Tag: Bloomberg

Bloomberg Pledges to Serve More Planet-Saving, Healthy Plant-based Foods

Stuart Mitchell

Bloomberg has committed to serve more climate-friendly foods through the Cool Food Pledge, a growing movement of workplaces, hotels, hospitals and restaurants aiming to slash food-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25% by 2030. Groups serving a combined 800+ million meals annually have already signed on to this new initiative. In 2018 Bloomberg purchased 429 tons of food, of which 7% were ruminant meats (beef and lamb), and another 65% other animal-based foods. Total food-related GHG emissions amounted to 13,735 tons CO2e, with ruminant meats accounting for 57% of these.…

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Young Data Scientists Help Nonprofits and City Governments Harness Their Data

Stuart Mitchell

Organizations across the world are employing small armies of data scientists in order to unlock the potential of their troves of data. Employing emerging technologies like machine learning and neural networks, as well as a range of statistical analysis methods, these organizations are able to mine valuable insights from their data. However, this kind of research is expensive, often requiring highly-educated personnel. Although small organizations like municipalities and non-profits are sitting on mountains of data, they often lack the budgets to mine it with data science. Bloomberg’s Data for Good Exchange (D4GX)…

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Reputation Institute Sponsors Bloomberg’s “Corporate Reputation: Making Your Mark”

Stuart Mitchell

C-suite decision-makers from some of the world’s best-known brands will examine the reputation economy and discuss innovative ways organizations can enhance how they are perceived at “Corporate Reputation: Making Your Mark,” a Bloomberg event on Thursday, February 28. Sponsored by Reputation Institute (Ri), a data-driven, reputation insights advisory firm widely known for its annual Global RepTrak 100 rankings — the largest corporate reputation study of its kind — the event at Bloomberg headquarters in New York City will feature marketing, human resources, communications and branding executives from leading multinational organizations.    These featured…

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London Mayor and Wikipedia join forces to challenge gender inequality online

Stuart Mitchell

The Mayor of London has joined forces with Wikipedia and Bloomberg to tackle the significant problem of gender inequality online. As part of his gender equality campaign, #BehindEveryGreatCity, Sadiq has brought together secondary school girls from across London, women from the tech industry and Wikipedia’s experts to create a burst of new Wikipedia pages about women, and to call on the tech industry to help more women and girls to get involved. It comes after Wikipedia revealed that 83 per cent of its biographies are about men and that 85…

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