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
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
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
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
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
Economics is a sub-set of ecology (not the other way round)
We’re in for some lessons to live and work within nature’s limits, writes Hugh Tyrrell
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
Sustainability: the times they aren’t a-changing
We are at a point where the need for change has never been stronger, yet the change we require remains out of reach, writes Joss Tantram
The price of sustainability and doing business fairly
Guilt-free shopping and sustainable business practices are ‘hot’ trends for 2014. About time, writes Shauneen Procter
What do we do when money (and everything else) runs out?
The world is locked into a linear framework fuelled by short-termism, writes Verena Bitzer
Carbon tax: all stick, no carrot?
Government should ring-fence revenue from carbon tax to boost green economy, writes Kevin JamesGREENING CASE STUDY: Dulux
In an approach titled ‘Step towards Greener’, Dulux South Africa has set a number of goals to entrench sustainability across its operations
Energy-intensive firms in Europe may get state aid
European Union considering allowing state aid to energy-intensive industries to help with cost of boosting renewable energy
African renewable energy fund targets $200m by year-end
Africa Renewable Energy Fund, which aims to invest in projects in sub-Saharan Africa, has raised $100m and expects to double that this year
Absurd adherence to climate change doctrines
If one dares question the doctrine, the reaction from true believers is immediate, writes Tom Harris
Biscuit blackout as Eskom hits crisis
Treasury and Department of Public Enterprises are locked in negotiations to bail out Eskom
Solar water heater rebate uncertainty
Discontinuation of Eskom’s solar water heater rebate programme has put pressure on manufacturers, says Industrial Development Corporation
SA asked to abandon carbon tax plan
Seifsa chief says SA cannot afford ‘well-meaning’ international protocols on environmental matters
Hustle to green is on in South Africa’s cities
South Africa’s top firms have found a stylish way to be environmentally conscious in their buildings, writes Sue Blaine
Firms ‘abusing law’ on air quality standards compliance
Law allows firms to defer compliance with air quality standards if they are purchasing equipment that will reduce air pollution
Report says world ‘ill prepared’ for climate change
World will need far tougher curbs on greenhouse gases to keep global warming from exceeding a promised ceiling, draft UN report shows
There is light at the end of the renewable power tunnel
Evidence indicates that investment in the renewable energy sector in Africa, and in SA, faces a clean, well-lit future, writes Paul Semple
How to solve cities’ great problem of water supply
While potholes and road washaways are considerable problems, our biggest water challenge in SA is water scarcity and increasing the efficiency of water use, writes Francis Gibbons
Sustainable investing comes of age
The idea of analysing companies using more than just financial indicators has moved into the mainstream, writes Nerina Visser
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
More headlines
- Wind energy wafts into SA’s power grid from west coast
- Government expected to give more clarity on carbon tax
- Sustainability-driven entrepreneurs rise against the odds
- Obama, Hollande push for climate pact
- German firm teams up with SA’s WKN Windcurrent, with eye on wind farms
- India combines oil, environment ministries
- Plenty still to do in conservation
- Are we ready to seize green opportunities?
- Mining company works on preventing further pollution of water in Kruger
- HERALD TRIBUNE: Keep nuclear momentum
- Sustainability, not a new bill, will fix SA’s infrastructure
- Germany mulls cut in green energy aid
- Faulty science will lead to poor decisions
- WWF chooses Cape Town as Earth Hour capital
- GREENING CASE STUDY: Volkswagen SA: Think Blue. Factory
- THE GUARDIAN: Cameron leads dash for gas
- Government to press ahead with nuclear build plan
- Cape Town to launch solar water heater accreditation programme
- SIMON LINCOLN READER: Greenpeace misses chance to expose Russians as hypocrites
- Carbon tax will help curb emissions
- Climate-change denialists cherry-pick facts to confirm their ‘truth’
- DAVID LE PAGE: Denialists’ disdain for science is a vital human rights issue
- SIMON LINCOLN READER: The price of idealistic thinking
- Index on energy ‘balance’ puts SA in middle
- EDITORIAL: Pollution cleanups cannot be dodged
- ‘Green buildings can deliver unexpected savings’
- Russia turns up heat on ambitions for nuclear build in SA
- SA-led group signs solar plant deal in Cameroon
- GREENING CASE STUDY: Adcock Ingram
- Get the message right for sustainable behaviour change
- EDITORIAL: Green energy is good, but what of base load?
- EDITORIAL: Treasury’s carbon tax makes no sense
- The dangers of divergent dialogues about drought
- SA ‘needs to find innovative ways to reduce cost of renewable energy sources’
- Committee calls for public input on proposed changes to environmental act
- Frackers may have to apply for water-use licence
- Conco sets up special wind-farm division
- Sacci fears carbon tax will hurt economy
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