World marks 2019 International Day of Older Persons under theme of “The Journey to Age Equality” under SDGs
The world marks on October 1 the 2019 International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) under ...
Sustainable Development
Sustainability Forum ‘Preserving our Earth, Unearthing our Talents’ opens in UAE
The Sustainability Forum began on Monday, under the title, “Preserving our Earth, Unearthing our Talents,” ...
Tupperware India to eliminate single use plastic from its product packaging
Tupperware, a well-recognized and loved global brand based out of Orlando, US, today announced that ...
EIB extends EUR 5.6 bn to six MENA countries in four years to serve SDGs
The European Investment Bank (EIB) extended EUR 5.6 billion from 2015 to 2018 to six ...
WHO launches innovative digital app for better health care of older persons
The World Health Organization (WHO) marks the International Day of Older Persons – on 1 October – ...
Egypt’s Green Economy Forum builds on UN Climate Summit..Environment min., CSR Arabia head stress green economy “a must”
Egypt held on September 29 “The Transformation Strategies Toward Green Economy Forum” to build on ...
WFP, Alibaba launch global hunger monitoring system using AI in 90 states
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and Alibaba Group launched “Hunger Map LIVE,” a ...
Tourism creates 320 m jobs..Illegal tourism souvenirs cost countries billions of dollars of precious natural resources
Tourism is the third largest export industry in the world after chemicals and fuels.By 2030, up to ...
Egypt’s FRA mulls getting EGX-registered firms to include ESG in their annual reports
Chairman of the Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) Mohamed Omran is mulling to get the ...
UNEP, Germany spearhead “Go for SDGs” to give momentum to green economy
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the German Ministry for the Environment launched the Global ...
12 multilateral agencies team up to accelerate implementation of health-related SDGs
Twelve multilateral agencies launched a joint plan to better support countries over the next 10 ...
EBRD, UNICEF sign MoU to achieve SDGs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and UNICEF are teaming up to boost access to ...
Netherlands donates $28 m to back FAO’s efforts to build more resilient food systems in three African states
Netherlands donated $28 million to prop up efforts of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ...
UNICEF warns lives of about 10 million children in Indonesia at risk from air pollution
UNICEF cautioned on Tuesday that Wild forest and peatland fires across Kalimantan and Sumatra in Indonesia are putting nearly 10 million children at ...
World’s largest investors committed to decarbonizing global economy by 2050
The world’s largest investors are committed to decarbonizing the global economy by 2050 under the ...
Schneider Electric Egypt announces winners in Energy Challenge 2019
Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced the winners ...
World Bank, Germany to work on reducing deforestation under PROGREEN
The World Bank and Germany announced the launch of PROGREEN, a new global partnership to ...
Banks with $47 trillion in assets join hands for climate action, shift from “brown to green”
Banks collectively with more than $47 trillion in assets, or a third of the global ...
Nine multilateral development banks plan to increase global climate investments to $ 175 bn by 2025
Nine multilateral development banks (MDBs) announced during the Climate Action Summit in New York their ...
US leads Top 100 list with 25 firms under Refinitiv’s 2019 D&I Index
The United States leads the Top 100 list with 25 firms under the 2019 Diversity ...
Tunisia mulls introduction of green bonds
Tunisian authorities are seeking to revitalize the country’s bond market as an important financing alternative ...