Tag: environmental impact
Proposed EU directive on human rights and environmental due diligence will...
The recently approved Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence 2022/0051 (COD) (Directive) - Small remit, but a massive net.
Waste not, want not
Around 14 per cent of the food produced in the world is wasted before it even gets to market. That’s around USD400 billion lost each year - a vast amount.
Why sustainable IT equates to sustainable business
Although South African business leaders may feel somewhat besieged by bad news and murmurs of ‘unbearable’ Eskom tariff hikes, tech-fuelled innovation is providing business with new options to lower energy consumption.
Impact investing taps potential!
The drought in Cape town and surrounding areas have caused a surge in impact investing. Impact investment is to a large extent still fairly unknown and under-used in South Africa, despite the vast opportunities in a country with a massive scarcity of resources.
Water supply – converting a potential crisis into opportunity
South Africa’s water supply is predicted to reach a crisis point by 2030.
However, could better management of this critical resource actually be the economic saviour of the country?
Dr Anthony Turton, Professor in the Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State believes so.
Is our digitisation of nature risky?
The field of bio-engineering is not new, despite its recent prominence: humans have been domesticating and selectively breeding animals since as far back as...
