Food Lover's Market is serious about energy efficiency, investing in solar projects in many of its Distribution Centres (DCs). 11 Aug 2022
Famous Brands, the owner of Steers, Wimpy and Mugg & Bean, has partnered with the Youth Employment Service (Yes) to provide South African youth with access to job opportunities and training within the company. 20 Jul 2022
For Mandela Day this year, Reebok is donating R67 for every pre-loved sneaker donation collected, and uplifting an embattled small business in the process. 18 Jul 2022
Rock your funky socks for education. Help us build a school! 11 Jul 2022
The Shoprite Group has launched a new business division, called Shoprite Next Capital, dedicated to capacitate and grow commercially-viable SMMEs. 22 Jun 2022
Celebrated on 5 June every year, World Environment Day aims to encourage awareness around sustainable living in an effort to celebrate, protect, and restore our planet. First observed in 1973, the day is a chance to support available, affordable, and attractive ways for people to live more sustainably. As the world celebrated World Environment Day, South Africa is celebrating National Environment Month with LG Electronics leading the charge. 17 Jun 2022
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Beauty giant L'Oréal has created the Bold Female Founders initiative, designed to support female-led startups worldwide. 1 Jun 2022
Food Lover's Market has named Setšong African Tea Crafters as this year's winning social enterprise to join the retailer's supplier network through its Seeds of Change Supplier Development Partnership. The local tea brand's triumph comes after a stringent bootcamp and a day of pitching to senior Food Lover's Market executives. 17 May 2022
South Africa wastes up to 10.3 million tons of food each year - and this is a problem the Shoprite Group is tackling from multiple angles. 6 May 2022
Through various campaigns and events, Castle Milk Stout has embraced, celebrated and promoted our African roots, traditions and spirituality by encouraging Africans to reflect and learn more about their origins. This culminated in the brand converting its passion for savouring and celebrating African culture into a partnership with the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) to establish the inaugural Ancestors Day on 8 May 2021. 28 Apr 2022
Retailer Cotton On has committed R500,000, in partnership with Unicef South Africa, to aid victims of the recent KwaZulu-Natal floods, as thousands of people aim to rebuild after losing their homes and livelihoods. 28 Apr 2022
Supplied. Starbucks will choose a school in Johannesburg to pilot a community vegetable garden programme by providing free Starbucks Vegetable Seed Kits and a supply of used coffee grounds
Starbucks will be supporting the work of Reel Gardening in two ways during Earth Month and in the future as part of their long-term commitment to uplifting the communities they serve. 22 Apr 2022
Image supplied: Shoprite is donating food and water to flood-affected communities in KZN
Shoprite is donating R500,000 worth of tinned food and bottled water to communities affected by the devastating KwaZulu-Natal floods. 21 Apr 2022
Steps Clubfoot Care is a non-profit organisation that focuses on facilitating access to clubfoot treatment for South African children. They are also a My School beneficiary, the loyalty programme that South Africans know about through the Woolworths brand. Whilst many of us "swipe" for purchases with a link to our favoured charities, it is little known how valuable that swipe can be. 4 Apr 2022
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Ekurhuleni Municipality has approved the connection of a large solar PV plant and battery system at PepsiCo sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) Gauteng distribution centre, as the food and beverage company looks to secure energy supply and reduce carbon emissions. 30 Mar 2022
Marking this year's Global Recycling Day, celebrated annually on 18 March, Nespresso turned the spotlight on its sustainability journey thus far. 23 Mar 2022
Diale Tilo, executive director, Kgodiso Development Fund. Source: Supplied
Food and beverage giant PepsiCo has launched the Kgodiso Development Fund, a five-year, R600m investment with a goal to help transform the food system in South Africa. It will look to create 'shared value' solutions that ultimately help build a sustainable food system by creating local employment opportunities and increasing local procurement and supplier diversity. 17 Mar 2022
The Shoprite Group has announced that Checkers Sitari and the entire Sitari Village Mall located close to Somerset West, Cape Town have become South Africa's first premium supermarket and shopping centre to run entirely off renewable energy from wind and solar sources. 15 Mar 2022
Woolworths Holdings Limited (WHL) has become the first major South African retailer to be a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Women Empowerment Principles. WHL announced the news on International Women's Day, observed today on 8 March. 8 Mar 2022
The 100% recyclable plastic wheel for municipal wheelie bins was developed by Mpact Plastic Containers in 2019 and commercial production commenced in 2020. This means that the traditional rubber wheel was replaced with a 100% recyclable wheel. 24 Feb 2022