A number of business opportunities – from recycling plastic, manufacturing components for solar water heaters to using fallow land to plant grains for biofuels – exist under a Green Economy accord signed yesterday. The essence of the accord is to put the country on the road to environmental sustainability while reaping the benefits of creating [...]

Business sustainability issues are well documented and in these challenging economic times it may be hard to justify investment in the development of any skills, let alone investment in any green ones. But, now is the time – employing green skills in your organisation and investing in them will enable you to identify efficiency savings [...]

With the winner of World Design Capital 2014 being announced in only one day, it is only fair to pay tribute to the innovation and creativity that South Africa has to offer. A design project that is of particular interest to Ecopreneur is the Baja Multifunctional Children’s Table. Made out of Xanita board, it was [...]

Can Manhattan’s High Line Park become a model for generating growth in other cities of the world? In the current business climate, growth is a much needed commodity where good business opportunities are normally spun off the back of a successful project. The World Cup is often touted as an economic stimulant, but as many [...]

A newly established South African dairy company has taken the lead in milk processing, and boasts the smallest carbon footprint of any dairy in the southern hemisphere. The idea to establish a dairy with green credentials came about in 2010, when a group of Eastern Cape dairy farmers decided that they wanted to create a [...]

Recycling just one glass bottle saves the same amount of energy required to keep a 100-watt light bulb powered up for an hour. This is one of the many facts I learned recently when I sat down with CEO of the Glass Recycling Company (TGRC), Shabeer Jhetam, and Kate Haupt, who handles the PR for [...]

THE Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Brunei hopes that local businesses and entrepreneurs will realise the significant potential of green businesses as a result of the upcoming National Environment Conference 2011 (NEC), said Lim Boon Teck, Manager Corporate Sustainability at HSBC Brunei. “Based on HSBC research, global Climate Change related business or Green [...]

If any further evidence was needed of the changing face of Australian business, this year’s Start-up 50 provides it in buckets. The 50 fastest-growing businesses in the 2011 StartupSmart Awards are bringing innovative ideas and niches to the marketplace, often inspired by the global economy, as well as re-defining the age, gender and working habits [...]