ESG & Sustainability news

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

Recruit Image

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the FutureBizcommunity.com

Kenyan eco-entrepreneur tackles food waste with sustainable solutions

Kenyan eco-entrepreneur tackles food waste with sustainable solutions

28 Oct 2024

Pictured: Elizabeth Cousens, president and CEO of the UN Foundation. Image supplied.

Droga5's Once Upon a Future campaign for the UN to engage the youth

4 Oct 2024

More news

Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa: it takes more than technology

Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa: it takes more than technology

Nic Cheeseman and Lisa Garbe 2 Oct 2020

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

30 Sep 2020

Cheap plastic is flooding developing countries - we're making new biodegradable materials to help

Cheap plastic is flooding developing countries - we're making new biodegradable materials to help

Deirdre McKay 29 Sep 2020

What can be done to better support women pursuing their PhDs in Africa

What can be done to better support women pursuing their PhDs in Africa

Anne M. Khisa 28 Sep 2020

FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems

FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems

23 Sep 2020

Converse strengthens commitment to youth mentorship and empowerment

Converse strengthens commitment to youth mentorship and empowerment

23 Sep 2020

Makoko neighbourhood in Lagos, initially founded as a fishing village.Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images

Can Covid-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Ellis Adjei Adams & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie 21 Sep 2020

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020

Google and FAO launch new big data tool, Earth Map

Google and FAO launch new big data tool, Earth Map

17 Sep 2020

How to reverse global wildlife declines by 2050

How to reverse global wildlife declines by 2050

Michael Obersteiner, David Leclère, Piero Visconti 15 Sep 2020

Timberland strives for net positivity by 2030

Timberland strives for net positivity by 2030

2 Sep 2020

Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions

Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions

Brant Walkley 31 Aug 2020

By H18 Upliftment, CC BY-SA 4.0,

5 ways coronavirus is deepening global inequality

Kunal Sen 19 Aug 2020

Residents of Lamu, Kenya, accuse the government of ignoring their concerns and going ahead with the construction of a huge port. TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images

Review of nine African 'blue economy' projects shows what works and what doesn't

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood 12 Aug 2020

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 4 Aug 2020

Technology gives hope to Africa's endangered Northern white rhinos

Technology gives hope to Africa's endangered Northern white rhinos

Pavithra Rao 3 Aug 2020

2020 Rhino Conservation Awards winners revealed

2020 Rhino Conservation Awards winners revealed

3 Aug 2020

Are young trees or old forests more important for slowing climate change?

Are young trees or old forests more important for slowing climate change?

Tom Pugh 31 Jul 2020

Credit: Polina via Pexels

Food giants appointing teams to focus on plant-based products

30 Jul 2020

FAO launches platform to help global community reduce food loss, waste

FAO launches platform to help global community reduce food loss, waste

30 Jul 2020

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

27 Jul 2020

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

23 Jul 2020

C40 Cities launches Mayors Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery post-Covid-19

C40 Cities launches Mayors Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery post-Covid-19

23 Jul 2020

UN Young Champions of the Earth regional shortlist announced

UN Young Champions of the Earth regional shortlist announced

21 Jul 2020

Africa's distributed renewable energy sector still dominated by foreign players

Africa's distributed renewable energy sector still dominated by foreign players

21 Jul 2020

Kenya's internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Kenya's internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Nixon Muganda 20 Jul 2020

De-risking investments to boost Africa's renewable energy transition

De-risking investments to boost Africa's renewable energy transition

16 Jul 2020

New UN report: Tens of millions more going hungry globally

New UN report: Tens of millions more going hungry globally

16 Jul 2020

Biodiversity in the balance - degradation threatens economic prosperity

Biodiversity in the balance - degradation threatens economic prosperity

Ashim Paun 14 Jul 2020

Testing strategies to help Kenya's urban poor get access to food

Testing strategies to help Kenya's urban poor get access to food

Elizabeth Kimani-Murage 13 Jul 2020

More news

Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa: it takes more than technology

Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa: it takes more than technology

Nic Cheeseman and Lisa Garbe 2 Oct 2020

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

30 Sep 2020

Cheap plastic is flooding developing countries - we're making new biodegradable materials to help

Cheap plastic is flooding developing countries - we're making new biodegradable materials to help

Deirdre McKay 29 Sep 2020

What can be done to better support women pursuing their PhDs in Africa

What can be done to better support women pursuing their PhDs in Africa

Anne M. Khisa 28 Sep 2020

FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems

FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems

23 Sep 2020

Converse strengthens commitment to youth mentorship and empowerment

Converse strengthens commitment to youth mentorship and empowerment

23 Sep 2020

Makoko neighbourhood in Lagos, initially founded as a fishing village.Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images

