Unique Practical Urban Climate Actions – Joan’s Panel of International City Innovators 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

Career Advice For Difficult Times From 5 Women Leaders

“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

How Climate Modeling Affects Everything – Maria Caffrey, Principal Scientist, UK’s National Physical Laboratory

“(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

Car Rentals Reinvented & Sustainable – with Page Motes, Chief Compliance & Sustainability Officer, Hertz

Page Motes, Dell

“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

Women’s Trillions Drive New Economic Values – Silvia Bastante de Unverhau, LGT Private Bankers International

“An estimated $124tn is expected to change hands (globally) under the so-called ‘great wealth transfer’, with women set to inherit nearly 70% of that amount. Combined with rising educational attainment, stronger diversity and inclusion efforts, and ongoing progress in closing the gender pay gap, this moment signals a transformative rise in global female affluence… What… Continue reading Women’s Trillions Drive New Economic Values – Silvia Bastante de Unverhau, LGT Private Bankers International

What America’s Largest Bottler Thinks About Plastic – Ann Canela, Head of Niagara Cares, the Philanthropic Arm of Niagara Water

“We were the first to lightweight our bottles. So, if you think about a typical bottle of soda, it’s about 27 grams of plastic. Our bottles, this year, I think they’re coming in at 6.6 grams. So it’s incredibly lightweight. I always say, you know, it’s a Niagara bottle if it crinkles…We’ve created label-less bottles… Continue reading What America’s Largest Bottler Thinks About Plastic – Ann Canela, Head of Niagara Cares, the Philanthropic Arm of Niagara Water

Leveraging AI For Sustainability – with Mandi McReynolds, Chief Sustainability Officer at Workiva

“What we’re seeing is, as the new carbon economy moves forward – and this is critical to businesses to operate in the future, in the next five, 10 years – it’s colliding with the digital transformation and financial transformation. And so, I think one of the essential things our customers are asking is. ‘how do… Continue reading Leveraging AI For Sustainability – with Mandi McReynolds, Chief Sustainability Officer at Workiva

Hotel Rooms Affect Your Health & The Planet – JoAnna Abrams, Founder/CEO of MindClick

“We did do a study where we shared the story of the careful thought that went into products that were better for people and the planet … Then we administered the standard guest satisfaction survey, and what we found, Joan, was 150% increase in satisfaction, loyalty numbers… Why?…They equated it to service. They said, a… Continue reading Hotel Rooms Affect Your Health & The Planet – JoAnna Abrams, Founder/CEO of MindClick

Japan Embraces Climate & Sustainability – Yvonne Burton, Expert On Doing Business In Japan, at Osaka Expo 2025

“The theme of the expo is ‘designing society for future lives.’ And it is just that from the foundations, from the buildings to the exhibits, each country showcasing what they’re doing for our future, in technology, healthcare, sustainable, living energy…The Japan pavilion’s exhibit…is about the circular economy and…the theme is between life and life. So… Continue reading Japan Embraces Climate & Sustainability – Yvonne Burton, Expert On Doing Business In Japan, at Osaka Expo 2025

Artificial Intelligence (A.I) And The Climate – Stephanie Hare, Ph.D., Researcher, Broadcaster and Author of “Technology Is Not Neutral”

“(A.I.) is so energy intensive as a technology, and that’s the thing that we have to get, the infrastructure of AI… Right now we do not have an electricity grid that is, that is built for this purpose. There’s the water requirements of it as well. And we also need to just think about the… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence (A.I) And The Climate – Stephanie Hare, Ph.D., Researcher, Broadcaster and Author of “Technology Is Not Neutral”