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Pick n Pay rewards customers for recycling
Retail
Pick n Pay rewards customers for recycling

20 Mar 2024

Recyclable items collected and sorted at the African Reclaimers Organisation’s sorting centre are compressed using a baler machine before being sold to buy-back centres. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp
ESG & Sustainability
Waste pickers create their own recycling centre

Masego Mafata 12 Mar 2024

Maynardville Open Air Theatre commits to sustainability initiatives
Lifestyle
Maynardville Open Air Theatre commits to sustainability initiatives

27 Feb 2024

The rise of drywall is challenging SA's construction norms
Construction & Engineering
The rise of drywall is challenging SA's construction norms

24 Jan 2024

Source: Hans Ripa/Unsplash
ICT
Black Friday’s environmental impact is an e-waste crisis

Lindsey Schutters 22 Nov 2023

Source: © 123rf South Africa’s municipalities cannot modernise and acquire waste processing facilities to divert waste from landfill unless there is public-private sector investment
ESG & Sustainability
8 key points promoting good practices in sustainable waste management and advancing the circular economy

15 Nov 2023

South Africans' understanding and commitment to sustainability
Marketing & Media
South Africans' understanding and commitment to sustainability

Caroline Maphalala, Issued by KLA 9 Nov 2023

Sabrina Khoosal, hair development scientist in the research and innovation department at L’Oréal South Africa
ESG & Sustainability
#WomensMonth: Sabrina Khoosal on the sustainable beauty industry - because the earth is worth it

Shan Radcliffe 29 Aug 2023

How Coca-Cola is supporting the circular economy
Retail
How Coca-Cola is supporting the circular economy

Evan-Lee Courie 18 Oct 2023

Image source: alleksana from
Retail
Circular economy gets Coca-Cola's backing

27 Jun 2023

First biophilic building in Africa set to rise in Cape Town
Construction & Engineering
First biophilic building in Africa set to rise in Cape Town

3 May 2023

Image source: © Evgeniy Shkolenko –
ESG & Sustainability
Environmentally sound waste management is vital as solar power dependence rises

7 Feb 2023

Anglo American CEO urges public-private fix to Transnet crisis
Energy & Mining
Anglo American CEO urges public-private fix to Transnet crisis

Clara Denina and Helen Reid 7 Feb 2023

#BizTrends2023: Every business should commit to a circular economy
ESG & Sustainability
#BizTrends2023: Every business should commit to a circular economy

Abigél Sheridan 13 Jan 2023

We turned to you, our customers, to understand and answer your most frequently asked questions
Retail
We turned to you, our customers, to understand and answer your most frequently asked questions

Issued by Mpact 25 Oct 2022

Some things just don't go together
Retail
Some things just don't go together

Issued by Mpact 19 Sep 2022

Waste to food programme at the False Bay TVET College Khayelitsha Campus
ESG & Sustainability
Waste to food programme at the False Bay TVET College Khayelitsha Campus

Issued by False Bay College 25 Aug 2022

How Petco's Project Up is using blockchain technology to boost SA's recycling efforts
ESG & Sustainability
How Petco's Project Up is using blockchain technology to boost SA's recycling efforts

7 Jun 2022

Cape Town-based waste reclaimers get much-needed support
ESG & Sustainability
Cape Town-based waste reclaimers get much-needed support

26 Jan 2022

Source: Faithful to Nature
Retail
Faithful to Nature becomes first SA retailer to achieve B Corp certification

7 Jan 2022

Spar applies circular approach to packaging
Retail
Spar applies circular approach to packaging

12 Nov 2021

South Africa's recycling sector gets tech boost
ESG & Sustainability
South Africa's recycling sector gets tech boost

21 Oct 2021

Retail
Minnie Dlamini-Jones becomes the new face of Ipanema's SS21 campaign in SA

8 Oct 2021

Economic recovery from Covid-19 relies on green economy
ESG & Sustainability
Economic recovery from Covid-19 relies on green economy

