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Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

Purpose matters: Meeting the demand for corporate responsibility

HR & Management

Purpose matters: Meeting the demand for corporate responsibility

Issued by GO Content Lab 30 Apr 2024

Urban agriculture isn’t as climate-friendly as it seems – but these best practices can transform gardens and city farms

Agriculture

Urban agriculture isn’t as climate-friendly as it seems – but these best practices can transform gardens and city farms

Jason Hawes, Benjamin Goldstein and Joshua Newell 23 Jan 2024

Samsung Everyday Sustainability: Infinity Loop

Marketing & Media

Samsung Everyday Sustainability: Infinity Loop

Issued by Samsung South Africa 18 Sep 2023

How ESG can benefit supply chain: Making business and environmental sense

Logistics & Transport

How ESG can benefit supply chain: Making business and environmental sense

Mark Wilson 12 May 2023

2 days EU seminar in SA showcases Europe's high food safety and quality standards and trade opportunities

Agriculture

2 days EU seminar in SA showcases Europe's high food safety and quality standards and trade opportunities

Issued by In House Agency 25 May 2022

Seminar to explore how businesses can benefit from choosing safe EU food products

Agriculture

Seminar to explore how businesses can benefit from choosing safe EU food products

11 May 2022

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Construction & Engineering

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Seyed Ghaffar, Mehdi Chougan, Pawel Sikora 2 Mar 2022

African governments urged to back global treaty on plastic pollution

ESG & Sustainability

African governments urged to back global treaty on plastic pollution

2 Feb 2022

What is pay-as-you-throw? A waste expert explains

ESG & Sustainability

What is pay-as-you-throw? A waste expert explains

Lily Baum Pollans 28 Jan 2022

4 New Year's resolutions for a healthier environment in 2022

ESG & Sustainability

4 New Year's resolutions for a healthier environment in 2022

Viniece Jennings 6 Jan 2022

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Agriculture

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Wandile Sihlobo 27 Oct 2021

Combatting an invisible killer: New WHO air pollution guidelines recommend sharply lower limits

ESG & Sustainability

Combatting an invisible killer: New WHO air pollution guidelines recommend sharply lower limits

Laura Corlin 6 Oct 2021

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

Francis Vergunst and Helen Louise Berry 30 Sep 2021

More companies pledge net-zero emissions to fight climate change, but what does that really mean?

ESG & Sustainability

More companies pledge net-zero emissions to fight climate change, but what does that really mean?

Amrou Awaysheh 29 Sep 2021

Vedanta Zinc International's (VZI) Lisheen mine in Ireland has received a mine closure completion certificate

Energy & Mining

Best practice mine closure achieved

27 Aug 2021

Retail

'Upcycling' promises to turn food waste into your next meal

Rodney Holcomb and Danielle Bellmer 28 Jul 2021

Lifestyle

Turning waste to art: Experiences of Bita Mokhtar Masoumi

Craig Lebrau, Issued by Lebrau Press 21 Jun 2021

DWS to oppose court application on deployment of Cuban engineers

Legal

DWS to oppose court application on deployment of Cuban engineers

24 May 2021

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

Agriculture

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers

29 Apr 2021

'Sacred forests' in West Africa capture carbon and keep soil healthy

Agriculture

'Sacred forests' in West Africa capture carbon and keep soil healthy

Michele Francis 9 Apr 2021

Four ways microbial fuel cells might revolutionise electricity production in the future

Energy & Mining

Four ways microbial fuel cells might revolutionise electricity production in the future

Godfrey Kyazze 23 Dec 2020

Ecowas Bank for Investment and Development headquarters in Lome. Willem Heerbaart/Wikimedia Commons

Finance

How West Africa economic partnership deals put the cart before the horse

Michael E Odijie 18 Nov 2020

Cape Town's climate strategy isn't perfect, but every African city should have one

ESG & Sustainability

Cape Town's climate strategy isn't perfect, but every African city should have one

Alanna Rebelo, Karen Joan Esler, Michael Samways, Patricia Holmes, Tony Rebelo 11 Nov 2020

The war against plastic is distracting us from pollution that cannot be seen

ESG & Sustainability

The war against plastic is distracting us from pollution that cannot be seen

Thomas Stanton, Matthew Johnson and Paul Kay 27 Oct 2020

$How fracking plans could affect shared water resources in Southern Africa$

ESG & Sustainability

How fracking plans could affect shared water resources in Southern Africa

Surina Esterhuyse 19 Oct 2020

It's a 'no' to Nosecco trade mark application

Retail

It's a 'no' to Nosecco trade mark application

Merlene Engelbrecht 30 Sep 2020

EU and UK are major markets for South African exports, including vehicles. Shutterstock

Finance

Here's why South Africa and its neighbours are anxious about EU and UK post-Brexit trade talks

Mills Soko 21 Sep 2020

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

ESG & Sustainability

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020

Alcohol industry says ban poses risk to trade partnership

Retail

Alcohol industry says ban poses risk to trade partnership

11 Aug 2020

SA technical production, events industry to #LightSAred

Lifestyle

SA technical production, events industry to #LightSAred

4 Aug 2020

Tips to sanitise your vehicle

Automotive

Tips to sanitise your vehicle

9 Apr 2020

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Marketing & Media

Facebook connecting local communities at a time of social distancing

Nunu Ntshingila 26 Mar 2020

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Agriculture

Rooibos retains GI protection status in the UK

12 Mar 2020

NPO aims to make history again this 50th anniversary of Earth Day

ESG & Sustainability

NPO aims to make history again this 50th anniversary of Earth Day

3 Feb 2020

Unbuilding cities as high-rises reach their use-by date

Construction & Engineering

Unbuilding cities as high-rises reach their use-by date

Norman Day 21 Jan 2020

Lessons on how to effectively tackle insect invasions

Agriculture

Lessons on how to effectively tackle insect invasions

Esther Ndumi Ngumbi 20 Jan 2020