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Southern Africa farms enter 2026/27 El Niño with stronger defences

Agriculture

Southern Africa farms enter 2026/27 El Niño with stronger defences

3 days

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Former PwC energy manager to spark up EXSA’s regulatory division

15 Jul 2026

Tshepo Sefotlhelo says climate change is reshaping how organisations are judged and you cannot communicate your way out of a credibility gap (Image source: @News24 )

PR & Communications

Climate risk: A reputation test most organisations are failing

Tshepo Sefotlhelo 2 Apr 2026

Sustainability Talks podcast series sponsored by RMB – now live

Podcasts

Sustainability Talks podcast series sponsored by RMB – now live

Issued by Broad Media 4 Mar 2026

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

2025 MTN PachiPanda Challenge: Meet SA's eco-leaders

4 Dec 2025

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ESG & Sustainability

2025 update: Navigating ESG disclosure changes in SA

Kent Davis and Paula-Ann Novotny 17 Jul 2025

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Climate Change

Promethium’s Olivia Tuchten named PD Forum co-vice chair

2 Jul 2025

ESG & Sustainability

ESG down but not out: SA's businesses need to step up after Trump’s exit from JET

Mila Vicquery 17 Mar 2025

The tourism job revolution: Adapting to AI, sustainability, and evolving consumer demands

Tourism

The tourism job revolution: Adapting to AI, sustainability, and evolving consumer demands

Siya Mthethwa 3 Mar 2025

Source: Ben April, Associate Director: ESG leader for KPMG in Africa.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: COP29 reflections and the importance of sustainable finance and investment

Ben April 4 Feb 2025

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Climate Change

SA welcomes $300bn commitment for climate finance

26 Nov 2024

Finance

Multilateral banks urged to boost funding for Africa's methane reduction

15 Nov 2024

Climate Change

African countries shouldn’t have to borrow money to fix climate damage they never caused – economist

Carlos Lopes 6 Nov 2024

Source: South African Market Insights.

Markets & Investment

New JSE Cloud Marketplace promises enhanced investor insights

11 Sep 2024

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Simon Stiell speaks at the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN), in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Luc Gnago

Climate Change

Climate change costs Africa up to 5% of GDP, UN climate head says

Duncan Miriri 5 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied. Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol, chief executive officer of ITFC and Riham ElGizy, chief executive officer of RVCMC.

Markets & Investment

ITFC, RVCMC collaborate for Maldives' blue carbon credits

13 May 2024

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Climate Change

#COP28: South Africa's climate change regime and just energy transition "stocktake"

5 Dec 2023

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Climate Change

#COP28: Unpacking Africa’s emboldened agenda

Charles Douglas 29 Nov 2023

Climate Change

Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead

Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett 7 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters. Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, addresses the media on the fourth day of the annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank, following last month's deadly earthquake, in Marrakech, Morocco.

Banking

Cautious welcome: World Bank and IMF return to Africa, but questions remain

Carlos Lopes 12 Oct 2023

African leaders are proposing new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action, setting up their negotiating position ahead of November's COP28 summit. Some countries already have taxes on carbon, but a global tax has never gained much traction. Source: Reuters

Climate Change

African leaders call for new global taxes to fund climate change action

Duncan Miriri 7 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Financial Services

Hundreds of millions of dollars pledged for African carbon credits at climate summit

Duncan Miriri and Simon Jessop 5 Sep 2023

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Forestry

'Worthless' forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change

Julia P G Jones and Neal Hockley 28 Aug 2023

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Environmental Law

Africa: Transforming carbon markets as implementation of Paris Agreement commitments progress

Kieran Whyte and Clara Hans 12 Jul 2023

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Kieran Whyte et al. 26 Jun 2023

Climate change: Africa has a major new carbon market initiative - what you need to know

Climate Change

Climate change: Africa has a major new carbon market initiative - what you need to know

Jonathan Colmer 27 Jan 2023

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Agro-processing

SA dairy farmers eye carbon credits while curbing emissions

Wendell Roelf 5 Apr 2022

Africa faces an uphill battle against western emissions to combat climate change

Climate Change

Africa faces an uphill battle against western emissions to combat climate change

Margaret Kadiri 18 Jan 2022

Glasgow Climate Pact: 5 things you need to know

Climate Change

Glasgow Climate Pact: 5 things you need to know

Simon Lewis 15 Nov 2021

More companies pledge net-zero emissions to fight climate change, but what does that really mean?

Climate Change

More companies pledge net-zero emissions to fight climate change, but what does that really mean?

Amrou Awaysheh 29 Sep 2021

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

Sustainable Farming

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

Laura van der Pol, Dale Manning, Francesca Cotrufo and Megan Machmuller 2 Jul 2021

Africa must be at the heart of climate negotiations

Climate Change

Africa must be at the heart of climate negotiations

23 Nov 2020

Bringing critical power distribution out of the dark

Infrastructure & Utilities

Bringing critical power distribution out of the dark

Quintin Mccutcheon 31 Jan 2020

4 per 1000 initiative to help farmers with soil management, reverse degradation

Agriculture

4 per 1000 initiative to help farmers with soil management, reverse degradation

13 Sep 2018

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Sustainable Farming

New tool helps green livestock sector

7 Nov 2016

How to reverse the dangerous decline in low-carbon innovation

Climate Change

How to reverse the dangerous decline in low-carbon innovation

Antoine Dechezleprêtre 25 Oct 2016

Will the Paris agreement be legally binding?

Climate Change

Will the Paris agreement be legally binding?

Katherine Lake 6 Nov 2015

How climate change efforts by developed countries are hurting Africa's rural poor

Climate Change

How climate change efforts by developed countries are hurting Africa's rural poor

Kristen Lyons and Peter Westoby 17 Sep 2015

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Climate Change

Pope's climate letter is a radical attack on the logic of the market

Steffen Böhm 18 Jun 2015

Communities will benefit from wind energy projects

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Communities will benefit from wind energy projects

Harmke Immink 17 Oct 2014

REDD+ gets the thumb down from forest-dependent communities

Forestry

REDD+ gets the thumb down from forest-dependent communities

2 Dec 2011

Green fraud - crime's new frontier

ESG

Green fraud - crime's new frontier

28 Feb 2011

VAT change eliminates carousel fraud threat from carbon markets

Regulatory

VAT change eliminates carousel fraud threat from carbon markets

3 Nov 2010

PwC annual results 2010 reflect strong growth in sustainability practice

ESG

PwC annual results 2010 reflect strong growth in sustainability practice

9 Sep 2010

Green dollars for Africa

Retail

Green dollars for Africa

1 Feb 2010

Retail

Carbon trading is key to Africa's economic future

Alison Walkley 23 Jun 2009

Production

Africa: Building capacity to attract carbon markets

7 Dec 2007