US Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President for International Policy John Murphy discusses the WTO and American business in a new International Policy Backgrounder from the Chamber. Download HERE.
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DNtv: McDonald’s og Starbucks satser på gjenbruk heller enn resirkulering
McDonald´s og Starbucks teamer opp for økt gjenbruk. Nå starter de to gigantene opp forsøk med innsamling, vasking og redistribusjon av brukte plastkopper. Se hele videoen HER.
Press Release: Cognizant Named a Top Employer 2020 in 15 Countries Worldwide
Certifications Underscore Strong Career and Succession Management Practices, Talent Strategy and Workforce Planning
TEANECK, N.J., Feb. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) has been named a Top Employer 2020 in 15 countries worldwide by Top Employers Institute. The Institute recognizes leading organizations that continuously optimize workplace practices to develop and nurture talent while providing an outstanding work environment.
In Europe, Cognizant was recognized for a sixth consecutive year, receiving certification in 10 countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In Lithuania, Cognizant ranked as the No. 1 employer, and in Belgium and the Netherlands, among the top 10.
Cognizant was also named a Top Employer in Australia, Brazil and Singapore, and appeared in the rankings for the first time in China and the United Arab Emirates. In Singapore, Cognizant is one of the top three employers, according to the Institute.
In all of the countries, Cognizant rated highly for its clearly defined, well-managed programs in the Top Employers Institute’s categories of Talent Strategy, Workforce Planning, and Career and Succession Management. Cognizant also excelled in Leadership Development, Performance Management, Onboarding, and Learning and Development, ensuring its employees have clear roles, defined career paths and opportunities to learn and advance within the organization.
“We’re delighted Top Employers Institute has again recognized Cognizant and expanded our certification to 15 countries on four continents,” said Becky Schmitt, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, Cognizant. “Investing in our workforce and creating an engaging environment where talented people can thrive and grow is one of our key priorities. This year alone, we’re doubling our training investments to ensure our associates have access to all of the latest digital skills they need to succeed and continue doing exceptional work for our clients.”
“Recognizing our regional Certified Top Employers 2020 is an extremely proud moment for us all,” said David Plink, Chief Executive Officer, Top Employers Institute. “This level of certification showcases the dedication to the consistent application of HR excellence on a regional level – an impressive commitment to enriching the world of work.”
About Top Employers Institute
Top Employers Institute is the global authority on recognizing excellence in people practices. We help accelerate these practices to enrich the world of work. Through the Top Employers Institute certification program, participating companies can be validated, certified and recognized as an employer of choice. Established more than 28 years ago, Top Employers Institute has certified over 1500 organizations in 118 countries/regions. These certified Top Employers positively impact the lives of 6,000,000 employees globally.
Top Employers Institute. For a better world of work.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 193 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.
For further information: U.S.: Jodi Sorensen, +1-201-294-5358, jodi.sorensen@cognizant.com; Europe: Grazia Valentino-Boschi, +33 (0)6 07 85 80 63, grazia@cognizant.com; Asia-Pac: Harsh Kabra, +91-855-188-2111, harsh.kabra@cognizant.com
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World Oil: Defining the oilfield service sector’s role in meeting CO₂ goals
FLORENCE, ITALY – As operators worldwide set ambitious net-zero-emissions goals, oilfield service companies have an opportunity to both play a key role in meeting these targets, and take a leadership position in shaping the path of the coming energy transition.
“We are working on many fronts to practically reduce the carbon footprint of oil and gas, and we are learning how to better account for carbon as well,” said Chris Jones, Vice President, Europe Oilfield Services at Baker Hughes. The service company is following the lead of major operators like Repsol in establishing its own zero-emissions goals for the year 2050.
Understanding the full carbon signature of oil and gas operations is key – when there is a thorough understanding of where carbon is released throughout the exploration process, strategies can be implemented to proactively manage those releases.
Read entire article HERE.
