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Understanding the Impact of Recent SEC Updates on Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, and Technology Sectors

How proposed SEC rules can affect the Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, and Technology sectors?

The main objectives of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)  are to protect investors, enforce securities laws, and facilitate capital formation. The SEC regulates securities markets, sets disclosure requirements for companies, promotes fair trading practices, and takes enforcement actions against securities law violators. It also plays a vital role in market regulation, international cooperation, […]

AI applications: panacea or threat to sustainable development and ESG assessments?

AI applications: panacea or threat to sustainable development and ESG assessments?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications are evolving at a rapid pace and are increasingly penetrating our everyday lives. From the arcade games of the 90s, we have moved on to smart phones that feature both data and AI applications, such as Google Assistant and Siri. Today we are all talking about AI applications, which […]

What to Expect from Digital Sustainability Training (Part 2 in our series)

Theory Into Practice

What to Expect: Theory versus Practice Why devote time to take a three-day Digital Sustainability Training? You can probably take a course at a local University, or even a degree.  A quick glance indicates Higher Ed is teaching about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  And, the often-huge campuses certainly have at least one course […]

Part 3 in our series What to Expect from Digital Sustainability Training

Part 3 in our series What to Expect from Digital Sustainability Training

What to Expect: Building the Business Case   San Francisco is the heart of the tech world.  The city also has some of the most progressive environmental and social mandates in the US.  One would think Silicon Valley corporations would be equally sensitive to sustainability issues.  CSE research shows this is not the case.   […]

Part 1 in our series What to Expect from a Digital Sustainability Training

Part 1 in our series What to Expect from a Digital Sustainability Training

What to Expect From an Action Plan   You’ve devoted time to take a three-day Digital Sustainability Training. You understand the value of a deeper understanding of Corporate Responsibility, but what exactly will the training provide?     The majority of CSE practitioners say the most valuable component is the ACTION PLAN.  Of course, you won’t […]

Will your COVID-19 recovery plan include sustainability?

Will your COVID-19 recovery plan include sustainability?

By Nikos Avlonas, President and Founder of CSE     As planning around COVID-19 becomes the new normal, companies are backing off from the extreme measures many imposed early on.   Early board room discussions included: no capital expenditures; trolling for positions to cut; removing sustainability as a priority and cutting charitable donations.     Then, […]