Tag: South Africa
In South Africa’s Eastern Cape, climate finance is taking root in a form few investors would expect. At the centre sits spekboom, a resilient native plant with an outsized role...
Imperative has reached final investment decision on Phase 2 of its Spekboom Ecosystem Restoration Project in South Africa and secured $91 million in blended financing to scale one of the...
A sharp rise in coal-linked air pollution across Johannesburg is prompting a technology-led response, as South African scientists prepare to launch a real-time air quality warning app later this year....
At Steyn City, just north of Johannesburg, the inaugural LIV Golf South Africa tournament extended its reach far beyond the fairways, combining elite sport with targeted community investment and measurable...
In a move that reshapes how natural capital is financed, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has structured Africa’s first nature-linked, outcomes-based bond, tying investor returns directly to ecological restoration outcomes in...
Investec Bank Limited has secured a $200 million senior unsecured loan from the International Finance Corporation to expand financing for sustainable property developments in South Africa, adding fresh momentum to...
South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) is shifting ESG oversight from high level guidance into enforceable conduct regulation, placing sustainability claims under the same scrutiny as financial disclosures and...
Radisson Hotel Group is accelerating its push into low-carbon hospitality, setting a target of 100 Verified Net Zero (VNZ) hotels worldwide by 2030 as investor and regulatory pressure intensifies across...
South African financiers are developing a 2 billion rand ($122 million) conservation bond designed to fund ecological restoration projects that protect the country’s most critical water catchments. The five year...
• British International Investment launches its first dedicated energy transition finance facility, providing $150 million to FirstRand.• Funding targets hard-to-abate sectors across Africa through RMB and FNB, offering transition loans...
The University of Free State (UFS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sayari Earth to advance soil carbon measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) in South Africa’s rangelands. The initiative...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a €4.7 billion Global Gateway investment in South Africa at the EU-South Africa Summit in Cape Town today. This marks the initiation...
South Africa is on the brink of a renewable energy revolution, with President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighting its potential to spur significant economic growth and job creation over the next decade...
Within just two years, the largest clean energy power plant of South Africa has emerged out of nothing on the vast wilderness in Northern Cape. It is the 100MW Redstone concentrated solar thermal...
By 2025 nearly half of South Africa’s population suffer from food insecurity, with 48.96% of the population potentially not having enough to eat. Provincially, Limpopo will suffer the worst food...
As South Africa continues to grapple with the pressing issue of load-shedding, BLUETTI, a leading clean energy storage company, has come forward with effective solutions to allow individuals and businesses...
To support the development of certified green buildings in South Africa, IFC announced a partnership with Absa Bank Limited to help the bank expand its residential and commercial loans and...
IFC is joining forces with the Banking Association South Africa (BASA) to help increase climate finance in the country and pave the way for a transition to a low carbon...
Fifty years ago, Plant Rosslyn was the BMW Group’s first foreign facility. It has since become a mainstay of the global production network. To mark its silver jubilee, Milan Nedeljković,...
Germany and South Africa on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on green hydrogen projects in the latest bid by Europe to tap into Africa’s huge renewable resource potential to meet 2050...
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