Corporate Social Responsibility
Even as ESG faces growing backlash, these companies are all-in
As ESG initiatives face growing political and business backlash, many companies are establishing practices to show they’re committed to the idea of social responsibility.
Sustainability data platform Worldfavor fuels up for ecosystem opportunities
More funding for sustainability reporting: Sweden’s Worldfavor, an early mover platform focused on building digital infrastructure to support supply chain transparency and cater to organizations’ ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting…
Invest in Earth’s biggest problems to save the planet and turn a profit
The bigger the impact, the bigger the problem — and likely the bigger the market opportunity and financial return. Impact is where the problems are.
Sphere raises $2M to help employees lobby for green 401(k) plans
In the United States, a 401(k) plan is an employer-sponsored defined-contribution pension account. However, with legacy institutional investing, most of these have at least some level of fossil fuel involvement,…
Deed pulls your employer’s charity and volunteer program into Slack to keep it front of mind
If your employer does any sort of charity donation matching, the system powering it might be… not great. Maybe it’s got an ancient interface; maybe it’s stuffed behind the VPN…
Clim8 raises $8M from 7pc Ventures, launches climate-focused investing app for retail investors
Ethical investing remains something of a confusing maze, with a great deal of “greenwashing” going on. A new U.K. startup is hoping to fix that with the launch of its…
Biden’s commitment to diversity sets the tone for business leaders
Every business should have a DEI game plan in 2021. Here’s ours.
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2 Kindred Capital partners discuss the firm’s focus and equitable venture model
Kindred Capital, the London-based VC that backs early-stage founders in Europe and Israel, recently closed its second seed fund at £81 million. Out if its first fund raised in 2018, the firm has backed 29 companies. They include Five, which is building software for autonomous vehicles; Paddle, SaaS for software e-commerce; Pollen, a peer-to-peer marketplace…
Box’s Aaron Levie says it will take creativity and focus to get through this crisis
The COVID-19 virus is touching every aspect of our lives and having a profound impact on individuals, businesses and society at large. Box’s Aaron Levie has built a successful business…
How 2020 can be a tipping point for women in STEM
It’s predicted the tech industry won’t near gender equality until closer to 2025, but progress is happening.
The weight of problems being demonstrably attached to heavily used tech services has acquired such a gravitational and political pull that it’s becoming harder and harder for these businesses to…
Uber only has itself to blame for London license loss
The tech industry’s over-processed supply of irony might not be enough to service all the ramifications of Uber being stripped of its London license by the city’s transport regulator.
Venture capital does many great things for the United States. Importantly, it fuels the innovation economy, churning out disruptive products, companies and entire new industries. Indeed, venture is extreme capitalism.…
Where there is wireless connectivity, there is a way to improve lives. That’s why countless mobile-for-development programs designed to address health, education and economic issues have been flooding Africa. Hailed…
While most founders want to make a boatload of money, achieving a stunning exit is not the only driver for most entrepreneurs. Many are fueled by the challenge of solving…
Facebook Enhances Its Suicide Prevention Outreach, Adds Services For Vets And Military Personnel
Facebook’s role as a social network for close to one billion people can be a weighty responsibility, and today the company took one more step in the kind of social…
Telecommunications giant AT&T announced the results of its 2010 energy efficiency efforts today. According to the company’s own report, it saw $44 million in annualized energy savings as a result…
Good Guide — the mobile app and website that helps people find products that measure up to their environmental and social values — quietly rolled out new, social networking and…
Dell, IBM Top Newsweek's List Of Most Environmentally Responsible Public Tech Companies
Today, Newsweek released its environmental rankings of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in America, and internationally as measured by revenue, market capitalization, and number of employees. The U.S. list…