Tag: #institutions

Sustainable Finance (ESG)

Banking’s Blind Spot: Why Major Financial Institutions Are Ignoring Value Chain Human Rights in Sustainability Reports

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 | 03:11

When the first corporate disclosures under the European Union’s landmark Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) began appearing in 2025, a critical examination of value chain social risk revealed a glaring disconnect across the financial sector. John E. Grova, a member of EFRAG’s Sustainability Reporting Technical Expert Group and a senior ESG adviser at SpareBank 1 […]

Emerging Markets

The Legacy of "King Bibi": How Benjamin Netanyahu Remade Israel’s Politics, Institutions, and Society

Saturday, October 24, 2026 | 06:57

To his fervent supporters, he is known simply as “King Bibi,” a towering figure of strength, resilience, and nationalist pride. To his detractors, however, he is the king of security failures and political corruption, a divisive leader who has pushed the nation to the brink. Disputes over nicknames aside, what remains entirely beyond question is […]