Accenture Wins Inaugural CODiE Award for Best Diversity and Inclusion Team of the Year
NEW YORK; June 25, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has received the first-ever CODiE award from the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) for Best Diversity & Inclusion Team of the Year. SIIA, the leading association representing the software and digital content industries, presents the CODiE awards every year to software, products, and services teams that have achieved excellence and innovation in technology.
June 25, 2019
Accenture Collaborates with Corteva Agriscience on Pilot Program to Bring Technology Skilling to Rural Iowa
JEFFERSON, Iowa; June 5, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Corteva Agriscience (NYSE: CTVA) announced today during a press conference with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a collaboration bringing together non-profit groups, higher education organizations, and government leaders to help individuals and educators in Jefferson, Iowa, acquire technology skills while remaining in their rural communities.
June 05, 2019
Accenture Teams with St. Louis Promise Zone to Launch New Program to Provide Technology Skilling and Job Placement for Mid-Career Workers
ST. LOUIS; June 3, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the St. Louis Promise Zone — a federal program that advances economic activity and career mobility in high-poverty areas — have launched a new program to help Promise Zone residents develop the skills they need to pursue the rapidly growing number of information technology (IT) jobs in the St. Louis area.
June 03, 2019
Accenture Publishes 2018 Corporate Citizenship Report
NEW YORK; April 16, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has published its 2018 Corporate Citizenship Report, which details how the company innovates to improve the way the world works and lives.
April 16, 2019
Accenture’s Caroline Gayle Named 2019’s Mentor of the Year by Women in Communications and Technology
TORONTO; March 8, 2019 – Accenture managing director Caroline Gayle has been named 2019’s Mentor of the Year by Women in Communications and Technology (WCT).
March 08, 2019
Culture of Equality Is Powerful Multiplier of Workplace Innovation, New Accenture Research Finds
NEW YORK; March 7, 2019 – A workplace culture of equality is a powerful multiplier of innovation and growth, according to new research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
March 07, 2019
Accenture and Expo 2020 Dubai Pledge 2,020 Hours of Coding Tutorials to UAE Students
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates; Feb. 24, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Expo 2020 Dubai have committed to hosting 2,020 hours of coding tutorials for UAE-based primary school students before the World Expo opens on Oct. 20, 2020. The ‘2020 Hours of Code’ initiative will help students build invaluable critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, useful to all students regardless of their career interests.
February 24, 2019
Accenture Names 762 New Managing Directors and Senior Managing Directors
NEW YORK; Dec. 3, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has named 762 people to managing director and senior managing director, including a record number of women.
December 03, 2018
Accenture Expands Coding Tutorial to 15 Languages for ‘Hour of Code’ 2018, Providing More Opportunities for Students Around the World to Learn to Code
NEW YORK; Dec. 3, 2018 – For the fourth consecutive year, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is teaming up with Code.org to support Hour of Code, a global educational movement that reaches over 100 million students through a one-hour introduction to computer science. This year, in conjunction with Computer Science Education Week (December 3-9), Accenture is expanding its coding tutorial across 15 languages — English, Chinese, Dutch, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Vietnamese — to bring coding to more students around the world through lessons in their native languages.
December 03, 2018
Accenture Executive Madeleine Chenette Named Among Most Powerful Women in Canada by Women’s Executive Network
TORONTO; Nov. 22, 2018 – Accenture executive Madeleine Chenette has been named to the Women’s Executive Network 2018 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 list for the second time.
November 22, 2018