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Uzbekistan on the Path to Becoming Carbon-Neutral
In the race to become carbon-neutral, it is useful to look at where the race began. In Uzbekistan, a nation rich in natural gas, it began with nearly all energy requirements — 96.75 percent in 2019 — being met by
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Does Anyone Care About the Environment? Nordea Finance CEO Peter Hupfeld Does, and Always Has
When Nordea Finance CEO Peter Hupfeld graduated as an environmental engineer in 1998 he, like many of his fellow students, had big dreams of making a difference. “Then I stepped out into reality, and no one really cared about environmental
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Brexit: Fishing in Troubled Waters
It’s perhaps a case of having your fish and eating it too. The number of analogies that may be rallied to describe the current standoff between the European Union and the United Kingdom over the post-Brexit assignment fish stocks is
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Reitan Convenience: Value-Based Leadership to Drive Sustainability Effort
With a 125-year history of convenience retailing, Reitan Convenience has an established and enviable position in the convenience market. With branches across seven countries in the Nordics and Baltics — and, with its franchisees, almost 14,000 employees — the group
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CEO of Reitan Convenience AS: Johannes Sangnes
Johannes Sangnes is a Norwegian businessman with broad international experience from the convenience industry, having successfully led Reitan Convenience in Norway, Sweden and Finland. As CEO of Reitan Convenience AS he oversees 10 companies in seven countries. Sangnes believes in
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SG Finans AS: Financing Green Revolution to Keep the World Turning
The financial sector is at the heart of an essential shift to more sustainable development, based on a more inclusive and sustainable economy. Société Générale is one of the founding banks for the Principles for Responsible Banking, and has been
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CFI.co Meets the CEO and Founder of Auka: Daniel Döderlein
Norwegian native, fintech pioneer and Top 200 European fintech influencer, Daniel Döderlein is the CEO and founder of Auka. He has more than twenty years of entrepreneurial experience in the fields of IT, product development, advertising, and financial services. He
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World Bank Group: Should Oil Exporters Shift Capital Stock to Renewables?
As the Financial Times pointed out recently, oil companies such as ExxonMobil and Shell would, under measures considered for the global climate pact to be sealed in Paris next year, cease to exist in their current forms in 35 years.
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British Referenda and Europe: Patience Is a Conquering Virtue
Afflicted by a veritable referendum craze, Britain seems set to question its very existence. In the wake of a stunning victory at the polls, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is looking to exploit its near-monopoly on politics north of The
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World Bank Group: A Promising New Resource for Development – The Potential of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Mobilizing finance for long-term, large-scale direct investment in development is a daunting global challenge. However, a growing and potentially vast source of capital seems poised to transform the process of financing development, reducing poverty and building shared prosperity in some
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