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Pollution and deforestation threaten poor populations on World Environment Day.

World Environment Day: Burden Of Environmental Decline Falls Heavily On Poor And Vulnerable

By Joyce Chimbi Barnabas Kamau’s home sits on a wetland in Rumuruti Laikipia County in the Rift Valley region – considered Kenya’s breadbasket. He settled in the area 15 years ago, attracted by the wetlands’ fertile grounds as they provide favourable farming and livestock activities conditions. But Kamau says the wetlands are fast disappearing and the […]

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Reimagining The Role Of Business In Advancing Sustainability This World Environment Day

By Sunil Geness, Global Sustainability Lead for Africa at SAP As we celebrate World Environment Day, it is important to take stock of both the urgency of establishing a more sustainable global society, and the progress made in achieving this.  Sustainability in the modern context needs to consider an organisation’s economic, environmental and societal responsibilities, […]

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Call For African Organisations To Lead By Example This World Environment Day

June 5th marks World Environment Day, the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of the environment.  According to Sunil Geness, Global Sustainability Lead for Africa at SAP, it is important to take stock of both the urgency of establishing a more sustainable global society, and the progress made in […]

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Our Commitment To The Environment Must Be Strengthened Following The Covid-19 Pandemic

by Ms Catherine Constantinides South Africans will join millions around the world in commemorating World Environment Day on 5 June, and World Oceans Day on 8 June 2021. A year ago we were in the throes of the global COVID-19 pandemic.  Today, the world is beginning to open up as more countries, including South Africa, […]

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