Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

” “In the last three years of reporting, the UK Plastics Pact has doubled the recycled content in packaging, and driven the significant elimination of unnecessary (84%) and hard to recycle (90%) components in packaging. In practice, not all plastic packaging will be recycled through local authority collections by 2025.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Africa is responsible for just 3% of global carbon emissions. And the good news is that nearly 85% of dollar investment in upstream African agrifoodtech went to climate-focused startups, according to the 2022 Africa AgriFoodtech Investment Report. Source: 2022 Africa AgriFoodtech Investment Report. But at a total of just $27.2

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 11, 2024

The $1 billion deal for development of the Suswa geothermal field in partnership with PGEO with the backing of UAE-based Masdar was part of the package of geothermal deals in Kenya announced during COP28. PGEO and AGIL have also agreed to negotiate for a power purchase agreement for 140 MW of total capacity.

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GreenBiz

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. One example of an ecosystem helping to achieve this global goal is RAIN (Replenish Africa Initiative), The Coca-Cola Foundation’s flagship African community program.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Having been crowned the most polluting brand in the world for two years running by the Break Free from Plastic campaign in its global audit of plastic waste, the firm also last year revealed it produces three million tonnes of plastic packaging a year, or the equivalent of 200,000 bottles a minute.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 4, 2021

The cash is part of a $600 million matched-funding package being paid out over seven years from DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). Nuclear Regulatory Commission design approval, would be supported by the United States International Development Finance Corp to develop plants in South Africa.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

The findings will inform the long-term ambition of the partnership which is to digitize the local collection points, recyclers, and waste streams, to ensure transparency and reliability of the process of tracking recyclable plastics waste and converting it into new sustainable packaging.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

These are: food systems, the built environment, fashion and textile, electronics, and packaging. As president of Sitra, one of the most forward-thinking institutions on the circular economy, Jyrki Katainen said the Five Big Bets framework provided a roadmap for inclusive growth in Africa.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 24, 2023

UMC is a subsidiary of Elsewedy Electric, an Egyptian industrial group that has a strong presence in Africa, Europe and Asia, and is listed on the Egyptian stock exchange in Cairo. Copper rod manufacturing is considered an important industry for the Egyptian and regional market, with export markets including Algeria, Ethiopia and Lebanon.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

A review of press accounts, financial disclosures, and the companies’ websites shows this support aided these firms’ KFC-linked operations in up to 13 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe. In South Africa, the IFC helped one KFC supplier bolster its operations across the region. The EBRD sold its stake in the company in 2019.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

PFAS are a group of thousands of synthesised chemicals used in the manufacture of products such as stain and water-resistant fabrics, non-stick cookware, fast food packaging, cleaning products and fire-fighting foams. Once in the environment, PFAS are extremely persistent.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 2, 2019

This week on Watt It Takes : how a computer nerd who loved assembling electronics became obsessed with designing a solar-storage system to light up Africa. Zola is a provider of solar and storage systems in Africa. Since its founding in 2012, the company has served over a million people with clean power in five countries.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The minigrid funding commitment from international donor organizations is “in the billions,” says Daniel Kitwa, energy access finance advisor at the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA). billion allocated to sub-Saharan Africa. This requires skills that would command a premium anywhere, and even more so in Africa.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As archaeologists, we perceive footprints on the moon as an extension of humanity’s journey out of Africa, a pivotal milestone in our species’ existence,” Holcomb said. These imprints are intertwined with the overarching narrative of evolution.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

South Africa’s utility Eskom is preparing to launch a tender for 1.4 The large-scale energy storage tender, the first of its kind in the country and in Africa as a whole, will be split into two phases, with an initial 200 megawatts/800 megawatt-hours of capacity to be built by December 2020, an Eskom official said.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Episode 235: The value of informal waste collectors, reusable packaging prevails Heather Clancy Fri, 09/04/2020 – 02:00 Week in Review Stories discussed this week (4:08). Read more here: Episode 235: The value of informal waste collectors, reusable packaging prevails.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

The move makes it the only UK juice or smoothie brand using 100 per cent recycled plastic packaging, manufacturer PepsiCo claims. Similar pacts are also underway in countries across Latin America, Europe, and Africa.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

This plan for 2030 is our most ambitious yet," said Tristram Wilkinson, President for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Kimberly-Clark. "We The targets provide the centrepiece of the company's annual sustainability report, which also confirmed that it has surpassed the targets set out in its 'Sustainability 2022' strategy two years early.

