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

GeekWire

Seattle-based DroneSeed will also use its cash to expand and meet the growing demand for its services. timber companies, nonprofits, government agencies and family-owned forests. Investors: The round was led by Social Capital and Seven Seven Six. DroneSeed previously raised $7.4 A landscape burned by wildfire. DroneSeed Photo).

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

GeekWire

But as Hoang was managing employee furloughs, she also wanted to meet the calls for help from local food banks. 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. Serving up smarter logistics. ”

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Book excerpt: How tech and government can spin the flywheels of equitable prosperity together

GeekWire

Even though the economic flywheel has provided jobs and created wealth for spending and investment in leading tech cities, it has not solved the social challenges of homelessness, inadequate education, public safety, and transportation. Credit: Tom Alberg, from “Flywheels: How Cities are Creating Their Own Futures.”

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Why unions are growing and shrinking at the same time

Vox

It’s not clear where this will all net out. In recent years, Workers United, the parent of the Starbucks union, has been expanding into fast food as well as nonprofits and distribution companies. This year’s total union membership numbers won’t be available until the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases them early next year.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

If we want products and services to meet our growing unmet needs, more women will need to become futurists, design innovators, scientists and inventors. She led a research project on the Future of Data and investigated topics such as 3D printing, social enterprise, and the evolving role of the state. Reyhan Huseynova. Ayesha Khanna.

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