Global Stories

2019 brought into focus the “cancel culture” (named Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2019). Cancel culture is toxic, it's a term that captures an important aspect of the past year's Zeitgeist. It's an attitude which is so pervasive that it now has a name. Cancel culture has become, for better or worse, a...

2019 was a pivotal year in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as the concepts of corporate responsibility and sustainability received significant media attention, and the trends that I identified last year at this time (better dialogue, more learning, more disaster prevention, greater equity and the growing importance of Generation Z-ers) remained timely and relevant. Still,...

The UN General Assembly had declared the period 2011-2020 as United Nations Decade on Biodiversity. As the year 2020 brings the decade to a close, the scientific community has repeatedly sounded the alarm on biodiversity breakdown and the climate emergency. Scientists and most governments agree that the world is facing an unprecedented environmental crisis. Huge...

The Resolution on the Rights of the Child has been formally adopted by the UNGA on 18 December 2019, the resolution focuses on children without parental care – one of the world’s most vulnerable populations. Miracle Foundation, Save The Children India, SOS Children’s Villages India, Butterflies,  Udayan Care, Youth Council for Development Alternatives, Children’s Emergency Relief International, Child in Need Institute (CINI), Centre of Excellence...

It has been repeatedly reported that global Carbon Emissions are continuing to spiral upwards. The scientists have warned that our planet may already have passed climate change “tipping points”. The risks that companies face if they keep on continuing their operations without making any changes are more extreme than ever. No company can escape the...

Orange the World campaign launched by the UN, is a multi-year effort aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls, will focus on the issue of rape as a specific form of harm committed against women and girls in times of peace or war. Millions of Social Media posts have been made...

The world is striving to fight climate change by making efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions in every sector. Various climate summits are inspiring the companies as well as the people who are willing to participate in the climate action movement. At such a time, it is crucial to track progress towards globally agreed...

CFOs have historically been responsible for making financing and investment decisions based on ROI and NPV. In the next ten years, there will be increasing pressure on them to deliver valuation that incorporates the environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors that shape the success of business in the long term. Currently, ESG investing has increased...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is becoming an integral part of many companies' policies. Understanding the four levels of CSR shows that the practise offers benefits, not only to workers and the community, but also the company itself, and the country in which it operates. This is why it is often in the government's interest...

The United Nations is facing a severe liquidity crisis, reaching its deepest deficit of the decade. Several emergency measures have been put in place by the UN to tide over the financial crunch. Official travel will be limited to the most essential activities, air conditioning and heating in the UN Secretariat has been reduced outside...

AI and Machine learning have slowly started to make a place for itself in every aspect of a corporate organisation. One of the main purposes of employing this technology is to improve the efficiency of processes by reducing human biases. This was especially true for its employment in recruitment practices. In fact, it was argued...

From 2011 to 2016, California experienced five years of extreme drought, during which numerous high temperature records were broken. These hot, dry years were followed by the extremely wet winter of 2016 -2017, when, from October to March, an average of 31 inches of rain fell across the state, the second highest winter rainfall...