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Sustainability
International sports
Theresa Krinninger

Glow time

Scandals have forced anti-doping agencies to act more forcefully

Waste management
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The new plastics economy

World Economic Forum demands radical change in plastics industry to reduce environmental damage and boost economic efficiency

Fashion industry
Floreana Miesen

Mainstreaming responsibility

NGOs want to mobilise consumer pressure towards higher production standards in fashion industry

Standardisation
Andreas Hauser

Turning wastewater into drinking water

TÜV SÜD is working on an international standard for decentralised wastewater treatment systems

Editorial
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Consumerism’s side-effect

Formal waste management is one of the most important municipal services

Development policy
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Managing migration in Africa

The point is to improve living condition, not to thwart flight

Jobs
Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola
Eva-Maria Verfürth

“Incentives for behaviour change”

Wecyclers help to tackle garbage challenge in Lagos, Nigeria

Recycling
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

From garbage to innovation

In Uganda, some women earn their money recycling plastic

Recycling
Ruediger Kuehr

“22 kilogrammes per person and year“

Why e-waste must be properly recycled

Recycling
Ruediger Kuehr

Why statistics are not enough

Brief history of the StEP initiative

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire