How Some Companies Avoid Accusations of Greenwashing
An analysis of 515 companies in 35 countries reveals a troubling trend.
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28 September 2023
IRS Moratorium on New Employee Retention Tax Credit Processing
On September 14, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Employee Retention Credit (ERC) guidance placing a moratorium on processing new ERC claims due to a surge in questionable claim submissions. Claims already submitted will continue to be processed, but at a slower rate due to detailed compliance reviews. The…
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28 September 2023
Strategies for Asian business navigating a new era
Asia’s business leaders should prepare themselves for potential turbulence as global dynamics shift and challenges escalate. Over the past three decades, Asia has reaped more benefits from a globalizing world than any other region, but that landscape is becoming more contested, and risks are rising. The region’s rise to prominence…
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27 September 2023
Vietnam manufacturing sector – From low cost to high productivity
In the past decade, manufacturing in Vietnam has been at the epicenter of the country’s high growth. This sector contributed more than 20 percent to the country’s GDP and has been an anchor in Vietnam’s trade balance, helping to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). It played a significant role in…
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27 September 2023
Mindset Shifts and the Psychology Behind Employee Recognition
In recognition of World Gratitude Day, organizations around the globe are seizing the opportunity to appreciate and recognize their employees. But how many pause to consider the psychological underpinnings of their recognition strategies? Last year, during a casual conversation with a Perceptyx customer, a revealing question emerged: Are "A" students…
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27 September 2023
From Manufacturing Line to Digital Workspace: Navigating Bottlenecks
In a classic manufacturing organisation, spotting a bottleneck is as clear as daylight. Just glance at the production line, and you’ll see materials accumulating in one area – and viola! Right there sits your bottleneck! But these make-or-break points aren’t always so visible in today’s digital workspace. In an environment…
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27 September 2023
Development Finance – What are my Options?
The ability to successfully deliver a profitable development project depends on getting the right funding arrangements in place. The decision on how to fund your project is one of the most significant challenges facing developers particularly in recent years as the market has reacted to the impact of the pandemic,…
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27 September 2023
How climate change affects potential output
Climate change and the actions taken to tackle it will profoundly change economic activity in the coming decades. Eliminating carbon emissions requires changes to how people consume and how businesses produce. Without sufficient progress in reducing emissions, average temperatures will increase, sea levels will rise, and climate extremes will become…
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27 September 2023
euro area labour market: above its pre-pandemic level
One notable recent development in the euro area labour market has been a strong rebound in the labour force. In particular, over the last year and a half, the main source of employment growth has been the strong inflow of people joining the labour force rather than a sharp decline…
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27 September 2023
Too Many Meetings, Too Little Time (to Work)
In January, Shopify deleted 12,000 recurring meetings from its staff’s calendars. The e-commerce firm also reinstated a no-meeting Wednesday policy. The idea wasn’t to prevent meetings from happening, but for staff to be intentional about them. In addition, it sent a clear message that it was OK to protect one’s…
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27 September 2023
Greenwashing: Exploring the risks of misleading environmental marketing in China, Canada, France, Singapore and the UK
Across several jurisdictions, eco-advertising and green marketing campaigns have become commonplace among businesses of all sizes and in all sectors. Understandably, advertising the environmentally-friendly attributes of a product or service – through slogans, trademarks, performance claims or various other marketing practices – appeals to consumers' growing concerns for the environment…
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26 September 2023
Navigating the new dawn of talent strategy: 5 shifts reshaping work
To advance the conversation, we recently facilitated a future-storming session to reimagine the future of work and talent strategy. Future-storming is the process of identifying risks and trends that might affect your business or industry vertical, combining them in new ways, and thinking of solutions to mitigate these risks. The…
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26 September 2023
What opportunities do San Francisco’s robo-taxis offer? Experts explain.
