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Flipping the script: How cleaner production is reshaping industrial growth in the Global South

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Industrialisation has powered development – potentially lifting millions out of poverty, creating employment, and driving growth. But today, the environmental costs of unchecked and often poorly planned industrial expansion can no longer be dismissed as tomorrow’s problem. Pollution knows no borders and its impacts on human and environmental health, including on productive systems like agriculture, […]

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Pakistan’s water paradox: Can a critically water-insecure nation sustain its water dependent economic engines?

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Pakistan is confronting a complex water crisis. Ranked 5th amongst the 23 most water-insecure countries globally in the 2023 Global Water Security Assessment by the United Nations, Pakistan faces low water resource availability, intricate water governance, disparate access to safe drinking water, and limited storage capacity. With about 38% of domestic wastewater effectively treated nationwide,

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Sustainable textiles through upscaling and commercialisation of banana fibre value addition in East Africa

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Uganda ranks among the top ten global producers and consumers of bananas and the highest in Africa, averaging 10 million tonnes annually. However, banana cultivation results in tonnes of post-harvest and processing waste. This Showcase Story highlights the BANATEX EA project which is valorising banana waste through natural fibre production, and assisting rural, marginalised communities in the process.

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Can cities in East Africa become Zero-Waste? An innovative partnership model shows a route to achieve this

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A Kenya-based entrepreneurial partnership between TakaTaka Solutions and Chanzi Ltd – who launched a business model in response to the SMEP Programme grant funding opportunity – has contributed to the scaling of an impactful waste management business model from Kenya into Tanzania.

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How the Ghana Clean-up Project is supporting SMEP’s Social Value Model through tackling plastic pollution

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SMEP-funded projects strive to leave no one behind and to facilitate decent work environments (SDG 8) by implementing various interventions, including activities that benefit the entire value chain and support SMEP’s social value model. This feature showcases activities from one SMEP grantee, the Ghana Clean-up Project, that align with SMEP’s social value model by tackling plastic pollution.

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The SMEP Programme: Highlighting the socio-economic impact of grant spending in underserved geographies

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Investing in donor grant spending in underserved geographies can significantly transform marginalised areas by stimulating local finance flows and local economic opportunities. We highlight two of the SMEP-funded projects which are designed to provide opportunities to those communities in difficult-to-reach areas and marginalised groups.

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Mananasi Fibre: An innovative start-up with a gender-friendly workplace ethic

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Mananasi Fibre is a start-up based in Thika, Kenya that takes a “hands-on” approach to innovation. The company’s mission is to transform discarded pineapple leaves into textile-grade fibres, nutrient-rich compost and soil-enhancing products. Mananasi kicked off site implementation in July 2023 with the help of grant funding from the SMEP Programme. The focus has been on testing and refining the technologies,

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Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution Programme

Flipping the script: How cleaner production is reshaping industrial growth in the Global South

Pakistan’s water paradox: Can a critically water-insecure nation sustain its water dependent economic engines?

Sustainable textiles through upscaling and commercialisation of banana fibre value addition in East Africa

Can cities in East Africa become Zero-Waste? An innovative partnership model shows a route to achieve this

How the Ghana Clean-up Project is supporting SMEP’s Social Value Model through tackling plastic pollution

The SMEP Programme: Highlighting the socio-economic impact of grant spending in underserved geographies

Mananasi Fibre: An innovative start-up with a gender-friendly workplace ethic

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