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The Business Roundtable’s statement of purpose, one year on

GreenBiz

There have been robust efforts for years among academics, NGOs, entrepreneurs and a handful of business executives aimed at reinventing capitalism and corporations. But their 2019 statement is unlikely to lead us in that direction. Corporate Social Responsibility. Leadership. Featured Column.

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How Canada’s Modern Slavery Act lets fashion brands hide behind aura of social responsibility

Corporate Knights

Similar weak disclosure laws in California, the United Kingdom and Australia have already been found to be ineffective by academic researchers. Legislation aimed at addressing forced labour in supply chains has the potential to address these weak corporate initiatives — but only if the law is strong enough.

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Top 40 MBAs double down on commitments to sustainability

Corporate Knights

Griffith Business School, part of a university that positions itself as a values-led institution, earned top marks for rich core content tied to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a high level of sustainability-rich citations in peer-reviewed academic journals. 2019 Better World MBA. 2021 Better World MBA.

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New Free STEM Resources from the STEM Careers Coalition to Nurture Student Curiosity

3BL Media

Since its founding in 2019, the STEM Careers Coalition has reached more than 7.9 As part of the STEM Careers Coalition with Discovery Education, we aim to inspire students to become STEM solution seekers so that they too can chase the miracles of science,” said Diana Blankman Roberts, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Sanofi US. “We

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Employee Spotlight: How These Magenta Rock Stars Go Green

3BL Media

In 2019, T-Mobile was the first in the U.S. I have been in the field since 2009, with two sustainability-specific academic degrees and thousands of hours of training, and I still struggle to explain it. Amy Bond, Technology Sourcing Manager on T-mobile’s Procurement Team Focused on Energy and Sustainability.

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How Cisco data scientists helped CommonLit innovate teacher feedback for better learning

Cisco CSR

To stimulate an academic recovery, we need innovative classroom solutions like CommonLit to support teachers and their students in today’s classrooms. Their highly engaging Annotation Tool, launched in July 2019, enables teachers to give relevant and real-time feedback to students. One screen shows the CommonLit Annotation Tool.

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AI Ethics Are in Danger. Funding Independent Research Could Help

Stanford Social Innovation

These much larger models, however, have goals as broad and complex as “meaningfully answering any possible text question” and require resources far out of reach of all but the most well-funded corporate institutions and academic labs. One such model is the large language model, or LLM.