Tag: Davos

Davos session debates role of emerging markets philanthropy in delivering Sustainable Development Goals

Stuart Mitchell

Philanthropic capital and how best to deploy it for maximum social impact, was the focus of one of  Davos’ 2020 high-level meeting entitled, ‘Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World: The Role of Philanthropy in Emerging Economies’. Discussion leaders comprised Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Founder and Chairperson of Kalimat Foundation for Children’s Empowerment; H.E. Dr Thani Ahmed Alzeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment; H.E. Dr Rania Al-Mashat, Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation; David Miliband, President & CEO, International Rescue Committee; Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red…

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Civil society unites to deliver a bold message to leaders at the World Economic Forum

Stuart Mitchell

Greenpeace Switzerland activists today projected messages from Amnesty International, European Trade Union Confederation, Fight Inequality Alliance, Greenpeace, International Trade Union Confederation, Public Eye, Attac Switzerland and the Swiss Coalition for Corporate Justice onto the hillsides facing the World Economic Forum. The messages are united in their demands to leaders for urgent changes to an unjust system that exacerbates inequality, damages the environment, threatens human rights and creates injustice. “While our messages are diverse, they speak to one truth. The current economic system is broken and corporations who do wrong must…

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Carlsberg Launches Young Scientists Community in Davos

Stuart Mitchell

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Carlsberg Group announced the launch of a Young Scientists Community aimed at addressing some of the world’s major challenges around climate change and water scarcity. The Community is being launched with a consumer-engaging job posting under the heading “The best job for the world. Probably”. The Carlsberg Group is looking for the world’s brightest young postdocs to work in a community of scientists, including postdoc fellows, experts, universities and laboratories such as the Carlsberg Research Laboratory. The Community offers an amazing opportunity…

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