DESIGN FOR LIFE: FINANCE
Economics
FINANCE
WHO OWNS WHAT THE WORLD IS MADE OF?
From extraction and exploitation to local ownership, circular production and shared prosperity. We mine it. Cut it. Pump it. Process it. Ship it halfway around the world. Turn it into products. Use those products. Throw them away. Then start extracting […]
Economics
Taming the Beast known as Private Equity
Private Equity has gone under the radar for a very long time so what is it, how’s it affecting our lives and what can we do about it? Our tax systems, and financial transparency are crucial for reining in damaging […]
Economics
Tackling Misinformation About Tax
Tax is intensely political. It’s routinely misreported by media of all kinds, and often it’s the subject of downright disinformation. We look at how to deal with a lack of truth telling, from the experiences of the Tax Justice Network […]
Economics
Circularity: Kate Raworth of Doughnut Economics
Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics, addresses the Meaning Conference of business people for change, in Brighton, England, in 2017. She explains the framework she has developed for living justly within the means of our planet and gives examples of […]
Economics
Updates: Ethical Finance
Mobilized News Weekly Systems Update Ethical Finance Coverage: July 11–18, 2026 Published: July 19, 2026 Core Signal Finance is scaling. The harder task is ensuring that the benefits scale with it. This week brought record multilateral climate financing, a landmark […]
Economics
Transforming Towards: Ethical Finance
What is wrong? Finance is commonly designed around maximizing short-term financial returns rather than supporting human well-being, resilient communities and a healthy planet. Money often flows toward speculation, extraction and concentrated corporate power while essential community needs—including affordable housing, local […]
Democracy
Economics
How a massive tax fraud that makes the Channel Islands loophole look like a tea party
Richard Allen comes across a massive tax fraud that makes the Channel Islands loophole look like a tea party. He teams up with two more retailers whose businesses are being destroyed by it and they start to apply pressure to […]
Economics
Tax Justice
“Tax is one of the smartest investments you can make.” That’s Professor Chris Harrop’s promise to companies, and his new tax funded impact model proves it by helping quantify how paying tax is not only good for their businesses, but for […]
Investor Relations
The British IR Society Best Practice Awards 2025 Ceremony
The prestigious annual ceremony celebrated the achievements of companies that demonstrate their commitment to ensuring the best possible relationship with investors. The final list of winners is announced here: IR_Society_Winners_2025 Self-entries awards: Best Communication of Sustainability Best Innovation in IR Best Corporate […]
Activism
Activism
Activism
Economics
Investor Relations
Universal Music Files Confidential Application for US Listing
US Listing Application. Universal Music Group has filed a confidential application to list its shares on the US stock exchange. The size of the placement and timing are not yet known. Main Listing and Shares. UMG’s main listing is in Amsterdam […]
Investor Relations
10th Quam IR Awards Held in Hong Kong
IR7 reports that the 10th Quam IR Awards were held successfully in Hong Kong. The awards recognized the investor relations and sustainability teams. The Quam IR Awards celebrated its 10th anniversary and recognized many outstanding companies. Quam IR established the […]
Investor Relations
Q4 Launches Q, the First IRO Agent™
Q4, Inc., the leading provider of IR Ops software, launches Q, the first AI-powered IRO Agent™—reports IR7 Newswire. Q is changing the paradigm of investor relations by transforming the way investors manage, analyze, and communicate. It is powered by proven […]
Investor Relations
Global Corrugated Fiberboard Machinery Market—Forecast to 2032
Automation and intelligent integration are improving manufacturing efficiency and meeting the growing demand for sustainable and customizable packaging solutions. The global corrugated fiberboard machine market is segmented by technology type, machine type, and end user. The market is growing due […]
Economics
IR in IPOs of biotech companies
IR in IPOs of early-stage biotech companies: from scientific hypothesis to investor trust IPO for biotech startups is a test of trust formed by IR: trust in science, in technology, in the team, in the company’s ability to build transparent, […]
Economics
Part One: Job Security for Farmers, Food Security for All
Sustainable protein innovation can support rural livelihoods, strengthen food systems, and protect the planet. Listen to today’s episode written by Chelsea Montes de Oca at GFI.org The Good Food Institute is an international nonprofit reimagining meat production in order to […]
Economics
Part Two: Job Security for Farmers, Food Security for All
In the second half of this episode hear how crop diversification with staples like pulses (peas, beans, lentils), fungi, and aquatic plants can supply the alt protein demand. Also learn things people can do to help make the transition and […]
FINANCE
$6.2 Million Bananas? What’s wrong with this picture?
A world where someone pays $6.2 million for a banana duct-taped to a wall is a world that needs wealth taxes. But when wealth taxes are considered by politicians and governments, unsubstantiated spin and myth making dominates the debate. (If […]
FINANCE
The Tug of War between Kleptocrats and Tax Justice….
A Syrian kleptocrat and alleged war criminal, and the British Crown Dependency of Guernsey. Plus: on day one of his presidency, Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the OECD’s global minimum tax deal. So what now? Hosts Naomi […]
FINANCE
Ending US Financial Secrecy and Beneficial Ownership Registers
The rollercoaster story of the battle in the US (the world’s biggest global financial secrecy offender) over the implementation of a beneficial ownership register, the attempts to stop it and the (many) lessons learned from the UK’s registers. The US’s […]