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  • BUSINESS

    Activists decry plastic ban loopholes

    Business, William Hicks, Published on 21/01/2020

    » The recent ban on single-use plastic bags at major retailers created a stir for consumers and businesses, with social media abuzz with workarounds such as shoppers using wheelbarrows and stockings to carry off their 7-Eleven hauls.

  • BUSINESS

    ESG ratings don't mean what you think

    Business, William Hicks, Published on 26/12/2020

    » Environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and sustainability stock indices based on ESG scoring have become the hot new trend among retail and institutional investors, allowing them to evaluate companies based on sustainability and social development instead of simply profits and losses. ESG funds promise long-term growth as governments around the globe promise to scale down emissions to combat climate change.

  • BUSINESS

    Thai Covid-19 apps judged invasive

    Business, William Hicks, Published on 20/07/2020

    » To fight further waves of the pandemic, contact tracing apps that monitor infection locations and points of contact have never been more important. The recent scandal involving Egyptian airmen leaving quarantine to go to a mall in Rayong has the government scrambling to retrace their contact points, which could have been a much easier process had such apps been in use.

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    Blockchain with background music

    Business, William Hicks, Published on 25/12/2018

    » As electronic, hip hop and rock blasts from competing speakers in all directions, about 100 or so festival-goers gather under dozens of red umbrellas in a semi-circle to hear a lecture on blockchain.

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