The Coca-Cola Company has announced that Luisa Ortega to become president of the company’s Africa operating unit, overseeing markets across the continent. Ortega currently serves as president of the company’s central zone in Latin America, which includes Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Central America and the Caribbean. Ortega replaces Bruno Pietracci, who has been named …
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Fifty women plastic waste collectors have completed training in health and safety standards, and received guidelines for collection and waste management, which in turn is expected to empower over 500 waste collectors across the country. The women were awarded their graduation certificates at a handover ceremony at Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) Mozambique’s plant in …
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Hotpack Global, one of the world’s leading manufacturer of disposable food packaging products, has announced to launch a support initiative worth AED 1.2 million, titled ‘Takkah’ for women entrepreneurs in the UAE’s food service sector. The one-year-long project offers free food packaging products to small businesses and startups by women entrepreneurs. Its aim is …
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On the account of International Women’s Day, Cosmo Films, a global leader in specialty films for flexible packaging, labeling and lamination applications as well as synthetic paper, has taken a unique initiative for its female employees of its Indian subsidiaries including the Pet Care Division by announcing two new policies – Post maternity enablement and …
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Olay Body is launching the Fearless Artist Series, a new collection of body washes that feature bottle artwork designed by African American artist, Avery Williamson, and formulas specially crafted by a diverse team of women. The Fearless Artist Series is part of Olay Body’s ongoing commitment to elevate stories of women of color in STEAM …
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Celebrating the central role women and girls play in our lives, the Hershey’s brand is highlighting the “SHE” at the center of the iconic milk chocolate bar as part of Women’s History Month celebrations. This new Hershey’s bar is a colorful reminder to celebrate the impact that SHE makes. From daughters, mothers, sisters, aunts, …
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Doaa bin Thabit, Contributing Editor, Packaging MEA speaks to James Michael Lafferty, CEO of Fine Hygiene Holding, about the company’s accomplishments and goals in empowering women The number of women entering the packaging industry is increasing, but in our societies, women do not aspire to work to obtain income only, but also aspire to …
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When Henriette Thomas, now the Africa and Middle East General Manager for Point Group, launched her career in print, it was a different world. She is happy to see how women have risen in the industry since then Packaging MEA: Tell us about yourself and your career. Henriette: I started my journey in …
To honor all the women and girls on today on International Women’s Day in the US, Hershey’s brand developed a batch of ‘Celebrate HerSHEy’s’ bars, highlighting the ‘SHE’ at the center of our iconic Hershey’s milk chocolate bars for the first time in the United States. Today the first 1,000 visitors to each of …
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Procter & Gamble (P&G) reiterated its commitment around a number of initiatives that will promote gender equality during the annual #WeSeeEqual Summit – part of the company’s citizenship focus on being a Force for Good and Force for Growth. Hosted virtually for the first time, the event saw distinguished advocates and personalities from private and …
