Future of Work Roundtable Highlights
On March 29th, Creating Future Us hosted an investor roundtable with top global experts on the topic of the Future of Work. During this two-hour roundtable, we explored many of the key drivers of impacts from automation on the flow of work and workers. It was a landscape overview of key changes that are […]
Exploring the Responsibility of Investors in Addressing Tech Addiction with the PRI
By: PRI March 6, 2023 What is tech addiction and why should investors be paying attention to the issue? In this episode, we are joined by Di Rifai, Founder and Chair of the non-profit Creating Future Us, who works with investors to champion sustainable use of technology in business and by Carlota Garcia-Manas, […]
UKSIF Autumn 2022 Conference
November 8, 2022 We were delighted to contribute to the overall sustainability conversation, looking through the prism of tech ethics at the UKSIF conference in London, with ISDE (Investors for a Sustainable Digital Economy) members: Church Commissioners for England and Sands Capital. Read More
Focus On Portfolio Companies To Boost Tech Sector Engagement, Investors Told
By: Responsible Investor September 6, 2022 Non-profit also looks to produce guidance for investor network on engagement in areas such as online gambling, social media, advertising, gamification and the metaverse. Investors looking for ways to influence tech behemoths should focus on their biggest clients, according to Di Rifai, chair of digital think tank […]
Interview with The ExCo Group: An Ethics Test – Are We Considering The Unintended Consequences of Tech?
By: Leading Through Disruption August 30, 2022 Di Rifai, chairman of Creating Future Us, a not-for-profit aimed at identifying and developing evidence-based solutions for societal impacts arising from the rapid transition to the digital age, shared key leadership lessons with my colleague Adam Bryant, managing director of The ExCo Group, and me in our latest “Leading Through […]
Addiction by Design: A New Frontier of Social Risk in Tech
Executive Summary As tech addiction continues to gain precedence, its implications to both investors and society at large require greater understanding. This report offers an in-depth analysis of the material impacts of tech addiction within six sectors and details key areas for investor engagement As digital technologies become ubiquitous in business and consumer life, […]
Have Responsible Investors Been too Quiet for too Long on Big Tech?
By: Responsible Investor Date: June 9, 2022 The press has been pulling no punches with Sheryl Sandberg since she announced her resignation last week. The chief operating officer of Meta – formerly Facebook – was accused of leaving behind a “troubling legacy” by The Guardian, while American venture capitalist Roger McNamee used a […]
Considerations of Data Use for Global Investors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Data use has become intrinsic to the operations, strategy and business models of many companies across a wide range of industries. It has, in fact, grown exponentially in recent years, rising to a massive 44 zettabytes overall in 2020: 40 times larger than the number of stars in the observable universe. By 2025, IDC […]
Investors Join Forces to Tackle Unethical Use of Personal Data
By: Citywire February 16, 2022 Mishandling of personal data could come at a great cost for both firms and investors who fail to engage on the subject. This is one of the takeaways from a report published by the Investors for a Sustainable Digital Economy (ISDE), which was launched in February and brought together […]