Can artists revive dead city centres? Without long-term tenancies it’s window dressing

After 18 months of lockdown, the City of Melbourne is understandably anxious to get people back to the CBD and inner areas. Commercial vacancy rates are...

How to make fragile global supply chains stronger and more sustainable

In 2019, global supply chains moved more than US$19 trillion in exported goods. The production and sale of many items we need and use — including...

Cyberattacks to critical infrastructure threaten our safety and well-being

What would happen if you could no longer use the technological systems that you rely on every day? I’m not talking about your smart phone or...

COP26: 4 ways rich nations can keep promises to curb emissions and fund climate adaptation

The time has come for Canada and other rich nations to pony-up and pay for the devastation they have caused countries in the Global South. That...

Gov’t raises allowed occupancy in biz establishments

MANILA – Business establishments allowed to open in their localities which are issued a safety seal will be granted an increase of 10 percentage points in...

Ethereum: the transformation that could see it overtake bitcoin

The world’s second most valuable cryptocurrency, ether, has been touching all-time highs in price ahead of a major upgrade of its underlying platform, ethereum. Ether is...

The supply chain crisis has a silver lining – container ships should be decarbonised faster

Several months ago, I warned that the crisis in container ships could jeopardise Christmas by leaving retailers without enough goods on their shelves. Since then, there...

Vaccination must be mandatory in select industries: Palace exec

MANILA – A Palace adviser wants to make mandatory the vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) among workers in labor-intensive and high-risk businesses. Presidential Adviser for...

AirAsia PH to rehire laid-off employees

MANILA – With the increasing resumption of travel and utilization of aircraft, rehiring of laid-off employees is among the priorities of AirAsia Philippines, chief executive officer Ricardo Isla...

Companies operating at sea must embrace conservation and sustainability — and not wait to be forced into it