ESCWA: Arab region made progress in reducing maternal, under-5 mortality
The Arab Sustainable Development Report 2020 said the Arab region has realized significant improvement in ...
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GUCCI on track to cut 50 % of CO2 emissions by 2025
GUCCI – one of the world’s oldest and most iconic brands – is on track ...
ARMOR earns EcoVadis gold medal
ARMOR recently earned a gold medal from EcoVadis, a business CSR performance rating provider. The ...
PUMA uses sustainable alternatives for making, dyeing textiles
Sports company PUMA is exploring sustainable alternatives for making and dyeing textiles in its latest ...
Lyft Pledges Shift to 100% Electric Vehicles by 2030
Today, ride-hailing service Lyft announced in a blog post that it will transition every vehicle on its ...
4,000 children in UAE get free device to continue distance learning
School children and their parents have expressed their gratitude to the ‘Together We Are Good’ ...
Dexamethasone 1st drug to reduce mortality among COVID-19 ventilated patients
Oxford University said that Dexamethasone is the first drug to manage to reduce mortality among ...
Unilever to invest €1 bn in new Climate & Nature Fund
Unilever brands will collectively invest €1 billion in a new dedicated Climate & Nature Fund ...
$100 m Impact Fund for African Creatives to be launched in Aug.
Roberta Annan, a Ghanaian businesswoman, will launch in August a $100 million Fund that provides ...
We’re Entering the Age of Corporate Social Justice
Research has shown that companies with effective Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs are more profitable than ...
Ethical fashion: Zalando will only retail eco-friendly labels by 2023
Zalando‘s story began in Berlin in 2008, when Robert Gentz and David Shneider decided to create an online site ...
NASA selects Nile Preneurs to be partner in manufacturing ventilators
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selected the Nile Preneurs Initiative – which ...
This Ugandan startup turns plastic waste into construction materials and COVID face shields
The city of Gulu, Uganda, is six hours from the nearest recycling plant—so most plastic ...
Post-virus shift can boost renewables
Residents in many of Asean’s most polluted cities have been delighted to observe significant decreases ...
Study: Organizations’ resilience to financial crisis bound to CSR
A study published by Tilburg University underlined that organizations’ resilience to global financial crisis is ...
Egypt ranks no 94th on 2020 environmental performance index
Egypt and 10 other Arab countries were placed on the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ...
Unilever to provide free soap, sanitizers, food at €100 m
Unilever has pledged to provide free soap, sanitizer, bleach and food at the value of ...
Uber to provide reliable transportation for ERC’s frontliners
Uber Egypt will provide access to reliable transportation solutions for front line health workers for ...
For 1st time in ME, Egyptian Health Ministry, Facebook join hands for blood plasma donation
The Egyptian Health Ministry has – for the first time in the Middle East – ...
NEOM, Misk Academy Launch SPARK Program to Empower Entrepreneurship, Innovation in Saudi Arabia
NEOM in cooperation with Misk Academy of Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Foundation (Misk) ...
EmiratesGBC invites entries for 9th MENA Green Building Awards
Emirates Green Building Council, EmiratesGBC, has announced that it will invite entries for the ninth ...