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West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothes

West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothesAdwoa Owusuaa Bobie

Source: 123RF/svershinsky

South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

By Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

Australia’s shot-hole borer beetle invasion has begun, but we don’t need to chop down every tree under attack

By Theo Evans and Bruce Webber 16 Feb 2024

Klipheuwel Wind Farm

Wind power is far more than just energy

17 Oct 2019

Surf School of Shine e-learning platform launched

Surf School of Shine e-learning platform launched

17 Oct 2019

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize

14 Oct 2019

Unilever pledges to slash use of new plastics

Unilever pledges to slash use of new plastics

9 Oct 2019

Image credit: NeONBRAND on Unsplash.

3 ways sustainability and reputation are closely linked

Chris Bischoff 8 Oct 2019

Green roofs improve the urban environment - so why don't all buildings have them?

Green roofs improve the urban environment - so why don't all buildings have them?

Michael Hardman and Nick Davies 7 Oct 2019

New study: Most plastic found at sea is dumped unlawfully by ships

New study: Most plastic found at sea is dumped unlawfully by ships

3 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

The case for a net zero emissions economy

The case for a net zero emissions economy

Brett Chrystal 2 Oct 2019

Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general

Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general

27 Sep 2019

FAO director-general calls on food industry to do more to support healthy foods

FAO director-general calls on food industry to do more to support healthy foods

26 Sep 2019

How Vollar is serving brands certainty with their CSI

How Vollar is serving brands certainty with their CSI

Sindy Peters 25 Sep 2019

The 2019 Care Awards jury. Image credit: Act Responsible.

Act Responsible announces 2019 Care Awards jury

23 Sep 2019

Sergio Fernandez de Cordova, chairperson of the Summit and PVBLIC Foundation, and Kevin Swanepoel, The One Club CEO.

The One Club announces Sustainable Development Pencil at SDG Media Summit 2019

23 Sep 2019

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Daniel Johnson 19 Sep 2019

Sarika Modi, MD of Triple Eight Agency, at the Gender Mainstreaming Awards.

#FairnessFirst: Triple Eight on not just surviving but thriving as an all-female agency

Leigh Andrews 16 Sep 2019

#Newsmaker: How Georgie Badiel-Liberty is bringing sub-Saharan Africa's water scarcity to the forefront

#Newsmaker: How Georgie Badiel-Liberty is bringing sub-Saharan Africa's water scarcity to the forefront

Juanita Pienaar 12 Sep 2019

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

9 Sep 2019

Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

4 Sep 2019

How young Africans are going green in business

How young Africans are going green in business

Franck Kuwonu 3 Sep 2019

New technologies can be a force for good in Africa if they're developed from the ground

New technologies can be a force for good in Africa if they're developed from the ground

Roland Benedikter 30 Aug 2019

WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

28 Aug 2019

It's time to break the deadlock over Africa's ivory trade: here's how

It's time to break the deadlock over Africa's ivory trade: here's how

Duan Biggs and Matthew H. Holden 28 Aug 2019

#G7Biarritz: Fashion industry giants sign global sustainability pact

#G7Biarritz: Fashion industry giants sign global sustainability pact

27 Aug 2019

Andrea Opoku, director and Africa ambassador for Women in Marketing.

#FairnessFirst: The power of women in influencer marketing

Leigh Andrews 26 Aug 2019

Robert Lucian Crusitu/Shutterstock

Fossil fuel extraction could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within

Rizwan Nawaz & Adel Sharif 23 Aug 2019

Piwe Motshegoa, head of sales: general entertainment at DStv media sales. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Africans aren't just swimming with the creative sharks, we are the sharks

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

Ocean warming has fisheries on the move, helping some but hurting more

Ocean warming has fisheries on the move, helping some but hurting more

Chris Free 22 Aug 2019

Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should do to stop harming the planet

Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should do to stop harming the planet

Alison Stowell 21 Aug 2019

Bees: How important are they and what would happen if they went extinct

Bees: How important are they and what would happen if they went extinct

Philip Donkersley 21 Aug 2019

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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize

14 Oct 2019

Unilever pledges to slash use of new plastics

Unilever pledges to slash use of new plastics

9 Oct 2019

Image credit: NeONBRAND on Unsplash.

3 ways sustainability and reputation are closely linked

Chris Bischoff 8 Oct 2019

Green roofs improve the urban environment - so why don't all buildings have them?

Green roofs improve the urban environment - so why don't all buildings have them?

