By Phumlani Dyini, Chief ESG Officer, The SPAR Group As we mark World Food Day on 16 October, the conversation around food security needs to extend beyond whether enough food is being produced. The more difficult
Social investment is entering a more demanding phase. In a country facing persistent food insecurity, high unemployment and limited economic opportunities, the question for business is no longer simply how much it gives, but what
The theme of this year’s Serious Social Investing (SSI) Conference, “doing more with less”, puts a hard question to corporate South Africa: in a tough economic environment, can social investment actually make a difference where
By: Dimpho Sekhaolelo, Quantitative Analyst and ESG Committee Chair at Prescient Investment ManagementEvery time you ask a chatbot a question, somewhere in the world a server warms up. What feels like a simple digital interaction
South Africa has significant improvements to make concerning the country’s waste management. According to the DFFE, it is estimated that the nation generates around 122 million tonnes of waste annually and 90% of that goes
By Marcella Cave, Head of client service at Bastion GroupCorporate reporting underpins transparency, investor protection and market trust. It provides stakeholders with reliable data on performance, risk and governance. The higher the quality of reporting, the more it
Sappi Limited – a diversified industrial business utilising renewable resources to produce woodfibre-based products for global markets - is proud to announce the publication of its FY2025 Group Annual Integrated and Sustainability Reports. They lay
Image caption: NGO WILDTRUST’s Samkelisiwe Danisa and Lauren van Nijkerk from South Africa at the BBNJ Ethiopia WorkshopIn December 2025, NGO WILDTRUST’s Samkelisiwe Danisa and Lauren van Nijkerk from South Africa, engaged with around 100
The KwaSokhulu and Nyembe communities in northern KwaZulu-Natal celebrated a long-awaited milestone when non-profit organisation WILDTRUST’s Small-Scale Fishers and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Project hosted events to present fishing rods to local fisherfolk. By equipping fishers
A new white paper from NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, highlights the urgent need to embed sustainability into every layer of AI development and deployment to counteract the
