[B-SIDE Podcast] Curbing the ‘plastic pandemic’ with eco-friendly packaging

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2LJ1vPRGvcrBTXs5O5y0qd Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side The plastic pandemic is only getting worse during COVID-19, the World Economic Forum (WEF) warned in July. As people...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Weathering the storm: how to protect the farming sector from typhoons

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4VWTntRYFaiPBWqT09hdE7 Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side Typhoon season isn’t over. Before 2020 finally says goodbye, two to three more storms could make landfall and wreak...

[B-SIDE Podcast] The future of consumption (a fireside chat from the BusinessWorld Virtual Economic...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3vyFbFubLjBEYRMUa72Bff Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side On November 25 and 26, BusinessWorld held a two-day virtual economic forum with the forward-looking theme “Forecast 2021: ReBoot....

[B-SIDE Podcast] If it’s too good to be true, it probably is: Debunking fake...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/17vyqvinYiVaA9VI7GcpyN Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side Fake COVID-19 cures and preventive measures are proliferating online, in chat groups and social media. Bananas, saltwater, and onions...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Selling it: Lessons in cross-border e-commerce

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0T1d8okP9PrMV0P3BIhcGK Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side Anchanto, a Singapore-based automation and logistics platform, projects that cross-border e-commerce in the Asia-Pacific region will grow to US$...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Are you okay? Treating the workforce as human beings, not just human...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4euaqNlS9zoBEj1PPgI6tw Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side The eight-month lockdown, one of the longest in the world, has kept much of the country’s workforce at home....

[B-SIDE Podcast] Duterte’s ‘dual-track approach’ to China, and why it won’t work

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7BA6TvTsdHMpCgyZmHGUZg Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side It is a mistake for the Duterte administration to think that it can separate its maritime dispute with China...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Bend, don’t break: business lessons from bamboo

https://open.spotify.com/episode/43mW6OZpjJobYomarOnhOp Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out 80% of the revenue of Bambike, a socio-ecological enterprise that handcrafts bamboo bicycles. Prior to...

[B-SIDE Podcast] At home yet unsafe: lockdowns are worsening online sexual exploitation of children

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fbmNZ9OPiHHU5xParsezS Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side Online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) is a crime that often happens at home at the hands of family,...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Resparking your business: tips from seven entrepreneurs

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bEuDxYuswrwaD1DIcqEII Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side Patrick “Patch” Dulay,  co-founder of local crowdfunding platform The Spark Project, is turning a series of webinars into a...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Love in the time of corona(virus): pandemic brides

https://open.spotify.com/episode/10aqppiedasZqVW9WToV1m The COVID-19 pandemic has stripped away a lot of what we expect from weddings: the pageantry, the ceremony, the large number of guests. Bridal...

[B-SIDE Podcast] The Seven Commandments for public transport

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5uX4LT0pMkCO6E6WLAUHdt Former Health Secretary Manuel M. Dayrit explains to BusinessWorld reporter Vann M. Villegas how the Department of Transportation (DOTr) came up with the Seven...