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PodChats for FutureCFO: Why CFOs need to drive ESG initiatives

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Big price tags and longer timelines. He cites efforts by the Singapore government to raise the carbon tax which will financially incentivise businesses to cut their emissions. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs can pose unique challenges to finance chiefs charged with maximizing returns.

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How Consumer Services Companies Are Innovating With App Features

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Special tags can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app. iPhones can read a near-field communication (NFC) tag that is specially encoded to display an interface for an Apple Pay purchase when a user holds a device near it. And tech companies are already working with retailers on payments innovation.

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Mobile Smart Kitchens Reinvent Food Delivery

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For the food industry — that waste adds up to a $990 billion price tag, according to Alex Garden, chairman and CEO of Zume Inc. This is why it is such a shame that a third of the food produced on the planet is never eaten — instead getting tossed into the trash and shipped out one final time to the landfill. With pizza.

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Transcript: Albert Wenger

Barry Ritholtz

And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags. We want to invest in companies that either reduce emissions, draw down existing emissions, or help with adaptation. And at that time, Union Square Ventures’ Fred and Brad had started the firm, they had just raised the first fund. WENGER: Absolutely.

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European Laundry Startups Merge To Dominate UK Market

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Being a startup we have been able to do this by using clever technology to provide a high-quality laundry service without the associated price tag. One example of this is by being smarter with technology and managing more customers from a single platform we’ll be able to lower the overall number of trips, saving on emissions.”.