raju Vaidyanathan, Managing Director of ELM Solutions in Chennai, Amarchand Jain, Advisor at Sevalaya, and Jonah Paransky, General Manager and Executive Vice President of ELM Solutions, inaugurate the new building. (Photo: Wolters Kluwer)

TOKYO, June 26, 2019 --( ASIA TODAY )-- Today the Bridgestone Group published its Sustainability Report 2018 2019 highlighting strong progress toward its global commitment to help achieve a more sustainable society. Two years ahead of schedule, the Group exceeded its 2020 goal of reducing global water withdrawal by...

Bridgestone Technology Helping Ensure Earthquake-Ready Venues for Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
Company’s seismic isolation technology installed in new permanent structures that will host swimming, diving, artistic swimming, volleyball and wheelchair basketball for Tokyo 2020

Tehran (ESCAP News) --( ASIA TODAY )-- The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in partnership with the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, hosted the inaugural Asia‐Pacific Innovation Forum in Tehran, with global...

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, in partnership with the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) announced that for the first time in Olympic and Paralympic Games histories, all medal podiums will be created entirely from recycled materials...

Coca-Cola’s Philippine branch will pioneer with an investment of one billion pesos ($19.3 million) to construct a recycling facility in the country, its first major investment in a recycling plant within entire Southeast Asia.

Gareth McGeown, president of Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Inc. (CCBPI) said...

April 26, 2019 09:00 AM Hong Kong Time - SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hyosung (KRX:004800) completed a project to renovate an elementary school in a village in Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province in the central part of Vietnam on April 23. The project was funded with donations from its employees. Some 200...

April 18, 2019 10:59 AM Hong Kong Time - MANILA, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NCH Asia is proud to share its contribution to “NCH Cares”-one of the biggest worldwide corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects of NCH Corporation in its history. NCH Corporation, a manufacturer of product and equipment...

SINGAPORE (April 10, 2019) --( ASIA TODAY )-- Bridgestone China & Asia Pacific (BSCAP), a group company of Bridgestone Corporation, won 3 awards at the 11th Annual Global CSR Summit & Awards 2019, in recognition of its far-reaching achievements in making roads safer, improving lives and promoting education...