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Fears of an ESG apocalypse are overblown. Here’s why – and what it means for South Africa and ESG investment locally…
Carbon credits: Are ‘audits’ just one big lie?
Research raises new questions about the auditing of carbon credits and whether they provide a greenwashing façade for dodgy climate-change claims…
More and more tourists are flocking to Antarctica. Let’s stop it from being loved to death
Antarctica has become a popular tourist destination, drawing 125,000 people in 2023-24. But it comes with environmental costs…
Consultants guzzle millions in just energy grants
R300m in funds meant for South Africa’s just energy transition have ended up in the accounts of consulting and audit firms…
Dirty money fuels climate crunch
The Bezos wedding in the climate-sensitive city of Venice is an out-of-control display of the power of the wealthy. And ecologically tone-deaf too…
Sasol makes short work of South Africa’s carbon pledges
Sasol seems to have fudged both its tax contribution and jobs claims as it pushes back against National Treasury’s carbon tax plans…
Adapt or die: Climate wave hits South African businesses
As the steel sector shows, there’s a cost to going green – but not doing so could be fatal. South African businesses must adapt…
How Sasol went rogue on its climate ‘plans’
Has Sasol gone rogue? And more importantly, do its major shareholders even care? On Friday, the petrochemical giant endured another tense AGM – though,…
Prince William charms Cape Town, but South African funders still cool on climate
There’s no arguing that the fourth annual Earthshot Prize awards, the pet project of British royal Prince William held in Cape Town this week, was…
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