Education

Initiatives in Art and Culture (IAC) and Mark Hanna announce a new virtual conference series, Boldly Building the Future, to address actionable solutions to central challenges and key issues facing the jewelry industry, including the mining and refining sector. On Monday December 13, from 12:00 PM t...

As we grapple with COVID’s impact across industry, an area seemingly immune to the pandemic’s fallout are the job opportunities available for qualified STEM professionals.

On the face of it, COP26 has failed, with the world still heading for 2.4C warming. So why am I hopeful? The decarbonisation of our global society and economy has become inevitable and unstoppable. And COP26 has indisputably accelerated the pace.

The pace of change in industries around world means careers that don’t exist today will be in demand tomorrow, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

The Center for Sustainability and Excellence was set to innovate leadership and create a global new trend in certified executive training in Sustainability and ESG.

The Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) proudly celebrates 15 years of trust from FT 500 corporations and global organizations in providing specialized Sustainability and ESG Education in North America, Europe, MENA and ASIA.

In reaction to the prevailing shareholder value logic – and especially the idea that companies have a legal, fiduciary duty to place their needs above all others – the concept and practice of stakeholder value emerged in 1984. This article looks at its evolution over the ensuing decades.

The shareholder value doctrine suggests that companies and their managers should only do something that’s good for society when it is simultaneously and demonstrably good for business. This belief is increasingly being questioned and challenged.

Our understanding of value creation in society, especially by business, must begin by understanding subsistence value. This is the first in the Evolution of Value article series by Prof. dr Wayne Visser

New Realities, Future Promise, the Initiatives in Art and Culture’s (IAC) 11th annual international conference on gold and diamonds, will be held from 10:00 am - 2:30 pm EDT Tuesday through Thursday, on July 13-15, 2021.