South Africa's Low Emission Development Strategy, backed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, was formulated last year and commits to moving towards a goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050...
Ntombifuthi Ntuli 28 Apr 2021
More than half of African companies are delaying their energy transition targets, leaving them in danger of missing the Paris Agreement target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050...
Team Mahali recently won first prize in the City of Cape Town and the Green Building Council South Africa's (GBCSA) design competition...
According to Savills World Cities Prime Residential Index, despite the uncertainties surrounding the pandemic, the market for prime global residential...
The latest analysis from C40 Cities of climate action plans from 54 cities, representing more than 200 million residents - including Johannesburg, has confirmed that they will deliver their fair share of greenhouse gas emission reductions...
Nestlé has announced the launch of its Skimmelkrans Net Zero Carbon Emissions Project - a project set to create the company's first carbon-neutral dairy farm, located in George, South Africa...
A new report from Asite, Smart retrofitting: The key to decarbonizing the built environment, examines how the construction industry can mitigate carbon emissions through the smart retrofitting of built assets...
A new guide has been launched for professional teams considering developing net zero carbon buildings...
As part of The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) Accounting Bodies Network, 14 major accounting bodies are publishing a declaration calling on the profession to put sustainability and the fight against climate change at the forefront of its work...
Issued by CIMA 25 Feb 2020
Following the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in 2015, a number of European countries have made commitments to move to a net zero emissions economy...
Brett Chrystal 2 Oct 2019
Legaro Properties is no stranger to the green building industry with the lifestyle and commercial property developer scooping last year's GBCSA Award for highest rated green building in South Africa for its 78 Corlett Drive development in Melrose North, Johannesburg...
Sindy Peters 19 Jun 2019
The new MDA Attorneys office in Houghton, Johannesburg, is one of the first buildings in South Africa to receive a Net Zero Carbon pilot certification...
Every week, around the world, an area of floor space the size of Paris is constructed. With building and construction comes harmful emissions that remain with us for decades...
Iggy Sathekge 3 Apr 2019
The 11th Annual Green Building Convention will take place at the Century City Conference Centre from 3-5 October in Cape Town...
Last month I was invited to present the benefits of the green economy to over 50 mayors as part of a themed panel discussion on 'Municipal finances as a catalyst for the local economy'...
Songo Didiza 28 Sep 2018
The buildings and construction sector needs to step up its efforts in terms of energy performance...
The Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA), on Wednesday, 11 October, announced the launch of its Net Zero Programme...
Vivian Loftness, a key member of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University's leadership in sustainability research and education, and contributor to the ongoing development of the ‘Intelligent Workplace', will address the Green Building Council South Africa's (GBCSA) Green Building Convention in Cape Town this year...
The regional airport in George, a town of just 150,000 residents on South Africa's south coast, is Africa's first "green" airport to be powered by the sun...
Sustainability is something many companies have adopted in their overall business strategy. Many of these companies who have adopted this strategy have seen tremendous growth in their revenue streams. One of the areas of sustainability which companies strive for is to be carbon neutral.
David Bonellie 17 Oct 2013
Offsetting carbon emissions through carbon credits is not well understood in South Africa but the new advertising opportunity offered from today, 1 September 2009, on the 300-vehicle fleet of Golden Arrow in Cape Town is aimed at changing that.