Day: March 21, 2022

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FreedomPay Enables Sephora to Deliver Next Level Mobile POS Platform for Enhanced Consumer Experience across the Americas

Global Beauty Giant Selects FreedomPay for Next Level Commerce Solutions

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FreedomPay, the world’s leading commerce platform, announces partnership with Sephora USA, Inc. the leading prestige beauty omni-retailer, to integrate FreedomPay’s data-driven commerce technology platform in Sephora’s 500 plus stores across the Americas.

“FreedomPay is proud to announce the agreement with Sephora, to provide a world class experience to its millions of customers across the Americas,” said Chris Kronenthal, President at FreedomPay. “Our suite of touchless commerce and data solutions will enable Sephora to provide customers a fast, frictionless, and innovative consumer experience.”

The partnership allows for a safe and secure next-level Mobile POS consumer experience for shoppers with FreedomPay. The new touchless capable payment system enables Sephora clients to have complete control over their checkout experience, giving consumers the option to pay via contactless payment methods and digital wallets all on their own device, including Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay.

“Now more than ever, it is critical for us at Sephora to be able to adapt to the quickly changing retail environment and that’s especially important at the point of sale,” said Sree Sreedhararaj, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Sephora. “Our clients desire a seamless experience in every step of the shopping journey, and our partnership with FreedomPay allows us to maximize efficiencies and capabilities at checkout.”

About FreedomPay

FreedomPay’s Next Level Commerce™ platform transforms existing payment systems and processes from legacy to leading edge. As the premier choice for many of the largest companies across the globe in retail, hospitality, lodging, gaming, sports and entertainment, foodservice, education, healthcare and financial services, FreedomPay’s technology has been purposely built to deliver rock solid performance in the highly complex environment of global commerce. The company maintains a world-class security environment and was first to earn the coveted validation by the PCI Security Standards Council against Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE/EMV) standard in North America. FreedomPay’s robust solutions across payments, security, identity, and data analytics are available in-store, online and on-mobile and are supported by rapid API adoption. The award winning FreedomPay Commerce Platform operates on a single, unified technology stack across multiple continents allowing enterprises to deliver an innovative Next Level experience on a global scale. www.freedompay.com

About Sephora Americas

Since its debut in North America more than 20 years ago, Sephora has been a leader in prestige omni-retail with the mission of creating an inviting beauty shopping experience and inspiring fearlessness in our community. With the goal of delivering unbiased shopping support and a personalized experience, Sephora invites clients to discover thousands of products from more than 340 carefully curated brands, explore online and through our mobile app, enjoy services at the Beauty Studio and engage with expertly trained Beauty Advisors in more than 500 stores across the Americas. And with its new long-term retail strategic partnership, clients can now shop Sephora at Kohl’s, a fully immersive, premium beauty destination, with 200 locations in 2021, and at least 850 locations by 2023. Clients can access the free-to-join Beauty Insider program and digital community, which together enhance the experience of Sephora’s passionate clients.

Sephora has been an industry-leading champion of diversity, inclusivity, and empowerment, guided by our longstanding company values. In 2019, Sephora announced a new tagline and manifesto, “We Belong to Something Beautiful,” to reinforce its dedication to fostering belonging amongst all clients and employees and to publicly strive for a more inclusive vision for retail in the Americas. Sephora continues to give back to our communities and advance inclusion in our industry through its social impact and equity programming, called the Sephora D&I Heart Journey.

For more information, visit: https://www.sephora.com/about-us and @Sephora on social media. For media inquiries, please visit our Sephora newsroom or email ExternalComms@sephora.com

Jennifer Tayebi
Hill+Knowlton Strategies for FreedomPay
(734) 395-0780
jennifer.tayebi@hkstrategies.com
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China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on board crashes in China

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BEIJING (Reuters) -A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet with 132 people on board crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China’s Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said. The jet involved in the accident was a Boeing 737 aircraft and the number of casualties was not immediately known, state broadcaster CCTV said. Rescue services were on their way to the scene, it said. There was no word on the cause of the crash. The plane was a 6-year-old 737-800 aircraft, according to Flightradar24. The CAAC said the aircraft l… Continue reading “China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on board crashes in China”

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Hitachi Energy to provide advanced grid connection for the world’s largest eucalyptus pulp mill in Brazil Innovative solution will enable surplus renewable electricity to be transferred into the national power grid

Innovative solution will enable surplus renewable electricity to be transferred into the national power grid

Zurich, Switzerland, March 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hitachi Energy, the global technology and market leader in power grids, announced today that it has won an order from Suzano, the world’s leading eucalyptus pulp producer and one of Latin America’s largest paper producers, to design and deliver a complete grid connection solution for the company’s new pulp mill in Brazil.

