Boris Johnson hopes to blunt calls for urgent action on the cost of living crisis by stressing that work is the best route out of poverty, as an energy firm boss warned that 40% of households could soon be in…
Post-pandemic corporate sustainability trends
Recently, ATRAM, an independent asset and wealth manager company, awarded Philippine businesses who gradually crafted initiatives that address multiple, interlinked impact areas concerning the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations (UN). Sustainability teams on Globe Telecom, Bank…
ESG’s emerging influence in PHL business
Photo from redgreystock – freepik The year 2021 was considered the “year of ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) investing.” As Reuters reported last year, independent fund performance data firm Refinitiv Lipper’s study revealed that a record $649 billion was…
Ukraine top of the agenda in Davos as business leaders gather
World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell DAVOS, Switzerland — Russia would normally have its own “house” at the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a showcase for business leaders and investors. This year the space on the dressed-up main street…
What is on (and off) the agenda of the WHO Assembly?
Image via WHO/P. Virot GENEVA — More than 100 world health ministers will meet in Geneva next week for the first in-person assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) in three years as the United Nations agency seeks to define…
Millions at risk as India’s severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps
UNSPLASH NOIDA, India — As the scorching sun beat down on his fruit cart, Mohammad Ikrar dreaded another day of tossing out dozens of rotting mangoes and melons — a regular practice now as India grapples with an unprecedented heatwave.…
Australia’s new PM Albanese sworn in, ahead of Quad meet
Anthony Albanese, leader of Australia’s Labor Party, addresses supporters after incumbent Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Scott Morrison conceded defeat in the country’s general election, in Sydney, Australia May 21, 2022. — REUTERS SYDNEY — Australia’s Labor Party leader,…
With US help, Japan aims to go from player to power in space
The International Space Station. Image via nasa.gov TOKYO — Space is a key area of cooperation for Japan with the United States, its closest ally, amid heightened tensions with an increasingly assertive China, which itself aims to become a space…
[B-SIDE PODCAST] Trolls, TikTok, and the 2022 elections
Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side The use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube during the 2022 elections in the Philippines has exacerbated polarization and personality-oriented politics. In this B-Side episode, Jonathan C. Ong, associate professor of global digital…
ISOG commences 2022 METAVERSE I AM SECURE cybersecurity virtual forum series
The Information Security Officers Group (ISOG), the leading information security professional organization in the Philippines, successfully held on May 19 the first installment of its 2022 virtual cybersecurity forum series. With the theme Traversing Beyond the Realm of Cyberspace, the…