Nearly one-third of tropical animal species face extinction if humans do not curb our growing appetites for beef, pork and other land-intensive meats. The Panamanian golden frog bred by the Vancouver Aquarium in this 2014 file photo may be extinct in its natural habitat.
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As much as one-third of animal species in the tropics could be eradicated if their habitats continue to be converted for monoculture farming. We can all do something to make a difference.
When rowdy shareholders start battering at the door, CEOs should take a leaf from their playbook.
Refugee Talent, a digital matching platform to assist refugees in finding work in Australia, emerged out of one of the Techfugee Sydney Hackathon events.
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Social enterprises set up by refugees are also helping countries to overcome some of the challenges of economic and social integration of new arrivals.
The crunch for platforms will come when labour market conditions improve and workers have more alternatives.
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Africa should be concerned about news that the World Bank is looking to migrate from the model that largely relies on funding member states to become a broker of private capital.
Will AI and robotics erode or enhance the labour market for humans?
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What will Canadians do to earn their keep in 150 years? We won’t manufacture goods, but jobs with the “human” touch, like nursing, will still be important.
ANC supporters cheer during their party’s final election rally in Soweto, May 4, 2014.
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Business Briefing: following the money in cricket
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Rather than just admiring a good hit or delivery, there’s another way to analyse what’s happening on a cricket pitch. Cricket players are actually business people, in the sense that they’re weighing up…
SAB’s resilience has allowed it to become a key player globally.
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The development trajectory of South African born brewer SABMiller peaked with the 2016 $104 billion merger with Anheuser-Busch InBev. Behind it lies an extraordinary journey.
Non-profit status enables media organisations in the US to avoid federal and some state taxes and donations to them can be tax deductible.
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Tax deductibility for donations to non-profit journalism centres in the United States have invigorated quality journalism. This same model could help Australian journalism.
One of the cases brought to the ANCP alleged forced evictions at a coal mine in Colombia jointly owned by BHP Billiton.
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The Australian government is missing a vital opportunity to promote ethical business practice and mediate disputes before they blow up, by improperly resourcing the ANCP.
Many large scale organisational changes end up as failures most of the time employers are blamed for being resistant to change. This may be convenient, but it doesn’t deal with the real issues.
The southern African region can benefit from beneficiating produce like sugar.
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Keeping companies in the UK will be a huge task for whoever ends up in Downing Street.
The New York Times continues to invest in its newsrooms and expand internationally (it has journalists filing stories from over 150 countries), while Fairfax continues to chop newsroom jobs.
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While digital revenue streams may be delivering, there’s still a strong reliance on print for revenue and research shows readers engage more with print.
Dublin’s role in global business is threatened by Trump’s tax plans, so the opportunity presented by Britain’s EU exit will have to be snatched with both hands.
GDP as a measure of growth fails to account for damages caused to the environment by industrial activity.
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