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DEAR SUSTAINABILITY WEEK PARTICIPANT, 2015 sees an expanded programme with some significant highlights, most notably African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum hosted by the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa, which sees the City and indeed the event welcome multiple mayoral delegations from capital cities across Africa – a special welcome to you. A sincere welcome and thank you too to all speakers and facilitators, especially those that have travelled from afar to join us. Thank you to our sponsors, exhibitors, and partners, especially the City of Tshwane’s Sustainability Unit who have worked extremely hard to make this event happen, and to the Nedbank team who got behind the marketing and publicity efforts. Great care has been taken in fashioning the conversations set to take place this week, and I wish all delegates an engaging and thought providing three days. May your participation result in forging new relationships, cementing existing ones, and most importantly - that better practice, and better business flows to you as a result. Yours sincerely, Gordon Brown Event Director
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Welcome Note African Capital Cities Sustainability in Mining Seminar Green Building Conference Sustainable Energy Seminar Food Security Seminar Transport & Mobility Seminar Green Manufacturing & Supply Chain Seminar Tshwane Mayors’ Lunch Vision Zero Waste Seminar Sustainable Infrastructure Seminar Sustainable Water Seminar Responsible Tourism Dialogue Green Business Seminar Green Home Fair Youth & the Green Economy Seminar Floorplan Sponsors Affiliates Exhibitors
WELCOME NOTE
I wish to express a special welcome and appreciation to Premier David Makhura, Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi and Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and my fellow Mayors of African cities for taking the time to travel to South Africa to participate in the Inaugural African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum; I look forward to engaging with each of you over the next few days. Ours is a gathering aimed at directing and championing growth and development futures of our cities to ensure that they are sustainable, vibrant and liveable through integrated ecological, social, economic and governance agendas that promote human and environmental wellbeing. Sustainability Week is an important event for our city and I thank everyone for their participation, may your time be used productively as you seek consensus on the opportunities for capital cities to take a leadership role in relation to sustainability, and may your objectives be fulfilled. Through Sustainability Week let us decree that “a new world is possible� and create a new global order for cities, for planet and for prosperity. Yours sincerely, Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa: Executive Mayor -City of Tshwane
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AFRICAN CAPITAL CITIES The opportunities to address the sustainability imperative arising from the current and numerous challenges facing African cities are tremendous. Exploring these is the main objective of the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum. Supported by appropriate policies, design ingenuity, innovation, technical proficiency, robust implementation mechanisms and adequate infrastructural investments, African cities can reach high levels of quality of urban life, improving drastically their environmental footprints while reaching highly competitive economic prosperity in the medium to long term. Ensuring that the most rapidly developing cities in the world develop sustainably is arguably the most important objective on the planet. Ending the negative spiral of poverty and dependence will be the reward for bold actions now!
PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
FACILITATOR: ERIC NOIR Eric Noir is advocate and ambassador of sustainability in the built environment in Africa. This work, under the auspices of his first company GREEN by DESIGN, started in 2002, and now DESIGN for ABUNDANCE since 2014, has consistently demonstrated his commitment and extraordinary achievements for the betterment of the African continent through redressing the social injustices of the past, and embracing the sustainability imperative of the future. Eric, recently celebrating 12 years of green building excellence with numerous achievements and firsts and through continued innovation, has been at the forefront of the sustainable built environment in Africa.
