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Sustainability

09 Feb 2016

Belgotex Floors Earn Coveted Green Tag Certification

By Staff Writer

Belgotex Floors are the first South African flooring manufacturer to earn the coveted GreenTag eco-label certification, achieving another significant sustainability milestone.
08 Feb 2016

Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By Staff Writer

Researchers are launching tests aimed at setting up a huge floating barrier off the Japanese coast, a project that could eventually help remove some of the 5.25 trillion pieces of rubbish polluting the world’s oceans.
04 Feb 2016

Henkel maintains its sustainability ratings

By Staff Writer

Once again Henkel has been included in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World Index (Global 100 Index) and was rated Gold by EcoVadis. The company also received the RobecoSAM’s Silver Class award.

24 Jan 2016

Educating role-players is key to sustaining South Africa’s groundwater

By Staff Writer

As South Africa draws thirstily on its groundwater resources, it must urgently educate role-players that these are not infinite, and that careful controls must follow the drilling of boreholes to make sure they last.
20 Jan 2016

New agreement is good news for big brands and the world’s forests

By Staff Writer

At the recent Green Building Council of SA (GBCSA) Conference, an intervention to create a network of certified suppliers was agreed.  As consumers increasingly want to buy sustainably sourced products, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and allied industries are issuing a declaration about forest protection and management.  This is aimed to assure consumers of good...
18 Jan 2016

Renewable energy sector keeps the power on

By Staff Writer

While the headlines are filled with nuclear power proposals, the renewable energy sector is quietly forging ahead and generating growth. Total investments since the Department of Energy (DOE) embarked on its alternative energy sector drive in 2012 now stand at more than R200-billion.
18 Jan 2016

Looking to the Gecko for answers - Ford to seek solutions by mimicking nature

By Staff Writer

Ford Motor Company will chart new territory as it seeks to create adhesive innovations inspired by the gecko. Ford will also work with Procter & Gamble, sharing research findings as both companies look to biomimicry for a host of business solutions.
20 Nov 2015

DPI Plastics and Plastics SA conserve marine life with plastic pipes and fittings

By Staff Writer

Excessive pollution continues to increase its stranglehold on the world’s oceans and marine life. Large amounts of discarded non-biodegradable monofilament fishing line results in severe injury and often painful death of animals that become entangled in the near-invisible lines, which are also a hazard to humans swimming and scuba diving.
09 Nov 2015

Croda meets sustainable palm oil certification target

By Staff Writer

The global specialty chemical manufacturer, Croda, which produces high performance ingredients and technologies for some of the biggest, most successful beauty brands in the world, is pleased to announce that all relevant manufacturing sites are approved to handle Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) derivatives.

16 Sep 2015

Plight of the Pangolins

By Staff Writer

Great Britain’s Prince William recently noted that, “The pangolin runs the risk of becoming extinct before most people have even heard of them.”
16 Sep 2015

Honouring heroes in rhino conservation

By Staff Writer

The heroic actions of those who fight for the conservation of the rhino were acknowledged, celebrated and rewarded at the Rhino Conservation Awards, held on 27 July in Johannesburg. His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, Patron of the Awards, delivered the keynote address at the event, congratulated the winners for their exemplary efforts...
16 Sep 2015

Bred for the bullet

By Staff Writer

Today in Africa, there are approximately 32 000 lions. 11 000 of those are found in South Africa. That’s the good news. The bad news is that approximately 8 000 of those are in breeding captivity. To further the bad news, of those 3 000 that remain in the wild, approximately 2 500 are diseased: they...