Revolutionizing Youth Mental Health Support Worldwide Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Following a successful Canadian launch at the Elevate Festival in October, Kids Help Phone (KHP) debuts acceleratorKHP during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. acceleratorKHP is the pathway to the next generation of youth mental health and well-being support [...]
DAVOS & SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of global CEOs are optimistic about economic growth in the year ahead, according to a new survey by PwC presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The survey, which polled 4,701 CEOs across 105 countries, found that 58% expect global economic expansion in [...]
Monterrey 1 new Advanced Lighthouse and Shanghai new End-to-End Value Chain Lighthouse, the company now has seven factories that have achieved Lighthouse statusThese are leading examples of how Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies can be leveraged for better sustainability and operational results Rueil-Malmaison, France, Oct. 08, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital [...]
First Lady of Pakistan, together with health and development organisations and the private sector, calls for world leaders to prioritise assistive technology access DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 16, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – A new global campaign, backed by the Honourable First Lady of Pakistan, Begum Samina Arif Alvi, was launched today at the World Economic Forum [...]
Rueil-Malmaison (France), Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced its Lexington, Kentucky plant, recognized as an Advanced Lighthouse last year, has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Sustainability Lighthouse — one of only three worldwide. The World Economic Forum has also [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO said Wednesday it has been named a “lighthouse factory,” by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for its efforts to drive innovation of the manufacturing sector. The WEF, an international organization for public-private cooperation, selects lighthouse factories twice a year that are considered front runners [...]
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — What a difference a year makes. Nearly 30% of business leaders believe that global economic growth will decline in the next 12 months, approximately six times the level of 5% last year – a record jump in pessimism. This is one of the key findings of PwC’s 22nd [...]
GENEVA, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The level of economic participation and opportunity of South Korean women is well below the world average, putting the country in 115th position out of 149 countries in terms of gender equality, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The forum’s Global Gender Gap [...]
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A record-breaking share of CEOs are optimistic about the economic environment worldwide, at least in the short term. That’s one of the key findings of PwC’s 21st survey of almost 1,300 CEOs around the world, launched today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. Fifty seven percent [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is investing heavily in education, but its education quality lags far behind rich countries in nurturing talent through skills development, a report showed Sunday. According to the report by Hyundai Research Institute (HRI), a private think tank, South Korea spent 5.9 percent of its gross domestic product on education in 2013. The spending was 0.7 percentage point higher than the average figure for members of the Organization [...]