VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Energizing Finance research series – developed by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) in partnership with Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and Dalberg Advisors – shows the world is falling perilously short of the investment required to achieve energy access for all by 2030 for the seventh consecutive year. In [...]
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — In ScamAdviser’s 3rd Global State of Scams Report, 42 countries were analyzed on the number of people scammed and the amount of money lost. Number of Scams Boomed The number of reported scams increased from 139 million in 2019 to 266 million in 2020. The amount lost grew from €36 ($41.7) to [...]
PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A positive learning culture is directly linked to greater organizational agility, faster revenue growth, and increased employee engagement. These are some findings from Degreed’s How The Workforce Learns 2021 report, which unpacks the value of positive workplace learning experiences at a time when business leaders are grappling with challenges like the [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — New research* from Kadence (formerly Chargifi) has revealed that after a year of flexible working, almost two-thirds of US and UK office workers (62%) now feel more trusted to do their job effectively. Of those workers, half also feel more motivated to do a better quality job (51%) and go [...]
SAN MATEO, Calif. and LISBON, Portugal , Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Feedzai, the world’s leading cloud-based financial crime management platform, has released its most recent Quarterly Financial Crime Report. The report analyzes financial crime and consumer spending trends from more than 1.5 billion global transactions from April to July this year. According to the analysis, six [...]
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The stress of the COVID-19 pandemic — from working from home to caregiving challenges — has triggered widespread feelings of burnout among employees, leading to retention and productivity challenges for companies. According to The Mind at Work study by Potential Project, resiliency is key to changing the workplace experience and [...]
CHICAGO, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Though pressure is growing from all corners—from investors, to governments, to boards of directors—companies worldwide struggle to report progress on their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals. Indeed, just 38% of businesses publicly communicate their sustainability performance, according to a new survey from Sphera®, a leading global provider of ESG performance [...]
New York, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the statistics by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the sales of electric cars in the year 2019 reached 2.1 Million, representing a share of 2.6% of global car sales. In addition, the fleet of electric cars in the same year added to 7.2 Million. Additionally, consumption of [...]
New York, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the statistics by the World Health Organization (WHO), in the year 2019, around 17.9 Million people died from cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), which represented 32% of all global deaths. Further, according to the statistics by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), by the end of 2050, incidences of hip [...]
HONG KONG SAR, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) - Sustainable investing, once viewed as an outlier maybe only a decade ago, has never been more popular. To put things into perspective, sustainable funds in the U.S. attracted record investment of nearly US$2 trillion in the first quarter of 2021, according to industry data provider Morningstar. As demand for [...]