Risk, Governance & Responsible Value
ESG's Blind Spot: How We Can Help Keep Big Tech Honest & a Truth on GenAI
When technology companies present themselves as forces for progress, how much is genuine vision — and how much is carefully constructed narrative?
This article challenges the story behind Big Tech’s ESG credentials, pricing power and societal influence, asking whether technological progress has concentrated too much economic and social power in too few hands.
The Ethical AI Clause: Bridging Privacy, Governance, and Standards
Hard Truth Questions
Modern technology procurement is no longer just about price and performance—it is about sovereignty, sustainability, resilience, data rights, and freedom from lock-in.
The strategic advantage comes from asking suppliers the hard questions before dependency turns into risk—and ensuring the answers are contractual, measurable, and auditable.
240 Million Laptops to Die for a Software UpdateDies ist ein Titel
Innovation cannot be called sustainable when software decisions prematurely turn functional hardware into waste while the environmental cost is pushed onto consumers and the planet.
Procurement has real leverage: make lifecycle longevity, support commitments, and downstream environmental impact measurable criteria for awarding technology contracts.
Risk management becomes difficult when complexity grows faster than governance—too many stakeholders have a voice, while too few have clear accountability for decisions.
The answer is not fewer controls, but clear RACI, documented risk ownership, transparent processes, agreed timelines, and continuous vendor-risk management long after the contract is signed.
Why Does Everything Feel So Difficult, and What Do We Need to Change?
The Dependency Economy
Commercial terms can be imposed because we have come to believe that realistic alternatives no longer exist — even when they may still be available. Making dependency crystal clear is the first step towards making conscious choices.