How many deaths are we prepared to risk?
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May 6, 2021 12.02am
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INDIA TRAVEL BAN
How many deaths are we prepared to risk?
The travel ban is in place while COVID-19 is running rampant in India and while we do not have sufficient quarantine facilities in Australia. Our hotel quarantine barely copes with the current level of arrivals. We still see COVID-positive cases among the arrivals, even from countries with low rates of infection. We also see cases where COVID-19 is transmitted to quarantine workers. The real question is: How many collateral infections and deaths in Australia are acceptable if we allow travellers from India into this country?
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As the business community slowly comes to grips with the economic risk posed by climate change, the search for solutions often ignores the ideas generated by grassroots activists.
That s a problem, said climate justice activist Elizabeth Yeampierre in a discussion with IBM s Ruth Davis about the role of tech companies in tackling climate change. The session, moderated by Insider s Voices of Color Editor Kenya Evelyn, was part of a broader Insider event, Act to Impact: Keeping our Promise to the Planet, presented by Deloitte. People want our ideas, they just don t want us at the table, Yeampierre said. But we are the ones that are actually changing the landscape in our communities, and nationally, and throughout the global south.
Just over three years ago, Insider launched Better Capitalism, a section focused on how companies are moving beyond financial targets and actively contributing to a better world for their employees, customers, and other stakeholders.
Sustainability has been a key topic we ve covered along the way, and it s only gaining momentum in the conversation around stakeholder capitalism. Last year, Microsoft, Apple, Ford, Starbucks, and other major corporations made big pledges to reduce, eliminate, or offset their carbon emissions. In January of this year, GM announced it would only sell electric vehicles by 2035 and pledged to be completely carbon neutral by 2040.
At the same time, the demand for ESG investing which integrates environmental, social, and governance goals with investment has skyrocketed, while more companies have agreed to report on their progress on ESG criteria.
Well, here’s my take on this. I’d also like your views and opinions.
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