People
Pamela Hartigan
In Honour of Pamela Hartigan ... long time leader in the field of social responsibility
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Energy
Wind Energy Update
Dong, Vattenfall, E.ON etc. on Brexit, their major challenges and offshore wind budget allocation
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Energy
Seismic analysis technology
Video ... The Widest Ship in The World ... The Ramform Titan launched a new class of seismic ship that is easily the most powerful and efficient in the world.
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Aerospace
A century of technical progress
Video ... The Most Extreme Planes in The World
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TPB Connections
Some TPB network connections ... August 2016
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People ... Dermot Desmond
Money Laundering
Celtic's biggest shareholder Dermot Desmond under pressure on bank ‘money laundering’
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Taxation
Tax avoidance ... tax havens
Warning that Scotland is becoming ‘Panama of the North’ as Edinburgh tax haven firm under investigation
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Taxation
Tax avoidance / Tax Havens
Revealed: the secret bases of Scotland 's 25,000 hidden tax haven firms
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The Value of Human Capital
... and the value of metrics
The True Value of Metrics ... Can HRO show its true value through continued measurements? The answer will depend on what gets measured.... from 2007
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Metrics
The Social Cost of Carbon
The SC-CO2 is an estimate of the economic damages associated with a small increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, conventionally one metric ton, in a given year.
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USA ... Government
Managaement and Accountability
In Afghanistan, Defense Contractors Outnumber U.S. Troops 3 to 1 ... There are nearly 29,000 DOD contractors in Afghanistan.
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FOOD
Agribusiness
FOOD ... How the Corporate Food Industry Is Taking Desperate Steps to Fight Animal Reforms ... The worst offenders claim factory farming is 'green.'
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http://www.alternet.org/food/big-food-fights-reform
Metrics
Measuring the Economy
Tim Worstall ... CBO's Very Bad Report - It's Complete Nonsense That The Top 10% Hold 76% Of All US Wealth
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2016/08/19/cbos-very-bad-report-its-complete-nonsense-that-the-top-10-hold-76-of-all-us-wealth
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Metrics
Economic Performance
America's Appalling Wealth Inequality: Worstall's Fallacy
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/12/14/americas-appalling-wealth-inequality-marty-feldstein-explains-worstalls-fallacy/
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Initiative
iWasteNot Systems
iWasteNot Systems: A Dating Service for Trash
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Initiatives
iWasteNot Systems
Circular Economy ... iWasteNot Systems
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The Rio Olympics
Google Doodle Celebration
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USA ... Election
The optics of the Clinton campaign
Clinton’s Salazar Pick Undermines Her Climate Promises, Putting Fracking Industry Before People
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People ... Amrote Abdella
Demo Africa hosts entrepreneurs in Johannesburg from Monday ... Among speakers in attendance will be Amrote Abdella, Reginal Director, Africa Initiatives at Microsoft,
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Country ... UK
Nuclear Policy
All at sea: making sense of the UK’s muddled nuclear policy ... 2015
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Country ... UK
Foreign Complexities
The world according to Theresa May – China, the US, Europe and the new British PM
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Country ... UK
Energy Policy
If the Hinkley C nuclear deal looks astonishing, that’s because it is
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Country ... UK
Energy Policy
Britain runs the risk that Chinese state-owned nuclear firms have more in mind than just business
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Economic Performance
Jobs ... Employment
Why we’re wrong to blame immigrants for our sputtering economies
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Africa ... Environment
Chinese investment
PambaZuka 2008 ... China’s Environmental Footprint in Africa
http://www.pambazuka.org/land-environment/china%E2%80%99s-environmental-footprint-africa
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Organization ... The World Bank
Racism in the World Bank
I can no longer remain silent about racism in the World Bank ... by Anonymous ... a former member of the Bank's senior management team
http://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/i-can-no-longer-remain-silent-about-racism-world-bank
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USA ... Economic Performance
Jobs ... Employment
U.S. Labor Force: Where Have All the Workers Gone?
https://blog-imfdirect.imf.org/2014/08/07/us-labor-force-where-have-all-the-workers-gone/#more-7944
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EcoSystem Services
Salt Marshes
‘Musseling In’ in Salt Marshes Good for Ecosystem
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Product ... Bottled Water
Packaging versus Infrastructure
GREEN ... Here’s Another Reason To Be Worried About Bottled Water ... Sales are up, and our spirits are down.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bottled-water-sales-water-infrastructure_us_57b7729fe4b0b51733a38be4
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Products ... Bottled Water and Soda
Its all about profit optimization
Bottled water set to topple soda sales for the first time ... Soda has finally met its match: water.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bottled-water-set-to-topple-soda-sales-for-the-first-time/
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EcoSystems
Mutualism
A keystone mutualism underpins resilience of a coastal ecosystem to drought ... the role of mussels
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12473
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-02/bottled-water-to-outsell-soda-for-first-time-with-nod-to-flint
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Quality of Life
Place and People really do matter
David Kadavy ... Yes, you can leave the North America bubble ... It’s not the only place that matters
https://medium.com/the-mission/yes-you-can-leave-the-north-america-bubble-a72f8d3aa583#.tkclgvful
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Personal Productivity
The “Ivy Lee Method”
This 100-Year-Old To-Do List Hack Still Works Like A Charm ... The “Ivy Lee Method” is stupidly simple — and that’s partly why it’s so effective.
https://medium.com/@FastCompany/this-100-year-old-to-do-list-hack-still-works-like-a-charm-719b82545565
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Ideas ... Shared Value
FSG ... Michael Porter and Mark Kramer
Michael E. Porter , Mark R. Kramer ... Shared Value ... The Lesson Behind Fortune's 'Change the World' List ... 2016
http://fortune.com/2016/08/18/change-the-world-essay/
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USA ... Housing
Affordable Housing
How Mark Zuckerberg Might Attack The Affordable Housing Crisis ...
The Facebook billionaire is rumored to be looking at housing as an issue to address with his new charitable organization. What could he be thinking?
https://www.fastcoexist.com/3063069/why-are-californias-gas-prices-so-much-higher-than-every-other-states
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Initiative
Future Cities Accelerator
This New Accelerator Is Funding Projects That Fix The Systemic Issues Of Our Cities ...
The Unreasonable Institute and Rockefeller Foundation are working together on the Future Cities Accelerator, offering 10 grants of $100,000.
https://www.fastcoexist.com/3062762/future-of-philanthropy/this-new-accelerator-is-funding-projects-that-fix-the-systemic-issues
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Sports ... Rio Olympics
Sportsmanship
The ignorance aimed at Caster Semenya flies in the face of the Olympic spirit
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/23/caster-semenya-olympic-spirit-iaaf-athletes-women
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Economic Performance
Investment Impact
TruCost ... Carbon Footprinting: Helping Investors Ask the Right Questions
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2016/08/23/carbon-footprinting-helping-investors-ask-the-right-questions/
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