The Melanoides tuberculata. Shutterstock Emmanuel O. Akindele, Obafemi Awolowo University Plastic pollution is a serious environmental menace. A recent United Nations Environment Programme report indicates that there could be more individual plastic items than fish in the oceans by 2050. People continue to find ways of using plastic because it is easily shaped and lasts […]
November 13, 2019//-Although global warming matters and is clearly reaching a critical turning point from which there will be no going back, the most pressing environmental issue for companies is not climate change, but pollution.
November 6, 2019//-The EBRD is supporting improvements in the energy efficiency of Egyptian private sector businesses, by providing a loan of US$ 15 million to the Arab African International Bank (AAIB).
Accra, Ghana, November 5, 2019//-Three talented architecture students from the Central University in Accra have urged stakeholders in the building industry to adopt EDGE (“Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) to design and certify more sustainable buildings in the country.
London, UK, October 22, 2019//-New research from environmental non-profit CDP finds that cities like London, Quito, New York and Quezon City are already feeling the impacts of climate change, but how this manifests varies.
London, UK (21 October, 2019)—A new report published in Nature Climate Change today unveiled a land sector roadmap laying out critical actions on forests, farming and food systems the world should take to veer away from spiking global temperatures.
Berlin, Germany, October 17, 2019//- Ghanaian Georgina Esi Takyi-Annan and 24 other international awardees of this year’s Green Talents Competition have traveled to Germany to attend the Science Forum for talented junior researchers from the field of sustainability science.
Lagos, Nigeria, October 7, 2019/ — As part of activities marking the 2019 Global Sustainability Week, employees of the pan-African conglomerate, the Dangote Industries Limited flagged off an environment focused initiative tagged “Waste to Wealth initiative”, focused on managing waste disposal while generating income and giving back to communities wherein we operate.
October 7, 2019//-An ecology professor who has spent decades doing research and field work in the challenging conditions of the Arctic is the winner of the Volvo Environment Prize 2019.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 7, 2019/ — Canon, a global provider of imaging technologies and services, has been awarded the EcoVadis gold rating, for a fifth consecutive year, which puts the company within the top 5% for sustainability performance.
