The focus of innovation in the conscious consumption space is certainly not trend based. The environmental and health issues facing the planet are so pressing...
Robyn Smith 24 Jan 2019
Faithful to Nature has revealed the winners of its inaugural Eco Awards, a competition introduced to highlight the brands committed to demonstrating and promoting conscious consumption...
Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Jan 2019
With a quick-throwaway culture defining the fast fashion era, investing in quality, handcrafted goods that are designed to last is one way consumers can shop more sustainably...
Lauren Hartzenberg 27 Nov 2018
Giant Films in collaboration with an international team of creatives recently completed an anti-poaching, 90-second film for Over and Above Africa...
Jessica Tennant 6 Nov 2018
Turning seven this year, 5 For Change has been an annual highlight on the Cape Town social and philanthropic calendar. In 2018, however, its founders are shaking things up...
Sindy Peters 7 Sep 2018
ACSA, looking to drive social upliftment within the poverty nodes surrounding its nine airports, has invested heavily in supporting disadvantaged individuals from these communities...
Sindy Peters 10 Jul 2018
Sustainability issues are increasingly shaping trends in the retail sector. In this year's World Economic Forum Global Risks Report, three of the top global risks in terms of likelihood and impact are environmental...
Feroz Koor 23 Apr 2018
In today's world, the girl child is the most vulnerable, and female genital mutilation (FGM) is one of the cruellest practices and forms of discrimination against girls and women...
Danette Breitenbach 2 Apr 2018
During my adolescent years, an endless supply of sanitary pads 'magically' appeared in my toiletry cupboard. I had never thought of such things as luxury, but essential, oblivious to the reality that some school girls face...
Jessica Tennant 31 Jan 2018
Food Forward South Africa has over the last two years developed a virtual platform that allows it to streamline how it carries out its mission...
Sindy Peters 7 Dec 2017
Working as a buyer for ethical handmade cosmetics company Lush, your travels could take you sourcing neroli oil in Tunisia, blue chamomile oil in Hungary and shea butter in Ghana...
Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Oct 2017
Diageo SA sees itself as having a responsibility to ensure that its people, its suppliers, and the communities around its operations thrive as a result of the business...
Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Jul 2017
Natasha Reuben, head of transformation at Dell tells us more about the 2020 Legacy of Good plan and how the company is making a difference through technology...
Ilse van den Berg 25 Jul 2017
Ken Egbas, founder of The SERAS, unpacks some of the awards' most significant impacts on the African CSR landscape...
Sindy Peters 21 Jul 2017
Ramona Kasavan is the founder of social enterprise Mimi Women - an organisation that aims to help keep South African girls in school by providing sanitary pads in rural parts of South Africa. It also empowers unemployed women by equipping them with entrepreneurial skills via its Empower Me programme.
Sindy Peters 19 Jul 2017
Over the six years since its inception, KFC's Add Hope initiative has managed to raise R387m, partnering with 137 beneficiary organisations to feed over 120,000 children across South Africa...
Sindy Peters 18 Jul 2017
Carmién Tea, through its social upliftment arm The Mouton Foundation, has contributed R17m towards community upliftment over the past decade...
Sindy Peters 17 Jul 2017
The Tiger Brands Foundation recently served its 50-millionth meal...
Sindy Peters 17 Jul 2017
After running successful pilots in both Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, Edgars recently launched its UNiTE Orange Day campaign in the Western Cape...
Sindy Peters 7 Jul 2017
The Let It Grow Foundation is driven by three men with the purpose to heal the soil and teach South Africans to live sustainable and healthy lives through urban farming projects using permaculture methods...
Cari Coetzee 15 May 2017
Leaders in the healthcare sector will meet at the seventh annual Africa Health Exhibition & Congress, 7-9 June 2017, at the Gallagher Convention Centre...
Sindy Peters 12 May 2017
With an 85-year history, the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) brand is firmly entrenched in South African society...
Sindy Peters 29 Mar 2017
On World Water Day 2017, Red Bull TV released a new feature-length documentary that captures the story of former pro surfer Jon Rose and his mission to bring clean water access to those in need...
Sindy Peters 27 Mar 2017
On day three at Design Indaba 2017, Carina Bonse, an art director and design graduate from Red & Yellow, introduced attendees to Swimming In It (Sii)...
Ilse van den Berg 4 Mar 2017
Since its start in 2013 Tekkie Tax has raised R22m, but it's much more than just a fundraising campaign...
Sindy Peters 2 Mar 2017
I recently attended an event at Groote Schuur Hospital to celebrate the fantastic patient management solution T-Systems and the Wayde Dreamer Foundation have designed...
Ilse van den Berg 24 Feb 2017
What started off as a humble project 13 years ago has blossomed into Clover's flagship CSI programme...
Sindy Peters 16 Feb 2017
Collaboration between the urban development and health sectors is key to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Habitat's New Urban Agenda...
Sindy Peters 10 Feb 2017
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute, addressed attendees at the sixth World Sustainability Forum, recently held in Cape Town, providing six key investment areas that he believes need to be a priority for Africa in order for the continent to meet the targets of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sindy Peters 30 Jan 2017
On 12 November, The Great Pillow Fight took place at the College of Cape Town, Crawford Campus in Athlone...
Robin Fredericks 16 Nov 2016
