- Fast-Tracking SME Sustainability Could Accelerate Global Climate . . .
Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, 23 June 2025 – Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 90% of businesses globally and account for 40%-60% of business-sector greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, yet they remain one of the most under-supported segments in the global sustainability transition
- Driving global growth through the power of small business
Public-private partnership is key to delivering the financial education, acceptance of digital payments, and increased access to capital that small businesses need
- Digital transformation can unlock SME potential | World Economic Forum
Embracing tech helps SMEs lower barriers to entry, attract talent, gain productivity and efficiency and stay ahead
- Why SMEs are key to a more sustainable and inclusive world | World . . .
SMEs are well known for their agility and innovation but they are often slow to adopt environmental, social, and governance What can we do to change that?
- The big opportunity behind small businesses | World Economic Forum
This includes our future readiness self-assessment and benchmarking tool, the creation of an SME digital community for peer-to-peer learning between companies as well as meet-ups with experts and the expansion of our New Champions community, a select group of mission-driven mid-sized companies
- Why priming Africa’s SMEs for growth needs more than money | World . . .
Growing the SME sector in Africa will boost employment, increase national revenues and free governments to focus on social and economic infrastructure
- Japans SMEs are receiving a recruitment and retention boost
Japan's SMEs often find it difficult to recruit and retain talent, which affects business continuity Digital tools and government support are helping
- 3 ways to empower SMEs and create global cyber resilience
The biggest cyber risk to the global economy is attacks on the often-overlooked and more vulnerable small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs form supply chains, power economies and provide employment, but have smaller budgets and fewer resources to handle cybersecurity Smaller businesses can follow three pathways to stronger cyber resilience, collectively, and by doing so, also strengthen the
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