Social

WHAT'S NEXT?: In the years to come, social commerce will become more widespread and the level of personalization will improve with advanced AI solutions & chatbots. The number of worldwide social media users is projected to grow from 2.1 billion in 2016 to 2.5 billion by 2018.

[New] Even amid a global pandemic, the Trump Administration's aggressive detention and deportation activities continue, sowing fear in immigrant communities and increasing the risk of exposure to COVID-19 for New Yorkers who end up in detention.
[New] The greater social consciousness that has developed around the world will drive even more investment in environmental, social and governance (ESG) - compliant companies - a market that before COVID-19 was predicted to reach $35 T by the end of 2020.
[New] The next decade will be the time when environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors become a business imperative, for small and large firms in equal measure.
[New] The social care sector employs more than 1.5 million workers in England and will need to create at least a further 520,000 jobs over the next 15 years to meet the needs of growing numbers of people over 65.
[New] Within five years, we will 30 install 500 million solar panels, including eight million solar roofs and community solar energy 31 systems, and 60,000 wind turbines, and turn American ingenuity into American jobs by 32 leveraging federal policy to manufacture renewable energy solutions in America.
[New] In the next few years, the big tech companies will put voice technologies in every home, to enable people to empower themselves and another key aspect will be peer-to-peer learning, connecting people who can share experiences and creating a community of AI users.
[New] Earth's population is set to peak at 9.7bn in 2064 before entering a period of natural decline that could see fundamental changes to the way societies are organised.
[New] Within five years, we will install 500 million solar panels, including eight million solar roofs and community solar energy systems, and 60,000 made-in-America onshore and offshore wind turbines.
[New] As governments continue to ban international travel and promote social distancing, the slump in air travel will hurt demand and production operations for the near future.
[New] Transport manufacturing linked to air and rail travel could see a significant fall in demand, on top of the difficulties associated with the need for social distancing affecting the entire supply chain.
Taxing individuals with fortunes over $1 million (£785,000) to pay between 2 to 3.5% tax depending on their net wealth in 2020, would allow Latin American governments to raise up to $14.2 billion (£11.6bn) in tax revenue, which could be spent on healthcare and social safety nets.
Boris Johnson has given hope that the rules on social distancing could be lifted by the end of the year.
By setting the national vision of becoming a lower middle-income country by 2025, Ethiopia has made considerable progress in economic growth, infrastructure and social development and environmental management in the last decade and half.
Milk & Honey, which opened its office in Australia last year, will be responsible for all external communications, including international media relations and social media, to support LeapFrog's goal to reach one billion low-income people with essential health and wealth services by 2030.
The Community Infrastructure Levy (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020 will enable the deferral of CIL payments, late payment interest accrued to be credited and late payment interest and surcharges for late payment to be disapplied for a limited time in England.
People are likely to practice social distancing for longer, tourism sectors will be hit harder, and there could be greater levels of illness and labor absenteeism in Latin America and South Asia over the coming years.
Pro-Iran entities could use social media to incite violence in Israel while maintaining plausible deniability, as Hezbollah has done in the past.
California has established the ambitious climate protection goal of achieving full carbon neutrality by 2045 and to do so in a way that supports the health and economic resiliency of urban and rural communities, particularly low income and disadvantaged communities.
The economic impact of coronavirus is a tinderbox that will drive civil unrest and instability in developing countries in the second half of 2020.
Current food demand patterns create significant hidden social costs in terms of GHG emissions and climate change, estimated to reach USD 1.7 trillion per year by 2030.
The Institute for Supply Management's monthly index on US non-manufacturing industry activity broke into expansionary territory for the first time since March, indicating a faster than expected service-sector rebound as social distancing measures eased.
US telecoms giant Verizon has become the latest company to suspend advertising on Facebook, threatening to further damage the social media firm's primary revenue stream after it has already taken a hit from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Last updated: 09 August 2020