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Why ESG is more than just optics
Attacq’s approach to sustainability was never about optics. It was about infrastructure, and a decade of compounding results shows the difference.…
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‘Weather attributions science’ sounds futuristic – but it could see insurers and courts enforce until-now formulaic board decisions on ESG…
South Africa’s big crackdown on greenwashing
The financial sector regulator plans to close the loopholes on greenwashing both in advertising and in companies’ climate disclosures…
Corporate greenwashing is so 2020. But ESG isn’t
The corporate ESG push amplified the fiction that companies are the most effective driver of societal change, and let governments off the hook…
Vaal’s Hydrogen Hub: big promises, empty fields
A R4.7bn green hydrogen project promised jobs, development and investment for Vaal communities. Nothing has materialised…
Electric vehicles could soon be cheaper than petrol cars in Africa – if financing barriers fall
Falling battery costs, surging production and abundant solar resources are changing the EV cost equation in Africa…
Talk is cheap: will the new mining initiative include communities?
Industry leaders gathered in Cape Town to discuss responsible mining and global standards, but the gap between rhetoric and reality is as wide as…
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