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The crippling cost of debt financing for many developing countries has hamstrung their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, forced cutbacks in development spending, and constrained their ability to respond to further shocks, according to a new report launched by the United Nations. 2022 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Bridging the Finance Divide The 2022 Financing for Sustainable...

The geographical location of Israel is not very favorable for development and progress. Despite that, the country has flourished tremendously. How did it make this possible? The answer is sustainability. In Israel, sustainable development is not a frill or a buzzword; it is a necessity for improving the well-being of current and future generations. One...

On the back of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent crises, the region is fast losing ground on its ability to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Ninth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) opened today in Bangkok with a resounding call for countries to ensure recovery strategies are inclusive, just and leaves no one behind...

The need to reach those who are furthest behind has never been greater, reveals the 2022 Asia and the Pacific Sustainable Development Goals Progress Report issued today by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The report finds that average progress in the region disproportionately excludes some groups with distinct demographic and...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed by Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland and President and CEO of PATH, Mr Nikolaj Gilbert outlined several key areas for innovation and collaboration. This includes leveraging innovative and digital technologies to strengthen Commonwealth countries’ health systems and epidemic preparedness and response. The MOU will allow both organisations to work...

This International Women’s Day, De Beers Group is proud to announce it has extended its partnership with WomEng for a further three years, expanding the reach to cover all four of the countries where De Beers discovers diamonds and placing a greater focus on supporting women and girls to pursue careers in sustainability-related fields. The...

FUJIFILM Holdings, the holding company of Fujifilm Group, has announced the donation of a total of 2 million U.S. dollars to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and its neighbouring countries engaged in aid to the people of Ukraine. The company will donate a total of 1 million U.S. dollars to United Nations High Commissioner for...

Twilio, the cloud communications platform, has released its 2021 Impact and DEI Report, announcing that 7,624 organizations used Twilio’s technology platform and funding to help 511 million people in 2021, representing fifteen percent of the world’s population, and a 92 percent increase in people reached year over year. The report reveals how Twilio’s model of...

Qualcomm is the world’s leading wireless technology innovator and the driving force behind the development, launch and expansion of 5G. When they connected the phone to the internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, their foundational technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are found in every 3G, 4G and 5G smartphone. Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT)...

EARTHDAY.ORG is pleased to announce its partnership with ClimateScience for the ClimateScience Olympiad 2022. The initiative is the brainchild of Eric Steinberger, EARTHDAY.ORG's Youth Ambassador in Austria and a member of the organization's My Future My Voice initiative that has brought together young environmental leaders from 90 countries to synergize efforts for a better...

Assuring that no country will be left behind, Mr Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt and COP 27 President Designate, said the outcomes at Sharm el Sheikh, the venue for COP 27, will be a turning point in terms of 'global climate action. With its focus on implementation and delivery, COP 27 will be...

Vedanta Aluminium Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, secures 4th rank among global aluminium producers in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) family. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices are a family of best-in-class global benchmarks that track the performance of the world's leading companies in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria....