Green Bonds Are Growing Fast – But There Are Challenges Since the launch of the first “green bond” in 2008, the climate-aligned bond market has grown to an estimated $1.45 trillion and the annual issuance of labeled green bonds exceeded $167 billion in 2018. Yet this rapid growth has come with rising risks. Increasingly, some large
Create a Learning Culture: Qualities of The People Who Drive Change The role of knowledge development is ever-present in the workplace. Oftentimes, there is a particular group in charge of driving/guiding these initiatives, from implementing knowledge management solutions, communicating the initiative internally and measuring its success. All of the preceding elements will be deemed failures
Mobile Learning: Latest Data, Stats and Trends The rise of mobile learning has left many L&D managers asking questions about their current content delivery methods. Is mobile the way forward for eLearning? Or is it just a fad? This article presents evidence around mobile learning and what it can do for your employee education program.
How to Create Buy-In Around Employee Education Intuitively, one would assume a culture of collaboration within an organization lends itself to overall performance. One of these performance goals is closing the skills gap through internal learning initiatives. Key to this initiative is collaboration (or buy-in) from the relevant parties. From a scientific standpoint, there is
Three Essentials of Every Learning Delivery: Micro, Mobile and Multi-Device In recent blogs we have highlighted some of the current innovations and emerging trends in learning delivery channels, from video to mixed realities to the rise and rise of the virtual classroom. Whatever the choice or blend of delivery channels, there are three
Commercial Real Estate Boom Turns Bust As Pressure Piles On After collapsing during the financial crisis, commercial real estate (CRE) has enjoyed a decade-long boom. Fueled by historically low interest rates, the sustained CRE bull market has seen prices hitting all-time highs from Asia to the Americas and beyond. However, clouds are gathering on
Energy Revolution: Fracking Is Out, Renewables Are In The coal and oil and gas (OG) industries are experiencing a period of upheaval. Demand for cleaner, low-carbon electricity is driving a switch away from coal and oil to natural gas and renewable energy. At the same time, the fast-growing shale industry – which uses
Upgrade your Learning Ability Series: Supercharge Your Learning Programs Now Two tips that will supercharge your learning programs. And won't cost you a cent. In this series of Upgrade your Learning Ability we’re offering you evidence based tips to help you upgrade your own ability to learn better, so that you can learn faster and
EMIR Refit Is Live – What’s Changed? The final text of the revisions to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), known as EMIR Refit, was published in May. The legislation is now live, and firms must be fully compliant with its various provisions. EMIR Refit made some important changes to the original regulation, many of
Technology is touching every aspect of finance, transforming decades-old practices and redefining core tasks. In our Disruption in Financial Services series, we explore how new tools and technologies are changing the business of finance and reshaping how financial professionals do their jobs. Disruption in Financial Services: Big Tech’s Move into Finance Is Raising Regulatory Hackles
