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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Circularity in the Cape: Wesgro launches CEO Guide

6 Aug 2025

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Remuneration & Payroll

Executive pay in a storm: Strategies for boards in turbulent times

Chris Blair 18 Jun 2025

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Climate Change

Government publishes National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report

11 Feb 2025

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ESG & Sustainability

Climate Change Act: Improve reporting or face the consequences

29 Jul 2024

South Africa's energy and construction industry under heavy scrutiny in Draft Sectoral Emissions Target Report. Source: Meta AI

Sustainable Development

Draft report shows emissions dip, but energy and construction pivotal to deeper cuts

Lindsey Schutters 29 Apr 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

What businesses want: Improved regulation that spurs investment

11 Apr 2024

Government to support energy transition in automotive sector

Fuel & Energy

Government to support energy transition in automotive sector

1 Nov 2023

EV innovation winners hold unassailable tech rights

Fuel & Energy

EV innovation winners hold unassailable tech rights

Bernadette Versfeld 27 Sep 2023

Apple accelerates environmental goals and announces first carbon neutral products

Hardware

Apple accelerates environmental goals and announces first carbon neutral products

13 Sep 2023

Key findings from Sita's 2023 Airline Passenger IT Insights study

Aviation

Key findings from Sita's 2023 Airline Passenger IT Insights study

7 Sep 2023

SA can keep coal-fired plants running longer, climate committee says

Energy

SA can keep coal-fired plants running longer, climate committee says

Carien du Plessis and Bhargav Acharya 15 May 2023

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Climate Change

Report on national greenhouse gas published

28 Apr 2023

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Sustainability

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Laurie Goering 5 Apr 2022

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

Forestry

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

H. Damon Matthews, Amy Luers and Kirsten Zickfeld 1 Apr 2022

2021 PwC Africa Energy Review: Will Africa realise a just transition?

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

2021 PwC Africa Energy Review: Will Africa realise a just transition?

17 Nov 2021

Castle Lite now brewing beer using renewable energy

FMCG

Castle Lite now brewing beer using renewable energy

21 Oct 2021

More companies pledge net-zero emissions to fight climate change, but what does that really mean?

Climate Change

More companies pledge net-zero emissions to fight climate change, but what does that really mean?

Amrou Awaysheh 29 Sep 2021

Salesforce reaches net zero across its operations

Climate Change

Salesforce reaches net zero across its operations

28 Sep 2021

UK climate envoy to visit SA to discuss helping shift from coal

Climate Change

UK climate envoy to visit SA to discuss helping shift from coal

Tim Cocks 21 Sep 2021

COP26: How the world will measure progress on the Paris climate agreement and keep countries accountable

Climate Change

COP26: How the world will measure progress on the Paris climate agreement and keep countries accountable

Steven Lam, Sherilee Harper and Warren Dodd 2 Sep 2021

ClimateScience Olympiad calls for youth to help change the world

Education

ClimateScience Olympiad calls for youth to help change the world

14 Jul 2021

IIASA researchers produce new framework to enhance national climate action

Climate Change

IIASA researchers produce new framework to enhance national climate action

28 May 2021

We can shape the climate future we want

Climate Change

We can shape the climate future we want

Amy Giliam 10 Dec 2020

Ships moved more than 11bn tonnes of our stuff around the globe last year, and it's killing the climate. This week is a chance to change

Shipping

Ships moved more than 11bn tonnes of our stuff around the globe last year, and it's killing the climate. This week is a chance to change

Christiaan De Beukelaer 18 Nov 2020

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Energy transition and natural gas

15 Oct 2020

UN ruling could be a game-changer for climate refugees and climate action

Climate Change

UN ruling could be a game-changer for climate refugees and climate action

Yvonne Su 29 Jan 2020

South Africa has huge 'green fuels' potential. But it needs to act now

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

South Africa has huge 'green fuels' potential. But it needs to act now

David Richard Walwyn and Rod Crompton 10 Jan 2020

Turning methane into carbon dioxide could help us fight climate change

Climate Change

Turning methane into carbon dioxide could help us fight climate change

Pep Canadell and Rob Jackson 22 May 2019

How is the auto industry responding to eco-sustainability?

Manufacturing & Parts

How is the auto industry responding to eco-sustainability?

8 Mar 2019

Green buildings must do more to fix our climate emergency

Sustainable Development

Green buildings must do more to fix our climate emergency

Meg Holden and Rebecca Holt 6 Feb 2019

We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate

Climate Change

We finally have the rulebook for the Paris Agreement, but global climate action is still inadequate

Kate Dooley 18 Dec 2018

Why the next two years are critical for the Paris climate deal's survival

Climate Change

Why the next two years are critical for the Paris climate deal's survival

Henry D. Jacoby and Jennifer Morris 5 Dec 2018

BHP to exit global coal body over climate change policy

Mining

BHP to exit global coal body over climate change policy

19 Dec 2017

EU agrees to reform world's largest carbon market

Climate Change

EU agrees to reform world's largest carbon market

10 Nov 2017

Robben Island turns to the sun for power

Food, Water & Energy Security

Robben Island turns to the sun for power

23 Oct 2017

More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: study

Agriculture

More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: study

17 Oct 2017

It's time to start thinking about our digital carbon footprint

Climate Change

It's time to start thinking about our digital carbon footprint

Pietari Kaapa 18 Aug 2017

#CSIMonth: SA businesses need to take responsibility for the impact of their products, services

Climate Change

#CSIMonth: SA businesses need to take responsibility for the impact of their products, services

Sindy Peters 19 Jul 2017

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Sustainable Farming

New tool helps green livestock sector

7 Nov 2016

#FreshOffTheShelf: Blood Serpent, Africa's first carbon neutral beer

FMCG

#FreshOffTheShelf: Blood Serpent, Africa's first carbon neutral beer

28 Jul 2016

How the proposed carbon tax law (and offsets) will work

Energy

How the proposed carbon tax law (and offsets) will work

26 Jul 2016

Below 2°C carbon budget might be reached by 2030

Climate Change

Below 2°C carbon budget might be reached by 2030

1 Jul 2016

Lufthansa, the quietest of them all

Aviation

Lufthansa, the quietest of them all

9 Jun 2016

Manufacturing heads push for harmonisation

Fuel & Energy

Manufacturing heads push for harmonisation

15 Apr 2016

Explainer: which businesses are at COP21 and what do they want?

Climate Change

Explainer: which businesses are at COP21 and what do they want?

Bobby Banerjee 4 Dec 2015

Why corporate sustainability won't solve climate change

Climate Change

Why corporate sustainability won't solve climate change

David L Levy 3 Dec 2015

New 'vulnerable nations' bloc looks set to redraw the climate politics map

Climate Change

New 'vulnerable nations' bloc looks set to redraw the climate politics map

Matt McDonald 1 Dec 2015

Take no prisoners: the Paris climate talks need to move beyond 'fairness'

Climate Change

Take no prisoners: the Paris climate talks need to move beyond 'fairness'

Luke Kemp 1 Dec 2015