GreenBiz Group’s fifth annual2012 State of Green Business Report offers a somewhat mixed view of the current green and sustainable business landscape. “Things aren’t going as well as we’d hoped,” says Joel Makower, principal author of the 84-page report. “For the first time since we began doing our assessment, in 2008, several of the indicators [...]
As business optimism in the general economy falls, GreenWise asks business leaders, NGOs and academics what are the opportunities and challenges for green business in 2012? On business sustainability Jon Bentley, Smarter Energy lead, IBM Global Business Services 2012 will continue to offer opportunity for green businesses, but it is clear that success will rely [...]
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 [...]
Cape Town — South African scientists have developed an environmentally friendly method to clean highly toxic water and convert it into drinkable water. Once available commercially, the method could drastically reduce the negative impact industry has on water pollution worldwide. Called eutectic freeze crystallisation, the technique freezes acidic water – or brine – to produce [...]
