Woolworths has diverted over a million 500ml PET bottles from waste streams and recycled them into polyester materials to be used in some of the retailer's 2020 winter fashion ranges...
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The 12 winners of the inaugural HSBC Future Skills Innovation Challenge include South Africa's Use-It, an organisation that teaches young people how to manufacture innovative products out of waste...
29 May 2020
The battle against plastic pollution has rapidly gained momentum in recent years.
Holly Turner and Louise Wihlborn 15 May 2020
Trent Pike, founder of Mielie Mailer, believes that after the nationwide lockdown, more courier companies should consider looking at sustainable alternatives...
Evan-Lee Courie 24 Apr 2020
Today, Sappi joined the world in celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and in honouring the theme of climate action...
Sappi 22 Apr 2020
Self-isolation, lockdowns, working remotely and physical distancing can get you down. Bizcommunity is the daily 'virtual commute' that brings you closer to 19 industry communities...
Bizcommunity.com 15 Apr 2020
The Green Outcomes Fund (GOF) is a first of its kind structure, which incentivises local South African fund managers to increase investment in green SMMEs...
7 Apr 2020
It requires seeing and doing things differently to reduce, reuse and "create water"...
Ettienne Thiebaut 20 Mar 2020
The African Development Bank has signed an $800,000 grant agreement with the government of Seychelles to support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in its Blue Economy sector...
20 Mar 2020
With the aim to reduce environmental waste and create much-needed jobs at the same time, a "separation at source" project is being rolled out in the towns of Thohoyandou and Sibasa in Limpopo's Thulamela Municipality...
16 Mar 2020
Having a well-planned and robust sustainability strategy has become increasingly important for businesses in recent years...
13 Mar 2020
Standard Bank has issued its first green bond, a 10-year facility with the express purposes of raising capital for use in on-lending by Standard Bank Group's (SBG) Sustainable Finance Business Unit...
5 Mar 2020
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa has introduced a 2L returnable bottle made of PET plastic that can be reused up to 14 times...
6 Feb 2020
South Africa is the latest to join The Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Plastics Pact global network, aligned with its New Plastics Economy vision...
6 Feb 2020
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