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09:00 - 09:15 Speaker: Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa: Executive Mayor- City of Tshwane Address: Opening and Welcome 09:15 – 09:45 Speaker: Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi: Director -United Cities and Local Government Africa (UCLGA) Address: Enhanced Cooperation among African Cities 09:45 – 10:30 Speaker: Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma: Chairperson - African Union Keynote Address: Agenda 2063: Towards a sustainable urban future 10:30 – 11:30 Media Session
TEA 11:30 – 11:50 Speaker: Tlou Ramaru: Senior Policy Advisor: International Sustainable Development and Trade Cooperation- Department of Environmental Affairs Topic: A National framework on sustainable development and a perspective of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 11:50 – 12:10 Speaker: Seana Nkahle, Chairman of the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) Topic: Advancing the Green Building Movement in Africa 12:10 – 12:30 Speaker: Chris Wray, Acting Director, Gauteng City Region Observatory Topic: The potential of an African urban observatory and mapping the way forward
LUNCH 14:00 – 14:20 Speaker: Erky Wood: Director - GAPP Architects And Urban Designers Topic: Sustainable Urbanism 14:20 – 15:00 Speaker: Peter Newman: Professor of Sustainability - Curtin University, Perth Topic: Climate Change: The Good News
TEA 15:15 – 16:15 Mayors Round Table Discussion Finding consensus on the opportunity for capital cities to take a leadership position in relation to sustainability
MAYORAL WELCOMING COCKTAIL
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SPEAKERS
CLLR KGOSIENTSO RAMOKGOPA Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa is the Executive Mayor of Tshwane and Chairperson of the ANC in the Tshwane Region. He also served as Tshwane’s Ward 51 Councillor. He served in the leadership of the South African Students Congress and the ANC Youth League at the University of Durban-Westville. His qualifications include BSc Civil Engineering, Master of Public Administration, Master of Business Leadership, and a Certificate in Executive Leadership. He is currently writing his PhD thesis on local government finance. He has extensive experience in corporate governance and served as the CEO of the Metropolitan Trading Company and of the Johannesburg Market. He has been recognized for his sterling business leadership.
JEAN-PIERRE ELONG MBASSI Jean-pierre Elong Mbassi is the Secretary General of United Cities and Local Government of Africa. He is also Co-Chair of World Cities Scientific Development Alliance, and Deputy Secretary General of the China-Africa forum of local governments. He is the man behind the Africities Summit. He was the first Secretary General of the World Association of Cities and Local Authorities Coordination at the same time he held the position of Secretary General of the Municipal Development Partnership. Previously, he was the director of the first urban project financed by the World Bank in Cameroon and which focused on the restructuring and development of a slums area of 300,000 inhabitants in the city Douala. He began his career in Paris at the Agency of Cooperation and Planning.
NKOSAZANA DLAMINI ZUMA H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini Zuma, exiled for her political activism, completed her medical studies at the University of Bristol in the UK in 1978. After the 1994 elections, Dr Dlamini Zuma was appointed Minister of Health in the cabinet of President Nelson Mandela. In 1999, President Thabo Mbeki appointed Dr Dlamini Zuma Minister of Foreign Affairs, and in 2009, was appointed Minister of Home Affairs. Having served South Africa with distinction Dr Dlamini Zuma became the first woman to be elected Chairperson of the African Union Commission
MR. TLOU RAMARU Mr Tlou Ramaruis the Chief Policy Advisor: Sustainable Development in the Department of Environmental Affairs. His responsibilities entail management of South Africa’s negotiations on sustainable development and environmental sector trade in the relevant multi-lateral fora and partnerships. Management of national and international engagement in sustainable development and environmental sector trade programmes. Coordination and implementation of National Strategy for Sustainable Development and Action Plan and the Environment Sector science policy interface framework. Management of the development of the state of environment reports and indicators and provide the Department with state of environment strategic and technical support.
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SEANA NKHAHLE Seana Nkhahle is chairman of the Green Building Council of South Africa. Nkhahle is an Executive Director at SALGA, responsible for ‘Corporate Strategy and Research’. Prior to this he was the Executive Manager and National Programmes Co-ordinator at the South African Cities Network. Nkhahle holds a Bsc (Hons) Town and Regional Planning. In 2004 Nkhahle received a recognition award issued jointly by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction.
PROF DAVID EVERATT Professor David Everatt, Executive Director of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO), has over 20 years of experience in applied socio-economic, development and policy research, designing and implementing monitoring systems, programme evaluation, and quantitative research across a range of areas. He has managed and/or participated in over 300 development projects, primarily in Africa. He is a Trustee of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, and sits on various other boards and advisory panels.
ERKY WOOD Erky Wood is a founding member of GAPP and is a specialist in urban development processes, in the identification of strategic objectives, parametric urban cost modelling and local authority issues and their effect on the urban design process. He was a member of the original urban design team for the V&A Waterfront project; team leader, urban design for FNB BankCity; responsible for the Johannesburg Metropolitan Chamber Interim Strategic Framework for the post-apartheid city; urban designer in charge of the La Lucia Office Estate. He is currently working on the Umhlanga New Town Centre for Moreland Developments, the Modderfontein Development Framework for Heartland Properties and the Cotswold Down Estate in Hillcrest.
