Social Impact

This category is Social Impact, exploring business strategies that drive positive change in society. It features expert insights on corporate social responsibility, sustainability, ethical leadership, and initiatives that create lasting economic and social benefits.

agriculture tech

Data to Address Hunger and Food Insecurity

Modern agriculture offers many technological solutions that allow you to control various events and activities in the fields. Irrigation management, smart soil sensors, satellite...

The Permanence of ESG

By Tim Bovy Globally, we are poised at an economic inflection point and mired in a political interregnum. As a result, business, led by institutional...
Sustainable Finance

Can the Zero Waste Movement Lead to Sustainable Finance?

By Shannon Bergstrom In recent years, many people have started to question the way they deal with their waste. Whether it’s people trying to transition...
E-waste Crisis

European E-waste Crisis: Tech Wastage Piles High as Research Reveals Two-thirds of Businesses Lack...

65% of European businesses do not have an environmentally sustainable process in place when it comes to disposing of IT devices. This is...
Conscious Capitalism

What Is Conscious Capitalism?

Business leaders are driven to choose the best course of action for their organizations. When you learn about purpose-driven businesses, or conscious capitalism, you'll...
CBD in Europe

The CBD Situation in Europe

Today, we are telling you more about the production and distribution of CBD and how it is regulated on the European territory. You can now buy...
ukraine flags

Ukraine to Convene Crimea Platform Summit: Why Zelensky’s “Day of Triumph” May Come Back...

Today begins the Crimea Platform international summit, which will be convened by Ukraine in the capital Kiev. It took more than a year for...
Scaffolding

Scaffolding? 5 Ways to Prevent Mishappenings

The spine is the most important part of our body. It is the support system that holds us. Without it, we will collapse. Just like...
Water Softeners Industry

Why Installing Water Softeners Has Become a Preferred Choice in Several Business Verticals in...

By Koyel Ghosh Water softening can be defined as a smart technique that takes out the ions that work as the major hardening agents in...
Bee

Local businesses are working to help boost the UK’s bee population

We all like bees, don’t we? Much to the annoyance of the wasp community, their slightly chubbier, fluffy cousins tend to be considered the cuter...

Zero-Waste Tips: 10 of the Most Impactful Habits

 The world produces more than 2 billion tonnes of waste yearly. And it is expected to increase to 3.40 billion tonnes by the year...
Sustainable Buildings

Sustainable Buildings: Planet, People, Profit,

By Serhii Chernyshev Sustainable development is the course that has been chosen on the global level by the governments, businesses, and common people. Green or...

Developing Nations Need a Better Internet to Develop Their Economies

Did you know that only 44% of the global population had Internet access today? Thus, technology is unequally distributed and not accessible to everyone...
Lenzing

Lenzing welcomes clear positioning of the EU Commission in the fight against plastic waste

Guidelines of the EU Commission to implement the Single-Use Plastics Directive have been published  Uniform labelling obligation for wipes and feminine hygiene products...
Thermal Imaging Camera

The Importance of Thermal Imaging Cameras in Public Buildings

Having your temperature checked is becoming part of normal life as the UK attempts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. To limit the spread of...
Smart Moves for Europe's Energy Intensive Industries

Smart Moves for Europe’s Energy Intensive Industries

By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Sytze Dijkstra, Lasse Kari and Gargi Chakrabarty Europe needs to keep producing chemicals, steel, and cement while reducing emissions from those industries....
Rinat

The Rinat Akhmetov Foundation Works to Eradicate Social Injustices in Ukraine

In July 2005, Rinat Akhmetov established a charitable foundation that would seek to affect real change in Ukraine by eradicating the great social injustices...
e-donate

5 Powerful Fundraising Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations [2021 Guide]

Introduction Nonprofits have been hosting fundraisers from time immemorial. The hallowed tradition of gathering your donors and throwing a gala in the name of the...
ESG Investing

ESG Investing — Help Us Build a Better Future

Changing the world is never an easy task. In fact, some people will tell you that it’s an impossible one. Yet, even if that...
Technology Solutions Help in Fighting Climate Change

How Can Technology Solutions Help in Fighting Climate Change?

The year 2020 was the hottest in Europe, and the temperature was 1,2C higher compared to the average year in the 19th century. Global...

The Pros and Cons of Increasing the Minimum Wage

Whether it’s at the local or federal level, increasing the minimum wage has been a hot-button issue for years. The current federal minimum wage...
Beauty Industry's Green Commitment

Nicolas Krafft, Former L’Oreal Executive, and the Beauty Industry’s Green Commitment

The environmental footprint of the beauty industry is a substantial one, but a focus on sustainability is now becoming more significant. With the realization...
Paintings

Sapar Karyagdyyev: Media Entertainment Helps Responsible Business Promote Social Initiatives

In February, a nationwide educational art initiative SHE is SCIENCE was launched in Ukraine. The project aims at promoting science as a not "only-men"...
How Water Sensors Help you Live Sustainably

How Water Sensors Help you Live Sustainably

There are many measures you can implement to conserve water and lead a sustainable lifestyle. Obvious options include rainwater harvesting, greywater recycling, and little...
Antigua

Asot Michael Urges No-Nonsense Plan to Antigua & Barbuda Economic Recovery

We are not out of the woods just yet. Global cases for coronavirus may be dropping, but more nations are reporting variant strains emerging....
ESG

Developing a Strategy for Managing Non-Financial Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) Risks and Opportunities

By Tim Bovy, Ian Hodges, and David Ryan In Business, everything flows from strategy. Strategy requires that organisations prepare detailed assessments of risks and opportunities,...
CRISPR Revolution

Europe Should Aspire to Lead the CRISPR Revolution

Whilst European politicians engage in the brinkmanship of what is becoming known as the ‘vaccine wars’, another biotech rivalry is quietly brewing on both...
green business

Turning a Company Green Can Be a Win-Win for Your Business Model

It may be incredibly fulfilling to run a business yourself, but at the end of the day, you started your company to make money. ...

Why test for diseases at home?

The COVID-19 pandemic has made us all more aware of the risks of disease and the ways that we can take responsibility for our...
green startup

The Most Exciting Eco-Friendly Startups in 2021

For the past few years, we have seen influential names in various industries announce bold statements of significantly reducing their carbon emissions in an...
X ray

6 Ways X-Rays Have Helped Us

November 8, 2020 marks 125 years since German Physics Professor Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the x-ray. On this day in 1895, also known as International...
Legionella

Legionella: The workplace danger we’ve all forgotten about

As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, most of us have forgotten about the bacteria and risks to health that already existed in the workplace. The...
worker's safety

The Value of Health and Safety in Business

Whether working in an office or a construction site, the concept of health and safety provision is never too far away from our day-to-day...
US flag

The Discovery Institute Commentary on the 2020 U.S. Election

Since the founding of the Discovery Institute in 1990, its home state of Washington has supported the democratic presidential candidate in every election. Regardless...
Career in Social Work

Essential Steps to Follow if you are Looking for a Career in Social Work

Social work is one of the most satisfying careers in the world. You get to work with different communities, help them, educate them, and...
4 Rewarding Reasons to Go Solar in 2021

4 Rewarding Reasons to Go Solar in 2021

There’s never been a better (or more important) time to go solar. Why? Well, for one thing, the evidence suggests we’re on the brink of a...

The Adoption of Cryptocurrencies in the Developing World

Introduction Bitcoin has acted as a sharp tool for the development of many countries. This article highlights the impact of these bitcoins, how the bitcoins...
Going Green

Go Green, or Soon You Shall Reap

Warm weather always gives a good day outside, but no one realizes that rising temperatures have caused the Arctic to melt at an appalling...
manufacturing

5 Ways To Control Manufacturing Costs, And Get More Sustainable In The Post Covid-19...

As we make the shift into post Covid-19 manufacturing, many manufacturers who never saw a slowdown in their product demand, such as hand sanitizer...
Stakeholders

How enterprises can create meaningful purpose together with their stakeholders

By Nicholas Ind and Venkat Ramaswamy Before the onset of COVID, there was a seeming shift in the idea of why business organizations exist....
empowering women

Empowering Women through Sustainable Economic Growth

Women play an integral role in the progress of humans and the development of society. Living in a modern era, women of today are...
AI and Surveillance at Work

Watched Over by Machines: AI and Surveillance at Work

By Andreas Deppeler The recent transitions towards having company personnel working at home while remaining digitally connected have sometimes been portrayed as furthering the ideal...
Ethical Audits and Positive Culture Transformation

Raising The Ethical Bar: Ethical Audits and Positive Culture Transformation

By Simon Dolan, Steven Hawkins, Chad Albrecht and Bonnie Richley While most organizations have a code of conduct (or a code of ethics), many...

From Adam Smith to Karl Marx: How would digitalisation ‘age’?

By Mandeep K. Mahendru and Anirudh Agrawal The world is increasingly becoming digital, where our life-long earnings, relationships, secrets, property and personal rights are stored...

Don’t Cut The Sustainability Budget

By Cory Searcy and Payman Ahi The coronavirus pandemic has stretched companies around the world to their financial breaking point. BP, Renault, and Lufthansa are...

How Your Business can Contribute towards Conserving the Environment

Businesses are coming up daily with different products and services that are required by the larger population. As this happens, you find the competition...

Climate Change: Short-Term Solutions — Long-Term Challenges

Adapted from Reversing Climate Change By Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky and Peter Bal Fossil fuels create a Gordian knot tying up three key global issues: energy...

Mattress Recycling Tips For Your Hospitality Business

One of the most important things you need to do if you own a hotel, motel, rental property, or any other hospitality business is...

Welcome to Utility Warehouse (UW)

Updated September 3rd, 2021 Over the past 20 years, the multi-award-winning company has developed people-focused utility bundles and Partner opportunities. As the UK’s only genuine multiservice...

The coronavirus vaccine: What it means for business and the recovery

While 2020 has been dominated by the coronavirus and the strain it has placed on public health systems and economies worldwide, there’s hope that...

TOP READS OF THE WEEK

Negotiation hands

Feel to Deal: The Power of Emotions in Negotiations

By Prof. Guido Stein, Salva Badillo, and Lucía Zelaya The key to a successful negotiation is not embedded in knowledge or reasoning ability but in applying emotional intelligence. This essay explains the role of emotions...

We Need to Talk About Women Bullying Other Women at Work & 6 Key Things We Can do to Change it

By Vanessa Vershaw The truth is out: women are not supporting each other enough in the workplace. Despite efforts to advance gender equality, the latest global gender gap report reveals only a 1% increase annually...

LATEST FROM OUR COLUMNISTS

talented running colleagues

Navigating the New Frontier: Embracing Talent 5.0 While Paving the Way for Talent 6.0

By Iolanda Triviño, Simon L. Dolan, and Pedro Cesar Martinez In the changing world of employment, it's more important than ever to understand the shifts in talent dynamics that are defining our future as organizational...

This will close in 15 seconds