The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) has unveiled innovative new trolleys for  informal waste pickers designed to make waste collection easier, safer and more efficient. Developed with the City... 

The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) reports that the Product Testing Institute (PTI), near Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, is now the only independent facility... 

A network has been established by 31 countries to support the adoption and use of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Sustainability Disclosure Standards, or ISSB Standards. Adopting... 

The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) has appointed Dorah Modise as executive director, effective from February 24, 2025, following the retirement of Dr Crispian Olver, who President Cyril... 

Kenya plans to use assisted reproduction techniques to save the northern white rhino — a species that has only two females remaining worldwide — from the brink of extinction. It will involve... 

From the moment Mpho Putsoenyane's daughter Hlompho was born in Zamdela, a South African township beside the smokestacks and gas flares of Sasol's oldest coal-to-liquid refinery, the baby struggled... 

The partnership between producer responsibility organisation Polyco and the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP) has led to waste reclaimers being... 

Electricity and automation company Schneider Electric has set a goal of reducing the carbon intensity of its top 1 000 suppliers by 50% by 2025, Schneider Electric strategy and sustainability... 

Germany has committed further funding of €276.5-million (about R5.2-billion) to South Africa for the period to 2026 to support several initiatives, including skills development and South Africa’s... 

Technology advancements in Africa are helping to advance various environment, social and governance (ESG) goals for companies and industries, and contribute to the efforts to achieve the UN... 

Subnational governments have a critical role to play in climate change mitigation and adaption, having already demonstrated extraordinary ambition, said Under2 Coalition director Nehmat Kaur. While... 

As sovereign debt investors concerned about climate change scrutinise national responses to rising global temperatures, they’re increasingly finding that wealthier nations aren’t doing their part... 

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has welcomed the outcomes of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC's) twenty-ninth Conference of the Parties... 

With the COP29 conference under way until November 22, industry body AgriSA says the global climate change agenda is increasingly recognising the critical role of agriculture and farmers. As... 

The average size of monitored wildlife populations has declined by 73% in the 50 years from 1970 to 2020, global conservation organisation the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF’s) latest Living... 

South Africa’s overall emissions will reach their peak this year and will be followed by a downward trend that will culminate in the lowest emissions this decade in 2030, the draft first 'Biennial... 

With climate change, resource scarcity and socioeconomic disparities facing South Africa, adopting sustainable practices can help reduce carbon footprints, conserve natural resources and create... 

Multinational chemicals company BASF Performance Materials, the largest chemical producer globally, in August released its strategic roadmap toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and... 

Australian tertiary institution the University of Queensland (UQ) announced earlier this month that technology it has developed can remove harmful ‘forever chemicals’ from water so that they can be... 

State-owned Transnet subsidiary Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), in collaboration with Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) and the Industrial Development Corporation, has approached the... 

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Thursday highlighted the role one of its chief researchers played in the compiling of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric... 

Global consultancy SRK Consulting lauds the significant efforts aimed at reducing the environmental hurdles for lower sensitivity renewable-energy projects. In a move to support the development of... 

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has announced that it and its parent Ministry, the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), have jointly launched a new environmental... 

Civil society organisations The Green Connection, Aukotowa Fisheries Primary Co-Operative and Natural Justice have launched a judicial review of decisions to grant authorisation to seismic and... 

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has said that measures such as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism introduced by the EU need to be challenged by developing economies at the... 

National Treasury has published a carbon tax discussion paper for public comment, outlining Phase 2 of the carbon tax. Government announced its intention to do this in the 2024 Budget presented in... 

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George and Deputy Ministers Narend Singh and Bernice Swarts have said that, while their first 100 days in office has been "a period of... 

South Africa’s overall emissions will reach their peak this year and will be followed by a downward trend that will culminate in the lowest emissions this decade in 2030, the draft first 'Biennial... 

The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5) for a Global Plastics Treaty ended without a treaty, and member States have agreed to meet again for what could be the final... 

Retailer Pick n Pay has, in partnership with reverse vending machine (RVM) provider Imagined Earth and beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa, introduced more reverse vending... 

Ahead of the final scheduled round of negotiations on an international treaty to end plastics pollution, the World Plastics Council (WPC) and members of the Global Plastics Alliance (GPA) are... 

Edenvale-based steel supplier SteelTech Trading is one of two companies that will benefit from a significant enterprise and supplier development (ESD) programme, which has been launched by Astec... 

Food processing and packaging company Tetra Pak Southern Africa aims to achieve a 40% nationwide recycling rate for its liquid board packaging (LBP) products by 2030, a goal that Tetra Pak... 

Telecommunications company Vodacom South Africa and not-for-profit producer responsibility (EPR) organisation Circular Energy have partnered to divert growing volumes of electronic waste (e-waste)... 

Plastic packaging and recycling company ALPLA has opened a new 90 000 m2 recycling plant, following an investment of €60-million, in Balito, KwaZulu-Natal. From next year, the company says, the...