Shane spoke to Suzanna Hayek about her experience as an intern with Irish Tech News, her background and what the future of journalism looks like. She also spoke about what the highlight of her internship was and how it compares to her time at university.

The future of journalism may not be in print, Suzanna Hayek

Suzanna also gives insight into the challenges she faced, gives advice for those interning in the future, details what she would have done differently and speaks about her plans for the future.

Suzanna Hayek is a Kuwait-born journalist and teacher based in London. Suzanna is interested in covering social issues, corporate ESG, sustainability, and ocean conservation. She is fluent in Arabic and English.

In her free time, Suzanna volunteers at EduPact, an initiative, which aims to provide free online lessons to children in Lebanon, where she is originally from. Suzanna is happiest when freediving and her favourite sharks are tiger sharks.

About Shane

Shane is currently interning with Irish Tech News. He is in his third year of studying Journalism at NUI Galway where he also studies IT and has an interest in programming and web development. He has also previously studied game design and development before deciding to study journalism.

He also likes to write about sport in his spare time. His main areas of interest are football, rugby and basketball. He is currently interning with Irish Tech News which will last for the duration of his third year in university.

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For 33 startups from all over Switzerland, the three-month funding program “Circular Economy Incubator 2021” will start next week. They all have circular business models – meaning solutions based on the principles of the circular economy such as reuse, repair, resell, and refurbish – and they stand for a future where doing business is both economically and environmentally sustainable.

The recently published report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has once again made it clear that we urgently need to minimise the negative impact of our production and consumption patterns on the climate. The circular economy can take on an important role here – and startups with successful circular business models, in particular, can make a decisive contribution to the transition from the linear to the circular economy.

Hybrid program implementation for the first time

Already more than 50 startups have gone through the previous two editions of the Circular Economy Incubator program. New this year is the hybrid execution: instead of on-site sessions in the Impact Hubs in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, the startups participate in mostly virtual Lunch’n’Learn and peer exchange sessions.

“The hybrid program format simplifies participation from all parts of the country and increases flexibility for all participants. The central point of interaction is the digital “self-learning tool”, which includes all important program materials and tools, and in which the startups work out important milestones together with their mentors,” says Noora Buser, coordinator at the program organiser Impact Hub Switzerland.

Broad field of participating startups

Although the 33 projects operate in different sectors, the circular economy is embedded in the DNA of all of them. Projects such as Mission Mycelium or Kly, for example, reprocess seemingly useless waste materials for further use, while digital platforms such as Thingsy, WiSort, or 2050 Materials uncover the circular potential of goods and encourage both companies and consumers to produce and consume more sustainably.

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which will look farther back in the history of the universe than any telescope before it, has arrived in French Guiana, where it will be readied for launch on Dec. 18. University of Arizona researchers will provide leadership for two of the instruments onboard.

The worlds largest and most complex space science observatory will now be driven to its launch site, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, where it will begin two months of operational preparations before its launch. At the launch site, the telescope will be stowed folded inside the nose cone on top of an Ariane 5 rocket, designed to protect the space observatory from the air blast and the drastic drop in temperature as the rocket lifts off and leaves Earth behind in the span of a few minutes.

UArizona husband-and-wife researchers Marcia and George Rieke, who both have leadership roles in the James Webb Space Telescope, have worked toward this moment for two decades. However, because of the launch site’s remote location, access to the site is extremely limited, and even the Riekes will have to attend the launch virtually with their research teams at UArizona.

Though it is often billed as the “successor” to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope – or Webb, as astronomers like to call it – is an entirely new and different beast, according to Marcia Rieke, a Regents Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory.

“The Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos,” she said. “But with Webb, we’ll be able to probe galaxies much closer to the Big Bang than ever before.”

Marcia Rieke is the principal investigator for the Near Infrared Camera, or NIRCam, which sits at the heart of the Webb Telescope. She led the development of the instrument, which was conceived to carry out the telescope’s original purpose: to discover what astronomers refer to as “first light” galaxies at the moment of their formation in the very early universe.

“We can currently see galaxies back to 500 to 600 million years post-Big Bang, nearly 13 billion years ago,” Marcia Rieke said. “And even though the universe was so young at that time, the things we see still look pretty familiar – lots of stars have formed, there are supermassive black holes, quasars and so on.

