Société Générale Congo: Innovation in Congo Puts Societe Generale in Leadership Position

Société Générale Congo launched in April 2012 as a subsidiary of leading European financial services provider Société Générale Group. It has since become one of the main players in the country’s banking sector. Managing director and CEO Alain Calmels has

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A Reacquaintance with Inflation: Safe Havens in Short Supply

An entire generation of workers, executives, and entrepreneurs has never experienced inflation and know the phenomenon only from history books. The Great Inflation of the 1970s is usually attributed to the sudden rise of oil prices after OPEC asserted its

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Graphite and Graphene for the Green Transition: Tirupati Graphite Leading the Way

As the world moves deeper into the energy transition, new materials are needed to support technologies that will lower carbon outputs for the future. Graphite is officially listed as a critical mineral in the EU and the US. Its potential

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Spring Reads: Three Business Books on the CFI.co Radar

Naomi Snelling buries herself in some inspiring works that bring meaning — and more — to corporate life. Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies by Ranjay Gulati A wave of books about corporate purpose has broken over

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Rebecca Carter, WiseEnergy: Aligning the Stars to Create a Smart Solar System

When Rebecca Carter joined WiseEnergy as COO in February 2019, she was seeking to return to an international role in a socially responsible industry with enormous growth potential. She was successfully assimilated into the renewables sector and within nine months

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AVEVA: Software is the Key to Sustainable Industries

Digital thinking and data-led operations will accelerate the drive to net-zero and a decade of action. By Peter Herweck, CEO of AVEVA The world is on the cusp of transformation to sustainability. Global leaders are faced with a golden —

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CBRE: Multifamily Assets Consolidate Real Estate Investment Growth

Real estate investor appetite for European multifamily properties has been thriving in the past decade. Resilient income-driven performance, sustained by strong occupier market fundamentals and long-term socio-demographic trends, should continue to fuel the rise of this asset class. Last year

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Lord Waverley: First In, Best Dressed — UK’s Bid to Join Key Regional Trade Agreement

The United Kingdom has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a trade agreement between 11 countries stretching from Vietnam to Peru, including Japan. Its members contain some of the fastest-growing economies in the world,

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Sanctions Against Russia Resemble a Boxing Match

The economic sanctions against Russia announced last week by the US and Europe are having a profound impact on the Russian economy — and repercussions at home. As in a boxing match, the expectation is that blows to the opponent

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Luke Haverhals: Tech Platforms Unlock the Superpowers of Plants to Combat the Plastic Menace

Plastic is affordable, widely available, durable and versatile — but its environmental costs have become too steep. Great masses of discarded plastic swirl around the ocean and break down; scientists have found microplastics even in remote and pristine places such

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