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Empowering Women Must be Economic Priority Number One

Vijay Eswaran

Businesses that neglect their most valuable assets lose competitiveness and long-term profitability. The same is true on a larger scale for national economies. So why do we continue to tolerate the enormous, yet preventable waste of human capital caused by gender inequality? Isn’t it time we addressed this question as one of the top international …

Emerging “Post-Digital” World Provides New Opportunities for Businesses to Deliver Personalized Realities and Experiences, According to Accenture Technology Vision 2019

Successful businesses will take advantage of new set of technologies but prioritize trust, responsibility, privacy and security BENGALURU; Feb. 7, 2019 – The enterprise is entering a new “post-digital” era, where success will be based on an organization’s ability to master a set of new technologies that can deliver personalized realities and experiences for customers, employees …

Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 shows anti-corruption efforts stalled in most countries

Analysis reveals corruption contributing to a global crisis of democracy The 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released today by Transparency International reveals that the continued failure of most countries to significantly control corruption is contributing to a crisis of democracy around the world. “With many democratic institutions under threat across the globe – often by …

Disability Inclusion Is ‘Good Business’ Despite Low Awareness

Bolstering disability rights leads to clear returns, agreed panellists from the top echelons of business The case for disability inclusion comes from the head and from the heart, but awareness is inadequate For more information about the Annual Meeting, visit www.weforum.org Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 25 January 2019 – It is in the interests of corporations and …

Real Progress Imminent in Creating Circular Plastics Economy

Businesses and governments are actively working towards creating a circular economy for plastics It is in developing countries that the challenge of plastic pollution is most formidable, given the paucity of waste management and advanced recycling systems To effect a behaviour change among consumers, alternatives products and actions have to be made convenient and price-competitive …

IT IS STILL 2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

Welcome to “The New Abnormal”: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Keeps Iconic Doomsday Clock As Close to Midnight As It Has Been Since 1953; Lack of Progress on Nuclear, Climate Issues Seen as Ongoing Concerns Compounded by Corrosive Impact of “Information Warfare” WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 24, 2019 – Citing lack of progress on nuclear …