ESG

Change will happen more gradually than we initially anticipated, but it will happen.

‘Our lack of stormwater drainage for low-income areas, the lack of decent housing, the bridges and roads that collapse, these reflect a failure to make our cities resilient,’ says Patrick Bond, distinguished professor at the University of Johannesburg's Department of Sociology.

South Africa needs a minister who will stand up for those who are threatened by pollution and the depletion of non-renewable resources, including future generations.

The red carpet is being formally rolled up for the three letters, ESG.

The community is paying the price.

The metro accounted for 60% of government infrastructure projects nationally in 2023.

The effects of the $45bn (R809bn) pay package offered to the Tesla boss will be felt across the world.

It was South Africa’s biggest oil refinery until it was temporarily closed in 2022 after being damaged by floods in Durban.

Although not all companies are rowing back on their ESG policies.

Even after its recent rally, the SA Reit price index remains more than 30% below its 2019 high.

The waste management company has been turning the unwanted into wanted since 1979, helping clients achieve their zero-waste goals.

Nearly R100m for departing CEO Mike Brown last year …

‘Edge certification is effectively green building certification, and banks traditionally do not provide a role like this. The Nexus 1 building – Attacq’s first net-zero carbon Level 1 development – now also meets a global benchmark set by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation’: Genevieve Naidoo of Nedbank CIB.

Corporate clients are walking away.