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 ...
Sustainable Development
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 ...
EBRD launches first ever dedicated climate resilience bond raising $ 700 m
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has successfully launched the first ever dedicated ...
World witnesses biggest ever climate march
The world witnessed the biggest ever climate change march as the crowds poured into New ...
WHO: 2.8 million pregnant women,newborns die every year, Sub-Saharan Africa most vulnerable
New estimates released by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) said that about 2.8 million ...
Enactus Egypt team from Cairo University wins Enactus World Cup 2019 Championship
The Enactus Egypt team from Cairo University won the Enactus World Cup 2019 Champion and ...
WE shortlisted for World Communication Award for best CSR initiative
Telecom Egypt (WE) among six international companies which were shortlisted for the 2019 World Communication ...
Boston University launches its annual Sustainability Festival
Boston University launched on Thursday its annual Sustainability Festival to contribute to reducing the environmental ...
EBRD on track to up its green financing to 40% by 2020..total green investments hit €30 bn
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed €30 billion in green investments, ...
Dell India committed to reducing ocean plastic pollution
Dell Technologies uses ocean-bound plastics incorporating sizable plastics collected from beaches, waterways and coastal areas for ...
UNESCO cautions 12 m children would never join school without serious action
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) warned that unless urgent measures are taken, 12 million ...
UN high-level meeting on universal health coverage on Sept 23
The United Nations high-level meeting on universal health coverage will be held on September 23 ...
Nepalese woman leads initiative to boost electric vehicle use, cut emissions
Thirty-year-old Sonika Manandhar leads an initiative to capture big data from electric vehicles and cut emissions ...
London mayor to hold biggest World Car-Free celebrations on Sept 22
London Mayor Sadiq Khan decided to hold the capital’s biggest World Car-Free celebrations on September ...
Media Avenue to hold 1st roundtable on ‘Investing in Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development’ on Sept 24
Media Avenue will hold its first roundtable on ‘Investing in Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development’ ...
Equator Prize Award to honor 22 groups from 16 states for their innovative solutions
The 2019 Equator Prize Award Ceremony – due to be held in New York on ...
Conference on CSR & Sustainable Development in New Delhi in Oct.
The 6thInternational Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainable Development (CSR2019) will be held in New ...
Ferrare’s CSR program to contribute to sustainability of social entities
Ferrare’s new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) plan called “Ferrare Transforma” aims to contribute to the ...