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/ 20 February 2008
I kickstarted 2008 with what I believed was a noble resolution: to pay a fair price for everyday luxuries such as chocolate and coffee. These two products often have a high toll on the environment, as virgin forests are cleared away to make way for new coffee or cocoa plantations, writes Jocelyn Newmarch.
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/ 20 February 2008
This year’s categories for Greening the Future include the Companies and organisations with innovative environmental strategies that improve business performance. This category is sponsored by Rhodes University.
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/ 20 February 2008
The issue that dominated world media in 2007 was climate change. It grabbed headlines and filled column inches almost daily. Surely there is not a business leader on the planet who hasn’t given consideration yet to how his or her company will be impacted by climate change and what the company can do to minimise risk and find opportunities.
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/ 20 February 2008
Climate change has become an important political consideration, as highlighted at the climate change summit in Bali and the ANC Polokwane conference. Both events emphasised the role the business community has to play in protecting and enhancing the environment.
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/ 20 February 2008
At the recent world climate change conference in Bali one of the topics on the table was high energy demand and how it is affecting global warming. As a British businessman said: ”Businesses would be foolish to ignore the signs of what climate change will do to your business. You have to adapt now.”
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/ 20 February 2008
Miner Anglo American posted a 6% rise in full-year profit on Wednesday, in line with forecasts, and said a global credit crisis would delay the disposal of its road surface business Tarmac. Anglo, the world’s fourth-biggest diversified mining group by market capitalisation, said underlying profit rose to ,8-billion from ,47-billion in 2006.
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/ 20 February 2008
Young girls and their mothers huddle under shawls in the central reservation of one of Patna’s main streets, picking through trash for grimy metal scraps that might earn them 20 rupees (sh,50) a day. Buses and auto-rickshaws belt out black fumes beside them on the congested, muddy street and dogs pick through huge piles of garbage by the roadside as men urinate at their side.
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/ 19 February 2008
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has wished Fidel Castro a long and happy retirement following the Cuban leader’s decision not to return to office as president. ”Comrade Fidel holds a special place in South African hearts because of his decision to deploy thousands of soldiers to help our African liberation struggles,” sais the trade union.
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/ 19 February 2008
Wallabies winger Lote Tuqiri has labelled as ”short-sighted” remarks by Springbok flyer Bryan Habana that the new laws on trial in the Super 14 are making rugby union become more like rugby league. Tuqiri also applauded the way the new game requires players to be better all-round athletes.