by Teresa Legg | Feb 26, 2014 | Blog
Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered his much anticipated budget on 26 February 2014. In his speech, Minister Gordhan made specific reference to further investment in renewable energy and support for the transition to a low-carbon economy, which is most welcomed....
by Teresa Legg | Feb 11, 2014 | Blog
Although there has been a significant increase in awareness of environmental issues in the workplace over recent years, businesses can still be slow in taking up the mantle in reducing their carbon emissions. Often this is because many businesses just don’t...
by Teresa Legg | Jan 30, 2014 | Blog
Global warming and resultant climate change is becoming more prominent in our daily lives. With record heat waves in Australia, floods across Western Europe and blizzards across North America simultaneously, it is clear that “the times they are a changing”. In...
by Teresa Legg | Jan 29, 2014 | Blog
With more and more organisations looking to measure and report their carbon emissions, we often get questioned about how to go about doing this. As with any business requirement, the options are varied and the applications range from one end of the spectrum to the...
by Teresa Legg | Dec 3, 2013 | Blog
The 19th annual UN climate conference (COP19) concluded in Warsaw on Sunday November 24. Although delivering a set of relatively low decisions, Warsaw produced enough to keep countries on track to agreeing a new global climate deal at COP21 in Paris in 2015. This is...
by Teresa Legg | Oct 3, 2013 | Blog
The IPCC report has stated a 95% certainty that human activity is responsible for climate change and predicts that temperatures will continue to rise. The publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report, a rigorous scientific assessment of...
by Teresa Legg | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog
First reduce what you can, then offset the remainder For many organisations, particularly progressive ones that are embracing the low carbon economy, being carbon neutral or even carbon negative is the ultimate goal. This not only buys organisational credibility but...
by Teresa Legg | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
Much has been made of Nersa’s recent multi-year determination of Eskom’s increases for the next 5 years. Eskom, to support its build and maintenance backlog, had requested 16 % over the next 5 years. Nersa on the other hand granted an increase of 8%....
by Teresa Legg | Dec 9, 2012 | Blog
The UN climate talks in Doha have closed with a historic shift in principle agreed but with very few genuine cuts in greenhouse gases. The summit has established for the first time that rich nations should move towards compensating poor nations for losses due to...
by Teresa Legg | Nov 27, 2012 | Blog
As the talks start at COP18 in Doha, I can’t help but feel that we may all be in for a massive let down once again. ‘We’ in this instance are those like minded individuals, probably in the minority, that are increasingly concerned about our climate and the legacy...
by Teresa Legg | Nov 23, 2012 | Blog
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for South Africa was released on 22 November and the encouraging results are that our corporates are making significant strides in reducing emissions. The CDP is a global initiative that requests the JSE’s top 100 to provide...
by Teresa Legg | Oct 20, 2012 | Blog
When one thinks of sustainability and sustainable business practices, two of the most common terms that come to mind are ‘carbon neutrality’ and ‘going green’. It is abundantly clear that the challenges we face as humanity are enormous with a required 80% reduction in...
