Posts Tagged ‘#sustainability’
The Struggle for an Environmentally Sustainable Africa
The inaugural Africa Climate Summit last month adopted ‘the Nairobi Declaration’, a document that highlighted Africa’s vulnerability to the climate crisis and called for more ambitious and progressive action from…
Read MoreIncreasing Environmental Sustainability – Do We Always Need Eating Utensils When Ordering Food Online?
Last night 3 of us in the Tempest household ordered an Asian take-away which came with chop sticks. We now have enough chop sticks or plastic knives and forks to…
Read MoreSustainability, Reducing the Use of Plastics in Packaging and Action on Climate and Trade
Recently Takealot announced that it would be using sustainable packaging. In this decision the South African ecommerce company was following other market leaders, such as Amazon. A lot is being…
Read MorePromoting Sustainability in the Developing World and the WTO’s 2023 Public Forum
The World Trade Organization, the World Bank Group and the World Economic Forum on 20 April launched “Action on Climate and Trade” (ACT), a new initiative that aims to help…
Read MoreSustainability in Ecommerce Deliveries
Recently Takealot has said that it will encourage environmentally friendly packaging it its packaging centres in SA. In Benin one of Africa’s few motorbike manufactures, M Auto, is looking eventually to convert most petrol-bikes…
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