Climate Week NYC
Climate Week NYC is one of the world’s largest climate action events, bringing together the most senior international leaders from business, tech, politics, academia, and civil society to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future. Register online here. As a part of our sponsorship of Climate Week 2024, Christopher Wellise, Equinix’s VP of Sustainability, will be featured on a panel in an exclusive Hub Live session; The New Industrial Revolution: Building Green Digital Infrastructure in the AI era. And, if you’re an Equinix customer or partner in NYC during Climate Week, we would love to extend an invite to you to attend Equinix’s Networking Happy Hour on Tuesday, September 24 th from 4:00-6:30pm ET. Please reach out to your account team for details.Chat and Learn: Sustainability
In today’s world, humans operating within ecological borders is the new norm. This becomes even more crucial in the context of companies. Sustainable companies and goals have a significant impact not just on our clients and investors, but are a powerful draw for job seekers. With enhanced social responsibility, a company’s commitment to sustainability implies greater care for their employees and a sense of fulfillment. Sustainable businesses are known to offer healthier work environments leading to greater job satisfaction and higher organizational morale, ultimately steering employees to stay loyal to these organizations and their jobs. But how can you tell for sure that your employer (or potential employer) is committed to sustainability? Chris Kimm, Senior Vice President for Americas IBX Operations at Equinix, understands how vital sustainability is to a company’s future and the world. A large focus of Chris’ team centers around advancing a bold sustainability agenda to combat climate change and create sustainable data center ecosystems. Chris during his conversation will cover: Why and how is sustainability so important Tips to tell if a company is committed to sustainability Key metrics to look for and questions to ask when you’d like to join a sustainable organization How to spot if a company is greenwashingBuild a Better Bank
As banks modernize their digital infrastructure to build a better bank for the future, they are looking to make that infrastructure greener, more connected, smarter, and modular. With proper planning and engaging with the right partners, these four objectives can be achieved simultaneously. A greener bank requires partners and vendors who are aligned to the bank’s ESG (Environmental Sustainability and Governance) goals. Leveraging the right partners can also improve how the bank securely connects its customers, employees, and partners to the bank’s services and applications. Deploying a modular design allows banks to choose best of breed partners for different segments of their technology stack and distribute workloads as needed. We will discuss how to make your bank: Greener - Reducing your carbon footprint, renewable energy, hyper-converged infrastructure, Connected - Building network aggregation points for inter-cloud routing, Smarter – Using AI or ML with data to deliver exceptional service to external and internal customers, And Modular - Stitching together multiple SaaS solutions. Moderator: Lance Homer, Global Head of Digital Payments and Banking Ecosystem, Equinix Panelists: Mark Hitchcox, Sr. AI/ML Greenlake CoE Specialist, HPE North America, Robert Strawbridge, Head of Canada, Options IT
