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Oil North of 60: Africa Seeks to Cash in on Energy Crunch
Already jittery markets, largely without direction, are braced for a near-perfect storm as central banks taper their bond-buying sprees and shelling across the ‘line of separation’ in Ukraine intensifies – a possible, if not likely, presage to an all-out war
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Keep on Truckin’, urges Canada, but Protest Blockade evades an Easy Fix
What do truckers and Covid-19 vaccinations have in common? You would think very little, but recent events in Ottawa prove otherwise. In January, Covid-19 mandates required drivers to be vaccinated before crossing the US-Canada border — sparking the Freedom Convoy
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Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: Language Locks and Building Blocks
Language has been an inhibitor to the progress of sustainable business. Rather than putting a trendy new name on an essentially new business practice, a series of conflicting, complementary, and confusing labels has come into practice. Because this era is
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Fausto Ribeiro, CEO of Banco do Brasil: Green Dreams Coming True as Brazilian Bank Focuses on ESG
The financial sector has a key role to play in the transition to a new model. At Banco do Brasil, sustainable credit represents 37.5 percent of the total portfolio. Sustainability and environmental, social and governance issues have been steadily gaining
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World Bank: Investment Push Needed for Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development
As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 crisis, we face a world with a serious ‘reversal’ problem – a reversal in development progress made over the last 20 years, of a magnitude not seen in a generation. It
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Active RE Reaps Benefits of Being an Early Adopter with Juan Antonio Niño
Over the years, Juan Antonio Niño has established his place in the hierarchy of Latin America’s financial professionals. The chairman of the board of Active RE has held executive-level positions in some of the region’s most respected banks. In 1999,
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Virtually at Work, Physically at Home: VR Tech Ups the Ante
The work-from-home movement may soon take the leap from temporary necessity to selling point. Facebook’s $3bn acquisition of Oculus in 2014 spawned a virtual office space for employees working from home. The Facebook / Meta VR flagship, Quest 2, released
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OECD: Plugging the SDG Financing Gap
Ensuring Blended Finance can mobilise private finance, particularly in the Least Developed Countries and towards Social Sectors, will require a systemic and transformational approach. Even before the arrival of COVID-19, the SDG financing gap was significant. The private sector is
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AUM Asset Management Ltd.: ESG Investing from the Bottom Up & Top Down – Setting a New Standard
Malta-based AUM Asset Management Ltd. has made ESG investing a core part of its investment approach and strategy. AUM Asset Management Ltd. is an independent investment management company founded in 2015 by financier and investor Jean-François de Clermont-Tonnerre, which offers
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YLG Group – Precious Metals and Changing Trading Rules: Expertise is the Only Way to Navigate the Space
YLG Bullion International was established in 2003 to recognise Thailand’s growing demand for alternative investments, and the import and trade of gold. YLG Bullion International is one of the members and board of the Gold Traders Association of Thailand. YLG
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