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| We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2016 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's CSI & Sustainability portal over the past year below. read |
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| Emile Uys This Dutch startup collects demolition debris and recycles it for new buildings... read |
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| Andrew J. Hoffman The Trump administration appears to be moving in one direction on the issue of climate change with the appointment of climate skeptic Scott Pruitt to head up the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a transition team led by and stacked with fossil fuel interests... read |
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| Pep Canadell et al. Methane concentrations in the atmosphere are growing faster than any time in the past 20 years... read |
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| Steve Turton In school, we learnt that the tropical zone is defined as the hot region of our planet - between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. But the more important climatic boundary between tropical and temperate climates is bounded by the slightly larger region covering about 30 degrees latitude either side of the Equator... read |
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| Jamie Matroos Farmers in Guatemala are adapting to climate change using climate-smart strategies... read |
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| Karli Verghese The food we eat is responsible for almost a third of our global carbon footprint... read |
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| Environmental rights advocacy groups are questioning why major banks and state entities are investing in new-build coal-powered power station... read |
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| Kennedy Dzama and Tawanda Marandure It is expected that temperatures in southern Africa will rise to between 1.5°C and 3°C due to climate change by the year 2050... read |
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| According to a new report by FAO, soil and pulses, especially when deployed together, can make significant contributions toward feeding the world and combatting climate change... read |
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| Maintaining biological diversity is important for producing food... read |
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| Jennifer Fitchett and Gijsbert Hoogendoorn Towards the end of each year hundreds of thousands of people escape dark, cold, rainy winters in Europe and North America for a break in sunny South Africa... read |
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| Computer science remains one of the most exciting, transformative and lucrative careers for the youth to embark upon, but is still underrepresented... read |
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| As production of cocoa has failed to keep pace with world demand, prices have steadily been rising for several years. Mondelez International is taking steps to help cocoa farmers boost production... read |
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| Recent studies on the promised land rehabilitation and environmental remediation of previously used mining sites have uncovered some major discrepancies... read |
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| Wild giraffe numbers have plummeted by 40% in the last three decades, and the species is now "vulnerable" to extinction, a top conservation body warned Thursday, 8 December... read |
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| A study by UCT researchers has confirmed a decline in the iconic conifer, the Clanwilliam cedar, which gives the name to the Cederberg Wilderness Area... read |
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| Beverly L. Peters Almost 40 years after its independence, land reform remains at the heart of Zimbabwe's political and economic challenges... read |
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| Issued by UTZ Does a sustainable label really make a difference? According to Henriette Walz - Climate Change and Environmental expert at UTZ - it really does... read |
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| Thanks to the government's IPP programme, renewable energy is one of the country's fastest growing sectors, which includes a significant socio-economic development component. read |
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| Issued by Universal Church of the Kingdom of God For the sixth consecutive year Women in Action's trained trauma counsellors participated in the annual 16 Days of Activism against gender based violence... read |
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| Dave Chambers Cape Town's upmarket suburb of Constantia is poised to get a new shopping centre and two traffic circles... read |
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| "Dit is lekker op die plaas" is what Solms-Delta Wine Estate co-owner Professor Mark Solms said when Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti launched the Strengthening the Relative Rights of People Working the Land policy (50/50) at the farm on Saturday, 10 December... read |
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| Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says government has its eyes firmly fixed on the target of delivering six million houses and subsidies to beneficiaries by 2019... read |
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| David Nicholson-Cole Slick, glassy skyscrapers cast their shadows over the streets and spaces of cities all over the world... read |
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| Kouga Wind Farm, situated outside Oyster Bay, has been recognised for its strides in environmental management good practice... read |
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| Hesam Kamalipour et al. Informal settlements house around one-quarter of the world's urban population... read |
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| Bruce van Wyk Africa is rising. According to the latest figures in the 2016 African Economic Outlook report, annual GDP growth rose to above 5% between 2001 and 2014... read |
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| Amandine Robin Often, the orientations to innovation are determined by the skills existing in a factory at a given time. Typically, the company owns a technical know-how and uses it to improve or transform its products... read |
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