COVID-19 PANDEMIC – A THORN IN THE FLESH FOR GREEN BUSINESS AND SDGS
Can CEOs afford to continue globetrotting and flying for business deals whilst generating air emissionsand at the same time fight for their health during the COVID-19 pandemic? Emergence of the new novel COVID-19 virus in Wuhan, China remains one of the leading complexities that humanity...
WORLD STEPS UP RENEWABLE ENERGY
With the price of energy ever fluctuating and security of supply never guaranteed in most countries, there is an imperative to move towards renewable energy technologies. Not only is renewable energy affordable in the long run, it is also cleaner to the environment. This is...
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: HOTELS START ADOPTING GREEN MEASURES
Tourism is a tool for socio-economic development in Africa. Due to environmental and social impacts associated with tourism, there is an urgent need to embrace the concept of sustainable tourism. Sustainability issues undoubtedly have gained ascendancy over the past few years given the increased awareness...
MORE CEOs WAKE UP TO SUSTAINABITY!
CEO’s wake-up call – changing business landscape heading to sustainability Transformation is the order of the day in the business world. Take a nap and your competitor takes over from you! Most problems that companies are facing today are due to the people who are...
ZIMBABWE’S CIVIL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT TO SET UP EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE SYSTEM TO DETECT PENDING DISASTERS
Zimbabwe’s department of Civil Protection is to set up an earth observation satellite system, a facility which is expected to house a multi-hazard or integrated early warning system for impending disasters in the country. A spokesperson of the department, Meliqiniso Sibanda said that all...
BOARDS OF DIRECTORS BEGIN TO EMBRACE SUSTAINABILITY
Traditionally, in most organisations the Board of Directors focuses on the governance, viability, survival, strategy and financial status of the organisation. For many years Boards have ignored sustainability as a secondary issue to the financial performance of the business. However, in the past decade there...
PANGOLINS UNDER THREAT OF EXTINCTION – AS ILLICIT TRADE RISES
One of the rare animal species in the world, the Pangolin, is under severe threat such that future generations may not be able to have a glimpse of it in years to come. These are times when mother earth cries wondering whether or not she...
ZIMBABWE HEADING TOWARDS A CLIMATE CHANGE BILL
Still recovering from the ravaging effects of Cyclone Idai, Zimbabwe is in the process of finalising a Climate Change Bill to operationalise the National Climate Change Policy for enhanced climate change resilience. Speaking at the National Consultative Workshop on the National Climate Change Bill, Mr...
CLIMATE NEGOTIATION STALEMATES COULD COST THE PLANET TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS
“We have sleepwalked past the place of no return, jeopardising the health and safety of everyone on this planet. Do we really want to be remembered as the generation that buried its head in the sand that fiddled while the planet burnt?” – Antonio Guiterres...
GREEN BUSINESS – A LICENSE TO OPERATE
Communities and key stakeholders are becoming more aware of the environmental effects of production processes and can legally challenge the behaviour of firms through well-organised class actions. Global concern on environmental challenges has been on the increase especially in the last three decades. Companies cannot...
