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Like nutritious meals, water should be seen as an essential nutrient for learners
Healthcare
Like nutritious meals, water should be seen as an essential nutrient for learners

Issued by Ambani Reputation Management 19 Apr 2024

Residents queue to collect water, as temperatures soar during an El Nino-related heatwave and drought affecting a large part of the country, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 7 March 2024. Reuters/KB Mpofu/ File Photo
ESG & Sustainability
March marks yet another record high in global temperatures

Kate Abnett 9 Apr 2024

Siyavanna SA - Get ready for the Savanna Comedy Bar 2024 spectacular comeback
Retail
Siyavanna SA - Get ready for the Savanna Comedy Bar 2024 spectacular comeback

Issued by Heineken Beverages 2 Apr 2024

Edge Growth drives development of green SMEs
Entrepreneurship
Edge Growth drives development of green SMEs

Issued by Edge Growth 28 Mar 2024

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ESG & Sustainability
#BudgetSpeech2024: Govt raises $3.3bn to support climate change initiatives

22 Feb 2024

Agriculture – farming for the future with modernised systems
Agriculture
Agriculture – farming for the future with modernised systems

Clive Roberts 16 Feb 2024

Business continuity: How to navigate an unpredictable 2024
HR & Management
Business continuity: How to navigate an unpredictable 2024

Issued by GO Content Lab 31 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Trends shaping the future of the global wine industry in 2024
Agriculture
#BizTrends2024: Trends shaping the future of the global wine industry in 2024

Rico Basson 24 Jan 2024

War, weather put ocean shippers on notice for rough seas in 2024
Logistics & Transport
War, weather put ocean shippers on notice for rough seas in 2024

Lisa Baertlein 8 Jan 2024

Source: 123RF.
Property
Surge of returning expats boosts South African property market - defies Cape Town trend

27 Dec 2023

Climate change and farming: Economists warn more needs to be done to adapt in sub-Saharan Africa
Agriculture
Climate change and farming: Economists warn more needs to be done to adapt in sub-Saharan Africa

Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso and Abiodun Olusola Omotayo 22 Nov 2023

Image source: Jean van der Meulen from
ESG & Sustainability
Initiative seeks to combat alien species

20 Nov 2023

Image supplied. An R16m UK-SA Water Innovation Lead Customer Programme fund has launched
ESG & Sustainability
R16m UK-SA Water Innovation Lead Customer Programme fund launches

13 Nov 2023

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?
Finance
Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Issued by SAICA 6 Nov 2023

From crisis to opportunity: Using climate change to ramp up investment in Africa's water sector
ESG & Sustainability
From crisis to opportunity: Using climate change to ramp up investment in Africa's water sector

Mtchera Chirwa 25 Oct 2023

Coca-Cola Beverages SA unveils a R12m groundwater harvesting mega project
Retail
Coca-Cola Beverages SA unveils a R12m groundwater harvesting mega project

23 Oct 2023

African leaders are proposing new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action, setting up their negotiating position ahead of November's COP28 summit. Some countries already have taxes on carbon, but a global tax has never gained much traction. Source: Reuters
ESG & Sustainability
African leaders call for new global taxes to fund climate change action

Duncan Miriri 7 Sep 2023

Come rain or shine
Finance
Come rain or shine

Brian Civin, Issued by AfriGIS 29 Aug 2023

File photo: A police officer walks next to an electric mass transit bus assembled by electric vehicle manufacturer Roam at the Green Park Terminus in Nairobi, Kenya 19 October 2022. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo
ESG & Sustainability
Large investments expected at first Africa climate summit

Duncan Miriri 22 Aug 2023

Source:
Retail
Franchise businesses should invest in solar power

16 Aug 2023

5 ways to start fixing SA's deteriorating water quality
Construction & Engineering
5 ways to start fixing SA's deteriorating water quality

Bonga Ntuli 4 Aug 2023

Source: wirestock via
Agriculture
At the helm of natural and financial storms: El Niño and self-assurance fundamentals

Carin Venter 28 Jul 2023

What this year's El Niño means for wheat and global food supply
Agriculture
What this year's El Niño means for wheat and global food supply

David Ubilava 17 Jul 2023

High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO
Agriculture
High domestic food prices threaten vulnerable countries - FAO

11 Jul 2023

Wildtrust develops oil spill model for SA risk assessment
ESG & Sustainability
Wildtrust develops oil spill model for SA risk assessment

