Archive for January 2023
On Leadership: Sound corporate governance key in ESG success
This column is part of an ongoing series on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and what they mean to business leaders and organizations.
When I was a little kid in our local 4-H Club, …
Read MoreUI Heart and Vascular Center updates cardiac cath labs
The University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center has added two new cardiac catheterization labs and updated existing ones to increase patient access to the service. The new labs have the most advanced technology in …
Read MoreLola’s Fine Hot Sauce announces new partnership with Kum & Go
Des Moines-based Lola’s Fine Hot Sauce announced today ahead of National Hot Sauce Day a collaboration with Kum & Go to offer Lola’s brand hot sauces as a condiment for the convenience store’s new menu …
Read MoreWhat you need to know from the legislative session so far
From school choice to addressing mental health care availability, property tax reform and child care, a number of bills have been introduced early on in the 2023 Legislature. Here is just some of what you …
Read MoreEMC Insurance names Goteti VP of innovation
EMC Insurance Cos. announced Pavan Goteti has been named the new vice president of innovation and business process management. According to a news release, the role is newly expanded to focus on “enabling …
Read MoreCommunity Foundation of Greater Des Moines, United Way of Central Iowa intervene in Food Bank-DMARC dispute
Two nonprofit powerhouses have intervened in the dispute between the Food Bank of Iowa and the Des Moines Area Religious Council in hopes of resolving differences that threatened the ability of some DMARC food pantries …
Read MoreIowa City public works facility receives another national award
Iowa City’s Public Works Facility (pictured below) was recently named as a 2022 Top Ten U.S. architecture project by Dezeen, a London-based online architecture, interiors and design magazine. Dezeen is one of the world’s most influential design …
Read MoreBusiness Record 1-20-23
‘What’s within you is stronger than what’s in your way’
I have never met Erik Weihenmayer, but even as a perfect stranger he has already helped me to break through barriers in my own thinking.
It all started when Jay Byers, the CEO of the …
Read MoreWhat they’re checking out: Week of January 20
As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des …
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