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The Climate Governance Initiative Global Summit is from 23-26 March 2021, convening board members, regulators, experts, academia and other corporate governance leaders. The program is designed to enable non-executive directors with the knowledge and resources necessary to steer their companies towards a net-zero carbon economy by 2050. The Climate Governance Initiative community is composed of non-executive directors and experts, organized in national chapters, whose purpose is to promote the adoption of the World Economic Forum’s Principles for Effective Climate Governance. They aim to do...

Research suggests that only around 50% of meeting time is well used, and engaging. Here are steps you can take to ensure they're inclusive, authentic and effective. The time we spend in meetings is at an all-time high, which is terrible for Zoom fatigue but valuable for creating a picture of company culture in action. Reflect on the meetings you took part in this past year. Think about what you observed, how everyone treated each other, and the general team dynamic. Those behaviors and interactions between team members have big implications for how a company lives out, or fails to live accord...

Blockchain (which collects information together in groups or 'blocks') means that virtual art can become collectible. However, most NFT art is stored in blockchain of the Ethereum cryptocurrency, which has a heavy carbon footprint. Therefore, collectors are encouraged to obtain their NFT art through a different cryptocurrency with a lower-carbon footprint - or avoid NFT art altogether. How much would you pay to own a piece of art that doesn't exist in the real world? For some people, the answer is millions. And that's before you count the environmental cost. A virtual work by cult artist Beep...

A year after the start of forced lockdowns, most Americans are not optimistic about a quick return to the way things were before the outbreak. Just 9% of the public say businesses, schools, and other public places will open as normal in less than six months, according to a new survey. 34% say this will take between six months and a year, but 57% of Americans say it will be a year or more and 14% expect it will take more than two years. 8-in-10 Americans say it will take 1 to 2 years for the job market to recover. For the most part, expectations about when life will return to the way it was be...

An immediate- or short-term focus has proven invaluable to managing stocks and flows with high flexibility, increasing the resilience of the goods economy. Nevertheless, it is just as important not to lose sight of deeper trends. These dynamic processes shape business sectors and influence mid- to long-term business strategies. Are they impacted too, and in what way? Are these changes temporary or will they alter even the structures that have supported the activities of the chemical industry for decades? And if so, can trends still provide the certainty for long-term planning or investments t...