“However, logic dictates that at some point during the first few hundred million years, these familiar-looking objects must have come from somewhere and evolved,” she explained. “After all, galaxies don’t spring up from nothing, virtually overnight.”

Her team will work with the Webb spectrometer team to peer into this formative stage of the familiar present-day universe. Because the universe is expanding, light from the earliest galaxies has been stretched, or “redshifted,” from visible light into longer wavelength infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye.

NIRCam will be able to visualise infrared light, making the instrument essential to examining the early phases of star and galaxy formation and studying the shapes and colours of distant galaxies.

George Rieke, also a Regents Professor of Astronomy, is the science team lead for the Mid-Infrared Instrument, or MIRI, built by a consortium of European scientists and engineers and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. MIRI was added to Webb to expand the telescope’s reach even farther into the infrared spectrum and enable many additional investigations. Two other instruments, supplied by the European and Canadian Space Agencies, round out Webb’s scientific package.

The University of Arizona’s leadership of two of Webb’s core instruments is a family affair for the Riekes, but it also reflects the university’s 60 years of leadership in infrared astronomy. The university’s strength in this field allowed it to successfully compete for observing time on the new telescope.

The combined time allocated by NASA to the two UArizona instrument teams and other UArizona astronomers accounts f...

Europe now has one go-to resource and community for founders raising their first rounds of capital – a need which has never been more pertinent as the number of pre-seed deals has declined from 5,300 in 2016 to 3,500 in 2019. In other words, we’re losing 1,800 pre-seed deals every year in Europe.

Acceleration program for founders raising Venture Capital

One of the biggest reasons for this is the lack of knowledge and guidance available to founders raising capital in Europe; while the market is awash with incubators and advisors who know how to build a startup, only very few know how to run a professional fundraise. If we want to catch up to the American startup ecosystem, we need to diffuse this knowledge as fast as possible.

Today is a good day for founders raising their first rounds of capital in Europe. The newly launched self-paced acceleration program provides free access for any founder anywhere in Europe to a highly structured, simple to implement 10 step fundraise acceleration process and community, fully equipped with a corps of highly connected expert mentors, weekly webinars & Q&As with venture capitalists and a 20-hour-crash-course on how venture capitalists think, make decisions and what it means to founders.

The program and community is led by the hosts of The European VC podcast drawing on the knowledge and network connected to Europe’s only podcast dedicated to the venture capital industry.

Andreas Munk Holm, co-founder & co-host at The European VC: “We’ve built this because we’ve seen too many founders struggle to raise – and actually trip their own feet because they don’t know the rules – the very weird rules – that a fundraise must be run by. My best example is that while you in a B2B sales process WANT a warm intro, in fundraising, it’s practically required.

Only 6% of the cold inbound deals that come to a VC actually ends up becoming an investment. So that is ONE of the core rules that you need to know, but there are so many more. And when you know them, you need to know how to adapt your fundraise accordingly. That’s what we hope to help founders with in our self-paced program and community.”

David Cruz e Silva, co-founder & co-host at The European VC: “The process is centred around a virtual community for founders to share and collaborate throughout their process. The European ecosystem being so highly dispersed, all too many founders are raising almost on their own. That’s a key difference between Silicon Valley – and also the big tech hubs in Europe – and the rest. Genius is global, so the next ground-breaking idea and founding team can come from anywhere, but we need to be better at giving genius access to the knowledge and network necessary to go from idea to business. And we don’t do that well enough in Europe, yet.”

Invest in Europe & the EIF report “The VC Factor” (2021) page 3: “It turns out that VC firms tend to cluster together much more than their investees. More than 50% of all VC firms operate in very large cities in comparison to 34% of all start-ups. As a result, a few important hubs capture a significant share of the VC activity in Europe concerns were raised that this might be reducing opportunities for entrepreneurs away from the larger VC hotspots.

The “communication” among VC hotspots is particularly relevant for policy, because it relates to the interconnectedness of the European VC ecosystem. In fact, a more interconnected VC ecosystem might provide one effective solution against the side effects of the rising geographical concentration of start-ups.”

The European VC podcast is Europe’s only fully dedicated podcast to fostering a more interconnected VC ecosystem and has done this by highlighting European VC Champions and connecting founders and investors across borders. The self-paced fundraise acceleration program & community is a direct extension of this ambition in that it not only educates and brings together founders but also connects them to mentors and VCs across the conti...

Dell has today unveiled the latest additions to its Rugged line which include the new Dell Latitude 5430 Rugged and the Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme.

