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Ore containing copper and cobalt. Source: Paul-Alain Hunt/Unsplash

Mining

Regulatory overhaul puts halt on DRC cobalt exports

Lindsey Schutters 25 Feb 2025

Sars increases customs duties: What it means for your online retail orders

Regulatory

Sars increases customs duties: What it means for your online retail orders

Chetan Vanmali, Yael Shafrir, Emily Gammon, Sidrah Suliman, Lauren Jimmy & Danica Jonker 17 Sep 2024

Glencore has finally reached closure on the DRC criminal case

Mining

Glencore closes DRC criminal investigations

5 Aug 2024

Advancing sustainability across sectors in South Africa and the continent

Marketing

Advancing sustainability across sectors in South Africa and the continent

Issued by Topco Media 27 Mar 2024

A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how

Fuel & Energy

A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how

Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Waqas Uzair, Yasir Arafat 26 Mar 2024

Source: Pixabay.

Economy

2024 must be the year of sustainable investment

Carl Roothman 3 Apr 2024

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is seen in Washington, D.C., USA. Source: Reuters/Andrew Kelly

Technology

Unanimous ruling favours Big Tech in DRC child labour cobalt claim

Jonathan Stempel 6 Mar 2024

Ending child labour in the agriculture sector: Where risk draws the line

Agriculture

Ending child labour in the agriculture sector: Where risk draws the line

Kate Collier 29 Nov 2023

Cocoa prices are surging: West African countries should seize the moment to negotiate a better deal for farmers

Agro-processing

Cocoa prices are surging: West African countries should seize the moment to negotiate a better deal for farmers

5 Oct 2023

Making cotton sustainable requires science, investment and governance

ESG

Making cotton sustainable requires science, investment and governance

5 Oct 2023

Farmers plant more cocoa outside Africa as prices rally

Agro-processing

Farmers plant more cocoa outside Africa as prices rally

Marcelo Teixeira 2 Oct 2023

Some US companies still failing to meet conflict minerals rules, GAO says

Markets & Investment

Some US companies still failing to meet conflict minerals rules, GAO says

David Lewis 24 Jul 2023

Marketing

Modern marketing dilemmas: Is brand differentiation an effective way to reduce customer price sensitivity?

Mary Kyriakidi and Graham Staplehurst, Issued by Kantar 7 Mar 2023

Responsible Minerals Initiative cuts ITSCI from approved traceability list

Sustainability

Responsible Minerals Initiative cuts ITSCI from approved traceability list

Helen Reid 1 Nov 2022

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ESG

Cadbury-maker Mondelez pumps another $600m into cocoa sustainability programme

1 Nov 2022

Source: Raconteur Despite many countries signing the Harkin-Engel Protocol in 2002 an estimated 20 million children are still working on cocoa farms in West Africa

ESG

Cape Roasters launch sustainably sourced Nuggles

21 Sep 2022

The shock of 134,500 Covid orphans in South Africa

Law of Succession

The shock of 134,500 Covid orphans in South Africa

Issued by Capital Legacy 30 Mar 2022

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Forestry

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ange Aboa 4 Mar 2022

Nestle to pay cocoa farmers to keep children in school

Agro-processing

Nestle to pay cocoa farmers to keep children in school

Silke Koltrowitz and Maytaal Angel 27 Jan 2022

Ksenya Samarskaya named TDC's first-ever MD

The One Club for Creativity

Ksenya Samarskaya named TDC's first-ever MD

Evan-Lee Courie 19 Jan 2022

Covid-19

Learning crisis, rising poverty and child brides in Uganda; Covid school closures blamed

12 Jan 2022

What makes chocolate ethically sourced? More importantly, how do we make every bite count?

FMCG

What makes chocolate ethically sourced? More importantly, how do we make every bite count?

