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ESG & Sustainability

6 little-known facts about climate change in South Africa

Karen King 6 Jun 2024

Terena Chetty, Head of Strategy at 1Africa Consulting

HR & Management

How climate change has become an OHS issue

Terena Chetty 23 Apr 2024

ESG & Sustainability

IMF reaches $1.3bn agreement with Ivory Coast for resilience, sustainability facility

Portia Crowe 19 Feb 2024

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

Racks of Airism clothing at Uniqlo 5th Avenue in New York City, USA, 31 July 2023. Reuters/Kate Masters

Retail

Clothiers bet on 'cooling' fabrics as global temps rise

Katherine Masters 2 Aug 2023

File photo: A view of Elizabeth Lake, that has been dried up for several years, as the region experiences extreme heat and drought conditions, in Elizabeth Lake, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, US, 18 June 2021. Reuters/Aude Guerrucci

ESG & Sustainability

More than half of the world's large lakes are drying up, study finds

Gloria Dickie 22 May 2023

Healthcare

Putting health at the heart of climate action

Katja Hamilton 14 Apr 2023

Joyconomy: Elevated expressionism to arm people with hope, joy and happiness for an uncertain year

Marketing & Media

Joyconomy: Elevated expressionism to arm people with hope, joy and happiness for an uncertain year

Issued by Wunderman Thompson 19 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Pamela Hellig, the consulting actuary at Insight Life Solutions.

Healthcare

#BizTrends2023: Climate change will affect healthcare and provision of services

Pamela Hellig 9 Jan 2023

Climate change - the real threat to farming profitably

Agriculture

Climate change - the real threat to farming profitably

Felix Kagura 16 Nov 2022

What will your cup of coffee look like in 2030?

Agriculture

What will your cup of coffee look like in 2030?

Scott Coles 12 Oct 2022

Marketing & Media

Is design thinking an endangered species in the future of work?

Issued by Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika 14 Dec 2020

Climate action in agribusiness could reduce emissions by up to 7%

Agriculture

Climate action in agribusiness could reduce emissions by up to 7%

9 Nov 2021

SAB, WWF SA partnership pays dividends for water security

ESG & Sustainability

SAB, WWF SA partnership pays dividends for water security

5 Oct 2021

Education

Why UP researchers like rooibos, Nguni cows and 50 000-piece microbial puzzles

Issued by University of Pretoria 20 Aug 2021

Hajj pilgrims face growing heat stroke risks with global warming

ESG & Sustainability

Hajj pilgrims face growing heat stroke risks with global warming

Maya Gebeily 21 Jul 2021

As some farmers hit climate limits, bolder steps needed to survive

Agriculture

As some farmers hit climate limits, bolder steps needed to survive

Megan Rowling 24 Jun 2021

Technology to drive SA agriculture toward sustainability

Agriculture

Technology to drive SA agriculture toward sustainability

22 Apr 2021

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

Climate change, migration and urbanisation: patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change, migration and urbanisation: patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa

Roman Hoffmann 4 Nov 2020

Climate change is in your hands - top 10 things you can do to make a difference

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change is in your hands - top 10 things you can do to make a difference

Fiona Wakelin, Issued by Topco Media 8 Oct 2020

South Africans unsure of what to expect in 2020

Marketing & Media

South Africans unsure of what to expect in 2020

Issued by Ipsos 20 Jan 2020

South Africa's real water crisis: not understanding what's needed

ESG & Sustainability

South Africa's real water crisis: not understanding what's needed

Mike Muller 11 Nov 2019

Agriculture

Impacts of climate change on food security not evenly distributed, conference hears

5 Sep 2019

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Energy & Mining

Fossil fuel extraction could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within

Rizwan Nawaz & Adel Sharif 23 Aug 2019

Ambitious plans under way for homegrown South African climate change model

ESG & Sustainability

Ambitious plans under way for homegrown South African climate change model

Tony Carnie 2 Aug 2019

How digital technologies can help Africa's smallholder farmers

Agriculture

How digital technologies can help Africa's smallholder farmers

15 Jul 2019

Three species of immature mosquito: the common house mosquito, and the malaria vectors An. arabiensis and An. funestus. Supplied

Healthcare

#WorldMalariaDay: How higher temperatures and pollution are affecting mosquitoes

Shüné Oliver 24 Apr 2019

How drought affects freshwater fish

Agriculture

How drought affects freshwater fish

4 Feb 2019

If citizens think they’ll personally and financially benefit from a carbon tax, maybe politicians would take action.
Thomas Hafeneth/Unsplash

Energy & Mining

Want citizens to care about climate change? Write them a cheque

Abhishek Kar & Hisham Zerriffi 3 Jan 2019

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Healthcare

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Wiida Fourie-Basson 5 Nov 2018

What southern Africa needs to do to manage rising temperatures

ESG & Sustainability

What southern Africa needs to do to manage rising temperatures

Professor Bob Scholes 15 Oct 2018

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Agriculture

International community must work together to achieve a sustainable, low-carbon livestock industry

22 Jan 2018

'Weather-sensitive' products: adjusting price and promotions to increase sales

Retail

'Weather-sensitive' products: adjusting price and promotions to increase sales

Xavier Rousset, Octavio Escobar and Régis Chenavaz 1 Dec 2017

Using brands as a 'force for good'

Marketing & Media

Using brands as a 'force for good'

14 Nov 2017

Survival of coral reefs depends on pollution cuts: study

ESG & Sustainability

Survival of coral reefs depends on pollution cuts: study

3 Nov 2017

$129bn in extreme weather losses last year

ESG & Sustainability

$129bn in extreme weather losses last year

2 Nov 2017

Understanding the legalities of water regulations in SA

ESG & Sustainability

Understanding the legalities of water regulations in SA

10 Oct 2017

Greenland: how rapid climate change on world's largest island will affect us all

ESG & Sustainability

Greenland: how rapid climate change on world's largest island will affect us all

Kathryn Adamson 21 Aug 2017

The grey long-eared bat. Anton Alberdi / Bat conservation trust, Author provided

ESG & Sustainability

How to set conservation priorities in response to climate change

Orly Razgour 7 Aug 2017

Wild dogs dying from climate change

ESG & Sustainability

Wild dogs dying from climate change

Dave Chambers 24 Jul 2017

ESG & Sustainability

'Sixth extinction' of wildlife faster than feared: scientists

12 Jul 2017

A man sorting a sea of plastic bottles at one of the Wecycler hubs in Lagos, Nigeria. Most plastic litter from cities ends up in oceans. Photo: Panos/Joan Bardeletti

ESG & Sustainability

Plastics pose biggest threat to oceans

Zipporah Musau 27 Jun 2017

Tourism & Travel

Going, going, gone: Visiting vulnerable destinations before they disappear

12 Jun 2017

Higher density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable

Construction & Engineering

Higher density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable

Melanie Davern, Alison Farrar, Dave Kendal, Lucy G 8 May 2017

Agriculture

McCain adapts to drought with changing business model, water strategy

4 Apr 2017

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Agriculture

Earth's soil carbon reservoir poses massive risk to climate change mitigation

22 Mar 2017

Humanity decimating planetary wildlife: report

ESG & Sustainability

Humanity decimating planetary wildlife: report

28 Oct 2016

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Agriculture

Changing climate threatens world's smallholder farmers

Lyndal Rowlands 24 Oct 2016

Agriculture

The sweet spot in Africa's agriculture

Maria Andrade 6 Sep 2016