Corporate Knights

AUGUST 23, 2022

While typical green roofs function like sponges and look like gardens, Rotterdam is working with public and private landlords to develop a “green-blue grid.” The city’s vision, he explains, is to develop a system for coordinating the water levels in these tanks to help manage sewer capacity.

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3BL Media

JUNE 2, 2022

DESCRIPTION: TaroWorks , the offline mobile field service app, is awarding a $20,000 grant to subsidize the digitization of a nonprofit’s last mile distribution operations in vulnerable communities. SOURCE: Qualcomm. The grant will be funded by Qualcomm Incorporated, through its Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In 2017, Cisco and Mercy Corps came together to launch Technology for Impact – a 5-year partnership centered around the shared goal of delivering humanitarian aid and development assistance faster, better and to more people around the world through digital solutions. Now in its final year, Technology for Impact has reached more than 9.8

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3BL Media

JULY 20, 2022

Carbon Neutral Club, Guava, oneKIN, Palla, SUMA Wealth, Truora and Yunit are the newest Start Path companies that are embedding climate action into company culture, powering the future of retail for small businesses, simplifying the user experience on key digital channels and more.

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3BL Media

JUNE 15, 2022

for over 40 years, TCS is partnering with nearly half of Fortune 500 companies to help them digitally transform and grow their businesses. TCS brought its goIT program to Minnesota in 2014. This STEM training initiative fosters digital innovation and career readiness at local middle and high schools. Present in the U.S.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 4, 2022

Since 2014, The Waislitz Foundation has committed more than $2 million to the Waislitz Global Citizen Awards and the organization’s efforts to End Extreme Poverty NOW. We are proud to continue our partnership with Alex and the Waislitz Foundation and champion these changemakers in building a better future.”.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

New sources of energy and new ways of distributing energy, supported by applications such as digitalization, artificial intelligence, and innovative business models, introduced new participants to the energy system who can actively contribute to the transition.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A nuclear engineer who started his career developing oil-fired generation plants for global power giants, Starace announced bold plans when he took the helm at Enel in 2014. “Coal just didn’t make economic sense anymore,” Bernabei says. . Affirming this view was Enel’s new CEO, Francesco Starace.

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3BL Media

JUNE 5, 2024

Verizon Innovative Learning Schools began in 2014 to help bridge barriers to digital inclusion. The partnership between Verizon and Digital Promise provides devices with data plans to every student and teacher at participating schools; this always-available access enables learning to occur both in and outside the classroom.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 17, 2022

From 2014 to 2022, she co-chaired the UN Secretary General’s Advocacy group for the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals, with a particular interest in ensuring quality education for girls and children, and in combating climate change and its impacts.

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GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

When the Chemical Footprint Project launched in December 2014, it aspired to become the next carbon footprint or the next widely used tool for measuring company performance on a critical sustainability concern — toxic chemical use in the manufacturing of products. . Chemical footprinting comes of age. Meg Wilcox. Mon, 07/13/2020 - 02:00.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The most comprehensive trend study into values to date, across 20 countries between 2014 and 2022, is based on nearly 300,000 interviews and tracks shifts in values and psychology across all age demographics. 78% of people globally have increased concerns about the damage humans are doing to the planet, up from 71% in 2014.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

GIVE THE GIFT OF BLUE Launched in 2014, Give the Gift of Blue began providing funding for FFA members who might not be able to afford their own jacket to receive a free jacket from FFA. The archives focus on recapturing a lost culture for decades after the merger between New Farmers of America (NFA) and FFA took place. Virgin Islands.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With support from Wireless Reach, Hapinoy and their sari-sari store owners were able to build mobile technology capabilities, effectively taking things into the era of digitization. The MicroBusiness Hubs program has been instrumental in the digital transformation of sari-sari stores and helped Nanays successfully navigate a “new normal.”.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Qualcomm’s ESG priorities include three areas of focus where the Company believes it can make the greatest impact — Empowering Digital Transformation, Acting Responsibly and Operating Sustainably. Key highlights from 2023 include: The Company continued to invent and develop products that enable customers to make a positive impact.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2022

Smart innovations to improve energy efficiency are furthermore core to greening SAP’s data centers and other facilities owned by SAP and powered with 100% renewable energy since 2014. Reforesting 350 million hectares of forest would move Earth Overshoot Day by eight days. Since 2012, SAP has helped to plant more than 12.2

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3BL Media

MARCH 13, 2024

The Company has grown from two facilities under management in 2014 to 32 sites across the United States, with new projects commencing construction consistently over the next four years. Vanguard celebrates this 10-year milestone with an accelerated workforce and facility expansion.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

African markets need organised consumer credit systems, like those enjoyed by consumers in more developed markets. Between 2014 and 2019, its contribution to retail sales in China more than doubled, growing from 15% to 32% of overall sales. And with reduced poverty comes higher purchasing power – and an even bigger consumer market.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2022

He spent over a decade leading the digital transformation of Acne Studios from a local denim brand to an international fashion house. In 2014, Filippa K developed a circularity strategy that has guided its efforts of reducing, reusing, repairing and recycling garments to lower its impact on the planet. Sustainability.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

One of the world’s largest financial services companies operating in more than 80 countries, Mastercard prides itself on being a global pioneer in payment innovation and technology with a mission to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere. Pretty lofty aspirations.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Qualcomm’s ESG priorities include three areas of focus where the Company believes it can make the greatest impact — Empowering Digital Transformation, Acting Responsibly and Operating Sustainably. Key highlights from 2023 include: The Company continued to invent and develop products that enable customers to make a positive impact.

