IFC: Climate Change – Threat and Opportunity for Private Sector
As world leaders met at the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in...
SANGU DELLE (CEO Golden Palm Investments): Entrepreneurial capitalism with a conscience
LIKE many successful businessmen, Sangu Delle’s career as a relentless money spinner began in the school playground. Unlike his contemporaries, for whom a pop-up...
Innovative firms are more competitive and create more jobs
The ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook 2017: Sustainable Enterprises and Jobs, released earlier this month shows innovative companies tend to be more productive, create...
Scottish Salmon – What’s the catch?
It’s one of the biggest businesses in Scotland, but ask ten different experts about the state of the salmon industry and you’ll get ten...
ESG integration boost for Blackrock’s DC strategy
US INVESTMENT company BlackRock’s UK Defined Contribution (DC) default strategy, LifePath, is moving to the next phase of ESG integration.
The move will increase LifePath UK’s ESG exposure,...
Effective waste-management: a duty, not an option
A WELL-STRUCTURED waste management plan can affect the internal and external perspectives of a company.
It can also make a company more desirable to work...
Caring for people, looking for growth — wisdom from Tamer Group
INITIATIVES from Tamer Group are panning out in all sorts of positive ways. Its three-year plan to incorporate business-relevant WEF Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics — targeting...
UNCTAD Investment and Enterprise Division: An Investment Perspective on International Taxation
Tax avoidance practices by multinational enterprises (MNEs) often depend on corporate structures that are built by routing investments through offshore investment hubs or conduits...
Universities team-up to launch investment fund
TWELVE leading UK universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, have joined forces to create an investment fund.
The 10-year, multi-million-pound Impact 12 fund will support social...
Thomas Cook ceases trading, leaving tens of thousands of customers stranded...
AFTER almost 180 years in business holiday firm Thomas Cook has collapsed — leaving 150,000 Britons stranded abroad.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said...
