According to the 2022 World Inequality Report, the richest 10% of the global population takes 52% of global income and owns 76% of all wealth, while the poorest half of the population earns just 8.5% of global income and 2% of wealth.
A new IBM Institute for Business Value study* revealed that sustainability is rising higher on corporate agendas, and CEOs recognize sustainability as a business imperative and growth driver.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020 and the world “stopped” for a moment, the transport sector experienced some of the most dramatic effects. Global road transport activity was cut in half, and public transit ridership dropped by 50 to 90% in some major metropolitan areas.
The pace of technology innovation is growing ever faster, and we are starting to see wider adoption and applications for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing.
Over the past 10 years, discussions around the Chief Financial Officer’s role in sustainability have been largely symbolic.
The 2022 WBCSD Leadership Program kicked off with 38 leaders from 26 participating companies across the world.
Energy storage is going to be a quintessential part of the new power system architecture as it not only helps to balance out the variability in generation but could also enable consumption of a higher proportion of self-generated renewable power by consumers and reduce the need to feed excess electricity back into the grid.
Bringing together the agendas on health and nature might just be one of our best hopes: to tackle nature loss and climate change at the same time as protecting and improving health.
The Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) brings together governments, experts, businesses and NGOs to reduce emissions and increase resilience in the built environment.
The CLP Group has adopted a double materiality approach in its newly-published Sustainability Report and integrated Annual Report to better reflect environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities in its business strategy from both a financial and an impact perspective.