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David Whitehouse

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EU corporate sustainability legislation risks being toothless if banks not included

David Whitehouse 17/03/2023 1 Comment

Asia

China’s zero-Covid protests show middle-class status may be an elusive dream

04/01/2023

Hot News

Time to Stick a Fork in Elon Musk’s Twitter: It’s Cooked

29/11/2022

Asia

Biden’s lack of clarity over Taiwan raises dangers of China conflict

21/11/2022

Europe Hot News News Sustainability ESG

EU corporate sustainability legislation risks being toothless if banks not included

March 17, 2023

EU legislation to improve corporate accountability for human rights and sustainability won’t work if France succeeds in excluding the financial services sector.

China’s zero-Covid protests show middle-class status may be an elusive dream

January 4, 2023

Could China’s backdown on aspects of its zero-Covid policy in the face of popular protests be a sign of broader changes in society and governance?

Time to Stick a Fork in Elon Musk’s Twitter: It’s Cooked

November 29, 2022

Social media platforms are fragile constructs. Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter is exposing the limits of their durability.

Biden’s lack of clarity over Taiwan raises dangers of China conflict

November 21, 2022

Is this risk of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan increasing?

Hot News News Sustainability ESG

UK, Europe must face lithium mining’s central role in electric car adoption

October 25, 2022

Governments in the UK and Europe must accept and act on the fact that mass electric car adoption can’t be achieved without more global lithium mining.

Asia Hot News News Sustainability ESG

Myanmar’s rare earths role leaves green transition a potential junta hostage

September 27, 2022

The increasing prominence of Myanmar as a supplier of the rare earths leaves the world in urgent need of alternative supplies and processing capacity.

Zimbabwe Gold Coins use as legal tender leaves roots of economic weakness untouched

August 18, 2022

Zimbabwe’s introduction of gold coins as legal tender has little prospect of tackling the country’s chronic currency and purchasing-power weakness.

Energy transition needs corporate law overhaul to serve stakeholders, not shareholders

July 29, 2022

Outdated corporate laws drawn up to protect the interests of shareholders need a revamp to tackle twenty-first century climate concerns.

Whose Development? TotalEnergies east Africa oil pipeline spurs controversy

July 20, 2022

A planned oil pipeline between Uganda and Tanzania is stirring passionate debate over development models for African energy resources.

How to Pump Red Blood into Africa’s Blockchain Veins

July 1, 2022

An African crypto currency derived from customer loyalty points earned with retailers may have the potential to drive Blockchain into commercial viability.

Financial crime may be the winner from Central African Republic’s Bitcoin adoption

May 31, 2022

The move by the Central African Republic (CAR) to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender has left experts pointing to financial criminals as the likely winners.

Putin shows Japan the time has come to scale up in renewable energy

May 20, 2022

The reconfiguring of global energy supplies triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine gives Japan an opportunity to scale up in renewable energy.

Sri Lanka needs to go back to the future to escape meltdown: Steve Hanke

April 28, 2022

A return to currency board system is the best way to help Sri Lanka escape its never-ending cycle of debt, says Steve Hanke. Who also believes that a currency board could provide a solution.

Sell NFTs if you can find buyers, I tell my kids, but never buy them

April 8, 2022

The value of the NFT market soared to an estimated $44 billion in 2021.

Carbon credits past sell-by date show it’s time for corporate net-zero rethink

March 30, 2022

The use of “vintage” carbon credits which may be years old as a way to offset current carbon emissions shows its time for corporate citizens to get real on helping to create a net zero world, experts say.

Africa Fintech

Francophone Africa offers best value for venture-capital investors

March 9, 2022

Francophone Africa, as well as countries such as Mozambique and Angola, remain largely overlooked. Anglophone investors find it hard to establish contacts