Since the global historical events of 2020, organizations have been tasked with pivoting strategies to meet stakeholders’ needs. The new era of corporate governance requires adaptation to complexities driven by the pandemic, social justice movements, and economic changes. In their efforts to achieve excellence, organizations—and their boards and management teams—should consider focusing on seven key areas of corporate governance.

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The name Infiltron has a certain sci-fi ring to it.

One could even be forgiven for thinking that it’s a robot straight out of the Transformers movie franchise.

Whilst Infiltron isn’t a transformer, it’s undoubtedly been transformative in the life of its inventor, Chasity Wright.

After being fired from her corporate job, the Georgia-based entrepreneur conceived the idea of Infiltron Software Suite, an Internet of Things (IoT) security solution, in 2018.

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Today’s Big Picture

Following yesterday’s news that the Federal Reserve sees two rate hikes possible in 2023, markets in Asia-Pacific closed the day mixed with Japan’s Nikkei down 0.9%, China’s Shanghai Composite up 0.2%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gaining the same. South Korea’s Kospi finished the day 0.4% lower as did Australia’s ASX 200. By midday trading, the major European equity indices were lower across the board, and futures point to U.S. equities opening lower ahead of today’s weekly jobless claims report and Treasury Secretary Yellen’s testimony before Congress. An extreme heatwave is brutalizing the western U.S. amid the worst drought in modern history with around 40 million people expected to experience triple-digit temperatures this week and 200 million will see temperatures hit 90 degrees.

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What happens when NFTs disrupt the traditional art market? During Pride Month, NYC-based visual artist and creative director Jonathan Rosen is releasing his NFT art collection on Nasdaq’s 7-story-tall tower in Times Square.

Created in collaboration with Treum, the blockchain technology behind the successful NFT art-project EulerBeats; Rosen will create four site-specific and on-chain NFTs using his trademark flashing phrase mechanism.

Rosen’s pieces, titled “I WANT, BIG, DROP and FAMOUS” will run at the crossroads of the world. An additional piece, “I WANT(Nasdaq)” featuring all 4000+ listings on Nasdaq’s exchange, will also be auctioned off with Nasdaq’s Purpose Initiative and all proceeds supporting Broadway Cares, one of the nation’s leading nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations.

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Nasdaq's ESG Trendsetters series highlights the top ESG professionals and teams around the world who go the extra mile in their evolving ESG roles. Discover how leading ESG companies are incorporating ESG factors into their corporate strategy, achieving meaningful impact and communicating with their stakeholders. 

For this edition, we are joined by Xylem. Xylem aims to create a world in which water issues are no longer a constraint to health, prosperity and sustainable development. With water at the core of Xylem's business, the company has a natural and deep commitment to sustainability. Hear from key Xylem team members on what it takes to be an ESG Trendsetter.  

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