by Dianne Bayley | May 16, 2023 | Sustainability
Africa is well-positioned to leverage its immense wealth of critical minerals to participate in the global shift towards renewables while promoting socioeconomic growth, job creation, and local content development.Critical minerals are essential for the development of...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 14, 2023 | Sustainability
A recent performance plan by the Department of Tourism indicates that Tourism contributed 8.6% to South Africa’s pre-Covid-19 GDP, writes Leigh Myles, Profitroom’s Business Development Manager for Africa. While the pandemic has significantly reduced that...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 9, 2023 | Sustainability
The most recent figures show that South Africa produces 7.5 metric tonnes per capita of CO2 emissions annually, even more than the UK (5.2). In fact, the country’s reliance on coal makes it the 14th largest emitter of greenhouse gasses (GHG) on the planet, writes...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 25, 2022 | Sustainability
Current challenges around energy security, energy prices and the cost of living have intersected with the climate crisis, highlighting the fact that energy efficiency is now more indispensable than ever.So says the International Energy Agency (IEA), in its recently...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 27, 2022 | Sustainability
Along with all caring South Africans, a few months back we witnessed the aftermath of the flooding in KwaZulu-Natal with a combination of horror, sadness, and powerlessness, as lives were lost and communities devastated, writes Vukani Mngxati, CEO of Accenture in...
