https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/750.html South Africa news 15 ESG & Sustainability news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/750.html en-us Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:56:54 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/thinkerneur-launches-wisa-a-new-era-for-african-women-in-sustainability-and-leadership-745232a Today marks a strategic turning point in the African corporate landscape as Thinkerneur Sustainable Impact (TSI) officially announces the launch of the Women in Sustainability Assembly (WiSA). Designed as the definitive executive nexus for the continent’s most influential female leaders. WiSA is poised to shift the sustainability narrative from the margins of corporate discourse to the absolute core of organisational and continental strategy, growth, prosperity, and visionary leadership. 1-270562 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/3-women-led-businesses-to-run-coffee-kiosks-in-mr-price-stores-412969a Mr Price Foundation recently announced the entrepreneurs selected for its inaugural Foundation Coffee Incubator cohort. From 3 August 2026, Matshidiso Mack, Noxolo Molefe and Zandile Tibane will run coffee kiosks in Mr Price Home stores in Cape Town, Durban and Mbombela. 1-270535 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:51:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/africas-not-new-to-sustainable-fashion-its-true-to-it-301258a The idea of sustainability is not new to us. It’s woven into the very fabric that is Africa. It’s in the way our grandparents found new ways to reuse food packaging. The universal experience of opening the Danish biscuit tin, hoping to find a treat, only to see it’s filled to the brim with sewing equipment. It’s the heirlooms passed down from one generation to another. 1-270433 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:23:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/3-sa-innovators-selected-for-2026-fnf-afri-greenpitch-challenge-634301a Three green-economy innovators — PeeCycling, Preserve Botanica, and ReSurfify — will represent South Africa at the 2026 FNF Afri GreenPitch Challenge. 1-270301 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:03:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/cape-town-kite-festival-returns-to-colour-the-skies-for-mental-health-967594a Cape Town's skies will once again burst into colour as the Cape Town International Kite Festival returns on 24 and 25 October 2026. 1-270214 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:54:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/new-battle-looms-over-future-of-tokai-and-cecilia-pine-plantations-189106a Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has issued a directive to SANParks to remove pines and other invasive trees from former Tokai and Cecilia plantations in Cape Town. The lease to harvest pines in the Table Mountain National Park expired in January 2025. This means the pines no longer have protected plantation status. Provision can be made for shaded walkways along the perimeters of some former pine blocks using indigenous trees. 1-270178 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:46:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/africa-to-weather-billion-dollar-storm-as-super-el-nino-approaches-189146a The African Development Bank’s top climate expert told Reuters that an impending “super” El Niño is likely to inflict a combined $10bn to $20bn hit on affected African countries and trigger mass migration from hard-hit areas. 1-270198 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:36:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/capenature-warns-small-visitor-offences-can-have-a-big-impact-on-biodiversity-078095a CapeNature has called on visitors to Protected Areas to adhere to conservation regulations, warning that everyday actions like picking wildflowers, leaving marked trails, or removing natural objects collectively threaten the Western Cape's biodiversity. 1-270177 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:32:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/africas-sustainable-fashion-future-to-be-unveiled-at-twygs-africa-textile-talks-412409a Attendees at this year’s Twyg Africa Textile Talks, held in Cape Town on 31 July and 1 August, are in for a textile treat. The non-profit media platform will reveal the finalists of its inaugural Textile Innovation Challenge at the V&A Watershed. 1-270165 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:01:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/shoprite-reaches-300th-community-garden-milestone-in-bredasdorp-290227a The Shoprite Group has marked the establishment of its 300th community food garden with the official recognition of the Zero Organic Waste to Landfill Project outside Bredasdorp. 1-270110 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:56:00 +0200 Bizcommunity ESG & Sustainability South Africa