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Talking up Africa's economic independence revolution

Talking up Africa’s economic independence revolution

19 September 2019

Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, on her plans to re-position Botswana.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged botswana, business, High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation, Joy Kenewendo, mining, UNIDO | 1 Response

Achieving the circular economy in Asia

Achieving the circular economy in Asia

20 August 2019

Adrienna Zsakay believes that the Asian region will make or break efforts to create a sustainable and circular world

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Adrienna Zsakay, Asian Plastics and Packaging Agreement, business, circular economy, Circular Economy Asia, civil society, consumer electronics, downcycle, European Remanufacturing Council, FLOOW2, Internet of Materials, Martine Postma, plastic packaging, policymakers, PT Komatsu Remanufacturing Asia, R&D, re-design/eco-design, re-purpose, re-skill, re-vision, recondition, recycle/reclaim, reduce, refurbish, remanufacturing, Remanufacturing Industries Council, repair, repair cafés, reuse, reverse logistics, supply chain management, upcycle | Leave a response

Committed to business with integrity

Committed to business with integrity

13 April 2014

Liberty and Justice is Africa’s first fair-trade-certified apparel manufacturer

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged Africa, business, Chid Liberty, Fast Company, garment industry, Ghanaian Women’s Sewing Project, integrity, Liberia, Liberty and Justice, women workforce

Issue 11: Youth - transforming society

Issue 11: Youth – transforming society

5 September 2012

Approximately 1.3 billion young people in the world today are between the ages of 15 and 24. That’s a quarter of the world’s population of working age. However, young people are disproportionately affected by unemployment, underemployment and vulnerable employment. Even during periods of economic growth, many economies have been unable to absorb large youth populations […]

Posted in The Magazine | Tagged Aiesec, akihiko tanaka, alcorta, Arab Spring, arnold schwarzenegger, ashden awards, business, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Dar es Salaam, david satterthwaite, developing countries, East Asia, economic growth, economy, ecopost, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, environment, girl effect, global green synergy, green industry, hester eisenstein, IIED, imed drine, Industrial Development, Industrial Development Organization, innovation, Kenya, lorna rutto, Making It, Making It magazine, maria eitel, mei yi, MENA, nairobi, Paul Hohnen, saphon, sarah markes, sockket, soft power, Street Level, sustainability, sustainia, unemployment, UNIDO, United Nations, wider, women entrepreneurs, youth

Reasons to be both hugely disappointed and very excited

Reasons to be both hugely disappointed and very excited

27 August 2012

Paul Hohnen on ‘greenwash’, sustainable development, and what governments and the UN need to do to save the planet.

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged business, China, climate change, energy, energy efficiency, environment, environmental sustainability, free market, Global Reporting Initiative, green economy, green energy, green industry, green innovation, green technology, greenhouse gas, greenwash, Industrial Development, international agreement, Making It magazine, multinational companies, natural resources, oil, Paul Hohnen, pollution, resources, rio+20, solar power, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable business practices, sustainable development, sustainable economic growth, sustainable energy, Sustainable Energy for All, sustainable future, sustainable growth, sustainable production, Sustainablity strategies, technology, UN Private Sector Focal Points, UNIDO, United Nations, wind energy, wind power

Issue 10: The health of nations

Issue 10: The health of nations

22 August 2012

In terms of international development, it is often taken for granted that wealth inevitably leads to health, and that therefore only the countries with wealthier economies will be able to foster the conditions for a healthier population. In this context, international development efforts usually focus on interventions to kick-start economic growth, on the assumption that […]

Posted in The Magazine | Tagged Africa, Asia, Busan, business, Carbon Trust, Centre for Science and Environment, Chandran Nair, China, Clean Clothes Campaign, Clean Cookstoves, D-Rev, Durban Automotive Cluster, economic competitiveness, FOEI, gas flaring, GGFR, Global Compact, government, Green jobs, health, health care, ILO, India, Industrial Development Organization, issue 10, junk food, Klaus Leisinger, ldc, least developed countries, Making It magazine, McDonald's, national policies, Nnimmo Bassey, Novartis, pharmaceutical, poverty, Supersize me, sustainable industrial development, technology, The health of nations, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, Viet Nam, Vyellatex, World Bank

