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Lever Foundation Praises Peet's Coffee, JDE Peet's On Comprehensive New Global Animal Welfare Policy

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Thursday, May 5, 2022

AMSTERDAM, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JDE Peet's, the publicly-listed Dutch food and beverage conglomerate that owns over 50 brands including Peet's Coffee, OldTown White Coffee, Maxwell House and Pickwick, won praise today from international NGO Lever Foundation for issuing a comprehensive new global farm animal welfare policy.

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  • AMSTERDAM, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JDE Peet's, the publicly-listed Dutch food and beverage conglomerate that owns over 50 brands including Peet's Coffee, OldTown White Coffee, Maxwell House and Pickwick, won praise today from international NGO Lever Foundation for issuing a comprehensive new global farm animal welfare policy.
  • "Like our customers, JDE Peet's is concerned with the welfare of farm animals used in the group's supply chain and is committed to improving farm animal welfare across our global supply chains," JDE Peet's announced in its updated policy.
  • "Lever Foundation was very helpful from the beginning of our collaboration," noted Jacek Szarzynski, Partner at JAB Holdings, which owns JDE Peet's.
  • Lever Foundation is a global NGO with staff operating across Asia, Europe, North America and Latin America.

USI Partners with CCCSMD on Perkins Homes Development Project in Baltimore City

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

BALTIMORE, May 8, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Last July, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) granted a Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI) award to the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) and the City of Baltimore to carry out the PSO (Perkins, Somerset and Oldtown) Transformation Plan.

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  • BALTIMORE, May 8, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Last July, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) granted a Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI) award to the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) and the City of Baltimore to carry out the PSO (Perkins, Somerset and Oldtown) Transformation Plan.
  • Through the process USI will provide and connect service partners in four areas: Housing Stabilization, Economic Mobility, Health, & Education.
  • One highlight of the CCCSMD & USI collaboration is the creation of the Perkins Homebuying Cohort.
  • The first cohort is schedule to begin in the Summer of 2019 along with additional monthly place-based programming offered by CCCSMD.