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1 in 10 financial service businesses have no anti-bias hiring practices

Many financial service businesses are still failing to implement well-established anti-bias hiring practices as part of their recruitment process, according to new research

Policy change needed as 25% of Europe’s greenhouse emissions come from buildings

To live up to their climate pledge under the Paris agreement, EU lawmakers must ensure all 250 million existing as well as all new buildings in the EU become nearly zero greenhouse gas emitters

Global IT spending to hit over $4bn in 2021

Software and cloud-based projects to account for 50% of total IT budgets

Breakthrough in 3D magnetic nanostructures could transform modern-day computing

Cardiff University scientists create first ever three-dimensional replica of ‘spin-ice’ material

Small business workers fear missing out on the hybrid work opportunity

Three in five small business workers anticipate they’ll be predominantly office-based after Covid-19 restrictions ease, due to high levels of admin and paper-based processes

2021 has seen a sharp rise in companies joining the unicorn club

According to data presented by TradingPlatforms, 168 companies joined the unicorn club in the five months of 2021, 40% more than in the entire 2020

Carbon emissions climbing after COVID-19 slowdown

Global carbon emissions have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)

Sustainable IT leads to significant benefits but is still not a focus for most organisations

While half of firms have defined an enterprise-wide sustainability approach, less than one in five (18%) have a comprehensive sustainable IT strategy

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