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When We Finance Resilience, We Finance Futures: Leanne Emery-Hunter at TEDxJohannesburg

At TEDxJohannesburg Countdown, Tshikululu CEO Leanne Emery-Hunter explores how South Africa can rethink the way it finances its response to climate change.
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Enabling the Just Energy Transition: Creating a socially inclusive future

When we talk about the Just Energy Transition (JET), we tend to focus only on gigawatts, emissions targets, and investment flows. At its core, however, the Just Transition is not only about energy: it is about people. The choices we
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When we finance resilience, we finance futures

With a focus on accelerating climate action, last week’s two-day TEDx Johannesburg brought together leading changemakers to explore solutions to the climate crisis, under the theme of a greener, fairer, thriving future.
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October 2025 JET Project Pitch Schedule

The JET supports South Africa’s commitment to reducing emissions to 350-420 MtCO2-eq by 2030, as outlined in the 2021 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
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Different shades of green

They are members of the same family, but the metrics that measure them are very different. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is related to sustainability as well as corporate social responsibility (CSR). According to the Green Business Bureau, ESG is
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Understanding social investors to unlock green finance

The 2025 Future of Sustainability Summit was held in Gauteng on 25-26 March 2025. The conference is a premier event that promotes sustainable and transparent business practices. Its mission is to provoke responsible corporate citizenship and sustainable development at both
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Suggestions to tackle ESG scepticism

Amid growing public scepticism about the authenticity of companies’ sustainability claims, businesses face the challenge of delivering meaningful impact through environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives, says investment advisory Tshikululu Social Investments senior social investment specialist Graeme Wilkinson.
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Sustainable social impact in a changing world

Creating and measuring social impact must, by necessity, be as dynamic as the socio-economic context it is responding to. Creating and measuring social impact must, by necessity, be as dynamic as the socio-economic context it is responding to. Strengthening our
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Successful integration of the S into ESG in the SA context

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is increasingly being adopted by businesses in South Africa as a framework to measure and report on sustainability. Globally, ESG is considered by some to have a bias towards the environmental, with frameworks and reporting
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PRESS RELEASE: Integrating the ‘S’ in ESG: “Socio-economic development is everybody’s business”

Mining companies, along with other businesses, need to make the fundamental shift towards realising that corporate sustainability is dependent on the ecosystems in which they operate. So says Thabisile Phumo, Executive Vice President: Stakeholder Relations at Sibanye-Stillwater.
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When We Finance Resilience, We Finance Futures: Leanne Emery-Hunter at TEDxJohannesburg

When We Finance Resilience, We Finance Futures: Leanne Emery-Hunter at TEDxJohannesburg

At TEDxJohannesburg Countdown, Tshikululu CEO Leanne Emery-Hunter explores how South Africa can rethink the way it finances its response to climate change.
Read more
Enabling the Just Energy Transition: Creating a socially inclusive future

Enabling the Just Energy Transition: Creating a socially inclusive future

When we talk about the Just Energy Transition (JET), we tend to focus only on gigawatts, emissions targets, and investment flows. At its core,
Read more
When we finance resilience, we finance futures

When we finance resilience, we finance futures

With a focus on accelerating climate action, last week’s two-day TEDx Johannesburg brought together leading changemakers to explore solutions to the climate crisis, under
Read more
October 2025 JET Project Pitch Schedule

October 2025 JET Project Pitch Schedule

The JET supports South Africa’s commitment to reducing emissions to 350-420 MtCO2-eq by 2030, as outlined in the 2021 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Read more
Different shades of green

Different shades of green

They are members of the same family, but the metrics that measure them are very different. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is related to
Read more
Understanding social investors to unlock green finance

Understanding social investors to unlock green finance

The 2025 Future of Sustainability Summit was held in Gauteng on 25-26 March 2025. The conference is a premier event that promotes sustainable and
Read more
Suggestions to tackle ESG scepticism

Suggestions to tackle ESG scepticism

Amid growing public scepticism about the authenticity of companies’ sustainability claims, businesses face the challenge of delivering meaningful impact through environmental, social and corporate
Read more
Sustainable social impact in a changing world

Sustainable social impact in a changing world

Creating and measuring social impact must, by necessity, be as dynamic as the socio-economic context it is responding to. Creating and measuring social impact
Read more
Successful integration of the S into ESG in the SA context

Successful integration of the S into ESG in the SA context

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is increasingly being adopted by businesses in South Africa as a framework to measure and report on sustainability. Globally,
Read more
PRESS RELEASE: Integrating the ‘S’ in ESG: “Socio-economic development is everybody’s business”

PRESS RELEASE: Integrating the ‘S’ in ESG: “Socio-economic development is everybody’s business”

Mining companies, along with other businesses, need to make the fundamental shift towards realising that corporate sustainability is dependent on the ecosystems in which
Read more

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