Universal eye health: the fight to save the world’s vision
The decades-long initiative to improve eye health worldwide has spawned a number of important milestones in recent years. But how far away are we from stamping out avoidable blindness for good and cutting visual impairment on a global scale?
Do we need a robot tax?
Whether failure to tax robots indirectly subsidises automation remains contentious, but it is an issue that must be dealt with – sooner rather than later
Why we must stop taking water for granted
Consumers must realise that water is becoming increasingly scarce, but there are challenges in communicating this important message
Business travel startups are transforming the industry
Business travel is a fragmented and complex industry ripe for disruption, but barriers to entry remain high
How water became the riskiest global asset of all
An interview with Callie Stinson, project lead of the World Economic Forum’s Water Initiative
Why hasn’t ESG investment really taken off yet?
Business as usual is no longer good enough when it comes to sustainable investing, but the regulatory environment has yet to cause a seismic shift in markets
Do early risers really make better workers?
The stereotypes of lazy "night owls" and highly-productive "larks" is still prevalent across the business world, but switching to working patterns in line with chronotype could unlock significant economic gains
Are cities ready for new demographics?
Headline global statistics highlighting growing urban populations mask slowing rates of growth in some developed countries and many cities remain woefully underprepared for the unprecedented demographic shifts underway