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Treasury stands firm over carbon tax
[Linda Ensor] The Treasury is sticking to its guns about implementing the carbon tax from next year, dashing the hopes of business that there might be further delays... read more>>

MAN Truck, Bus SA set benchmark for sustainability

MAN Truck and Bus SA has officially announced the conversion of its Pinetown assembly plant to solar power. The truck and bus chassis assembly plant is now capable of operating entirely off solar energy...

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GreenOvation a platform to showcase green innovation

The Alchemist PR and TEVA Windows have partnered with Finweek and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) SA to produce the country's first publication of its kind, GreenOvation...

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Biodiversity Management Plan for white rhino gazetted

On 31 March 2015, the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, published the Biodiversity Management Plan for the white rhinoceros in the Government Gazette for public comment...

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Climate Change
Why conservation agriculture must be promoted in SA
In contrast to other parts of the world, like the Americas, the use of conservation agriculture methods in South Africa is still relatively limited. It is vital that this situation be remedied urgently, says Richard Findlay of the No-Till Club in KwaZulu-Natal... read more>>
CSI & Sustainable Development
Imperial Green Mobility donates electric vehicles to Shamwari
Imperial Green Mobility has donated several electric all-terrain safari vehicles to an anti-poaching programme in the Eastern Cape. The vehicles will not only provide a completely off-grid solution for a 'green' game reserve experience, but also be utilised by conservationists to track injured rhino and deter poachers... read more>>
Samsung launches initiative to make a difference
Samsung Electronics Africa has launched a new initiative called 'What If I Can', with the vision to show consumers how even taking small steps in their everyday lives can contribute towards making bigger changes for those around them... read more>>
Ecotourism & Biodiversity
SA Agulhas II embarks on voyage to Marion Island
The SA Agulhas II has embarked on her third logistical and scientific voyage to Marion Island on Thursday, 9 April... read more>>
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Suntech's modules receive VDE certification
Suntech's modules have received the VDE certification of the enhanced hail test, demonstrating the high quality and durability of its modules in extreme weather conditions... read more>>
Toyota acquires ISO 50001 energy management certification
Toyota Motor Corporation has acquired the international energy management system certification ISO 50001, which requires the introduction of comprehensive company-wide measures to use energy more efficiently... read more>>
International
Japan to pledge 20% greenhouse gas cut: report
Japan will promise to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent from 2013 levels ahead of a global summit on climate change this year, a report said on Thursday, 9 April, despite uncertainty over post-Fukushima energy policy... read more>>
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How to get digital transformation right

Jayne Archbold

There has been a lot of talk recently about digital transformation and how every business has to be a digital business... read more>>
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