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Standard Bank, MiDA in $700m green housing deal

Climate-proofing workplaces: Prioritising safety and sustainability

Climate-proofing workplaces: Prioritising safety and sustainability

By Kate Collier 23 May 2024

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EU carbon price on imports ‘violates’ WTO rules, says Patel as SA heads for clash with bloc

By Peter Fabricius 20 May 2024

Changing weather patterns set to exacerbate challenges faced by SA's farmers

Changing weather patterns set to exacerbate challenges faced by SA's farmers

19 Jun 2023

Riham ElGizy, CEO of Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (RVCMC), speaks during a Reuters interview ahead of the voluntary auction of carbon credits, with projects in Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt and South Africa, at the auction in Nairobi, Kenya, 14 June 2023. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Saudi companies buy 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits in Kenya auction

Duncan Miriri 15 Jun 2023

Woodlands Dairy commissions additional biomass boiler to further reduce emissions

Woodlands Dairy commissions additional biomass boiler to further reduce emissions

15 Jun 2023

IMF, others should give $100bn climate FX guarantee - document

Simon Jessop and Marc Jones 29 May 2023

UN gets $2.4bn in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts

Michelle Nichols 26 May 2023

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Noah Browning 25 May 2023

#FarmingfortheFuture: Restore Africa Funds on the importance of regenerative agriculture

#FarmingfortheFuture: Restore Africa Funds on the importance of regenerative agriculture

Robin Fredericks 25 May 2023

Building sustainable logistics to cut carbon: Supply chain's role in climate action

Building sustainable logistics to cut carbon: Supply chain's role in climate action

Randeep Somel 22 May 2023

Image source: Khaosai Wongnatthakan –

How focus on ESG is helping emerging market companies grow

17 May 2023

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

Sindy Peters 16 May 2023

SA can keep coal-fired plants running longer, climate committee says

SA can keep coal-fired plants running longer, climate committee says

Carien du Plessis and Bhargav Acharya 15 May 2023

Woolworths' new electric delivery vans hit the road in green logistics push

Woolworths' new electric delivery vans hit the road in green logistics push

10 May 2023

Tourism businesses encouraged to apply for Green Tourism Incentive Programme

Tourism businesses encouraged to apply for Green Tourism Incentive Programme

2 May 2023

Trialogue's Business in Society Conference focuses on GBV, education and the green economy

Trialogue's Business in Society Conference focuses on GBV, education and the green economy

Trialogue 2 May 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

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Report on national greenhouse gas published

28 Apr 2023

2023 Renewable Energy Challenge regional champs

26 Apr 2023

Hariprasad Viswanathan, Head – Sub Saharan Africa at VFS Global

5 steps to embedding sustainability in your business

Hariprasad Viswanathan 25 Apr 2023

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Just energy transition will need collaborative leadership to bring power to the people

Brian Eagar 25 Apr 2023

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Can behavioural science stop climate change?

19 Apr 2023

Putting health at the heart of climate action

Katja Hamilton 14 Apr 2023

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ESG in agriculture - why it needs to work

Lerato Molefi & Dalit Anstey 3 Apr 2023

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African consumers are ready to take climate action: How can corporates help them?

Nomava Zanazo 31 Mar 2023

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Business expansion in Africa: Avoid the 'Calabash Effect'

Dr Rutendo Hwindingwi 30 Mar 2023

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Force majeure: How climate change will impact renewable energy contracts

Hannetjie Marais 17 Mar 2023

Image: SuppliedManfred Braune, Director of Environmental Sustainability at UCT, Cllr Van Reenen, Grant Smith, Senior Research Officer in the Energy Systems Research Group at UCT, and Professor of Chemical Engineering Harro von Blottnitz

New CoCT, UCT climate app challenges Capetonians to act neutral

15 Mar 2023

Vehicles move amid dense smog in Lahore, Pakistan 24 November 2021. Reuters/Mohsin Raza/File Photo

Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries - survey

Krishn Kaushik 14 Mar 2023

Winds and rain continue to increase in strength as Cyclone Freddy makes landfall over Vilankulos, Mozambique, 24 February 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Unicef Mozambique/2023/Guy Taylor via Reuters

Record-breaking storm Freddy due to hit Mozambique again

Nellie Peyton 10 Mar 2023

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Massmart's R1m boost for female academics and GBV research

8 Mar 2023

A fire above Lakeside, Cape Town, was swiftly extinguished on 16 January after the City dispatched several helicopters and numerous firefighters. The quick response ensured the fire didn’t cause major damage. (GroundUp)

Climate change almost doubles the risk of wildfires in Cape Town, study shows

Steve Kretzmann 7 Mar 2023

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Changing weather patterns set to exacerbate challenges faced by SA's farmers

Changing weather patterns set to exacerbate challenges faced by SA's farmers

19 Jun 2023

Riham ElGizy, CEO of Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (RVCMC), speaks during a Reuters interview ahead of the voluntary auction of carbon credits, with projects in Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt and South Africa, at the auction in Nairobi, Kenya, 14 June 2023. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Saudi companies buy 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits in Kenya auction

Duncan Miriri 15 Jun 2023

Woodlands Dairy commissions additional biomass boiler to further reduce emissions

