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Global Supply Chains
The Complicated Road Back to “Normal” It feels that the pandemic has made changes to just about everything in daily life. Not only have our routines changed, but we have also been put on a steep learning curve of new concepts. First, there was a need to get up to speed on disease prevention (e.g.,...
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Philanthropy and the Global Economy
Opportunities in a World of Transition Philanthropy, and within it the broad impact of foundations, charities, and the voluntary sector, are important but not widely understood contributors to the global economy. The recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic creates an opportune moment to assess the key trends in philanthropy, and to ask how the role of...
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Education: Learning for Life
Why Enterprise L&D Is the Next Frontier in Global Education It is difficult to scroll through your timeline, open a newspaper, listen to the radio, or turn on the TV without hearing someone extolling the virtues of education and how, broadly speaking, there should be more of it to address the ever-widening “skills gap.” In...
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Home of the Future
Building for Net Zero In the lead up to the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), media channels are full of content highlighting both the issues and the challenges surrounding climate change. Agencies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warn that global warming will exceed 2°C during the 21st century. They believe...
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Global Carbon Markets
Solving the Emissions Crisis Before Time Runs Out The focus on emissions and climate change is likely to reach new heights this November with the advent of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. But while we might all be aware of the big picture, the rise of “net zero,” and the many climate...
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Disruptive Innovations VIII
Ten More Things to Stop and Think About In our new report, the eighth in our Disruptive Innovations series, we once again look at some of the leading-edge concepts across sectors and identify new products, which could ultimately disrupt their marketplace. A few of the “new” concepts may not seem quite that new — e.g.,...
Technology & Innovation