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'Flight shaming' has the potential to bring tourism to the ground

Responsible Tourism

'Flight shaming' has the potential to bring tourism to the ground

Lee-Anne Bac 28 Sep 2023

2023 State of the Rhino on World Rhino Day: EcoTraining supports all efforts to save our rhinos

Environment & Natural Resources

2023 State of the Rhino on World Rhino Day: EcoTraining supports all efforts to save our rhinos

Issued by Our Salad Mix 22 Sep 2023

Applications open for bursaries in environmental field

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Applications open for bursaries in environmental field

22 Sep 2023

Mpumalanga gas agreement shows potential of LNG economy in Africa

Coal, Oil & Gas

Mpumalanga gas agreement shows potential of LNG economy in Africa

21 Sep 2023

Africa sets the foundation for an electric vehicle future

Fuel & Energy

Africa sets the foundation for an electric vehicle future

Yael Shafrir 21 Sep 2023

EV sales growth points to oil demand peaking by 2030 - so why is the oil industry doubling down on production?

Fuel & Energy

EV sales growth points to oil demand peaking by 2030 - so why is the oil industry doubling down on production?

Robert Brecha 20 Sep 2023

US, Norway join forces to boost African agriculture

Agriculture

US, Norway join forces to boost African agriculture

Daphne Psaledakis 20 Sep 2023

South Africa's smallholder vegetable farmers aren't getting the finance they need: This is what it should look like

Agriculture

South Africa's smallholder vegetable farmers aren't getting the finance they need: This is what it should look like

Karissa Moothoo Padayachie 20 Sep 2023

A view shows destroyed buildings, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya - 18 September 2023. Reuters/Ahmed Elumami

Climate Change

Climate change made Libya's deadly rainfall up to 50 times more likely - study

Riham Alkousaa 19 Sep 2023

Samsung Everyday Sustainability: Infinity Loop

ESG

Samsung Everyday Sustainability: Infinity Loop

Issued by Samsung South Africa 18 Sep 2023

Aerial view of Derna city, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya 14 September 2023. Source: Reuters/Ayman Al-Sahili

Infrastructure & Utilities

Explainer: What caused the floods in Libya and why are they so bad?

Tom Perry 15 Sep 2023

#WGBW23: The construction sector's role in achieving net zero

Sustainable Development

#WGBW23: The construction sector's role in achieving net zero

Alison Groves 14 Sep 2023

Sustainable Farming

Farmers go green: How renewable energy is changing the agriculture industry

13 Sep 2023

Apple accelerates environmental goals and announces first carbon neutral products

Hardware

Apple accelerates environmental goals and announces first carbon neutral products

13 Sep 2023

#RWC2023: 5 ways rugby is positively impacting society

Sport

#RWC2023: 5 ways rugby is positively impacting society

13 Sep 2023

Nosiviwe Matikinca wins 2023 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition

Art

Nosiviwe Matikinca wins 2023 Sasol New Signatures Art Competition

13 Sep 2023

Source: World Bank

Sustainability

Djibouti inaugurates first wind farm, pioneering renewable energy ambitions

11 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

The African Union becomes a permanent member of the G20

11 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. @WWF/Staff Bosch

Climate Change

Young people empowered to have a say in climate policy

11 Sep 2023

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

Social workers are key change makers in SA

Higher Education

Social workers are key change makers in SA

Issued by SACAP 7 Sep 2023

Grocery retail in Africa is evolving

Retail

Grocery retail in Africa is evolving

7 Sep 2023

African leaders are proposing new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action, setting up their negotiating position ahead of November's COP28 summit. Some countries already have taxes on carbon, but a global tax has never gained much traction. Source: Reuters

Climate Change

African leaders call for new global taxes to fund climate change action

Duncan Miriri 7 Sep 2023

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Corporate & Commercial Law

How SA's trade relations with China are strengthening

Virusha Subban 7 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Financial Services

Hundreds of millions of dollars pledged for African carbon credits at climate summit

Duncan Miriri and Simon Jessop 5 Sep 2023

Africa is still a top destination for oil and gas exploration. Source: Supplied

Coal, Oil & Gas

Oil and gas is still big business in Africa

NJ Ayuk 4 Sep 2023

A man carries his bicycle over a flooded area in Muloza on the border with Mozambique after the tropical Cyclone Freddy, around 100km outside Blantyre, Malawi, 18 March 2023. Reuters/Esa Alexander

