While much of today’s fintech debate focuses on the potential applications of the technology to financial services, just as important are the underlying reasons why the industry is pursui...
Nearly half the world’s population now lives in households with enough discretionary income to be considered ’middle class’. Driven largely by an explosion in this section of society in I...
Climate change is visibly disrupting business. It is driving unprecedented physical impacts, such as the increased frequency of extreme weather events affecting business infrastructure; i...
We live at a crossroads, both for humankind and our planet. Will we find a way to walk a sustainable path, or will we stand outside the laws of nature, imperiling the planet and its people?
This week in Davos brings together leading thinkers on a range of topics of global significance, including two not often mentioned in the same breath: the Sustainable Development Goals (S...
If the world is to meet the Paris climate agreement objective of limiting global warming to well below 2°C , it will have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and industrial...
One of the questions I’m asked most frequently as the CEO of a global company – one that operates across more than 200 countries and territories – is: “Am I worried about rising protectio...
Nationalism is rising, but is it here to stay? The election of right-leaning leaders across the globe has been a striking feature of the past year, with far-right factions across Europe, ...
In 2014, the world experienced the first-ever major Ebola epidemic. Over the following two years, nearly 30,000 Ebola cases were reported. More than 11,000 people died across multiple cou...
Mental health and brain disorders are increasingly prevalent. Suicide and depression affect people who may appear “healthy”, as evidenced by several tragic high profile suicides in 2018. ...
By now, many of us will have read the dire warnings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). After noting that the impact of a global temperature increase of just 1.5˚C ...
With the Fourth Industrial Revolution underway, India must leverage this period of robust economic development for inclusive growth. But lack of skills development and job creation presen...
Although sustainability is increasingly a priority for consumers when making purchasing decisions, with packaging often central to a product’s visual appeal for purchasers - many business...
When digitalization began to gather pace two decades ago, Europeans failed to embrace its potential. The political narrative too often cast it as a threat to jobs. By contrast, US firms g...
The time for action is now.