PETER NEWMAN Peter Newman is the Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University. He has written 16 books and over 300 papers. Peter has worked in local, state and national government in Australia, and was on the IPCC for their 5th Assessment Report. In 2014 he was awarded an Order of Australia for his contributions to urban design and sustainable transport. Peter has worked in local government as an elected councillor, in state government as an advisor to three Premiers and in the Australian Government on the Board of Infrastructure Australia. With a team from CUSP he leads an AusAID funded project on Deliberative Democracy and Sustainable Transport in India.
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SUSTAINABILITY IN MINING SEMINAR Introducing the Sustainability in Mining Seminar, where mining executives and other stakeholders will share knowledge and experience on best practice approaches to energy and water use, waste generation and reclamation, effluent creation and treatment, trans-port and related issues, as well as touch on some of the social issues.
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FACILITATOR: LLOYD MACFARLANE Lloyd is the Chief Executive and founder of GSA Campbell Consulting and a Director at Alive2green. GSA Campbell provides strategy, sustainability and marketing services to corporates and SME companies and Alive2green is a leading sustainability media company that owns and operates conferences, exhibitions, handbooks, agazines and electronic media properties within the broader sector of sustainability. Lloyd has an MBA and a BSocSci and also possesses relevant qualifications and experience in reporting, marketing, assurance and strategy. Lloyd is the Editor of the Green Business Journal as well as the Sustainability and Integrated Reporting Handbook.
PROGRAMME Session 1: Advancing energy security through efficiency and alternative generation 09:00 – 09:20 Speaker: Xolani Mncendani, Frost & Sullivan Topic: Energy Security 09:20 – 09:40 Speaker: Wilhelm Swart, Schneider Electric Topic: Innovation in Energy 09:40 – 10:00 Speaker: Frans Rental, Climate Neutral Group Topic: Emissions and Carbon Tax 10:00 – 10:20 Speaker: Dr Richard Harris, DST/ Mintek NIC Topic: Nanotechnology in Mining 10:20-10:50 Panel discussion
TEA Session 2: Sustainability reporting as a basis to create value in the mining sector 11:20 – 11:40 Speaker: Reanna Rossouw, Next Generation Topic: Stakeholder Engagement in the Mining Sector 11:40 – 12:00 Speaker: Lorren Haywood, CSIR Topic: Integrated Reporting: a tool to facilitate resilience in the mining sector 12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion – Question: How can the reporting process add measurable value for mining companies in South Africa
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SPEAKERS XOLANI MNCEDANI Xolani Mncedane is a Best Practices Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan Africa. He has covered extensive research in renewable energy (RE), particularly within the mining industry. His industry knowledge spans various technologies within the RE industry; including: Solar Photovoltaic, Concentrated Solar Power, Cogeneration and the adoption of these technologies by the mining industry. Xolani holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Cape Town Graduate School
WILHELM SWART As the vice president for Schneider Electric South Africa’s Mining, Minerals and Metals (MMM) Africa Business, Wilhelm Swart is responsible for leading Schneider Electric’s mining, metals and mineral solutions throughout the continent. Wilhelm holds a bachelor degree in engineering, majoring in electronic and electrical engineering from Stellenbosch University.
FRANZ RENTEL Franz is the Country Director for South Africa for Climate Neutral Group, a leading Dutch carbon management company. He holds a Masters in Environmental & Resource Management. He has been active in the carbon markets for almost 10 years with diverse roles ranging from developing and sourcing carbon offset projects to working with businesses on their carbon strategies. He believes in bringing together all aspects of sustainability, innovating and then selling the posititive business case.
DR. RICHARD HARRIS Dr. Richard Harris has been a member of the Nanotechnology Innovation Centre (NIC) based at Mintek since 2010. He has been actively working on mineral beneficiation programs with specific focus on mineral nanotechnologies with applications in superalloy development, biological and chemical sensors. He is also a member of the executive committee of the South African Nanotechnology Initiative (SANi)
REANA ROUSSOUW Reana Rossouw is the owner of Next Generation Consultants, a leading boutique Management and Business Consulting Firm with a wealth of experience in sustainable business development. Reana’s areas of expertise are in creating and implementing strategies and brands for innovation; growth and sustainability. This is aligned with the vision of Next Generation Consultants - to significantly contribute to the continuous economic transformation of South Africa through the work they do – and to do it in an economically, socially and environmentally responsible way.
