GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2024

Portland Seed Fund has invested in more than 200 companies since its creation in 2011, and ranks as the most active venture capital investor in the state, according to CB Insights. Its initial product line is called BioLock and the company touts it as “the first commercial carbon-negative concrete product available in the U.S.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 11, 2024

The importance of education in supporting the success of Saudi Vision 2030 cannot be overstated. Thus, the digital transformation of the education sector is another important part of Vision 2030’s success, to ensure young people in the Kingdom have the right skills for the future world of work.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Equinix Global Tech Trends Survey found that 71% of global IT decision-makers agree that sustainability strategy and practices are critical to the longevity of their business, and 65% said their companies would only work with IT partners who can prove they meet key carbon-reduction targets.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2023

While the incentives for ESG are compelling, managing programs and demonstrating success are fraught with challenges. But by adhering to the right standards and using technology to better organize programs, financial firms can gain a clearer vision of their ESG operations and speed up progress toward their goals.

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GeekWire

MARCH 28, 2023

Many Washington state companies and institutions have taken steps to support the plant-based fuels. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines announced a program in August allowing corporate customers to pay for sustainable fuel credits to reduce their carbon emissions. Sustainable aviation fuel totals less than 0.1% of jet fuel used worldwide.

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GeekWire

JUNE 23, 2020

Amazon on Tuesday launched The Climate Pledge Fund , a new venture capital investment program that will funnel an initial $2 billion into startups building sustainable technologies across various industries such as transportation, food, manufacturing, and more. Amazon has 91 renewable energy projects worldwide.

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TM Forum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

New KPIs, experience insights and enriched dashboards are delivering customer benefits, helping stc contribute to Saudi Arabia’s 2030 vision and meet the operator’s ‘dare’ strategy to digitize, accelerate performance, reinvent experience, and expand scale and scope. external_url. TM Forum assets used.

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GeekWire

JULY 23, 2021

Amazon made the investment through its Climate Pledge Fund , which is aimed at backing companies that accelerate Amazon’s pledge to be net zero carbon across its businesses by 2040. The company previously backed Rivian in 2019 in rounds of $700 million and $1.3 billion financing round.

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GeekWire

MAY 21, 2020

Amazon announced its first solar energy facility in China on Thursday, one of five renewable energy projects the company is planning around the world. as part of Amazon’s Climate Pledge, a commitment to be powered by 100% renewable energy by 2030. The other facilities will be built in Australia and the U.S.

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GeekWire

MARCH 13, 2024

(Lai and Schmitt photos by Alan Boyle for GeekWire; Meyerson photo via ISPCS and YouTube) ‘This is a big vision’ The first outlines of Interlune’s business plan came to light last October , but today Meyerson delved more deeply into the company’s vision for bringing valuable lunar resources back to Earth.

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GeekWire

APRIL 6, 2023

Yves Albers-Schoenberg (left) and Benji Barash, co-founders of Roboto, a new Seattle startup aiming to help robotics companies analyze data and fix problems. ” The problem is especially acute for smaller companies that don’t have big budgets to invest in building their own tools. “It becomes technical debt.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Despite public and internal corporate support programs, and increased awareness of male/female disparities in the workplace in terms of positions and salaries, women still come up short of equity in tech job placements. Enrollment in college STEM courses has also declined, especially among Black and Hispanic students.

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GeekWire

JUNE 23, 2020

Over the next three years, Microsoft says it will double its number of Black-owned suppliers and spend an incremental $500 million with those companies; double its investment activity with Black-owned financial institutions, including a $100 million FDIC program; and establish a $50 million investment fund to support Black-owned small businesses.

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GeekWire

JUNE 8, 2021

The company will also again start offering drinks in their own dishware for people dining in. The Seattle-based coffee chain has committed to cutting its waste in half by 2030. The company will discount 10 cents per beverage for customers using reusable cups. The program ended at the end of May. ”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2024

Indeed, the kingdom is positioning itself as a global leader in digital technologies ahead of its hosting of the World Expo 2030 in Riyadh. As part of its cloud investment, AWS also will offer new training programs, one of which aims to bolster the kingdom’s goal to increase the participation of women in the workforce.

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GeekWire

JULY 18, 2023

In its 2022 Sustainability Report released today, the Seattle-based company also reported that its carbon intensity — a measure of emissions against gross sales — decreased 7% while revenue went up. “You might not see all of the large-scale changes that we’re making reflected imminently; our company thinks long-term.”

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 24, 2023

government has issued a warning to private space companies that foreign entities are actively trying to infiltrate and steal sensitive technologies and data from America's booming space industry. This comes as the global space economy is projected to expand from $469 billion in 2021 to over $1 trillion by 2030, led by U.S.

