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2016 SA Climate Solver Awards winners announced
The WWF-SA 2016 South African Climate Solver Awards winners have been announced... read


CSI & Sustainability
Woolworths sets Good Business Journey goals for 2020
Woolworths sets Good Business Journey goals for 2020
Woolworths Holdings Limited (WHL) has announced its Good Business Journey (GBJ) goals for 2020... read
Circular Economy
Energy-efficient firing method for brick-making industry
Energy-efficient firing method for brick-making industry
Langkloof Bricks in Jeffreys Bay currently burns waste tyres at 1200°C, to dry the clay bricks... read
Education & Training
Builders programme aims to develop, empower black businesses
Builders programme aims to develop, empower black businesses
In an effort to improve the lives of skilled tradespeople, Builders launched an Enterprise Development Programme in 2015... read
Environment & Natural Resources
By Kate Holt/AusAID -
12 ways to end hunger, use resources more efficiently
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
Elephants' dung used to produce coffee and paper
Elephants' dung used to produce coffee and paper
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
Senegal's southern forests may disappear by 2018: ecologist
Senegal's southern forests may disappear by 2018: ecologist
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
UNEP report headlines emerging environmental issues of our time
UNEP report headlines emerging environmental issues of our time
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
Shifting to a drought-buffered, climate-ready economy
Shifting to a drought-buffered, climate-ready economy

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
Minister notes rhino horn court judgment
Minister notes rhino horn court judgment
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
Water infrastructure - Unlocking SA's economy
Water infrastructure - Unlocking SA's economy

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
Food Security
#AfricaMonth: Fairtrade consumers can realise Africa's potential
#AfricaMonth: Fairtrade consumers can realise Africa's potential

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
Health & Welfare
Prof. Frank Graewe
CSI in the health sector - why is it important?

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
Limited food options take their toll on the health of South Africa's rural poor
Limited food options take their toll on the health of South Africa's rural poor

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
Inclusion & Equality
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Women-in-Maize celebrates first harvest season
Women-in-Maize, which supports the empowerment of women-run maize farms, began its first successful harvest season.... read
Infrastructure and Technology
Brian Wilkinson, CEO of GBCSA
Green building accelerates in Africa
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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Scaling up solar power to meet Africa's energy needs

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
City of Cape Town's utility flaunts its green credentials
City of Cape Town's utility flaunts its green credentials
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
Pioneer Foods and Energy Partners roll out national solar programme
Pioneer Foods and Energy Partners roll out national solar programme
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
Off-grid solar solutions bring electricity to rural areas
Off-grid solar solutions bring electricity to rural areas

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
Pollution & Waste Management
By Edukeralam, Navaneeth Krishnan S -
How nanotechnology can help us grow more food using less energy and water

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
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Mike Mulcahy
Green tech hub predicts R1bn investment boost
Continued cooperation between local, provincial and national government could see an additional R1bn in direct investment pumped into a proposed green technology SEZ... read
Business
Change vs. transformational management
Change vs. transformational management

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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