Global cosmetics brands and banks linked to palm oil labor abuses, report says
The report claims that million of laborers from some of the poorest regions of Asia, working to produce palm oil, are enduring various forms of exploitation.
China's carbon pledge will require complete inversion of existing system
Country will need to kick addiction to coal and build eye-watering amount of wind and solar capacity
China’s President Xi Jinping stunned climate action observers in a speech at the United Nations general assembly last week with a pledge to reach “peak carbon” before 2030, and drive down emissions to virtually zero by 2060.
The pledge from the world’s biggest climate polluter is considered by environmentalists to be the most important step in tackling the climate crisis since the Paris Climate Agreement galvanised global governments to reduce carbon emissions in an attempt to cap global heating well below 2 degrees C above pre-industrialisation levels.
Penske will have 80% stake in joint venture
Variety owner Penske Media Corp. paid about $225 million to control 80 percent of the new entity that will also publish Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter, to be known as PMRC, reports Keith Kelly of the...
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Pre-Call Planning for the Virtual Sales Landscape
We live in an era when virtual selling has, in many industries, all but eclipsed face-to-face, in-person selling.
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Jim Cramer: Trying to find a bottom in financial stocks is 'murky'
CNBC's Jim Cramer and David Faber discuss the state of the financial sector amid the pandemic and the market volatility.
Tory split on coronavirus has seen off any joined-up strategy | Phillip Inman
The battle between Treasury and health department has doomed us to a succession of contradictory gambits – and a long, hard winter
It would help if the cabinet could agree. Yet for the past seven months it has remained deeply divided, squabbling over the scientific advice and what Covid-19 might mean for the nation’s health and jobs.
Britons have become familiar with a bewildering, almost weekly stream of tactical policies, twisting this way and that, many of them in direct opposition to each other.
Adweek lays off diversity and inclusion reporter O’Hara
Adweek magazine laid off diversity and inclusion reporter Mary Emily O’Hara, who started in February. “My strongest skills stem from 15+ years of reporting and editing coverage of underrepresented communities, but I am also...
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How to Succeed and Stay Mentally Healthy
Mike Montague interviews Oksana Esberard, author of Next Level You and mental health advocate, on How to Succeed and Stay Mentally Healthy.
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The new banks: How Square, PayPal and other fintechs are taking over finance
Their market capitalization and ambitions make it clear that they are making a play for the future of banking.
The Guardian view on the EU economy: adopt, not outlaw, Keynesian policies | Editorial
During the pandemic, the EU dropped its austerity-inducing budget rules and restrictions on its central bank’s ability to finance government spending. It get should rid of them permanently
In an emergency, the normal rules do not apply. Coronavirus has shown the EU can do things differently. Early on the commission dumped its obsession with balancing the books. The prohibition on monetary financing of government debt by the European Central Bank (ECB) was dropped. This allowed member states the freedom to mitigate the damage of a Covid recession without worrying too much about borrowing levels.
That fear was well-founded. The EU had used high debt levels as a reason to intervene in public policy. Emma Clancy, an economist for the leftwing block of MEPs, has noted the commission had used debt burdens to ask member states to cut spending on, or privatise, healthcare services 63 times between 2011 and 2018. … Read the rest