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Community members watch as Senzo Mchunu, South African police minister, inspects outside the mineshaft where it is estimated that hundreds of illegal miners are believed to be hiding underground, after police cut off food and water as part of police operations against illegal miners, in Stilfontein. Source: Reuters/Ihsaan Haffejee

Mining

Ramaphosa calls for Zama Zama human rights to be respected

Bhargav Acharya 2 days

Sustainable Farming

Saving the bees: How Nedbank and WWF are working to ensure honeybee survival

Aa-isha Hassiem 12 Nov 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

Madagascar’s mining rush has caused no more deforestation than farming – new study

Katie Devenish 8 Oct 2024

New film releases lighting up the big screen this September

Film

New film releases lighting up the big screen this September

Daniel Dercksen 5 Sep 2024

Benson Boone and RAYE join 2024 Global Citizen Festival lineup

Events

Benson Boone and RAYE join 2024 Global Citizen Festival lineup

Issued by OnPoint PR 29 Aug 2024

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Supply Chain

Supply chains should make the world better, not worse – it’s time for a rethink

R. Hamann, C.-M. Chen, J. Gualandris, et al. 15 Aug 2024

Learning more about elephants for World Elephant Day 12 August 2024

Environment & Natural Resources

Learning more about elephants for World Elephant Day 12 August 2024

Issued by Our Salad Mix 13 Aug 2024

Oxford Saïd and Burjeel Holdings collaborate to launch the global Climate Change Challenge

Higher Education

Oxford Saïd and Burjeel Holdings collaborate to launch the global Climate Change Challenge

Issued by Oxford University Press 1 Aug 2024

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Banking

African bank stress test flags systemic risks posed by nature loss

16 Jul 2024

Braecroft Timbers receives 2024 Bushbuck Trophy for forestry management

Forestry

Braecroft Timbers receives 2024 Bushbuck Trophy for forestry management

3 Jul 2024

Ivory Coast cracks down on fraudulent cocoa certifications

Agro-processing

Ivory Coast cracks down on fraudulent cocoa certifications

Ange Aboa 28 May 2024

Mastering resilience: How preparation beats the odds in building agribusiness

Agriculture

Mastering resilience: How preparation beats the odds in building agribusiness

24 May 2024

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

Terena Chetty, Head of Strategy at 1Africa Consulting

Occupational Health & Safety

How climate change has become an OHS issue

Terena Chetty 23 Apr 2024

Report: Fortified whole grains combat climate change and hunger

Agriculture

Report: Fortified whole grains combat climate change and hunger

18 Apr 2024

Applications open for GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition

Agriculture

Applications open for GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition

12 Apr 2024

Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

ESG & Sustainability

EU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visit

Ange Aboa 8 Apr 2024

How nature-based knowledge can restore local ecosystems and improve community well-being

Sustainable Farming

How nature-based knowledge can restore local ecosystems and improve community well-being

Saeed Rahman and Natalie Slawinski 11 Mar 2024

Community

Sappi secures PEFC Group Scheme Certification for small growers

20 Dec 2023

Coffee firms turning away from Africa as EU deforestation law looms

Agriculture

Coffee firms turning away from Africa as EU deforestation law looms

Maytaal Angel and Dewi Kurniawati 19 Dec 2023

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Research & Development

How agriculture can make the most of one of the world’s biggest carbon sink, soil

Rémi Cardinael, Armwell Shumba and Vira Leng 7 Dec 2023

#COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world

Agriculture

#COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world

Paul Winters 4 Dec 2023

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Pharmaceuticals

#COP28: AstraZeneca's AZ Forest initiative: Pledging six million trees in Kenya

1 Dec 2023

A view shows a part of Sidi El Barrak dam at low water levels, in Nafza, west of the capital Tunis, Tunisia, 7 January 2023. Reuters/Jihed Abidellaoui

Climate Change

Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa's disease boss

30 Nov 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

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Environment & Natural Resources

Giraffes could go extinct - the 5 biggest threats they face

Derek E. Lee 3 Nov 2023

A general view shows the water conditions of the Piraiba river before a summit of Amazon rainforest nations, in Belem, Para state, Brazil 6 August 2023. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino

Environment & Natural Resources

Home countries of major rainforests agree to work together to save them

Ange Kasongo 30 Oct 2023

Papering over the cracks: Why negative forestry perceptions are doing our planet a disservice

Forestry

Papering over the cracks: Why negative forestry perceptions are doing our planet a disservice

Jane Molony 19 Oct 2023

Cocoa prices are surging: West African countries should seize the moment to negotiate a better deal for farmers

Agro-processing

Cocoa prices are surging: West African countries should seize the moment to negotiate a better deal for farmers

5 Oct 2023

Farmers plant more cocoa outside Africa as prices rally

Agro-processing

Farmers plant more cocoa outside Africa as prices rally

Marcelo Teixeira 2 Oct 2023

Sabrina Khoosal, hair development scientist in the research and innovation department at L’Oréal South Africa

ESG & Sustainability

#WomensMonth: Sabrina Khoosal on the sustainable beauty industry - because the earth is worth it

Shan Radcliffe 29 Aug 2023

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Forestry

'Worthless' forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change

Julia P G Jones and Neal Hockley 28 Aug 2023

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

Events

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

Issued by OnPoint PR 8 Jun 2023

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

Events

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

Issued by OnPoint PR 24 May 2023

How harvested wood products can create climate-friendly solutions

Forestry

How harvested wood products can create climate-friendly solutions

Jane Molony 26 Apr 2023

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Forestry

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Marietjie Brown 21 Apr 2023

Environmental Law

French court to rule on landmark TotalEnergies Uganda case

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

Roland Adjovi, a producer of Ecolo coal, transforms plant waste into bio charcoal at his workshop in Cotonou, Benin, 27 January 2023. Reuters/Charles Placide Tossou

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Benin entrepreneur transforms plant waste into charcoal

Pulcherie Adjoha and Seraphin Zounyekpe 22 Feb 2023

Zambia receives 'debt-for-nature' proposal from WWF for restructuring

Environment & Natural Resources

Zambia receives 'debt-for-nature' proposal from WWF for restructuring

Marc Jones and Rachel Savage 19 Jan 2023

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

Climate Change

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

Mark Maslin, Priti Parikh, Richard Taylor, Simon Chin-Yee 22 Nov 2022

Can planks and paper packaging help solve the climate crisis?

Forestry

Can planks and paper packaging help solve the climate crisis?

16 Nov 2022

Climate change - the real threat to farming profitably

Agriculture

Climate change - the real threat to farming profitably

Felix Kagura 16 Nov 2022

Here's what to expect at COP27

Climate Change

Here's what to expect at COP27

Víctor Resco de Dios and Miguel Ángel de Zavala Gironés 3 Nov 2022

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ESG

Cadbury-maker Mondelez pumps another $600m into cocoa sustainability programme

1 Nov 2022

Sustainability for the next century: Looking back to move forward

Sustainable Development

Sustainability for the next century: Looking back to move forward

Keketso Motjuwadi 24 Oct 2022