Outstanding quotes from SPIEF 2021: Forum participants on green finance, environmental issues and decarbonization

The stress on the earth’s natural systems caused by human activity has considerably worsened in the 25 years since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit in Brazil. As a result of the "great acceleration"1 in human economic activity since the mid-20th century, research from many earth system scientists’ suggests that life on land could be entering a period of unprecedented environmental systems change.

KPMG presents the 7th issue of the KPMG Bulletin: In Focus: Corporate Governance and Sustainability It focuses on the introduction of best available technologies and related changes in environmental legislation.

In this analytical comment, the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) assesses the current state of the financial market of Kazakhstan based on interest rate spread and foreign exchange volatility.

The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2021 analyses the risks arising from societal fractures and assesses the ability of the global community to tackle the world’s greatest challenges requiring societal cohesion and global cooperation. The report also studies new risks that have emerged as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic.