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The rise of the chief sustainability officer

Corporate Knights

Compliance and risk still play an important role, but we see CSOs increasingly take more responsibility for value creation.” The 10-year plan cut carbon dioxide production in Unilever’s manufacturing by 75% and reduced manufacturing waste by 96%. public companies employed CSOs. As of 2023, Weinreb found that 183 U.S.

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Artificial Intelligence: Disruption or Opportunity?

Daniel Burrus

Artificial intelligence (AI), one of twenty core technologies I identified back in 1983 as the drivers of exponential economic value creation, has worked its way into our lives. IBM Watson first shot to fame back in 2011 by beating two of Jeopardy’s greatest champions on TV.

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Water Stewardship: A Step-by-step Process

Chris Hall

Disruptions to one industry, such as electric components, can impact customers down the value chain. In 2011, massive floods that hit large areas of Thailand disrupted the manufacturing of electric components for extended periods of time. This impacted manufacturing downstream, including machinery and vehicle production.