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His Bury St Edmunds-based firm, N2S, has increased headcount from 60 to 83 during lockdown and is now on the hunt for scientists to help accelerate its bio-tech strategy. Using bioleaching techniques, N2S is breeding bacteria to extract gold and other rare metals from printed circuit boards, which Gomarsall said make up to 70 to 90 per cent of the embodied carbon in technology. CRN visited its facility last Spring.  Having recently taken on two new investors, Gomarsall said N2S is close to reaching its goal of proving the technique end to end. "We need more scientists, which is exciting," h...

What's the most alarming sustainability-related stat you've heard recently? There are many alarming sustainability related statistics. However, one that stands out to me personally, because my husband and 10 year old daughter enjoy sea fishing together, is that by the year 2050 there will be more plastic by weight than fish in the ocean! This is why it is so important that HP has sourced more than 60 million bottles of ocean-bound plastic, that might otherwise have reached waterways and oceans, for inclusion into HP products. Have you or your company's outlook towards sustainability changed i...

Tech Impact's Francis Johnson Named Fellow by the Okta for Good Nonprofit Technology Initiative News provided by Share this article Share this article PHILADELPHIA, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tech Impact, a 501(c)(3) that empowers communities and nonprofits to use technology to better serve our world, today announced Francis Johnson, Managing Director, Technology Services at the nonprofit, has been named Nonprofit Technology Fellow for the Okta for Good Nonprofit Technology Initiative. The inaugural fellowship program, which received 340 applications from across the globe, aims to amplif...

"We are facing a man-made disaster of a global scale - a threat to our very lives. And if we do not reduce the carbon emissions by 2030, we are looking at irreversible and catastrophic damage to our lives which will result in many millions of deaths and quite possibly a threat to human civilisation," Whittle said. Whittle said there are "four or five" things people need to do together, including using less, sharing more, sourcing locally and recycling. This also includes embracing new sustainable technology, "which is where the channel comes in", Whittle added. Resellers will have a "huge opp...

Marilyn Nieves / ForYou13 / Getty Images As a Black woman with a computer science degree and 30 years of experience under her belt, Lisa Gelobter felt the time had come to use her skills to do something about issues of bias, discrimination, and harassment in the workplace. “I’ve gotten to a place where my resume is pretty unimpeachable,’’ says Gelobter, whose past credentials include serving as chief digital officer for Black Entertainment TV (BET), CDO of the Department of Education in the Obama Administration, and as a member of the team that launched Hulu. “It’s ...