The 2012 Impumelelo Social Innovations Awards Ceremony was held last month in Cape Town. Twenty-one innovative projects addressing some of South Africa’s biggest challenges received a coveted Impumelelo Social Innovations Award.

The Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency promotes the efficient use of energy to ensure a sustainable supply and economic growth through lowered energy use – thus the launch this year of the SAEE Energy Patron Award.

Plastics|SA, the umbrella body representing the plastics industry of South Africa, was awarded the 2011 Enviropaedia Award for Recycling at the inaugural Eco-Logic Awards ceremony which took place in Cape Town on Saturday evening in partnership with The Greenest Event expo.