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The China Gap Between US Strategic and Business Leaders
Tighter curbs on business with China loom as corporate leaders are warned that they cannot be bystanders in broader geopolitical rivalry.
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Harris Should Look Back to Gore for Her Roadmap
VP Kamala Harris’ struggles could complicate her ability to lead the Democratic Party in a future election, be it in 2024 or later.
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US-ASEAN Summit an Opportunity for Biden on China Strategy
This week’s summit comes amid supply shocks, leadership transitions, and war.
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Trump’s 2024 Presidential Run Launches Republican Civil War with Global Impact
With Trump potentially on the 2024 ballot, US partners will watch to see how many commitments they should make.
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While Governments Take a Covid-induced Time Out from Sustainability, Businesses Should Not
In this new era of corporate sustainability, no issue unites stakeholders as urgently as climate change does.
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ESG Collides Between Business & Government
Investors too often ignore the 'E' v 'S' trade off. Businesses which only take the 'E' into account in their ESG strategies will bump heads.
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Elon Musk Does Not Understand ESG
Every company can or does cause harm. ESG gives a framework to eliminate harm where you can and reduce it where you cannot.
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Singapore's DBS' Ridiculous "Eco-Warrior" Claim
DBS is a sustainable bank. But Greta Thunberg they are not. Their claim of being more like an eco-warrior & less like a bank is ridiculous.
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Achieving Net Zero in Indonesia: It All Comes Down to the Wallet
Fear is biggest driver of Indonesian companies slashing carbon emissions; do nothing and risk being kicked out of global supply chains.
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5 Critical Cs Impacting ESG: Climate, Crisis, Commodities, China & Covid
The sessions at Temasek’s Eco-Sperity highlighted the inextricable link between the environment, social and governmental aspects of ESG.
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ESG in M&A: AVCJ Singapore 2022
Using ESG to avoid investing in potentially stranded assets & improving your carbon profile were among topics at AVCJ.
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Dow’s Epic Singapore Greenwash a Result of Not Doing ESG the Right Way
Dow's misstep of treating a key ESG program as a CSR project should be a lesson to all companies on how greenwashing can damage reputation.
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ESG in Action: Preventing Forced and Child Labor in Business' Self-Interest
ESG mindset helps management know what's happening in ops & supply chains & address issues before being hit with fines & enforcement.
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Private Equity, ESG and Air Travel
For ESG, private equity firms need to "walk the walk" when it comes to their own operations.
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International News Review: G-7 Multilateralism best to address SDGs
Steve Okun, Glenn Van Zutphen & Neil Humphries, Money FM, 12 June 2021 The goal of the G-7 is to demonstrate the power of multilateralism...
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Hire Local Thinkers, Not Just Locals
Hiring local thinkers provides an interesting lens to consider how successful PA practitioners should think & operate.
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The Multicultural Keystone
Many PA practitioners in Asia understand that to be effective, one must engage in the art of “corporate diplomacy."
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Myanmar, N. Korea & AAPI Hate
Myanmar languishes as Biden makes progress on North Korea and US AAPI hate.
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Kishore Mahbubani: "Is China A Bully?"
On China: there is no such thing as a benevolent great power, says Kishore Mahbubani, former President of the UN National Security Council.
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Outlook for Biden's First 100 Days
Steve Okun discusses the outlook of US President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office with Glenn van Zutphen & Neil Humphreys.
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