May 07, 2024 20:41 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Lok Sabha Election 2024 phase 3 voting: Polling ends with 61.08% turnout | Bengal teacher recruitment scam: Supreme Court stays Calcutta HC order cancelling 25,000 school jobs; slams West Bengal govt | Former Congress leader Radhika Khera, actor Shekhar Suman join BJP | PM Modi on Muslim quota: 'Reservations can't be on the basis of religion' | Lok Sabha elections: TMC seeks voter turnout report of phase 1 and 2 from CEC
Business leaders join UN to rev up sustainable development investments

Business leaders join UN to rev up sustainable development investments

New York: In a bid to scale up investment efforts to reach sustainable development targets, the Secretary-General on Wednesday convened the first meeting of a new UN-backed corporate alliance to discuss plans for spending on sustainability, likely to be in the trillions of dollars. 

Short-sighted investment endangers development progress for hundreds of millions of people – UN report

Short-sighted investment endangers development progress for hundreds of millions of people – UN report

New York, Apr 14 (IBNS): While a moderate upturn in the world economy led to more development financing in 2017, a new United Nations report out Friday revealed that the vast majority of investment is still short-term oriented, putting global commitments to create sustainable economies at risk.