Where do we come from? Where are we going? What does that mean for business? Right now, our future isn’t looking too bright. There is growing mistrust in the economic and political system, global concern over our planet and the consequences of centuries of pollution as well as the dramatic …
It’s interesting to think about what externalities meant to business years ago, before the current context with SDGs, corporate responsibility and ESG criteria gaining ground. The general opinion was that they had no impact on profitability. Indeed, for many decades, economists considered the impact of production and consumption on the …
Governance, in simple terms, is how a governing entity, regardless of its size, interacts and makes decisions to accomplish a goal. You may find dozens of definitions of it, more or less sophisticated, but they all come down to the same idea. Corporate governance is gaining traction in financial services, …
Tidal waves of global growth, our heavy dependence on fossil fuels, and our constant need for innovation have led us to a world of inconsistencies and widening gaps between underdeveloped and developed countries. Our world is fracturing, and the fractures are growing bigger and bigger. In a report released in …
Many companies are desperately looking for candidates to fill their increasing job vacancies. Meanwhile hundreds of millions of unemployed, overqualified or under-skilled workers do not, or no longer, have the relevant skill sets required to fulfil specific roles. This lost workforce represents an incredible loss in growth and economic prosperity. …
ESG. This acronym has been gaining strength and importance throughout the European institutions’ agendas and across industries, both locally and globally. Even if you’ve only heard the term in recent years, this pillar towards a greener economy has been around for a while. How did ESGs move from being niche …
Where is our planet heading? The larger part of the news you read everyday never shows that we’re actually doing quite well – violence, hunger, war, crisis, pollution, climate change – all of them grab the main headlines and front pages of digital and traditional media. The current outlook is …
Our Golden Age Index 2018 shows that the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) is gradually improving towards a greater engagement of older individuals in the workforce. Weighing an average of seven indicators that reflect the labour market for workers over 55 years, the Index shows that countries like …
