Before the financial crisis executive pay in the finance sector had skyrocketed; bonuses were no longer given to reward hard and successful work, but rather automatically – no matter what the employee performance was. Below David De Cremer discusses the state of executive pay now and whether organisations will curtail it because they have to or because they should do – ethically speaking.
The Wind of Change Must Blow Waste Further up the Agenda
Climate change, a shrinking planet and the increasing threat of weather-related disasters are problems that are not going away, but we still have time to manage their effects and reduce the likelihood of environmental and public health disasters. We can no longer afford to brush crucial public service issues under the carpet – instead, Jonas Törnblom argues, we need to push our waste management systems underground.
Can Capitalism Save the Environment?
Developing economies can provide an invaluable contribution to the effort to prevent further climate change. Below Tabitha M. Benney illustrates how a better understanding of differing market economies is needed before policymakers try to use markets to solve large-scale global problems.
Leverage For Good: The New World of Social-Purpose Finance
A revolution is underway on the frontiers of philanthropy. New charitable models hold the promise of leveraging for social and environmental purposes not just billions of dollars of charitable grants but hundreds of billions, indeed trillions, of dollars of private investment capital.
Sustainability: The Leadership Challenge
By Mike Peirce
How do you solve a problem like climate change? There is no easy answer, and while business leaders are increasingly recognising the gravity of the problem, they often find themselves powerless to make a real impact beyond their own organisations. Here Mike Peirce explores the need for wider cross-sectoral collaboration, and the role that education can play in this.
How Will China Rebalance?
China urgently needs to rebalance its economy, but how it chooses to do so should not be constrained by undue focus on the value of the renminbi. In an edited excerpt from his book Avoiding the Fall, Michael Pettis looks at various rebalancing strategies China may choose to pursue, and the potential impact of this process on China’s long-term growth and competitiveness.
ExecuJet: Taking off in Africa
Interview with Chris Frost
While road and rail links in many areas of Africa remain underdeveloped, the business aviation industry is taking off. Here we speak to Chris Frost of ExecuJet, Africa about the role that non-scheduled aviation will necessarily play in the development of trade and business in the continent.
Lions Go Global
By Susan Lund And James Manyika
Imagine a room containing the US President and Vice President and former President Bill Clinton, nearly 40 African heads of state, and a brace of CEOs of the largest US companies. This gives you a flavour of the extraordinary gathering of the US-Africa Leaders Summit at the White House in August, which focused on economic development. Thirty three billion dollars of deals were done that day.
Rethinking a Women’s Health Care Agenda
By Marian Lief Palley and Howard A. Palley
Women’s health care issues are increasingly a part of the political agenda in the United States. Below, Marian Lief Palley and Howard A. Palley argue that the organised women’s movement has often been successful in changing the definition of women’s health and has played a significant role in getting many elements of women’s health care needs on the agenda.
Total Sustainability
By Ian Pearson
Sustainability is one of the big issues of our time. Here Ian Pearson discusses future economy and governance, and argues that sustainability can only be properly understood when looking at the whole system.
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...
