Innovation

Indra Nooyi

Passing the Pepsi test

The jewel in the crown of PepsiCo is celebrating a decade at the pinnacle of one the world’s most iconic companies – a brand...
Candela Seven

EV News Round-up Summer 2020

By RICHARD THOMAS BUYING an electric car is getting easier (read, cheaper) in Europe. France has announced a motor industry package that includes discounts of €7,000...

Latin America: As Nations Mature Some Are Left Behind

Devoid of subtlety, headlines often fail to convey the real story. While the bumbling and stumbling governments of Brazil and Venezuela dominate the news...

Tata Steel: Perseverance & Excellence

Blame it on Ayn Rand. She – of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead fame – provided Sajid Savid with an ideological backbone. Secretary for...

ZICA ASSIS (Founder, Beliza Natural): A real rags to riches tale

AS a child in the seventies, Zica Assis and her family had nothing. They lived, like thousands of others in the run-down favelas of...

Ben Silbermann: Modest Creator of the First Global Noticeboard

Ben Silbermann tapped into the primal hunter-gatherer instinct when he first experimented with an online pinboard product. Together with Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp,...

Troy Wiseman: Bamboo – A Sustainable Source of Fibre

Over the last ten years, REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and REDD+ developments have proved that the price attributed to, and...
Virtual whiteboard, remote-first illustration

Sci-tech firm pursues global growth by going remote-first

TECHNOLOGY company Cactus Communications (CACTUS) wants to become a “remote-first” employer for 1,200 workers in nine locations around the world. The Indian firm is one...

The UN’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI): A Pioneering Global Framework...

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues—also known as sustainability issues—are posing a shared risk to the insurance industry, business, government, and society at large,...

Juliette Brindak: Girl Power

The information technology revolution opens the doors to a host of new businesses for tech-savvy young entrepreneurs with an eye for a market opportunity....