“Technology has the potential to provide powerful strategies to address a number of societal issues. However, advanced technology also has the ability to divide,” said UC Berkeley civil and environmental engineering professor Susan Shaheen,
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26 September 2023
Solving the Problem of Remote Work
The discussion around remote work — which has dominated news headlines, Slack conversations and water-cooler chats since countries relaxed their Covid-19 guidelines — is only getting more contentious. Many workers wish to continue working remotely in some capacity, while insisting that leaders’ productivity concerns are unfounded. However, some high-profile executives…
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26 September 2023
Less Common Defenses to Patent Infringement
Intervening rights - Intervening rights stem from the inequities of a person obtaining a patent — and thus putting the public on notice as to a claimed invention — and then later changing the scope of the claimed invention through a reissue application. Whether the scope of the reissue patent…
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26 September 2023
Are your job offers turned down by candidates?
You met a great candidate, and you are really excited to possibly bring them on the team, so you make them an offer. But... They turned down your offer. You are wondering what went wrong and eventually, you might even tell yourself: “ It wasn’t meant to be”. The recruitment…
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26 September 2023
USA vs. Taiwan: Trading at the Price of Stability
Neither Washington nor Beijing are ready for sharp escalation at the moment. The Americans are looking forward to the presidential election in 2024, and China continues to experience economic problems. Nevertheless, the desire of the United States to prove its readiness to support Taiwan continues to increase the level of hard tension in this part of the planet, where, as it seemed earlier,…
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26 September 2023
Designing wellness outcomes: Meet Codey Lyon
Codey Lyon is our newly appointed Technical Director, Health Sector Lead for our Buildings + Places business line in Victoria and South Australia. She brings a wealth of salutogenic health experience in designing supportive health environments and her design-focused approach, integrating her clinical and architectural backgrounds to embed engineering, is…
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26 September 2023
Generative AI can transform work – boosting productivity and democratizing innovation
Generative AI could drive a wave of potential opportunities for the technology value stack, according to researchers from the Oxford Martin School. Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at the Oxford Martin School and report co-author, said, ‘Generative AI is a dual-edged sword that offers enormous potential to…
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26 September 2023
The Push for Sustainability in the Luxury Retail Industry
As sustainability becomes an increasingly important consideration in all industries, it’s inevitable that luxury retail will also continue to experience increasing demand for more sustainable products and practices – particularly as a new market segment of younger and eco-conscious consumers, such as Gen Z and Millennials, begin to fuel the…
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26 September 2023
What you need to know about PFAS
Global awareness of the risks and liabilities associated with the use and persistence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has been growing over the past two decades. In response, governments in Canada and elsewhere have been grappling with how to regulate these “forever chemicals.” As discussed in our prior article,…
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25 September 2023
Compound interest – It pays to start early
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25 September 2023
UK – Moving to fixed price ROCs for electricity
Towards the end of the summer, the UK Government, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive published a call for evidence outlining the case for transitioning to fixed price ROCs (also known as Renewables Obligation Certificates) in 2027. This is the first government policy document regarding fixed price ROCs…
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25 September 2023
5 Corporate Shortcomings for Newly Promoted Managers
If you’ve ever been promoted from the ranks of the worker bees to the lofty position of a manager, you know it’s like jumping into the deep end of the corporate swimming pool without knowing how to swim. It’s a thrilling, yet terrifying experience that can often leave you feeling…
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25 September 2023
Chinese Companies must Reinvent Themselves to Drive Sustainable Growth
Accenture identifies five capabilities to accelerate the reinvention of Chinese companies Beijing; Sept. 21, 2023 – The latest edition of Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) China Digital Transformation Index shows that just 2% of Chinese companies are undertaking the holistic, continuous digital transformation steps needed to drive long term, sustainable growth. Samantha…
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25 September 2023
0-days exploited by commercial surveillance vendor in Egypt
Last week Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), in partnership with The Citizen Lab, discovered an in-the-wild 0-day exploit chain for iPhones. Developed by the commerci…
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25 September 2023
New technologies aid the fight against human trafficking
Until now, identifying charcoal camps believed to be using forced labor has been reliant on tips, many of which are anonymous. With an overwhelming number of tips to process simultaneously, prioritizing which leads to follow becomes a challenge for the authorities. “Tracking down the exact location of these sites can…
