The lasting impact of Covid-19 on education: a look at Ecuador.
Global school closures in response to the Covid-19 are set to have lasting impacts on education. In this pandemic, economic and social stress coupled with important social distancing measures led to a shadow crisis in the educative system, and most importantly a setback from the educative progress countries had been experiencing. The Covid-19 crisis has […]
Towards a Green Recovery after COVID-19
Over the last year, COVID-19 has caused untold environmental, social and economic damage across the world. It has caused millions of deaths, trillions of dollars of economic damage, and set back our progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in everything from gender equality to child vaccinations. And if action is not taken, we will […]
Expert Eye: ESG strategies to help multinational firms tackle the COVID-19 crisis
Lucia Silva has been Generali’s Group Head of Sustainability and Social Responsibility for more than 5 years. Today she discusses the potential impacts Covid-19 has had on her firm, with an insight on ESG strategies. Generali is the third most important insurance firm in the world. This multinational group has 400 companies in 50 countries, […]
Expert eye: Covid-19 as an opportunity for the development of sustainable local communities
Joeffrey Gueniche is Deputy Mayor of Fontenay-sous-Bois, in charge of Development of Democratic Life and Popular Education. He discusses the local and long-term consequences of Covid-19. Fontenay-sous-Bois is a commune of more than 50 000 inhabitants located in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. This city feels concerned about the ideas of sustainable development and […]
Paul de Zylva, Friends of the Earth: How can Covid-19 be a motor for sustainable development?
Will the pandemic nudge our political and business leaders into making life on earth viable or will they just want to ‘get back to normal’? asks Paul de Zylva of Friends of the Earth. 2021 could be the year that decides the fate of people and the planet. It’s a huge thought but before being […]
Expert Eye: Covid-19, a call to reset the economy
Hans Stegeman, Chief Investment Strategist at Triodos Investment Management, discusses how Covid 19 can be a window to reset the economy. In his research he tackles questions such as the root causes for the systemic failure we experience since the Covid-19 outbreak, or an action plan for a resilient and inclusive recovery. Through the targeted […]
How Green is the new EU Recovery Plan? Sustainable Solutions for a Post-Covid economy
Author: Gian Paolo Sabatini COVID-19 has brought levels of recession in Europe that would have been unthinkable only a year ago, as a result the EU has approved a massive recovery plan which includes a 30% quota specifically for green investments. At its zenith, the pandemic had brought most European countries to shut down large […]
Regenerative Agriculture: a necessary approach to reduce carbon emissions in a Post-Covid world
Author: Gian Paolo Sabatini The COVID-19 crisis proved to be revelatory of the unsustainable functioning of current economies, and most notably of the world’s food system. As the pandemic shut down half of the globe, images of empty grocery stores, panic buying and endless queues at food banks demonstrated the imbalances of our global food […]
