Investment fund accounting

“Financial stressors,” such as income poverty, food poverty, and insecure employment, impact disabled people even in usual times, the authors say, pointing to a piece written by the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, in May. “Even under normal circumstances, persons with disabilities are less likely to access education, healthcare and income opportunities or participate in the community,” he writes. “The pandemic is intensifying these inequalities—and producing new threats.” Economic stress is also known to cause long-term health and well-being problems. … [Read more...] about People with disabilities have been disproportionately affected by the economic impact of COVID-19

More companies will take products back when you’re done with them If you no longer want your old pair of Levi’s, the company will pay you to bring them back for sale on a secondhand marketplace. Others, like Patagonia, also take back old pieces of clothing, repairing and refurbishing them so that they can find a second life. Startups like the sneaker brand Thousand Fell take back their shoes when users have worn them out so that they can be recycled (unlike most sneakers, the shoes were designed from the start to be recyclable). Ikea, which aims to become a circular company by the end of the decade, is figuring out how to do product take-back on a large scale and experimenting with other business models, like furniture rental. … [Read more...] about 7 ways the circular economy will grow in 2021