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The history of ESG: A journey towards sustainable investing

IBM Big Data Hub

But while the term ESG was first coined in 2004 by the United Nations Global Compact, the concept has been around for much longer. However, it wasn’t until the 1990s that ESG considerations started to appear in mainstream investment strategies. In 1995, the U.S

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IDC Foundry India CIO Summit 2024: How CIOs Are Transitioning into the AI Era

CIO Business Intelligence

The highlight session promises to be rendered by contemporary artist and cyborg activist Neil Harbisson, who has brought man and machine together in himself since getting an antenna implanted in his skull in 2004.

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NCWIT digitally transforms the DEI journey to help uplift women in IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Founded in 2004, NCWIT’s mission has always been to “increase the meaningful and influential participation of women in tech” while respecting intersecting identities, with an overall emphasis on avoiding “treating women as a monolithic group,” says Catherine Ashcraft, a senior research scientist at NCWIT.

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How Accenture’s solution erases the blind spots of services spend management

CIO Business Intelligence

The global standard at lightning speed Based in Dublin, Ireland, Accenture specializes in digital, cloud, and security technology strategies, consulting, and operations, serving more than 40 industries in more than 120 countries. The lengthy process slowed feedback on solution design, as well as delivery times on changes.

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Climate Innovators in the Information Age

CIO Business Intelligence

According to a recent McKinsey report , global sustainable investment is more than $30 trillion, a tenfold increase from 2004. Global sustainable investment considers “ESG [environmental, social, and governance] factors in portfolio selection and management across seven strategies of sustainable or responsible investment.

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Schrodinger’s Automation in AI and the Automation Bias

Jen Stirrup

In response to a UK Government green paper, the then UK Prime Minister Theresa May noted that ‘some directors seem to have lost sight of their broader legal and ethical responsibilities’ (Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 2017).

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19 organizations advancing women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

The organization, which was chartered by the National Science Foundation in 2004 and was one of the first organizations to focus on women’s participation in computing fields, also offers support to companies that want to strengthen DEI in their organizations through hiring, awareness, inclusion, and systemic change. Project Include.

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