Excitement is mounting in the local waste management and recycling industries ahead of the colloquium that will take place in partnership with the European Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisation (EPRO) on the 21st of November, 2013. A 15 man delegation, representing various streams of the European recycling industry, will be visiting South Africa for EPRO’s first-ever … [Read more...]
Top retailer and WWF form sustainability partnership
In a first for African retail, the World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF-SA) and Woolworths have announced a broad-based, multifaceted partnership to drive greater sustainability through selected Woolworths products and operations. The collaboration is timely, reflecting a trend that recognises that the private sector and the non-governmental sector can work together … [Read more...]
Supporting conservation projects with community-based programs
Back in 1990, Nedbank took a revolutionary step in creating a retail banking product, Green Affinity, that incentivised customers to invest in conservation. This was the beginning of the company’s ‘green’ journey in partnership with WWF. Since then, the number of Green Affinity products has grown to include credit cards, current accounts, savings accounts, investment products … [Read more...]
