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How Timberland, Vans, VF Corporations Are Making Sure Their Cotton Isn’t ‘Greenwashed’
VF Corp., which owns Timberland, Vans and The North Face, bought the first-ever verified regenerative cotton crop in Haiti earlier this year with the help of the Smallholder Farmers Alliance.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Be Excited About Extended Producer Responsibility, Even if It’s Not a Silver Bullet
The bottom line is that a money flow is needed to improve recycling rates, and extended producer responsibility contributes to that.
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Global
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- circular economy, recycling, waste
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Ecobodaa and 4 Other Start-Ups Get $1.1 Million for Their Green Solutions in Africa
The funds were secured through a grant from the Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO).
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- agtech, renewable energy, startups
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Togo Secures $100 Million From the World Bank to Boost Access to Drinking Water in Greater Lomé
The funds will help the West African nation bolster access to drinking water in Greater Lomé and improve sanitation services in the surrounding area.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- water
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How Can Smart Cities Benefit Emerging Countries?
Creating and upgrading smart cities is seen as a key route to maintaining the standard of living in a sprawling city.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation, WASH
- Region
- Global
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ASEAN Social Enterprises Development Programme (ASEAN SEDP) 2023
This programme will provide social enterprises in the ASEAN region with access to opportunities to improve their ventures through increasing access to finance.
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- Social Enterprise
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Indonesian Healthcare Firm Bags $2 Million to Digitalize Medical Records in Hospitals
Zi.Care, which has digitised the medical record for 100-plus hospitals, looks to raise a total of US$3M in the Series A round.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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SME Growth Lab Partners with Shecluded to Empower African Female Entrepreneurs
As part of the 2023 IWD, SME Growth Lab Africa and Shecluded launched an only-female accelerator to provide a ₦1 million shared grant to five African entrepreneurs.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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