With the ever-increasing role technology plays across the most extreme industries, the new Dell Rugged PC portfolio will help to assist first responders, offshore energy workers, government and law enforcement.

Built to withstand the world’s harshest environments while maintaining the highest levels of performance and connectivity, the new Dell Latitude 5430 Rugged and Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme feature:

Enhanced field productivity with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processors, with vPro optional,

Mission-critical connectivity with Intel® Wi-Fi 6E and optional 5G-capability,

Improved daylight-readable and glove-touch capable screens of up to 1400 units of brightness for optimal field usability,

Improved battery run-time to almost 25 hours with dual hot swappable batteries and Express Charge Boost for up to a 35% charge in 20 minutes for 24×7 field operations.

Commenting on the announcement, Vice President and General Manager for the Performance PCs portfolio of products at Dell Technologies, Tom Tobul said: “No matter the type of occupation, one thing you can’t afford to worry about is if your technology is as rugged as your job needs it to be. Lives might literally depend on it.

Whether you’re working on an oil rig, are a first responder, work in manufacturing or are a member of the military and out in the field – your technology is exposed to elements and conditions like extreme temperatures, constant vibrations or high levels of dust and humidity – environments that would push the limitations of a traditional office laptop. That’s why the Dell Technologies’ Latitude Rugged PC portfolio is designed and tested to withstand the harshest and most demanding environments.

We hear it all the time from our customers: they want a PC that handles today’s modern applications, stays connected no matter where they are, doesn’t run out of power easily and stays functional in varying extreme environments. Our Latitude Rugged PC portfolio has been doing just that.”

Ruggedness, reliability and performance are key when you’re out in the field, but it can’t come at the expense of security. Both the new Dell Latitude 5430 Rugged and the Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme come with TPM 2.0 ControlVault™ advanced authentication to secure devices. Integrated cryptographic keys, contacted and contactless smartcard reader and touch fingerprint reader options provide additional device security.

In addition to all these features, first responders and public safety personnel can use the 5G-network connectivity option to coordinate field responses quickly during emergencies.

Taking a closer look

If you have a job that requires excellent field durability combined with optimal performance, then the Latitude 5430 Rugged is for you. Starting at only 1.97kg, the 5430 is built for performance, coming with an optional professional discrete graphics card. It’s drop-tested from up to 3-feet and Ingress Protection (IP)-53 rated for a high-degree of protection against dust, dirt and water ingress.

Taking it up a notch with enhanced durability, the Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme features a 1400-nit direct-sunlight viewable and gloved multi-touch capable screen, is drop tested from up to 1.8 meters and has an IP-65 rating for maximum protection against dust, dirt and water ingress.

All of this comes with Dell Technologies’ industry-leading enterprise services and support, including Next-Business-Day on-site support option. Both devices are the first from Dell Technologies to ship with the new Windows 11 preinstalled, providing the best and smoothest user experience possible from the start – because experience should be the same no matter what condition.

To further enhance the performance of the system, new Rugged laptops also come with Dell Optimiser, a software application that leverages artificial intelligence and machine ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific, based in Currabinny, has donated €56,000 in IT equipment to four Cork groups, the Carrigaline Family Support Centre, Coláiste Muire in Crosshaven, Barnardos and Ashbourne House Direct Provision Centre in Glounthaune.

Speaking ahead of the delivery of 25 desktops to the Carrigaline Family Support Centre, Pat Rigney, Thermo Fisher Scientific IT Manager, said: “At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we are committed to giving back to the community around us. These four groups provide essential services to children and their families, and we hope that this IT equipment will help them to upgrade and advance what they can offer.

“Working and living in the Lower Harbour area, we have seen just how important the Carrigaline Family Support Centre is to the wellbeing of the community. We are committed to building the next generation of STEM leaders and we hope that these donations will help to open up those paths for young people right in the heart of our local community. We look forward to seeing how all four groups put this equipment into action and will be delighted to see the impact they have.”

Chris O’Brien, manager of the Carrigaline Family Support Centre said: “We are delighted to receive this donation from a company that’s right in the heart of our community. Our centre is a hub for community activities in Carrigaline, and many of the families that we welcome each day have strong links to Thermo Fisher Scientific.

“These computers will allow us to better deliver IT classes for older people and expand our public Coder Dojo programme, as well as giving a resource for locals who may need computer access for CVs, job applications or printing. We are incredibly grateful to Thermo Fisher Scientific and look forward to putting these computers to good use.”

