ESG News For Tanzania

Zayed Sustainability Prize celebrates innovators driving global progress at 2025 Awards

Topcon Positioning Systems announces support of the global nonprofit organization Wine To Water (WTW) through sponsorship of a WTW Filter Build®. The event was held during the Topcon Technical Xperience in October for distributors from around the world, including North America, Latin America, and Australia, at the Topcon Positioning Systems global headquarters in California, USA. Participants built 200 filter kits that will be distributed worldwide to provide clean, potable water. It is estimate

Official launch of the “Access to Health” initiative announced at the World Stroke Congress by WSO President, Dr. Sheila MartinsPartnership aims to reduce healthcare disparities with pilot projects in Nigeria and TanzaniaProject leaders and healthcare professionals convene to discuss next steps and project execution

NutriHarvest will focus on three key areas including VACS, school food programs, and poultry farming for vulnerable communities.

More Than 22,000 Takeda Employees Selected the FY2024 New Partners: Population Services International, Bulungula Incubator, Reach Out Cameroon, Seed Global Health and VillageReachTakeda’s Five New Partnerships Boost Total Global CSR Program Contributions to JPY 28.8 Billion (Approx. USD 199.1 million) Across 34 Diverse Partnerships Worldwide and extend our reach to an additional 2 million direct beneficiariesTakeda’s Global CSR Program Expects to Reach 27 Million People in 93 Countries by 2030

HERITΛGE announces the recipients of a second round of small grants for African heritage projects, generously supported by the Mellon Foundation...

GreenPan, award-winning inventors of PFAS-free ceramic nonstick cookware, is once again partnering with EARTHDAY.ORG to plant one tree per order purchased on their website (www.GreenPan.us) throughout the month of April. This partnership is one slice of GreenPan’s overall Earth Month efforts to further their sustainability mission while encouraging customers to pursue healthier and more earth-friendly practices in the kitchen.GreenPan is participating in EARTHDAY.ORG’s 2024 The Canopy Project® w

The Donation, Worth More Than $125,000, Was Made to Celebrate Summit’s Founding and One of Its Primary Core Values of Helping People

Pure Earth’s “Rapid Market Screening” (RMS) study, the largest and most diverse of its kind to date, found high rates of lead contamination in metal and ceramic foodware, paint, cosmetics, and toys, posing potentially serious health risks to those exposed to themNew World Bank research published in The Lancet Planetary Health reveals a dramatically greater burden and cost of lead exposure on IQ loss in children and on cardiovascular deaths in adults, six-fold greater than previously thought, and an estimated global cost of US$6 trillion.Pure Earth unveils a seven-point action plan to address the lead contamination crisis and calls for increased investment to scale proven solutions.

Funds Raised at Event Will Help Bring Clean Water to Those in Need

In celebration of International Women’s Day, global education organization Room to Read today announced She Creates Change, the first nonprofit-led animation and live action film project to promote gender equality through the stories of young women around the world. The multi-media initiative — which in addition to a six-episode film series also includes books and audio stories — boldly aims to reach all 432 million adolescent girls (ages 12-18) in the world with content and educational curricul

Global animal health company renews co-funding with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the health and productivity of dairy, beef, poultry and fish producers in seven new countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

New grants increase investments to locally-led organizations

Wine To Water seeks volunteers for service trips to Nepal and Dominican Republic

7 Projects Across 5 African Countries Expected to Deliver 3.5 Million Devices and Avoid 50 Million tCO2e of Emissions Over 15 Years

Nexa3D partners with ForestNation to plant the Nexa3D Forest in TanzaniaThe Nexa3D Forest began with 10 trees planted for every current employee, resulting in a total of 1,070 treesTrees will also be planted for every 3D printer sold

-‘Tell Your Story’ was the Theme of Vasayo’s January 2022 Convention, Now Available in On-Demand Video-

$11 million in general operating support was committed to organizations led by under-represented populations

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE: ELAN) today announces its inclusion in FORTUNE’s 2021 Change the World list, which recognizes companies that have made an important social or environmental impact through their profit-making strategy and operations.This year’s publication honored Elanco’s shared value initiative “East Africa Growth Accelerator (EAGA)” and ranked Elanco 19th on the list of 53 companies that do well by doing good.With the East Africa Growth Accelerator, Elanco provides smal

Inspirational Finalists Announced for the $5 Million Elevate Prize

CLEANHUB secures seed funding and aims to reduce influx of plastic into the oceans by 50% by 2030.

