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Diversified trading conglomerates enhance societal well-being by ensuring the availability and distribution of essential goods like textiles, energy products, and food¹. By facilitating global trade, it supports economic growth, creates jobs, and ...

To ensure strong institutions and the well-being of society, governments spend a considerable amount of the state's budget on public goods and services, which are funded through taxes paid by individuals and corporations¹. Corporate taxes accounte...

Discrimination causes loss of self-esteem and confidence, hopelessness, and isolation¹. An inclusive workforce can engage employees, leading a path to individual empowerment^2;p6. People are discriminated against on various grounds such as race, et...

Around 3.3 billion people are employed globally as of 2022¹.  Job creation stimulates economic growth by increasing consumer spending². It also reduces poverty by providing social protection for workers and their families, offers prospects for per...

The oil and gas industry is dangerous due to powerful equipment, flammable chemicals, and high-pressure processes, which can cause fatalities⁷. As of 2021, 50 Million (Mn) people are living in modern slavery, out of which 28 Mn are in forced labor...

Annually, the world generates 2 Bn tonnes (t) of solid municipal waste¹. About 40% of the waste generated globally is managed improperly, dumped, or openly burned, while only 14% is recycled². Waste sent to landfills often contributes to global cl...

Every year, around 4 trillion m³ of freshwater is consumed worldwide¹. Only 3% of the total available water on Earth is freshwater, and only 0.5% is available for human consumption². Industries use around 20% of the total water consumption^3;p7. Pr...

Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) trap the Sun's heat and cause a rise in temperature and sea level, extreme weather conditions, and climate change¹. In 2021, global GHG emissions amounted to 40.8 Bn tonnes (t) of CO₂e². Global temperature has risen by abou...

A gender-balanced workforce empowers women financially and socially and can improve global economic growth¹. However, women's representation in top organizational positions is low compared to men^2;pxiii. Ideally, 40-60% representation of either ge...

Drilling wells for extraction, pits, etc., causes habitat loss, aquifer degradation, & seismic activity^1;pxii-xv,p4. Deep-sea habitats harbor diverse & rare species susceptible to disturbances & take long to recover². Oil exploration can cause irr...