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Netherlands emerges as catalyst for significant sustainable international investment – Attracts global investment from key players including Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation – Mitsubishi is lead investor in $50m Series D for BBOXX, a next generation utility – Investment is delivering energy access across Africa 23 October 2019 –  The Netherlands is unlocking significant levels of investment capital to address global challenges. It is emerging as a prominent hub for investors looking to channel capital to achieve a measurable social and environmental impact, combining business with purpose. This trend includes Dutch organisations such as DOEN Participaties, an impact investment fund supporting sustainable and social startups and Oikocredit, one of the world’s largest private investors in the micro finance sector. They have channelled significant investments into BBOXX, a next generation utility and helped BBOXX to positively impact nearly one million people across 1...

A customer shopping from abroad is a subject we could discuss for hours. We are talking about a different profile of a customer applicable to e-commerce companies, when compared to entities providing business services. In practice, this means that we are dealing with different circumstances where transactions are completed. The variety of industries and market segments is the reason why the offer of companies providing products for online business includes many online tools for supporting foreign customer service. Foreign customer service in an e-shop Commerce on the internet is one of the fastest developing online industries in Poland. A report prepared by Interaktywnie.com (sponsored by Business Insider) shows that only in 2018, the value of this market reached the level of PLN 40 billion and it has been increasing dynamically since. The proof is visible everywhere. According to data of Bisnode Poland, the number of e-shops in this country in 2013 was 21,744, while in 2018 this...

When you prepare for expansion onto foreign markets, you will face the choice whether to create your own  online shop  or use an available sales system. If you’re considering the second solution you will have four largest global platforms available to choose from: Amazon, eBay, AliExpress and AliBaba. Which platform should you choose and how to make your online sales through them? How to sell online – brief information about sales platforms Let’s start with a short characteristic of each of the four platforms. Amazon.com was established quite a long time ago, in 1994 in Seattle. The name itself refers to the Amazon River, which Jeff Bezos (Amazon founder) picked as the river presenting the scale of product flow in his  online shop . Time has evidenced that he wasn’t wrong. Today, Amazon.com is the largest global online shop which generated over USD 118 billion in revenue, in 2018. eBay’s history is slightly different. As compared to Amazon, the platform was initia...

"Sustainable Europe - Sustainable Future".  The presidency programme focuses on four main priorities:  strengthen common values and the rule of law make the EU more competitive and socially inclusive strengthen the EU's position as a global leader in climate action protect the security of citizens comprehensively Finland will be the first presidency to integrate the new priorities of the Strategic Agenda 2019-2024 into the Council's work. https://eu2019.fi/en/frontpage

How can the EU be transformed into "The good European House"? - on the long term, mechanical, basic agenda of the EU-process for the period 1986 - 2030 and how to handle it On the 29th of March two years ago, the IGC 96 was opened in Turin. The conference has now reviewed how the Maastricht Treaty on the European union (TEU) has functioned in relation to the goals set out in the articles A and B of the TEU and agreed on a new treaty; the Amsterdam Treaty. The conference was prepared by different countries, by groups in the member-countries, by the "European Parliament" (EP), "The European Council", "The Commission" and a special "Reflection Group", the last of which left its report to the European Council in December 1995. The TEU, The European Council, the Commission, the EP and the Council stated, or had agreed on a number of specific areas to be reviewed during the conference, summarized in the report of the Commission on the...