The Man Who Fell From Space: Five Years on
On the fifth anniversary of the record jump from the edge of space, we asked Felix Baumgartner and other key Red Bull Stratos team members for their memories of the incredible day. On October 14, 2012, the world was spellbound as the Red Bull Stratos project launched a helium balloon to near space, where Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumped […]
IMF: Forget Taxing The Rich, Close The Gender Gap
At a news conference to open the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde urged world leaders in October to reinforce a strengthening global recovery and seize an opportunity to promote inclusive and sustainable growth. “Our suggestion is that it is not time to be complacent. It’s time to take those policy decisions […]
Governments Scramble to Ban New Petrol Cars
First France, now the UK. When it comes to motoring, countries are queuing up to show off their environmental credentials. The British government has announced that new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from 2040. The move follows hot on the heels of a similar announcement from France’s ecology minister with the […]
Kate Hudson And Michael Kors Fight Hunger in Cambodia
World Food Day is today and luxury ready-to-wear designer Michael Kors is dedicating the month to new products and activities designed to support Watch Hunger Stop, the brand’s campaign to fight global hunger. His friend, Kate Hudson, is supporting him. Now in its 5th year, Watch Hunger Stop raises funds and awareness to help achieve […]
‘Radical Greengrocer’ Tops Sustainability List
Volkert Engelsman, founding director of fresh organic importer and distributor Eosta, has been awarded top place in the annual Dutch Sustainability Top-100 list compiled by daily newspaper Trouw. Recognising the Dutch entrepreneur as “a greengrocer with a radical vision,” the jury acknowledged Engelsman’s pioneering leadership in the field of sustainable food and farming, specifically in True Cost Accounting. […]
Nobel Peace Prize Takes Aim at Nuclear Weapons
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The organization received the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such […]
How to Get a Job With a Disability
Finding employment is quite a challenge in today’s hugely competitive jobs market. Every time a vacancy becomes available, there are dozens of qualified and capable candidates submitting applications, making it hard for employers just to screen applicants for interviews. Finding a job can be tougher still for a jobseeker with a disability, as their condition […]
How Tech is Disrupting Poverty, Energy & Health Care
At the recent Bloomberg Global Business Forum, held in New York, one of Wall Street’s most prominent figures, David Rubenstein, the founder and co-CEO of the private-equity firm The Carlyle Group, hosted a panel discussion between Aliko Dangote, Bill Gates, Indra Nooyi and Masayoshi Son. David Rubenstein: I’d like to ask each of you; clearly there’s going […]
Real Leaders Holds Global Newsstand Kick Off in New York
Real Leaders held an event at Barnes & Noble in Tribeca, Manhattan to kick of their new global newsstand expansion during the week of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. The publication is the world’s first sustainable business & leadership magazine, which aims to inspire better leaders for a better world. The magazine is […]
Why Love is Important in Business
Samantha Thomas (above), founder of The Love Summit, explains why love is a viable factor for improving the triple bottom line of business, and for solving the most pressing social, environmental and economic issues of our time. What is your first memory that made you want to make a positive difference in the world? My […]
