Brought to you by IBEC Intelligence Ordinarily, everything looks just fine until it doesn’t. Deep problems in your organization usually don’t start with a crisis. They start with a mundane meeting. A team sits around a table reviewing audit results. The findings are minor. A few documentation gaps. A labeling clarification. Seemingly nothing that raises alarms. The system passes. The certification holds. Everyone exhales a little. Checkmark is placed. “We’re in goo

Brought to you by IBEC Intelligence Over the past few years, something remarkable has happened in the global travel economy – concerts have become destinations. This is consistent with the growth of experience-driven tourism. Fans are no longer simply attending a show in their hometown. They are boarding flights, booking hotels, and turning concerts into full-scale travel experiences. Economists and tourism boards have even coined a term for it, calling it “concert tourism.

Brought to you by IBEC Intelligence A few years ago, sustainability felt like the type of momentum you could almost touch. Boardrooms were full of ambition making lofty proclamations about their commitment to sustainability. CEOs stood on global stages committing to net-zero targets. Entire sustainability teams were convened and built, roadmaps were drawn, and dashboards were designed. It felt like the private sector had finally aligned itself with the urgency of climate

Brought to you by IBEC Intelligence Paint is everywhere. It protects infrastructure, enhances living and working environments, and contributes to economic activity across construction, manufacturing, and consumer markets. Yet behind its ubiquity lies a complex environmental footprint. It is a significant footprint that the global coatings sector is increasingly working to address through innovation, transparency, and third-party certification. The scale of the paint indust

Brought to you by IBEC Intelligence Every once in a while, a documentary lingers in your mind long after the credits roll. The Plastic Detox, currently streaming on Netflix, is one of those films. At first glance, the topic seems familiar. Most of us have seen images of plastic bottles floating in oceans or beaches littered with packaging. But as the film unfolds, it shifts the conversation from distant environmental damage to something far more personal. Plastic isn’t jus

Brought to you by IBEC Intelligence Compliance is rarely part of the C-Suite. Yet it should be. In today’s regulatory environment, compliance is no longer a back-office function. In fact, it is a core business safeguard. However, many organizations continue to underfund compliance departments, treating them as cost centers rather than strategic assets. The data, as well as the growing list of high-profile failures, tell a different story. Underinvestment in compliance is