As the European Union debates the new draft directive on corporate sustainability reporting and associated sustainability standards, new evidence shows that the proposed legislation will save costs and improve competitiveness across Europe and for all businesses, writes ex-MEP Richard Howitt.
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The order by Hong Kong's authorities to remove a memorial dedicated to the Tiananmen massacre shows Beijing's grip over its culture of remembrance: The central government wants to force the world to forget the incident. Because coming to terms with the past does not fit the agenda of China's leadership.
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Europe's economies would be affected to varying degrees by a rising carbon price – most severely the Eastern European countries. Thieß Petersen of the Bertelsmann Stiftung explains why and proposes how a divide in Europe could be prevented.
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A sustainable single market needs common cybersecurity and cyber defense, write Annegret Bendiek and Matthias Schulze of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). But member states still think in national categories of stability and security in Europe.
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Zhang Jun warns of not only paying attention to superficial phenomena of China's economy. The economist explains what underlies China's often overlooked irrepressible dynamism.
By Ning Wang
"Absolute national security" might have been a reasonable goal for the US when the country stood at the helm of a unipolar world order. But in today’s world, attempting to “contain and confront” those with different values or systems, rather than negotiating a new global compact that accommodates them, is a recipe for conflict.
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The new German government has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to digitization. Achim Berg, President of Bitkom, the industry association for information and telecommunications, believes that the future coalition should tackle the tasks at hand better, more boldly and more decisively in order to secure growth and prosperity in the long term.
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Red wedding dresses, red envelopes for Chinese New Year, red lanterns. The warm color is omnipresent in the People's Republic – even in politics. In socialist countries, people are used to the symbolic color. President Xi Jinping, however, is now applying a particularly thick coat of red paint.
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The Director of the Brussels-based think tank CEPS does not see any dangerous inflationary dynamics in Europe despite rising commodity and energy prices. The situation in the USA is different.
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The EU's sustainable investment taxonomy could cut off suppliers of armed forces and security agencies from private funding, according to the Chief Executive of the German Security and Defence Industries Association (BDSV). But that would mean the implosion of European defense policy.
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