Suzano’s new factory will be the world’s largest single-line eucalyptus pulp mill and Brazil’s first pulp production facility to be fossil fuel free when completed in the second half of 2024. It will have an annual production capacity of 2.5 million tons and will increase Suzano’s output by 20 percent. About half of the electricity generated will be transferred to the national power grid, enough to supply around 2.3 million people for one month.

The two companies have worked closely together on grid solutions for Suzano’s fleet of mills over the past 20 years. In this spirit of collaboration and co-creation, Hitachi Energy has contributed its pioneering technologies and its unique system integration capabilities, engineering expertise and extensive experience of local grid code requirements. This enables Hitachi Energy to design and supply complete solutions with exceptional levels of reliability, that are fundamental for these types of application.

“We are honored and delighted to be working with Suzano again on this landmark project that sets a new benchmark in sustainable pulp production and shares its emission-free electricity with society at large,” said Niklas Persson, Managing Director of Hitachi Energy’s Grid Integration business. “This is another example of how our solutions are advancing the world’s energy system to be more sustainable, flexible and secure.”

“The construction of the new factory is the biggest investment in Suzano’s history, so it is vital that the grid connection through which we generate additional revenue from our surplus energy operates at outstanding levels of reliability and availability,” said Mauricio Miranda, Engineering Director at Suzano. “We chose Hitachi Energy as our technology partner based on more than 20 years of successful collaboration and consistent delivery of innovative, reliable solutions and exceptional project execution.”

Hitachi Energy will supply a state-of-the-art grid connection solution to enable the surplus renewable power to be transferred reliably, safely and securely into the national power grid. The solution’s compact footprint is based on advanced gas-insulated switchgear and offers excellent performance in terms of efficiency and availability, while minimizing the total lifecycle cost and CO2 footprint.

To secure reliability and availability, key elements of the grid connection, such as the transformers will be equipped with Hitachi Energy’s digital monitoring systems to provide real-time data and performance insights and enable predictive maintenance. Hitachi Energy will provide a complete solution across the value chain, from system studies and grid code compliance to design and engineering, supply and installation and commissioning.

Hitachi Energy is the world’s leading provider of grid connections and power quality solutions, with an installed base of more than 10,000 projects worldwide, over 800 of which connect renewable energy sources to the grid.

About Hitachi Energy Ltd.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 38,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, contributes to a sustainable society with a higher quality of life by driving innovation through data and technology as the Social Innovation Business. Hitachi is focused on strengthening its contribution to the Environment, the Resilience of business and social infrastructure as well as comprehensive programs to enhance Security & Safety. Hitachi resolves the issues faced by customers and society across six domains: IT, Energy, Mobility, Industry, Smart Life and Automotive Systems through its proprietary Lumada solutions. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal year 2020 (ended March 31, 2021) totaled 8,729.1 billion yen ($78.6 billion), with 871 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 350,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at https://www.hitachi.com.

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Rebecca Bleasdale
Hitachi Energy Ltd.
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rebecca.bleasdale@hitachienergy.com
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AHHA PS Pati to Relocate to Bekasi, Becoming Bekasi FC

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Indonesian football was shocked by news emerging from Liga 2 side AHHA PS Pati, with owners Atta Halilintar and Putra Siregar announcing that they will be relocating the team to the city of Bekasi in West Java. Consequently, AHHA PS Pati will be rebranded into Bekasi Football Club, otherwise known as Bekasi FC. YouTuber Atta and his business partner Putra have met up with Bekasi Caretaker Mayor Tri Adhianto last Friday. The three discussed AHHA PS Pati’s possible move to Bekasi, which was warmly welcomed by Tri and the Bekasi City Government as a whole. Both Atta and Putra then visited the Pat… Continue reading “AHHA PS Pati to Relocate to Bekasi, Becoming Bekasi FC”

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Down Syndrome Day aims at awareness-raising of special needs children

Deputy Mayor of Tangerang Sachrudin expects that Down Syndrome Day would raise public awareness to foster greater open-mindedness and care for children with special needs near them.

“The negative stigma against people with Down Syndrome that they cannot live independently is very wrong,” Sachrudin stated at Karang Tengah District, Tangerang City, during the commemoration of World Down Syndrome Day on Monday.

