by Ming Wong | Asia, Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Editor's Picks, ESG Investing, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Impact Measurement & Management, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change
Working on M&A deals and IPOs in the Hong Kong office of JPMorgan exposed a young investment banker to the growing significance of ESG issues, long before they became widely recognized under that name. Soon after she read The Blue Sweater, a firsthand account of...
by Kevin Chin | Asia, Circular Economy, Editor's Picks, Global, Impact Economy, Scaling Solutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
Our resource-intensive world centers on the linear economic model of ‘take, make, use and waste’ and the plastic industry epitomizes this convention, extracting resources from the earth to make plastic packaging that is most likely used once, then thrown...
by Rob Kaplan | Asia, Circular Economy, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Opinion, Scaling Solutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 14 - Life Below Water, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Voices from the Field
As much of the world returns to a more normal state – despite the Omicron variant and a still uncertain pandemic outlook — a lot of us have been processing what we’ve been living through for the past 18 months. I’ve been prone to lots of reflecting – not just as a...
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