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Focused on torching the protocols. nic robertson, cnn, northern ireland. now, as companies weigh a post-pandemic future, there are growing conversations about what the workday could look like. full time? work from home? hybrid model, perhaps? well, iceland did some research. public sector employees took part in two large trials between 2015 and 2019. people worked 35-to-36 hours a week, instead of the usual 40 or so, for the same pay. well, the result? worker wellbeing increased, dramatically....

56% of Aussies agree clothing quality isnt as good as 10 years ago By Imogen Bailey | 26 April 2021 56.8% of Australians agree that compared to a decade ago, clothing quality isnt as good, new data from Levis ANZ indicates.  To launch its new campaign Buy Better, Wear Longer, Levis commissioned a survey of 1,005 Australians regarding their apparel consumption, finding that 44.9% of Aussie shoppers will still buy cheap clothes despite their low quality and short lifespan.  Meanwhile, 54% of ...

BY Marija Mrvosevic ON 26 April 2021      4 min read Levi’s released its latest research on Australian clothes buying habits. Along with the research, the company launched the ‘Buy Better, Wear Longer’ campaign. This campaign represents a global effort to raise awareness about the shared responsibility on the environmental impacts of apparel production and consumption. The campaign is reminiscent of Patagonia’s 2011 efforts, with its ‘Don’t Buy This Jacket’ campaign. Even t...

- Turkish e-commerce platform Trendyol has received an additional $330 million investment from existing partner Alibaba in a capital increase. With this injection of capital, Alibaba now holds an 86.5% stake in the company. - UK fintech and pensions provider PensionBee arrived on the London Stock Exchange this morning with its shares priced at 165p, giving it a valuation of £365 million on admission. - French startup BlaBlaCar has raised a new $115 million funding round. While the company i...

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Diversity Projects SMART Working workstream: Flexible working must be seen as reason neutral Industry urged to improve workers work-life balance Artemiss Rosanna Burcheri is a member of The Diversity Projects SMART Working workstream The asset management industry must make giving employees the right to flexible working hours "reason neutral", according to Artemiss Rosanna Burcheri and Gareth Miller, who said flexibility should be built into every job role "as standard" rather than be offered re...