LORREN HAYWOOD Lorren has specialist knowledge and experience in strategic environmental management, sustainability assessment and reporting, risk management, renewable energy, and the green economy, particularly regarding guidance, practices, policies and legislation; strategies, tools and initiatives, and indicator development. Her current research investigates the transformational change required by business to direct integrated management towards building and maintaining systems resilience.
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GREEN BUILDING CONFERENCE Green Building is rapidly becoming the norm for new large building projects. As awareness, price and environmental pressures rise, so too has the demand for sustainable office and commercial space. New design strategies, building materials, and approaches are contributing to an ever more innovative and rapidly changing built environment. Get the latest thinking, perspectives, case studies, and projects as they unfold in multiple presentations and interactive discussions at the 9TH ANNUAL GREEN BUILDING CONFERENCE. Along with the traditional high level lectures by international and regional speakers, and for the first time in 2015, the Green Building Conference interfaces with other sustainability seminars, offering unique insights from different industries that all impact on green building design. African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum, Sustainable Energy, Water, Waste, Mobility, and Infrastructure are just some of the focus areas woven into the multiple parallel session choices available to Green Building delegates on Day 2 of the conference.
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FACILITATOR: LLEWELLYN VAN WYK Llewellyn is an architectural scientist, specializing in advanced construction technologies, built environment professions skills development, and sustainable building and construction methodologies, and with an interest in design and construction theory. Llewellyn is a Principal Researcher in the Built Environment Unit (Building Science and Technology) at the CSIR. In addition to chairing this conference, Llewellyn is also editor of the annual Green Building Handbook and the monthly eJournal of Green Building.
PROGRAMME DAY 1 09:00 - 09:10 Speaker: City Manager Mr Jason Ngobeni Welcome & Introduction 09:10 – 10:00 Speaker: Prof Barbara Norman, University Of Canberra, Australia Topic: Building Resilient And Healthy Cities For The 21st Century: Making It Happen! 10:00 – 10:35 Speaker: Llewellyn Van Wyk, CSIR Topic: Designing water efficiency in buildings
TEA 11.00 – 11:50 Speaker: Tomohiko Amemiya, Unity Design, Japan Topic: ‘After Fire Project’: Architectural Practice In Informal Settlements 11:50 – 12:30 Speaker: Mark Olweny, Martyrs University, Uganda Topic: Ethics and architcture: foundational values in the green building movement
LUNCH 14:00 – 14:35 Speaker: Ken Stucke, ERA Architects Topic: Energy, Water And Waste Efficiency, Covering Two Case Studies 14:35 - 15:10 Speaker: Dr Rodney Milford, CIDB Topic: Energy Certificates
TEA 15:30 – 16:05 Speaker: Paul Marais, University of Cardiff, Wales Topic: Case Study: an ecological approach to housing in South Africa 16:05 - 16:50 Speaker: Chrisna Du Plessis, University of Pretoria Topic: Video – The Regenerates 16:50 – 17:00 Conclusions
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DAY 2 For paralell breakaway options please refer to the following seminars: Vision Zero Waste Seminar, Sustainable Energy Seminar, Sustainable Water Seminar, Responsible Tourism Dialogue, Sustainable Infrastructure Seminar.
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SPEAKERS CITY MANAGER: MR JASON NGOBENI
PROFESSOR BARBARA NORMAN Professor Barbara Norman is the Foundation Chair of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Canberra. Professor Norman is Director of Canberra Urban and Regional Futures (CURF) and an Adjunct Professor with The Australian National University. She is a Life Fellow and past national president of the Planning Institute of Australia and Life Honorary Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute (UK). Barbara has a substantial professional background having worked at all levels of government and run her own practice. Her current research and teaching interests include sustainable cities and regions, coastal planning, climate change adaptation and urban governance.
