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World Bank Announces 2020 Ideas for Action Winners
Today, the Ideas for Action (I4A) Initiative announced seven winners of its global competition. The annual contest jointly supported by the World Bank and the Zicklin Center of the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania, provides a one-of-a-kind platform for young entrepreneurs, catalyzing innovative ideas to solve the world’s most pressing development challenges.
The seven winners were selected from a highly competitive pool of 4,000 global submissions based on their originality and potential to influence policy. The 2020 winners are:
The KABIOF Team in Burundi, led by 25-year-old Delphin Kaze, proposes an eco-friendly charcoal made from biodegradable solid waste to help tackle deforestation and recycle metallic and plastic waste, while fighting indoor air pollution.
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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) has been recognized as a Trendsetter in political disclosure practices and accountability in the 2020 CPA-Zicklin Index.
The CPA-Zicklin Index is released annually by the Center for Political Accountability (CPA) and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The index measures political disclosure and accountability policies and practices for election-related spending by S&P 500 companies, including political spending policies and board oversight. Companies that score 90 points or higher on the index are considered Trendsetters.
Highlights for Sempra Energy s recognition this year include the following: