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The Swedish Presidency’s progress on the regulation to prohibit products made with forced labour from the EU is “good news, but not enough”, according to the European Parliament’s co-rapporteur on …
Progress on forced labour products ban too slow, says leading rapporteur Read More
There are plenty of reasons for major cities to go green: to adapt to climate change, to lower emissions, to tackle air pollution. In Barcelona, urban planners are motivated by …
Barcelona bets on green to boost city’s mental health Read More
The government handed almost half a billion pounds to private healthcare companies to fix the NHS backlog last year, yet is still struggling to treat any more patients than it …
NHS paid private firms £500m to ‘ease backlog’. Fewer patients got seen Read More
When major oil companies announced record earnings in February, even US President Joe Biden was appalled. The White House said it was “outrageous” that ExxonMobil had raked in a profit of $56 billion (€51 billion) in …
How company profits are keeping prices high Read More
In January 2022, Peter Mwanzo, a senior Nairobi police officer, became a high-profile victim of mobile money fraud. Scammers replaced his SIM card remotely, transferred 597,100 Kenyan shillings ($4,575) …
M-Pesa has been huge for Kenya’s economy — and for scammers Read More
Following the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) ‘final warning’ report on the climate crisis, UN chief António Guterres warned: “Our world needs climate action on all fronts: …
World Bank falling short on climate action and locking countries into fossil fuels Read More
LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) – Zurich Insurance Group (ZURN.S) said on Wednesday it was withdrawing from the Net Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), becoming the second founding member to quit the climate group …
Zurich Insurance becomes second firm to quit climate alliance Read More
This extract from Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture by Alice Sherwood explores a tragic effect of information asymmetry. Malaria. Its epithet: the “unsurpassed scourge of humankind” is well …
Murderous mimicry Read More
Environmental, Social and Governance thinks it’s an adjective but tries to be a noun. Jason Miklian and John E. Katsos explain why it means so much more. Or less. Joe …
All or nothing Read More
Frances Coppola on the power of salacious rumour. On Friday 10th March, a bank died. Silicon Valley Bank’s sudden failure sent shockwaves across the world. How could an apparently sound …
Pecked to death Read More