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Cartier has announced its annual list of fellows for the Women s Initiative, a programme that works to empower female entrepreneurs. In the 2021 list, there are three fellows from the Middle East and North Africa.
The international entrepreneurship programme was launched in 2006, and is open to women-run and women-owned businesses from any country and sector that aim to have a strong and sustainable social and/or environmental impact, says the luxury jewellery brand.
In 2021, Rana El Sakhawy, Manal Hakim and Basima Abdulrahman are all included on the list of fellows. El Sakhawy is the only fellow from the UAE, while Hakim hails from Lebanon and Abdulrahman from Iraq.
Reaching the halfway mark yesterday, January 27, the 2021 edition of the Malta Sustainability Forum organised by APS Bank presented another series of informative and dynamic modules touching on myriad facets of sustainability.
The first module on yesterday’s agenda was titled ‘Leading with Purpose’. Nowadays, businesses no longer exist for the sole purpose of making money but also play a role in making the world a better place. Discussing this and sharing their companies’ experience in tackling these challenges, were leading players in Malta’s business and NGO spheres. The panel was moderated by Wim Vermeulen, director of strategy and sustainability at Belgian multimedia advertising company Bubka. Vermeulen also co-produced