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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

Direct loan from UK Export Finance aimed at supporting Aqua Africa project that will provide clean drinking water to rural communities in Ghana. That is why we welcome wholeheartedly the investment in the Aqua Africa Project.". The project is now set to begin next month with community engagement exercises and a ground delivery plan.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The package forms part of a €10.9 The board also backed three new targeted initiatives to streamline financing for private sector renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy access projects in Africa, including through venture debt financing for innovative companies helping to accelerate sustainable energy use on the continent.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2020

Drinks giant meets 2020 target to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by 50 per cent, but admits it fell short with water and packaging goals. per cent of packaging is recyclable, and achieve zero waste to landfill at all of the company's operational sites and offices. Meanwhile, the company delivered a 46.3

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2022

COP26 President to attend World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings in a bid to rally support for a new wave of green finance packages for developing economies. The South Africa Just Energy Transition partnership is a great example of this. What we now need to do is support developing countries to make this transition.

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Business Green

JULY 24, 2020

Governments worldwide are largely failing to heed calls from the United Nations, green groups, leading economists and energy experts to gear the estimated $11.8tr-worth of Covid-19 support packages unveiled in recent months towards supporting the environment and net zero transition, according to new analysis.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

It's applied in packaging facilities or warehouses using a water-based formula. The new funding will enable Apeel to continue is international expansion, especially in places such as sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and South America — places where there are higher rates of both food waste and food insecurity.

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2021

The majority of these jobs will be in high growth wind markets, such as China, the US, India, Germany, the UK, Brazil, France, Sweden, Spain, South Africa, and Taiwan, according to the report. The predictions represent a significant acceleration of rates of job creation for the clean energy sector.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The group has set a target of unlocking $100bn in public and private capital to improve access to clean power across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. A new climate finance package agreed last week should put industrialised nations on track to deliver over $100bn a year, but the target is unlikely to be met until 2023.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

The good news is that new technologies and methods have come about making it possible for the manufacturing industry to reduce its environmental footprint through energy conservation , alternative packaging, and smarter storage and organization (amongst other solutions). Tip #3: Use alternative and sustainable packaging solutions.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2021

One company doing this is Mondi , a global leader in packaging and paper and this year one of only 14 companies on CDP's prestigious ‘Triple A List' for tackling climate change, protecting forests and water security. The company works across the value chain, from growing trees to manufacturing pulp and producing packaging and paper.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 16, 2022

US Senate passes Inflation Reduction Act to energy industry applause SEF Weekly: $369bn US clean energy package and energy interconnection. On the other hand, the American one will expand to other countries (mainly sub-Saharan Africa). Have you read?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

We look at one successful partnership in South Africa, between the global packaging and paper group Mondi and WWF. Plantation forestry is the only crop in South Africa that is regulated by the government due to its declaration as a significant ‘stream flow reduction activity' and because of the water risk they present.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

RE:TV has worked with local crews to produce films in Asia, Africa, North America, and Europe, with features on UK-based data platform Restor that is using artificial intelligence to develop restoration techniques, leading recycling company TerraCycle that recently launched the new Loop packaging re-use service, and sustainable aviation fuel developer (..)

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Around 47 per cent of all plastic produced is used in packaging, but a further 14 per cent is used in textiles and six per cent in transport. Scientists are calling for a binding treaty to phase out global production of virgin plastic by 2040. Since 1950, approximately eight billion tonnes of plastic has been produced, the report reveals.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 16, 2021

FreeWater provides beverages in eco-friendly, BPA-free packaging paid for by the ads printed directly onto the bottles. Beverages are packaged in aluminum bottles or paper cartons. FreeWater will donate 10 cents from each beverage to charities that build water wells for people in need in Africa.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Juan Jose - or JJ - Freijo is global head of sustainability and Europe, Middle East and Africa government affairs at Brambles, global supply-chain logistics company operating in more than 60 countries.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

The certification from consultancy the Carbon Trust means Accolade Wines Europe is close to achieving its goal of achieve net zero emissions across its UK-packaged portfolio by the end of 2020. The company behind bestselling wine brands Kumala, Hardys, and Echo Falls has announced that its core range has now been certified carbon neutral.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Clean Energy Wire reported that the cabinet signed off on the new AVV Klima package, which will apply a list of banned products such as disposable tableware and packaging for events and canteens, or outdoor heaters. India approves $3.5bn green vehicle incentive package. South Africa mulls calls for coal power phase out.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Over recent years, Dow has explored the ways in which we can support the plastic waste challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa; increasing recycling rates while also supporting jobs and livelihoods of waste collectors, and using key partnerships as a showcase for this intersection of business and social justice.

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