NetApp Sustainability Commitment Continues with an EcoVadis Gold Rating
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer explores news out of NetApp on the company’s sustainability initiatives, including the company’s award of an EcoVadis Gold rating, and why this is not only a significant accomplishment, but one that will deliver big benefits to NetApp’s customers.
Amazon Sustainability Report 2021: 7 Highlights That Show Amazon’s Commitment to Customers, People, and the Planet
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer dives into Amazon’s 2021 Sustainability Report, discussing seven important highlights from the report and how Amazon is tackling the challenge of sustainability through company-wide efforts that are paying off — both for the company and for its customers. What does this mean as the company and its customers look ahead to the coming year?
Honeywell’s Carbon Neutrality Initiative to Customers is an Attractive, Timely Offering
Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss looks at Honeywell’s new Emissions Control & Reduction Initiative offering, which aims to help customers enact their own carbon neutrality and ESG initiatives using a helping hand from Honeywell technologies as a starting point.
Ripple Announces $100 Million Commitment to Global Carbon Markets
Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes Ripple’s $100 million commitment to global carbon and considers Ripple’s multiyear commitment to carbon neutrality, the many partnerships the company’s is striking as it attempts to lift the entire ecosystem, and how the approach contrasts with the rhetoric-heavy action-light announcements around proof of work blockchains.
ServiceNow Publishes 2022 Global Impact Report Detailing ESG Progress
Futurum’s principal analyst Shelly Kramer takes a dive into ServiceNow’s 2022 Global Impact Report with insight into the importance of setting and achieving ESG goals for sustainability, responsible business leadership, and company culture.
Honeywell Deepens Sustainability Goals, Commits to Science-Based Target to Reduce its Emissions In Line with Climate Science and Supports the Paris Climate Agreement
Futurum analysts Todd R. Weiss and Shelly Kramer explore Honeywell’s latest moves to further its commitment to fight climate change by adopting broader sustainability and ESG goals, including getting help to continue to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at its facilities around the world.
ESG Transparency from CEOs Dropped Conspicuously During Covid
Futurum’s principal analyst Shelly Kramer reacts to the downward trend in ESG transparency revealed by the results of ShareAction’s Workforce Disclosure Initiative survey with a call for greater accountability and progress.
Amazon and Global Optimism Announce The Climate Pledge Experiences 600% Growth, Showing Impressive Increase in Commitment to Climate Action
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer covers the announcement earlier this week by Amazon and Global Optimism that The Climate Pledge has added an additional 100 signatories and experienced a 600% growth over the last year alone.
As Cisco’s Global Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts Continually Grow and Morph, it’s Improving the Ways It Reports Those Efforts to the World
Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss details Cisco’s ongoing global corporate social responsibility and ESG initiatives in Cisco’s newly-revamped Cisco Purpose report.
IBM Acquires Envizi Adding to its Environmental Social Governance Portfolio
Futurum’s Shelly Kramer breaks down IBM’s acquisition of Envizi, a leading data and analytics provider for environmental performance management, providing insight on how this will help IBM’s customers with their sustainability initiatives.
Amazon Announces Plans to Invest in 18 New Renewable Energy Projects
Yesterday, Amazon announced plans to invest in 18 new renewable energy projects. The utility-scale wind and solar energy projects are across the U.S., Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. With these new investments, Amazon now has 274 renewable energy projects globally. Futurum’s lead analyst Shelly Kramer breaks down the details of these new investments and what this means for sustainability.
Amazon Trains Drivers and Transport Employees in Effort to Fight Human Trafficking
Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer weighs in on Amazon’s commitment to train drivers and transport employees, and other strategic partnerships the company has forged, in an effort to help combat human trafficking and modern slavery and forced labor.
