The humanitarian cost of war has always been the most visible and heartbreaking consequence of conflict. Cities destroyed, families displaced, and countless lives lost or permanently scarred. No economic recovery, political settlement, or diplomatic agreement can truly replace a human life lost in war. Yet beyond this tragic and irreversible human suffering lies another cost […]
Impact Financing & Smog
The season of smog is upon us and like every year Lahore is maintaining its position among the top three slots in the Global AQI Ranking. Pakistan is facing unprecedented levels of air pollution, which are directly impacting the country’s economic and social sustainability indicators. According to the Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI), the pollution […]
Pakistan’s Leap into Sustainability
“Accountability breeds Response-ability”, the words of Stephen Covey explain the various sustainability reports, ESG reports, UN-SDG mapping, and other publicly available data sources designed to establish an organisation’s environmental & social legitimacy in the eyes of stakeholders. These disclosure mechanisms are one of the best ways to distinguish green management from greenwashing. When a company […]
Green AI & ESG
Witnessing the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in every aspect of our lives, the words of R. Buckminster Fuller resonate in my mind that “Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons”. AI was one of the main building blocks of Industrial Revolution 4 or Industry 4.0. However, with time, the […]
Insuring a Sustainable Future
Insurance companies are financial intermediaries that play a pivotal role in a country’s economic progress. Over time, this sector has undergone significant transformations in its business model in response to various changes in environmental forces. Climate Change is one of the greatest and harshest realities of our time and consequently, it has created significant impacts […]
Climate Justice Delayed Is Climate Justice Denied
The COP29 is currently being held in Baku, Azerbaijan where the world leaders have come together to measure progress and negotiate the best ways to address climate change. There are now 198 Parties (197 countries plus the European Union) to the Convention, constituting near-universal membership. At COP29, the key focus is on the integral role […]
Green Pakistan; Not Green Lockdown
It is said that ‘colors are the smiles of nature’ and we have been taught the various principles of color psychology from a young age. Colors are associated with human emotions such as red is associated with anger, blue is calm, yellow is happy and green has always been synonymous with nature, abundance, and growth. […]