https://www.bizcommunity.com/417/348.html Rest of Africa Corporate Social Investment news 15 ESG news - Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/417/348.html en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:45:51 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/international-womens-day-4-south-african-women-included-in-kfc-africa-female-firsts-288897a To mark International Women’s Day 2026, KFC is paying tribute to 55 African women from 22 countries who demonstrate the power of giving without recognition, resources or fanfare. 1-266250 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:20:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/innovations-from-uganda-and-tanzania-selected-for-hms-global-change-award-2026-511510a After receiving 450 innovative sustainable fashion solutions from 81 countries worldwide, the H&M Foundation announced the 2026 Global Change Award (GCA) finalists — including Living Carbon Capture Dye Systems from Uganda and KelTex from Tanzania. 1-266166 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/ab-inbev-buys-back-stake-in-us-metal-packaging-plants-for-3bn-172526a Anheuser-Busch InBev will buy back a 49.9% stake in its US metal container plants for about $3bn, the world's top brewer said this week at a time of soaring aluminium costs due to tariffs. 1-264628 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/702/190833.html We're all too aware of the consequences of plastics in the oceans and on land. However, beyond the visible pollution of our once pristine habitats, plastics are having a grave impact on the climate too. 1-190833 Thu, 16 May 2019 07:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/422/189068.html Dove has partnered with Getty Images and Girlgaze to launch Project #ShowUs - the world's largest stock photo library with over 5,000 images, created by women and non-binary individuals to shatter beauty stereotypes and is available now for the media and advertising industries to view, license and use in their next project or campaign. 1-189068 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:44:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/415/187932.html Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez started day 2 of Design Indaba on a high note when he presented on the Ooho! - the disappearing biodegradable water-filled bead made from brown algae and calcium chloride (seaweed). 1-187932 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:10:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/348/184404.html Palm oil can be found in food and cosmetics everywhere: in fact, half of the world's population uses palm oil in food. But public awareness about the loss of wildlife through deforestation caused by palm oil crops is growing, and there's mounting pressure on retailers to reduce their sales of palm oil products, or boycott them altogether. 1-184404 Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:50:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/703/181434.html The Shoprite Group will be staging cleanup events across Africa on 15 September 2018, marking World Cleanup Day. This comes following the success of its Africa's Biggest Cleanup campaign held earlier this year which saw more than 12,000 volunteers taking part in 465 cleanup events in 12 countries over five days. A total of 26,000 bags of waste were collected. 1-181434 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:46:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/162/176955.html Ninety years ago, in 1928, the first Coca-Cola was sold on the continent in Cape Town, South Africa. 1-176955 Fri, 11 May 2018 11:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/641/176816.html The world's trade and regulation rulebook needs a reboot, according to FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, in order to bolster trade in food that is healthy and nutritious rather than simply cheap. "Food's regulatory landscape, comprising laws, standards, production protocols, subsidies and disclosure protocols, should be redesigned "to protect healthy food and not food in general," Graziano da Silva said. 1-176816 Wed, 09 May 2018 12:31:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability Rest of Africa