AI & Technology

Ethics and Responsibility in Tech-Driven Business With HP, Microsoft, Forgerock, Thomson Reuters, Google, Natura and Under Armour

Ethics and responsibility in tech-driven business impacts everything from ensuring the proper use of data and being a privacy conscious company to social inclusion, freedom of speech and climate action. At the 2nd Annual Responsible Business Summit West 300+ business executives will meet to share ideas on how to address the three core pillars impacting digitally-driven business; Climate Action, Social Impact and Data, Privacy and Trust.

Energy & Infrastructure

Wilshire Grand Tower: Sustainable Design for the Tallest Building in the Western United States

Tetra Tech helped create a sustainable design for the 73-story, LEED Gold-certified Wilshire Grand, the tallest building in the western United States.

Downtown Los Angeles’ 73-story Wilshire Grand sits in the footprint of its famous predecessor, the Wilshire Grand Hotel, which hosted some of the 20th Century’s most famous international dignitaries.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Dell Joins Cross-Industry Coalition to Advance Women of Color in Tech

Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company created by Melinda Gates and McKinsey & Company released new research on closing the gender gap in tech.

Philanthropy

The Four Ps of Leadership

In today’s highly competitive and polarized environment, any movement or cause needs energetic and effective leaders. This is especially true in the social sector, which is chronically understaffed and undercapitalized. Therefore, truly successful and sustainable leaders need to combine the skills and attributes of both leadership and management. They require a vision as well as the ability to execute it.

AI & Technology

Middle Schoolers Prepare for Lunar Landings at Jackson Robotics Event

The 30th season of the FIRST Tech Challenge has been announced and Jackson County middle schoolers were at Jackson College on Saturday to brainstorm and strategize.

Media & Communications

Emilio Tenuta, Vice President of Corporate Sustainability at Ecolab, Joins WEC Board

The World Environment Center (WEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Emilio Tenuta, vice president of Corporate Sustainability at Ecolab, to its board of directors.

Tenuta is a recognized sustainability leader and for the last six years, has led Ecolab’s sustainability strategy focused on corporate responsibility, internal environmental stewardship and helping customers operate more sustainably.

AI & Technology

Hospitals Will Use Robot Ducks to Comfort Kids With Cancer

Philanthropy

A ‘Special’ Day for Children at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

Aflac, the leader in voluntary insurance sales at U.S. worksites, today delivered the very first My Special Aflac DucksTM to the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. My Special Aflac Duck, designed by Sproutel, is a social robot that uses medical play, lifelike movement and emotions to engage and help comfort kids during their cancer care.

Energy & Infrastructure

Regenerative Manufacturing at a Tipping Point

Since its release in 2014, the Living Product Challenge has scaled across industries, products categories, and whole product portfolios at leading manufacturing companies, enabled by a growing network of partners who are helping to make good on the promise of “healthy products for everyone.” The Living Product Challenge (LPC) 2.0 was released today at the Living Product Expo in Pittsburgh, an annual gathering of visionaries and pioneers who are together creating the future of manufacturing.

AI & Technology

Welcome Home to Wellness: Delos Launches World’s First Residential Wellness Technology Platform

Delos has launched the DARWIN Home Wellness Intelligence platform — a groundbreaking offering designed to enhance health outcomes in the home and mitigate harmful indoor environmental concerns, utilizing Delos’ proprietary wellness algorithms and sensor technologies, to create spaces that help reduce stress, improve sleep quality, increase performance and enhance overall well-being.

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Leading ESG & Sustainability Stewardship

The new CNH continues on its longstanding path of excellence in sustainability, which is recognized by the foremost authorities.

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Collaboration and Partnership

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Accelerating access to healthcare technology

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