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S3E3 Clean Energy: Four Companies Control Half the World's Corporate Clean Energy Purchases
Four companies, Amazon, Meta, Google, and Microsoft, bought nearly half of all corporate clean energy contracts globally in 2025. Meanwhile, everyone else pulled back, with overall volumes declining…
S1E2 How AI's Breakneck Pace Is Outrunning Enterprise Strategy and Your IT Refresh Cycle
It took 12 days for Anthropic to release two major AI models back to back. And with each release, the capability bar moves up, software value gets questioned, and the hardware underneath it all turns…
S3E1 How Sims and Iron Mountain Are Positioning ITAD as a Primary Growth Engine
In this episode, David Daoud of Compliance Standards LLC examines how Sims Limited and Iron Mountain are repositioning IT asset disposition from an operational afterthought to a primary growth engine…
From Managing a Tech Decommissioning Company to Being Acquired: A Talk with Aron Zeper of DMD Systems Recovery
David Daoud of Compliance Standards speaks with Aaron Zepers, CEO of DMD Systems Recovery, about their recent acquisition by Tailwind Capital. They discussed how tech asset recovery is becoming…
Brief Commentary: Chip Price Inflation Hits Dell, HP, and Lenovo: Implications for ITAD Providers:
Hardware stocks fell sharply after Morgan Stanley issued broad downgrades, warning that soaring memory prices are compressing margins across Dell, HP, Lenovo, and others. With DRAM and NAND costs…
Spotlight on ITAD, Sustainability, Risk and the Secondary Market
In this special edition of Sector Pulse Research from Compliance Standards, we deliver field-tested insights normally reserved for clients of our syndicated service. Based on 37+ interviews with…
From Pitch to Pilot- Inside the Locker Room: How Pro Teams Vet Sports Tech Startups
What really happens after a startup gets a meeting with a pro sports team? In this episode of The Sports Tech Playbook, David Daoud of Compliance Standards invites Julien Blin of Upside Global to…
S3E3 Corporate Sustainability Brief: Samsung Electronics
I recently moderated a session at REMA 2025 in San Diego with Samsung Electronics' sustainability leaders, Daniel Araujo and Jenni Chun. It was a great conversation about what one of the world’s…
S3E2 HDS Sustainability Brief: Sustainability in Practice: Reviewing Hitachi Digital Services’ Strategy
How is Hitachi Digital Services embedding sustainability into its core strategy? In this briefing, I break down how HDS is approaching ESG—not as a side initiative, but as part of its digital…
S3E1 Impact of Trade Tariffs on Sports Tech, with David Daoud and Julien Blin
In this inaugural episode, we delve into the escalating trade tensions and their impact on the sports technology industry. With recent tariff implementations affecting imports from key manufacturing…
The Business of Sports Technology: An Inside Look
Today I am going out of my comfort zone. I had a conversation with my friend, #SportsTech Analyst Julien Blin and decided to hit the 'record' button. Sports tech is fascinating because it is a sector…
Risk Management: How CISOs, Risk & Compliance Teams are Pushing for New Security & Risk Management Standards
At Compliance Standards we have been observing the rise of a different group of security professionals within large companies who have been working to impose new standards for their organization’s IT…
CEO Roundtable: Inside the electronics recycling and IT Asset Disposition sectors
In this episode, host David Daoud leads a compelling discussion with three influential CEOs—John Shegerian, Bob Houghton, and Neil Peters-Michaud—on the current state and future of the IT asset…
The Diverging ESG Landscape: While US Pausea ESG, EU/Asia Keep Momentum Going: What Should Corporations Do?
Many big US companies are making a 180 degree turn and moving away from their ESG commitments. They are essentially retreating from their Environmental, Social and Governance goals as a result of…
S2E3 2025 Tech Trends Unveiled: Insights for IT and ITAD Leaders
In this exclusive session featuring Bob O'Donnell, President and Chief Analyst at TECHnalysis, we delve into the ongoing trends in the PC and tech sectors and perform predictions for 2025. In this…
S2E2 When Retail Giants Fail: Walmart’s $7.5M Environmental Wake-Up Call
"Recycling Woes: Walmart’s $7.5M Environmental Setback" – In this episode of Trending Paths, host David Daoud dives into Walmart’s recent $7.5 million settlement over hazardous waste violations and…
S2E1 Rethinking Climate Action: From Carbon Credits to Real Solutions with David Daoud
In this episode of the Trending Paths podcast, host David Daoud, principal analyst at Compliance Standards, explores the pressing realities of climate change and the limits of traditional carbon…
Ingram Micro’s ITAD Business at a Crossroads: 2025 Could Be a Make-or-Break Year
Ingram Micro (IM) filled for an IPO on the last day of September. Becoming a public company would give us better visibility on how the firm and the sector are performing, even if its ITAD unit is…
M&A: Iron Mountain’s ITAD Acquisitions: A Strategic Move or Risky Business?
The recent news stories of Iron Mountain acquiring the Irish firm Wisetek have created a head-scratching moment. I say “news stories” because I have not seen any formal communication from the…
Would you repair your #iPhone at home: @Apple's repairability push
@Apple is making good progress in its #sustainability pledge. Unlike many other tech companies who are stuck in theory and promises, @Apple is making inroads. Recently, the company announced that it…
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Trending Paths: The Sustainability Podcast by David Daoud has published 43 episodes since May 2021, covering topics in Technology.
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