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TOMOHIKO AMEMIYA Tomohiko Amemiya is a co-founder architect of UNITYDESIGN Inc and researcher at Tokyo University. He received his B.A. in Architecture and M.A. in Environmental studies from Tokyo University. While engaging in several domestic architectural projects, he has also been working on foreign projects such as the award-winning Slum Housing Project, Megacity Skeleton, in Jakarta.
MARK OLWENY Mark Olweny is Senior Lecturer in Architecture in the Faculty of the Built Environment, Uganda Martyrs University. He research interest is in the environmental performance of buildings in upland tropical environments. In addition, Mark is also interested in architectural pedagogy, and is currently undertaking research on the role of social-cultural factors in the understanding of environmental factors, and how this can be fed back into architectural education.
KEN STUCKE Ken Stucke is the sole director of Environment Response Architecture (ERA Architects), a small practice specialising in Green Architecture for the last 20 years. Ken is also a Senior Lecturer in the subjects of Design, Construction, and Building Performance at The University of Johannesburg’s School of Architecture. Ken has also worked hands on as both a contractor and an architect in various countries, ranging from France and England to Botswana and South Africa.
DR RODNEY MILFORD Dr Rodney Milford is currently Programme Manager; Construction Industry Performance at the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb), and previously Director of CSIR Building and Construction Technology (Boutek). Rodney has played a leading role in the development of SANS 1544 Energy Performance Certificates for buildings, and is supporting the Department of Energy and of Public Works in the implementation of EPCs.
PAUL MARAIS Paul Marais, after graduating with a BArch from University of the Witwatersrand 1991, has worked as an Architect designing hospitals, before starting his own practice as a sustainable architect working with natural materials, having designed straw bale, cob, adobe and rammed earth energy efficient structures. He is presently researching rammed earth.
CHRISNA DU PLESSIS Chrisna Du Plessis is Associate Professor at the Department of Construction Economics, University of Pretoria. Her research concentrates on developing the principles and guiding frameworks for the practices of sustainable construction and human settlement development, with a focus on resilience and regeneration. She has recently published Designing for Hope: Pathways to regenerative sustainability with Routledge.
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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SEMINAR The fields of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy are converging fast through onsite energy solutions and new clean energy grid offerings, into a pursuit for energy security! The REIPPP project is underway with billions being invested, and the promise of much more through the recent expansion of this project both in terms of technologies under consideration, and the amount of energy to be procured. The advent of ‘wheeling’ energy from one point to another via the grid however, brings onto the table the reality of broad based privatising of energy generation. What a prospect! Add in the possibilities opening up for gas generation, both at the utility and on site scale and the prospect of reducing national GHG emissions is beginning to look highly possible, if not probable. The holy grail for end users however remains grid autonomy however, and we bring through key experts and project implementers to discuss strategies to achieve this through a combination of efficiency and on site generation.
PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
FACILITATOR: GORDON BROWN Gordon is CEO of media company alive2green, organisers of Sustainability Week. The company also publishes the Sustainability Series of peer reviewed Handbooks, regular magazines Green Home Magazine and the Green Economy Journal, as well as a series of related websites and electronic journals. Gordon studied law and economics at UKZN and qualified as an Advocate of the High Court in 1992, before embarking on a 20 year career in media.
PROGRAMME DAY 1: SUPPLY SIDE
Session 1: Renewable Energy Generation potential vs the REIPPP 09:00 – 09:10 Speaker: MMC: Public Work and Infrastructure Cllr. Jacob Masango, City of Tshwane Topic: Opening and welcome 09:10 – 09:30 Speaker: Frans Manganye, City of Tshwane Topic: Building a low carbon energy future and diversifying the energy mix 09:30 – 09:50 Speaker: Sisa Njikelana, SAIPPA Topic: The expansion and acceleration of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme for SA 09:50 – 10:10 Speaker: Dr Karen Surridge-Talbot, SANEDI Topic: Potential of RE for South Africa Africa by extension 10.10 – 10:30 Speaker: Sakkie Leimecke, Nedbank Topic: Is funding a barrier to the broader roll out of RE projects in SA and Africa?
