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Despite being vital to health, security, and economic prosperity, water is often taken for granted. As supplies come under growing strain, water-related considerations will shape economic policy and political decision-making, as well as firms’ investment decisions, risk assessments, and corporate strategies.
Corporate Responsibility
Has sustainability become unsustainable?
For companies, the challenge is not choosing between idealism and abandonment but forging a pragmatic path that balances resilience, local adaptation, and long-term business priorities.
Last December's launch of Malaysia's first national EV could spur local component production, but this could be constrained by market conditions while the country's old supply chain, in which the carmaker remains heavily invested, will endure.
Policy & Finance
The Fed is running scared of Trump
The Federal Reserve is perhaps the most significant independent economic actor in the US. Yet it has surrendered to Trump – the Fed Board withdrew from a global network that brought together central banks to improve climate risk management.
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20 December 2024
Policy & Finance
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Carbon & Climate
Could the low-carbon economy bill re-write the Philippines' future?
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Carbon & Climate
Mapping the future of ESG at COP28
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Policy & Finance
Cut the climate doom – exponential green change is possible
20 July 2023
Corporate Responsibility
Ethical business for a clean green future
26 June 2023
Policy & Finance
How businesses can create the green markets of the future
10 May 2023
Policy & Finance
Cosy business alliances holding Asia back
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22 July 2022
Policy & Finance
The world needs a digital lifeline
10 March 2022
Energy
Putin's war and world energy
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Policy & Finance
The golden thread running through sustainability
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Carbon & Climate
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