This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Oliver Harman, Cities Economist, International Growth Centre & Ondine Berland, Masters Student and Research Assistant, Paris School of Economics Buying carbon is too cheap and easy. ‘Gateway tax’, focussing on air pollution, could be initial step. Outdoor air […]The gateway to carbon pricing? Air pollution policy
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Oliver Harman, Cities Economist, International Growth Centre & Ondine Berland, Masters Student and Research Assistant, Paris School of Economics Buying carbon is too cheap and easy. ‘Gateway tax’, focussing on air pollution, could be initial step. Outdoor air […]3 steps to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness in the digital age
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Peter Lochbihler, Global Director, Public Affairs, Booking.com Europe’s economic advantages include cultural diversity, an educated workforce and public services to support a stable and prosperous business environment. The Digital Single Market (DSM) can help traditional industry sectors take […]A 3-step plan for carbon-neutral cars
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Michael Lightfoot, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, LeasePlan While greener than traditional cars, EVs are not yet truly sustainable. More renewable energy on the grid will lower their environmental impact. Governments must incentivize EV ownership until it becomes the […]Four key challenges for cybersecurity leaders
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Fortinet Cybersecurity must be built-in to every product and system. Achieving this will pose four challenges for business leaders. By overcoming them, we can create a truly […]In rural Bangladesh, solar power is changing lives
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Rosamond Hutt, Senior Writer, Formative Content Off-grid solar home systems are improving living standards for people in rural areas of Bangladesh. Bangladesh has one of the world’s largest domestic solar energy programmes. Solar power is changing the lives […]How global tech companies can champion ethical AI
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Tim O’Brien, General Manager of AI Programs, Microsoft & Steve Sweetman, Director, Microsoft & Natasha Crampton, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Artificial Intelligence and Research, Microsoft & Venky Veeraraghavan, Group Program Manager, Microsoft The ethics of artificial intelligence, or AI, […]We need better alignment between climate and trade. Here’s a roadmap
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, Senior Researcher, The Graduate Institute, Geneva; Senior Research Associate, Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford & John W.H. Denton, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Trade and climate policy-makers have worked in separate silos […]Business can be profitable AND drive progress on societal priorities
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Brian T. Moynihan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America Companies can create business models to advance sustainable development. The private sector can help address the world’s biggest problems. Accounting firms developing metrics to measure performance. “Society […]How to talk to people about mental health – and support one another
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Fatima Azzahra El Azzouzi, Global Shaper, Casablanca Hub, It’s time to act on, not just talk about, mental health. Global Shapers trains volunteer youth to help each other out with mental health issues. Empathy is the best therapy. […]The children’s continent: keeping up with Africa’s growth
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Bandar Hajjar, President, Islamic Development Bank By 2050 two in every five children will be born in Africa. Urban population expected to triple. ‘Smart’ cities are developing but planners need to be prepared. The world’s population is growing, […]5 ways the world is rallying around Australia as bushfires rage
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Senior Writer, Formative Content Bushfires continue to rage across huge tracts of land in Australia. Firefighters from the United States and Canada have joined the rescue efforts, assisting thousands of local volunteers to combat the flames. […]This man is installing 100 trash barriers in Bali’s rivers to stop plastic pollution
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content Sungai Watch is the latest initiative from Gary and Sam Bencheghib, whose Make a Change platform promotes ocean plastic clean-up. Make a Change has partnered with German tech start-up Plastic Fischer to […]The power of partnership: joining forces to fight financial crime
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Edmond, Senior Writer, Formative Content Financial crime is a complex and ever-evolving issue. 49% of global organisations victim of fraud or economic crime. Regulators, law enforcement and industry working together. We are living in a period of […]How Gen Z and Millennials can learn to love manufacturing jobs for real
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Lawrence Whittle, CEO, Parsable Industrial companies face several challenges that make closing the talent gap more difficult than for other sectors. Yet, in the next 10 years, jobs in the industrial world may ironically be some of the […]Three trends shaping the future of mobility in 2020
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Michelle Avary, Head of Automotive and Autonomous Mobility, World Economic Forum The cost of owning private vehicles will rise. Citizens’ demands for inclusive mobility are growing in volume. More public-private partnerships will form to address mobility issues. As […]Forget retail therapy – this is the age of the conscious consumer
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Philipp Rickenbacher, Chief Executive Officer, Bank Julius Baer Today’s younger generations are taking an ethical approach to shopping. Conscious consumption is having widespread and positive effects. Ethical consumers will next turn to their investment portfolios. Published in 2000, […]A reality check on inclusive innovation
