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PepsiCo Is Bringing Safe Water to Sub-Saharan Africa With $1 Million Programme
PepsiCo's investment aims to help improve water infrastructure, build new water supply systems and appropriate sanitation facilities, and promote hygiene education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- funding, hygiene, philanthropy, sanitation, WASH, water
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Filling the Water Access Funding Gap: Three Lessons to Maximize the Impact of Innovative Finance
More than two billion people still live without access to safe drinking water, but global funding to meet their water needs is severely lacking. As Lauren Cuscuna of Safe Water Network explains, innovative financing mechanisms can help fill the gap – but blended finance transactions in the water sector are lower than in other industries. She shares three key lessons Safe Water Network has learned while implementing innovative financing approaches to meet the long-term needs of the local water enterprises it works with in Ghana and India.
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- Finance, Technology, WASH
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Press Release: PepsiCo Chooses CropX to Achieve Global Sustainability Goals
CropX, a leading global Ag Analytics provider and PepsiCo México, an American multinational food, snack and beverage corporation headquartered in U.S.A.
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- Agriculture, WASH
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- Global
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- agriculture, farming, sustainability, technology, WASH, water
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Report: Clothing Production Killing Africa Rivers as Water Scarcity Surges
Production of clothing, including for high street brands in Europe, the UK and the US is killing Africa’s rivers through polluting discharges of untreated industrial wastewater, a new report reveals.
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- WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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- pollution, sanitation, sustainability, WASH, water
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Press Release: PepsiCo Announces “Net Water Positive” Commitment
PepsiCo, Inc. announced its ambition to become "Net Water Positive" by 2030, and aims to replenish more water than the company uses, which would place it among the most water-efficient food or beverage manufacturers operating in high-risk watersheds.
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- Environment, WASH
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- Global
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- climate change, environment, sustainability, WASH, water
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Emergency Plan to Supply Water to One Million People Namibia
The Namibia Water Sector Support Programme (NWSSP) aims to improve the quality, safety and sustainability of water supply and sanitation services.
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- WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- food security, governance, sanitation, sustainability, WASH, water
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The Bita Drinking Water Megaproject in Angola Registers $500 Million in Financing
Financed by The World Bank and the French Development Agency, this project will benefit 7.5 million people in Luanda and its surroundings.
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- WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- healthcare, social impact, sustainability, WASH, water
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Press Release: Billions of People Will Lack Access to Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in 2030 Unless Progress Quadruples – Warn WHO, UNICEF
Latest estimates reveal that 3 in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water at home during the COVID-19 pandemic
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- Coronavirus, WASH
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- Global
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- coronavirus, hygiene, investment, sanitation, WASH, water
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