Month: July 2024

Rise of Sustainable Business Practices: Balancing profitability, environmental responsibility

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The concept of sustainability has evolved due to environmental concerns, changing consumer expectations, and regulatory pressures. In the modern business era, success is not just measured by profits but also by a company’s environmental impact. As climate change and resource scarcity concerns rise, more businesses are adopting sustainable practices, driven by consumer demand and the … Read more

Millions of Venezuelan exiles are at heart of election but most cannot vote | Global development

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For Jessica Sierra, presidential elections this weekend will not only decide who will run Venezuela for the next six years. Like many of the almost 8 million Venezuelans scattered across the globe, they could also dictate whether she can finally return home and be reunited with her family. “My parents, my grandparents, uncles, aunties, my … Read more

Former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable testifies at inquiry into Post Office Horizon scandal – business live | Stock markets

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Former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable testifies at inquiry into Post Office Horizon scandal Former Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable has begun testifying at the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. Cable, who is due to give testimony this morning, was business secretary from 2010 to 2015 when the government privatised the … Read more

Paris’s department stores transformed urban life. What can they teach today’s struggling shops? | Architecture

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On the top floor of the fabled La Samaritaine department store in Paris, an empty row of champagne-branded deckchairs is arranged on an artificial beach, facing a wall-sized digital screen of the sun setting over a sparkling sea. Downstairs, at the “beauty light bar”, futuristic face masks glow with red LED light, promising to stimulate … Read more

Amid chaos of US politics, Netanyahu finally gets attention he craves in Washington | Benjamin Netanyahu

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On his third day in Washington, Benjamin Netanyahu finally got the attention he so desperately wanted in the US capital. Republicans and their guests in the House chamber stamped their feet and whistled as a joint session was gaveled into order, while the Democrat lawmakers who chose not to boycott someone whom colleagues had called … Read more

‘If people are upset, we’re doing something right’: the artists subverting the language of ads | Art

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Labour’s landslide win in the general election saw many Conservative MPs experience a Portillo moment. Top Tories including Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt and Jacob Rees-Mogg were unseated by discontented constituents. But, a few days before, something a wee bit different took place: a Portaloo moment. Overnight, a mobile toilet popped up on the streets of Shoreditch, … Read more