The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment are reportedly in talks with the plastics industry to regulate single-use plastics. Speaking to Daily Maverick Minister of Forestry and Fisheries and Environmental Affairs Barbara Creecy...
The University of Johannesburg and the Department of Electronic Administrations are in preparations to implement an e-waste management system on a project designed to improve electronic waste recycling and disposal. The project located in the...
Water is a precious commodity in South Africa and climate change is placing increasing pressure on our country’s already constrained water resources. But while there has been much discussion about the role of green buildings in reducing carbon...
Coinciding with International Women’s Day on 8 March, Veolia Services Southern Africa reaffirms its commitment to achieving workplace equality and the week in which Women’s Day falls, will celebrate all current female employees to encourage younger...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu, his Deputy Ministers David Mahlobo and Dikeledi Magadzi, and senior officials from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation on key priority...
Green financing is likely to evolve over the next few years, with financial institutions increasingly requiring more accurate measurements of borrowers’ achievements against targets By Khurshid Fazel & Garyn Rapson, Partners at Webber Wentzel...
Infrastructure News Round-Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation, and waste management, in just 90 seconds. In our headlines this week: KFC is going beyond sustainable packaging5G set to be a...
KFC has made a commitment to implement more sustainable packaging options across all their outlets – however, KFC South Africa is taking their sustainability one step further, exploring a multi-layered approach to its sustainability efforts. In...
It is challenging to anticipate the types of trends that will shape an industry for the year ahead, but one thing that is abundantly clear is that there is a wave of public awareness towards environmental issues in South Africa. The pandemic has...
