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New guide for business helps companies to effectively address critical social justice issues

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The Social Justice Guide for Business offers strategic, meaningful approaches for companies addressing inequality amidst political polarization

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — In response to the increasing demand for companies to engage on a broad range of social and economic issues, BSR’s Center for Business & Social Justice (CBSJ) introduces “The Social Justice Guide for Business: Moving Beyond Crisis to Action.” The freely available, downloadable guide is designed to empower business leaders and practitioners in making strategic and enduring decisions related to their companies’ engagement with social issues while also advancing social justice through thoughtful and purposeful corporate actions.

Social justice encompasses many economic and social issues. Companies are often expected to take stances on social justice, including issues such as climate justice, democracy, economic inclusion, racial justice, access to healthcare, gender equity, LGBTIQ+ inclusion, caregiving and unionization.

“Companies want to meet dynamic stakeholder expectations, operate in stable environments and have a level playing field,” said Laura Gitman, Chief Impact Officer, BSR. “Thinking about corporate strategies through a social justice lens can bring about positive impact and stability for business in an uncertain world.”

CBSJ’s three-part guide includes how companies currently engage on social issues, what a corporate social justice approach entails, and what companies can do to advance social justice. It also discusses six forms of corporate social justice engagement and provides links to existing tools and resources that are currently leveraged by corporate leaders in their social impact initiatives.

“People tend to overlook the support systems essential for corporate leaders who aim to make a meaningful impact on social justice issues in their companies,” says Jarrid Green, Co-Director, Center for Business and Social Justice. “Behind the flashy brand logos and household names are real people who, like their peers in other sectors, operate with relatively limited resources yet hope to steward social impact strategies that produce positive, lasting results for communities. This guide aims to support their efforts.”

From climate change to geopolitical conflicts and more, there are converging crises that saturate corporate bandwidth today. Consumers, workers and investors are demanding that businesses take urgent and meaningful action.

By a 4:1 margin, workers in the U.S. want to be a part of a business that promotes social justice.More than 8 in 10 employees report being satisfied with their job at companies where their leaders speak up about critical events and issues.Nine in 10 investors believe a company has a responsibility to play a role in addressing societal problems that are important to customers, employees, and investors.

“In the midst of Black History Month, Women’s History Month, ongoing organized retaliatory efforts focused on businesses and an election year, the Center developed this resource to take companies through the steps of what a social justice approach looks like,” says Jen Stark, Co-Director, Center for Business and Social Justice. “This guide equips business leaders to go beyond performative responses in reaction to flashpoints, and instead prepares companies to embrace strategic approaches to these issues. It also names the broader systemic changes needed – which companies can support – to achieve enduring progress.

Business leaders who are intrigued by the contents of the Guide and are ready for more hands-on support can reach out to BSR directly. The Center is able to bring companies together as peers using BSR’s Act. Enable. Influence. framework with a focus on issue-based cohorts – gender equity, racial equity, worker well-being, climate justice and civic engagement.

The Guide was informed by focus groups with dozens of BSR members and civil society partners, conducted over the course of 24 months, in addition to a member-wide survey. The Guide is the first authoritative social justice framework made available to the private sector that offers a sustained, intentional approach and reflects insights across BSR’s staff as well as the Center’s Advisory Council. The full list of acknowledgements is here.

Click here to download “The Social Justice Guide for Business: Moving Beyond Crisis to Action.”

About The Center for Business and Social Justice
The Center for Business & Social Justice (CBSJ) at BSR is committed to reshaping the private sector’s engagement with social justice and equity. Serving as a forum for collaborative engagement and strengthened collective action, CBSJ focuses on five critical issues: gender equity, racial equity, worker well-being, civic engagement, and climate justice.

About BSR
BSR is a sustainable business network and consultancy focused on creating a world in which all people can thrive on a healthy planet. With offices in Asia, Europe, and North America, BSR provides its 300+ member companies with insight, advice, and collaborative initiatives to help them see a changing world more clearly, create long-term value, and scale impact.

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Eoptolink Releases OSFP 1.6T DR8 and 2FR4 Series Transceivers for AI/ML Clusters and Cloud Datacenter Networks

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CHENGDU, China, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd. (SZSE: 300502), a leading innovator and provider of advanced optical transceiver solutions, announces the release of its OSFP 1.6T DR8/DR8-2 and 2xFR4 transceivers enabling the next generation high bandwidth networks for AI/ML clusters and cloud datacenters.

Eoptolink 1.6T OSFP transceivers have 8 electrical host interfacing lanes and 8 optical lanes operating at 212.5Gb/s (106GB with PAM4). Equipped with the industry’s latest DSP, these modules support transmission distances of up to 2km without the need to regenerate the FEC. The 1.6T DR8 and DR8-2 modules comes with either one MPO-16 adapter for point-to-point (P2P) connections or two MPO-12 adapters for 2x800G breakout applications. The 1.6T 2xFR4 modules are designed with a dual duplex LC connector running with 2 pairs of fibers only, which could help users to save fiber resources compared to DR8 and DR8-2 versions.

