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Harnessing the power of data and AI to operationalize sustainability
Companies are under mounting pressure from regulators, investors, and consumers to progress toward more sustainable and socially responsible business operations — and to demonstrate these measures in a robust and verifiable way. In fact, corporate responsibility and environmental sustainability risks tied as the third highest concerns for organizations, as ranked by large corporations in a […]
Navigating the broader digital asset and cryptocurrency markets
The cryptocurrency and broader digital assets evolution has continued to grow in earnest, showing promising signs of maturity through 2021 as industry-wide regulatory bills have reached the Senate floor in Washington D.C. while prices have appreciated to new all-time highs. Although price appreciation tends to lure attention, price has become an increasingly less significant metric […]
Why B2B APIs with EDI make supply chain sense
Supply chain leaders are under pressure to meet and exceed customer expectations and control costs while taking on new business demands. As portions of a supplier’s customer base moves to API-oriented transactions, this puts stress on the suppliers to adapt in order to keep existing revenue. Oftentimes, these suppliers do not have the ability to […]
Accelerating your journey to decarbonization through digitalization
Corporations around the world are increasingly focused on sustainability and implementing strategies for achieving net-zero emissions in greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2050 or sooner. To stop global warming and the impacts of climate change, we need to reduce the 51 billion tons of carbon emitted into the atmosphere annually down to zero, and limit global […]
Blockchain newsletter for June: Empower a resilient, sustainable future for your business
Sustainability is a critical issue for board directors and CEOs feeling the pressure to improve environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. Research from the IBM Institute of Business Value finds that 84% of global consumers say sustainability is important when it comes to choosing a brand, while 90% of investors globally are developing specific ESG […]
Greening the blue economy
Our oceans sustain us. They give us oxygen and they capture carbon dioxide. They feed us and they provide a wage to 40 million people across the world. They bring us joy and they show us beauty. But we are not sustaining our oceans in return. We are taking more from them than can be […]
Digital public works certification with blockchain and cloud
Public works projects are typically large and involve mountains of paperwork and certifications around legal, financial and ethical standards. In Italy, companies tendering bids for public works contracts of more than EUR 150,000 must be certified through a process that entails reviewing 10 years’ worth of an applicant’s business records. Much of this is done […]
Why Digital Health Passes are the smart and responsible way forward
Having two daughters as nurses during the early stages and height of the pandemic made for tough weeks and months for myself and my family. The uncertainty of the virus and the inability to secure PPE for my daughters was a time I hope to never relive. The past year of course has brought unforeseen […]
Think 2021: The countdown begins
Think 2021 is the premier online event of the IBM year. Blockchain Think 2021 sessions share a common theme: using blockchain is a proven approach for solving ecosystem-level challenges. Therefore, what is generally labeled “enterprise blockchain” will continue to lead in multi-party solutions as blockchain innovations continue to emerge in 2021. These are the six […]