“We just want to be able to support our families and for the government to help us instead of obstruct us…isn’t that how a government is supposed to work?”

The worst dictatorship in the world could never even dream of having a mechanism that would allow it to get into people’s subconscious, and what’s worse is that it’s in the hands of private companies that sell their services.

With its bid to join the space race, the United Arab Emirates is not only seeking to bolster its national pride, its human capital and its dream of regional hegemony, but also to improve its chances of competing in a highly demanding niche market, and even to whitewash its image as an [...]

Given the significant differences between the positions of key political players (left, right, anti-system, nationalist, constitutionalist, etc.), there is a real risk that the ‘Catalan conflict’ will join the list of frozen conflicts.

Can the inclusion of social or environmental objectives in a company’s articles of association help to make them more virtuous? Whilst it may help promote a shift in business mindsets, it may also amount to little more than ‘fairwashing’.

“It is inconsistent to ask the market to properly manage water as a human right.”