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'Change happens when young people believe their voices matter' - Anelisa Zungu

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Youth Day 2025: Equipping the next generation with skills for a changing world

How young South Africans are redefining the hospitality industry this Youth Month

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#See: Africa Tech Week Awards 2025 celebrates innovation

#See: Africa Tech Week Awards 2025 celebrates innovation

#See: Hertex HAUS reopens reimagined Bellville Showroom

#See: Hertex HAUS reopens reimagined Bellville Showroom

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Insights into H&M and WWF's partnership for a more sustainable future

Insights into H&M and WWF's partnership for a more sustainable future

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#WorldEnvironmentDay: New recycling initiative to minimise SA's impact on Antarctica

6 Jun 2025

Pick n Pay ends the 'plastic revolution' with Reverse Vending Machines

Pick n Pay ends the 'plastic revolution' with Reverse Vending Machines

5 Jun 2025

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Green cement would be a climate win for the globe. Source: Engin Akyurt/Pexels

Cambridge researchers break new ground in green cement

Lindsey Schutters 24 May 2024

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Fortinet 17 May 2024

Image supplied. Gary Koetser, CEO of Century City Conference Centre and Hotels gives 8 best practices for greener events

8 best practices for greener events

Gary Koetser 16 May 2024

Learn and win with Children vs. Champions e-waste recycling campaign

Learn and win with Children vs. Champions e-waste recycling campaign

16 May 2024

The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024

Giulio Airaga is MD of Desco Electronic Recyclers

Navigating evolving e-waste landscape with EPR compliance

Giulio Airaga 13 May 2024

Bold changes unfolding at Propelair

Bold changes unfolding at Propelair

Propelair SA 8 May 2024

The value of plastic waste

The value of plastic waste

Mpact 24 Apr 2024

Source: © Global Cosmetics News Unilver has succumbed to pressure from shareholders to cut costs and to scale back environmental and social pledges

Unilever scales back on environmental and social initiatives

22 Apr 2024

Rangelands provide a wealth of ecosystem services and support rural economies while harbouring native biodiversity. Courtesy Rauri Alcock

Planting trees in grasslands won't save the planet – rather protect and restore forests

Susanne Vetter 22 Apr 2024

Fashion Revolution Week 2024: How everyone can play a part in redefining South Africa's fashion industry

Fashion Revolution Week 2024: How everyone can play a part in redefining South Africa's fashion industry

Soapbox Communications 19 Apr 2024

2023 Eco-Logic award

2024 Eco-Logic Awards - entries are now open

12 Apr 2024

The Alexkor coffer-dam wall between two dams at high tide. Photos from a Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment report titled: “Enforcement: In Loco Inspection Report – The salt/tidal flats of the Orange River Mouth Ramsar site”, published 28 January 2020.

Alexkor vs Creecy in environment court battle

John Yeld 12 Apr 2024

Woolworths trials the removal of plastic barrier bags

Woolworths trials the removal of plastic barrier bags

8 Apr 2024

Nampak Liquid Cartons and Woodlands Dairy launch a tethered cap carton

Nampak Liquid Cartons and Woodlands Dairy launch a tethered cap carton

8 Apr 2024

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R49.2m investment in new treated effluent pump station

4 Apr 2024

Propelair’s Flush for the Future: Saving our planet is remarkably simple

Propelair’s Flush for the Future: Saving our planet is remarkably simple

Propelair SA 3 Apr 2024

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SA first: Liberty Two Degrees' retail portfolio achieves Net Zero waste certification

3 Apr 2024

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Critical role of glass recycling in sustainable demolition practices

28 Mar 2024

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BlackRock: 5 global megatrends shaping European investor interest

27 Mar 2024

Pick n Pay Clothing partners with Sari for Change

Pick n Pay Clothing partners with Sari for Change

25 Mar 2024

Pick n Pay rewards customers for recycling

Pick n Pay rewards customers for recycling

20 Mar 2024

1 in 4 consumers buy secondhand goods to help environment

1 in 4 consumers buy secondhand goods to help environment

20 Mar 2024

Bales of recovered paper. Image: Sappi

Celebrating Global Recycling Day - SA's wins and how we can improve

13 Mar 2024

Recyclable items collected and sorted at the African Reclaimers Organisation’s sorting centre are compressed using a baler machine before being sold to buy-back centres. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Waste pickers create their own recycling centre

Masego Mafata 12 Mar 2024

Rubber bitumen being applied for a spray seal application

Recycled rubber paves the way for sustainable roads in South Africa

7 Mar 2024

Spar makes progress in sustainable packaging

Spar makes progress in sustainable packaging

29 Feb 2024

Luxury fashion's sustainable future: How pre-owned items are paving the way

Luxury fashion's sustainable future: How pre-owned items are paving the way

28 Feb 2024

Maynardville Open Air Theatre commits to sustainability initiatives

Maynardville Open Air Theatre commits to sustainability initiatives

27 Feb 2024

Robert Erasmus, MD at Sanitech

Sustainable strategies shaping ESG compliance in South Africa

Robert Erasmus 23 Feb 2024

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