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Essilor named No. 5 in Newsweek’s 2016 Green Rankings

Essilor announced today that it was ranked N(o). 5 in the 2016 Newsweek Green Rankings, created in partnership with Corporate Knights and HIP Investor. Since 2009, the Newsweek Green Rankings have been one of the world's foremost corporate environmental rankings which assess the overall environmental performance of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the United States and the 500 largest publicly traded companies globally. With 61,000 employees in 63 countries, nearly 540 production sites on five continents and more...

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Key players from across the world come together for the 10th anniversary of European Development Days

The European Development Days is a two day event in Brussels on 15-16 June to generate new ideas, take action and shape the future with world leaders, young leaders and hundreds of speakers, civil society organisations and international organisations. Tomorrow the "European Development Days 2016'' (EDDs) will officially open its doors to a record number of over 6,000 development professionals from around 150 countries who will attend what has become Europe’s leading forum on global development and cooperation. Commissioner for International...

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Employment up by 0.3% in euro area and EU28

First quarter of 2016 compared with the fourth quarter of 2015 - Employment up by 0.3% in euro area and EU28 - +1.4% in both areas compared with the first quarter of 2015. The number of persons employed increased by 0.3% in both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28 in the first quarter of 2016 compared with the previous quarter, according to national accounts estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the fourth quarter...

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Inspirational program helps UK school children see a bright future

Essilor UK is reaching out to local schools to help prepare pupils for employment while screening their eyes and raising awareness of the importance of healthy vision. This month, Essilor UK began an educational campaign with neighboring schools to its Thornbury site near Bristol. Volunteers from the company screened students to raise awareness of the importance of regular eye care and at the same time helped the students learn how to design and build telescopes. Hundreds of children were screened along with...

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PwC teams with Vlocity to strengthen industry-specific cloud capabilities

PwC US and Vlocity to provide clients industry-specific, omni-channel cloud-based solutions to deliver high quality customer experiences. On June 10, 2016 PwC US announced it had launched a joint business relationship and collaboration agreement with Vlocity, a leading industry cloud company, to help organizations create omni-channel customer experiences tailored for industry-specific needs. As customer expectations continue to grow, organizations are turning to cloud technologies to create specialized business apps that deliver seamless customer interactions across any channel, giving organizations faster time-to-value. Through this...

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The European Commission adopts a new and comprehensive Skills Agenda for Europe

The aim of the Skills Agenda is to ensure that people develop a broad set of skills from early in life and to make the most of Europe’s human capital, which will ultimately boost employability, competitiveness and growth in Europe. 70 million Europeans lack adequate reading and writing skills, and even more have poor numeracy and digitals skills. This puts them at risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion. On the other hand, a large number of Europeans, particularly high-qualified...

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The world’s biggest Single Market: Europe’s greatest asset and its chance for new growth

Today Europe’s business leaders gather in Amsterdam with a clear agenda: how to get more from the European Union’s Single Market. The Single Market is a great achievement. By allowing people, services, goods and capital to move freely in the world's largest economy – our half-billion consumers are served by 30 million businesses generating €14 trillion – we all benefit from more choice and lower prices. For our companies it means new business opportunities; for our citizens, the chance...

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Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

Q&A with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker: Why Trade Agreements are Vital for U.S. Economic Growth

What role do trade agreements play in strengthening U.S. global competitiveness? How can increasing foreign investment opportunities for U.S. companies not just bolster the American economy, but the world economic order and the liberal international order more broadly? In a recent event at Brookings, Penny Pritzker discussed these and related topics with Suzanne Nora Johnson of the Brookings Board and Senior Fellow Robert Kagan. The bottom line is that America plays an extraordinary role in the world, and the U.S. shouldn’t...

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Member News

Employee Error Accounts For Most Security Breaches

Recent research has found that human error now accounts for nearly two-thirds of information security compromises – a further testament to the paramount importance of every employer instituting a robust security awareness training program for employees. A recent study by a well-known information security company captures one of the most common information security fallacies: that information security is a technology problem. Most businesses view mitigating information security risks as falling squarely in the purview of their information technology department. However,...

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Improving the Competitiveness of American Seaports: Request for Comment

Last week, the Commerce Department invited comments from the public on how U.S. seaports can work better with their supply chain partners to reduce congestion, become more efficient, and improve America’s competitiveness. The information, ideas, and suggestions received from the notice will be used to inform a Departmental report on best industry practices that each U.S. seaport can use as needed to improve its operating efficiency. The request for comment is part of Secretary Penny Pritzker’s 21st Century Port Competitiveness Initiative,...

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