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ESG & Sustainability
Plastic Free July: Don't underestimate the importance of recycling

Xolile White 10 Jul 2023

Bottle or bar? A soapy case study
Tourism & Travel
Bottle or bar? A soapy case study

Issued by City Lodge Hotel 9 Jun 2023

Mpact Recycling celebrates record-breaking 2022 figures ahead of World Environment Day
Retail
Mpact Recycling celebrates record-breaking 2022 figures ahead of World Environment Day

Issued by Mpact 1 Jun 2023

Roland Adjovi, a producer of Ecolo coal, transforms plant waste into bio charcoal at his workshop in Cotonou, Benin, 27 January 2023. Reuters/Charles Placide Tossou
ESG & Sustainability
Benin entrepreneur transforms plant waste into charcoal

Pulcherie Adjoha and Seraphin Zounyekpe 22 Feb 2023

Smart ways technology can be used to support a greener lifestyle
ICT
Smart ways technology can be used to support a greener lifestyle

29 Nov 2022

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Retail
Major brands failing to meet plastic sustainability goals

3 Nov 2022

Hortgro appoints Unati Speirs as new director
Agriculture
Hortgro appoints Unati Speirs as new director

17 May 2022

Nations adopt historic resolution aimed at tackling plastic pollution
ESG & Sustainability
Nations adopt historic resolution aimed at tackling plastic pollution

3 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

Africa faces an uphill battle against western emissions to combat climate change
ESG & Sustainability
Africa faces an uphill battle against western emissions to combat climate change

Margaret Kadiri 18 Jan 2022

Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil - changing the soy industry could stop it
Agriculture
Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil - changing the soy industry could stop it

Angela Guerrero and Malika Virah-Sawmy 4 Jan 2021

Rwanda invests in cycling, helps boost clean air and jobs
ESG & Sustainability
Rwanda invests in cycling, helps boost clean air and jobs

Diana Odero, Janene Tuniz and Michelle DeFreese 7 Dec 2020

Secure meat-hungry food systems to prevent next pandemic
Agriculture
Secure meat-hungry food systems to prevent next pandemic

Fatima Arkin 24 Jul 2020

Battling the damaging effects of 'fast fashion'
Retail
Battling the damaging effects of 'fast fashion'

Pavithra Rao 5 Mar 2020

Ridding Africa of hazardous wastes - COP-3 Bamako Convention under way in Brazzaville
ESG & Sustainability
Ridding Africa of hazardous wastes - COP-3 Bamako Convention under way in Brazzaville

13 Feb 2020

Palm oil: Research shows that new plantations produce double the emissions of mature ones
Agriculture
Palm oil: Research shows that new plantations produce double the emissions of mature ones

Sofie Sjogersten 24 Jan 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo
Energy & Mining
Global investment in renewables to hit $2.6trn

6 Sep 2019

We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate
ESG & Sustainability
We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate

Kate Dooley 18 Dec 2018

First waste management report for Africa released
ESG & Sustainability
First waste management report for Africa released

12 Jun 2018

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Agriculture
Young Africans create new roads for agriculture

Pius Sawa, Reuters 28 Apr 2017

Investing in a circular water economy in SA
ESG & Sustainability
Investing in a circular water economy in SA

Hermann Erdman 24 Mar 2017

How smart policies can lessen effects of climate change
ESG & Sustainability
How smart policies can lessen effects of climate change

Richard Munang and Robert Mgendi 10 Nov 2016

Deeper carbon cuts needed to avoid climate tragedy: UN
ESG & Sustainability
Deeper carbon cuts needed to avoid climate tragedy: UN

4 Nov 2016

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Logistics & Transport
Put 'people, not cars' first in transport systems, says UN environment chief

24 Oct 2016

'Wildlife is worth more alive than dead' - UNEP deputy head
ESG & Sustainability
'Wildlife is worth more alive than dead' - UNEP deputy head

1 Sep 2016

UN announces global standard to measure food waste
Agriculture
UN announces global standard to measure food waste

8 Jun 2016

Going green adds real bottom line benefits
ESG & Sustainability
Going green adds real bottom line benefits

Neil Cameron 9 Nov 2015

UN report: government subsidies may exacerbate deforestation
Agriculture
UN report: government subsidies may exacerbate deforestation

4 Sep 2015

As desert encroaches, Niger turns to natural gas
Energy & Mining
As desert encroaches, Niger turns to natural gas

30 Jul 2015

UNEP releases The Coming Financial Climate report
ESG & Sustainability
UNEP releases The Coming Financial Climate report

26 May 2015

Worsening climate change could affect the economy
ESG & Sustainability
Worsening climate change could affect the economy

Richard Munang and Jessica Andrews 26 Sep 2014

Kenya's shift to green economy should generate $45bn
ESG & Sustainability
Kenya's shift to green economy should generate $45bn

16 Apr 2014

Latest conflict resource: poachers on the prowl for ivory
ESG & Sustainability
Latest conflict resource: poachers on the prowl for ivory

Pavithra Rao 13 Jan 2014

Kenya to tackle wetlands degradation
ESG & Sustainability
Kenya to tackle wetlands degradation

5 Aug 2013

Eat, love, waste 1,3bn tons of food a year
Healthcare
Eat, love, waste 1,3bn tons of food a year

6 Jun 2013

Lifestyle
UNEP's SA-2010 report finds lower-than-projected carbon footprint

10 Oct 2012

Finance
Support from private sector is needed for sustainable development

21 Jun 2012

African adventure for electric car
ESG & Sustainability
African adventure for electric car

Cadine Pillay 25 May 2012

ESG & Sustainability
SA to phase-out inefficient lighting by 2016

8 Dec 2011

Government
Cost of SA exports to rise on EU shipping tax

30 Nov 2011

PwC annual results 2010 reflect strong growth in sustainability practice
Retail
PwC annual results 2010 reflect strong growth in sustainability practice

9 Sep 2010

Red light for UK business on green issues
Retail
Red light for UK business on green issues

13 Jul 2010

Retail
'Billion Tree Campaign' blossoms to seven times its size

20 May 2008

Marketing & Media
More rural business centres for Ghana

Emily Nyarko 28 Sep 2007

Healthcare
Uncontrolled trash greatest public health threat in Monrovia - UN

4 Jul 2007

Marketing & Media
UN Environment Programme appoints Lobedu MS&L to handle PR activities

29 Jun 2004

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