GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

New golf course developments in Asia, the Middle East and Africa are incorporating sustainability into the design and implementation phases of their projects. Particularly, Laguna L?ng We need more sustainability commitments from golf equipment manufacturers.

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Climate change Real Estate Agriculture Sustainability 545

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2019

While Africa grows 70 percent of the world’s cacao, very little chocolate is made on the continent. “It became our mission to create a chocolate brand true to its origin and the exotic taste of Africa.” “It became our mission to create a chocolate brand true to its origin and the exotic taste of Africa.”

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

California-based NOMA Collective, the brainchild of interior designer and creative director Rebecca Haskins, partners with craftspeople from places like Guatemala, Mexico, India and Sub-Saharan Africa to connect lesser-known global artisans with conscious consumers.

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Recycling Recycling Ethics Africa 36

Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The firm, which operates mines in Canada, Botswana, South Africa, and Namibia, has also committed to halving its water footprint and achieving a "net positive impact" on biodiversity by the end of the decade, in addition to disclosing the origin and impact of every diamond it discovers and sells in the same time frame.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 15, 2021

On the edge of the beautiful South Luangwa National Park in Zambia, social enterprise Tribal Textiles has made significant strides in uplifting a small rural community with eco-friendly and ethically crafted textiles. All products use locally sourced and sustainable materials with waste repurposed wherever possible.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 14, 2020

SOL Organics , for example, takes an ethical approach to its bedding, which is organic, fair trade-certified and tested for harmful substances. Bôhten Eyewear makes lightweight handmade frames that are sourced from sustainable materials in Africa like Zebrawood, Walnut, Ebony and Maple wood carbon fiber veneer.

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Ethics Fashion Organic Education 28

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2022

To give you some perspective on the importance of sustainability in the sports industry we consider the carbon footprint of the 2010 South Africa World Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and the 2016 Rio Olympics together. Look to collaborate with ethical brands as such to create sustainable clothing merchandise.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

Demand for such products continues to grow rapidly around the world and is widely blamed for fuelling mass deforestation - both legal and illegal - in Asia, Africa, and South America, where forests are frequently cleared to make way for commodity cultivation and production.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Debra Roberts, Head of the Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit in eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa. Dedicated to sustainable urban development, ethics, and innovations, Canada. Chiribabu Mahajan, Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Kennedy Stewart, Mayor, City of Vancouver, Canada.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. percent. .

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

During humanitarian crises in Haiti and areas of Africa, LuminAID lanterns were used by nongovernmental organizations and displaced people. This is true from some perspectives, but LuminAID has demonstrated that the entrepreneurial efforts of ethical women can rebuild humanity’s relationship with energy needs and the world that we live in.

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Energy Energy Ethics Solar Power 40

AGreenLiving

MAY 21, 2021

Losses came in the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado savanna in Brazil, the grasslands of the Northern Great Plains in the United States and, more recently, similar ecoregions in Central Asia and Africa. “Unfortunately, no one comes out ahead here,” said Jason Clay, WWF’s senior vice president of markets.

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Agriculture Ethics Demand Asia 36

AGreenLiving

JULY 6, 2021

This not only benefits members but also allows major global companies such as SC Johnson and Henkel access ethically sourced, recycled “social plastic” for use in packaging. Another example of ecosystems driving progress comes from SweetSense’s IoT technology , which helps manage water infrastructures across east Africa.

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2022

We hope it'll help brands choose more ethical and sustainable options throughout their supply chain - and in turn, support the fight against the climate crisis. Matt Brittin is president of Google for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.

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Unsustainable

MARCH 21, 2021

The post Malawi: Traditional Basketry Offering an Ethical and Cheap Alternative to Plastics appeared first on unsustainable. In Malawi, where a recent ban on single-use plastics has forced people to think outside the box, there is a growing resurgence of an almost-forgotten technique.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

.” “I believe that when you have the power of making the world a better place by your action, let’s do it”, Yannick Bolloré told Thomas Kolster, an activist advocating for ethical advertising, in a June 2023 video interview about the advertising industry’s role in solving climate change. million) settlement.

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Logistics Fossil fuels Climate change Transportation 102

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Near-term commitments include 6 GW of clean energy in India alongside considerations for wind and solar in Africa and rural electrification in Latin America. The highs and the lows  Empowering the Global South.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 61

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

The investigation also documented a number of current or recent fossil fuel clients among Havas subsidiaries, as well as deep ties between the Bolloré Group and fossil fuel projects in Africa and Canada. Five out of Dentsu’s nine directors have ties to polluting companies or sectors.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

In 1987, while in law school at Harvard, Cole traveled to South Africa on a Harvard Human Rights Fellowship and volunteered for the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at Wits University. Luke had high moral and ethical standards and he fit right into our community,” Swan said. It gave him energy to go after the big guys.”.

