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16Feb/21

Family businesses risk missing the mark on ESG – PwC Family business survey

February 16, 2021EconomyArticles, Business, Business models, Economy, Entrepreneurship, Family business, Risk, Sustainability, Sustainable developmentsmbale

In a year where business has had to transform the way it meets the needs of society and the environment, family owned businesses risk falling behind, according to a new global survey of 2,801 family business owners. Read more

22Sep/20

FORTUNE Announces Sixth Annual Change the World List of Companies That Are Doing Well By Doing Good

September 22, 2020EconomyArticles, Canada, Corporate social responsibility, Economy, Social finance, Sustainable development, United Statessmbale

Today, FORTUNE reveals its sixth annual “Change the World” list, which showcases over 50 companies that have made an important social or environmental impact through their profit-making strategy and operations this year. Companies are recognized for innovative business strategies that positively impact the world. This year’s list includes 28 companies from the U.S. and Canada; 10 from Asia and the Middle East; 8 from Europe; and 3 each from Africa and Latin America. Read more

28Jul/20

Plug and Play Joins UNWTO and Wakalua to Invite Startups to Pitch Ways to Accelerate SDGs

July 28, 2020InnovationArticles, Contents, Play, Sustainability, Sustainable design, Sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goal 14, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals and Ghana, Tourism, United Nations Development Group, World Tourism Organizationsmbale

Plug and Play joins the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) new Startup Competition in collaboration with Wakalua, as it looks to identify innovators with the power to further tourism’s cross-cutting contribution to sustainable development. As the United Nations specialized agency for tourism, UNWTO has been guiding the sector’s efforts to contribute to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Read more

09Oct/17

How coffee could power your car

October 9, 2017ScienceBiodiesel, Bioenergy, Biofuel, Biofuels, Biomass, Bright green environmentalism, energy, Environment, Fossil fuel, Fuels, Issues relating to biofuels, Jim Drury, Lancaster University, London, Physical universe, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Sustainable development, Sustainable technologies, United Kingdomsmbale

A new one-step process that turns spent coffee grounds into biofuel could help in the fight to reduce our reliance on diesel made from fossil fuels, say researchers at Lancaster University. Jim Drury reports. Continue reading →

24Oct/16

Chemical bicycle lock makes thieves vomit

October 24, 2016InnovationAppropriate technology, Bicycle, Capsaicin, Company: Indiegogo, Company: the Guardian, Daniel Idzkowski, Environmental technology, Internet Services - NEC, San Francisco, Skunklock, Sustainable development, Sustainable technologies, Sustainable transport, The Guardian, Tumbler, United States, US Federal Reserve, vomit-inducing gas, Yves Perrenoutsmbale

A pair of San Francisco inventors fed up with getting their bicycles stolen have come up with a chemical deterrent to stop thieves.
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03Aug/15

African Data platform launched to challenge Global development community for accuracy of Data

August 3, 2015TechnologyAfrica, Articles, civil society, Data, Data Scientist, Development, Economics, Economy, Environmental social science, Facebook, Geographic information system, Ghana, International development, Kenya, London, Mariéme Jamme, Maternal health, Millennium Development Goals, New York, New York City, Poverty, Rwanda, Senegal, Social Issues, Socioeconomics, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, Technology/Internet, ThoughtWorks, Zambiasmbale

“The African continent deserves better and more accurate data”

London August 2015 (ACCUR8DATA) – A group of prominent African leaders in the field of data and innovation from Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Rwanda and Senegal announced the launch of the Accur8Africa platform to improve the accuracy of data in the continent before the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in New York this coming September at the 70th United Nation General Assembly.
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