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 | Woolworths Holdings Limited (WHL) has announced its Good Business Journey (GBJ) goals for 2020... read |
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 | Langkloof Bricks in Jeffreys Bay currently burns waste tyres at 1200°C, to dry the clay bricks... read |
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 | In an effort to improve the lives of skilled tradespeople, Builders launched an Enterprise Development Programme in 2015... read |
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 | A major overhaul of the global food system is urgently needed if the world is to combat hunger, use natural resources more efficiently and stem environmental damage, the International Resource Panel (IRP) says... read |
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 | Some of the world's favourite handmade paper and sought after artisanal coffee has very humble, albeit messy, beginnings. Today eco-friendly handmade books and coffee begin life as elephant dung... read |
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 | Senegal's heavily forested southern region of Casamance will have no tree cover left by 2018 if illegal logging driven by Chinese demand is not addressed, a Senegalese ecologist warned on Thursday, 26 May... read |
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 | A recently released UNEP report, Frontiers, has highlighted a number of the world's key emerging environmental issues including toxic crops and zoonotic diseases, and offers ways to combat them... read |
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 | Christine Colvin Still in the grip of our worst drought in 30 years, water, and the lack of it, is now top of mind in South Africa... read |
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 | Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has noted a judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) regarding the moratorium on the domestic trade in rhino horn... read |
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 | Issued by Topco Media Water infrastructure is one of South Africa's priorities at this stage, not only to deal with the effects of the recent drought, but also to negate the effects of similar situations in the future... read |
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 | Lynsay Sampson Who doesn't love a cup of deliciously brewed coffee to kick start their day? Or a block of dark chocolate for a midday-pick-me-upper? read |
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 | Professor Frank Graewe There will always be charitable initiatives in the health sector - as long as there are people who are in need, but who face limited access... read |
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 | Angela McIntyre In the past 20 years, researchers have linked the increase of obesity and chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension in low- and middle-income countries to urbanisation, changing diets and less active lives... read |
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 | Women-in-Maize, which supports the empowerment of women-run maize farms, began its first successful harvest season.... read |
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 | With office buildings in Rwanda and Namibia both receiving 6-Star Green Star ratings, certified by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), green building is gaining rapid momentum in Africa... read |
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 | Franck Kuwonu In Niger's eastern region of Diffa in the south of the Ténéré Desert are the ruins of a century-old colonial fort. The area around it, an oasis called Agadem, is one of the sunniest spots on earth... read |
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 | An enterprise should practise what they preach, right? With the focus in the energy sector being on sustainability, it's good to know that the City of Cape Town's electricity HQ is very environmentally-friendly.. read |
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 | Pioneer Foods recently joined forces with Energy Partners to roll out a national solar programme, which entails the installation of large commercial solar systems with a combined size of over 2531 kilowatt peak (kWp) at five of Pioneer's manufacturing facilities... read |
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 | Charlotte Mathews The private sector is leapfrogging inefficient state-owned power utilities in Africa to deliver electricity to rural communities, according to a report by consulting firm PwC released on Monday, 23 May... read |
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 | Ramesh Raliya and Pratim Biswas With the world's population expected to exceed nine billion by 2050, scientists are working to develop new ways to meet rising global demand for food, energy and water... read |
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 | Continued cooperation between local, provincial and national government could see an additional R1bn in direct investment pumped into a proposed green technology SEZ... read |
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 | John Sanei Forget about change management, we are squarely in the transformation age and with it we need to apply transformational management... read |
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