AI & Technology

Today the Financial Solutions Lab (FinLab) at the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) with founding Lab partner JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) announced eight financial services innovators as the winners of its third competition, aimed at identifying solutions that can help Americans improve their financial health.

Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ demonstrates how transformative technologies change people’s lives.

Utilities need to chart an integrated path to service excellence, financial resilience and proactive customer engagement to obtain “world-class” standing. As this year’s Black & Veatch Strategic Directions: Water Industry Report indicates, challenges such as aging infrastructure, loss of talented workforce and financial constraints continue to influence business decisions and utility performance.

Life cycle assessment (LCA) has gained significant traction in the green building sector as a tool for evaluating the environmental performance of building materials and products, especially since USGBC LEED began recognizing LCA-based Environmental Product Declarations. As manufacturers and stakeholders have learned, LCA supports transparency by providing a holistic, systems-oriented perspective on the environmental and human health impacts associated with resource extraction, production, product use, and product disposal or recycling. Moreover, it is an invaluable tool for assessing the benefits and tradeoffs associated with various “design for environment” solutions aimed at building a more circular economy. However, LCA is full of surprises. This article explains why.

Sustainability serves as a guiding principle for how HP does business, fueling the company’s innovation and growth. It supports HP’s vision of creating technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere.

As Amory Lovins says, “if it exists, it must be possible.” Nutrient cycling exists. That means it must be possible for mankind to create a manufacturing system that works just as well.

At AT&T, we want to make sure students don’t fall behind or lose skills that are crucial to future success. That’s why we’re teaming up with several organizations that help students learn STEM skills – and have fun while doing so. It’s all part of our signature philanthropic initiative, AT&T Aspire.

Timberland Global President Jim Pisani recently signed the Camber Outdoors CEO Pledge, committing to innovate and transform the active-outdoor industry by accelerating women’s participation and leadership. Camber Outdoors, formerly the Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition (OIWC), is the only national organization dedicated to achieving equality for women in the active-outdoor industries.

In this episode of the Champions for Social Good Podcast, Jamie Serino speaks with Brandolon Barnett, Director, Partner Solutions at Growfund with Global Impact.

Nilmini Rubin, vice president for International Development at Tetra Tech, recently discussed the interdependence of internet access and affordable, reliable electricity on the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) blog.