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Hikmet Ersek, President and Chief Executive Officer, Western Union There are still billions of people globally with little or no access to a “digital only” world. Understanding local market realities can help bridge that digital divide. Financial innovators […]Europe can be at the heart of tech with purpose
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Tom Wehmeier, Partner and Head of Research, Atomico • Venture-backed, purpose-driven companies represented 12% of all capital invested in Europe in 2019. • Talent and consumers are both demanding start-ups display social commitment. • Only 1 in 5 […]Global migration, by the numbers: who migrates, where they go and why
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Edmond, Senior Writer, Formative Content There are an estimated 272 million international migrants – 3.5% of the world’s population. While most people leave their home countries for work, millions have been driven away due to conflict, violence […]How one traumatised child survived genocide and started a movement for mental health
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content Around 8,000 people were killed in Rwanda and the brutality left mental scars. Grace Gatera was diagnosed with PTSD as a young child. She now campaigns to improve access to mental heath […]Here’s how the WTO can help address plastic pollution
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, Senior Researcher, The Graduate Institute, Geneva; Senior Research Associate, Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford The WTO has a vital role to play in the trade-related aspects of tackling plastics pollution. ⦁ Governments are […]Want to shop more sustainably and recycle better? This app could help
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content Imagine you’re in a tech store, shopping for a new laptop. Value for money is on your wish-list, but so is low environmental impact. Luckily, there is an app for that! A […]Cobalt mining is a global scandal. We must build an ethical battery
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Anna Pienaar, Global Vice-President, Corporate and Government Affairs, International Justice Mission (IJM) The thirst for green batteries is fuelling exploition in countries like the DRC. Exploitation is deeply rooted in the cobalt industry, but it is not inevitable. […]Can agroforestry save India’s rivers and the farms that depend on them?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: JV Sadhguru, Founder, Isha Foundation The very origins of Indian civilization can be found on the banks of rivers such as the Sindhu, the Sutlej, and the long-lost Saraswati. In southern India, human societies flourished near the Krishna, […]Using CO2 as an industrial feedstock could change the world. Here’s how
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Volker Sick, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director Global CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan Using recovered CO2 as a feedstock can boost growth and lower emissions The market could be worth trillions of dollars Governments and business leaders can […]How cocoa farming can help stop deforestation
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gerard A. Manley, CEO, Olam Cocoa • Increasing demand for agricultural land putting pressure on forests. • High proportion of cocoa smallholdings means doubly acute pressure. • Digital farming tools can help identify farmable forest areas. The world’s […]Mobility in 2020: a female perspective
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Frieda Bellmann, Strategic designer, White Octopus & Lieke Ypma, Innovation strategist, White Octopus & Diana Polack, City designer, City of Berlin Mobility is not gender neutral, and may have a male bias Women have different needs and behaviours […]Here’s how to rebut the climate doom-mongers
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director, Greenpeace International Despite increasingly doom-laden projections, the global economy now realizes it must contribute towards a sustainable future Many technological and industrial solutions to our problems already exist With ambition and will, we can […]Questions directors need to ask in the age of stakeholder capitalism
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Milton Cheng, Global Chair, Baker McKenzie & Beatriz Pessoa de Araujo, Partner; Head, Corporate Governance, Baker McKenzie & Julia Hayhoe, Chief Strategy Officer; Member of the Global Executive Committee, Baker McKenzie Shareholder capitalism is making way for stakeholder […]From books to bikes: 4 unexpected gender gaps
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content Gender parity will not be attained for almost 100 years, according to the latest Global Gender Gap Report. Outside of well-known areas such as pay, there are some surprising gaps. These include […]Want a sustainable business? Hire in talent
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Clarke Murphy, CEO, Russell Reynolds Few companies have embraced sustainability in their hiring processes. Businesses should learn from the digital shift and hire in talent with new skills. The way companies select leaders will have a lasting impact […]Businesses are thriving, societies are not. Time for urgent change
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Orit Gadiesh, Chairman, Bain & Company Inc. & Andrew Schwedel, Co-Chair, Bain Futures Businesses must urgently change to support the societies they operate in. Climate change and economic unfairness are among 6 flashpoints for companies. Globalization has lifted […]Is corporation tax good or bad for growth?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jane McCormick, Partner; Global Head, Tax, KPMG & Christopher Morgan, Head of Global Tax Policy, KPMG Business requires a stable society to which it should contribute. Business pays taxes on production, people, property and environmental impact, as well […]
