How the Western Cape’s largest electricity consumer saved R90 million in one...
African Utility Week to give insight into large power users’ challenges ArcelorMittal’s steel plant in Saldanha, the single largest electricity consumer in the Western Cape, participated in an...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s new found diamonds, a curse or blessing for local communities?
When communities in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland province in the Marange/Odzi region constituting Chimanimani, Marange, Buhera and Chipinge heard of diamond discoveries in their area they thought that their...
View ArticleStandard Bank Group ranked the world’s 12th greenest bank
Standard Bank Group has been ranked the 12th “greenest” bank in the world and the cleanest in Africa by Bloomberg Markets. According to Bloomberg: “The biggest gain in renewable energy came from a...
View ArticleInternational business must reach out to the global masses
By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa An initiative aimed at mobilizing the Global business community to achieve sustainable prosperity must be taken seriously. A document released from Washington, D.C reveals that...
View ArticleIreland’s Minister for Trade and Development Leads Enterprise Ireland Trade...
On Sunday 10 November 2012, Ireland’s Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD, will lead an Enterprise Ireland trade mission with 37 companies to South Africa. The trade mission is being...
View ArticleThe 2nd Annual Effluent & Waste Water Management Conference
The 2nd Annual Effluent & Waste Water Management Conference kick started yesterday with a compelling opening speech on Waste water Management in Kenya in regards to the implementation progress so...
View ArticleAir quality deteriorates in Zimbabwe’s main cities
by Wallace Mawire A report produced by the Institute of Environmental Studies (IES) on the proposed National Climate Change Response Strategy in Zimbabwe has revealed that there is increasing evidence...
View ArticleViridis Africa showcasing cleantech technologies appropriate for Africa
Clarity about African Cleantech Viridis Africa 2013, 15 & 16 October, Killarney Country Club, Johannesburg This October 15 & 16 will mark the third year Viridis Africa is to be held. It will be...
View ArticleEgypt to Save Over US $2.4 Billion Annually, Cut CO2 Emissions by 13%, Water...
CAIRO, Egypt, March 5, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A shift to a green economy pathway could lead Egypt to achieve annual savings of over US$1.3 billion in the agriculture sector, and...
View ArticleACC Ghana 2017: Africans Building Africa
Ghana hosted the 2nd edition of the African Clean Up Conference through the Green Africa Youth Organization. The event was held at Hans Cottage Botel in Cape Coast, Ghana during the weekend. This was...
View ArticleOpportunity and threat in Africa’s growing waste sector
Africa’s municipal solid waste by 2025 will be nearly double the 2012 levels. This is according to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, which states that 244 million tonnes of...
View ArticleTowards a world without waste
The invention of plastic has changed the world in so many ways – for both better and worse – that it’s hard to picture modern life without it. Instinctively, we might think a plastic-free world could...
View ArticlePlastic Free Day: How Can Kenyan Businesses Take Responsibility for Plastic...
Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) & Sustainable Inclusive Business (KEPSA), to Develop a Business Model for a Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) For decades now, the world has almost...
View ArticleTackling Youth Unemployment in Kenya through Sustainable Waste Management
Abdul Said Konde is a youth resident in Tudor informal settlement in Mombasa County. Like thousands of other young people across the country, he is not formally employed and the Covid-19 pandemic has...
View ArticleSA urged to support responsible waste management efforts
The holiday season is here and while many of us are starting our holiday shopping, wrapping gifts for family and friends or finalising our travel plans, the waste sector is preparing for an increase in...
View ArticleBig manufacturers need to redesign our (circular) economy
Last year saw the UK government call on all businesses to sign up to the globally recognised UN Race to Zero Climate Commitment, by pledging to go One Step Greener during COP26. With 45% of global...
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