Kellogg issues EUR 300 m 8-year Sustainability Bond
Kellogg Company announced it has successfully priced a EUR 300 million 8-year Sustainability Bond with an interest ...
Sustainable Development
WFP launches zakat campaign to back needy people
The World Food Program (WFP) has launched a campaign providing Muslims around the world with ...
UN, IsDB launch Islamic social financing initiative to attain SDGs
The United Nations teamed up with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to launch Islamic social financing ...
EBRD invests in Latvenergo’s €50 m green bond
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) supported the €50 million green bond issuance ...
OMO is world’s first laundry capsule made of recycled carbon emissions
OMO is the first world laundry capsule made of waste CO2. Unilever teamed up carbon recycling ...
World Bank offers $3.72 m grant to back 20,000 displaced people in Armenia
The World Bank will offer a one-year grant of $3.72 million to buttress 20,000 displaced ...
World Bank earmarks $41.8 m to cut emissions, preserve forests in Congo
The Republic of Congo has signed a landmark agreement with the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) ...
Norway’s Top Sustainable Travel Destinations
As plans to relax pandemic travel restrictions begin to take shape, travel journalists are racing ...
LFF allocates $ 55 m to back Lebanon’s recovery under SDGs
The Lebanon Financing Facility (LFF) allocated about $ 55 million to help vulnerable households and ...
EBRD wins 2020 Climate Bonds Award
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) pioneering work in green transition bonds has ...
UNDP Egypt launches Open Innovation Challenge for disabled
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Egypt launched the Open Innovation Challenge for Persons ...
Lebanon launches first electric car despite crisis
A Lebanon-made electric car made its debut Saturday, the first time the Mediterranean country has ...
HEART 17 initiative to fight poverty, inequality, climate change
HEART 17 new global initiative was launched in partnership with the United Nations Development Program ...
NASA’s MOXI converts carbon dioxide of Mars into oxygen
NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on the Martian surface, includes converting some of the Red Planet’s ...
WFP’s “Empty Feed” Ramadan campaign aims to back 690 million hungry people
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has launched a Ramadan campaign on social media ...
6th of October becomes 3rd Egyptian city to join EBRD’s Green Cities
The 6th of October City became the third Egyptian city – after Cairo and Alexandria ...
Peru now has highest number of sustainability reports by MSMEs in world
Peru now has the highest number of sustainability reports produced by micro, small, and medium-sized ...
Ashkar foundation’s plastic-for-schooling program expands to five schools in India
The plastic-for-schooling program – which was started by the Akshar Foundation and now working with the United ...
WFP, Egypt to expand rural development in 6 governorates at $ 7.6 m
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ...
UNDP launches Egypt Accelerator Lab to expedite sustainable development
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched Egypt Accelerator Lab to expedite the implementation of ...
First Australian scorecard of vehicle CO2 emissions reveals best and worst brands
Australia’s peak automotive industry body has released its first “scorecard” of CO2 emissions from cars ...