Can Covid-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Ellis Adjei Adams & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie 21 Sep 2020

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020

Google and FAO launch new big data tool, Earth Map

Google and FAO launch new big data tool, Earth Map

17 Sep 2020

How to reverse global wildlife declines by 2050

How to reverse global wildlife declines by 2050

Michael Obersteiner, David Leclère, Piero Visconti 15 Sep 2020

Timberland strives for net positivity by 2030

Timberland strives for net positivity by 2030

2 Sep 2020

Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions

Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions

Brant Walkley 31 Aug 2020

By H18 Upliftment, CC BY-SA 4.0,

5 ways coronavirus is deepening global inequality

Kunal Sen 19 Aug 2020

Residents of Lamu, Kenya, accuse the government of ignoring their concerns and going ahead with the construction of a huge port. TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images

Review of nine African 'blue economy' projects shows what works and what doesn't

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood 12 Aug 2020

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 4 Aug 2020

Technology gives hope to Africa's endangered Northern white rhinos

Technology gives hope to Africa's endangered Northern white rhinos

Pavithra Rao 3 Aug 2020

2020 Rhino Conservation Awards winners revealed

2020 Rhino Conservation Awards winners revealed

3 Aug 2020

Are young trees or old forests more important for slowing climate change?

Are young trees or old forests more important for slowing climate change?

Tom Pugh 31 Jul 2020

Credit: Polina via Pexels

Food giants appointing teams to focus on plant-based products

30 Jul 2020

FAO launches platform to help global community reduce food loss, waste

FAO launches platform to help global community reduce food loss, waste

30 Jul 2020

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

27 Jul 2020

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

23 Jul 2020

C40 Cities launches Mayors Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery post-Covid-19

C40 Cities launches Mayors Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery post-Covid-19

23 Jul 2020

UN Young Champions of the Earth regional shortlist announced

UN Young Champions of the Earth regional shortlist announced

21 Jul 2020

Africa's distributed renewable energy sector still dominated by foreign players

Africa's distributed renewable energy sector still dominated by foreign players

21 Jul 2020

Kenya's internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Kenya's internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Nixon Muganda 20 Jul 2020

De-risking investments to boost Africa's renewable energy transition

De-risking investments to boost Africa's renewable energy transition

16 Jul 2020

New UN report: Tens of millions more going hungry globally

New UN report: Tens of millions more going hungry globally

16 Jul 2020

Biodiversity in the balance - degradation threatens economic prosperity

Biodiversity in the balance - degradation threatens economic prosperity

Ashim Paun 14 Jul 2020

Testing strategies to help Kenya's urban poor get access to food

Testing strategies to help Kenya's urban poor get access to food

Elizabeth Kimani-Murage 13 Jul 2020

Safeguarding our communities through the Covid-19 pandemic

Safeguarding our communities through the Covid-19 pandemic

Olga Arara-Kimani 6 Jul 2020

New partnership to fight impact of climate change in vulnerable communities

New partnership to fight impact of climate change in vulnerable communities

6 Jul 2020

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Siyabonga Mbanjwa 30 Jun 2020

Covid-19, Africa's conservation and trophy hunting dilemma

Covid-19, Africa's conservation and trophy hunting dilemma

Duan Biggs, Alexander Richard Braczkowski, Alta De Vos, Hayley Clements 30 Jun 2020

Maria Helena Semedo, deputy director-general, UN FAO

We must act now to avert an imminent food crisis in Africa

Maria Helena Semedo 30 Jun 2020

Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Aftermath of Covid-19 requires Africa to be bold in its path to recovery

19 Jun 2020

Covid-19 jeopardising progress made in protecting women, girls from violence, harmful practices

Covid-19 jeopardising progress made in protecting women, girls from violence, harmful practices

Justine Coulson, Roberta Clarke, and Mohamed M. Fall 17 Jun 2020

#YouthMonth: What do all these #movements want?

#YouthMonth: What do all these #movements want?

Charles Siboto 12 Jun 2020

3 ways blockchain could get the world to act against the climate crisis

3 ways blockchain could get the world to act against the climate crisis

Bernhard Reinsberg 12 Jun 2020

How socially-led innovation can bring positive change in unchartered times

How socially-led innovation can bring positive change in unchartered times

Muhammad Nabil 11 Jun 2020