Investor Activism Hits Record High With 61 Campaigns This Quarter
Today’s ESG Updates Shareholder Activism Hits Record High: Shareholder activists launched 61 campaigns in Q3, the busiest quarter on record. ...
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China to Invest in Brazil-Led Global Tropical Forest Fund
Today’s ESG Updates Tropical Forests Forever Facility Gains China’s Backing: China’s support for Brazil-led global fund signals emerging market leadership ...
Investors Looking to Legal Measures to Combat Weakening ESG Regulations
Today’s ESG Updates Investors take charge amid ESG rollback: As ESG rules weaken in the U.S. and Europe, asset owners ...
Will Theocracies Manage to Avoid Nuclear War?
Andrei Sakharov, the nuclear scientist and principal designer of the Soviet nuclear bomb, in 1968 courageously wrote “Reflections on Progress, ...
Empowering Women Through Finance: Historic Breakthrough in Pakistan
Earlier this month, Pakistani microfinance bank Kashf issued the country’s first gender-based bond with the help of InfraZamin Pakistan (IZP), ...
“Apocalyptic Flood” in Pakistan: With Over 1,000 Dead, the Government Calls for International Aid
Pakistan has suffered yet another blow this monsoon season, with the National Disaster Management Authority reporting 119 lives lost in ...
Spotlight on Two Nuclear Powers: India and Pakistan
Why look at India and Pakistan when much of the world is focused on Ukraine? Because of the possibility of ...
Heatwave in South Asia: India and Pakistan Are Hit the Hardest
An unprecedented heatwave in South Asia this month (April 2022) is bringing dangerously high temperatures. Both India and Pakistan are ...
Feminism Between Globalization and Tradition: The Rise of Aurat Marches in Pakistan
This is a tale of feminism, globalization and conservative backlash. Qandell Baloch became known in Pakistan in 2013, after auditioning ...
How Pakistan Can Benefit from China’s Carbon Markets
China is set to launch the world’s largest carbon emissions trading scheme by 2025. Carbon trading schemes have been on ...
Women Worldwide Assert Their Power through Necessity
I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. ― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of ...
The Implications of the United States’ Aid Suspension in Pakistan
In September 2018, the United States decided to suspend $300 million in aid assistance to Pakistan in light of what ...
