Scaling up access to electric cooking services in Tanzania
According to the IEA, 2.3 billion people or nearly one third of the global population cook their meals over open fires or basic cook stoves. The fuels used are typically firewood, agricultural waste, charcoal, coal, kerosene and even animal dung. All of these emit harmful smoke, often in enclosed
What caught our eye - three key stories (week 9, 2024)
Scaling access to cleaner stoves; lower gas prices and sustainability; more sustainable shift to EVs
Sunday Brunch: sizing up good corporate governance
Improving overall corporate governance can improve valuation, but what should we be looking for?
The limits of sequestration
Farmland, and in particular its soil, has the potential to store large amounts of carbon to varying degrees depending on the type of land. The 3,378 hectare Jigsaw Farms, comprising lush pastures, gum tree plantations, wildlife corridors and wetlands about near the town of Hamilton in Victoria Australia made
Can better governance improve stock valuations?
For listed companies, there are a number of choices that a board and executive management can make to increase the valuation of the shares in the company. One example is choosing where to list. In my career I have seen many non-US companies running for US stock market listings in
What caught our eye - three key stories (week 8, 2024)
Vertical farms ahead of their time?; Better governance can lift valuations?; Limits of sequestration
When DEI isn't inclusive - discrimination against the 50 plus workforce
As individuals north of 50 years old, a LinkedIn post from the founder of recruitment service the Cleeve Partnership, Natasha Cleeve really caught our eye. Natasha highlighted that there is discrimination against the 50+ workforce even as a skills shortage persists. According to a WHO/UN report ageism is costing
What caught our eye - three key stories (week 7, 2024)
Ageism in the workplace; what to do with our natural gas networks?; closer to using EVs to power the grid?
A new wee test for bowel cancer?
Colorectal cancer or bowel cancer is the third most common cancer globally and the second leading cause of cancer related deaths (after lung cancer). Europe has the highest death rate with an age-standardised rate of 12 per 100,000 (2022) across all ages and sexes and accounted for almost 28%
What caught our eye - three key stories (week 6, 2024)
Positive story about coal mines; wee test for bowel cancer?; will European supply chain regs work?
Sunday Brunch: good faith is no defence for lack of foresight
Are directors properly discharging their fiduciary duty by taking into account the changing landscape in which they operate?
Radical food system overhaul could deliver US$10 trillion per year in benefits
A report from the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC) argues that the current set up of food systems globally (i.e. what food we grow, how we grow it and how we distribute it to people) has a cost far bigger than their contribution to global prosperity and is on