Wednesday 25 May 2022

Balancing priorities: profit, people and the planet

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May 25th 2022
Perspectives
Inform your discussions and decisions this week: as the world's most influential leaders convene in Davos for The World Economic Forum, climate change, supply chains and ensuring health and wellbeing for all remain high on the global agenda.

Against this backdrop, this week, we hear from business leaders transitioning to circular models in the Inside the Circle podcast, unpack private-sector sentiment on international trade, explore the impact of covid-19 on teen mental health and more.

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Over 300m tonnes of plastic waste is produced every year from single-use products. How can we overhaul consumption and waste to promote a circular economy?
Economist Impact's Martin Koehring speaks with senior executives at Anthesis, OECD, SC Johnson and more in episode one of this four-part series.
Listen here ➔
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Globalisation
Trade in Transition—eight-minute key insights
"We know how politicians feel about trade, but what about companies, that are at the front-line of trade"? Melanie Noronha discusses our findings.
Watch here ➔
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Health
Sounding the alarm: parent perceptions of teen mental health
With a spotlight on the US, this report explores how 1,100 parents believe covid-19 affected teenage mental health.
Read their perspectives ➔
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Following recent remarks from global officials that employees should be returning to the office at scale, how can organisations build trust, transparency, empathy and inclusiveness into hybrid work cultures?
Explore the playbook ➔
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Globalisation
Has fintech peaked?
Once seen as a potential big competitor to traditional banks, fintech organisations are now among the lowest-rated reasons for greater competition.
Learn why ➔
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