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CSI in action: 3 local initiatives that are changing lives

Across South Africa, Corporate Social Investment (CSI) is evolving beyond compliance into a powerful force for meaningful, long-term change. Increasingly, companies are aligning their CSI strategies with real community needs, by focusing on education, food security, skills development, and infrastructure to create lasting impact. Here are three standout CSI initiatives, each led by a different […]

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Sustainability drives Isanti Glass

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Isanti Glass, South Africa’s only black-owned Level 1 B-BBEE glass packaging manufacturer, ties business excellence to transformation and environmental stewardship. Based in Johannesburg and part of Proudly South African, the company combines local manufacturing strength with a clear buy-local stance. By Business Day Its amber, flint and emerald containers use, on average, up to 50

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Bybit strengthens its footprint in South Africa

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Bybit is expanding in South Africa with a push that combines partnerships, seamless rand access and new scholarship programmes. The exchange says it aims to be the country’s most trusted and user-friendly crypto platform in 2025. By Bybit – Moneyweb A strategic partnership with Altify Capital is designed to give local traders easier access to

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A unique partnership turned invasive fish into a lifeline

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In the depths of the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, an unexpected collaboration sparked a powerful solution to two urgent challenges: ecological imbalance in the Garden Route’s freshwater lakes and growing hunger in vulnerable communities. By CSI The Human Face of Business The partnership began at Groenvlei Lake near Sedgefield, where Gift of the Givers, CapeNature, and

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Considering livelihood opportunities in the Green Economy

CSI Initiatives, Environment / Chris Buchanan

The global climate, is undeniably becoming more volatile, posing increasing threats to lives and livelihoods across the globe. Humanity’s culpability in the causes of this volatility is now generally accepted: by emitting carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide (amongst many other pollutants) at an exponentially industrial scale over the past two centuries, the planet’s overall temperature

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Plant seeds of literary love: support Exclusive Book’s Book Tree Project

CSI Initiatives, Environment / Chris Buchanan

With your help, three SA schools will receive a mini library of children’s books and a playground full of trees Exclusive Books There is a Chinese proverb that states: “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” With this in mind, Exclusive Books has unveiled an exciting

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Sumitomo Rubber gives learners a back-to-school boost

CSI Initiatives, Environment / Chris Buchanan

More than 2,900 learners have been given a back-to-school boost after receiving a donation of stationery packs and backpacks from leading tyre manufacturer, Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (SRSA). By The Sumitomo Group Joanne de Freitas, CSI manager of SRSA, said the company secured 2,300 stationery packs and backpacks – one per employee – and invited

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KFC Add Hope, KFC customers raise R10m for Gift of the Givers

CSI Initiatives, Environment / Chris Buchanan

KFC South Africa is passionate about feeding a future with more purpose and bucketloads of good. And with a strong belief that together we can create a recipe for good, for all, many South African’s feel that same resilient spirit of Ubuntu. After initially committing R5 million to Gift of the Givers at the beginning

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MAMAS Alliance: Expert support to facilitate CSI objectives

CSI Initiatives, Environment / Chris Buchanan

MAMAS Alliance is a network of 36 reputable, independent and autonomous grassroots childcare organisations made up of 56 projects across seven provinces. The 1 900 MAMAS (and some great PAPAS) share the same values and collaborate to increase impact – with one common objective: to save more vulnerable children across South African from a hopeless

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Greenovate winners: Fungus insulation panels and other engineering innovations

CSI Initiatives, Environment / Chris Buchanan

University of Cape Town (UCT) final-year students in the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment have done it again, taking top spots in both the engineering and the property and construction management streams at the prestigious Growthpoint Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) Greenovate Awards. Story Helen Swingler – www.news.uct.ac.za Seven other universities competed this year:

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