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Upright, an impact data company, has launched a database designed to enhance the sustainability practices of over 50,000 companies globally. Known for its robust data-driven solutions, Upright stands as a leader in facilitating impactful environmental and social governance (ESG), according to ESG Today.The introduction of this database aims to address the significant challenges that businesses and investors face in implementing and utilising double materiality assessments. These assessments are crucial under the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which mandates comprehensive reporting on both the impact of sustainability issues on companies and their impacts on the environment and society.Upright is…

China and Hong Kong condemn ‘bullying’ following deal struck amid US pressure.China is scrutinising a deal struck by a Hong Kong company to sell ports at the Panama Canal to a United States financial firm. Beijing directed multiple agencies on Tuesday to examine the transaction, according to Bloomberg News. The deal was earlier hailed by President Donald Trump, who has accused China of seeking to control the strategic waterway. Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison said earlier this month that it had agreed to sell most of its global ports business worth $22.8bn, including assets near the Panama Canal, to a group…

If you’re gearing up to plant fruits, vegetables or herbs this spring, why not grow some extra to donate to your local soup kitchen or pantry?The national Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign, launched in 1995, has been encouraging home and community gardeners to do just that every year to help feed neighbors in need of fresh food.The program was spearheaded in 1995 by Anchorage Daily News garden columnist Jeff Lowenfels, who wrote a column encouraging his readers to plant extra crops and donate their harvests.After seeing the impact that his column had on local food donations, Lowenfels partnered…

Key Asian InsurTech investment stats in 2024:Asian InsurTech deal activity dropped by 64% YoYIndia secured over a third of the Asian InsurTech deals as it cemented its place as the leading InsurTech hub in Asia in 2024Zopper, an Indian InsurTech startup specialising in tailored insurance solutions, secured the biggest Indian InsurTech deal of the year with a $25m Series D funding roundAsian InsurTech deal activity dropped by 64% YoYThe Asian InsurTech market saw a sharp decline in 2024, with both funding and deal activity significantly lower than the previous year.Total funding dropped to $369m, marking a steep 71% decline from…

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. still has a major case of French bulldog fever, but a very different breed is staunchly chasing dog lovers’ hearts, according to American Kennel Club statistics released Wednesday. For the third year in a row, the comical, controversial Frenchie tops the club’s annual rundown of the nation’s most prevalent purebred dogs. Frenchies are followed by Labrador retrievers, golden retrievers, German shepherds, poodles and some other longtime faves. (Rounding out the top 10: dachshunds, beagles, Rottweilers, bulldogs and German shorthaired pointers.)Yet keep an eye on the cane corso. The powerful, protective breed vaulted from nearly…

The average annual salary for a female professional soccer player globally is $10,900, says FIFA’s annual report on the women’s game, a figure skewed by a small number of top clubs. Among the teams FIFA designated as Tier 1, which includes 41 clubs from 16 countries, the average salary was around $24,030, although 16 of those top clubs paid an average gross salary of over $50,000, according to the “Setting the Pace, FIFA Benchmarking Report on Women’s Football” released on Monday. The highest of those salaries was approximately $120,000. The average gross salary, however, at Tier 2 and 3 clubs…

These are the key developments on day 1,118 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is the roundup of key events on Tuesday, March 18. Fighting One person was injured and a fire broke out in an oil refinery in Russia’s Astrakhan following a Ukrainian drone attack, the region’s governor, Igor Babushkin, said. Moscow’s Ministry of Defence said its forces destroyed 72 Ukrainian drones over various Russian regions overnight, including 36 over the Kursk area. Russian troops also seized the village of Stepove in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, the ministry said. The Ukrainian Air Force said its air defence units shot down 90…

New Zealand men’s openers went on a six-hitting blitz on Tuesday to thrash Pakistan by five wickets and go 2-0 up in their Twenty20 series. The home side reached 137-5 with 11 balls to spare in Dunedin to take control of the five-match series after Pakistan posted 135-9 off 15 overs in a rain-reduced second match. New Zealand’s highlight was a ferocious opening stand between Tim Seifert and Finn Allen in which seven of the first eight scoring shots were sixes. Remarkably, Seifert played out a maiden off Shaheen Shah Afridi’s opening over before Allen cleared the small University Oval…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is hosting the Dutch king and queen as allegations of human rights abuses are mounting in the East African country, with Kenyans writing hundreds of emails and petitioning the royals to cancel their visit.Kenya’s government has been accused of arresting and detaining critics, especially after the June anti-government protests, during which demonstrators stormed parliament and torched a section of the building because they were angry over new taxes passed by legislators.Along with cracking down on demonstrators and curbing free speech, the country also saw state-linked abductions of young men for social media posts deemed offensive…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is hosting the Dutch king and queen as allegations of human rights abuses are mounting in the East African country, with Kenyans writing hundreds of emails and petitioning the royals to cancel their visit.Kenya’s government has been accused of arresting and detaining critics, especially after the June anti-government protests, during which demonstrators stormed parliament and torched a section of the building because they were angry over new taxes passed by legislators.Along with cracking down on demonstrators and curbing free speech, the country also saw state-linked abductions of young men for social media posts deemed offensive…