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Paul Polman's rallying cry for courageous leaders

GreenBiz

Governments already have spent $12 trillion to $13 trillion just to stabilize global economies ravaged by COVID-19. Many of these same governments are devising ways to reconstruct global economies by spending back better, addressing climate change and inequality along the way. Spend back better. Leadership. GreenBiz 21.

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NatureMetrics Raises $25 Million to Scale Biodiversity Monitoring and Reporting Platform

ESG Today

Founded in 2014, NatureMetrics provides solutions enabling companies to measure and report on nature impact. We are making nature data accessible and actionable, driving a shift towards a more sustainable global economy.

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Inogen Alliance Presence at COP28: Panel Discussion Side Event, 4 December in the Blue Zone

3BL Media

This event will delve into the means and examples of how to access funding by GCF and the critical role of ESG principles in shaping investment decisions and financial mechanisms to combat climate change and foster a more sustainable global economy.

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Russia SWIFT Ban Still Being Finalised; China Urges Dialogue

Chris Hall

Some countries, including Poland, had pushed for more banks to be included in the SWIFT ban, but there are concerns that the consequences could spill over into the global economy, especially when it comes to energy supplies. Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank, as well as Gazprombank, was spared. Korean banks had about US$1.47

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Are We Educating Students for a Future that Doesn’t Exist?

Daniel Burrus

And with exponential advances in technology being reached with each passing year, the pace at which the global economy is changing has increased proportionally. Over the past several years, the overall pool of law school applicants has dropped significantly; between 2014 and 2015, the applicant pool shrank by a whopping 8.5%.

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Two Pillars for a Sustainable Dialogue

Chris Hall

During lockdown, the global economy was disrupted so severely that it triggered a shift in mindset among business leaders to recognise the importance of ESG issues in creating a more resilient future. “ When I attended COP25 (Madrid) in 2019, there was talk of the climate crisis, but there was not a lot of urgency,” she says.

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Driven by a Mission to Engage

Chris Hall

Gallup data describes the phenomenon of ‘quiet quitting’, estimating that over half of the US workforce is engaged in this behaviour, with low employee engagement costing the global economy US$8.8