ESG Matters

How many litres of water does one AI prompt use?

By: Dimpho Sekhaolelo, Quantitative Analyst and ESG Committee Chair at Prescient Investment Management Every time you ask a chatbot a question, somewhere in the world a server warms up. What feels like a simple digital interaction is, in fact, a...

Why are SA businesses still treating waste as a disposal problem rather than an engineered operational system

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 to landfills. Industry...

AI, ESG and the rethink of corporate reporting

By Marcella Cave, Head of client service at Bastion Group Corporate reporting underpins transparency, investor protection and market trust. It provides stakeholders with reliable data on performance, risk and governance. The higher the quality of...

How Sustainability Fits Into Sappi’s Business Strategy

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...

South African Scientific & Technological Advancements under the High Seas Spotlight

Image caption: NGO WILDTRUST’s Samkelisiwe Danisa and Lauren van Nijkerk from South Africa at the BBNJ Ethiopia Workshop In December 2025, NGO WILDTRUST’s Samkelisiwe Danisa and Lauren van Nijkerk from South Africa, engaged with around 100...

Communities in northern KwaZulu-Natal Celebrate New Chapter in Sustainable Fishing

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...

AI’s growing demand for resources is unsustainable; NTT DATA paper calls for action and offers solutions

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 technology’s environmental...

Offshore oil and gas: an empty promise full of consequences for South Africa and its people

With the latest draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) seeming to open the floodgates to offshore oil and gas applications and projects, The Green Connection says that a new oil spill model – the first developed specifically for South African waters...

Boosting education technology in Africa

Africa’s population is 1,5 billion today, 70% of which is under 30 years old, making it the world’s youngest. Yet, in the sub-Saharan region only, 98 million children are currently out-of-school. Not to mention another 72 million young people, aged...
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