Build Back Better Greener Blog

Finance gaps for local green entrepreneurs need to be addressed. LGEs have the agility to accelerate access to new markets and play a catalytic role in the diffusion and uptake of green innovations, owing to their role as key adopters and testers for radical green innovations in the production and manufacturing of environmental goods, services and technologies – which many established firms view as high-risk and therefore avoid. The article by Darren Parker from Engineering News covers this topic in more detail.  Click here for more information.

Green Economy Coalition`s Green Recovery Dialogues There are signs visible that we are indeed #buildingbackbettergreener! Today I was inspired to provide a platform for a broad range of Green Incubators and BDS providers that are supporting local green entrepreneurs. Stakeholders included youth-owned and women-owned enterprises. Feel free to listen to the recording here . Download the speaker presentations: Unpacking the Green Economy ecosystem: Business development support services for local green entrepreneurs  (Ulrik Jorgensen, Development Policy Advisor, EU Delegation to South Africa)  Introducing Future Females green economy programs  (Lauren Dallas, Co-Founder and CEO of Future Females) Support to SMMEs during DOVID-19 and adapting to climage change measures  (Rest Kanju, Esecutive Director and Head of Operations, Indalo Inclusive SA A Just Energy Transition: Unpacking the Green Economy ecosystem : (Helmut Hertzog, General Manager, SAREBI - South Afri...

Today I visited Alien Fuel. This is a fantastic example of how entrepreneurs can find innovative clean tech solutions to respond to alien invasive species that are putting stress on our water bodies and at the same time provide energy security. For more information visit:  https://alienfuel.africa/

  This is an article by Rusana Philander in a local newspaper (December 2012). *** Finding jobs for people who understand sustainability. Elize Hattingh is a graduate from the BPhil programme and is doing her Mphil thesis on career paths for people with qualifications in the sustainability field (supervised by Mark Swilling). She is conducting research on where graduates from the Master’s Programme in Sustainable Development have landed up. She has set up a business called Green Talent. Green Talent visited the Sustainability Institute during June this year to get to know the students of the BPhil programme a little better. Some of the most talented sustainability professionals discussed their skills set and she learned about their passion for sustainable development.  Green Talent is hopeful that a skilled workforce that understands sustainability will be “the custodians for Africa`s natural capital and will help to steer the green economy!”  For more information visit:h...

  Elize Hattingh and Amelie Guyot from Green Talent   were invited to host a Sustainability Career Talk at the UCT Chemical Engineering faculty on 5 October 2012 in Cape Town. It was a wonderful opportunity to engage with young minds on zero harm principles and how it applies to Chemical Engineer.

  The 1st ever Sustainability Professionals Forum hosted at the Vineyard Hotel on 7 July 2012. This was an opportunity for like-minded people to engage on the Sustainable Development Agenda and what is means in a South African context.  We welcomes all types of sustainability professionals including: students, young entrepreneurs, established business owners, representatives from corporate and government officials.