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☆ Sustainable Future Forum - Part 3: Industry response
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSustainable Future Forum - Part 3: Industry responseThe special live event took place ahead of the all-important COP27, or 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference. It was a dialogue between speakers and CNBC reporters about the most pressing questions on the energy crisis, the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, and how governments and industries have responded to earlier goals.

[The stream is slated to start at 6 a.m. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Watch CNBC's Sustainable Future Forum, taking place on Friday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. London time. The special live event is taking place ahead of the all-important COP27, or 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference. It will focus on three crucial pillars: Regulation & Responsibility, Future Power, and Industry Response.

☆ Gatherings like COP27 'are hugely important,' aviation CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailGatherings like COP27 'are hugely important,' aviation CEO saysArjan Meijer, who is CEO of Embraer Commercial Aviation, made his comments during CNBC's Sustainable Future Forum.

☆ Bilfinger CEO: Next 3-5 years very difficult for German industry
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBilfinger CEO: Next 3-5 years very difficult for German industryThomas Schultz, CEO of Bilfinger, and Paul Keel, CEO of Smiths Group, join a panel during CNBC's annual Sustainable Future Forum to discuss net-zero ambitions, energy transition out of fossil fuel and the future of nuclear power.

☆ It's a 'wild west out there': CEO says regulation needed to keep firms in line on sustainability
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Anmar Frangoul | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The last few years have seen huge swathes of companies make net-zero commitments and other sustainability-related goals. Companies need regulation and greater accountability to ensure they're meeting goals related to sustainability, according to the CEO of SDG Monitor, a firm focused on measuring performance in that area. Speaking during CNBC's Sustainable Future Forum on Friday, Tuuli-Anna Tiuttu argued that CEOs and management needed to be "accountable" when it came to the sustainability goals they'd set. Their long-term goals also needed to be broken down into "short-term actions" that were "more concrete and realistic to do and achieve," she added. The last few years have seen huge swathes of companies make net-zero commitments and other sustainability-related goals.

☆ The British navy's aircraft carriers are back after 'a bit of a hiatus,' but one of them has an uncertain future
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

HMS Queen Elizabeth, deployed for the first time last year, sailing to the Pacific and back. Its flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, was commissioned in 2017 and is preparing to deploy with the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force. HMS Queen Elizabeth, bottom, alongside HMS Illustrious in July 2014. Aircraft Carrier AllianceThe UK began a "long-lead skills program" in 2010, sending 300 aircraft handlers, aircraft controllers, and aircrew to embed with US Navy and Marine Corps units, said Cmdr. An Italian F-35B lands on HMS Queen Elizabeth, with a US Marine Corps F-35 in the foreground, on November 20, 2021.

☆ CNBC's Sustainable Future Forum 2022: The agenda
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

CNBC's "Sustainable Future Forum" explores the big issues and new ideas that foster not just growing businesses but a sustainable world. Taking place from 10 a.m. London time on the morning of Friday Nov. 4, 2022, this year's forum will focus on the three pillars of Future Power, Regulation and Responsibility and Industry Response. Livestreamed via our website, CNBC's guests will take a closer look at the state of the energy market, weigh in on whether the take-up of green policies has been accelerated or disrupted, and outline how their sectors have adapted their net-zero ambitions and goals. More to details to follow soon.

☆ Think you've got it bad? Odds are your manager is even more burned out than you are, according to a new survey.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Your manager might be even more burned out than you are, according to new survey from Slack. 43% of the middle managers surveyed reported burnout, more than any other worker group. Among the middle managers surveyed, 43% said they are experiencing burnout as a result of chronic workplace stress. Staff without any workers underneath them reported the second-highest percentage at 40%, followed by senior management at 37%, and executives at 32%. And burnout isn't just bad for workers, it's bad for the bottom line too — causing 32% worse productivity and 60% worse ability to focus, per the survey.

☆ Move over WFH, hello 'work whenever': 94% of employees want to ditch the 9-to-5 for flexible schedules, new survey says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

If you thought WFH was the best way to entice employees, wait until you hear about "work whenever." 94% of workers surveyed by Slack said they want to ditch the 9-to-5 for more flexible schedules. In a new Slack survey published Thursday, a staggering 94% of workers said they want flexibility in when they work — compared to 80% of respondents who said they want flexibility in where they work. "The sudden move to remote work provides the opportunity to question decades of orthodoxy about a 9-to-5, office-centric, homogeneous work culture." Employers allowing remote employees to "work from anywhere" has been one of the more substantial workplace developments to gain traction over the past few years.

☆ The 10 best U.S. companies for work-life balance, according to Glassdoor
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

More than two years after more people started working from home, flexibility remains a highly sought-after benefit among the workforce. A whopping 94% of people desire a flexible work schedule, according to new research from Future Forum, Slack's research consortium, which surveyed more than 10,000 workers across the globe. It's no coincidence, then, that all of the highest-rated companies for work-life balance, according to new research from Glassdoor, are places that have embraced flexible work — whether it's through flextime, remote arrangements, unlimited PTO or other perks. Glassdoor's analysts read millions of reviews from current and former U.S.-based full-time workers at companies with 1,000 employees or more, between January and September 2022 to determine the ranking. Here are the top 10 highest-rated companies for work-life balance, according to Glassdoor — and all have open roles right now:

And we still do.”A recent study of small business owners by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that inflation and supply chain issues are the top challenges entrepreneurs face today. One in three small business owners call inflation their highest concern and 67% of them have raised prices in response to inflation. “The Paycheck Protection Program continues to be disadvantageous to smaller businesses, businesses owned by people of color, and businesses without employees. According to NBC Bay Area, searches for “Black-owned businesses near me” peaked in June 2020, with companies like Yelp making it easier for people to find and support Black-owned businesses, per data from Google. She said that during the height of the social justice movement, corporations and financial institutions pledged to support Black-owned businesses.

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