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Bangkok topped the list of cities with the highest “harnessing ratio” in Asia-Pacific in the latest GainingEdge report on the intellectual capital of conference destinations.

Thailand’s top hospitality school is rising to the challenge of global food insecurity and rocketing prices that threaten the economy’s twin engines of food and tourism.

The bloodbath for cryptocurrency investors – who have lost an estimated US$1.7 trillion (62 trillion baht) since October – has seen global interest swing to stablecoin as a potentially safer bet.

Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy is starting to play an important role in how businesses are run and in people's lives, CEOs and experts said during the virtual forum "Redefining the future of ESG in Thailand”.

Household debt is a ticking time bomb for Thailand’s economy and everyone must tackle the problem urgently, Palang Pracharath accountant Narumon Pinyosinwat said on Wednesday.

The demand for personnel in digital, care and green industries has surged thanks to the role creative economy is playing in the post-Covid era, the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) said on Sunday.

The metaverse, cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and e-sports are now driving the digital era, female business leaders at the Global Summit of Women 2022 declared on Saturday.

E-commerce is coming to the rescue of millions of small merchants and entrepreneurs struggling to survive during Thailand’s Covid-19 crisis. That was the hopeful message delivered by female digital business leaders at the "Global Summit of Women 2022" on Friday.

Apart from large corporations, young entrepreneurs also play an important role in stimulating the global economy, the Global Summit of Women 2022 learned on Friday.

To celebrate its 51st year in business and promote discussion on sustainable approaches to national development, The Nation will co-host a virtual forum on “Redefining the Future ESG in Thailand” on July 7, 2022, from 1-4 pm with ANN, Asia’s leading media network.

The Chemical Industries Club of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), academics, and farmers have urged the government to lift the ban on some chemical herbicides and pesticides to meet commercial demand and enable Thailand to achieve its objective of becoming the “kitchen of the world”.

After the Covid outbreak, although the path of human resource management has altered, upskilling of management teams is critical to quickly transform the organization.

With the increasing awareness of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with 169 targets set by the United Nations and worldwide collaboration to achieve the goals, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors have become increasingly important not only due to the regulatory frameworks, but also changing priority of banks, institutional and retail investors.