Janiva Da Silva 8 Oct 2021

Tembisa mom turns illegal dumpsite into vegetable garden
ESG & Sustainability
Tembisa mom turns illegal dumpsite into vegetable garden

Masego Mafata 30 Sep 2021

Informal waste reclaimers get World Wildlife Fund award
ESG & Sustainability
Informal waste reclaimers get World Wildlife Fund award

Masego Mafata 20 Sep 2021

South Africans called to play their part this National Recycling Day
Retail
South Africans called to play their part this National Recycling Day

Issued by Mpact 13 Sep 2021

6 trends dominating the retail landscape in 2021
Retail
6 trends dominating the retail landscape in 2021

29 Jul 2021

A few simple hacks when grocery shopping that help the planet
Lifestyle
A few simple hacks when grocery shopping that help the planet

Issued by Mpact 5 Jul 2021

Beyond stereotype to the invisible conscious consumer
Marketing & Media
Beyond stereotype to the invisible conscious consumer

Issued by IMC Conference 30 Jun 2021

Joburg garbage removal: reclaimers relieved after Pikitup R50 levy withdrawn
ESG & Sustainability
Joburg garbage removal: reclaimers relieved after Pikitup R50 levy withdrawn

Masego Mafata 17 May 2021

Local #WomeninScience breaking barriers, adding value to scientific community
ESG & Sustainability
Local #WomeninScience breaking barriers, adding value to scientific community

11 Feb 2021

'Movement that inspires' - Kia presents its new brand purpose and future strategy
Automotive
'Movement that inspires' - Kia presents its new brand purpose and future strategy

Issued by Kia South Africa 20 Jan 2021

Informal waste management in Lagos is big business: policies need to support the trade
ESG & Sustainability
Informal waste management in Lagos is big business: policies need to support the trade

Chidi Nzeadibe et al. 13 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: Humanise your brand with sustainable advertising
Marketing & Media
#BizTrends2021: Humanise your brand with sustainable advertising

Nombini Mehlomakulu 6 Jan 2021

Unsung recycling heroes, waste reclaimers feel lockdown pinch
ESG & Sustainability
Unsung recycling heroes, waste reclaimers feel lockdown pinch

Mologadi Makwela 9 Dec 2020

Cape Town to host 2024 World Waste Congress
Construction & Engineering
Cape Town to host 2024 World Waste Congress

14 Sep 2020

While fighting Covid-19 we may be losing the war against plastic pollution
ESG & Sustainability
While fighting Covid-19 we may be losing the war against plastic pollution

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa 29 Jul 2020

Johannesburg suburb donates "trikes" and uniforms to reclaimers
ESG & Sustainability
Johannesburg suburb donates "trikes" and uniforms to reclaimers

Zoë Postman 17 Jul 2020

Successful Joburg recycling pilot programme set to expand
ESG & Sustainability
Successful Joburg recycling pilot programme set to expand

24 Jun 2020

Puma biodesign project explores sustainable ways to produce and dye textiles
Retail
Puma biodesign project explores sustainable ways to produce and dye textiles

22 Jun 2020

Africa, waste and the butterfly effect
ESG & Sustainability
Africa, waste and the butterfly effect

Adwoa Coleman 4 Jun 2020

Mpact expands face shield range - adults, kids, hardhat shields and respiratory masks
Retail
Mpact expands face shield range - adults, kids, hardhat shields and respiratory masks

Issued by Mpact 29 May 2020

Evalution Flooring, R4AWM partner in creating eco-bricks
Construction & Engineering
Evalution Flooring, R4AWM partner in creating eco-bricks

29 Apr 2020

Mpact Versapak: Responds to urgent market need with face shield
Retail
Mpact Versapak: Responds to urgent market need with face shield

Issued by Mpact 16 Apr 2020

How the Shoprite Group is curbing its plastic packaging waste
Retail
How the Shoprite Group is curbing its plastic packaging waste

22 Jan 2020

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