Climate Change Leaders - making a difference in SA

The keynote speaker at the event was Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International. More recently, he served as chair of the civil society alliance ‘Global Campaign for Climate Action' (GCCA), of which Greenpeace was a founding member. The South African Post Office was the key sponsor with Carbon Protocol (CP) of South Africa, Primedia and Food & Trees for Africa as partners

Winners

• Post Bank Community Sector Category: Winner - John Nzira, Urban Farming; Second - Soil for Life and third - Wonderbag;
  
• Corporate Services Category: - Nedbank;
  
• Retail Sector Category: - Woolworths;
  
• Small and Medium Business Sector: - Rocking the Daisies Music Festival;
  
• Industrial and Manufacturing Sector: - No winners though Lafarge and Sasol got a special mention;
  
• Green Champion Award - Terry Volkwyn, CEO Primedia Broadcasting and Motshoanetsi Lefoka Group CEO and the SA Post Office.

Lefoka commented, “We believe that work to combat climate change at grassroots level should be encouraged. We are aware of the effect that business activities can have on the environment, which is why the service is investing in technology and processes that limit environmental impact.”

This was a low-carbon event with local and organic food and wines served, living plants as décor and carbon absorbing Portulacaria (Elephant Bush) donated by Random Harvest Nursery as gifts for guests.