Last month, Thermo Fisher Scientific launched its Making a Difference initiative with its €50,000 Community Partnership Grant, open to groups in the Cork Lower Harbour area working to make their communities healthier, cleaner and/or safer. This is the second year the grant has been offered, with 49 groups receiving a share of the fund in 2020.

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Vudini, an Irish Artificial Intelligence startup, supported by Voxpro co-founder and investor Dan Kiely, has seen a major increase in customer growth, as a result of the pandemic-led boom in the Creator Economy. The company’s tech helps creators and brands to scale and monetise their audiences on YouTube using AI. Through its market testing, it has become clear that creators and brands don’t know how, or have the tools to organically rank their videos on YouTube and Google and reach their desired audiences.

Vudini has seen massive demand for this service across the globe, riding on the swell of people who are making a career out of creating content on social platforms. The Vudini community includes influencers and YouTube sensations like Little Kelly Minecraft. A cryptocurrency focused channel, Altcoin Daily, has increased their subscriber numbers by 850k+ since working with the Vudini platform and received 90 million video views.

The start-up has so far raised over €2m in seed funding from investors to scale its e-commerce and video tech and has recently added industry veterans, Aisling Hassell (formerly Airbnb, Sage, Symantec) and Fintan Gillespie (Snap Inc., Google) to its advisory board. Both top executives boast decades of industry experience and will be advising the startup’s efforts in identifying and evaluating potential partnerships, products and technologies to grow its offering for creators. The platform appeals to content creators, digital agencies and consumer brands looking to attract and monetise the huge base of video-savvy millennial and Gen Z consumers.

Dan Kiely said, “The creator economy is experiencing sharp growth in the wake of the pandemic and investors are taking note. Creators are the future of entertainment and anyone with an entrepreneurial spirit and an idea should have the proper support infrastructure to help them in following their dreams.”

“Vudini is a platform that uses AI to optimise organic search visibility and boost a users search ranking, which is key for creators to get discovered by their target audiences. Vudini opened a funding round earlier this year and we’re continuing with investment to support the market validation and traction that we’re experiencing following the launch of our self-serve application for creators and brands. We’re currently onboarding new customers from multiple regions including the US, Japan, India, Spain and the UK, among others.”

He added, “The creator economy will encompass a large percentage of the workforce of the future, and we’re very much at an inflection point in time, where becoming a professional creator is proven to be one of the most desired jobs for the coming generations. This is such an exciting time for the creator economy, and more than ever, creators need trusted partners like Vudini, who support and deliver results quickly.”

As an industry, the creator economy has surged in 2021 and has surpassed 50 million income earners worldwide. The number of people looking to become online influencers has exploded during the pandemic. This was already a major global trend, but the pandemic expedited this shift to e-commerce and digital marketing. Becoming a creator has become the most desirable job for Gen Z and globally it’s one of the fastest-growing types of small business. YouTube has more than 37 million channels, growing 23% year-over-year and the global creator economy is estimated to be worth over $100bn.

Vudini was co-founded by Dan Kiely, Mike English and Ricky Hill and is a Google & YouTube approved and certified AI video SEO platform. Every brand and creator is trying to get to page one of Google and YouTube – the premium real estate. Vudini simplifies and automates the technical complexity involved with optimising video through a robust platform that is aimed at the growth markets of the creator economy, video and e-commerce, and also supports their customers through a team of YouTube and Google experts.

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Remember when the first smartphone was introduced? All that processing power in your palm – seemed like something out of a science-fiction novel. As consumers began to adopt the new technology, new features were added to keep the experience fulfilling.

Camera phones had been around for a while back then, but smartphones took the whole concept of having a camera in your pocket to a new level. You could now instantly send high-definition selfies to loved ones and add filters and geo-tags to make your pictures stand out.

Technological innovation met human ingenuity, and the two lived in perfect harmony. Even more apps and features were added to take advantage of the available technology. FaceID revolutionized security by utilizing facial recognition technology to secure your phone.

Of course, Apple’s FaceID wasn’t the only app that was doing this. Almost every smartphone on the planet has some kind of facial recognition built into it. The feature is innocent enough and actually quite useful if you trust the people who gain access to your facial recognition data on the backend.

