This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Michael van den Berg, ACT Fund Investment Director, Common Fund for Commodities Food commodity speculation has a negative impact on the world’s most vulnerable and is driving up hunger and global food insecurity.Many of those who are most […]Five reasons the private sector should invest in the potential of smallholder farmers
June 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Michael van den Berg, ACT Fund Investment Director, Common Fund for Commodities Food commodity speculation has a negative impact on the world’s most vulnerable and is driving up hunger and global food insecurity.Many of those who are most […]Closing gender gaps in the private sector benefits over 728,000 women
June 21, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. At the current rate of change, it will take more than 151 years to close the global economic gender gap.The World Economic Forum has supported 14 countries to convene Gender Parity Accelerators – national public-private collaboration platforms – that […]Climate adaptation: the $2 trillion market the private sector cannot ignore
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Wonsik Jeong, Analyst, D3 Jubilee Partners, Curator, World Economic Forum Global Shapers Seoul Hub, Kimberly Chen, Founder, Resource, World Economic Forum Global Shapers Beijing Hub II, Lauren Shum, Curator, World Economic Forum Global Shapers Boston Hub Climate change […]Ukraine crisis: How can the private sector be a force for good?
July 15, 2022 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Henrietta H. Fore, Director Emeritus, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) The war in Ukraine has displaced nearly two-thirds of the country’s children.International cooperation is critical to protect and children and their families.The private sector can take direct […]COVID-19 is far from over. How can the private sector continue to help fight it?
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Seth Berkley, Chief Executive Officer, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance COVAX, co-led by Gavi, has delivered more than 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to lower-income countries.However, a global vaccine equity gap still exists, with many vulnerable people still unvaccinated.Investment […]This is why the private sector should support equitable vaccine R&D and manufacturing
January 25, 2022 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, President, Open Society Foundations There are pressing questions about where we go next, and about the role of private companies in addressing the underlying inequities we are struggling with.The Open Society and others have joined […]4 ways the private sector can push for gender equality post-pandemic
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kathleen Sherwin, Interim President/CEO, Women Deliver & Divya Mathew, Senior Manager, Policy & Advocacy, Women Deliver • The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women’s economic participation. • Gender equality cannot be achieved without support from the […]Only the private sector can help deliver universal healthcare in Africa
December 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Pascal Fröhlicher, Executive director, U-Care & Carlijn Nouwen, Partner, Dalberg Advisors No one doubts the impact of achieving universal health coverage (UHC) for both individuals and society at large. Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are currently striving […]12 ideas on how the private sector can help ensure universal healthcare access by 2030
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Around half of the world’s population does not have access to essential health services, and 100 million people are pushed into extreme poverty by healthcare costs. While government funding of healthcare is crucial, the private sector plays a […]Here are three ways the private sector can act as a sustainability catalyst for Globalization 4.0
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Shamina Singh, President, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, Mastercard The problems of the world are too big to be solved by traditional philanthropy. Writing cheques alone can’t end poverty, solve climate change, reduce inequality or surmount barriers to exclusion. […]
