#BestofBiz 2024: ESG & Sustainability

We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2024 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and company news. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's ESG & Sustainability site over the past year below.

17 Dec 2024

#BestofBiz 2024: ESG & Sustainability

Most-read stories

1	Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal - Ihsaan Haffejee	29 Oct 2024
2	New app to help Western Cape social workers - Marecia Damons	25 Jul 2024
3	R350 grant to increase in April	14 Mar 2024
4	Proposed coal mine in Mpumalanga grasslands back in court - John Yeld	02 May 2024
5	Court orders Gauteng government to pay non-profit organisations - Masego Mafata	24 May 2024
6	Shoprite Foundation donates robotics labs worth R1.6m to KZN schools	02 Feb 2024
7	Cheslin Kolbe launches foundation aimed at community outreach - Moonsport	02 Jul 2024
8	Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban - Nokulunga Majola	19 Jul 2024
9	Final warning: NPOs that don't comply with regulations will be deregistered	25 Oct 2024
10	SPCA Roodepoort gets a sustainable makeover with Eco Paws initiative - Dumisani Khumalo - Fibre Circle	04 Sep 2024
11	Why schools should be exempt from load shedding	26 Feb 2024
12	South African lion breeders face uncertain future after ban - Sfundo Parakozov and Sisipho Skweyiya	02 Sep 2024
13	City of Johannesburg to implement water restrictions	12 Nov 2024
14	Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled - Steve Kretzmann	09 Feb 2024
15	Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round - Steve Kretzmann	12 Jun 2024
16	Why your ESG strategy should include data governance - Mohammed Sayed	20 May 2024
17	Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons - Steve Kretzmann	15 May 2024
18	Change is coming to ESG disclosures in SA - what to expect - Dalit Anstey	18 Jul 2024
19	First for Africa R300m PET recycling plant to add 15,000 tons capacity annually; critical for export-oriented industries	17 Sep 2024
20	R28bn Upper uMkhomazi Water Project to relieve KZN water challenges	22 Apr 2024

Most-read contributors

1	Gisela Kruger
2	Kate Stubbs

Most-viewed press offices

1	Trialogue
2	Propelair SA
3	Safripol
4	Project codeX
5	Shift Social Development
6	Next Generation

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Top stories

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Marketing & MediaWPP results beat analyst forecasts, sees shares jump up

4 minutes

#WomensMonth | You make the space; don't wait for the industry to make space for you

Marketing & Media#WomensMonth | You make the space; don't wait for the industry to make space for you

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Congolese medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) carry children tested and cleared of Ebola from Saint Nicholas orphanage, at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) within the secured Ebola response zone, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Hoho commune of Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

HealthcareFastest-spreading Ebola outbreak to record over 4,000 cases

Clement Bonnerot and Jessica Donati 2 hours

Tough takes centre stage in the new Toyota Hilux campaign (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media#BehindtheCampaign | Toyota celebrates the different ways South Africans use the Hilux

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Four women from Digitas share their career stories and leadership lessons. L to r: Nomika Singh Govender - GM, Bonita Christie - BUD, Zakona Mlaba - digital copy lead and Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk - strategy director at Digitas (Image composite: Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

Marketing & Media#WomensMonth | Every woman has a story: 4 leadership lessons

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Thailand–South Africa Business Matching Forum brings new business opportunities to South Africa

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#WomensMonth | Lerato Agency's Tshegofatso Stone - From creator to communicator

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Saving Grace Education Group launches Learn to Read programme for Grade R–6 learners

Education

Saving Grace Education Group launches Learn to Read programme for Grade R–6 learners

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ESG & Sustainability

Battle to stop illegal dumping in Cape Town’s townships

Emihle Ngwane 50 minutes

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Finance

#WomensMonth | Niki Giles on building financial freedom, one decision at a time

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100 industry leaders to take the stage at SA’s largest CMO event

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ESG & Sustainability

3 women-led businesses to run coffee kiosks in Mr Price stores

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Property

New SA Reit chair | Jackie van Niekerk to lead sector's next growth chapter

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Energy & Mining

Nigeria’s Dangote hopes to strike gold in South Africa

Colleen Goko 34 minutes

Zuru brings viral Starbox blind box craze to SA

Retail

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23 hours

DXD brings Design by Disruption to life through TBWA’s new identity

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DXD brings Design by Disruption to life through TBWA’s new identity

TBWA 23 hours

The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that public office bearers in Chapter Nine institutions are not “workers” entitled to benefits beyond what is laid down in the relevant statutes. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Legal

Chapter 9 commissioners are not workers, High Court rules

Tania Broughton 1 hour

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Healthcare

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories registers new cancer immunotherapy in South Africa

21 hours

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Construction & Engineering

Why insurance is becoming construction’s strongest foundation in KZN

Wayne Pillay 12 hours

SA Rugby and Nike launch limited-edition jersey for Rugby's Greatest Rivalry Tour

Lifestyle

SA Rugby and Nike launch limited-edition jersey for Rugby's Greatest Rivalry Tour

23 hours

#WomensMonth | Nadia Jaftha on pushing SA’s creator economy from influence to ownership

Marketing & Media

#WomensMonth | Nadia Jaftha on pushing SA’s creator economy from influence to ownership

Evan-Lee Courie 1 day

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Legal

High Court rules PIC CEO suspension invalid, orders reinstatement

20 hours

Manufacturing Indaba expands with inaugural Cape Town Manufacturing Summit

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Indaba expands with inaugural Cape Town Manufacturing Summit

22 hours

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Education

Why children learn English more easily with the help of their home language – Namibian study

Nhlanhla Mpofu and Clement Simuja 1 day

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Energy & Mining

Meet the South African mineral tech council’s new board

23 hours

Cape Town’s Inner City becomes a living canvas as Heat Arts Festival returns

Lifestyle

Cape Town’s Inner City becomes a living canvas as Heat Arts Festival returns

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Geely Auto SA appoints Greg Maruszewski as COO

Automotive

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#WomensMonth | The Artscape's Marlene le Roux on leading with inclusion, compassion and courage

Lifestyle

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Evan-Lee Courie 1 day

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