Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (UK) = 15; USA (both Nevada brothels and the criminalised setting) = 14; Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) = 11 (see Chapter9for a detailed account of the study design and socio-demographics of participants). ...
COVID-19 ESG Sustainability reporting Harmonisation 1. Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the interconnectedness between people, planet and profits – and particularly between health, poverty, climate change and the stability of the global financial system. The pandemic put the ‘S’ ...
The sharp and sudden economic contraction triggered by the COVID-19 virus may be a turning point. It has been characterized as the mother of all ESG&D shocks to value creation, leaving few companies and communities unscathed. The national health system weaknesses it exposed—coming in many ...
Due to difficulties with face-to-face meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus groups were conducted virtually using Zoom and audio recorded. The lead facilitator (SIL) is a female doctoral student, public health specialist trainee and qualified as a general practitioner. She has previousl...
Financial Times, 19 May 2020US backs away from WHO move on access to Covid-19 treatmentsBy David Pilling in London, Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Michael Peel in BrusselsIn a letter seen by the Financial Times, African ambassadors in Geneva said attacks on the WHO's Mr Tedros "fro...
After 2015, at the European Union (EU) level, a higher emphasis was placed on non-financial (sustainable) reporting [1]. Given that climate change is increasingly visible and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on companies was powerful, a new directive of the European Union, the Corporate ...