Unfortunately, the revelations of social media giants like Facebook using personal data to drive ad revenue did nothing to make us more cynical of this technology. Indeed facial recognition technology has a dark side to it.

While you may receive great convenience when using it, it’s important to know what you’re trading it for. The fact that it’s become so ubiquitous means that people don’t really critically engage with its impact on social and corporate practices.

Today we’ll look at how facial recognition technology is being utilized by law enforcement and corporations to further their aims, often at the expense of your civil liberties.

Misuses of Facial Recognition Technology

Here are just some of how law enforcement agencies and corporations are misusing facial recognition technology.

Post-Privacy World

Following the events of September 11th, the patriot act was introduced in the United States. This law gave law enforcement agencies unprecedented powers that were needed to ensure that the crimes committed against the United States were answered for.

Here we are, almost 20 years from that day, and the Patriot Act is still alive and well. What was a well-meaning and probably necessary law at the time has turned into a nationwide surveillance project that infringes upon the rights of ordinary people like you and me?

That was the beginning of the post-privacy world, and facial recognition technology has only accelerated its impact. Law enforcement agencies today, like the FBI and most state police departments, maintain a vast database of facial recognition data.

This, similar to the Patriot act referenced above, was introduced as a well-meaning measure to catch criminals, monitor known suspects in cases, and track individuals under investigation remotely. Once again, it mutated into something far worse.

The database was not enough for the agency; they acquired pictures from driver’s licenses and other identification methods to increase the dataset. This is where a line was crossed. Most reasonable people would have nothing against the FBI having a picture of them because they haven’t committed any crimes.

Yet, it is unsettling that ordinary Americans are subjected to even the slightest bit of suspicion. Furthermore, it is in complete contrast to the principle of assumed innocence. This is why it is alarming that the FBI has such a database and saw nothing wrong in maintaining it.

Uncharted Territory

The worse thing of all is that technology is still in its infancy. This creates its own set of issues that need to be highlighted. Let’s begin with the obvious one; there is no consensus on the correct usage of the technology. Since it’s something new, law enforcement officers and agencies are still figuring out how best to deploy it.

Unfortunately, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail, as the old saying goes. When you provide a technol...

We look at this retro release from Jlab. You can see more about their headphones here. Retro lightweight wireless headphones with 12 hours playtime with Custom EQ3 Sound €24,99

Jlab Rewind Wireless Retro Headphones, reviewed

This is definitely a retro product, it has that look and feel to it, and is also quite light, which actually feels a little unusual these days, compared to many headphones out on the market. That said the price is very low, so this is probably pitched at the cheap and cheerful, ready to go market. We did wonder who it would appeal to, is it teens, twenty somethings, or those in their forties and fifties who actually remember headphones like this. When you review it, it is not always clear who the intended user of the product is.

Most of the team who tried it out thought they were fine, but then tended to gravitate back to their own more high end devices, expressing preferences for the comfort and snugness of the more surrounding ear pieces. Naturally several of these users were too young for this to be a retro related product, as they weren’t there first time around. For the older trialists, they liked their comfy headsets. This is not to say that this product won’t do well, but rather it probably needs to be clear about who it is aimed at. Then again maybe, based on price, we are just over thinking this one, as these could be your handy, wire free, grab with you when you go travelling sort of pair.

One to watch, and probably to be used as your back up pair, something to have in the bag, just in case your higher spec ones die on you. See below to learn more about the specs for it.

More about the product

GO RETRO. Let the Rewind Wireless Retro Headphones take you back in time to when grunge, big hair, bright colors and kicking it with your Walkman was the thing to do. Now it’s time to GO wireless with today’s technology. The Rewind Headphones provide 12 hours of playtime, our custom EQ³ Sound, and all of the controls you need. With the same lightweight design and orange foam earpads, you’ll feel more nostalgic than ever.

SICK 12-HOUR PLAYTIME. Keep the ’80s/’90s music GOing for a sick 12-hour Bluetooth playtime. Use the included micro USB charging cable to charge back up after you’ve jammed all day.

RADICAL EQ³ SOUND. Our radical EQ³ Sound setting lets you change the sound to your preferred tune via the headphone so your music sounds just right. Click between 3 options: Signature, Balanced, and Bass Boost.

THROWBACK LOOK. Let the Rewind take you back in time. Change the foam ear cushions between two fun colors to keep the old school look. An adjustable headband provides even more comfort than the past.

