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#See: Africa Tech Week Awards 2025 celebrates innovation

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#See: Hertex HAUS reopens reimagined Bellville Showroom

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Green hydrogen can 'reposition' Africa within global value chains

Mandela Day 2025 - Uniting to combat poverty and inequity

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Sustainability dips but still drives choice in the luxury market

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Image: Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, 21 September 2022. Reuters/Brendan McDermid

Gabon 'blue bond' swap raises hopes for wave of African debt-for-nature deals

Rachel Savage 16 Aug 2023

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Seithati Molefi 16 Aug 2023

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Franchise businesses should invest in solar power

16 Aug 2023

Woolworths' eco mannequins in newly launched Wedit stores

Woolworths' eco mannequins in newly launched Wedit stores

15 Aug 2023

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How decentralised digital currencies can empower sustainable finance

Chris Blair 11 Aug 2023

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Africa CDC contributes vaccine manufacturing equipment to Sahpra

11 Aug 2023

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Tetra Pak school competition highlights importance of recycling liquid board packaging

10 Aug 2023

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Study in unpackaged retailing reveals increased affordability for mass market

Nevo Hadas 10 Aug 2023

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Hidden e-waste: Don't forget about your small electronics

7 Aug 2023

Chris Blair, CEO at 21st Century

How AI and blockchain can shape sustainability

Chris Blair 4 Aug 2023

Image supplied: Credit: WC Government Dept Agriculture. Breede River Restoration. Woolworths and WWF’s Breede Catchment Water Stewardship programme has resulted in 200 million litres of water being released into the catchment on a yearly basis

Woolies furthers sustainable retail in SA and on the continent

2 Aug 2023

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Woolworths brings in Circular Energy to manage used lamps and batteries

31 Jul 2023

JC Auditors launches ESG verification for transport and logistics

JC Auditors launches ESG verification for transport and logistics

24 Jul 2023

One litre of oil can pollute a million litres of water. Source: Tim Mossholder/Unsplash

Miwa needs your help to fight pollution

20 Jul 2023

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Dos and don'ts of ESG-linked executive rewards

20 Jul 2023

Dis-Chem Pharmacies appoints Lesiba Kgoogo to ESG executive position

20 Jul 2023

Members of the community at a fruit tree planting event in Lawley, December 2022
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Creating food sustainability by planting fruit trees this Mandela Day

18 Jul 2023

File photo: South African aspiring designers Khumo Morojele and Klein Muis look at one of their designs made from second hand clothing imported from the West and sold in bales in markets known as Dunusa, in Johannesburg South Africa, 3 July 2023.Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

In upcycling drive, SA designers give new life to Western fashion waste

Catherine Schenck 14 Jul 2023

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Africa: Transforming carbon markets as implementation of Paris Agreement commitments progress

Kieran Whyte and Clara Hans 12 Jul 2023

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The risks and opportunities of transitioning to a green economy

Jean-Paul Rudd 11 Jul 2023

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

Xolile White 10 Jul 2023

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National environmental management laws now in force

Garyn Rapson, Tsoseletso Bogopa, and Hassan Mahlawe 6 Jul 2023

Hail to Heroes campaign shows goodness of fruit is more than skin deep

Hail to Heroes campaign shows goodness of fruit is more than skin deep

6 Jul 2023

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Circular economy gets Coca-Cola's backing

27 Jun 2023

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First National Biodiversity Offset Guideline published

26 Jun 2023

Just over one-third of SA business acknowledges biodiversity impact

Just over one-third of SA business acknowledges biodiversity impact

26 Jun 2023

Tenants' needs will inform how building owners and developers comply with SA's green building standards

Tenants' needs will inform how building owners and developers comply with SA's green building standards

Kagiso Mahlangu 23 Jun 2023

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Rwanda and partners to seek further €300m for climate resilience

George Obulutsa 23 Jun 2023

Source: © JD Power Tesla has a high Sustainability Perceptions Value but weaker CSRHub scores

Greenwashing puts billions at risk for the world's biggest brands

23 Jun 2023

File photo: A vehicle carries untreated phosphate after being dropped off on a mountain at a phosphate mine at Boucraa factory of the National Moroccan phosphate company (OCP) situated in the southern provinces, 100km southwest of the town of Laayoune 18 February 2016. Reuters/Youssef Boudlal/File Photo

Morocco's OCP plans $7bn green ammonia plant to avert supply problems

20 Jun 2023

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