Issued by Irvine Partners 29 Oct 2021

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Agribusiness

What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture

Wandile Sihlobo 27 Oct 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 November, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Mining

Congo likely to start artisanal cobalt buying

Pratima Desai & Helen Reid 13 Jul 2021

ESG

Doing good is good for business: How brand purpose can steer your sustainability journey in Africa

Adeola Tejumola, Issued by Kantar 4 May 2021

Greening the global textile value chain

Fashion & Homeware

Greening the global textile value chain

Lauren Hartzenberg 23 Apr 2021

Supply Chain

Covid-19 and the sustainable procurement revolution

Christelle Marais 10 Dec 2020

A creuseur or digger, descends into a tunnel at the mine in Kawama, Democratic Republic of Congo. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Health & Safety

As cobalt demand booms, companies must do more to protect Congolese miners

Dorothee Baumann-Pauly & Serra Cremer Iyi 26 Nov 2020

Traceable, commercially-viable artisanal gold supply chain operational in Côte d'Ivoire

Mining

Traceable, commercially-viable artisanal gold supply chain operational in Côte d'Ivoire

29 Sep 2020

How Asia's clothing factories switched to making PPE - but sweatshop problems live on

Design & Manufacturing

How Asia's clothing factories switched to making PPE - but sweatshop problems live on

Alessandra Mezzadri and Kanchana N Ruwanpura 23 Jul 2020

Why is used clothing popular across Africa? We found out in Malawi

Fashion & Homeware

Why is used clothing popular across Africa? We found out in Malawi

Dan Banik 10 Jul 2020

Covid-19 jeopardising progress made in protecting women, girls from violence, harmful practices

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Covid-19 jeopardising progress made in protecting women, girls from violence, harmful practices

Justine Coulson, Roberta Clarke, and Mohamed M. Fall 17 Jun 2020

'Nobody eats GDP' says AfDB president during economic report launch

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

'Nobody eats GDP' says AfDB president during economic report launch

6 Feb 2020

Image: Jan-Joseph Stok/Terre des Hommes

Mining

Children labour rife in Madagascar mica mining sector

19 Nov 2019

Ghana's cocoa farmers are trapped by the chocolate industry

Agribusiness

Ghana's cocoa farmers are trapped by the chocolate industry

Michael E Odijie 11 Oct 2019

3 clothing brands on an ethical production journey

Fashion & Homeware

3 clothing brands on an ethical production journey

2 Oct 2019

Mondelez to add Cocoa Life / 'Helping Farmers to Grow' symbol on chocolate products

ESG

Mondelez to add Cocoa Life / 'Helping Farmers to Grow' symbol on chocolate products

2 Apr 2019

Labour organisations urged to embrace technology

4th Industrial Revolution

Labour organisations urged to embrace technology

1 Mar 2019

Colleges collaborate to bridge the education gap

Higher Education

Colleges collaborate to bridge the education gap

Roshin Schmidt, Issued by False Bay College 21 Feb 2019

ILO plans centenary celebrations

Management & Leadership

ILO plans centenary celebrations

8 Nov 2018

Financial Services

ESG should be part of a financial advisor's fiduciary duty

1 Nov 2018

Make the most of your marketing budget

Marketing

Make the most of your marketing budget

Mike Salomon 12 Oct 2018

Is 'chocapocalypse' looming? Why we need to understand what's at stake

FMCG

Is 'chocapocalypse' looming? Why we need to understand what's at stake

Jovana Stanisljevic 4 Sep 2018

What is corporate social responsibility - and does it work?

ESG & Sustainability

What is corporate social responsibility - and does it work?

Muhammad Azizul Islam 8 Aug 2018

Agricultural policies need to address child labour concerns

Agriculture

Agricultural policies need to address child labour concerns

13 Jun 2018

It's time for Malawi to quit tobacco

Agriculture

It's time for Malawi to quit tobacco

Julia Smith 4 Jun 2018

Photo by Seth Doyle on Unsplash

Mining

How children are lured into mining

Syriacus Buguzi 11 May 2018

Why the e-cigarette industry needs global regulations

Regulatory

Why the e-cigarette industry needs global regulations

Tanusree Jain 8 Mar 2018

Photo: Phys.org

Mining

Cobalt prices soar, but Congo's small miners see little of the gain

23 Feb 2018

Unilever threatens to pull ads from 'divisive platforms'

Advertising

Unilever threatens to pull ads from 'divisive platforms'

13 Feb 2018