Stanford Social Innovation

MAY 9, 2022

Even now, the people who could most benefit from learning from one another are rarely in the same rooms or virtual spaces, from scientists to community organizers, developers to social theorists. Our imperative is to bridge that gap, to create a future that works for all.

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Analytics Corporate Social Responsibility Development Digitalization 97

Cisco CSR

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Compliance and risk management are critical — from ensuring patient privacy to providing optimum care, managing compliance, and minimizing risk –– it’s an around-the-clock priority. Compliance in healthcare is about following rules or standards and there’s a variety of legal, professional, and ethical examples in healthcare.

Analytics 88

Analytics 88

3BL Media

MAY 17, 2022

Our Alliance for Children’s Mental Health assembled a panel of parents, healthcare experts, educators and students to discuss their concerns and possible solutions. Indeed, late last year, the US Surgeon General’s Advisory on Youth Mental Health raised the alarm about a children’s mental health crisis that the pandemic has only deepened.

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Academics Development 130

3BL Media

AUGUST 22, 2022

DESCRIPTION: At the end of last year, KKR announced the formation of our Sustainability Expert Advisory Council (SEAC), a six-member independent council that aims to bolster KKR’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) expertise and capabilities and advance our firm’s strategy and practices in this area.

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Climate Change Zero Carbon Digitalization Development 130

Stanford Social Innovation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

To date, most funders investing in artificial intelligence—including McGovern, Schmidt Futures, and Open Philanthropy—have focused primarily on understanding AI’s potential risks, or supporting AI’s positive impacts on society, in the longer-term. The future is now. Government will need more help keeping up.

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Development Academics Climate Change EPA 85

Just Capital

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

And while he couldn’t share specific details of that discussion due to client privacy, its basics are familiar with anyone who has been even casually following business news for the past couple years. It’s about 50-50. But, as the client explained to Heath, they ultimately decided to say nothing.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These organizations have utility bills, data on workforce demographics, training metrics, customer privacy and data security policies, commitments to human rights, sourcing and supplier diversity statistics, and countless other sources flying around their data ecosystem, but no ESG insights or reports. It’ll pay off.

Development 100

Development 100

Just Capital

JULY 8, 2022

According to our survey research , 89% of Americans believe that conducting annual pay analyses across demographic groups is important in advancing racial equity in the workplace, and we know that companies with more advanced performance on matters relating to diversity, equity and inclusion tend to do better in the market. Be well, Martin.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MAY 16, 2022

Worse, these positive cases don’t seem to counterbalance the horror stories of technology gone wrong that we are regularly treated to, opening our eyes to the ways algorithms reinforce systemic inequities , harm already underprivileged communities , and are used for crimes against humanity by nefarious actors. There must be a third way.

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Corporate Social Responsibility Analytics Development 108

Sustainability Update

JUNE 23, 2022

It is with great pride that we congratulate our IR Fellow, Pam Styles, for being named Gold Winner of the DeWitt C. G&A Institute coverage of many rapid changes across ESG-related issues bridges two important spheres of influence in our modern economy – the corporate sector and capital markets. . Additional Highlights.

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Stanford Social Innovation

JUNE 7, 2022

Our intent, as the first full-time employees of the newly formed Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), is to find a new path for technological research, which centers communities impacted most by emerging technologies. Even before deployment, these models require huge amounts of data to be developed in the first place.

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Development Logistics Corporate Social Responsibility Global Economy 131

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

About 77 percent of ESG funds that existed 10 years ago are presently available, whereas only 46 percent of traditional investment vehicles maintain that survivorship. By 2016 (and accounting for the rebound from that crash), it stood at about $400 billion. No longer is it necessary for nuns organized through the Sisters of St.

Climate Change 485

Climate Change Sustainable Investment CDP Development 485

Stacey Higginbotham

AUGUST 23, 2022

The company was created in 2021 after Czuperski became concerned about the increasing number of ways people are tracked inside and outside of their homes. “The last place privacy will exist is between the four walls of the home,” Czuperski says. He compares it to a Pokémon GO-style game for privacy.

Manufacturing 108

Manufacturing Development 108

Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 19, 2021

From social media housing general data about us to Spotify or Netflix saving our entertainment preferences, we quite literally wear our lives on sleeves made of algorithms stored on remote servers. Digital transformation is meant to improve our lives, not riddle us with fear. Breaches and Privacy. Of course not!

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Digital Transformation Digitalization Development 77

B the Change

APRIL 12, 2023

How to Reduce Your Company’s Climate Impact and Help Create a More Resilient Future In this post, we cross-examine seven ways to align your organization’s digital marketing strategy with an impactful climate strategy. What’s more important to consider is whether these campaigns actually move the needle to help an organization thrive.

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Digitalization Supply Chains Supply Chain Climate Change 59

Cisco CSR

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

They have increasingly realized that work is about what you do, not where you are. But as another keynote at the event in Berlin mentioned, people shouldn’t be our weakest security link, they should be our first line of defense. Q: What do companies need to be aware of in terms of the people that work for them?

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Digitalization Banking 117

Cisco CSR

MAY 24, 2022

This week we welcome Marc Gilman , General Counsel and VP of Compliance at Theta Lake for a Q&A on a key topic for compliance, operational risk, and security leaders – ensuring that robust controls are in place for regulatory, cybersecurity, and privacy of collaboration platforms. All rights reserved.

Development 96

Development 96

Stanford Social Innovation

MAY 23, 2022

Too often, venture capital (VC) firms mirror the diversity and quarterly challenges well documented in other areas of Big Tech where an elite, homogeneous group of founders and investors with short-term growth priorities continue to define the field.

Development 103

Development Digitalization 103

3BL Media

MARCH 25, 2024

O-I Glass and its charitable contributions would continue to support the communities through local investments in organizations, including the United Way, that address the communities’ social needs, arts and culture, education and career development, and environmental impact related to glass recycling and beyond. billion in 2023.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It’s there in the constant surveillance many workers labor under, invading their privacy and forcing them into punishing production quotas that risk their safety and health. It can be hard to see an upside to AI technology, and often the only people who seem to be excited about it are the tech companies profiting massively from its rollout.

Digitalization 107

Digitalization 107

Just Capital

AUGUST 11, 2023

Zoom caught our eye this week for their return-to-office mandate ( and AI privacy gaffe). trillion a year, and according to one estimate, costs businesses about a third of a worker’s annual salary. At JUST Capital, our research shows that worker issues consistently rank the highest among all business priorities.

Development 52

Development 52

Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 4, 2024

But putting unchecked development in the hands of (primarily) male tech executives who espouse a particular Silicon Valley ethos oriented toward profit and dominance above all else, will only intensify threats to our social systems and vulnerable communities. We need a new roadmap.

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Development Digitalization 113

Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 21, 2022

Drawing on the feedback of our interviewees, this article summarizes the common sources of inconsistent governance quality and outlines the expected benefits of appointing one director as a CGO. One of our interviewees concluded: “We fail from the very beginning.” Eight Sources of Inconsistent Governance.

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Digitalization Development Waste 105

Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Changes in the workplace spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic have given many of us more flexibility in our place of work. Lockdowns and social distancing often meant holding work meetings from whatever remote corners of our homes—nooks in the closet, the kitchen counter, the bathtub—could afford us some sense of privacy.

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Just Capital

OCTOBER 27, 2023

He writes prolifically about the science of happiness but also about the practical ways companies and organizations can go from employee satisfaction to employee engagement to employee happiness, and foster “happier, healthier, more ethical, and more innovative workplaces.” One of those supporters is Dan Day.

Value Creation 52

Value Creation Greenwashing Development 52

Stanford Social Innovation

AUGUST 11, 2022

Based on data from the CDC, the Guttmacher Institute, and other sources, our firm, Dalberg Advisors, estimates that as many as 300,000 people per year may lose access to abortion across 26 states as a consequence of this decision. Invest in long-term ecosystem building. Many other states are expected to follow suit.

Digitalization 76

Digitalization 76