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Major built environment institutes renew joint pledge to tackle global instability as cities boom 

Workplace Insight

With almost 70 percent of the world’s population predicted to live in cities by 2050, major built environment professional institutes, including architects, planners, structural engineers and landscape practitioners, have renewed their joint pledge to collaborate to tackle urgent global challenges.

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Gender Equality In U.K. Financial Leadership At Least 14 Years Away

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million people have signed up for the ministry’s Women in Finance Charter — an initiative launched in 2016 to increase the number of women in senior roles. The finance ministry’s report states that “charter signatories have increased female representation to 35% on average, up from 34% in 2022”.

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Industrious Acquires Two Flexible Office Companies As Part Of Global Expansion

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The Great Room has been offering hospitable-focused coworking spaces since 2016, providing entrepreneurs with hot desks and startups with an innovative, collaborative environment. Welkin & Meraki has been offering flexible office space throughout Europe since 2018. .

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These Are The Fastest Growing Jobs Dominating The Green Economy Right Now

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The role of environmental, health, and safety specialist was the fastest-growing green job between 2016 and 2022. . Experts have warned that the world is at a crossroads when it comes to the environment and current common resources. . With modern times comes the need for modern solutions. .

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How One Entrepreneur Capitalized on a Niche Singles Market: Jewish People on Christmas Eve

Success

was certainly the driving force that led me to create an environment that would draw them in,” Rudnick says. This article originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. He dismissed the idea, graduated from college and took a job in real estate. What’s the ultimate Jewish girl?’

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When Nature Calls, Boston Harbor Now CEO Kathy Abbott Answers

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These interactions helped Abbott to notice and attune to her environment. In her new school, Abbott enrolled in a class at Falmouth High School called “Cape Cod Environment” that focused on horticulture, forestry, landscaping and geomorphology. “It While exploring the natural habitats, her aunts would identify vegetation and animals.

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Jamie Fiore Higgins on Workplace Toxicity, Gender Discrimination and Why She Left Wall Street

Success

Jamie Fiore Higgins worked on Wall Street for nearly 20 years—from 1998 to 2016—and by the end of her career, she’d amassed a small fortune. By 2016, she was making 40 times more than her house cleaner and 10 times more than her doctor. When was your first epiphany that your work environment was not normal?

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