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 | Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business The idea of investing for positive social, environmental and governance impact is gaining ground in Africa - but professional investors still have a long way to go in terms of practice and disclosure... read |
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 | According to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, a new climate agreement can encourage further action to limit global temperature rise to 2°C by 2100... read |
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 | The National Business Initiative (NBI) and CDP, a global non-profit organisation, have released South African companies' CDP results for 2015 as well as the progress they have made since CDP was first implemented in South Africa in 2007... read |
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 | Didintle and Koketso are #MakingMagicWithMaths - these two whiz kids from Zandspruit are part of the team selected to represent South Africa against several other countries at the International PAMA Global Awards taking place in San Francisco on 29 December 2015. read |
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 | A lot of time, effort and money goes into compiling social reports. Sarah Campbell, MD of Kaelo Engage, provided tips during a CSI Connect Forum to delegates on how to get their social report content to work harder and live beyond the pages of a dense corporate document... read |
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 | Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business A team of MBA students from the UCT Graduate School of Business has been announced as the overall winner of the 2015 Global Business Challenge... read |
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 | Issued by Greenpop The time for action is now! Greenpop, a Cape Town-based tree-planting and eco-education organisation, has opened applications for their annual Zambia Festival of Action... read |
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 | Shenaaz Jamal The government is to announce major plans to deal with the devastating drought and water restrictions that have crippled many parts of the country... read |
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 | Combating the impacts of climate change and other urgent environmental realities is what Nedbank and WWF-South Africa responded to when the WWF Nedbank Green Trust was founded 25 years ago... read |
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 | The wildlife and bioprospecting sectors have expressed their commitment to greater inclusivity and an equitable sharing of benefits between the private sector and communities at the Biodiversity Economy Indaba which was recently held in Durban... read |
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 | Issued by Greenpop As you consider your corporate client and team holiday gifts for this year, think about the environmental impact of your gifts... read |
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 | The United Nations has officially launched the International Year of Pulses 2016 (IYP) in Rome, Italy, at the Food and Agriculture Organisation... read |
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 | The Vital Foundation, the charitable arm of Vital Health Foods, has donated R8.5m to charities around the country fighting women and child abuse... read |
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 | The Toilets For All project has been named winners in the For Society category of the international #MazarsForGood Innovation Challenge, coordinated by global audit, accounting, tax and advisory services firm Mazars... read |
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 | Although generosity and giving in South Africa might not always be 'formal philanthropy', a 2005 study showed that 93% of South African respondents give either their time, money or in-kind contributions. If charity begins at home, then South Africans are giving enormous and incredibly generous amounts... read |
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 | The Polystyrene Packaging Council (PSPC) is encouraging people to collect their breadtags which can be used to 'purchase' a wheelchair for people with mobility impairments who are financially unable to afford one... read |
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 | Koo Govender, CEO of VWV and the Phakama Women's Academy, has been awarded the Women's Empowerment Award in the 2015 Investing in the Future & Drivers of Change awards... read |
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 | The annual Green Star SA Leadership Awards were announced at the annual Green Building Convention in Cape Town... read |
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 | New grid hubs in high renewable energy (RE) resource areas are important if RE is to maintain and improve upon the current momentum it has... read |
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 | The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (REDISA) was named winner of the 2015 Oracle Innovation Award in Security... read |
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 | Tinus van Niekerk, founder and owner of Seshego Recycling in Polokwane, has grown the business to one of the most successful recycling organisations in Limpopo... read |
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 | Brian Wilkinson, CEO of the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA), has announced that the Ravenswood affordable housing development in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, has become the first residential project in Africa to achieve an Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (EDGE) Design Certification... read |
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 | John Sanei The old way of selling is well and truly dead, in fact the stereotypical sales (wo)men we all knew back in the 80's and 90's send shivers up and down all our spines... read |
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