Forest to be established by planting 44,000 trees in honor of the 3,607+ US healthcare workers who lost their lives fighting the Pandemic, and for the 40,000+ children in the US who have lost a parent to Covid-19

Investment builds on the company’s forestry and responsible packaging innovations to deliver new financial and climate returns

Company Celebrates Migrants in Honor of International Migrants Day

Eight-year Collaboration with UN Foundation has Provided 60 Million Immunizations to Vulnerable Populations Around the World

Pathways to Progress to Cumulatively Support Over a Million Youth Globally Through Employment Skills and Entrepreneurship Programs

Food security efforts, including education program to improve livestock health among African farmers, detailed in Elanco’s new social impact report

Elanco Animal Health Inc. (NYSE: ELAN) today announced that its shared value East Africa Growth Accelerator (EAGA) initiative has delivered a Social Return on Investment (SROI) of almost 250% for dairy and poultry smallholder farmers, their families and other stakeholders in the region. For every US$1 invested by Elanco and its partners in the EAGA initiative during its initial phase from June 2017 to December 2018, $2.48 of socio-economic value has been created for society in East Africa.Accord

Led by the Zayed Sustainability PrizeAdvancing global progress towards the UN SDGs, a range of technologies and solutions will be deployed to empower vulnerable communities in 20 countries, by the end of 2020 Aiming to widen the global reach and accessibility of impactful sustainability solutions and innovations, the collaborative initiative builds on the UAE’s leading global role in humanitarianism and sustainability, and champions the values of inclusiveness and compassion outlined in the UAE’s Year of Tolerance Solutions and technologies being donated, were developed by Zayed Sustainability Prize winners and finalists across its Health, Food, Energy and Water categories

Over Next 5 Years, Walgreens Hopes to Provide 50 Million More Vaccines Through Get a Shot. Give a Shot. Campaign

Grants awarded at Komen-led Breast Cancer Disparities Research Summit

International teams developing the world’s most innovative solutions to extreme energy poverty

Takeda’s founding mission to serve patients, wherever they are, drives its increased commitments to disease prevention, capacity building, and access to healthcare in developing and emerging countries, in partnership with the global community. Through its annual Global CSR Program, approximately 20,000 employees worldwide cast their votes, selecting City Cancer Challenge, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), SeriousFun Children’s Network, UNICEF, and the UN Foundation as 2019 partners.With these programs, Takeda's contributions through its unique Global CSR Program total 10.5 billion yen for a total of 14 programs since its 2016 launch.

Gavi, NEC, and Simprints to deploy world’s first scalable child fingerprint identification solution to boost immunization in developing countries

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today became the first private sector company to announce a financial commitment to the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment. The new pledge, consisting of JP ¥ 1 billion over five years, builds on Takeda's previous contribution to the Global Fund. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190602005021/en/ Takeda, a leading globa

As Mother’s Day Approaches, ‘Save Our Moms’ Campaign Launches Across MTV and MTV News on All Platforms

10 programs selected to help support healthcare capacity building in resource-constrained countries More than $1 million in total provided to expand essential cancer care services

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE:ELAN) and Farm Radio International (FRI) have partnered to produce a 13-week series of radio programs designed to support and educate small-scale livestock farmers in North Tanzania to manage the challenges around livestock health and wellbeing, supporting a drive to greater food security, livestock health and care in the region. FRI and Elanco are working closely with local radio stations - Sauti ya Injili

Through the East Africa Growth Accelerator project, Elanco supports World Food Day by drawing attention to achieving a #zerohunger world by 2030

A report from Reach for Change shows the organization impacted 237,490 African children and youth through support programs for social entrepreneurs.

The new global impact initiative includes 25 projects spanning 15 countries and extends the company’s Blueprint for a Better World platform

Custom suite in Andaz London Liverpool Street hotel to benefit (RED)’s fight against AIDS

Funding supports research, health services and developing the next generation of global health leaders $170 million invested in combatting malaria since 2000 650,000 health workers trained, more than 3 million rapid diagnostic kits delivered

The Starbucks Foundation’s multi-year strategy will promote leadership and economic empowerment opportunities for women and families in coffee, tea and cocoa growing communities Partnership with Malala Fund will expand the organization’s Gulmakai Network of education champions in India and Latin America Malala Yousafzai curates an exclusive playlist for International Women’s Day to be played in 10,000 Starbucks® stores across the U.S. and Canada on March 8

Global tech company’s programs guide today’s innovators to a better tomorrow

CHATHAM HOUSE AND INTERNATIONAL SOS SIGN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

Product Assortment Includes Exclusive Designs from Aden + Anais, Butter Super Soft, Chocolate Skateboards, Fatboy, Global Brands Group, Junk Food, Kidrobot and Moschino

Teams from U.S., India and U.K. Move Forward in Competition to Develop Open Source and Scalable Education Software for Children in Developing Countries

Supported by the Baxter International Foundation, the Prestigious Award Recognizes Dr. Richmond’s Research on the Psychological Effects of Violence and Injury