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Pariveda Achieves B Corp™ Certification, Reinforcing Its Commitment to Purpose-Driven Business

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Consulting leader Pariveda joins the global B Corp community, emphasizing its people-first approach and dedication to using business as a force for good™.

DALLAS, March 4, 2024 /CNW/ — Pariveda, a leading consulting firm dedicated to solving complex business challenges, is proud to announce its certification as a B Corporation™ (B Corp). This certification marks a significant milestone in Pariveda’s journey and demonstrates that it meets high standards of positive impact that reach far beyond its walls to include all stakeholders — workers, communities, customers, and the planet.

Pariveda believes that change is inevitable and transformation is intentional. That’s why the company consciously pursued its B Corp Certification, verifying its 20 years of effort to be the change it wants to see in the world. Pariveda’s path to becoming a Certified B Corp was propelled by several unique company attributes that underscore its commitment to using business as a force for good:

A holacratic governance structure, empowering employees to become effective leadersOperating with greater than 50% of non-managerial employees owning shares of the company, this financial structure is designed to distribute wealth equitably and generate value for its employees, embodying the commitment to shared long-term prosperityBoard representation with more than 50% women, highlighting a strong commitment to diversity and inclusionA requirement for all executive leadership to actively participate in local non-profit boards, reinforcing community engagement at the highest levelsTransparent salary policies, ensuring employees are treated with equity

“Pariveda is at the next chapter of our business where we’re affirming our intentional design: a people-first model and purposeful profit can work at scale. This certification invites the world to see how doing business for good is possible, no matter the size,” said Margaret Rogers, CEO at Pariveda.

B Lab is a global non-profit organization and the owner of the “Certified B Corporation” trademark.

Facilitated by B Lab, Pariveda underwent a rigorous and extensive review of its enterprise-wide practices and policies and was assessed across five pillars: workers, governance, customers, community, and environment.

Upon conclusion of the yearlong verification process, Pariveda achieved an overall impact score of 103.3, far exceeding the 50.9 median score of all companies that complete the assessment and the 80-point minimum required for certification.

Pariveda will monitor its performance against the B Corp standards, which is a dynamic process of continuous improvement. Additionally, B Corp recertification is required every three years, offering organizations the opportunity to maintain progressive alignment with B Lab’s standards, which evolve according to global changes.

“We’re thrilled for Pariveda to be a part of a global community of companies dedicated to using business as a force for good,” said Eleanor Allen, Advisor to the B Lab Global Board and former B Lab Lead Executive. “As a Certified B Corporation™, Pariveda is paving the way for professional services firms across the globe. It is an example for other larger organizations to see what is possible to achieve with determination and dedication.”

Bruce Ballengee, Founder of Pariveda, reflects on the company’s intentional design, “From day one, Pariveda was built with the vision of being a force for good. Achieving B Corp Certification is a natural progression of our foundational values and a testament to our commitment to the enduring success of our people, clients, and communities.”

As Pariveda joins the global community of over 8,000 certified B Corps, it stands as a beacon for businesses striving to balance profit with purpose. The company’s innovative approach to customer engagement, the annual Hackathon for Social Good offering pro bono work to non-profits across the country, and the measurable community contributions are a testament to Pariveda’s dedication to creating lasting, positive impact.

“For Pariveda, being a B Corp is about setting a new standard in business, where success is measured not just by financial performance, but by the positive impact we create for people and the planet,” shared Tiffany Lentz, Managing Vice President at Pariveda. “We invite our clients, partners, and communities to join us in this effort as we collectively work towards a more inclusive and equitable future.”

One single company can’t change our global economic system, but together, we create a movement. To learn more about Pariveda’s commitment to embracing a business model that balances purpose with profit, ensuring inclusion, equity, and collaborative service to others, visit https://parivedasolutions.com/about/bcorp/.

About Pariveda Solutions, Inc.

Pariveda is a consulting firm dedicated to solving complex business, brand, and technology challenges from the inside out. We uncover the underlying complexities and dependencies of your business to create solutions that deliver value, open new opportunities, and continuously evolve to meet the demands of your market — all while leveraging the opportunity to grow together. As an employee-owned company, our people are highly skilled, highly motivated strategic business, brand, and technology leaders, truly invested in helping our clients fulfill their mission. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, we live and work in major cities across North America.

To learn more about how we provide holistic solutions across your business, visit our website: https://www.parivedasolutions.com.

“Pariveda Solutions,” “The Business of IT,” and “Change is inevitable. Transformation is intentional.” are registered trademarks of Pariveda Solutions, Inc., Dallas, Texas, USA. 

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About B Lab

B Lab is transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. A leader in economic systems change, the global network creates standards, policies, tools, and programs for business, and we certify companies — known as B Corps — who are leading the way. To date, the B Corp community includes over 700,000 workers in over 8,000 B Corps across 95 countries and 162 industries, and more than 250,000 companies manage their impact with the B Impact Assessment and the SDG Action Manager. B Lab has created and led efforts to pass over 50 corporate statutes globally that enable stakeholder governance. To learn more and join the movement, visit https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/.

