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| LAURA VAN DER POL, DALE MANNING, FRANCESCA COTRUFO AND MEGAN MACHMULLER Policymakers want to pay farmers for storing carbon in soil, but there are no uniform rules yet for measuring, reporting or verifying the results. Four scholars offer some ground rules... Read |
| ALEXANDER WINNING South Africa should set a more ambitious emissions reduction target in the leadup to a United Nations climate conference this year for economic and health reasons... Read |
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| ISSUED BY E&T MINERALS Software AG today announced that it has partnered with E&T Minerals and Africa Teen Geeks to modernise the computer lab and library facilities at Tsiki Naledi Secondary School in Hendrina, Mpumalanga... Read |
| ASHALIA MAHARAJ Despite South Africa's dire youth unemployment rates, the digital age may offer opportunities when it comes to learning new skills, creating new jobs, and enabling young people to reach their full potential... Read |
Environment & Natural Resources |
| ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS The packaging value chain is complex and all industry stakeholders, including you, have to take responsibility in order to contribute sustainably... Read |
| STUART CONNOP AND CAROLINE NASH With skyscrapers climbing ever higher and unoccupied city areas increasingly scarce, demands on urban space are increasing... Read |
| MICHAEL TAYLOR The global economy faces annual losses of $2.7tn by 2030 if ecological tipping points are reached and countries fail to invest more in protecting and restoring nature... Read |
Food, Water & Energy Security |
| A recently released study reveals the true costs to South Africa of importing power from the planned Inga 3 hydropower scheme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)... Read |
| CHETAN MISTRY We live in a digital and connected world where we can fashion medicine through genetics and send rockets into orbit like clockwork. Yet over two billion people still lack access to basic sanitation... Read |
Green Economy |
| ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE In the race towards winning over the conscious consumer, some critical considerations are being overlooked, says Nedbank IMC Conference CEO Dale Hefer... Read |
Investment & Philanthropy |
| Ozow has launched a campaign seeking to support those in need of a helping hand. To apply to Ozow Wish, members of the public need to upload a video... Read |
| Emira Property Fund has listed a new unsecured three-year R380m sustainability-linked bond as part of its DMTN programme... Read |
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| ISSUED BY REMADE RECYCLING To make your recycling efforts easier, we have outlined a few tips to help you shop more mindfully... Read |
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| The Botswana energy regulator has granted a generation licence for a 100MW solar project to local firm Shumba Energy... Read |
| DEORAJ CAUSSY The abrupt arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the world, creating havoc for economies and social fabrics and taking heavy tolls on lives and livelihoods... Read |
| ALEXANDER WINNING Eskom, Africa's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, is pitching a $10bn plan to global lenders that would see it shut the vast majority of its coal-fired plants by 2050 and embrace renewable energy. Read |
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| In an attempt to speed up the vaccine rollout, the Department of Health has made a policy change, which means that people without medical aid can now go to private sector sites for their Covid-19 vaccination... Read |
| The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) recently launched a global census of the marketing and advertising industry. The deadline to take part has been extended to 31 July 2021... Read |
| EVAN-LEE COURIE Empowerment Capital Investment Partners has appointed Bongumusa Makhathini as its first chief executive officer. We find out more about the appointment... Read |
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