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Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms win Norwegian human rights award

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Designers Hugo Dumas and Carla Zhang bring fresh solutions to fashion’s growing waste problem

9 Sep 2025

Source: © Mining Zambia Magazine On 18 February 2025, a catastrophic tailings dam collapsed at the Sino-Metals Chambishi Mine, in Zambia, flooding the surruonding area and Mwambashi River with 50 million litres of acidic effluent

Earth Day spotlights importance of environmental management of tailing dams

By Alastair Bovim 22 Apr 2025

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Unilever pledges to slash use of new plastics

Unilever pledges to slash use of new plastics

9 Oct 2019

PETCO releases definitive guide to recyclable packaging design

PETCO releases definitive guide to recyclable packaging design

9 Oct 2019

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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

How Shea Origin's Mobola Sagoe is empowering women in Nigeria

How Shea Origin's Mobola Sagoe is empowering women in Nigeria

3 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

Outgoing JSE CEO Nicky Newton-King in conversation with Tom Scholtz, Gartner VP analyst in a special guest keynote session at Garner Symposium 2019.

#GartnerSYM: Outgoing JSE CEO's tech and CSR insights for the future

Leigh Andrews 30 Sep 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

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Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 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

The Lalela Scarf: luxury fashion for a cause

The Lalela Scarf: luxury fashion for a cause

25 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

Rhino poaching numbers decrease

Rhino poaching numbers decrease

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

DStv partnership in Mozambique brings solar power to rural areas

DStv partnership in Mozambique brings solar power to rural areas

20 Sep 2019

Training is necessary to equip health workers to deal with climate change risks. EPA

Ghana's health system isn't quite ready for climate change realities

Lucia Hussey 20 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

Could fungi save the fashion world?

Could fungi save the fashion world?

Sam Vettese and Ian Singleton 13 Sep 2019

Slum residents were said to do less exercise because of cheap motorcycle taxis. Boris Golovnev/Shutterstock

Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

Frederick Wekesah 13 Sep 2019

The Department of Mineral Resources has given the go-ahead for Italian group Eni to conduct drilling off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal. Photo: Eni (fair use)

Controversial KZN drilling project gets go-ahead

13 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

Mikah Saunders and her dad, Deon, in Red Cross Children's Hospital's new haemotology-oncology unit.

Red Cross upgrade changes the lives of young cancer warriors

12 Sep 2019

Perdekraal East Wind Farm erects first turbine using local team

Perdekraal East Wind Farm erects first turbine using local team

11 Sep 2019

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Wilderness Safaris Botswana launches biomonitoring programme

11 Sep 2019

Separated display screens (TVs) at the site. Alison Stowell

How potential of massive e-waste dump in Ghana can be harnessed

Alison Stowell 10 Sep 2019

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

Global Change Award 2020: Submit your sustainable fashion innovation

9 Sep 2019

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