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Governments cannot close the biodiversity financing gap alone. The private sector – asset managers, insurers and banks – must lead…
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The Net-Zero Banking Alliance suspended activities in August. Why did such initiatives rise and then fall?…
Climate groups lambaste Teke’s plea for coal funding
With banks under pressure not to lend to coal producers, a lobby group is asking for a rethink. Civil society groups are having none…
Retailers and the myth of the ‘independent’ director
Dis-Chem, Mr Price and TFG may not have performed exceptionally in the AGM stakes – but that doesn’t mean their events weren’t worth attending…
Honey pot: betting on bees to revive South Africa’s economy
A new company is rethinking what bees and technology can mean for people left behind by traditional economies. For some, it’s a financial lifeline…
Shoprite CEO: wage talk too ‘emotional’
The Shoprite CEO’s dismissal of the debate around its minimum wage as ‘emotional’ has drawn the ire of critics…
Inside Altvest’s mega $210m bitcoin gamble
JSE-listed minnow Altvest has taken a radical left turn, looking to raise $210m and turn itself into a bitcoin treasury play…
Banks top AGM rankings, but ArcelorMittal languishes
Finance firms came out tops in Just Share’s AGM survey. But struggling ArcelorMittal, coal company Thungela and Nutun did the worst…
South Africa’s small-scale rooibos tea growers aren’t getting much from an industry deal – why it’s not fair
Indigenous communities who hold traditional knowledge about rooibos have yet to benefit meaningfully from an access and benefit-sharing agreement…
Naspers: share split on the way
Investors pitched up in droves to vote down the company’s pay policy. But a plan to split the shares has received a resounding ‘yes’…
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