Global companies are still committing to protect the climate – and they’re investing big money in clean tech
Electric delivery vehicles powered by renewable energy are helping several multinationals lower their emissions.
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‘High-impact sabotage’: spy chief issues grave warning about espionage and sabotage threat
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has given a dramatic warning that sophisticated hackers backed by foreign governments are increasingly targeting Australian infrastructure such as telecommunications and airports.
ASIO chief Mike Burgess warned we are now at “the threshold for high-impact sabotage”.
Progress on gender equality at work is slow and uneven, new index finds
gorodenkoff/Getty ImagesGender equality at work has barely improved over the past ten years, with paid work opportunities held back by women doing the bulk of unpaid work in the home, new research shows.
The unraveling of workplace protections for delivery drivers: A tale of 2 workplace models
American households have become dependent on Amazon.
The numbers say it all: In 2024, 83% of U.S. households received deliveries from Amazon, representing over 1 million packages delivered each day and 9 billion individual items delivered same-day or next-day every year. In remarkably short order, the company has transformed from an online bookseller into a juggernaut that has reshaped retailing. But its impact isn’t limited to how we shop.
How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer
Australia’s recycling system has been lurching from one crisis to another for decades. Soft-plastic schemes are collapsing, kerbside contamination is on the rise, and states are still struggling to coordinate a coherent national approach.
The UK’s wealth ‘timebomb’ – and how to defuse it
When the full, unexpurgated diaries of the Conservative MP Sir Henry “Chips” Channon were published in 2021, these disarmingly frank accounts of his aristocratic life in mid-20th century Britain caused a stir. They revealed the inner thoughts of a renowned social climber and rightwing snob, whose political career never recovered from his record as an appeaser of Nazi Germany.
The beauty backfire effect: Being too attractive can hurt fitness influencers, new research shows
“Sex sells” has been a mantra in marketing for decades.
Singles’ Day is a $150B holiday in China. Here’s why I think ‘11/11’ will catch on in the US
On Nov. 11 each year, a curious holiday takes over China. What began among Nanjing University students in the 1990s as a tongue-in-cheek counter to Valentine’s Day has exploded into the world’s largest shopping event: Singles’ Day.
Investors prefer ‘I’ over ‘we’ when CEOs apologize
When corporate crises hit, the public looks to the CEO. From product recalls to workplace discrimination, to customer mistreatment scandals, CEOs are often thrust into the spotlight and forced to apologize.
But do the exact words they choose really matter?
Syrian forced migrants in Turkey have built businesses despite challenges. Here’s what has helped them succeed
By the end of 2024, the number of people worldwide who had been “forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order” and had fled their countries stood at approximately 42.7 million, according to the UN Refugee Agency.
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