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Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: The Board Perspective on ESGEvan Harvey, Nasdaq: The Board Perspective on ESG

Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: The Board Perspective on ESG

Sustainability is a moving target. Though we might want uniformity, unanimity, and harmonisation — of standards, disclosures, and data points…

5 years ago
ISID, McGill University: Updating the DFIs’ Operating Models to Achieve the UN 2030 SDG AgendaISID, McGill University: Updating the DFIs’ Operating Models to Achieve the UN 2030 SDG Agenda

ISID, McGill University: Updating the DFIs’ Operating Models to Achieve the UN 2030 SDG Agenda

The UN General Assembly set the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) five years ago. The estimated annual amount of investment needed…

5 years ago
Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: Medium Is the Message – ESG Delivery and Market DistrustEvan Harvey, Nasdaq: Medium Is the Message – ESG Delivery and Market Distrust

Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: Medium Is the Message – ESG Delivery and Market Distrust

Despite cultural assumptions surrounding content and interpretation, we tend to believe that the way we communicate is meaningful. "In operational…

5 years ago
Håvard Halland and Justin Lin: How to Mobilise Private Capital for Climate FinanceHåvard Halland and Justin Lin: How to Mobilise Private Capital for Climate Finance

Håvard Halland and Justin Lin: How to Mobilise Private Capital for Climate Finance

The conclusion of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most recent report is stark: climate action is far…

6 years ago
The Roca Brothers: Community-Based Solutions for Food SecurityThe Roca Brothers: Community-Based Solutions for Food Security

The Roca Brothers: Community-Based Solutions for Food Security

To become the best is not necessary to go global. Spain’s three Roca brothers, celebrated as royalty in foodie circles,…

6 years ago
Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: What’s Driving ESG? A Top Ten ListEvan Harvey, Nasdaq: What’s Driving ESG? A Top Ten List

Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: What’s Driving ESG? A Top Ten List

The prevalence and prominence of sustainability as a vital concept in the world - let alone the business community -…

7 years ago
Otaviano Canuto, World Bank: Can Services Replace Manufacturing as an Engine for Development?Otaviano Canuto, World Bank: Can Services Replace Manufacturing as an Engine for Development?

Otaviano Canuto, World Bank: Can Services Replace Manufacturing as an Engine for Development?

Manufacturing expansion has been a vehicle for job creation, productivity increases, and growth in non-advanced economies since the second half…

7 years ago
Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: Stock Exchanges – An Engine for Sustainable DevelopmentEvan Harvey, Nasdaq: Stock Exchanges – An Engine for Sustainable Development

Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: Stock Exchanges – An Engine for Sustainable Development

The modern stock exchange is a hybrid institution: listing venue, market steward, investment and regulatory liaison, product and service creator,…

8 years ago
Grant Thornton Hong Kong: M&A – Cultural Alignment for Successful IntegrationGrant Thornton Hong Kong: M&A – Cultural Alignment for Successful Integration

Grant Thornton Hong Kong: M&A – Cultural Alignment for Successful Integration

Too often companies put together look great on paper but are fraught with management and structural problems that end up turning…

9 years ago
SpaceX: Making a Splash in Privatised Space ExplorationSpaceX: Making a Splash in Privatised Space Exploration

SpaceX: Making a Splash in Privatised Space Exploration

The United States government is outsourcing its business in space at an astronomical rate. Contracts worth billions of dollars are…

9 years ago