Water: The Liquid Gold
By 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas affected by water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world’s population will live in water-stressed regions due to water use, growth, and climate change. Access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene are the most basic human needs for health and well-being. Still, according to the […]
The Next Gen of VC’s
Venture capital (VC) can play a key role in the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The study highlights the potential of VC to help finance the SDGs, which aim to tackle global challenges, including poverty, hunger, and inequality. When a new venture arises, it is important for the entrepreneur to have different […]
Year-End Business Assessment
A business assessment will allow you to identify strengths and areas for improvement, identify the business sectors that are worth emphasizing and those that are not, and at the same time, identify the factors that determine whether or not the company is worth more. The end of each year is a time to reflect on […]
Time to Evaluate Your Year
Time is a precious resource. One-third of your life is spent at work and another third sleeping, so you want to save what’s left of your precious moments. Analyze how you spent your time in 2022, and remember to give yourself some grace if the results are not exactly what you expected. The last two […]
Personal New Year’s Resolutions
One way to change the way our brain interprets the year is to focus on what we have been successful at as a starting point. New Year’s resolutions, we make, we break, we repeat over and over again every year, and we insist so much that it seems like a joke. Now that 2023 has […]
Powering the Future
Renewables will account for more than 90% of global electricity growth over the next five years, becoming the largest source of global electricity by early 2025. Since the beginning of its existence, man has needed energy to survive and advance. But what is energy, and why is it so important in economics? In physics, the […]
Technology Will Reshape Infrastructure
According to the UN, industry, innovation, and infrastructure are three basic pillars of sustainability, as they are fundamental for economic and social development. Indeed, those still wonder why the United Nations (UN) is concerned about promoting resilient infrastructure, sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation, as established in the ninth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 9). The answer […]
Designing to Scale
As cities grow and face increasing challenges such as climate change and housing loss due to disasters, innovative startups, and technology offer a glimmer of hope. The world is becoming increasingly urbanized. Since 2007, more than half of the world’s population has been living in cities, and it is estimated that by 2050, 7 out […]
Why Virtuous Cycles Are Everyone’s Business
Current production and consumption patterns lead to climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, deforestation, water scarcity, food waste, and high carbon emissions. Everything we produce and consume impacts the economy, the environment, and social development; the world’s current production and consumption patterns are the root causes of the triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, and […]
Climate Change: The Greatest Threat and the Biggest Opportunity
There’s an urgent need to combat climate change. Technology can help to mitigate its impact thru carbon capture technology and renewable energy solutions. To build a sustainable world, we need to support the adoption of technological solutions with appropriate investment and regulatory incentives. It is inevitable to recognize that human activities cause climate change and […]