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Circular Economy & Waste Management

How South Africa’s waste reforms and renewable energy are driving job creation

6 hours

Climate Change

Nominations for Presidential Climate Commission open

11 Aug 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind

Susan Reid 20 May 2025

Severity of climate change has reached critical levels

Climate Change

Severity of climate change has reached critical levels

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 8 Nov 2024

Residents walk in a flooded area during rescue operations in Maiduguri, northern Borno state, Nigeria, 12 September 2024. Reuters/Ahmed Kingimi/File Photo

Climate Change

Climate change worsened rains in flood-hit African regions, scientists say

Alessandra Prentice 23 Oct 2024

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

ERA's E-waste Day campaign is back to encourage recycling of electronics

10 Oct 2024

Making the right career choice after matric – The Academy for Environmental Leadership

Higher Education

Making the right career choice after matric – The Academy for Environmental Leadership

Prof Leopoldt van Huyssteen, Issued by Stone 30 Nov 2023

Architect render of the Santiago Bernabéu. Source: GMP Architecten

Smart Buildings & Cities

Real Madrid stadium revamp gets ready for Taylor Swift, faces new corruption allegations

Lindsey Schutters 24 Nov 2023

VPASA announces vaping industry waste partnership with eWASA

Circular Economy & Waste Management

VPASA announces vaping industry waste partnership with eWASA

Issued by Enamen 26 May 2023

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

Energy

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

Vincent Obisie-Orlu 26 Jan 2023

Danone's CEO has been ousted for being progressive - blame society not activist shareholders

FMCG

Danone's CEO has been ousted for being progressive - blame society not activist shareholders

Arturo Bris 23 Mar 2021

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

Environment & Natural Resources

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher 30 Oct 2020

The war against plastic is distracting us from pollution that cannot be seen

Circular Economy & Waste Management

The war against plastic is distracting us from pollution that cannot be seen

Thomas Stanton, Matthew Johnson and Paul Kay 27 Oct 2020

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Mining

The human cost of mining in the Amazon rainforest

JP Casey 12 Dec 2019

Lagos beaches have a microplastic pollution problem

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Lagos beaches have a microplastic pollution problem

Ifenna Ilechukwu 10 Dec 2019

Plastic Atlas highlights scale of global plastic pollution crisis

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Plastic Atlas highlights scale of global plastic pollution crisis

7 Nov 2019

Winners of the 2018/19 Science Oscars

Education

Winners of the 2018/19 Science Oscars

3 Jul 2019

We can't save everything from climate change - here's how to make choices

Climate Change

We can't save everything from climate change - here's how to make choices

Benjamin Preston and Johanna Nalau 24 Jan 2019

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Mining

Do climate policies 'kill jobs'? An economist on why they don't cause massive unemployment

Garth Heutel 28 Dec 2018

Why more women don't win science Nobels

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Why more women don't win science Nobels

Mary K. Feeney 17 Oct 2018

Sustainable Development

2018 Green Building Convention to address global Race to Zero

1 Oct 2018

UCT law student wins Yale University Fellowship

Higher Education

UCT law student wins Yale University Fellowship

28 May 2018

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Retail

NYC artists design totes highlighting the importance of reducing plastic waste

2 May 2018

Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger

Fishing

Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger

Ben Belton, Dave Little & Simon Bush 19 Mar 2018

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

Agriculture

#CSIMonth: An opportunity to use commercial enterprises to ensure global food security

Cari Coetzee 18 Jul 2017

South African Green Schools Programme launches

Primary & Secondary Education

South African Green Schools Programme launches

26 Apr 2017

Here's a better way to regulate carbon – and change the tired environment-versus-economy debate

Climate Change

Here's a better way to regulate carbon – and change the tired environment-versus-economy debate

Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash 1 Feb 2017

Game lodges take aim at poverty

ESG & Sustainability

Game lodges take aim at poverty

Charlotte Mathews 10 Jan 2017

People power: How communities and cities can help save the environment

Climate Change

People power: How communities and cities can help save the environment

Magali Dreyfus 21 Dec 2016

#SustainabilityMonth: Rocking the Daisies pioneer in festival greening

Music

#SustainabilityMonth: Rocking the Daisies pioneer in festival greening

Ruth Cooper 6 Oct 2016

Entries open: EC Top Green Organisation Awards

ESG & Sustainability

Entries open: EC Top Green Organisation Awards

21 Jul 2016

Alarming rate of material extraction over last 40 years

Environment & Natural Resources

Alarming rate of material extraction over last 40 years

21 Jul 2016

How small businesses can manage their impact on the environment

ESG & Sustainability

How small businesses can manage their impact on the environment

Miemie Struwig and Riyaadh Lillah 13 Jun 2016

15 EU nations opt to stay GMO-free

Agriculture

15 EU nations opt to stay GMO-free

2 Oct 2015

How sustainable is SAA's Project Solaris?

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

How sustainable is SAA's Project Solaris?

Sindy Peters 25 Feb 2015

New EU GMO food rules get European Parliament nod

Agriculture

New EU GMO food rules get European Parliament nod

14 Nov 2014

Top Green Organisation Awards open for entries

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Top Green Organisation Awards open for entries

29 Jul 2014

Plastics SA cleans up after Two Oceans Marathon

Environment & Natural Resources

Plastics SA cleans up after Two Oceans Marathon

16 May 2014

Montecasino's greening figures blossom

Environment & Natural Resources

Montecasino's greening figures blossom

8 Apr 2014

Montecasino records dramatic environmental savings

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Montecasino records dramatic environmental savings

22 Oct 2013

DEA concludes Air Quality Governance Lekgotla

Environment & Natural Resources

DEA concludes Air Quality Governance Lekgotla

3 Oct 2013

Ibrahim Thiaw appointed deputy executive director, UNEP

Environment & Natural Resources

Ibrahim Thiaw appointed deputy executive director, UNEP

6 Aug 2013

Kenya to tackle wetlands degradation

Environment & Natural Resources

Kenya to tackle wetlands degradation

5 Aug 2013