It's time to celebrate! Four years ago the Global Women’s Water Initiative welcomed 50 grassroots women leaders from all over Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States to launch their first Women and Water Training in Nairobi, Kenya.

49M has acquired naming rights for Rocking The Daisies, SA’s greenest annual music festival. The partnership is in line with the energy movement’s strategic intent to penetrate South Africa’s young market as the key drivers for social and behavioural change.

In these times, it is important for retailing to be as sustainable as possible.

A new report shows that green building is profitable and increases productivity of building staff.

Val Payn of the Green Gardens Project is writing a book about ecologically sustainable gardens in South Africa. She is looking for gardens that would provide good examples of inspiring, attractive, well planned and managed, ecologically sustainable gardens, to feature as inspirational and practical examples in her book.

There has been great excitement at Vondeling Wine Farm, where a recently installed camera trap confirmed suspicions that a Cape Leopard has increased its territory to include the Paardeberg Mountain.

Would you like to purchase fish sourced from a supply chain and fishery certified against the world's most rigorous sustainability standards? This must be the most responsible way to do your fish shopping.

Caring for the planet and the people they support through their business has always been important to Woolworths. They consolidated all their efforts to support both people and planet under one programme in 2007, which they called their Good Business Journey. Through this programme they have learnt how to tread more lightly on the earth and contribute to issues affecting all South Africans.

Several large companies came together earlier this month to discuss emerging renewable energy opportunities in South Africa, with input from experts in business, academia and government.

Responses to the global challenge of climate change cannot be disconnected from the other global challenges, such as the financial crisis, peak oil/energy security, food security, waste generation, water and soil degradation, and the destruction of habitat and extinction of species.

For mobile phone companies, the challenge of sustainability means maximising the positive, enabling effect of mobile technology, while minimizing the possible negative affect of such activities. A new report tackling these issues has recently been published.

Over the centuries, nature had to overcome every obstacle that we humans are also faced with today. How to transport liquids, colour things, cure illnesses, fix objects to all surfaces - to name but a few.

World Environment Day celebrations mark four decades of continuous dedication to bring environmental awareness into every home on the planet. It also brings the world to a singular moment for ushering in changes to ensure there is no conflict between economic and environmental health.

We’d like to introduce a new business metaphor: the ripening of the olive. A metaphor that informs the way in which we think and act.

Carbon emissions per full time employee decreased by 6.1% during 2011 (to 10.1 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) in the Nedbank Group, while emissions per square metre of office space reduced by a sizeable 10.9%.

There are many ways in which mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu.

Fairtrade Label South Africa celebrated their first ambassador this week, award-winning musician Loyiso Bala.

Following on the success of the launch of Viridis Africa 2011, where more than 20 major investment opportunities were presented to prospective investors, Viridis Africa is now soliciting business plans in the clean tech industry from entrepreneurs seeking funding to turn their projects to account.

We are pleased to announce the annual “Corporate Sustainability Management 2012 - A Social and Economic Imperative” conference, which will take place in August in Sandton, Johannesburg.

Everyone these days is talking about Sustainable Living and Indigenous Plants. But what does Sustainability really mean? There are so many terms and confusing us seems to be the way to go.