Category Archives: Business

Real estate industry still holding its own

by Marlon Madden The local real estate market has remained largely buoyant over the past two years and is on an upward trend as industry operators are forced to adapt in order to keep business going during the COVID-19 pandemic. Upbeat about the resilience of the real estate market and its future prospects, President of […]

Developing rigorous ESG disclosure systems

Business Newsday Reporter Yesterday The National Petroleum solar-powered service station at Preysal, Couva. – FILE PHOTO/LINCOLN HOLDER – Studies have shown that organisations can derive sustained competitive benefits from ESG (environmental social governance) practices that are strategically derived as opposed to generic ESG requirements developed for industries since it can be assumed that industry norms […]

The Amazon’s mercury madness – Stabroek News

There appears to be no respite from environmental degradation for the prized Amazon rainforests as successive reports continue to bring grim news of one economic pursuit or another that relentlessly degrades a swathe of real estate widely described as ‘the lungs of the world’. Peru has the second-largest portion of the Amazon rainforest after Brazil […]