Stanford Social Innovation

JUNE 1, 2022

The impact of these barriers and biases extends beyond workplaces; they shape STEM products and innovations themselves. As advances in medicine, artificial intelligence, and other STEM sectors continue to shape our world, we must ensure that the field is poised to reduce, not deepen, inequities. Reframing the Face of Technology.

Digitalization 106

Digitalization Academics Climate Change Development 106

3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

This COP also saw the institutionalization of a Youth Climate Champion role into future COP presidencies. Michelle Meaclem, Tonkin + Taylor There is still a lack of meaningful inclusion of marginalized communities, including young people, at decision- and policy-making tables, despite their critical role in climate action.

Paris Agreement 147

Paris Agreement Climate Change Development Net Zero 147

Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The UN recently warned that our efforts are insufficient to avoid catastrophic climate change. Perhaps we should consider increasing our efforts. This is apparent in daily news reports, which indicate that our societies generate both new and old problems at a faster rate than we can ever hope to solve them.

Development 109

Development Climate Change Waste 109

Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 18, 2024

As venture investors, we are constantly hunting for big, audacious ideas that can produce outsized returns for our investors. But we also didn’t get into this industry without the fundamental belief that the future can be made better than the present. AI and the Future of Work: What Stays and What Goes? If we choose to use them.

Academics 87

Academics Analytics Development 87

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Now, when Khamphanthong explains the sound to his young nieces, he sees the fear in their eyes. "I Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. I forget that this isn’t normal," he says. In the U.S.

Climate Change 431

Climate Change Shipping Waste Development 431

Daniel Burrus

JULY 11, 2018

Several years ago, I was a keynote speaker at the first world summit for Entrepreneur of the Year Award winners hosted by Ernst & Young (EY). It was a global summit, but the theme was on identifying new opportunities in China and India. The young as well as the old were excited and engaged in the rapid changes going on around them.

Development 44

Development 44

Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It’s a constant reminder of how important our work is.” UNICEF surveyed nearly 3,400 young people in 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and North and South America and shared the findings at Climate Week NYC in September. The summer’s devastating wildfires hit home for Serena Mendizábal, too.

Net Zero 352

Net Zero Waste Climate Change Development 352

Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In an already unstable economic climate, the ground beneath our organization had crumbled beneath us. Our organization , the Barrio Planta Project (BPP), had been previously directly supported by the Nicaraguan government to address shortfalls in the public school system. Good luck getting anything through.”

Development 90

Development 90

Gail Tverberg

JULY 28, 2022

They also help citizens seeking to buy a new car or home because the lower monthly payments make these items more affordable. What happens in the future may echo what has happened in the past. We should not be surprised if a much worse version of this happens in the future.

Banking 104

Banking Climate Change Development Manufacturing 104

3BL Media

MAY 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, May 23, 2022 /3BL Media/ - This week, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose © (CECP) is bringing together 200 senior corporate leaders and corporate responsibility professionals from the world’s leading global companies for the 19th CECP Summit: Shaping the Future. See the new 2022 infographic.

Chief Sustainability Officer 130

Chief Sustainability Officer Banking Corporate Social Responsibility Analytics 130

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. Some have helped with disaster relief. We’d like to express our appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and Net Impact for helping to cast a global net for this year’s nominees.

Waste 528

Waste Climate Change Supply Chains Supply Chain 528

Sustainable Round Table

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Its inscription was an understated reminder of the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade that helped fund the palatial building we were in and, indeed, the monumental George’s Square the building fronts in Glasgow. . They all were, however, consistent with the argument: “our corporation is a global machine that does not operate like that.”

Value Creation 98

Value Creation COP26 Regenerative Academics 98

Stanford Social Innovation

JUNE 30, 2022

Over the past two decades, social media has moved from a space of aspiration for people who study social change, to a space of profound anxiety. If we believe news headlines, social media is responsible for many of the major scourges of modern life. It is coarsening our political discourse, leading to polarization and division.

Digitalization 116

Digitalization Academics Development 116