India’s time to shine? Opportunity and risk in India
In the last six years, India’s business environment rankings rose 10 places among the 82 countries assessed by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Expanding investments will be crucial in maintaini...
27 Sep 202329min
Boosting ocean life's resilience to human impact - a conversation with Azul Bio
Back to Blue’s lead editor, Naka Kondo speaks to Ben Alva, the founder of Azul Bio, a startup developing microbiome-based treatments and probiotics from nature that give ocean lifeimmunity to human im...
19 Sep 202322min
Limiting forever chemicals in drinking water
On March 14th 2023 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to establish legally enforceable levels for six types of ‘forever chemicals’ known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl subs...
23 Aug 202316min
The Great Bubble Barrier
Back to Blue's lead editor, Naka Kondo speaks to Anne Marieke Eveleens, co-founder and chief strategy officer of the Great Bubble Barrier, a Dutch social enterprise, about how air bubble technology ca...
15 Aug 202311min
How to invest in artificial intelligence in Asia-Pacific?
The era of AI has begun. Asia-Pacific’s spending on AI will reach around $50 billion in 2026. In the sixth episode of the series "Shelter from the storm: Investing in the era of uncertainty," sponsore...
7 Aug 202326min
Ocean Census: Species discovery at speed and scale
Charles Darwin once dismissed the ocean as a ‘tedious waste, a desert of water.’ Some of his contemporaries disagreed. The brave Challenger expedition of the 1870s set out to discover what lurked bene...
16 Jun 202322min
Opportunities for procurement in uncertain times
Against a backdrop of economic headwinds, peaking inflation and ongoing geopolitical tension, the world looks uncertain for business and particularly for procurement. Whilst the Economist Intelligence...
24 Mai 202339min
What would a protracted war in Ukraine mean for Asia-Pacific economies?
The war in Ukraine is entering its second year, with no end in sight. In the fifth episode of the series "Shelter from the storm: Investing in the era of uncertainty," sponsored by EquitiesFirst, we l...
9 Mai 202330min