Woodlands Dairy commissions additional biomass boiler to further reduce emissions

15 Jun 2023

IMF, others should give $100bn climate FX guarantee - document

Simon Jessop and Marc Jones 29 May 2023

UN gets $2.4bn in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts

Michelle Nichols 26 May 2023

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Noah Browning 25 May 2023

#FarmingfortheFuture: Restore Africa Funds on the importance of regenerative agriculture

#FarmingfortheFuture: Restore Africa Funds on the importance of regenerative agriculture

Robin Fredericks 25 May 2023

Building sustainable logistics to cut carbon: Supply chain's role in climate action

Building sustainable logistics to cut carbon: Supply chain's role in climate action

Randeep Somel 22 May 2023

Image source: Khaosai Wongnatthakan –

How focus on ESG is helping emerging market companies grow

17 May 2023

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

Sindy Peters 16 May 2023

SA can keep coal-fired plants running longer, climate committee says

SA can keep coal-fired plants running longer, climate committee says

Carien du Plessis and Bhargav Acharya 15 May 2023

Woolworths' new electric delivery vans hit the road in green logistics push

Woolworths' new electric delivery vans hit the road in green logistics push

10 May 2023

Tourism businesses encouraged to apply for Green Tourism Incentive Programme

Tourism businesses encouraged to apply for Green Tourism Incentive Programme

2 May 2023

Trialogue's Business in Society Conference focuses on GBV, education and the green economy

Trialogue's Business in Society Conference focuses on GBV, education and the green economy

Trialogue 2 May 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

Image source: Kelly Lacy from

Report on national greenhouse gas published

28 Apr 2023

2023 Renewable Energy Challenge regional champs

26 Apr 2023

Hariprasad Viswanathan, Head – Sub Saharan Africa at VFS Global

5 steps to embedding sustainability in your business

Hariprasad Viswanathan 25 Apr 2023

Image source: Scott Betts –

Just energy transition will need collaborative leadership to bring power to the people

Brian Eagar 25 Apr 2023

Image source: skigh_tv from

Can behavioural science stop climate change?

19 Apr 2023

Putting health at the heart of climate action

Katja Hamilton 14 Apr 2023

Image source: Kyryl Gorlov –

ESG in agriculture - why it needs to work

Lerato Molefi & Dalit Anstey 3 Apr 2023

Image source: Pop Nukoonrat –

African consumers are ready to take climate action: How can corporates help them?

Nomava Zanazo 31 Mar 2023

Image source: Aleksandra Alekseeva –

Business expansion in Africa: Avoid the 'Calabash Effect'

Dr Rutendo Hwindingwi 30 Mar 2023

Image source: Kervin Edward Lara from

Force majeure: How climate change will impact renewable energy contracts

Hannetjie Marais 17 Mar 2023

Image: SuppliedManfred Braune, Director of Environmental Sustainability at UCT, Cllr Van Reenen, Grant Smith, Senior Research Officer in the Energy Systems Research Group at UCT, and Professor of Chemical Engineering Harro von Blottnitz

New CoCT, UCT climate app challenges Capetonians to act neutral

15 Mar 2023

Vehicles move amid dense smog in Lahore, Pakistan 24 November 2021. Reuters/Mohsin Raza/File Photo

Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries - survey

Krishn Kaushik 14 Mar 2023

Winds and rain continue to increase in strength as Cyclone Freddy makes landfall over Vilankulos, Mozambique, 24 February 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Unicef Mozambique/2023/Guy Taylor via Reuters

Record-breaking storm Freddy due to hit Mozambique again

Nellie Peyton 10 Mar 2023

Image source: ammentorp –

Massmart's R1m boost for female academics and GBV research

8 Mar 2023

A fire above Lakeside, Cape Town, was swiftly extinguished on 16 January after the City dispatched several helicopters and numerous firefighters. The quick response ensured the fire didn’t cause major damage. (GroundUp)

Climate change almost doubles the risk of wildfires in Cape Town, study shows

Steve Kretzmann 7 Mar 2023

Image source: Pop Nukoonrat –

Call for applications - Green Entrepreneurship Awards 2023

6 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Santam's chief executive officer,Tavaziva Madzinga.

Santam pays out biggest natural-catastrophe claim in its history

3 Mar 2023

UP microbiologists discover rich diversity of life in Antarctica's cold, dry soils

UP microbiologists discover rich diversity of life in Antarctica's cold, dry soils

University of Pretoria 28 Feb 2023

Consumer sustainability paradox an opportunity for e-commerce brands

Consumer sustainability paradox an opportunity for e-commerce brands

Steffen Burrows 28 Feb 2023

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Steve Kretzmann 24 Feb 2023

Cogta relief teams preparing for Cyclone Freddy

Cogta relief teams preparing for Cyclone Freddy

23 Feb 2023

Image source: Josep Curto –

What small business can do to stop organic waste from reaching the landfill

17 Feb 2023

National State of Disaster declared on floods

14 Feb 2023

Grass protein: The next plant base for alt-meat?

Grass protein: The next plant base for alt-meat?

14 Feb 2023

Ubuntu Awards honour trailblazers

13 Feb 2023

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