CONTROL IT. One button is all you need. With just a click on the GO, you can play and pause your music and answer and hang up phone calls, as well as track forward.

SMART VOICE ASSISTANT. For those need-to-know moments, a double click and digital MEMS built-in microphone lets you activate and deactivate Siri, Google Assistant, or other voice assistant prompts as clear as day.

TECH SPECS INCLUDES: Rewind Wireless Headphones, Micro USB Charging Cable, JLab Two Year Warranty.

AUDIOSpeaker: ?36mm Dynamic, Neodymium Magnet, 20Hz-20kHz, 32? Output: 106±3db. Microphone: MEMS, – 41dB±3dB. BATTERYBattery Life: 12 Hours. Input Power: DC 5V, 100mA. Headphone Battery: 220mah lithium polymer rechargeable. Headphone Charge Time: 2 Hours. Rapid Charge: 10 min charging = 1.5+ hour playtime. Standby Time: 300 Hours. BLUETOOTHVersion: Bluetooth 4.2. Range: 30+ ft. Support Protocols: HSP/HFP/A2DP/AVRCP. GENERALWeight: 57g. IP Rating: NA. Warranty: 2 year warranty

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ServiceNow, the leading digital workflow company that makes work, work better for people, has announced a new, integrated ESG solution powered by the Now Platform that helps companies activate ESG strategies, programs, and initiatives, from enhancing diversity and inclusion and reducing carbon emissions to enabling business resilience, across the enterprise. ServiceNow’s ESG solution combines the power of the Now Platform, new and existing products, and ServiceNow’s partner ecosystem to help organisations plan, manage, govern, and report on their ESG programs and initiatives to drive greater environmental, social, and business impact.

Companies are increasingly prioritising ESG initiatives to help contribute to a more sustainable, equitable, and ethical world, build customer and stakeholder trust, and deliver successful business outcomes. According to recent studies, 88% of investors agree companies that prioritise ESG initiatives represent better opportunities for long-term returns than companies that do not, and global consumers are nearly five times more likely to trust, buy, champion, and protect companies with a strong ESG purpose.

Today’s ESG efforts are often ad hoc, siloed, and manual. The technology products currently available support discrete, disconnected ESG efforts, compounding the problem. At the same time, global ESG regulations continue to rapidly evolve: more than 170 ESG proposed regulatory measures have emerged since 2018, and 82 percent of investors believe companies are not prepared to comply with ESG reporting regulations. Companies must be able to connect their disparate ESG products and operational systems and support new and existing proposed regulatory requirements to scale their ESG efforts, meet their ESG goals, and support increasing stakeholder expectations for greater levels of transparency and disclosure. ServiceNow’s ESG solution, leveraging the single data model and single architecture of the Now Platform, helps companies accomplish these objectives.

“ESG is a top issue for the C-suite today. Leaders need better ways to plan, manage, govern, and report on their companies’ investments toward a more sustainable, equitable, and ethical world,” said Gina Mastantuono, ServiceNow Chief Financial Officer. “With the power of the Now Platform, ServiceNow is well-suited as the strategic ESG platform partner for business, ultimately helping leaders gain operational control over their growing number of ESG initiatives to drive positive, lasting change globally.”

“In order for ESG initiatives to be effective, companies must have a complete view of their ESG efforts and performance to know how they are tracking towards their goals,” said Kim Knickle, Research Director at Verdantix. “We expect ServiceNow’s new ESG solution will leverage the company’s existing platform to better enable this visibility.”

With its latest integrated ESG solution, ServiceNow is taking a holistic approach to help organisations drive impact and build greater customer, investor, and employee trust. Organisations can convert ESG goals into meaningful impact and create long-term value by innovating processes and delivering sustainable outcomes.

Delivering a unified solution for activating ESG across the enterprise

Harnessing the power of the Now Platform, ServiceNow’s new ESG solution serves as an operational control tower to help convert companies’ ESG goals into reality by providing visibility and transparency across their ESG programs and initiatives and helping them strategize, manage, govern, and report on these efforts on a single platform.

Collaborating with the ServiceNow ecosystem to solve new and existing ESG challenges

ServiceNow’s ecosystem of partners, developers, customers, and other third parties will serve as a force multiplier for the ServiceNow ESG solution. ServiceNow has also announced an expanded alliance with KPMG, where KPMG will serve as the lead launch partner for ServiceNow’s ESG solution. Both companies ...