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Social impact innovations awarded at 2024 Orange Social Venture Prize

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

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Share a gift, share a smile: The 2024 Safripol Toy Campaign is here!

Share a gift, share a smile: The 2024 Safripol Toy Campaign is here!

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Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Garth Napier 4 Nov 2022

Here's what to expect at COP27

Here's what to expect at COP27

Víctor Resco de Dios and Miguel Ángel de Zavala Gironés 3 Nov 2022

Major brands failing to meet plastic sustainability goals

3 Nov 2022

#ESGAfricaConference: Why integrating the environmental and social components of ESG is key

#ESGAfricaConference: Why integrating the environmental and social components of ESG is key

Sindy Peters 3 Nov 2022

Smart Africa, MTN sign MoU to advance digital skills in Africa

Smart Africa, MTN sign MoU to advance digital skills in Africa

1 Nov 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners October 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners October 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Nov 2022

Responsible Minerals Initiative cuts ITSCI from approved traceability list

Responsible Minerals Initiative cuts ITSCI from approved traceability list

Helen Reid 1 Nov 2022

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Cadbury-maker Mondelez pumps another $600m into cocoa sustainability programme

1 Nov 2022

P&G and Global Citizen partner to eradicate period poverty in Africa!

P&G and Global Citizen partner to eradicate period poverty in Africa!

Triple Eight 31 Oct 2022

#ESGAfricaConference: Success in ESG starts with leadership, partnerships and good governance

#ESGAfricaConference: Success in ESG starts with leadership, partnerships and good governance

Sindy Peters 31 Oct 2022

Agrarius lists first Shari'ah-compliant sustainability-linked Sukuk on the JSE

28 Oct 2022

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Quro's Sister Vuyelwa is seen here with patient 'Ramasela' who received a knee replacement and hospital-at-home care thanks to Quro's new social-development partnership with Operation Healing Hands.

Quro Medical joins forces with Operation Healing Hands to bring public-sector relief

27 Oct 2022

#ESGAfricaConference: What should ESG reporting look like in Africa?

#ESGAfricaConference: What should ESG reporting look like in Africa?

Sindy Peters 26 Oct 2022

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities

Olumuyiwa Adegun 25 Oct 2022

African cities: Climate action plans could help address injustice, inequity

African cities: Climate action plans could help address injustice, inequity

Gina Ziervogel 24 Oct 2022

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H&M Foundation on the lookout for sustainable fashion innovators

24 Oct 2022

Uganda court hands life sentence to man caught with elephant ivory

Uganda court hands life sentence to man caught with elephant ivory

Elias Biryabarema 21 Oct 2022

Standard Bank commits R300bn to sustainability target

Katja Hamilton 21 Oct 2022

Congolese NGOs decry mining in main refuge of 'Africa's unicorn'

Congolese NGOs decry mining in main refuge of 'Africa's unicorn'

Erikas Mwisi Kambale 19 Oct 2022

2022 WWF report: Freshwater populations have fallen by 83% in less than a lifetime

2022 WWF report: Freshwater populations have fallen by 83% in less than a lifetime

18 Oct 2022

Source: World Economic Forum.

Are asset owners ready to finance a transition to net zero?

17 Oct 2022

Fast fashion giant Shein commits to cutting emissions

Fast fashion giant Shein commits to cutting emissions

13 Oct 2022

An employee inserts lithium-ion cells from old laptop battery packs into a solar lantern at the Quadloop recycling facility in Lagos, Nigeria. Source: Reuters/Temilade Adelaja

Nigerian company turns e-waste into solar-powered lanterns

Angela Ukomadu 13 Oct 2022

Rwanda leads Africa in plastic waste management

Rwanda leads Africa in plastic waste management

Radhia Mtonga 12 Oct 2022

Dr Elizabeth le Roux awarded 2022 JWO Research Grant

Dr Elizabeth le Roux awarded 2022 JWO Research Grant

11 Oct 2022

World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

Andrea Shalal 6 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Jabulile Nhlapo.

Putting sustainability at the core of Africa's health

Jabulile Nhlapo 5 Oct 2022

$400m loan to improve Egyptian logistics, transport sectors

Moataz Mohamed, Nadine Awadalla and Lina Najem 4 Oct 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners September 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners September 2022

Bizcommunity.com 3 Oct 2022

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Smart Africa, MTN sign MoU to advance digital skills in Africa

Smart Africa, MTN sign MoU to advance digital skills in Africa

1 Nov 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners October 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners October 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Nov 2022

Responsible Minerals Initiative cuts ITSCI from approved traceability list

Responsible Minerals Initiative cuts ITSCI from approved traceability list

Helen Reid 1 Nov 2022

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Cadbury-maker Mondelez pumps another $600m into cocoa sustainability programme

1 Nov 2022

P&G and Global Citizen partner to eradicate period poverty in Africa!

