On the surface, the most recent findings from the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2022 Global Gender Gap Report demonstrate that there has been some movement towards gender equality in the last year. According to the report, at the current rate of progress, it is predicted to…
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Carmakers Look to a Greener Supply Chain
While received wisdom tells us electric vehicles (EVs) are cleaner and greener than their fossil fuel powered counterparts, this established narrative masks a much more complex and less binary reality. The EV landscape needs to be looked at in its entirety to encompass not simply the end user experience but…
GMO Jeremy Grantham Viewpoints
Putin’s Invasion Reminds Us That We Live In A Finite World In Which Resource Prices Tend to Rise. Executive Summary As a species, we must make the jump to full sustainability. Decarbonizing our economy will be spectacularly resource intensive, and all key commodities required are finite in supply. Russia’s…
Lyft And Uber – The Challenge For The Ride Hailing Giants
The labour crunch has turned from a headache into a severe migraine for Lyft as it faces an uphill battle in the big fight to attract drivers back into its ranks. As demand for ride hailing services fell off a cliff during the pandemic, some of its most reliable recruits…
Resilience Rises in The Face of Geopolitical Threats
For the last two years, it feels like we’ve lived in a state of ongoing crisis as unexpected global events have disrupted organisations in every part of the world. From a global pandemic and massive supply chain disruptions to rising inflation/cost of living and large-scale cyberattacks that have stopped businesses…
Sokin To Set Up The First Singular Metaverse World For Ecommerce
Sokin, the next generation payments provider, is set to enable full ecommerce payments for the first time in the metaverse, allowing brands and businesses to grow from its physical store into the virtual world. Currently no single metaverse world exists where consumers can shop their…