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Anta Group teams with WWF on sustainable development

Aug 21, 2020Sportswear maker Anta Group is partnering with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in a move that will see both parties jointly invest more resources on sustainable environmental development. Anta Group, which was founded in 1991 and listed in Get price

Breaking New Ground: Mining, Minerals and Sustainable

ISBN: 1134898193 9781134898190: OCLC Number: 965710326: Description: 1 online resource: Contents: Foreword by Nigel Cross and Bjorn Stigson * Statement by the MMSD Assurance Group * Statement by the MMSD Sponsors Group * Executive Summary * Introduction * Part 1: A framework for change - The Minerals Sector and Sustainable Development. Get price

Food systems: at the heart of sustainable development

Food is fundamental to human development, brings joy, and unites families. Food systems have driven our transformation as a species from the time we roamed as hunter-gatherers some 10,000 years ago to the Green Revolution and the broad expansion of agro-industry that took place over the past 50-7 Get price

Breaking New Ground: Mining, Minerals and Sustainable

Drawing on the project's two-year process of consultation and research, Breaking New Ground describes the minerals sector and its relationship with concepts of sustainable development, and offers an Agenda for Change for immediate and future actions. Get price

Sustainable beauty

As IDUN Minerals is growing internationally our responsibility for the sustainable development of society at a local and global level also increases. We see this as a long-term work that will include all parts of the organization. The company should have a good profitability and simultaneously ensure a sustainable value chain to continue being Get price

UN chief to renew call on India, other G20 countries, to

Aug 27, 2020United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will renew his call to India and other G20 countries to invest in a clean, sustainable transition as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, during his virtual address to The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Guterres will deliver the 19th Darbari Seth Memorial lecture on 28 August organised by TERI, a global think-tank focusing Get price

Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, world leaders adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The goals define global sustainability aspirations to 2030. The SDG's came into effect in all countries, including Australia, in January 2016. Described as the 'blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all', the 17 goals describe Get price

Oil and gas

The Arctic's shallow and biologically productive seas are also rich with oil reserves. But oil exploration poses a tremendous risk to vulnerable Arctic ecosystems and communities. Oil and gas development could also damage fisheries, tourism and other, more sustainable economic activities. Get price

WWF South Africa

WWF works to look after our natural resources — oceans, land and wildlife — so we can continue to benefit from food, water and a healthy climate. in the Succulent Karoo. In search of wild treasures. Coming together to conserve wild treasures. 1000 steps for nature. Shop sustainable apparel for the future. At home with WWF: our new Get price

Seven trends that will shape the future of mining and

Aug 03, 2020The mining and metals industry is recovering from one of its most difficult periods in decades - and it now has to contend with a rapidly changing world. Here are seven factors that will determine which companies will prosper in the coming years Get price

Mineral Export Restraints and Sustainable Development by

Dec 31, 2011Forms of export restraints on minerals have been increasingly practiced by developing countries, reflecting developing countries' determination to upgrade their own economic condition against a broader backdrop of international economic transition in a mineral-hungry world. Gu, Bin, Mineral Export Restraints and Sustainable Development Get price

MMSD Inaugurates Joint Committee For Sustainable

Aug 17, 2020Minister of State Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah made this known at the inauguration of a Joint Technical Committee with Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission in Abuja. Dr Ogah explained that the aim was to accelerate sustainable development in the nation's Solid Mineral Get price

Socially Responsible Mining: the Relationship between

Acknowledging the need for action to make mining more sustainable, Tiffany Company, World Wildlife Fund, and Earthworks partnered to host a meeting in 2003 for NGOs, retailers, investors, insurers, and technical experts in the mineral sector to discuss a framework for improving the social and environmental impacts of mining. Get price

Why NGOs top the list of those advancing sustainable

Aug 08, 2019With this increased appreciation of WWF and Greenpeace, along with the strong performance of other NGOs such as the World Resources Institute, Oxfam and The Nature Conservancy, we are seeing a diverse set of NGOs that are both collaborative and activist leading the charge toward advancing sustainable development. WWF Get price

Mineral Production to Soar as Demand for Clean Energy

May 11, 2020The more ambitious climate targets, the more minerals needed for a clean energy transition. WASHINGTON, May 11, 2020 — A new World Bank Group report finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500% by 2050, to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies. It estimates that over 3 billion tons of minerals Get price

Sustainable building materials

Environmentally-friendly materials or green building materials. In building, environmentally-friendly materials (also known as green building materials) are those in which, for their production, placing and maintenance, actions of low environmental impact have been performed. They have to be durable, reusable or recyclable, include recyclable materials in their composition and have to be from Get price

The first guide for the global insurance industry to

PROTECTING OUR WORLD HERITAGE, INSURING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE 2 About WWF WWF is an independent conservation organization, with over 30 million followers and a global network active in nearly 100 countries. WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth's natural Get price

Industry Agenda Mining Metals in a Sustainable World 2050

Nov 25, 2014sustainable and responsible mineral development, the path towards a more sustainable world is full of uncertainties. There is an opportunity for different actors in the sector to develop solutions to these shifts and move beyond a passive acceptance of their consequences to pro-active action and innovation. A clear understanding of the potential Get price

Catalysing Global Sustainable Development

Gabon on sustainable forestry by Chinese companies. In Gabon, WWF established the Gabon-China Sustainable Forestry Roundtable; and 12 Chinese companies have pledged to comply with the SFA's voluntary overseas guidelines. Looking to the future Green development is now one of the five national development concepts in China with mandatory Get price

Mineral supply for sustainable development requires

Successful delivery of the United Nations sustainable development goals and implementation of the Paris Agreement requires technologies that utilize a wide range of minerals in vast quantities. Metal recycling and technological change will contribute to sustaining supply, but mining must continue and grow for the foreseeable future to ensure that such minerals Get price

The Law on Climate Change, a lever for sustainable

The Law on Climate Change, a lever for sustainable development. Posted on 02 mayo 2018. WWF WWF promotes initiatives that directly contribute to the mitigation and adaptation efforts to face climate change, in order to achieve the national objectives of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, says Mariela Cnepa. In this sense, WWF is Get price

Mineral Products Association Sustainability site

Sustainable Development Report 2016: Sep 2016: Mineral Products Association: Sustainable Development Report 2015: Jan 2016: British Lime Association (BLA) Sustainable Development Report 2014: Jan 2016: British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) Sustainable Development Report 2015: Jan 2016: MPA Cement: Sustainable Development Report Get price