The third industrial revolution

The third industrial revolution

14 February 2012

Jeremy Rifkin explains how the five pillars of a third energy-communications revolution will create the foundations for the next great wave of economic growth

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged business, Christiana Figueres, climate change, communication/energy nexus, consumers, debt, different energy system, economic competitiveness, electric plug-in and fuel cell vehicles, energy internet, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, fossil fuel energies, Foundation on Economic Trends, government, Green Industry initiative, hunger and starvation, incentivize transformation, industrial civilization, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, issue 9, Jeremy Rifkin, ldc, least developed countries, living standards, Making It magazine, micro-power plants, mobile phone and ict sector, national policies, new economic narrative, new energy systems, oil, our low-carbon future, poverty, renewable energy technologies, smart and just grids, Sustainable Energy for All, sustainable industrial development, technology, third industrial revolution, UN, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, universal access to modern energy services

Issue 9: Our low-carbon future

Issue 9: Our low-carbon future

4 January 2012

Imagine a future where the power of green technology drives a new economic revolution, and where everyone, all over the world, has access to clean, safe, and affordable energy services. Does this sound far-fetched? Not according to our contributors. Jeremy Rifkin, whose latest book, The Third Industrial Revolution, is making a big impact, sees developments […]

Posted in The Magazine | Tagged business, Christiana Figueres, climate change, communication/energy nexus, consumers, debt, different energy system, economic competitiveness, electric plug-in and fuel cell vehicles, energy internet, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, fossil fuel energies, Foundation on Economic Trends, government, Green Industry initiative, hunger and starvation, incentivize transformation, industrial civilization, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, issue 9, Jeremy Rifkin, ldc, least developed countries, living standards, Making It magazine, micro-power plants, mobile phone and ict sector, national policies, new economic narrative, new energy systems, oil, our low-carbon future, poverty, renewable energy technologies, smart and just grids, Sustainable Energy for All, sustainable industrial development, technology, third industrial revolution, UN, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, universal access to modern energy services

Africa's superpower

Africa’s superpower

18 November 2011

A country feature on South Africa, with an exclusive interview with International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Maite Knoana-Mishabane

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2010 World Cup, Africa's superpower, agents of change, BASIC Group, BRIC, business, carbon capture and storage technology, carbon emissions, coal, competition, COP17/CMP7, country feature, decline in poverty, development, Dipuo Peters, Durban, empowering and educating women, Energy Minister, entrepreneurship, environmental authorities, exclusive interview, Finance Minister, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, health problems, HIV/AIDS, how to be resourceful with limited resources, human systems, income and wealth, Industrial Development Organization, industrializing countries, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, International Relations and Cooperation Minister, inventions, issue 8, Jacob Zuma, labour costs, labour productivity, limited access to economic opportunities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Making It, manufacturing, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, minerals, New Growth Path, OECD, planet, population, poverty alleviation, Pravin Gordhan, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, social grant system, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, trade, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, Vienna Energy Forum, water and sanitation, what to do to save the environment, women's education, working-age population

On the road again – with a new roadmap

On the road again – with a new roadmap

11 November 2011

European Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potočnik, on why environmentalists and industry in Europe must work together to decouple growth from resource depletion

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Antonio Tajani, Asia-Pacific, business, cobalt, competition, development, earth, environmental authorities, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Commissioner for Environment, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Union, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, how to be resourceful with limited resources, import-dependent, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, issue 8, Janez Potocnik, labour costs, labour productivity, latin america, Making It, Middle East, minerals, North Africa, planet, platinum, population, poverty alleviation, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, titanium, trade, UNIDO, United Nations, vanadium, what to do to save the environment

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