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Law Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming 99

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. In contrast, Nigeria spends over half of its household income on food, followed by nine other countries that spend over 40 percent on food. Au contraire, it is the reverse. Conscious consumers give me hope. People voting with their dollars.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

The process has focused on awarding longer term contracts to suppliers who can commit to Mars' environmental, social and ethical expectations, and driving positive improvements throughout their extended supply chains.".

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Asia South America Carbon Sustainability 54

Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

It ranges from 10 percent of GDP in advanced economies to more than 30 percent in South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. However, according to the International Monetary Fund, women earn 63 percent less than men, and the resulting loss of economic output is staggering. ESG is also focusing on human rights.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 5, 2020

“People buy it just like they buy cocoa from West Africa: It has that special profile that they’re looking for. All of its mica suppliers were able to produce third-party certification attesting to ethical labor practices, but it was unclear what, if anything, was behind those certificates. “It’s a cash product.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

That was entirely against the review, which took family planning, in Africa, for example, to be an extremely important expenditure. The loss of ecosystems and erosion of natural capital exacerbated by growing populations in sub-Saharan Africa - where the fertility rate is around 4.7

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Under the relentless sun in Africa, the birthplace of humanity, every living thing had to find a way to beat the heat. That’s not ethical.” This story is part of Record High , a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. No one’s measuring someone that’s going to get heatstroke, right?”

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Now there are more smartphones than toilets in Africa. I have even not scratched the surface on ethics. This argument to me comes across like the dawn of the mobile phone, where a lot of people claimed they would never use such a device because “they like fixed phones better”. Disclaimer there.

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Ethics Africa Transportation 74

AGreenLiving

APRIL 9, 2021

New golf course developments in Asia, the Middle East and Africa are incorporating sustainability into the design and implementation phases of their projects. Particularly, Laguna L?ng We need more sustainability commitments from golf equipment manufacturers.

Climate change 36

Climate change Real Estate Agriculture Sustainability 36

Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Climate changes triggered the first human migrations out of Africa. As businesses and society continue to transition towards further sustainable development and corporate social responsibility, the key challenge faced is in rethinking the philosophy of management and business ethics to achieve this change in deep and lasting ways.

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Climate change Ethics Sustainability Health 95

Business Green

JULY 23, 2021

But those jobs are quickly taking on higher-order tasks and responsibilities, as S&P's Mattison explained: "We're looking for people who understand metrics and data and can do analysis and can build products around analytics and data for sustainability with intellectual rigor, analytical rigor and high ethics and credentials.".

Sustainability 36

Sustainability North America Demand Real Estate 36

Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

A farmer-led scheme called TIST has spread to over 150,000 subsistence farmers in East Africa, because it supports farmers to share these practices and learn from one another," he explains. Even so, is there a risk of the transition moving too quickly, upending economies and losing social acceptance for change?

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Policy Carbon-negative Climate change Technology 36

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

A spokesperson at the time said Secretary Perdue had complied with all ethics agreements, and had followed the advice of USDA ethics advisers to restructure his business. Africa has workable, sustainable alternatives right here at home.”. A total of 634 agricultural lobbyists have previously worked in U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 2, 2022

Countries included are Australia, China, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. This means creating sustainable practices and processes, developing ethical products, and leading a business strategy developed from a clear ESG strategy. A good example of a business that’s done this right is Patagonia.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. percent. “That model doesn’t address some key elements of the world we want tomorrow.

Policy 28

Policy Organic Sustainability Agriculture 28

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. In contrast, Nigeria spends over half of its household income on food, followed by nine other countries that spend over 40 percent on food. Au contraire, it is the reverse. Conscious consumers give me hope. People voting with their dollars.

Health 28

Health Organic Sustainability Agriculture 28

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

In rainforests in Brazil and Indonesia, many places in Africa, all around the world, people eat many kinds of insects. Genetically enhancing animals is a lot harder than plants however, and comes with ethical problems on its own. We have been eating them for a long time however. What is the issue with GMO?

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Solar Energy Monitor Organic Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 78

Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 9, 2019

They spend your money to buy a seat at the UN Security Council, and also, they are giving your money to other countries to fight climate change in Asia and build roads in Africa. If this election is anything, it’s about trust and ethics, and we are in a climate emergency. The other leaders on this stage are globalist.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Houses burned and residents injured Near the site of the Mutoshi project, run by Chemicals of Africa SA (Chemaf), a subsidiary of Chemaf Resources Ltd., The companies’ claims that they adhere to high ethical standards have been shown to be hollow. The military must never be involved in evictions.

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