5 Jul 2023

This figure shows which parts of the country were most affected by the 2015/16 El Nino event. Much of the central parts of the country, including the western maize production regions, experienced extreme drought conditions from October to December, while the north-eastern parts were less negatively affected Photo credit: Johann Malherbe, ARC
ESG & Sustainability
El Nino is coming, climate research experts warn

21 Jun 2023

Riham ElGizy, CEO of Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (RVCMC), speaks during a Reuters interview ahead of the voluntary auction of carbon credits, with projects in Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt and South Africa, at the auction in Nairobi, Kenya, 14 June 2023. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
ESG & Sustainability
Saudi companies buy 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits in Kenya auction

Duncan Miriri 15 Jun 2023

More talent joins Global Citizen's 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'
Lifestyle
More talent joins Global Citizen's 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'

Issued by OnPoint PR 8 Jun 2023

Climate change: What risk does it pose to SA small businesses?
Entrepreneurship
Climate change: What risk does it pose to SA small businesses?

Issued by Business Partners Limited 31 May 2023

Global Citizen announces 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'
Lifestyle
Global Citizen announces 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris'

Issued by OnPoint PR 24 May 2023

File photo: A view of Elizabeth Lake, that has been dried up for several years, as the region experiences extreme heat and drought conditions, in Elizabeth Lake, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, US, 18 June 2021. Reuters/Aude Guerrucci
ESG & Sustainability
More than half of the world's large lakes are drying up, study finds

Gloria Dickie 22 May 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo
ESG & Sustainability
Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

Transforming African agriculture: Investing in solutions to maximise farm-level productivity
Agriculture
Transforming African agriculture: Investing in solutions to maximise farm-level productivity

19 Apr 2023

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ESG & Sustainability
African consumers are ready to take climate action: How can corporates help them?

Nomava Zanazo 31 Mar 2023

Secrets of the Elephants premiers this Earth Day
Marketing & Media
Secrets of the Elephants premiers this Earth Day

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 27 Mar 2023

#WorldWaterDay: Water shedding in SA must be avoided at all costs
Construction & Engineering
#WorldWaterDay: Water shedding in SA must be avoided at all costs

22 Mar 2023

A fire above Lakeside, Cape Town, was swiftly extinguished on 16 January after the City dispatched several helicopters and numerous firefighters. The quick response ensured the fire didn’t cause major damage. (GroundUp)
ESG & Sustainability
Climate change almost doubles the risk of wildfires in Cape Town, study shows

Steve Kretzmann 7 Mar 2023

Global food prices decline for 11th month
Agriculture
Global food prices decline for 11th month

6 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres speaks as he receives the University of Lisbon 2020 prize, in Lisbon, Portugal, January 5, 2023.
Finance
Debt-laden African countries charged 'extortionate' rates, UN chief says

Dawit Endeshaw 20 Feb 2023

Renewing Black Sea grain deal critical for Africa, WFP boss says
Agriculture
Renewing Black Sea grain deal critical for Africa, WFP boss says

John Irish 20 Feb 2023

How do we fix SA's critical water challenges?
Construction & Engineering
How do we fix SA's critical water challenges?

Chetan Mistry 16 Feb 2023

How the creative economy can respond to the climate crisis
Lifestyle
How the creative economy can respond to the climate crisis

Evan-Lee Courie 10 Feb 2023

Solutions the MICE industry can employ to recover from the energy crisis
Tourism & Travel
Solutions the MICE industry can employ to recover from the energy crisis

7 Feb 2023

Donated wetland to expand Agulhas National Park
Tourism & Travel
Donated wetland to expand Agulhas National Park

2 Feb 2023

How South Africans can save electricity, money and the planet
Energy & Mining
How South Africans can save electricity, money and the planet

Issued by CBI-electric: low voltage 31 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Will climate action see more private-public collaboration?
Energy & Mining
#BizTrends2023: Will climate action see more private-public collaboration?

Andrew van Zyl 9 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Pamela Hellig, the consulting actuary at Insight Life Solutions.
Healthcare
#BizTrends2023: Climate change will affect healthcare and provision of services

Pamela Hellig 9 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: In 2023, supply chains must anticipate disruptions and have processes to manage them
Logistics & Transport
#BizTrends2023: In 2023, supply chains must anticipate disruptions and have processes to manage them

MJ Schoemaker 9 Jan 2023

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