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ISSUED BY TRIALOGUE
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CSI & Sustainability
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Fishing, aquaculture, shipping, ports, energy and finance industries all came under the spotlight at the second Africa Blue Economy Forum (ABEF2019) held in Tunis, Tunisia late last month... Read
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Climate Change
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ANDREW MACKENZIE
The climate crisis has been a dark cloud on the horizon for some time now, but 2019 is the year the world's political and business leaders at Davos officially put the issue at the top of their "worry list"... Read
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Education & Training
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Volkswagen Group South Africa has invested R4m towards training the educators responsible for teaching Eastern Cape learners to read... Read
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Environment & Natural Resources
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ISSUED BY SAPPI
Becoming an International Stakeholder member of the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) aligns Sappi with their focus on sustainable forest management and responsible procurement throughout our supply and value chains... Read
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The Makalali Game Reserve has become the newest addition to the Wild Dog Range Expansion Project... Read
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The award comes after the centre's CEO, Julie-May Ellingson, made a compelling case during her presentation to AIPC delegates and committee members as to why the CTICC's innovation should be awarded this prestigious prize... Read
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The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ruled in favour of Agri Eastern Cape and other stakeholders, that no fracking shall be allowed for the time being... Read
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Food, Water & Energy Security
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MARCELLE MCMANUS
It will be very difficult to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by enough to halt global heating at 1.5°C - the threshold at which catastrophic climate change becomes more likely... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS, ISSUED BY SAICA
Sean Beautement CA(SA) is on a mission to make the UN's second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) - that of zero hunger - a global reality by 2030 through his involvement with Rise Against Hunger... Read
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Green Economy
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TERRY BILLSON
South Africa presents potentially lucrative opportunities for US firms involved in green building technologies... Read
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ISSUED BY SAICA
Can you take socially responsible consumerism and turn it into a business? Naomi Ledoux, a working mom from PE with a CA(SA) background, has by turning trash into handcrafted handbags... Read
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Inclusion, Equity & Human Rights
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DANIEL DERCKSEN
Writer-director Wanuri Kahiu is part of the new generation of African storytellers whose second feature film Rafiki took six years to reach the big screen... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
With gender equality more under the spotlight last year than ever before, many in the marketing and entertainment industry pledged '50/50 by 2020'. With just six months to go before 2020 is a reality and no longer a mythical spot in the future, are those goals on track? Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, head of UN Women, shared insights at the recent Women Deliver conference... Read
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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
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Green Building Council South Africa board chair Nkosinathi Manzana has been appointed as a director to the World Green Building Council (WGBC) board as of 1 July 2019... Read
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BOUWER SERFONTEIN
Sustainable design, sustainable living and our impact on the Earth's fragile resources should be a concern for all humanity... Read
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Pollution & Waste Management
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According to the UN, only 20% of global e-waste is recycled each year, which means that 40 million tonnes of e-waste is either placed in landfill, burned or illegally traded and treated in a sub-standard way... Read
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The Sweden-funded Beyond the Grid Fund for Zambia (BGFZ) programme has won the 2019 Ashden Award in the category of Innovative Finance... Read
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ANUSCHKA COOVADIA
Over the last 100 years, healthcare systems across the African continent have started to evolve and transform slowly, in line with parallel changes experienced in the economic growth and social development of each country... Read
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KINGSLEY IGHOBOR
"Africa is not a peripheral part of the world. So, as a responsible part of the global community, Africa must be making contributions that shape the world, solving the problems of the world..." Read
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COLETTE STANILAND
In order to understand where the modern way of business is headed and how business leaders need to transform to meet the demands of the future way of working, one needs to recognise the underlying factors that have brought us to where we are today... Read
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AUGUSTE (GUSTI) COETZER
A growing mismatch is becoming apparent between the behaviour of international corporate achievers and their South African counterparts... Read
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ANDREW ROBINSON
Have multiple mobile devices, will travel - and earn a living. Being a digital nomad is fast becoming a way of life and work for many people, allowing them to travel in their own backyards and the world at leisure... Read
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