JP's Top Global Reads

Hi, my name is Jean-Pascal Duvieusart and I’m Chief Executive Officer of Home Credit. Welcome back to my regular ‘Global Reads’ feature where I personally select articles, reports or interviews from global media that have caught my interest. The last few weeks have seen me travelling a little more to meet my teams and connect with business leaders at the World Economic Forum.?As you can imagine, there are a huge breadth of topics on people’s minds right now. This month’s reading reflects that diversity of thought.

Let me know what features have caught your attention in the comment box.

?Wall Street Journal – OK, I admit, this is less a ‘read’ but more a ‘listen’, but this podcast from WSJ neatly explains the importance of ESG and digs into exactly what it is. There is a lot of discussion about these three letters right now, but is it clear what it’s all about? Let The Journal explain how Wall Street embraced ESG.

CNBC – Pressure on global growth, inflationary concerns and potential recession are just a handful of themes discussed on this panel about the global economic outlook that took place at the recent WEF meeting. Led by Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of IMF with other top global leaders - Fran?ois Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, Jane Fraser, CEO of Citi, and David Rubenstein, Co-founder and Co-chairman at Carlyle, this is a heavyweight discussion about some of the most pressing issues of our time.

World Economic Forum – Alongside geopolitics, the environmental impact of business was a hot topic at Davos this year. Mayuri Wijayasundara from Deakin University outlines five key steps we need to take if the idea of a circular economy is to succeed. She argues that we all need to get over our pre-conception that recycled materials are inferior. Do you agree?