Andrea Zanon
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Empowering leaders & entrepreneurs with strategy, partnerships & cultural intelligence | 20+ yrs international development | andreazanon.tech | Confidence. Culture. Connection.
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Supply chain Imbalances will continue throughout 2022.
The pandemic, the war in Ukraine, rising energy and food prices, supply chain disruptions and the climate crisis are challenges that threaten to destabilize decades of globalization. Just in the last five years, the world has experienced a major trade dispute between the United States and China, a global-scale pandemic caused by COVID-19, the blockage of the Suez Canal, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and the war of Russia against Ukraine.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Earth
Four Takeaways from the 2022 Davos Economic Forum
Life is finally going back to the pre-pandemic normalcy. In person global summits have regained their place in top executive and politician’s calendars. In May 2022, global leaders met in Davos Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF), to discuss economic trends and global risk. This summit was different though, as it was influenced by the war in Ukraine, unprecedented high interest rates (ranging between 8-20% across the US and the EU), and a potential global recession. Keeping in mind these underlying risks, here following are four striking takeaways that will shape our lives going forward.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Earth
Saudi Arabia leads smart city development by building the world’s largest ‘floating’ business city
Smart cities mega-projects have been floating around for a long time and have promised to improve and transform the way we live, work and interact with the environment. However, very few have become a reality as these visionary projects are cash intensive and they have yet to prove their financial, environmental, and human returns. One of them, Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, which is a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company has been celebrated internationally as a pioneer project that takes cutting edge technologies and the Net-Zdro carbon emission agenda to a new level.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Futurism
Inspiring books from Berkshire Shareholder meeting 2022
One the the biggest takeaway from the 3 conferences I attend every year (Berkshire Shareholder Meetings, Davos Economic Forum, and the Central Bank President Symposium in Jackson Hole) are the great book recommendations I get from the great leaders that attend these forums. This year I was also like enough to meet some of the authors of these books who shared their failures, successes and impacts.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Motivation
Accelerating green growth globally. This is Tesla at its best!
On April 20th, during the quarter investment call Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk made clear that the Lithium price has reached insane price levels. Regardless of this, he clarified that Tesla was able to secure lower prices for lithium thanks to the locked-in long term contracts. Once again, Tesla beat market expectations and delivered a record 184,800 vehicles globally in the 2022 January to March quarter, beating market expectations on strong demand from China. Elon Musk is confident that Tesla will continue to beat market expectation as it is able to innovate and solve problem at a much faster pace than others.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Wheel
Canada is losing out due to climate disaster and might be missing out on green growth opportunities
As we look back at Canada recent economic losses caused by disaster events, it is striking to see how quickly climate shocks are weaking the national economy. Based on the data available, over the last 10 years, Canada has been losing 2-5% of its GDP because of climate events. This numbers captures both direct and indirect cost but does not capture secondary cost which are more difficult to assess. It also shows the missing national resiliency and proactive prevention focus.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Earth
ESG is becoming a major force in finance and ESG investments perform better during market turmoil
Environmental, social, and governance efforts are now an integral element for organizational success. As such, disregarding them is a disastrous step for corporations.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Trader
Saudi Arabia leads smart city development by building the world’s largest ‘floating’ business city
Smart cities mega-projects have been floating around for a long time and have promised to improve and transform the way we live, work and interact with the environment. They have been often applauded as the integrated way to address innovation, sustainability and social good. However, very few have become a reality as these visionary projects are cash intensive and they have yet to prove their financial, environmental, and human returns. One of them, Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, which is a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company has been celebrated internationally as a pioneer project that takes cutting edge technologies and the Net-Zdro carbon emission agenda to a new level.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Earth
Could ESG Cause Markets To Become Over Regulated?
The environmental, social, and governing attributes of the ESG model show themselves as more than relevant to the current society and marketplace. The standards that capital markets are held accountable to dictate the future successes and failures of society. The reliability of the ESG model comes from its ability to measure the value, the risk and its mitigation measures of an organization. Global regulations are being spearheaded by the Security Exchange Commission and the European Union with the virtues of ESG in mind. Tomorrow is the day when agencies must achieve ESG standards and comply with stricter reporting and disclosure requirements. This will come in full force in 2022 when bot the United States (through the Security and Exchange Commission, and the European Union via Brussels) will make compulsory for business to report their ESG footprint and develop a public score.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Journal
Control of Lithium will guarantee exponential growth and market leadership
On April 20th, during the quarter investment call Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk made clear that the Lithium price has reached insane price levels. Regardless of this, he clarified that Tesla was able to secure lower prices for lithium thanks to the locked-in long term contracts. Once again, Tesla beat market expectations and delivered a record 184,800 vehicles globally in the 2022 January to March quarter, beating market expectations on strong demand from China. But amid a record-high demand for the material, can supply keep up?
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Earth
The Ongoing Crisis Should Not Be Wasted
It is always wise to try to search for the positives around you, especially in the midst of a crisis situation. It may seem impossible to accomplish at the time, and you may not always have control over the circumstances. However, you do possess the power to control how you react and control the crisis as opposed to being controlled by the crisis. Instead of getting distracted and lost in turmoil, if one chooses to focus on any good that can emerge from it like knowledge gained, lessons learned, and potential growth, neither the future nor the present needs to be so grim.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in The Swamp
