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Circular Economy Can Generate US$ 1 Trillion Annually by 2025

New report finds that a shift towards a circular economy can generate US$ 500 million in material cost savings, 100,000 new jobs and prevent 100 million tonnes of waste globally within five years Project Mainstream initiative aims to accelerate cross-sector engagement towards a circular economy Explore the interactive report Towards a Circular Economy For more information about …

President Rouhani of Iran Delivers Message of Friendship and Hop

Iran seeks to become one of the world’s top 10 economies in the future The international community needs to work together to help Syria President expects to conclude a comprehensive nuclear agreement The theme of the 44th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics and Business For more information, visit http://wef.ch/Davos …

Social Media @davos

Social media interviews with select participants throughout the Annual Meeting The official event hashtag is #WEF14 New conversation tool allows viewers to participate in live chats during sessions Over 100 participants contributing to Forum:Blog The Annual Meeting 2014 can be followed on multiple digital platforms http://wef.ch/am14social Geneva, Switzerland, 17 January 2014 – This year, there are more ways …

Trust in Global Financial Institutions Stronger Over 2013 but Remains Negative

Thomson Reuters TRust Index Fourth-Quarter Results Down on Third Quarter Trust in global financial institutions remains negative at the year end; regional differences narrow Regulatory activity up 43% on 2012, with 103 average daily alerts in 2013 Divergence between strong analyst growth estimates and low investor expectations for growth continues LONDON/NEW YORK, January 16, 2014 …

BHP Billiton Appoints New President Corporate Affairs

January 15, 2014 BHP Billiton today announced the appointment of Mr Tony Cudmore as President, Corporate Affairs. Tony will join the Group Management Committee (GMC) and commence in his role on 3 March 2014. He will report to the Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie and will be based at the Company’s headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. …

Changes in Outotec’s Executive Board

Mr Kimmo Kontola, currently Executive Vice President, President of APAC region at Outotec has been appointed to lead the Americas region business as of March 1, 2014. In this position, Kimmo Kontola follows Jari Rosendal, who has been appointed as President and CEO of Kemira Oyj as of May 1, 2014. As Executive Vice President, President …

India@75 launches first National Volunteering Week

India’s first National Volunteering Week starts January 12th, 2014   The movement of the people, for the people and by the people – India@75 announces for the first time in India the National Volunteering Week starting 12th January to 18th January 2014. The pan-India initiative callson every Indian tocontribute in terms of their time and …

ICAI convocation in Kolkata

Kolkata, January 6, 2014: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) felicitated newly enrolled members and distributed certificates to the rank holders at a convocation in Kolkata today.   Chartered Accountant (CA) Subodh Kumar Agrawal, President, ICAI, addressing a press briefing said, “The primary goal of the ICAI would be to uphold public confidence …

Subodh Kumar Agrawal takes over as SAFA president

Kolkata :CA. Subodh Kumar Agrawal, FCA, President, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has been appointed as the President of South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) for the year 2014 w.e.f. 1st January 2014. He was the Vice-President of SAFA for the year 2013. Having passionately represented Indian accountancy profession on the international front, …