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The Great ‘Ex-Retire Hire’: Over-50s Plugging Labour Shortages
Guy Garnett explores the fascinating return of retirees to the workforce, driven by labour shortages and economic pressures. A Surprising Shift in Recruitment Trends Recent research from LinkedIn reveals that nearly three-quarters of UK businesses are actively hiring retirees to
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Asian Development Bank – Freezing the Impact: Tackling Glacial Melt with Resilient Solutions
Glacial melting threatens regional water security, ecosystems, and economies. Countries must prioritise low-carbon, climate-resilient development through sustainable solutions such as nature-based systems, renewable energy, and diversified financing to manage risks and sustain development. Glaciers are essential to the climate, ecological
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Lego-like Building Blocks from Recycled Plastic: Click to Win?
This playful idea could conceivably be a solution to our waste problem. But there are hitches… The global plastic epidemic has fed billions of tonnes of non-biodegradable trash into landfills and oceans over the decades — and we’re running out
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How the Covid-19 Pandemic Reshaped the Business World
The crisis rocked global economies and upended daily business life in a series of upheavals and revolutions. Covid-19 impacted the global business landscape as much as it did daily life, bringing changes that no one could have predicted. The crisis
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Otaviano Canuto: Politics and Climate Change Make Awkward Bedfellows in the Race to Tackle a Truly Fearsome Foe
The earth’s average surface temperature this May was higher than any other May on record… what can, and should, governments be doing? According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, May’s temperature was 1.52 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial
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Generational Call-to-Arms in the Fight to Save Our World
An Irish group puts into words the unspoken fears of a global population, and turns buzzwords into direct action. Environmental services and technology business FLI Global is ready to take on the world — or its problems, anyway. The firm,
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AccountAbility: Building Better Boards
Building a strong and effective board of directors can be a daunting challenge in today’s world. High-profile board failures, the rise in activist investing, and innovative market disruptions are just the tip of an iceberg highlighting the imminent need to
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Norvestor: Leading the Charge in Sustainable Private Equity Transformation
The Green Transition is unstoppable and unavoidable; this Nordic company embraces the challenges. Private equity firms are crucial to future-proofing SMEs and developing sustainable business models for the worthy Green Transition movement. Nordic firm Norvestor has proven the worth of
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Asian Development Bank: Pathways to Transform Food Systems in Asia-Pacific Region
In the Asia and Pacific region, where the highest number of people face acute food insecurity, rice prices soared by more than 40 percent last year – against a global backdrop of falling food prices. High rice prices hit the
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The Man Driving the Rio Tinto Bus: Meet Jakob Stausholm
Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm is steering this mining giant as it rolls towards sustainability. Since taking over as CEO in January 2021, Stausholm has led the company through hills and valleys of transition, aiming always for environmental responsibility,
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