Air pollution caused tens of thousands of deaths in the world's five most populous cities last year despite coronavirus lockdowns...
Michael Taylor 18 Feb 2021
Sustainability is a hot topic today due to increasing awareness of climate change and inequality, among other pressing issues...
Leanne Keddie 3 Feb 2021
In a new study published in Nature Communications, my colleagues and I find a stark confirmation that microplastics are found throughout the Arctic Ocean...
Peter S. Ross 1 Feb 2021
PepsiCo plans to more than double its science-based climate goal, targeting a reduction of absolute greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by more than 40% by 2030...
As You Sow has filed shareholder proposals with 10 leading consumer goods companies and retailers, calling for commitments to absolute cuts in the use of plastic packaging...
It was touted locally as one of the biggest campaigns of the decade when, in 2016, Kenyan environmentalist Phyllis Omido took up the fight against lead poisoning by a lead-acid batteries recycling smelter...
Christabel Ligami 31 Dec 2020
The international competition recognises the most innovative startups supporting responsible, sustainable and inclusive beauty...
The harm that air pollution is doing on the African continent seems to be growing. Estimates of premature mortality attributed to air pollution have increased from about 570,000 in 1990 to over 700,000 in 2013...
Rebecca Garland and Paul Plantinga 12 Oct 2020
Squeezed by lower fuel demand during the pandemic and the rise of renewable energy, the oil industry is staking out a new future for itself in plastics...
Deirdre McKay 29 Sep 2020
Plastic production and consumption has snowballed since large-scale production began in the 1950s...
Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020
Timberland has set a goal for its products to have a net positive impact on nature by 2030, in en effort to address the negative environmental impact of the fashion industry...
The world's largest jewellery maker will stop using newly mined silver and gold in its jewellery by 2025 and only buy from recycled sources...
In light of the 57th Africa Day last month, we are prompted to reflect on the havoc that Covid-19 is wreaking not only across the continent, but across the world...
Adwoa Coleman 4 Jun 2020
The first in a series of masterclasses held by AFI tackled the topic of sustainability in the local fashion industry...
