ESG & Sustainability Galleries

The first instalment of the 2018 Top Women Conferences was held on 15 March 2018 at the Crystal Towers Hotel in Cape Town. These conferences are aimed at responding to the pertinent questions surrounding the barriers to success for women entrepreneurs, with a showcase of some of South Africa's most influential business achievers.

Cape Town-based food design agency Studio H will be hosting a series of pop-up waterless dinners prepared with salt tolerant crops. The first event took place in Cape Town on Tuesday 23 January.

Mancosa officially announced its partnership with the Department of Basic Education and New Africa Education Foundation (NAEF), which is aimed at contributing to the 'read-to-lead' campaign. The partnership is underpinned by Mancosa's Literacy Project - a project that was launched on the same day as the partnership announcement.

Non-profit organisation Qhubeka along with Nederburg and Team Dimension Data recently distributed 175 bicycles to the Charleston Hill Secondary School and the Paarl East Neighbourhood Watch volunteers in Paarl, Western Cape.

Unilever Food Solutions supported World Food Day on 16 October 2017 by donating a chest freezer and by inviting chefs to #ShareAMeal with children at the Pauline Podbrey Foundation in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. The Pauline Podbrey Foundation offers after-school educational support and sports activities to children from the local community and provides them with a daily meal.

LexisNexis and its parent company RELX Group recently commemorated its annual Cares Day. The volunteers who participated consisted of employees who won the 2017 Recognising Those Who Care awards from around the world.

At least 200 employees from Woolworths' Employee Community Involvement Programme worked with learners at ten schools' permaculture food gardens on World Food Day, 16 October 2017. Groups of 20 volunteers worked side by side with learners and educators to dig new beds, mulch, compost, plant and water.

Tusk's royal patron Prince William made an appearance via video at the 2017 Tusk Conservation Awards last night Wednesday, 4 October 2017. During his appearance, he addressed attendees on the issue of not having a sustainable environment for future generations.

In partnership with Volkswagen, Marine Dynamics, and the Overstrand Municipality, the Dyer Island Conservation Trust commemorated International Coastal Clean-Up Day with a special clean up in the Gansbaai area.

Native VML participated in the recent one-day shutdown of more than two dozen VML offices worldwide on 14 September 2017. During its annual foundation day, Native VML offices support non-profit organisations.

The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) recently celebrated ‘People Caring for the Earth' with the 2017 Annual WESSA Awards.

The GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World donated 11 reading corners to Wingfield Primary School in Kensington in Cape Town on International Literacy Day.

The Shoprite Group has employed 550 deaf and hard-of-hearing South Africans. This makes it the first time some of the new employees have been in a working environment.

FCB Joburg MD Thabang Skwambane founded Aluwani in 2007 when he cycled unsupported from Johannesburg to Kilimanjaro, and then summited the mountain. Warren Handley and Tom David are former Aluwani interns from SA walking the same distance in reverse to mark the 10th anniversary of that trip. As they walk, they reach out to the rural communities to talk about the importance of early childhood development.

Schools, civic organisations, concerned citizens, and more than 80 Mrs Universe contestants participated in the global #OneVoice march against gender-based violence, child abuse and human trafficking in the streets of Durban on 30 August 2017.