Race Against Time: Can UN Climate Talks Deliver a Lifeline for a Heating Planet? As the clock ticks down in Azerbaijan, negotiators at the United Nations annual climate conference face mounting pressure to hammer out a deal that could reshape the future of global climate policy. Central to the discussions is an ambitious goal: securing […]
"Earth is now our only shareholder", now states the website of Patagonia. "I never wanted to be a businessman," said the billionaire founder of the company. "I started as a craftsman, making climbing gear for my friends and myself, then got into apparel. As we began to witness the extent of global warming and ecological […]
You’ve probably noticed an increasing number of businesses pledging to go “net zero” in recent years. According to research, at least one-fifth of the largest public companies in the world have promised to meet net zero targets soon, with a view to mitigating their impact on the planet. So, what can small-to-medium-sized companies learn from this […]
“Wow, you sure sound like you’re anti-business….” That was what an audience member said to me after I gave a recent talk. I found the remark curious, considering I spoke about the important role businesses must play in solving today’s crises, some existential. I’ve been in business my entire career, from startups to Fortune 500; […]
One of the main messages from COP26 was that governments and businesses need to be more generous to avert further catastrophes on this planet. The lack of generosity the West shows the rest of the world is shocking – for example, if we showed more generosity and paid for the rest of the world to be […]
Against the backdrop of the climate crisis, unsustainable inequality, growing dividedness and divisiveness, and lack of a consensus about what is true, “business as usual” is no longer an option. We are starting to see a global awakening: we need new systems in every sector and more employees are now speaking out, taking a stance […]
And so, naturally, newspaper coverage tends to focus on headline-grabbing stories – Insulate Rebellion’s latest superglue stunt, Greta Thunberg’s football chant or the hypocrisy of private jet-hopping premiers. But the untold story is not the stunts during the 14-day fandango, but how we take the serious work that went on behind the scenes and turn […]
The two biggest digital developments that will impact humanity are going to be in artificial intelligence and biotechnologies. Advances in quantum computing, cloud computing and computer chip processing capacity, for example, now mean that AI solutions have the ability to model and find solutions to real-world complex problems. In parallel, the world’s largest businesses are […]
Gary Connors, Partner at Oliver Wight EAME, explains what business should be doing in the wake of the COP26 summit. The dialogue and agreements witnessed at COP26 this year have brought on important advances. Despite the last-minute disappointments on the reduction of the usage of coal by China and India the conference reflected a strong […]
The business leaders, mostly chief executives of Brazillian companies, released a joint statement warning that Brazil could be “excluded from a new economic-climate order that is unfolding before our eyes.” Signatories included the local chiefs of Amazon, Shell, Embraer, and the global chief executives of the world’s largest meatpacker JBS. "Brazil should maintain its central […]
BlackRock is making a five-year, $100 million grant to clean energy from its charitable foundation. Microsoft, alongside other supporters such as General Motors, American Airlines, and Bank of America, is providing a mix of equity capital and “offtakes”, or purchase agreements tied to the clean-energy projects. “We’re not doing this to make money,” Larry Fink […]
In an Instagram post, Amazon’s Founder announced that he’s planning to “work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share”. He plans to fund scientists, activists and NGOs, and to get involved in any effort that “offers a […]
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