Never again can a CSI strategy be cast in stone With the many challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, so too came many changes within the CSI landscape. Many corporates pivoted, directing urgent funding to food relief and the provision of PPE to help keep people safe and nourished during the lockdowns. Over 600 […]
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MTN has donated R500,000 to the South African Depression and Anxiety Group, after its successful Share Kindness campaign that ran over October for World Mental Health month. At a time when the stress of long-term isolation and sustained anxiety is seriously impacting mental health across the globe, MTN’s Share Kindness campaign aimed to raise
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DKN Transport, a level 1 B-BBEE contributor with a 30% black female shareholding, has secured funding from The Engen Convoy Fund to enable this proudly South African privately owned company to unlock additional market opportunities. Headquartered in Johannesburg since 2004, DKN Transport provides road freight logistics solutions across various industries, nationally and cross-border into Africa.
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According to the World Food Programme, 811 million people across the globe still go to bed on an empty every night and one in three people suffer from some form of malnutrition. In South Africa, at least 3 million children hungry according to Stats SA. Andra Nel, CSI Manager at KFC South Africa asks, how
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Authors of study: Jay Joseph, Helen Borland, Marc Orlitzky, and Adam Lindgreen Research into corporate sustainability strategies, and tactics that business can implement to achieve more equitable social and environmental outcomes, has been an ongoing area of study for decades. More recently, theoretical developments on sustainable business practice have highlighted the importance when it comes
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“To say that South Africa, her people and economy are going through a tumultuous time is an understatement. The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis that has left no one untouched, and it continues to claim human lives and subject South Africans to extraordinary stress added to that are the recent uprisings in some regions of
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By Jolandi Synders, Senior Business Development Manager – The Hope Factory Collaborative partnerships have always been a key focus for The Hope Factory (THF) in implementing our Socio Economic development programmes and the B-BBEE codes of Good Practice have provided a wonderful platform to encourage such partnerships. THF is an NPC passionate about Skills and
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Practical partnerships – this was the principal theme that emerged at the recent roundtable discussion on women farmers, hosted by the Gordon Institute of Business Science’s (GIBS) Entrepreneurship Development Academy (EDA), in partnership with global agricultural company, Corteva Agriscience. The roundtable conversation, Flourishing Farmers – Harvesting a Future in Farming, was aimed at finding solutions
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As South Africans deal with the daily challenges associated with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the non-profit sector has been at the forefront of the Covid-19 response by providing relief services like food, water, and medical supplies to millions of vulnerable citizens. These challenges were further exacerbated by the recent civil unrest, looting and third wave
Qualifying small businesses urged to apply! There is no doubt that the extreme disruptions and repercussions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa will continue for some time. The long-term effect on the already challenged small and medium businesses will also be profound. Fortunately, initiatives such as the newly launched Abadali Equity Equivalent Investment
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