WWF and Inter IKEA have extended their 20-year collaboration to include new projects in Colombia and Brazil. These projects aim to safeguard biodiversity and landscapes while also empowering local communities and curbing the alarming loss of forests. In Brazil, a new project focuses on addressing environmental loss in the Atlantic Forest biome, the Cerrado biome, […]
Read & Discuss »Air Liquide and Sasol have signed new Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with the global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power, for the long-term supply of a capacity of 97.5 MW of renewable power to Sasol’s Secunda site, in South Africa, where Air Liquide operates the biggest oxygen production site in the world. This is […]
Read & Discuss »A recent paper released by Opportunity Insights, a Harvard-based team of researchers and policy analysts, found that children of the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans were 13 times likelier than the children of low-income families to score 1300 or higher on SAT/ACT tests. Written by economists Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and David Deming, the paper […]
Read & Discuss »The International Finance Corporation (IFC), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and World Economic Forum (the Forum) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on initiatives to advance digital inclusion through financial services, with the aim of reducing inequalities for people and smaller businesses in emerging and developing economies. 2. The partnership will focus on finding ways […]
Read & Discuss »America is in the midst of a startup boom. More than 5 million businesses were formed in 2022 — a 42 percent increase from pre-pandemic levels — and the U.S. Census Bureau recently reported continued strength in business creation through the first nine months of 2023. During a time of unprecedented business creation, what does […]
Read & Discuss »The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts welcomed 147 new citizens during a naturalization ceremony Tuesday at Harvard Business School. USCIS Boston District Director Denis C. Riordan presented the candidates to the court, District Judge Denise J. Casper presided, and the clerk of the court, Samantha […]
Read & Discuss »The governing board of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) endorsed two wide-ranging investment plans to transform the energy systems of Costa Rica and Fiji and help enable each country’s grid system to absorb and channel more clean power. Each investment plan represents a first-of-its-kind effort in these countries — channeling $45 million to Costa Rica […]
Read & Discuss »Usha Rao-Monari Former Assistant Secretary General, UNDP interview with Ketan Patel – Force for Good
Video Archives Now Available: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Former Assistant Secretary General Usha Rao-Monari one-on-one interview with Show Host, Ketan Patel, “Force For Good” ESG News releases Usha Rao-Monari Former Assistant Secretary General, UNDP one-on-one interview with Force for Good Host and Chairman Ketan Patel, live from London, England. Highlights – Usha Rao-Monari speaks to […]
Read & Discuss »Ketan Patel, Chair, Force for Good speaks to Usha Rao-Monari, former USG of UN Development Programme
Usha Rao-Monari, former USG of the UN Development Programme, explains the imperative for levelling up the world. Coverage provided by ESG News. Usha Rao-Monari is the Former Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from April 2021 to July 2023. As the United Nations lead agency on international development, UNDP works in […]
Read & Discuss »Lead investor, Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Unilever Group, has joined forces with True Beauty Ventures, a US based investment firm specializing in scaling beauty and wellness brands to complete the first institutional financing round for The 7 Virtues. This is the first time either investor has chosen to invest in the […]
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