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Accelerating digital transformation with sustainable solutions

CIO Business Intelligence

Dell is committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions across the entire value chain by 20502. Social responsibility We drive digital inclusion and champion volunteering to promote prosperity across our communities. Equinix has +22,760 volunteered community service hours to over 1,700 nonprofits in 2022.

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From cybersecurity to social justice, Rubica CEO Frances Dewing is an agent of unexpected change

GeekWire

I’ve always had a social justice kind of pull.”. Dewing, who holds a law degree from the University of Washington, worked for a nonprofit legal aid program early in her career and was involved with immigrant advocacy and street youth while in law school. Your preferred social network? I’m not big on social media.

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How we’re driving sustainable impact for business and society

CIO Business Intelligence

FY23 report highlights Our annual environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report is how we hold ourselves accountable and stay on track to deliver on goals we will achieve by 2030 and beyond. Supported 123 nonprofits on their digital transformation journeys, keeping us on track for our goal to help 1000 nonprofit partners by 2030.

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MacKenzie Scott says she’s given away nearly $2B to 343 organizations over past 7 months

GeekWire

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett — who created The Giving Pledge alongside Melinda French Gates more than a decade ago — are currently worth more than $100 billion each, a doubling of their net worth since 2010. Forbes currently estimates Scott’s net worth at about $29.7 In short, it runs the gamut of social issues.

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Salesforce chief Marc Benioff and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke invest in reforestation startup DroneSeed

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timber companies, nonprofits, government agencies and family-owned forests. Climate tech companies in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia have netted more than $2 billion in venture capital since launching, with more than half of those investments coming since the start of 2020. A landscape burned by wildfire. DroneSeed Photo).

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Indie booksellers feeling ‘Boxed Out’ by Amazon respond with campaign targeting tech giant

GeekWire

The American Booksellers Association launched a “Boxed Out” campaign with creative slogans and installations in bookstore windows and posts on social media. The American Booksellers Association is a national nonprofit trade organization that works to help independently owned bookstores grow and succeed.

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Two efforts fill surprising tech gap between restaurants, donors and those who are hungry

GeekWire

COVID-19 has ravaged the economy and unraveled social safety nets that provide meals for people who are hungry. FoodPair will be run as a nonprofit. Dyce discovered Off Their Plate, a nonprofit that uses donations to pay restaurants to prepare meals, while browsing Instagram. Serving up smarter logistics. ”