Press Release: CNO Strengthens Naval Partnership with Norway
WASHINGTON (NNS) — Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday met with his Norwegian counterpart, Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy Rear Adm. Nils Andreas Stensønes, at the Pentagon, Feb.18.
During the office call, the leaders discussed their navies’ commitment to regional maritime security in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
“The High North is a vital region in the world and Norway is a critical partner to ensuring it remains open and free,” said Gilday. “Alongside our Norwegian partners, we are operating toward the same end – continued security and stability that result in prosperity for all – both now and in the future.”
Gilday also highlighted the importance of Norway’s contributions to U.S. and NATO-led coalition operations and thanked them for being a steadfast maritime partner.
The two navies frequently operate and exercise together in key engagements like BALTOPS, the annual joint, multinational maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic region, and TRIDENT JUNCTURE, a NATO-led military exercise held in Norway designed to test interoperability of alliance and partner forces.
Recently, representatives from the U.S., Norway, and other countries worked together at the Naval War College-led Newport Arctic Scholars Initiative where they discussed security cooperation in the Arctic.
This office call marks the first formal meeting between the two heads of navy.
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KPMG: Guidelines on How to Comply with New Norwegian VAT on E-commerce (VOEC) from April 1
VAT on E-commerce (VOEC) from 1 April 2020 – Guidelines on how to comply with the Norwegian VOEC scheme for low value import.
Read the entire insight piece from KPMG HERE.
Forbes: Who Are The 100 Most Sustainable Companies Of 2020?
A ranking of the organizations doing the most to embrace sustainable business practices was revealed Tuesday at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Compiled by Canadian research firm Corporate Knights since 2005, the Global 100 list ranks corporations with revenue in excess of $1 billion based on key metrics of sustainability, among them carbon footprint and gender diversity.
Topping this year’s list is Denmark-based renewable energy provider Ørsted. The first electricity company to earn the distinction of No. 1 climbed 69 spots since 2018 thanks, in part, to the way in which it has reinvented its business model over the past decade. “They completely revamped their core business from being a pretty coal-intensive utility to being almost a pure-play renewable power provider,” says Toby Heaps, cofounder and CEO of Corporate Knights.
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CNET: ElectionGuard – Microsoft’s Most Important Product in 2020?
ElectionGuard isn’t designed to make voting machines safe from hackers. It’s meant to make hacking them pointless.
Building 83 doesn’t stand out on Microsoft’s massive Redmond, Washington, headquarters. But last week, the nameless structure hosted what might be the software giant’s most important product of 2020.
Tucked away in the corner of a meeting room, a sign reading “ElectionGuard” identifies a touchscreen that asks people to cast their votes. An Xbox adaptive controller is connected to it, as are an all-white printer and a white ballot box for paper votes. If you didn’t look carefully, you might have mistaken all that for an array of office supplies.
ElectionGuard is open-source voting-machine software that Microsoft announced in May 2019. In Microsoft’s demo, voters make their choices by touchscreen before printing out two copies. A voter is supposed to double-check one copy before placing it into a ballot box to be counted by election workers. The other is a backup record with a QR code the voter can use to check that the vote was counted after polls close.
Read entire article HERE.
Kampanje: Coca-Cola-sjefen i Norge slutter
Stein Rømmerud går til dagligvarebransjen og Norgesgruppen.
Stein Rømmerud har de siste fem årene vært administrerende direktør for Coca-Cola og han har 20 års erfaring fra PR- og kommunikasjonsbransjen, fra Coca-Cola, Forsvaret og som avdelingsleder for merkevarer i PR-byrået Burson-Marsteller. Nå blir Rømmerud ny konserndirektør for Kommunikasjon og Samfunnskontakt i NorgesGruppen.
– Hvorfor slutter du i Coca-Cola?
– Nå har jeg vært 18 år i Cola-systemet, og fem år i den jobben jeg har nå, og da er det helt naturlig å etter hvert søke nye utfordringer. Dette er en spennende jobb i et spennende selskap, sier Rømmerud til Kampanje.
