Ruth Brooks

As the world’s attention turns to tackling the climate crisis and making the overdue, critical shift to carbon net-zero, awareness of sustainability initiatives – and the role that financial markets and financial products have to play – has been thrown into the spotlight. Underpinning both the viability and widespread rollout of many of these initiatives […]

We are currently at the intersection of some of the most-critical issues facing both our planet and its global population – including human rights abuses, poverty, the climate crisis, food insecurity, economic instability, social inequality and environmental degradation. Each issue on its own is an incredibly complex, multi-faceted and nuanced issue; there exist no instant, […]

The main preoccupation for most entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs is securing the requisite funding to launch a new business or venture – both at early-stage and throughout the lifecycle. It’s an expensive gambit: developing high-quality product or service offerings, bringing the right people on board to support the start-up project or business idea, launching to market, […]

Innovative technology has opened up a world of possibilities for businesses interested in international trade. Where previously this might not have been a cost-effective option for many, our increasingly connected global community – and the rise of digital marketing in particular – have now presented alternative, more-affordable ways of reaching new customers. How best should […]

Sustainability, as defined by the United Nations (UN), is “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The current global population is just north of 8 billion, predicted to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100. With greater demands on our planet […]