In fact, several children with special needs could grow well, be independent, and work by themselves, he pointed out. This could happen with the support of parents, family, and the community.

He thanked a brand for conducting a training for students of the Sang Timur Special Needs School.

Such effort was a proof of collaboration in providing equal opportunities to children with special needs to get their rights of knowledge, education, and skills, he remarked.

Sachrudin further revealed that the Tangerang City Government, through the Education Office, also continuously strove to provide equal assistance and education to all children in Tangerang City, especially to children with special needs, including by implementing Inclusive School education.

Currently, there are 51 inclusive schools in Tangerang City, including 47 Inclusive Elementary Schools and four Inclusive Middle Schools.

“We continue to monitor the implementation of inclusive schools, so that the benefits are tangible to everyone. Hopefully, this activity would facilitate the talents of our beloved sons and daughters, especially in the terms of culinary arts and entrepreneurship,” he stressed.

Head of Public Relations of the Bogasari Division, Rudianto Pangaribuan, expected that the training can provide some additional skills to children with special needs.

“Hopefully, they would become more empowered and confident of themselves that they can also be like other children and can even become entrepreneurs,” he stated.

Source: Antara News

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The issue of restorative justice for small corruptors

Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin’s statement during the Opinion Hearing Meeting (RDP) with Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) in January has triggered a debate among Indonesians.

During the meeting, Burhanuddin said that corruption cases that cause the state a loss of less than Rp50 million and whose perpetrators are categorized as small corruptors can be resolved with the return of the misappropriated funds alone.

This means small-scale corruptors would not need to face the criminal punishment of imprisonment.

The resolution of corruption cases through the administrative method of returning state funds would only apply to non-repeat offenders and cases where the quantum of loss is small.

The resolution provided by the attorney general has sparked a debate. The notion of people indulging in graft, no matter how small, walking free has led to much public concern and has become a highly contentious issue.

Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) researcher Kurnia Ramadhana expressed concern that there will be a surge in corruption cases if an exception is made for small-time corruptors.

Moreover, Article 4 of the Law on Eradicating Corruption states that returning the funds the state has lost does not eliminate punishment for the corrupt, Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) researcher Iftitah Sari highlighted.

Hence, while the focus on the return of state funds is aimed at fast, simple, and cheap legal process, the decision to do away with the penalty for small-time corruptors is still not quite correct, she argued.

However, a flood of vocal rejections by observers has not deterred the Office of the Attorney General to further consider abolishing punishment in corruption cases with losses of less than Rp50 million.

Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, explained that the decision to abolish sentencing of small-time corruptors is a form of restorative justice currently being pushed by the Office of the Attorney General.

Restorative justice

Adriansyah informed that the implementation of the Office of the Attorney General’s regulation on restorative justice is still limited, especially in cases that involve small communities.

Considering that the goal of restorative justice is to provide legal benefits to as many people as possible, the next step is to implement it comprehensively in every strata of society, which includes its application to corruption cases.

Restorative justice is very suitable for corruption handling, as stipulated by Article 2 and Article 3 of Corruption Law, he explained.

The Junior Attorney General cited an irregularity in several corruption cases that the Office of the Attorney General has handled.

Specifically, the quantum of the state’s loss that the corruptors had to return did not match the expenses that the state had to pay in prosecuting the perpetrators.

Thus, rather than retrieving the misappropriated state funds, the state experienced a loss from pursuing legal action against small-time corruptors.

This shows that the amount of money spent exceeded the amount that was retrieved through the handling of corruption cases with small losses.

Based on this, the Law on Eradicating Corruption that has been implemented in Indonesia all this time has tended to utilize retributive justice, Ardiansyah said.

The law is not yet capable of fulfilling the purpose of its existence since it does not fully make up the state’s financial loss.

In fact, as a result of the retributive justice approach, what has become the primary concern is the punishment of corruptors, and not the recovery of the state’s financial loss.

This awareness has led the Office of the Attorney General to promote restorative justice in prosecuting corruption cases. The office has expressed the desire to optimally focus on retrieving the misappropriated state funds.

The existence of Article 4 of the Corruption Eradication Law, in fact, hinders the corruptors’ effort to expedite the return of state funds.

This situation is what has made progressive steps necessary.

Progressive steps

The Office of the Attorney General has realized that not all corruption cases can be resolved through restorative justice.

There are several considerations that the office has to pay special attention to before determining whether administrative or criminal sanctions need to be applied.

For instance, corruption cases involving less than Rp50 million can have a severe impact on the surrounding community.

