Earth Day lets us focus on our planet. Let’s work on making sustainability an integral part of business plans.

The play Coal Country reminds us that it’s the people who labor to bring us energy. As we migrate to new cleaner sources of energy, we must not leave the people behind. It’s a hard transition for them. Let’s not forget that.

Together with Jason Thibault and moderated by Neil Howman, I participated in a session to talk about the state of sustainability in our industry. Watch the session to hear what we’re talking about. Let’s make sustainability part of the business planning discussions and not as an after thought.

Sustainability action is happening in many industries, around the world. Through my conversations with media tech leaders, I am learning more about what others are doing and how to apply that to media tech.

When the SEC makes a statement like this, we take notice. This is a big development in requiring companies to publish their climate-related disclosures.

It all begins with an idea. My idea was founded on how I can have an impact on the future. In my work within the media and entertainment technology space, I saw a lot of innovation, but there was not a lot of talk about our impact on the future. Until now.