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To Tackle Plastic Pollution, Partnership Helps Companies See Their Role in the Problem
The amount of plastic going into the environment could be reduced by 80% from 2020 levels by 2040, creating new jobs, saving governments billions of dollars and reducing plastics-related greenhouse gas emissions.
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- Environment, WASH
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- Global
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- economic, environment, partnerships, recycling, sustainability, WASH, waste
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Empowering Rural Women
How a packaging startup is spearheading a model for effective, sustainable impact in Cameroon.
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- Entrepreneurship, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Water For People Receives $15 Million Donation From Mackenzie Scott
Without focused attention and investment, the poor, the most marginalized, and those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
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- WASH
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- Global
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NGO Retracts ‘Waste Colonialism’ Report Blaming Asian Countries for Plastic Pollution
Ocean Conservancy apologizes for ‘false narrative’ of 2015 study that put blame for bulk of world’s plastic waste on five Asian states.
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- WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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- environment, pollution, WASH, waste, water
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Amazon Will Donate $10 Million to Help a Million People Get Access to Safe Water
Amazon is helping to launch one of the largest private investment portfolios in water and climate, bringing lasting water access for 100 million people.
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: LIXIL and UNICEF to Improve Sanitation and Hygiene in Bihar and Odisha
LIXIL, maker of pioneering water and housing products, and UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organization, have announced the expansion of the ‘Make a Splash!’
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- WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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‘Nearly Every Indicator of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals Is off Track’: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Report
This year's report, "The Future of Progress," especially noted the impact of the pandemic, wars in Ukraine and Yemen.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Education, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Global
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- climate, poverty, SDGs, social impact, sustainability
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Gap’s Water and Sanitation Initiative Empowers 2 Million Indians
Gap Inc., the renowned US specialty clothing retailer, has achieved its goal to empower two million people to improve their access to water and sanitation in India.
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- WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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- business development, sanitation, scale, WASH, water
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