Greening Your Business

Inclusive green economy requires bottom-up approach

In many cases environmental issues are still regarded as peripheral and lack well-established support structures, writes Mao Amis

Collaborative response needed to ensure sustainable future

Effect of climate change on natural, human systems is accelerating, so no one can afford to sit on the sidelines, writes Faria Kapfudzaruwa

SA should pay more attention to green growth

Policy makers, economists and development specialists need to integrate climate-change mitigation with the development agenda more closely, write Anthony Black and Leonie Joubert

Fighting environmental racism

VETERAN: Environmental activist Desmond D’Sa. Picture: GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE

Goldman Environmental Prize winner Desmond D’Sa is continuing the battle, writes Patricia McCracken

Cape skyscraper is city’s first in 21 years

The 142m high Portside is not only Cape Town’s tallest but also its greenest building

Reporting season and its discontents

Stakeholder engagement is stepchild of reporting process, companies find it difficult to engage with report readers, key stakeholders, writes Reana Rossouw

Growing green skills and jobs in South Africa

A transformative economy has the potential to create large numbers of green jobs and at the same time reduce negative environmental and social impacts, writes Elize Hattingh

SA going green can lift growth and job creation

We can learn a lot from the Danes, who have made extraordinary progress in reducing their energy usage and switching to renewable energy, writes John Young

New carbon offset proposal could be a boon for business

South Africa’s approach to curbing carbon emissions is quite smart as it allows companies the flexibility to choose where they want to invest, writes Kevin James

Towards a more resilient South African energy system

SA is supposed to be a developmental state, yet the intentions that inform our energy policy are at odds with reality, writes Glenn Ashton

A road leads to a new and curved office building near San Francisco in the US. Picture: THINKSTOCK

Market supremacy: why we need to rethink the idea of corporations

To talk of the market as a singular phenomenon is to obscure market activity that is diverse as well as divided in its nature, writes Saliem Fakir

Commuter trip reduction makes business sense

There has been insufficient encouragement to make better use of the vehicles already on our roads, writes Daniel Claassen

Eskom energy efficiency scheme curtailed in hard times

Financial constraints have cut back the energy efficiency programme Eskom has run since 2004, the power utility says

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Science & Environment

Wind Atlas South Africa to map wind turbine sites

Africa

‘Smart cities’ the future for urbanising Africa

Opinion

Subsidy hunting continues apace

David Gleason

Supporters of renewable energy are looking for new arguments to justify subsidies and tax breaks

Opinion

Climate change band plays on

Stephen Mulholland

There can be no doubt that insatiable politicians and civil servants see global warming alarm as a means to extract yet more tax revenue from private sector