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Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) put in place new requirements for publicly traded companies to disclose whether they source listed minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries. Known in short-hand as the conflict-minerals rule, the requirements cover companies across the economic spectrum. First, let me be clear: Any mining activities [...]
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It is easy to forget during this political season that there are positive examples of the public and private sectors working together to advance shared interests. This week, ITI and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jointly convened a dialogue on the ENERGY STAR® program that reaffirms the mutual benefits that strong and focused public-private cooperation can generate. Twenty years [...]
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Next week, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, nicknamed Rio+20, will bring focus on how we live and our impact on the planet. Innovation will be at the heart of the discussions, whether they are focused on agriculture or transportation, curing preventable disease or developing new clean energy sources. And that’s where ITI and the Digital Energy & Sustainability Solutions Campaign (DESSC) [...]
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