Seeking innovators with a hunger for sustainability
By HEATHER LEAH SMITH
DRINKS and snacks maker The Wonderful Company has a biomass problem — and it’s offering a massive payday to the team...
Sustainable manufacturing: Three UK businesses working to net-zero
By DAVID TAYLOR
The UK government is working towards its pledge to reduce carbon emissions and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
It has presented a ten-point...
Zambia Makes Steady Progress in Financial Inclusion but Many Women Still...
Mary Banda runs a small restaurant in Kamwala market, one of Lusaka’s oldest markets. She uses the proceeds from her business to feed her...
The Monsoon Accessorize Trust continues support for Afghanistan education projects
THE MONSOON Accessorize Trust has been supporting education projects for Afghani women and children over the past two decades — and says it will...
The tides they are a-changing
EVER since the Romans constructed sophisticated tide mills across the high maritime ranges of a conquered Britain, the modern world has been trying to...
Michael Pettis: Money Is Not Created Out of Thin Air
A recurring conversation I have with clients concerns the ability of banks to create credit, and of governments to monetise debt, and whether this...
Europe: A Ship of Many Quarrelling States
For Europe, these are interesting times. At both geographic extremities of the continent, countries are dangling by a thread: the United Kingdom mulls a...
Could matching EU quotas improve UK gender diversity?
By FRANCESCA ANOJA
FROM June 2026, all 27 EU member states will have to enforce mandatory quotas that ensure at least 40 percent of non-executive...
Commodity prices likely to rise further in 2018: World Bank
Oil prices to average $56 a barrel in 2018, up from 2017 average of $53/bbl
Oil prices are forecast to rise to $56 a barrel...
AI finds a niche in climate policy
AN OPEN AI-powered tool is unlocking over 1,600 documents and 170,000 pages of global climate policy and research.
Climate Policy Radar’s Global Stocktake Explorer, funded...
