The Executive Mayor of Mogale City, Cllr Koketso Seerane has unveiled a R3.5 billion alternative energy plan in his state of the city address. In partnership with Blue Waste to Energy, the municipality will be able to generate 72 MV/h from 550 000...
Improving access to nutritious food, food gardens are an excellent and widely adopted method for providing food to disadvantaged communities in South Africa, and around the world. According to Suzanne Ackerman, director of transformation at major...
A new online tool for businesses, NGOs and governments allows them to consider the effect of, and evaluate ways to improve on their carbon emissions. The Global Calculator has been built by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change in...
Maersk Line and DB Shenker Logistics have signed a six year strategic agreement aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from ocean freight by the year 2020. Maersk will take action in reducing CO2 emissions of every container it ships for DB Shenker...
Put sustainability at the core Many companies use sustainability as a means for responding to pressure from the market or NGOs. It should rather be a core part of a company’s business model. Many early efforts focused on the transparency of the...
The 2014 Eco-Logic Awards finalists have been selected. The awards identify and give recognition to individuals, organisations, products and services that are making a real and measurable difference in creating a more sustainable world to live in....
The 2014 World Water Week, focusing on energy and water, closed on Friday with participants jointly emphasising the importance of a water goal, as well as intimate integration of energy and water in the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The week also...
The 19th annual national conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIAsa) brought into sharp focus the state of the country’s water supply reserves, its treatment and the way it manages wastewater. The conference was...
Africa will see an investment of $2 billion in facility development, skills training, and sustainability initiatives by 2018. General Electric (GE) made the announcement of its investment in advance of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, where GE is...
