In May 2020, China announced it would not be setting a 2020 goal for growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for the first time in decades. The  reason for…

Bill Michael also advised staff in online meeting not to ‘play the victim card’ amid lockdowns

The Biden administration has come out in support of waiving intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines, “in service of ending this pandemic”. So what This could be a mindset shifting…

Businesses are switching production to assist in the Covid-19 response effort – perfume house LVMH has switched to hand sanitiser production, Diageo is donating alcohol stocks, fashion brands like Hedley…

South African health officials pause rollout of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine after a study showed it offered reduced protection from the Covid-19 variant identified there. So what? Possibility of waves of…

MYBank, part of the Alibaba Group Holdings affiliate Ant Financial, has responded to the COVID-19 outbreak by announcing RNB 20 billion (USD 2.8 bn) in loans to Chinese companies, of which…

As governments around the world deliver huge bailout packages to support crumbling economies amid the COVID-19 crisis, PMs from Denmark and Poland announced a withdrawal of further financial aid to…

While COVID-19 is creating an advantage for some businesses, most are experiencing significant challenges and disruption. With this sense of ‘everyone being in the same boat’, the gap between businesses…

As of July 16th, more than 27 railway stations in China are offering on-demand food delivery to passengers passing through on high-speed trains. The service, offered via an official website…

Ivory Coast has teamed up with the US Trade and Development Agency in its plans to build the first biomass power station in the world to be fuelled by waste…

Carol Brighton on Twitter CleanEnergy #SignalofChange: @ToyotaMotorCorp’s New #Hydrogen Plant Will Create Energy from Cow Manure https://t.co/5qaoRLDoBy via @Futurism

The Xiaoxiang area of south-central China encompasses the catchment area of many rivers feeding into the Yangtze, one of China’s major rivers. It is also home to the world’s largest mines…

During the week of 16 September, cleaning company Seventh Generation donated its entire six-figure national advertising airtime to increase awareness over the Youth Climate Strike, rather than plugging its laundry detergent….

A sharp rise in children’s mental health problems has been seen in the UK since the start of the pandemic, particularly sleep problems, eating disorders, panic attacks and self-harm. However…

A new fully digital service enables any entrepreneur in Benin to create and register a business on their mobile phone and receive official incorporation within two hours. The ease and…

Target is to set up indoor vertical farming systems in its stores this year, thanks to a collaboration with Food + Future CoLab, design firm IDEO and MIT Media Lab. The aim of…

Amazon unveils $250 AI camera and machine learning tools for businesses Amazon wants companies to take advantage of artificial intelligence – and, more importantly, it wants to sell them the…

From January to April 2020, the rate of Amazon deforestation was up 55% on the previous year, Reuters reports.

The global pandemic has enabled an exponential increase in biometric surveillance applications under the guise of public security.

The International Chamber of Commerce, WWF, We Mean Business, United Nations Global Compact, the IUCN, and Business for Nature in June signed an open letter calling on CEOs to work…

A new project in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, is building schools using 3D printing technology. A new, 3D-printed school can be built in under a week with less waste and lower carbon…