Hence, progressive steps are necessary to guide the attorneys’ discretion (their authority to make a decision) in stopping corruption cases.

Adriansyah highlighted six progressive steps that can be taken to achieve this.

The first is implementing restorative justice in handling corruption cases where the amount of misappropriated funds is small as they can potentially cause a loss for the state due to the high case handling cost.

The next step involves creating a parameter to determine certain classifications to serve as guidelines for carrying out corruption discontinuation discretion.

The third step concerns observing 10 corruption-prone areas that have been mapped out since 2012. Through this step, areas where discretion is not possible can be determined.

The fourth step is determining which discretion concept can be adopted by the Office of the Attorney General.

With this, the recovery of state funds can be expedited and still ensure perpetrators and the public are deterred from corruption. Thus, people will not commit the same act in the future.

The fifth progressive step is public communication to minimize debate concerning the restorative justice policy in corruption cases.

This is important considering that the implementation of restorative justice is not just for legal purposes, but to also provide higher justice and benefit to the nation.

The last step relates to determining the method for monitoring the attorneys’ discretion to prevent them from misusing the authority or deviating it from its intended purpose.

For instance, monitoring can be done through strict limitations and determining the guide for the practice’s implementation.

Attorneys’ discretion in discontinuing corruption cases is an effort by the office for ensuring justice to the people, Adriansyah stressed.

Source: Antara News

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Regulating publisher rights can ensure more balanced media convergence

The publisher rights regulation, if officially established, would help ensure a more balanced media convergence, Communication and Informatics Minister Johnny G. Plate said while speaking to reporters here on Monday.

This move is not to handle domination, but to build a media industry convergence and to maintain a level playing field, he explained.

In addition, it will also allow conventional media and over-the-top (OTT) newcomers to live together and strengthen one another, he added.

Earlier, during the National Press Day (HPN) commemoration eve last month, President Joko Widodo had voiced support for publisher rights and provided guidance so that related parties can review the regulation.

Currently, the media sustainability task force is cooperating with Padjadjaran University to formulate an academic draft, Plate informed.

“Earlier, during a meeting with the Press Council and Press Council’s constituent, it (the academic draft) still has several aspects that need to be improved upon,” he said.

“Let us hope that, within the next two weeks, we can complete the academic draft,” he added.

Once the academic draft is completed, the Communication and Informatics Ministry will submit it to the President to request the initiative right for legal umbrella suggestions for publisher rights.

This will include legal umbrella options that are the most relevant to existing laws in Indonesia.

The legal umbrella concerning publisher rights and digital media will be spread across various laws, including the Press Law, Broadcasting Law, and Electronic Information and Transaction (ITE) Law.

“We will see which legal umbrellas that we can finish quickly but also can be implementable as well as have strong legal foundation,” the minister noted.

The next step will depend on the chosen regulation types, he informed.

If it is in the form of law, whether it is a new law or a revision of several laws, the government must coordinate with the House of Representatives (DPR).

“For the moment, the most likely technical choice is in form of Government Regulation or Presidential Regulation. This is what we are exercising,” he explained

“The bill draft will be in form of these two umbrellas,” he added.

Source: Antara News

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Minister Uno urges people to cheer MotoGP racers despite loss

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has urged people to continue cheering for racers Enea Bastianini and Fabio Di Ginnantonio although they failed to reach the podium in the Mandalika MotoGP race on Sunday.

The two racers are on the Gresini Racing team, which is collaborating with the ministry to promote Indonesian tourism and creative economy by displaying a “Wonderful Indonesia” logo on their Ducati motorbike’s winglet.

During the MotoGP second series at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, on Sunday (March 20, 2022), Bastianini started the race from the fifth position and finished in the 11th position, while Giannantonio finished in the 20th position.

Uno called for public support for the duo since Bastianini remains on top of the MotoGP World Championship despite his loss. He collected 30 points, or two points higher than Red Bull KTM racer Brad Binder.

“However, Bastianini remained to reach the first position from the total points of two races in Qatar and Mandalika. This result is expected to become a lesson learned for the Wonderful Indonesia team and we keep on cheering them up,” Uno pointed out.

There must be wins and losses in every competition, he highlighted. Giannantonio also apologized for not achieving the best result.

“That was their first experience in having the race while raining like as such,” Uno noted.

The minister also affirmed his support for Indonesian racer Mario Aji, who competed in Moto3. Aji initially started the race in the third position, but he finished in the 14th position.

“We also support him. I talked to Mario that he should continue practicing and he can be successful with the right coach,” he remarked.

Source: Antara News

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