Sustainability
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The power shift
From 2001 through 2005, Enel, a multinational energy company that serves 61 million clients in 30 countries, began rolling out the world's first Smart Grid.
Connecting physicians to patients
After working around the world for Royal Philips from 1986 to 2004, before leaving to head up a spin-off company and his own consultancy firm, Frans van Houten returned to become CEO in 2011.
Personalizing prevention is the best cure
In the future, we not only have to find better ways to share the planet among more of us, but also have to deal with the fact that most of us will be on it longer.
Autonomous drive shifts into gear
The number of people sharing the planet continues to climb toward 9.7 billion by 2050, according to projections by the United Nations. Guaranteeing universal access to basic needs is the only means to prevent human conflict and environmental disaster.
Keeping the flame alive
As the body that upholds the values and ideals of the Olympic Movement, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) takes sustainability seriously.
All roads lead to Rio 2016
With a projected cost of around $11 billion, the Rio 2016 Olympics looks like a relative bargain compared to the price tag for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, which topped $50 billion.
GE: Providing solutions at every Olympic Games
The IOC's 2016 Olympic Marketing Fact File reveals that revenue from The Olympic Partners (TOP), sponsors and supporters of the Games reached nearly $2.79 billion in 2009-12.
DOW: sustainability know-how
At Rio 2016, DOW is overseeing efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the Olympics' carbon footprint.
Bridgestone: developing relationships
Bridgestone provides not only the Official Tire of the Olympic Games for Rio 2016, but also seismic isolation bearings to protect against earthquake damage.
Cisco’s urban innovation
As an official partner of Rio 2016, IT giant Cisco is providing technology solutions to the Games.