By Natalia Olynec - Sustainability Partner The new decade has begun on a wave of activism, financial innovation, and government policies aimed at positive societal change. A growing number of CEOs, policymakers and consumers know that big social and environmental problems, particularly climate change, are accelerating...
Water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of people, an alarming figure that is projected to rise as temperatures do. Although 2.1 billion people have improved water sanitation since 1990, dwindling drinking water supplies are affecting every continent. More and more countries are experiencing water stress,...
Climate change is said to be an environmental problem that can affect the norms of how the environment works. Climate change can also have a huge effect on businesses. Some people may believe it has to do with just nature and our environmental exclusion systems...
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) -managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) (http://bit.ly/2XB5zug), has approved a $760,000 grant to Empower New Energy AS (EmNEW), to develop at least eight small renewable energy projects with capacity ranging from1-10 MW, towards bankability and construction. The grant will support...
Launched in 2019, the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa was the first women-in-business support initiative of its kind in the industry offered by the Access Bank W Initiative. The program in its maiden edition provided financial grants worth N9Million to the top 5 applicants with a free...
Most businesses still do not understand what it takes for a company to be a sustainable business. This is a problem faced by companies who don't have the blueprint to become a sustainable business. A company is said to be sustainable only when its purpose and...
The Zayed Sustainability Prize has announced the extension of its submissions’ deadline for the 2021 awards edition to June 11th, 2020, in efforts to accommodate its diverse international audience base throughout the ongoing global health crisis. Small-to-medium sized enterprises, non-profit organisations and high schools around the...
Richard Curtis CBE, Paul Polman, Michael Izza and leaders of more than 100 renowned companies, charities, universities, and trade associations call on the UK Government to ensure the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are at the heart of UK Covid-19 recovery plans.A letter sent to the...
Businesses are facing a hard time on sustainability, looking for solutions to help them through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Arising programs involved in large-scale asset purchases, like central banks buying financial instruments such as corporate and government bonds. This may help to create liquidity in the...
April, 2020 Sustainable Conversations™, a Thought Leadership series facilitated by ThistlePraxis Consulting Limited, launches the first edition of its webinar series, themed: ‘Sustainability & COVID-19: Accountability, Transparency & Continuity in a Disrupted World,’ and is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Considering the forced shift...
