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
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
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
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 […]
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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
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
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 […]
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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
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
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