Month: February 2015

MIGA (World Bank): FDI – Treading Carefully into Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations

More than 1.5 billion people – about one in five of the global population – live in what the World…

9 years ago

Roderick and Floris Wolters: Freezing the Sun

Rummaging through the archives of Twente Technical University, two enterprising students struck gold: An experiment carried out around the turn…

9 years ago

Another Inconvenient Truth: Vice Pays

The politically correct and socially sustainable is, though certainly laudable, not particularly profitable. Investors shunning sin stocks manage portfolios that…

9 years ago

Book Review: Plus ça Change, Plus c’est la même Chose

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein Naomi Klein has seen the future and it does not…

9 years ago

Luxury Living: Music Delivered the Old-Fashioned Way

The news of its death was greatly exaggerated. Sales of vinyl records are spinning through the roof. According to Nielsen…

9 years ago

Europe & Greece: The Gathering of the Perfect Storm

The bears took hold of most European markets earlier today on news that the Greek government is determined to end…

9 years ago

Ginni Rometty: Steering a Behemoth onto the Cloud

Considered the world’s most powerful woman in business in 2012, IBM Chairperson and CEO Ginni Rometty is steering her company…

9 years ago

Principles for Responsible Investment: Investors Must Commit to Engaging Policymakers

The recent mobilisation by institutional investors over the climate change issue has captured media attention around the globe, clearly demonstrating…

9 years ago

Cityscape Jeddah 2015

Cityscape Jeddah 2015, the Jeddah Urban Development and Real Estate Investment Event, will give you the best view into the…

9 years ago

Corporate Knights Capital: Sustainability Reporting – Empowering Responsible Investing for Long-Term Prosperity

Last September, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced its pledge to divest its fossil fuel holdings as part of a larger…

9 years ago