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 | A new United Nations study calls on regulators to implement proactive policies that build institutional investment frameworks, institutions and culture with sustainability at their core... read |
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 | The SAB Foundation has announced the 14 finalists of its annual Social Innovation Awards 2015. The final winners will be announced at an official awards ceremony on Thursday, 15 October 2015... read |
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 | South Africa has presented some of its sustainable development, green economy initiatives to the Gaborone Declaration on Sustainability in Africa Secretariat (GDSA)... read |
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 | The 27 winners of the 2015 SEED Awards were announced at the SEED Africa Symposium 2015 that took place on 9 and 10 September 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya... read |
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 | Kristen Lyons and Peter Westoby In recent years there has been significant movement toward land acquisition in developing countries to establish forestry plantations for offsetting carbon pollution elsewhere in the world. This is often referred to as land grabbing... read |
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 | South Africa has stepped up efforts to reduce the country's vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, says Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa... read |
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 | Three quarters of CEOs surveyed by PwC are developing new products and services to respond to climate change, while a third say it's helping them grow their business... read |
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 | With the aim to investigate solutions to the risks posed by water and food security, sustainable growth and development-focused business leaders... read |
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 | GENEVA: Populations of marine mammals, birds, reptiles and fish have dropped by about half in the past four decades, with fish critical to human food... read |
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 | The Centre for Environmental Rights has instituted legal action against the Minister of Mineral Resources following his grant of a coal mining right inside the Mabola Protected Environment... read |
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 | For once, Google was unlikely to face privacy complaints as the US Internet giant on Tuesday, 15 September, launched its Street View service in Kenya's Samburu park, in a move conservationists said could help protect endangered elephants... read |
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 | Cities on the African continent are increasingly investing and implementing interventions designed to conserve natural resources and energy for generations to come... read |
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 | A new therapeutic food production facility has been opened in Cape Town which will assist relief agencies operating in Africa where one in three childhood deaths are linked to malnutrition... read |
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 | Amanda Weltman In 2014, South Africa's Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor issued a call for 20 new researchers to join the prestigious ranks of the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI). The twist? All of the positions would be filled by women. read |
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 | South Africans are privileged to live in a country where government has actively sought to promote women. So said Evelyn Motsatsing, acting deputy CEO at Saab Grintek Defence (SGD), speaking at the Tshwane University of Technology in celebration of Women's Month... read |
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 | Ahead of the XIV World Forestry Congress, being held in Africa for the first time, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) hosted the In Good Company (IGC) forest stewardship workshop... read |
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 | CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation has announced the launch of its loyalty programme, CHOC-olate. The CHOC-olate loyalty programme rewards contributors in a meaningful way whilst creating a sustainable income stream for the NGO... read |
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 | Nicci Botha Founder and CEO of Quercus Investment Partners, Diego Biasi, believes that doing business should equate to doing good - for the environment and those less fortunate... read |
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 | The 10th Annual Avon Justine iThemba Walkathon will take place on Sunday, 25 October at Marks Park, Emmarentia, Johannesburg helping to generate breast cancer awareness in South Africa... read |
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 | The IPD South Africa Annual Green Property Indicators 2014 show that properties with top-quartile energy and water efficiency delivered an ungeared total return of 12.1%... read |
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 | The Monaghan Farm just north of Lanseria Airport, lying between the cities of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Mogale, has embarked on a holistic recycling programme which includes a food waste recycling and worm farming project... read |
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 | NEW YORK: US public relations giant Edelman said on Tuesday, 15 September, it will no longer represent coal producers or take assignments that seek to deny climate change... read |
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 | Amid the bustle of a busy harvest in France's famed Beaujolais wine-making region, a quiet effort is underway to counter one of the industry's biggest potential threats: climate change... read |
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 | Issued by Bizcommunity.com Celebrated in many cultures as the Spring Equinox, 21 September marks the turning of the seasons in the southern hemisphere. Today it also marks new beginnings for Bizcommunity's navigation interface... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Worried about compliance issues once the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act comes into effect? Don't be. Wayne Clarke, Managing Director of Metrofile Records Management shares some tips you can implement today to turn POPI into a business opportunity... read |
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 | Douglas Kruger Here is a curious thing about human thought and creative processes: If you apply no rules whatsoever, you will tend to get poor results. Present your people with a 'white page' and they generally won't know what to do with it... read |
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