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Global instability causing ‘shakeout’ in corporate sustainability
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‘No apology for pursuing growth’: Singapore’s 2024 budget doubles down on pro-growth policies, expands social support
This year's budget, which includes a S$5 billion energy fund and investment sweeteners for sustainability initiatives, is seen as one that will signal the future priorities for the city-state's new generation of leaders.
Algorithmic justice eludes India's Muslims, Dalits, trans and Indigenous people as AI entrenches bias.
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Finance veteran Vikas Arora joins AVPN as impact investing chief
Arora joins from Japanese bank MUFG with a brief to drive the organisation's impact investing strategy.
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