About B Corp Certification

B Corp Certification assesses the overall social and environmental impact of a company. To achieve B Corp Certification, a company must meet a score of at least 80 points in the B Impact Assessment, an evaluation of a company’s positive impact, and pass a risk review, an evaluation of a company’s negative impact.

It must change their corporate governance structure to be accountable to all stakeholders, not just shareholders, and exhibit transparency by allowing information about their B Corp Certification performance to be publicly available on their B Corp profile on B Lab’s website. B Corps recertify every three years and once certified, are expected to increase their score over time as they progress towards becoming more equitable, inclusive, and regenerative businesses. 

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Reliable Link: Pioneering a New Era of Reliable Connectivity for Everything

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HONG KONG, Dec. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — In this era where everything is connected, reliable communication networks have become more than just a service provided by operators; they are the key to linking the entire ecosystem of devices. Breaking down barriers between terminal equipments, allowing every corner and every device to be ‘reliably connected anytime, anywhere,’ is not only a technological breakthrough but also a beautiful vision for the future way of life. GrowthEase, in partnership with China Telecom, has brought together a top-tier team of communication technology experts to co-develop the “Reliable Link” project. Centered around the three core principles of “Reliability, Openness, and Ubiquity,” this project utilizes innovative communication technologies to integrate advanced cloud-network capabilities into various ubiquitous terminal devices such as drones, smart cameras, smart speakers, and smart locks. This aims to break the traditional constraints of terminal forms and capabilities, ushering in a new era of reliable communication connectivity. Leveraging the open capabilities provided by GSMA Open Gateway, and relying on the high-quality global network nodes deployed by NetEase Zhiqi and China Telecom, this project ensures end-to-end latency for audio and video calls remains within 200ms, guaranteeing 99.9% lag-free call experiences. Through highly reliable connectivity services, the project prioritizes the quality and security of connections and transmission in any environment, realizing “reliable connectivity anytime, anywhere” across all types of ubiquitous terminal devices.

Specifically, the Reliable Link project, through the Reliable-link AS platform and the Reliable-link applet, allows users to remotely control terminals like drones during a mobile voice call. For example, in the drone inspection scenario, Reliable Link can retrieve real-time flight routes, and with the Geofencing feature, set up electronic fences to ensure the drone stays within a safe area. When the drone detects a hazardous behavior, such as smoking, the system automatically triggers an alert and reports the location. Reliable Link combines VoLTE capabilities to initiate a video call to regional managers’ mobile phones, promptly pushing the alert information. Through Dev Loc verification and Location retrieval, the drone’s position is confirmed. Once the manager answers the video call, the QOD feature ensures high-quality video transmission, allowing the manager to issue control commands in real time through the call interface to control the drone’s flight. This not only ensures network reliability but also brings more efficient cross-terminal communication and smarter device management, making interactions between different devices smoother and more convenient, truly realizing “seamless connectivity” across ubiquitous terminal devices.

The Reliable Link Drone Communication Connectivity Project tightly integrates drones with the PaaS communication infrastructure, empowering drones with high-reliability, high-quality communication transmission capabilities. This drives upgrades and innovation in the drone industry, contributing to the prosperity of the low-altitude economy. Looking ahead, Reliable Link will continue to innovate and collaborate with ecosystem partners, establishing industry benchmarks. From connecting everything to empowering countless industries, the project aims to create a new landscape for reliable communication applications, enabling the thriving development of industries worldwide.

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BeyondTrucks Streamlines EDI Transaction Management Processes with Orderful Partnership

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BeyondTrucks and Orderful solution brings EDI workflow into an updated, intuitive and timesaving format for trucking companies

SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — BeyondTrucks, a transportation management system provider that delivers streamlined operations to private and specialty fleets through a connected and configurable platform, has announced a partnership with Orderful to embed their Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Platform in the company’s multi-tenant SaaS Transportation Management System (TMS).

BeyondTrucks’ commitment to simplifying fleet operations aligns perfectly with Orderful’s mission to modernize EDI.

“EDI of the past is opaque, time-consuming, expensive and just simply outdated,” said Hans Galland, chief executive officer at BeyondTrucks. “Now with Orderful as our partner, our customers can elect to use the Orderful portal to manage EDI transactions in a rapid intuitive manner for all transactions and all trading partners. We are eliminating the need for a custom integration into BeyondTrucks with each and every partner.”

Embedded in the BeyondTrucks TMS, the Orderful EDI Platform seamlessly builds EDI connections between shippers and carriers by converting EDI data via an API. The integration provides users with real-time data synchronization, instant visibility, automated compliance checks, and intuitive error handling.

