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Tech Transfer Needed If Climate Targets Are To Be Met

The Horizons Tracker

Tech support The researchers analyzed the various trends that are driving emissions in the 59 countries where emissions grew faster than average between 2010 and 2018 (although they notably excluded India and China from their analysis). The costs involved in this effort are also significant, and amount to up to 4.1% of national GDP.

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Embedding EDI as KPIs: The organisations using inclusion metrics as performance indicators

Chartered Management Institute

Interview: Embedding EDI as KPIs: The organisations using inclusion metrics as performance indicators Written by Sonia Sharma-Karia Wednesday 02 August 2023 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email How do we make equality, diversity and inclusion a measurable goal and an aspect of our strategic success?

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Lose those News Blues and Leave the Dark Side: The World’s Never Been Better

The Practical Leader

billion m³ between 2005 and 2018 to cover 22% of land area. billion m³ between 2005 and 2018 to cover 22% of land area. Prices for battery packs have dropped 87% since 2010. Global rates of measles have dropped by 2/3 from 2000 to 2018. Coal-fired power plants are declining rapidly around the world. In April, the U.S.

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How CFOs Can Take the Long-Term View in a Short-Term Economy

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, when Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, began articulating a strategy to invest billions to transform from a health insurance company to a health care company, analysts grumbled. In 2012, John Deere CEO Samuel Allen began releasing long-term, aspirational revenue targets for 2018. “Then get out of our stock.”

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The Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2010

Harvard Business Review

Here's my attempt to capture what I see as the most important stories affecting the greening of business in 2010. Germany, not really the sunniest country in the world, added 1% of its electric needs in solar in 2010 alone (it took 10 years to get the first 1% online, and just 8 months for the second 1%). Big goals were back.

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How Discrimination Against Female Doctors Hurts Patients

Harvard Business Review

In August 2018 officials from Tokyo Medical University admitted to systematically altering medical school admission test scores to disadvantage female applicants. The percentage of enrollees who were women had reached 40% in 2010, and now stands at approximately 30%.). James Boast/Getty Images.

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Why Your Customers Hate You and How to Fix It

Skip Prichard

billion in 2018, roughly half the world’s population. Yet even as we connect people and the world’s population rises 7 percent between 2010 and 2020, the number of working-age employees will actually decline in many industrialized nations. How do they advance the goal? No wonder we have skills shortages!

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