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TM Forum

MARCH 17, 2022

Orange, for example, at Mobile World Congress 2022 said it is phasing out its 2G and 3G networks between 2025 and 2030 in order to become more energy efficient. billion euro refinancing program. that links the company’s interest rates to compliance with environmental objectives. Under pressure.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2023

It was 2021 when the Europe Commission proposed the Digital Decade policy program, aimed at guiding Europe’s digital transformation through 2030 with the purpose of achieving a digitally-skilled population, secure and sustainable digital infrastructures, digital transformation of businesses, and digitalisation of public services.

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GeekWire

JUNE 17, 2021

Both companies are participating in a pilot program for last-mile delivery in Seattle. But that experimentation is going to be done by companies already working in this space.”. Companies involved in the project include: Coaster Cycles , a Missoula, Mont., The company will coordinate deliveries.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 6, 2024

In fact, the company has set itself the ambitious goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable technology company, by taking urgent action to combat climate change, protect human rights and accelerate digital equity. Ultimately, the company is on a mission to become net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

As the United Nation’s COP26 climate talks in Glasgow kicked off this week, the Bezos Earth Fund on Monday announced its plans for $2 billion of the $10 billion fund: programs supporting land restoration and food production. Grants from the fund, which will be disbursed by 2030, will target efforts across the globe.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Dan Ammann, the CEO of Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors, is stepping down, the automaker announced late Thursday. Ammann is the latest CEO of an AV company to step aside as the industry struggles to meet its own over-inflated expectations about the future of driverless cars.

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GeekWire

JUNE 30, 2020

Microsoft plans to provide digital skills training for 25 million people this year under a new, multi-million dollar initiative that will bring together multiple branches of the company, including LinkedIn and GitHub. The company plans to report that information to the government so that policymakers can use it in recovery plans.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 1, 2023

One of the biggest companies in the world, Amazon, has recently announced its return-to-office mandate and has received criticism for its stand against climate change. Both issues made Amazon employees walk out against the company board. Amazon employees walk out to change how things are handled within the company.

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GeekWire

APRIL 13, 2021

The Bezos Earth Fund has hired Charlotte Pera as vice president for Strategy and Programs for the $10 billion effort to fight climate change. The Earth Fund plans to spend its $10 billion by 2030. It’s going to take collective action from big companies, small companies, nation states, global organizations, and individuals.”.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Using cutting-edge technologies and its robust portfolio of multi-cloud solutions relied on by the world’s largest enterprises, the Johannesburg, South Africa-based company has a track record of taking on big challenges. Our approach, guided by the U.N.’s It is an effort that he stresses cannot be done alone. “We

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In the executive education programs in which I teach, I’ve actually had hard-nosed veteran executives thank me and my colleagues for creating the space where these topics can be discussed openly,” he says. The test also cut programming time by 55%. “Many people believe this will increase to 80%,” Mehlkopf said. “If

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Microsoft made a new commitment to replenish even more water than it uses for its global operations by 2030, making the company “water positive.”. Companies that can do more, should do more.”. It already slashed its consumption by 38 percent over the last decade and saved 44 billion gallons, according to the company.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 24, 2023

.” The update, which is currently being tested in the early-access Xbox Insider program, introduces a new set of options to control how the console acts when it’s in sleep mode, in order to tie into Microsoft’s goal of being a carbon negative company by 2030.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The recipients include programs with a focus on climate justice and benefiting underserved communities, nature conservation and restoration efforts, and tying the work in to climate goals. Justice40 initiative, a program tied into federal investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean transit in disadvantaged communities.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A year after forcing an independent review of Microsoft’s sexual harassment policies, a majority of investors followed the board’s recommendations to reject all six shareholder proposals at the company’s annual meeting this week, according to results released Friday morning. military’s cloud capabilities.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 19, 2021

.” In November, one of the startups backed by the fund, QuantumScape went public by virtue of a merger with Kensington Capital, a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The company, which is developing lithium-metal battery technology , also attracted $300 million in investments from Volkswagen.

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GeekWire

MARCH 10, 2022

based software and cloud giant has wide-ranging environmental initiatives, the focus for many comes down to one number: How big was the company’s carbon footprint? Microsoft has vowed to be transparent in its climate efforts and company leaders waited only until the report’s third paragraph to acknowledge the sizeable increase.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 23, 2023

Companies around the world are being urged to close the digital gender gap, especially after International Women’s Day. PwC’s research shows that 66% of all respondents believe that governments should intervene in private-sector companies and set targets for gender diversity.

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GeekWire

MARCH 14, 2024

companies developing the downsized reactors, but other lead contenders have recently stumbled in their pursuits. This month, the company expects to submit to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission an application for the certification of its Natrium reactor , which it developed with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. lab facility.

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GeekWire

MAY 11, 2021

The Seattle-based tech giant is working to shrink its carbon footprint to reach carbon neutrality by 2040, an ambitious target and one that Amazon has convinced more than 100 other companies to join through its Climate Pledge. Amazon has a program for taking back its electronic devices. Amazon Photo).

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