Africa’s Hidden Gems – Creating innovative business solutions to Sustainability Challenges
Africa is brimming with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) leading the charge in tackling some of the continent’s most pressing...
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- Feb 21
A Pathway to Carbon Reduction for SMEs: The journey is as important as the destination
Each year I take a break to detox and relax in Austria. I love the long train journey from Vienna to my destination and back. I always...
- Feb 8
A message to SME Leaders: “Walk the Pathway to Carbon Reduction with your Employees”
Over the last few months, we have given suggestions on practical and low-cost actions SMEs can take to minimise their carbon footprint....
- Jan 19
A Pathway to Carbon Reduction for SMEs: Low-Cost and Easy Actions
Here we are in 2023. We have 27 years left to achieve the Net Zero carbon emissions target. Will we get there? In our previous articles...
- Dec 15, 2022
A Pathway to Carbon Reduction for SMEs: Measuring and Target Setting
A recent survey by Lloyds Bank found that 77% of small businesses do not have a plan to reduce their carbon footprint. This is not...
- Dec 1, 2022
“Is it fair…..?”: Climate Change and African SMEs
It’s been nearly two weeks since COP27 – dubbed the “African COP” – ended. It’s also been two weeks since we posted the first article in...
- Nov 17, 2022
A Pathway to Net Zero for SMEs: An Introduction
Have you ever opened Google and wondered what exactly they mean when they say they have been “carbon neutral since 2007”? Or what Amazon...
- Oct 24, 2022
Managing your Environmental & Social Impacts: Monitoring & Reporting
We continue our series on pragmatic ESG advice for SMEs. In this article, we move onto the final stages of the “plan, do, check, improve”...
- Sep 26, 2022
Managing your Environmental & Social Impacts: Responsibility & Action Plans
We continue our series on pragmatic and fit-for purpose ESG advice for SMEs. In this article, we go to the next stage of the “plan, do,...
- Sep 5, 2022
Plan, Do, Check, Improve:Using an Environmental & Social Mgmt Framework to achieve corporate purpose
We are constantly reflecting on how we can simplify Sustainability and ESG for small and medium size businesses. We want to help you...
- Aug 5, 2022
Ready, checklist, action! Sustainability Strategy Tips for SMEs
Sustainability and ESG (environmental social & governance) strategies and plans often seem confusing, complex, and expensive – but they...
- Jul 6, 2022
SMEs are better at ESG than they think!
There are huge value creation benefits associated with environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives – whether it be cost...
- Jun 24, 2022
“It takes a village….”: Achieving Sustainability for SMEs
Within the world of corporate Sustainability or its more recent manifestation ESG (environmental, social, governance) there exists a...
- May 15, 2022
Sustainability Reporting and Disclosure – A plethora of spaghetti soup standards?
If the North Star of Sustainability remains “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to...
- May 4, 2021
Car manufacturing in Africa: Blue sky thinking needed
Recently, I listened to a webinar on opportunities for the automotive industry in Africa. I learned that Africa currently accounts for...
- Apr 14, 2021
More Corporate Diplomacy help for African Business Leaders
In my last article, I introduced the principles of Corporate Diplomacy as a way for African Business leaders to create long-term...
- Apr 6, 2021
Corporate Diplomacy tips for African Business Leaders
Life in 2D via Zoom meetings has made it easier to maintain relationships, but harder to build new ones. Business travel, face-to-face...
- Mar 25, 2021
African Business Leaders: Choose the right CSI Model
Business leaders often complain to me that they receive more requests for donations, sponsorship or other financial contributions than...
- Mar 16, 2021
African Business Leaders: How to do well by doing good
The impact of Covid-19 has brought far greater demands on companies to help address social and socio-economic challenges — particularly...
- Mar 3, 2021
Boards: ESG, risk management and value creation
Even the most innovative and adaptive African companies over the last 12 months will emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic into a changed...
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