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25 September 2023
New Microsoft security tools to protect families and businesses
Today marks an exciting milestone in Microsoft’s AI journey. This morning, at an event in New York City, we made several major announcements to empower people across work and life—you can read more about Microsoft Bing and Edge with Copilot, what’s new from Microsoft 365 Copilot and Bing Chat Enterprise…
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25 September 2023
SEC Continues Enforcing Against NFT Projects
Cyprus CEO summary: On September 13, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a cease-and-desist order against Stoner Cats 2, LLC (SC2) for allegedly conducting an unregistered securities offering through the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) valued at $8.2 million. The NFTs were linked to a web-based animated…
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24 September 2023
Young people’s mental health deteriorated at greater rate during the pandemic
Cyprus CEO summary: Researchers at Oxford University's Department of Psychiatry conducted a study comparing the mental health of thousands of UK secondary school students who experienced the COVID-19 pandemic and three lockdowns with a group assessed before the pandemic. Published in JAMA Network Open, the findings reveal that students during…
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24 September 2023
The Desk Jockey’s Dilemma – Working from home has its pros and cons
In the age of remote work and digital connectivity, our workdays have become synonymous with long hours spent sitting at our home office desks. While the convenience of working from home has its perks, the sedentary nature of this lifestyle can take a toll on our health and well-being. In…
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24 September 2023
Disaster Recovery Creates Its Own Bubble
The initial estimates of damage from the wildfire on Maui last month suggest it will cost $5.5 billion to rebuild just the town of Lahaina. But that is certain to be too low, and not just because construction costs in Hawaii are about 20% above the national average. When one…
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23 September 2023
Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after all, study suggests
Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit trained 120 volunteers worldwide to suppress thoughts about negative events that worried them, and found that not only did these become less vivid, but that the participants’ mental health also improved. “We’re all familiar with the Freudian idea…
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23 September 2023
Millets: Rediscovering ancient grains for a sustainable and nutritious future
Millets, a diverse group of small-seeded grasses, have a long history of cultivation spanning centuries and have been a staple in the diets of various communities worldwide. These hardy crops offer numerous advantages, such as their adaptability to diverse agro-climatic conditions and their exceptional nutritional content. However, over the years,…
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23 September 2023
How new model boosts supply and lowers prices for generic drugs
Cyprus CEO summary: Civica Rx, a nonprofit drug manufacturer formed by US health systems and philanthropic groups, has significantly improved drug supply security and reduced costs for 20 medications, according to a study in NEJM Catalyst. Civica's unique structural approach prioritizes access over profit and has proven effective in addressing…
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22 September 2023
I see you: Opening the AI black box
Cyprus CEO summary: Customer trust in AI relies on explainability. A data science team faced a puzzling problem as their algorithm achieved high accuracy in dog breed identification but inexplicably kept tagging different breeds as huskies. After adding explainability, they discovered the AI wasn't considering animal features but rather background…
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22 September 2023
Balancing democracy and meritocracy
Cyprus CEO Summary: In the late 1940s, a pivotal debate unfolded between Vannevar Bush and Harley Kilgore regarding science funding and education in America. Bush championed elite university labs and commercializing discoveries, while Kilgore advocated for broader scientific literacy and public officials setting research priorities. The National Science Foundation was…
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22 September 2023
Banking Cooperation between Iran and Russia – Capacities and Constrain
The banking and financial relations between Iran and Russia have developed significantly in recent years under the influence of several factors, which is unprecedented in the history of relations between the two countries, Vali Kaleji writes. In his article, Dr. Vali Kaleji, a Tehran-based expert on Central Asia and Caucasian…
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22 September 2023
Surviving from Pandemic to Inflation: Strategies for Grocery Retailers in 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, eCommerce grew drastically in several industries, with online grocery shopping becoming a popular option. Many customers sought to avoid in-person shopping altogether, so grocers began to offer curbside pick-up and delivery for customer purchases. As the impacts of the pandemic are now waning, digital grocery shopping…
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22 September 2023
Defending short-term rentals against city regulation
Recently, the City of Quincy attempted to shut down a client’s ability to rent part of her home on Airbnb. We defended the client in a hearing in July, and this week the court ruled against the City and in favor of our client. Many municipalities including Quincy have recently…
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22 September 2023
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