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3BL Media

APRIL 11, 2024

The participating projects may come from non-profit organizations and institutions in general: civil society organizations, educational institutions, centers focused on developing small businesses, and organizations dedicated to implementing and promoting cleaner production. The project was funded by the U.S.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The winning projects are comprised of civil society organizations, educational institutions, centers focused on small business development, and organizations dedicated to implementing and promoting sustainable solutions, especially pollution prevention. These eight organizations comprise the second cohort of 24 organizations.

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James Militzer

MAY 2, 2024

Rural vs. urban dynamics have created contrasting realities As much as 64% of India’s population lives in rural communities, a staggering contrast to other developing economies like Brazil (12%) and Mexico (19%). India’s regulators have thoughtfully promoted an agenda that carefully aims to balance innovation with consumer protection.

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Stacey Higginbotham

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

I saw it back in 2014 when Amazon launched Alexa because I already had a home full of devices by then. It merely shows that no one has figured out how to monetize a digital assistant. Voice is the user interface and the digital assistant is the platform. So let’s talk about digital assistants. Image courtesy of S.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Access to adequate finance by governments which can mobilize private sector investments in climate action for most developing countries is still lagging behind. He is also the advisor to the Egyptian Minister of Environment on climate change issues since 2014.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 21, 2022

They involve a wide range of subjects, including digital finance (and how it can reach lower-income segments); energy access (and the lack of funding that’s holding it back); and impact investing (and the measurement and gender equity challenges that have sparked criticism of the sector). Savings-Led Digital Finance: The Dawn of a New Era?

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James Militzer

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

We’ve seen three approaches that successful SGBs had in common: 1) they developed adaptable supply chains, 2) they built out domestic sales channels, and 3) they digitized aspects of their businesses. Developing Adaptable Supply Chains. Embracing Digitization. Photo courtesy of East Africa Fruits.

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Cisco CSR

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The FlashStack solution is a validated, converged infrastructure developed jointly by Cisco and Pure Storage first announced in 2014. PNC’s Digital Financial Services Journey. This is the second blog on Cisco UCS X-Series as part of a converged infrastructure solution with 100G Unified Fabric. This week it’s FlashStack.

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3BL Media

APRIL 12, 2024

With a focus on precision cooling and digital advancements, Thermo King® is driving the shift toward electric refrigeration and energy recovery solutions in commercial transport. In 2014, the company set its first science-based 2020 Climate Commitments – accelerating innovation to achieve them two years ahead of schedule.

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James Militzer

APRIL 27, 2022

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) program, launched in 2014, has been one of the most critical steps undertaken by the government of India to improve financial inclusion in the country. of women in India were financially included in 2017 , with the gender gap in account ownership dropping to 6% – down from 20% in 2014.

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Daniel Burrus

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In one of its most widely known applications, blockchains can send and receive digital forms of currency, such as Bitcoins. Users can send digital payments only to other participants in the same blockchain network. But the system can’t be accessed by just anyone. Military Use —Military organizations such as the U.S.

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ESG Today

JULY 26, 2022

Sustainability-focused agriculture tech solutions provider Arable announced today that it has raised $40 million to accelerate product development, new service delivery, and footprint expansion, aimed at advancing climate resilience in agriculture.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 31, 2022

Higher prices threaten to place a significant strain on developing nations like Bangladesh, Sudan, and Pakistan, which in 2020 received half or more of their wheat from Russia. Borlaug in the fight against global hunger and extreme poverty through international agricultural development. Source: Time ). Source: UN ).

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Stacey Higginbotham

MAY 16, 2022

But unless smart speakers are released with services or features that bridge industries, they risk becoming the next digital photo frame. Since the first smart speaker hit the market in 2014, these devices have promised experiences that could never be achieved with a smartphone alone. Voice was the new user interface.

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Daniel Burrus

MAY 15, 2019

Unlike bitcoins, blockchain development has showed no signs of slowing down and represents a Hard Trend that will continue to grow. A blockchain also employs cryptography to keep exchanges secure, incorporating a decentralized database, or “digital ledger,” of transactions that everyone on the network can see. Military Use —The U.S.

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Cisco CSR

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This year, the United Nations unveils a theme echoing Cisco’s position: “Transformative solutions for inclusive development – the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world.”. Inclusive workforce development goes beyond technology. As many as one billion people worldwide live with a disability. Purpose-driven.

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