The 1.6T DR8/DR8-2 and 2FR4 Portfolio consists of: – 

EOLO-13T-5H-XMX    OSFP 1.6T DR8, 1×1.6TbE, 500m, MPO-16
EOLO-13T-5H-XDX    OSFP 1.6T DR8, 2x800GbE, 500m, Dual MPO-12
EOLO-13T-02-XMX    OSFP 1.6T DR8-2, 1×1.6TbE, 2km, MPO-16
EOLO-13T-02-XDX     OSFP 1.6T DR8-2, 2x800GbE, 2km, Dual MPO-12
EOLO-16T-02-XXX     OSFP 1.6T 2FR4, 2x800GbE, 2km, Dual Duplex LC

Eoptolink OSFP 1.6T transceivers feature both EML and SiPh-based solutions, and testing has demonstrated excellent performance. “We are very proud of our optical and RF design teams, says Sean Davies, VP Sales, Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd. “Our 1.6T OSFP modules do not need an additional FEC on the optical side and this results in lower latency and power consumption of the modules simplifying the complete system and helping our AI and cloud customers in their work.”

About Eoptolink

Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd. (SZSE: 300502), a publicly traded company in China, is a leading innovator and provider of advanced optical transceiver solution for data center, enterprise and telecom networks. Eoptolink is dedicated to research, develop, manufacture and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance optical transceivers for AI, Cloud Data Center, 4G/5G wireless, Transport & Datacom and FTTX applications all over the world.

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No.510 Wulian Avenue, Chengdu 610200

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3191 Laurelview Court, Fremont, CA 94538

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Flat Ads Makes Its Mark at DMEXCO 2024: Showcasing Strength in Programmatic Advertising

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COLOGNE, Germany, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — In September, Flat Ads makes its mark at DMEXCO 2024, the prestigious European event of digital marketing and technology. The highly successful exhibition boasts 650 exhibitors, 850 speakers, and thousands of participants. At the event, Flat Ads showcased the strength of programmatic advertising platform in ad delivery, traffic optimization, and brand safety.

Flat Ads programmatic advertising platform has an exclusive developer traffic of 700 million and an extensive network spanning over 200 countries and regions worldwide. It cooperates with over 200 leading DSP/SSP partners, including FreeWheel, PubMatic and Criteo, leveraging an efficient and complete bidding system, as well as automatic delivery algorithms, to achieve precise marketing and advertising effectiveness maximization.

With its exclusive platform strategy algorithm, Flat Ads programmatic advertising platform can continuously conduct automatic exploration and matching based on the characteristics of DSP and traffic, optimize and adjust the algorithm model in real-time. This not only ensures the sustainability of DSP budgets, but also maximizes traffic utilization and enhances monetization revenue of advertisements.

Moreover, brand protection is among the top priorities of Flat Ads. In addition to accessing to authority agency Pixalate to test the effectiveness of ads, it has also accessed HUMAN, the global cybersecurity authority to safeguard its clients by preventing bot attacks, digital fraud and abuse, ensuring a stable, reliable, and secure programmatic advertising transaction platform.

By participating in DMEXCO 2024, Flat Ads showcased its outstanding strength and fruitful achievements in the programmatic advertising field, attracting the attention of numerous advertisers and developers for cooperation. Flat Ads boasts not only robust technical capabilities and innovative prowess, but also an active and open attitude towards emerging technologies, embracing and exploring them. It remains committed to providing more professional and efficient global marketing services to advertisers and developers worldwide, helping clients stand out in the fiercely competitive market and achieve business growth.

As a globally leading mobile advertising marketing platform, Flat Ads currently operates offices in Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Guangzhou, serving over 1000 clients with global marketing solutions. If you’re interested in Flat Ads’ programmatic advertising services, please visit www.flat-ads.com.

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Tulufan, Xinjiang: For the first time, a new energy plant and station has achieved “all-green electricity” operation

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TULUFAN, China, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On September 19, employees of State Grid Tulufan Electric Power Supply Company came to State Power Investment Zhongli Tenghui Qiquanhu Photovoltaic Power Station to provide comprehensive technical support and guidance for new energy enterprises.

Seven wind power and photovoltaic power generation enterprises, including Xinjiang Jize Power Generation Company in Tulufan, have obtained 6.035 million KWH of grid electricity by purchasing 6,035 “green certificates” to achieve “green electricity – green electricity” and achieve green energy use in the whole link of new energy power generation.

The green power certificate, referred to as “green certificate”, is the only certificate that identifies the production and consumption of renewable energy power. Promoting the all-green operation of new energy power generation is an important measure to promote the green consumption of renewable energy.

“Before, we were just ‘producers’ of green electricity. Now the buyers of green certificates have become green electricity consumers, and the production process is fully green.” Qiquan Lake photovoltaic power station inspection officer Forzati Dilishati said.

Since the launch of the green electricity and green certificate market, State Grid Tulufan Electric Power Supply Company has actively promoted green electricity trading, promoted the supply of green electricity and green certificates in multiple scenarios, promoted the rapid promotion and popularization of related services in Tulufan, and helped build a new power system.

In the first eight months of this year, the cumulative volume of green electricity transactions in Xinjiang reached 1.174 billion KWH, 93.83 times that of the whole year of 2022.

 

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