As an organisation responsible for developing and installing innovative systems that transport waste underground using vacuum technology, Envac has witnessed first-hand the shift from sustainability as an environmental concept to sustainability as a social concept. In this article, Jonas Törnblom addresses how Envac is leading from the front and playing a pivotal role in engendering the trust of the communities they serve.
On Economic Inequality
Economic inequality is one of the most divisive issues of our time. In this article, Harry Frankfurt, one of the most influential moral philosophers in the world, argues that we are morally obligated to eliminate poverty – not achieve equality or reduce inequality, and how focusing instead on inequality is distracting and alienating.
Building the Best-Practice Engagement Bank
By Brett King, Alex Sion and Michael Degnan
If you were building a bank from scratch today to optimise customer experience and engagement, what would it look like? Is there a set of benchmarks or best-practices that we could bundle together to create the world’s best bank for customers?
Value Creator or Destroyer? Keys to Profitable Outcomes
History is littered with examples, from AOL and Time Warner to Daimler and Chrysler, Kmart and Sears to Bank of America and Countrywide. Although there is a wealth of empirical evidence that shows an 80 percent failure rate for mergers and acquisitions, organizations just can’t seem to stop themselves from trying.
The Role of Ethical Finance in the Well Being of the 21st Century Societies
By Sofia Santos
According to the Report produced by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, chaired by Joseph Stiglitz, it is acknowledged that “…GDP is an inadequate metric to gauge well-being over time particularly in its economic, environmental, and social dimensions, some aspects of which are often referred to as sustainability.” Since Ethical Finance, in the shape of ethical banks or responsible investments, clearly state their lending policy which is related with their mission, which in turn is associated with a set of values that go beyond shareholder maximisation profit, then one can see the ethical finance sector as a tool to promote the new well being defined above. In fact, ethical bank’s values are instead associated with the maximisation of society well being, since economic, social, environmental and cultural aspects are all taken into consideration in a transparent way. Therefore, this article argues that the main role of ethical finance in the 21st century is to be able to promote and improve local well being by providing finance to local entrepreneurs that are able to develop businesses with positive environmental and social impact.
What Does a 21st Century Enterprise Look Like?
By Anant Gupta
What do organisations need to learn to survive and thrive? As Anant Gupta sees it, they have to remodel themselves as a 21st century enterprise (21CE). In this article, Gupta discusses the five distinct characteristics of a 21CE and the core IT/Technology Services that they should provide in order to meet customers’ shifting needs and thrive in an interconnected world.
India’s Lessons for Creating a Digital Business
By Raghav Narsalay and Avnish Sabharwal
As India rapidly moves into the digital era, leading Indian businesses are changing their business models to capture the opportunity.
Will There be Such a ‘Think’ as Responsible Investment Banking One Day?
By Karen Wendt
In this article, Karen Wendt, the editor of Responsible Investment Banking: Risk Management Frameworks, Sustainable Financial Innovation and Softlaw Standards, gives our readers an introduction to her latest body of work which is a collection of authoritative essays on the role of investment and finance in the creation of climate – friendly markets, positive social impact and fundamental ethical values in business. The essays give structured overview of the main investment banking initiatives, softlaw standards, risk management and impact investing strategies.
Management lessons from the Emerging World: Seven principles that you can learn from the new Global Giants
By Mauro F. Guillén and Esteban García-Canal
Emerging market multinationals are taking over the world, but their success can be emulated by any company from any country in the world. Based on their book Emerging Markets Rule, Mauro Guillén and Esteban García-Canal argue that the success of these companies relies on seven new axioms of global competitiveness: Execute, strategise, and execute again, Cater to the niches, Scale to win, Embrace chaos, Acquire smart, Expand with abandon and, finally, No sacred cows!
Moore’s Law Continues to Drive Change
Moore’s Law states that the number of components in integrated circuits would double every two years. As a result, size would decrease while processing power increased. In this article, Daniel Burrus discusses about how digital advancement is increasing every year and will continue to do so, and its implications on the consumer and the industry.
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
