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Economics & Business May 27, 2024

Why are grocery bills so high? A new study looks at the science behind food price reporting

Rising food costs are squeezing Canadians around the country. Nearly everyone is feeling the pinch, and it's not just an inconvenience—high food prices are a major threat to food security for many Canadians. Understanding ...

Economics & Business May 17, 2024

An SEC mystery: What's the deal with voluntary filers?

Companies tend not to clamor for more regulatory oversight, as a general rule. One remarkable exception would be the relatively small group of companies that voluntarily file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ...

Social Sciences Apr 24, 2024

Startup financing gender gaps greater in societies where women are more empowered: Study

Commercial bankers provide capital to fund the operations and growth of businesses. However, as these lenders evaluate entrepreneurs who apply for loans, gender bias leads to women being denied more often than their male ...

Political science Mar 22, 2024

UK government's approach to realizing benefits of AI assessed in new report

A new report on the UK government's use of AI offers insight into accelerating its adoption and overcoming the barriers to transforming public services, saving the taxpayer billions of pounds.

Social Sciences Jan 22, 2024

Lawyers are rapidly embracing AI: Here's how to avoid an ethical disaster

Imagine a world where legal research is conducted by lightning-fast algorithms, mountains of contracts are reviewed in minutes and legal briefs are drafted with the eloquence of Shakespeare. This is the future promised by ...

Economics & Business Jan 12, 2024

Climate disclosures: Corporations underprepared for tighter new standards, study reveals

Companies and the carbon emissions that they generate are one of the key drivers of anthropogenic climate change. Because of this, however, they also hold precious potential of curbing its severity. The 2021 Glasgow Pact ...

Environment Nov 9, 2023

Scientists flag conflicts of interest ahead of UN plastic and chemical talks

An international group of 35 scientists is calling out conflicts of interest plaguing global plastic treaty negotiations and that have interfered with timely action on other health and environmental issues. They urge the ...

Economics & Business Oct 17, 2023

How smaller businesses can become net-zero influencers and enablers

What if all of the UK's 48,000 hairdressing salons and barbershops started sharing water and energy-saving advice with their clients, alongside a clipper cut or a wash and blow dry? Previous studies have demonstrated that ...

Economics & Business Sep 25, 2023

The arrival of mandatory corporate sustainability reporting

To paraphrase the management icon Peter Drucker, you can't manage something unless you measure it. Without measurement, you can't tell if management's actions are making things better or worse. The importance and seriousness ...

Social Sciences Sep 18, 2023

Concerns over the quality and effectiveness of counter-terrorism training for UK public places

There is little evidence that counter-terrorism training for staff in crowded places in Britain is effective with the current approach seeming to be "quantity over quality," a new study finds.

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