BeyondTrucks is also offering their fleet customers access to the Orderful portal for visibility into EDI data from shippers. The optional capability provides an interface where fleets can see when shippers make changes to load information but don’t communicate them or they are not passed through to the TMS. The carrier can then respond manually to avoid loads being missed or the shipper being poorly serviced.

“BeyondTrucks’ commitment to simplifying fleet operations aligns perfectly with Orderful’s mission to modernize EDI,” said Jonathan Kish, chief revenue officer at Orderful. “By embedding our platform, BeyondTrucks customers gain real-time visibility and faster connections, eliminating the headaches of traditional EDI and enabling them to operate more efficiently.”

The BeyondTrucks flexible, multi-tenant SaaS solution combines system integrations, proprietary modules, and adaptable configurations in a seamless platform to unify data and workflows for automation and optimization of fleet operations. Advanced capabilities of the cloud-based platform include order intake automation, smart load planning, dispatch communication, configurable driver workflows, and flexible automation of invoicing and driver payroll.

About Orderful

Orderful is the modern EDI Platform revolutionizing how logistics providers, retailers, manufacturers, and technology companies manage their EDI trading partnerships and transactions in real-time. Its simplified integrations, pre-connected network, and user-friendly self-service approach minimize errors with customers onboarding new partners. Orderful has been recognized as a best-in-class EDI provider by industry leaders like G2 and SourceForge. To learn more, visit https://www.orderful.com/.

About BeyondTrucks

San Francisco, California-based BeyondTrucks is the provider of a configurable and connected multi-tenant SaaS Transportation Management System (TMS). The SOC2-compliant software allows specialty and private fleets to replace legacy TMS, add-on solutions, and fragmented manual processes with a modern platform that creates seamless workflows driven by unified data. Designed to handle the complexities of large specialty and private fleets, the highly configurable BeyondTrucks platform achieves deeper levels of adoption and intelligent automation fleets to make fleet operations smarter, simpler, and stronger. With the multi-tenant platform, fleets also benefit from more efficient integrations into other fleet technology providers so that all parts of a fleet are always in sync. For more information, visit http://www.beyondtrucks.com.

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GDIN Successfully Supports Establishment of 10 New Joint Ventures in 2024 Alone

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GDIN CEO Jongkap Kim: “By matching technology needs with local markets, we create long-lasting joint ventures with multiple exit opportunities.”

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Global Digital Innovation Network (GDIN), led by CEO Jongkap Kim, proudly announced the major achievements of its 2024 Joint Venture Program. This program, which supports the establishment of joint ventures between South Korean companies and international partners, is designed to lower market entry barriers and create sustainable growth opportunities through local collaborations.

Since the launch of the program in 2021, GDIN has supported the establishment of 44 joint ventures across various regions. This year alone, 10 joint ventures were successfully launched in 8 countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, India, Singapore, Vietnam, UAE, and Uganda.

The Joint Venture Program was created to address a common challenge faced by early-stage tech companies: while they may have products and services that meet market demand, they often lack the resources and workforce to enter international markets. Through this program, GDIN helps companies increase their chances of success by facilitating strategic market entry via local partnerships.

In addition to the 44 joint ventures established so far, 47 partnership agreements are in the pipeline for future joint ventures. The program’s success is largely attributed to GDIN’s extensive global network of partners, which includes government organizations, multinational corporations, and international agencies such as the World Bank, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Investment Turkey etc. GDIN has organized multiple technology matching and investor relations events to introduce Korean companies and their innovative technologies to potential international partners.

At the year-end performance report event, held on December 19, GDIN recognized companies that successfully established joint ventures. Changsoft I&I, a digital construction management system company, was highlighted for its success in establishing joint ventures in Japan and Vietnam. CFO Jongeun Park of Changsoft I&I shared, “We were facing stagnating revenue growth, and expanding into new markets was critical. With GDIN’s support, we were able to establish joint ventures in Japan and Vietnam, allowing us to tailor our products to local market needs.”

Other companies that successfully established joint ventures in 2024 include Medicos Biotech, Bloomsbury Lab, Arbaim, Eucast, Pixelro, Hansol root one, Eco-Peace, and IESG.

GDIN CEO Jongkap Kim commented, “Unlike simple joint investments or distribution networks, these technology-driven joint ventures are based on market demand, ensuring their long-term sustainability. If these joint ventures achieve success in the local markets and even go public, they could offer multiple exit opportunities, creating a strong growth model for all involved.”

About GDIN 

Global Digital Innovation Network (formerly known as Born2Global Centre), registered under the Ministry of Science & ICT, is an independent foundation that promotes and fosters collaboration between next-level innovative companies from South Korea and the world.

Since 2013, we have established over 160 international partnerships, supported over 3,000 tech companies, conducted over 20,000 consulting services, and helped companies raise $3.6 billion USD in investments.

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