Michael Hardman and Nick Davies 7 Oct 2019

New study: Most plastic found at sea is dumped unlawfully by ships

New study: Most plastic found at sea is dumped unlawfully by ships

3 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

The case for a net zero emissions economy

The case for a net zero emissions economy

Brett Chrystal 2 Oct 2019

Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general

Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general

27 Sep 2019

FAO director-general calls on food industry to do more to support healthy foods

FAO director-general calls on food industry to do more to support healthy foods

26 Sep 2019

How Vollar is serving brands certainty with their CSI

How Vollar is serving brands certainty with their CSI

Sindy Peters 25 Sep 2019

The 2019 Care Awards jury. Image credit: Act Responsible.

Act Responsible announces 2019 Care Awards jury

23 Sep 2019

Sergio Fernandez de Cordova, chairperson of the Summit and PVBLIC Foundation, and Kevin Swanepoel, The One Club CEO.

The One Club announces Sustainable Development Pencil at SDG Media Summit 2019

23 Sep 2019

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Daniel Johnson 19 Sep 2019

Sarika Modi, MD of Triple Eight Agency, at the Gender Mainstreaming Awards.

#FairnessFirst: Triple Eight on not just surviving but thriving as an all-female agency

Leigh Andrews 16 Sep 2019

#Newsmaker: How Georgie Badiel-Liberty is bringing sub-Saharan Africa's water scarcity to the forefront

#Newsmaker: How Georgie Badiel-Liberty is bringing sub-Saharan Africa's water scarcity to the forefront

Juanita Pienaar 12 Sep 2019

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

9 Sep 2019

Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

4 Sep 2019

How young Africans are going green in business

How young Africans are going green in business

Franck Kuwonu 3 Sep 2019

New technologies can be a force for good in Africa if they're developed from the ground

New technologies can be a force for good in Africa if they're developed from the ground

Roland Benedikter 30 Aug 2019

WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

28 Aug 2019

It's time to break the deadlock over Africa's ivory trade: here's how

It's time to break the deadlock over Africa's ivory trade: here's how

Duan Biggs and Matthew H. Holden 28 Aug 2019

#G7Biarritz: Fashion industry giants sign global sustainability pact

#G7Biarritz: Fashion industry giants sign global sustainability pact

27 Aug 2019

Andrea Opoku, director and Africa ambassador for Women in Marketing.

#FairnessFirst: The power of women in influencer marketing

Leigh Andrews 26 Aug 2019

Robert Lucian Crusitu/Shutterstock

Fossil fuel extraction could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within

Rizwan Nawaz & Adel Sharif 23 Aug 2019

Piwe Motshegoa, head of sales: general entertainment at DStv media sales. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Africans aren't just swimming with the creative sharks, we are the sharks

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

Ocean warming has fisheries on the move, helping some but hurting more

Ocean warming has fisheries on the move, helping some but hurting more

Chris Free 22 Aug 2019

Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should do to stop harming the planet

Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should do to stop harming the planet

Alison Stowell 21 Aug 2019

Bees: How important are they and what would happen if they went extinct

Bees: How important are they and what would happen if they went extinct

Philip Donkersley 21 Aug 2019

18th CITES Conference votes to end export of wild-caught elephants into captivity

18th CITES Conference votes to end export of wild-caught elephants into captivity

19 Aug 2019

Asha Ranchhod Patel, head of marketing at Google South Africa.

#Loeries2019: Tackling unconscious bias, raising jurors' cultural awareness

Leigh Andrews 16 Aug 2019

Knowledge hub launched to help save African Lion

Knowledge hub launched to help save African Lion

16 Aug 2019

How The Appliance Bank is helping support the unemployed through entrepreneurship

How The Appliance Bank is helping support the unemployed through entrepreneurship

15 Aug 2019

Diageo dedicates $219m to sustainability projects in Africa

Diageo dedicates $219m to sustainability projects in Africa

8 Aug 2019

Groundwater reserves in Africa may be more resilient to climate change than first thought

Groundwater reserves in Africa may be more resilient to climate change than first thought

Mark O. Cuthbert and Richard Taylor 8 Aug 2019

Xolisa Dyeshana at the One Club for Creativity boot camps in SA. All images provided. © Kontent Park.

#CSIMonth: How creative boot camps add a fresh dynamic to the SA advertising landscape

Leigh Andrews 30 Jul 2019

Rhino Momma Project in desperate need of donations

Rhino Momma Project in desperate need of donations

Sindy Peters 29 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Nominations open for African women advancing peace and security in Africa

Nominations open for African women advancing peace and security in Africa

22 Jul 2019

Design and repair must work together to undo our legacy of waste

Design and repair must work together to undo our legacy of waste

Tom Lee, Alexandra Crosby, Clare Cooper, Jesse Adams Stein and Katherine Scardifield 17 Jul 2019

Population growth presents key opportunity to reinvigorate the waste sector

Population growth presents key opportunity to reinvigorate the waste sector

Kate Stubbs 12 Jul 2019

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