The Latest Breaking News from Davos

Battery passports: how a meeting at Davos helped set a car industry standard

Mining groups hope their joint project, ReSource, will have an influence on the global business

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2023

From 4chan to international politics, a bug-eating conspiracy theory goes mainstream

The conspiracy theory alleges that a shadowy global elite conspires to control the world's population, in part by forcing them to eat insects. It's being cited by politicians in several countries.

WEKU · Apr 2, 2023

China's overtures to foreign firms fall on familiar ears at 'Asia's Davos'

'China is open for business' was the message its newly-appointed Premier Li Qiang delivered this week to the Boao Forum, an international summit sometimes touted as Asia's answer to the World Economic Forum's meetings in Davos.

Reuters · Mar 31, 2023

Wake up, Davos … global leaders must think local to solve the world’s problems

Last week’s Swiss pow-wow was all very well, but the solutions to poverty and climate change lie in the field

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

Biden’s clean energy brainwave paves Britain’s way to post-Brexit growth. Dare we copy him?

Where the US leads in using state aid and subsidies, the EU is now following. But the UK will need a change of mindset, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023

Saving our planet is the leading ‘elephant in the room’ the world’s top execs are discussing, PepsiCo VP says

At Davos, Roberto Azevedo told Fortune’s Peter Vanham the climate change issue is “urgent.”

Fortune · Jan 25, 2023

Princess Eugenie says son August will be ‘an activist from two years old’

The royal spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Abigail Disney and Mark Ruffalo are among 200 millionaires calling for taxes on the ultra-rich

The Patriotic Millionaires called upon Davos conference attendees to address wealth inequality.

Fortune · Jan 23, 2023

Coca-Cola and Novartis's CEOs don't care if 'ESG' has become a toxic phrase among some

It's about delivering on corporate missions in a sustainable way, they said at Davos.

Fortune · Jan 23, 2023

Commentary: Pritzker’s appearance at Davos could mark a turning point

I rise to acknowledge that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker this year officially became a “Davos Person,” traveling to a tiny Swiss village with hundreds of other global-leader types, after two years in which the annual power fest experienced a pandemic-enforced repose.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 23, 2023