Apple Sows Seeds of Change in the Smart Home Market
The arrival of iOS 10 officially introduced Apple’s hotly-anticipated HomeKit platform app, with an aim to uncomplicate home automation once and for all.
View ArticleChild Labor in Cobalt Mines is a Stain on the Global Electronics Industry
Congo provides about half the world's supply of cobalt, but this conflict mineral has ties to human rights abuses and child labor.
View ArticleApple and the Conservation Fund Boost Forest Protection in Maine
This week, Apple partnered with the Conservation Fund to donate 32,400 acres of forest to the Forest Society of Maine. The tech giant's gift connects over 1 million acres of forest that reach far...
View ArticleAirbnb Promises Free Housing to Refugees and Citizens Affected by U.S. Travel...
As part of a growing national backlash, Airbnb promised free housing to refugees and citizens who have been detained within the U.S. or were denied boarding onto American-bound airplanes abroad.
View ArticleApple to Launch a 200 Megawatt Solar Project in Nevada
Apple plans to partner with state utility NV Power to install an additional 200 megawatts of solar energy in northern Nevada.
View ArticleApple’s Ambitious Recycled Materials Goal
In a drastic departure from its prior policy, last week Apple became the first major IT company to commit to using only recycled materials. How exactly it will accomplish this lofty goal remains to be...
View ArticleCan Apple’s $1 Billion Pledge Help Revitalize American Manufacturing?
Apple plans to launch a $1 billion fund to boost American manufacturing. But can the investment counter how automation will affect employment within the manufacturing sector?
View ArticleApple’s New Lavish HQ Is Missing A Few Things
Apple's new Cupertino headquarters is chock full of bells and whistles. But some critics question why this forward-thinking company left out two things: daycare facilities and easy access to public...
View ArticleFoxconn Chooses Wisconsin For $10 Billion Flat Panel Factory
Foxconn, one of the most important companies within Apple's supply chain, is close to announcing the location of a brand new factory in the U.S.; Wisconsin is reportedly the favorite to land this $10...
View Article3p Weekend Round-Up: Latest Count on Companies Standing Against Racism
First a trickle, now a flood: top CEOs are boycotting Trump's councils -- and taking action against hate to fill the president's leadership vacuum.
View ArticleApple’s Tim Cook Steps Into the Limelight, Urging Companies to Lead on ‘Moral...
Tim Cook has nudged Apple to become a more active corporate citizen when it comes to the environment and social responsibility, and has been even more outspoken in the wake of the violence in...
View ArticleWhy Video Is No Longer Optional
What’s your organization’s sustainability story-telling strategy? Vern Oakley, CEO of Tribe Pictures and speaker at this year’s COMMIT!Forum, asserts that video is the most compelling and...
View ArticleFairphone Takes the Prize in Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics
What's in YOUR electronics? Greenpeace wants you to know which companies are really keeping up with their green technology promises. Just out in time for Christmas and Hanukkah, the Guide to Greener...
View ArticleActivist Investors Urge Apple to Help Fight Kids’ Addiction to Smartphones
Activist investors owning $2 billion in Apple stock recently co-wrote an open letter to Apple’s board of directors. In it, they urged Apple to do more to counter children’s addition to smartphones.
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