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#BestofBiz 2024: ESG & Sustainability

We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2024 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and company news. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's ESG & Sustainability site over the past year below.

17 Dec 2024

#BestofBiz 2024: ESG & Sustainability

Most-read stories

1	Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal - Ihsaan Haffejee	29 Oct 2024
2	New app to help Western Cape social workers - Marecia Damons	25 Jul 2024
3	R350 grant to increase in April	14 Mar 2024
4	Proposed coal mine in Mpumalanga grasslands back in court - John Yeld	02 May 2024
5	Court orders Gauteng government to pay non-profit organisations - Masego Mafata	24 May 2024
6	Shoprite Foundation donates robotics labs worth R1.6m to KZN schools	02 Feb 2024
7	Cheslin Kolbe launches foundation aimed at community outreach - Moonsport	02 Jul 2024
8	Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban - Nokulunga Majola	19 Jul 2024
9	Final warning: NPOs that don't comply with regulations will be deregistered	25 Oct 2024
10	SPCA Roodepoort gets a sustainable makeover with Eco Paws initiative - Dumisani Khumalo - Fibre Circle	04 Sep 2024
11	Why schools should be exempt from load shedding	26 Feb 2024
12	South African lion breeders face uncertain future after ban - Sfundo Parakozov and Sisipho Skweyiya	02 Sep 2024
13	City of Johannesburg to implement water restrictions	12 Nov 2024
14	Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled - Steve Kretzmann	09 Feb 2024
15	Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round - Steve Kretzmann	12 Jun 2024
16	Why your ESG strategy should include data governance - Mohammed Sayed	20 May 2024
17	Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons - Steve Kretzmann	15 May 2024
18	Change is coming to ESG disclosures in SA - what to expect - Dalit Anstey	18 Jul 2024
19	First for Africa R300m PET recycling plant to add 15,000 tons capacity annually; critical for export-oriented industries	17 Sep 2024
20	R28bn Upper uMkhomazi Water Project to relieve KZN water challenges	22 Apr 2024

Most-read contributors

1	Gisela Kruger
2	Kate Stubbs

Most-viewed press offices

1	Trialogue
2	Propelair SA
3	Safripol
4	Project codeX
5	Shift Social Development
6	Next Generation

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