Advancing Sustainable Supply Chains on March 14, 2024Green banking can play a pivotal role in fostering sustainable practices within the supply chain by integrating environmental criteria into financial decisions. This approach incentivizes eco-friendly initiatives and ensures that funds are directed towards businesses committed to reducing their carbon footprint. Offering preferential loans to companies can encourage the adoption of green technologies or sustainable […]
Need for Carbon Market in Pakistan on May 19, 2023Pakistan has been suffocating in the presence of increasing air pollution for the past many decades. Since 1998, the average annual particulate pollution has increased by 20%, cutting 0.9 years off the lives of the average Pakistani. In Karachi residents would gain 3.6 years, in Lahore residents would gain 5 years and the residents of […]
Fintech: the future of banking on October 30, 2022Fintech, an amalgam of Finance and Technology, has redefined the horizons of the banking industry. FinTech encompasses software, mobile applications, and other technologies created to improve and automate traditional forms of operating business involving financial transactions for both businesses and consumers. Fintech companies are quite literally revolutionizing the financial services industry throughout the world. By […]
The Need for Reverse Supply Chain Management on April 12, 2022Supply Chain Management is an integral part of any business operations. Reports have predicted a market value increase from US$ 15.85 billion in 2019 to US$ 37.41 billion in 2027 and these estimates are holding true despite the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent times increasing pressures from both within and beyond organisations have led to a […]
Promises and perils of digitalization in Pakistan on January 26, 2022Just as there are two sides to a coin, there are promises and perils of every invention or revolution. In the past, humanity had witnessed the benefits and dark sides of the Industrial Revolutions. The Industry Revolution 4.0 is shaping out to have unprecedented implications on all aspects of human life. During the times of […]
RAAST: The digital pathway towards financial inclusion on July 14, 2021The start of year 2021 has witnessed a much awaited rebound by various global economies but the pandemic has certainly left its mark by revolutionizing the trajectory of economic growth. The World Bank has downgraded the short and medium-term outlook for the World Economy for the year 2021. The COVID-19 Pandemic has geared up and […]
Digital Transformation of Pakistan on February 23, 2021Accurate, real-time, and consolidated data leads to beneficial decisions which is key to good governance and primary objective of a country’s public sector. Information Technology has acted as a key enabler in the digital transformation of all areas of a country’s economy but this global digital revolution has faced greater obstacles in the public sector […]
COVID-19: The Digital Banking tipping point in Pakistan on January 15, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has not only impacted but rather transformed almost all aspects of our lives. The year 2020 witnessed countries being brought to the verge of collapsing health and economic systems, and with the beginning of the New Year, the problems are far from being solved. While most industrial sectors struggled to survive the […]
Electronic waste: the dark side of industry 4.0 on December 8, 2020The world is rapidly embracing the various dimensions of Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0 through the application of Internet-of-Things (IoT), artificial intelligence, cloud computing, block chain technologies, etc. in diverse industries. Contemporary to its devastating impacts on the global economy, the COVID-19 pandemic has served as a driving forcefor the adoption of digitalization and automation by […]
Double Collision: COVID-19 and Climate Change on November 1, 2020The Novel Coronavirus attacked the global economies when these were already struggling to survive the catastrophic impact of natural environmental degradation and climate change. All over the world, natural resources are depleting at an unprecedented rate and on the other side Greenhouse Gases emissions are accelerating rapidly. Engulfed in pollution, smog and waste, the entire […]