Radisson Hotel Group is scaling its Verified Net Zero hotel model beyond the pilot stage. That matters because ESG is shifting from pledges and policies to audited delivery.
GHG Protocol has proposed a tougher boundary for Scope 3 reporting. It would require companies to cover at least 95% of the required Scope 3 emissions.
Central banks are being pushed deeper into climate-risk supervision and stress testing. But the emissions data beneath those exercises are often built for different jobs.
Nigeria has exported about 950,000 barrels of a new crude grade to the Netherlands. The milestone signals fresh upstream momentum, but it also sharpens questions about local refinery supply, pump prices and policy discipline.
Mauritius has unveiled a three-year renewable pipeline designed to add 405 MW to the grid, backed by home solar, wind expansion and battery storage.
Waste is increasing faster than earlier forecasts suggested, and the sharpest pressure is now building across the Global South. A World Bank assessment says cities are heading toward a more immediate waste crunch than policymakers had expected.
Sahara Group has opened applications for its #SaharaBeyondXXX Graduate Management Trainee Programme.
Nigeria’s power crisis is sharpening the case for mini grids as a faster, more practical route to electricity access.
KOKO Networks’ collapse was not just a startup failure. It exposed a deeper shift in African carbon markets, where strong project design no longer guarantees viability if governments control authorisation, exports and value distribution.
The sustainability backlash has not erased a harder truth: investors still reward credible green strategies when tied to growth, costs or risk reduction. What markets reject is a vague purpose without business logic.
Nigeria and Kenya are moving cautiously in the right direction on perceptions of women in leadership. However, the latest Reykjavík Index shows that progress remains partial, uneven, and highly sector-specific.
Malaysia is trying to solve a problem that African markets know well: how to turn sustainability ambition into a financing language that banks, investors and regulators can actually use.
Food companies are discovering that ESG is no longer mainly about disclosure. From Brussels to Washington, regulators are building systems that demand traceability, due diligence and assurance before products can reach major markets.
ESG scores are getting harder to improve just as disclosure rules spread and capital gets pickier. For African issuers, lenders and suppliers, the easiest gains no longer come from glossy reports.
Europe’s ESG architecture is no longer one big compliance block. CSRD and CSDDD target different corporate duties, timelines and thresholds; however, together they are reshaping how companies demonstrate sustainability, risk control and supply chain integrity.
Europe’s sustainability rulebook is being trimmed, not abandoned. The simplified ESRS has sharply reduced reporting volume, but leaves the core logic of double materiality, governance accountability and assurance intact.
A global analysis shows climate change is no longer an abstract future threat. Between December 2025 and February 2026, it helped drive dangerous heat exposure across much of the world, often in places least able to absorb the shock.
Tourism is no longer being treated only as a leisure industry. It is increasingly viewed as a development platform that can create jobs, attract investment, support conservation and strengthen local economies, if destinations are designed to manage both growth and its side effects.
Climate finance is not standing still. Climate-themed funds grew, corporate target-setting improved, emissions disclosure widened, and carbon-credit retirements rose again in 2025.
African and emerging markets are entering a new carbon-market era with Article 6 largely settled; however, it is not yet safely governed.
Africa’s democracy debate is no longer about whether citizens still value democratic rule. It is about why support for democracy remains high while democratic outcomes, in many countries, remain fragile, uneven, or in retreat.
Africa’s critical minerals moment is being framed as a green opportunity; however, raw extraction alone will not deliver green industrialisation. The real debate is whether the continent will supply the transition or shape it.
The UN-Water and UNESCO report reframes the global water crisis as a failure of governance and equity, rather than merely a resource shortage. Financing gaps, gender inequalities, and weak institutions continue to undermine access.
Indonesia’s Just Transition policy is ambitious, linking decarbonisation with jobs, equity, and growth, but its implementation reveals structural cracks. Governance instability, weak social financing, and fragmented policy execution threaten delivery.
Malawi’s reform moment has arrived under pressure, not prosperity. With inflation near 30%, exports shrinking and reserves critically low, the country faces a narrowing window to restore macroeconomic credibility.
The Future Action Summit (FAS) Thailand 2025, organized by the global youth-led organization Echo Change, is a four-day international summit distinct from the UN's "Summit of the Future" that convened in September 2024. FAS Thailand is specifically designed as a launchpad for youth-led action, driving tangible progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
New York City hosts the UNGA High-Level Week and Global Goals Week, bringing together world leaders, civil society, business, academia, and youth with a unified focus on accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fostering a more sustainable future.
ICSD 2025 brings together global experts to align research, policy, and practice around key SDGs. Focused on interdisciplinary solutions, with emphasis on education and capacity and building for sustainable progress by 2030.
The largest global climate convening of the year, aligning with UNGA 80 and Global Goals Week to accelerate climate solutions through over 900 events; with an am of shifting climate discourse from problem awareness to practical implementation, emphasising economic opportunity, innovation, and cross-sector collaboration.
A quadrennial global gathering of conservation leaders, policy‑makers, Indigenous Peoples, and innovators, convening to shape the global nature agenda through bold themes, science, equity, and collective action.
A premier annual gathering in Berlin, bringing together global leaders across politics, science, business, and civil society to shape the future of health under the theme “Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World.”
A dynamic one-day festival uniting global innovators and leaders in Vienna to showcase and accelerate climate‑tech solutions—from startups to researchers—culminating in the Climate Launchpad 2025 Global Grand Final.
Bringing together Africa’s sustainability ecosystem. This hybrid gathering is tailored for policymakers, investors, corporate leaders, and NGOs, focusing on ESG frameworks, climate finance, and sustainable innovation to drive Africa’s green transition.
Summary and evidence-based insights into corporate, government, and organisational sustainability disclosures across Africa, highlighting achievements, uncovering gaps, and spotlight opportunities for progress.