P&G and Global Citizen partner to eradicate period poverty in Africa!

Triple Eight 31 Oct 2022

#ESGAfricaConference: Success in ESG starts with leadership, partnerships and good governance

#ESGAfricaConference: Success in ESG starts with leadership, partnerships and good governance

Sindy Peters 31 Oct 2022

Agrarius lists first Shari'ah-compliant sustainability-linked Sukuk on the JSE

28 Oct 2022

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Quro's Sister Vuyelwa is seen here with patient 'Ramasela' who received a knee replacement and hospital-at-home care thanks to Quro's new social-development partnership with Operation Healing Hands.

Quro Medical joins forces with Operation Healing Hands to bring public-sector relief

27 Oct 2022

#ESGAfricaConference: What should ESG reporting look like in Africa?

#ESGAfricaConference: What should ESG reporting look like in Africa?

Sindy Peters 26 Oct 2022

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities

Olumuyiwa Adegun 25 Oct 2022

African cities: Climate action plans could help address injustice, inequity

African cities: Climate action plans could help address injustice, inequity

Gina Ziervogel 24 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied

H&M Foundation on the lookout for sustainable fashion innovators

24 Oct 2022

Uganda court hands life sentence to man caught with elephant ivory

Uganda court hands life sentence to man caught with elephant ivory

Elias Biryabarema 21 Oct 2022

Standard Bank commits R300bn to sustainability target

Katja Hamilton 21 Oct 2022

Congolese NGOs decry mining in main refuge of 'Africa's unicorn'

Congolese NGOs decry mining in main refuge of 'Africa's unicorn'

Erikas Mwisi Kambale 19 Oct 2022

2022 WWF report: Freshwater populations have fallen by 83% in less than a lifetime

2022 WWF report: Freshwater populations have fallen by 83% in less than a lifetime

18 Oct 2022

Source: World Economic Forum.

Are asset owners ready to finance a transition to net zero?

17 Oct 2022

Fast fashion giant Shein commits to cutting emissions

Fast fashion giant Shein commits to cutting emissions

13 Oct 2022

An employee inserts lithium-ion cells from old laptop battery packs into a solar lantern at the Quadloop recycling facility in Lagos, Nigeria. Source: Reuters/Temilade Adelaja

Nigerian company turns e-waste into solar-powered lanterns

Angela Ukomadu 13 Oct 2022

Rwanda leads Africa in plastic waste management

Rwanda leads Africa in plastic waste management

Radhia Mtonga 12 Oct 2022

Dr Elizabeth le Roux awarded 2022 JWO Research Grant

Dr Elizabeth le Roux awarded 2022 JWO Research Grant

11 Oct 2022

World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

World Bank says goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met

Andrea Shalal 6 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Jabulile Nhlapo.

Putting sustainability at the core of Africa's health

Jabulile Nhlapo 5 Oct 2022

$400m loan to improve Egyptian logistics, transport sectors

Moataz Mohamed, Nadine Awadalla and Lina Najem 4 Oct 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners September 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners September 2022

Bizcommunity.com 3 Oct 2022

UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust - president

UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust - president

Jorgelina do Rosario and Nigel Hunt 3 Oct 2022

Image supplied: Patrick Aryee is presenting Evolve

Patrick Aryee sets out to discover our world through biomimicry

Emily Stander 29 Sep 2022

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters

Aled Jones 29 Sep 2022

New study finds ICT infrastructure investment to be key in alleviating inequality in Africa

New study finds ICT infrastructure investment to be key in alleviating inequality in Africa

27 Sep 2022

African Global Citizen patrons urge world to consider continent's giving power

African Global Citizen patrons urge world to consider continent's giving power

Cooper Inveen 26 Sep 2022

Empowering women to boost Africa's water security

Empowering women to boost Africa's water security

Caroline Mwongera 26 Sep 2022

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

22 Sep 2022

African YouthAdapt Challenge competition open for entries

African YouthAdapt Challenge competition open for entries

19 Sep 2022

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Tom Walker 16 Sep 2022

Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia founder. Source: Patagonia

Patagonia founder gives company away - 'Earth is now our only shareholder'

16 Sep 2022

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Bizcommunity.com 15 Sep 2022

IWA hosts high-level summit focusing on finance, governance, partnerships

IWA hosts high-level summit focusing on finance, governance, partnerships

14 Sep 2022

Scrap metals recycler Romco eyes green hydrogen to power furnaces in Africa

Scrap metals recycler Romco eyes green hydrogen to power furnaces in Africa

Angela Ukomadu 14 Sep 2022

WFP plans food relief for 700,000 Zimbabweans

WFP plans food relief for 700,000 Zimbabweans

13 Sep 2022