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“We have to begin our conversations with what really matters to the person or people we’re speaking with. And if we don’t know what that is, we have to get to know them and build a relationship and then start the conversation where they’re at…The second common misconception I see is that we have to… Continue reading How To Talk About Climate In A Polarized Culture – Katharine Hayhoe, Climate Scientist, Professor at Texas Tech University & Chief Scientist at The Nature Conservancy
“Critical minerals and materials…are essential for key economic and national security technologies that help to fuel great sectors in the United States and around the world…We’re at a very interesting point in the United States for critical minerals and materials because the US Geological Survey… just released their draft version of their newly updated critical… Continue reading Critical Minerals 101 – Abby Wulf, Critical Minerals Expert, Former Head of Critical Minerals at the Dept. Of Energy, & Center for Critical Minerals Strategy
“People care about the diversity because diversity makes teams stronger. And, and this is research based. And so they can say what they want, but those who know that there is strength in diversity, they’ll continue on in spite of the, you know, the outcry on the other end….There’s research that shows that when the… Continue reading Mobilizing Women’s Influence – Paula Noble Fellingham
“1% for the planet…the way it works is that we have businesses who are our members, and they’re actually supporting environmental partners at the level of 1% of revenues….You invest in the things that matter and the planet matters.…(to) drive impact at scale. And so, in terms of that scale, last year we certified US$100million… Continue reading A Creative Leverage For Good – Kate Williams, 1% For The Planet
“One of the other important things about tech humanism to me is that the three-way relationship between business humans and tech is primarily about the relationship between business objectives and human outcomes and using technological capability to amplify that alignment, as opposed to using technology to amplify only the business objective side of that relationship.… Continue reading What’s a ‘Tech Humanist’? – Kate O’Neill, CEO of KO Insights at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025
“(B)efore we’re even thinking about AI, it’s actually thinking about how are we using our technology effectively and is it part of our processes? Does it complicate things or does it simplify things? And the advice that I always give them is like, before you start bringing in new technology and new processes and having… Continue reading How Design & Tech Are Transforming Cities – Nikki Greenberg, Real Estate of the Future, from Smart City Expo World Congress 2025
The World Bank reports that, “today, more than half of the world’s population – over 4 billion people – lives in cities.” It also estimates that this shift is going to continue, in fact to DOUBLE to nearly 70% – or 7 out of every 10 people will live in cities by 2050. That’s only… Continue reading Unique Practical Urban Climate Actions – Joan’s Panel of International City Innovators from Smart City Expo World Congress 2025
“Your job isn’t to know the answer. Your job is to ask all the right questions of where the business is going and…Don’t be afraid…(Align) with people who could see the possibility of (your) experience…Take that stretch job and just remember you’re in the room to ask different questions, and that’s perfectly fine. So, take… Continue reading Career Advice For Difficult Times From 5 Women Leaders
“(Climate modelling)…it’s being used in things like insurance companies. It’s being used by companies for their ESG assessments. So, when you get your insurance premium at the end of the year, there is some kind of climate model that has said something about the risk of your house to flood. It has said something about… Continue reading How Climate Modeling Affects Everything – Maria Caffrey, Principal Scientist, UK’s National Physical Laboratory
“Regardless of what’s happening with kind of the ESG backlash conversation here, especially in the US, our other jurisdictions are coming hard and fast on regulatory…It doesn’t matter what’s happening in the broader ESG backlash …The other piece is, our corporate customers that have their own set of goals and expectations have absolutely not led… Continue reading Car Rentals Reinvented & Sustainable – with Page Motes, Chief Compliance & Sustainability Officer, Hertz
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