Climate Change

Extreme weather events under the spotlight as Africa Climate Summit kicks off

Hereward Holland 4 Sep 2023

Load and haul operations at Thungela's thermal coal mining operation, Isibonelo Colliery (formerly Anglo American), in Mpumalanga. Source: Philip Mostert/Anglo American/Handout/Reuters

Coal, Oil & Gas

Insurers restrict coal coverage in response to climate concerns

Clara Denina and Sarah McFarlane 1 Sep 2023

The Olifants River estuary on the West Coast is now protected from diamond mining in terms of a legally binding settlement agreement. Photo: John Yeld | GroundUp

Environmental Law

11th-hour out-of-court settlement reached on West Coast diamond mining

John Yeld 1 Sep 2023

File photo: A Somali herdsman walks with his donkey past a rotting carcass in Garbaharey, southern Somalia, 23 January 2006. Reuters/David Mwangi/File Photo

Climate Change

Climate change may increase conflict deaths, says IMF

Rachel Savage 30 Aug 2023

Covid-19

#BRICS2023: Pandemic fund in focus for Brics Bank

Katja Hamilton 30 Aug 2023

Mopani's Mufulira copper mine employs 5,000 people directly. Source: Mopani Copper Mines

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater stock tumbles after earnings, still chasing Mopani

Lindsey Schutters 30 Aug 2023

Sabrina Khoosal, hair development scientist in the research and innovation department at L’Oréal South Africa

ESG & Sustainability

#WomensMonth: Sabrina Khoosal on the sustainable beauty industry - because the earth is worth it

Shan Radcliffe 29 Aug 2023

Come rain or shine

Insurance & Actuarial

Come rain or shine

Brian Civin, Issued by AfriGIS 29 Aug 2023

Residential Property

Hanover Park counts the cost of recent storm

29 Aug 2023

Source: Ruben Hanssen via

Forestry

'Worthless' forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change

Julia P G Jones and Neal Hockley 28 Aug 2023

Karpowership procurement deal intended for 20 year contract. Source: Karpowership

Energy

Winde and WCG make official statement to oppose Karpowership

24 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied.

Industrial & Logistics Property

R64.5m facility in the works at Redefine's Brackengate 2 precinct

24 Aug 2023

Construction industry needs to decarbonise. Source: C Dustin/Unsplash

Sustainable Development

Decarbonising construction sector is key to reaching climate targets

23 Aug 2023

File photo: A police officer walks next to an electric mass transit bus assembled by electric vehicle manufacturer Roam at the Green Park Terminus in Nairobi, Kenya 19 October 2022. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Climate Change

Large investments expected at first Africa climate summit

Duncan Miriri 22 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters. South Africa hosted China's Xi Jinping, the leading proponent of enlarging Brics, for a state visit on Tuesday morning (22 August). He is due to attend the Brics Summit this week along with top leaders Brazilian President Luiz Inacio, Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is seen here with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Economy

#BRICS2023: South African trade minister: Embracing change and collaboration in an evolving world

Katja Hamilton 22 Aug 2023

Image source: alphaspirit –

ESG & Sustainability

Climate-related risks and disclosures - draft guidance notes for banks, insurers published

Garyn Rapson, Kent Davis, Paula-Ann Novotny & Dalit Anstey 18 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Brics nations to meet in South Africa seeking to blunt Western dominance

Laurie Chen 17 Aug 2023

ESG

Franchise businesses should invest in solar power

16 Aug 2023

Tunisian environmental activist, Radhia Haddad, stands on the dried-out Ariana lagoon, in Ariana, Tunisia 11 August 2023. Reuters/Jihed Abidellaoui

Climate Change

Changing climate pushes migrating birds from parched Tunisian wetlands

Jihed Abidellaoui 15 Aug 2023

Image source: Sergey Sukhanov –

Energy

DPE affirms commitment to restructuring Eskom

11 Aug 2023

New exco ready to take Safrea forward

Media

New exco ready to take Safrea forward

Issued by Safrea 10 Aug 2023

#WomensMonth: Renewables are key to closing gender gap in the energy sector

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#WomensMonth: Renewables are key to closing gender gap in the energy sector

Tamee Soudien-Witten 8 Aug 2023

Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods

Sustainable Farming

Computer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods

Barath Raghavan and Michael Kantar 8 Aug 2023

Achieving urban resilience and sustainability through nexus planning

Sustainable Development

Achieving urban resilience and sustainability through nexus planning

Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli and Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi 7 Aug 2023