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Press Release: Photocure announces new US patent for Hexvix
Oslo, Norway February 14, 2020, Photocure ASA (OSE: PHO) is pleased to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted US Patent No. 10,556,010 covering the use of Blue Light Cystoscopy (BLC®) with Hexvix as neoadjuvant* therapy in the treatment of bladder cancer in patients who are scheduled for a cystectomy.
Early stage study results have shown an antitumor effect and induced systemic immune effects of hexaminolevulinate (HAL) and blue light in an orthotopic model of rat bladder cancer. Photocure has the intention to further investigate Hexvix for its therapeutic effect and the patent is a result of Photocure’s continued focus on securing intellectual property rights for its research results and pipeline activities.
The patent was issued on 11 February 2020 and will expire in December 2036.
* Neoadjuvant therapy: treatment (such as chemotherapy) administered before primary cancer treatment (such as surgery) to enhance the outcome of primary treatment
For more information, please contact:
Dan Schneider
President and CEO
Photocure ASA
Tel: + 1-609 759-6515
Email: ds@photocure.com
Erik Dahl
CFO
Photocure ASA
Tel: +4745055000
Email: ed@photocure.com
About Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer ranks as the sixth most common cancer worldwide with 1 650 000 prevalent cases (5-year prevalence rate), 550 000 new cases and almost 200 000 deaths annually in 2018.1
Approx. 75% of all bladder cancer cases occur in men.1 It has a high recurrence rate with an average of 61% in year one and 78% over five years.2 Bladder cancer has the highest lifetime treatment costs per patient of all cancers.3
Bladder cancer is a costly, potentially progressive disease for which patients have to undergo multiple cystoscopies due to the high risk of recurrence. There is an urgent need to improve both the diagnosis and the management of bladder cancer for the benefit of patients and healthcare systems alike.
Bladder cancer is classified into two types, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), depending on the depth of invasion in the bladder wall. NMIBC remains in the inner layer of cells lining the bladder. These cancers are the most common (75%) of all BC cases and include the subtypes Ta, carcinoma in situ (CIS) and T1 lesions. In MIBC the cancer has grown into deeper layers of the bladder wall. These cancers, including subtypes T2, T3 and T4, are more likely to spread and are harder to treat.4
About Hexvix®/Cysview® (hexaminolevulinate HCl)
Hexvix®/Cysview® is a drug that is selectively taken up by tumor cells in the bladder making them glow bright pink during Blue Light Cystoscopy (BLCTM). BLC™ with Hexvix® /Cysview® improves the detection of tumors and leads to more complete resection, fewer residual tumors and better management decisions.
Cysview® is the tradename in the US and Canada, Hexvix® is the tradename in all other markets. Photocure is commercializing Cysview® / Hexvix® directly in the US and the Nordic region and has strategic partnerships for the commercialization of Hexvix® / Cysview® in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Please refer to https://bit.ly/2wzqSQQ for further information on our commercial partners.
All trademarks mentioned in this release are protected by law and are registered trademarks of Photocure ASA
This press release may contain product details and information which are not valid, or a product is not accessible, in your country. Please be aware that Photocure does not take any responsibility for accessing such information which may not comply with any legal process, regulation, registration or usage in the country of your origin.
About Photocure ASA
Photocure: The Bladder Cancer Company delivers transformative solutions to improve the lives of bladder cancer patients. Our unique technology, which makes cancer cells glow bright pink, has led to better health outcomes for patients worldwide. Photocure is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE: PHO). For more information, please visit us at www.photocure.com, www.hexvix.com or www.cysview.com
References
1 Globocan. Incidence/mortality by population. Available at: http://globocan.iarc.fr/Pages/bar_pop_sel.aspx
2 Babjuk M, et al. Eur Urol. 2019; 76(5): 639-657
3 Sievert KD et al. World J Urol 2009;27:295–300
4 Bladder Cancer. American Cancer Society. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/bladder-cancer.html
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