TEA Session 2: Wheeling – could this approach pave the way for a far greater number of RE projects? 11:00 – 11:20 Speaker: Peter Neilson, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Topic: Setting out the policy framework for wheeling – how does the municipality benefit? 11:20 – 11:40 Speaker: Pieter Oosthuizen, Bio2Watts Topic: Project owner perspective 11:40 – 12:00 Speaker: Seelan Pillay, Industrial Energy Specialist Topic: Clearing the way to wheel energy 12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion – Question: can wheeling make a significant contribution to installed capacity in the national grid, is this an approach recommended for all African countries?
LUNCH Session 3: Storage/Batteries 14:00 – 14:20 Speaker: Tim Crombie, Mulilo Topic: Flow batteries for Africa 14:20 – 14:40 Speaker: Etienne Gerber, Mitochondria Topic: Hydrogen fuel cells 14:40 – 15:00 Panel discussion – Question: Can the development of battery technology bridge the gap for renewable energy to become the ideal energy source?
TEA Session 4: Alternative energy sources in SA 15:30 – 15:50 Speaker: Barry Bredenkamp, SANEDI Topic: Co-generation 15:50 – 16:10 Speaker: Dr Mkhulu Mathe, SAASTA Topic: Hydrogen fuel cells as an alternative energy source 16:10 – 16:30 Speaker: Muzi Mkhize, Department of Energy Topic: The potential for gas to become a meaningful contributor to the South African and African energy mix; what are the GHG emissions benefits? 16:30 – 17:00 Panel discussion – Question: can gas offer a significant broad based benefit to the SA energy sector?
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PROGRAMME DAY 2: DEMAND SIDE
Session 5: Greater energy independence through a combination of EE and RE 09:00 – 09:30 Speaker: Dr Tobias Bischof-Niemz, CSIR Topic: The CSIR’s Integrated Energy Initiative 09:30 – 09:50 Speaker: Reshard Sayed, BMW Topic: Self generation and energy efficiency 09:50 – 10:10 Speaker: Rosalind Dos Santos, PSEE Topic: Energy Efficiency 10.10 – 10:30 Panel discussion – Question: How feasible is it to achieve energy independence, does the certainty of supply justify the premium?
TEA Session 6: Industrial Energy Efficiency 11:00 – 11:20 Speaker: Ajay Trikam, NCPC-SA Topic: Why some companies succeed in sustaining energy efficiency programmes while others fail 11:20 – 11:40 Speaker: Hemant Grover, NCPC-SA Topic: Energy Management Standards supporting energy management in South Africa 11:40 – 12:00 Speaker: Jerusha Joseph, ACSA Topic: Sustainable Approach to incorporating Energy Efficiency into a Business 12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion – Question: Industrial EE remains a ‘low hanging fruit’, why aren’t more industrial plant owners and operators being more proactive in this regard?
LUNCH Session 7: Tackling Energy Poverty in new and existing human settlements 14:00 – 14:20 Speaker: Mothusi Guy, PEER Africa WC CC Topic: Alternative/renewable energy solutions for sustainable human settlements and Small and Medium Municipalities 14:20 – 14:40 Speaker: Pieter Malherbe, Teva Windows Topic: Energy efficient approaches for low income households 14:40 – 15:00 Panel Discussion – Question: Can renewables such as roof top solar combined with energy efficient buildings enable low impact electrification and lock households into a low cost future?
TEA Session 8: Sustainable Energy at the City Scale 15:30 – 15:50 Speaker: Jaco Cronje, Katika Consulting Topic: How cities can increase their attractiveness 15:50 – 16:10 Speaker: Melusile Ndlovu, Sustainable Energy Africa Topic: Advancing sustainability in energy at the city scale 16:10 – 16:30 Speaker: Dr Chris Haw, SOLA Topic: Solar Energy for Commercial Energy Users - case studies and discussions 16:30 – 17:00 Panel discussion – Question: What are the key strategies to rapidly advance towards sustainable energy at the city scale?
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SPEAKERS MMC: PUBLIC WORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE CLLR. JACOB MASANGO
SISA NJIKELANA Entrepreneur/consultant; Director-Sinakoyoli Consulting; Executive Chairperson - Ingwenya; Chairperson-SAIPPA. He has been a mener of Parliament from 2004-2014. His Portfolio Committees include: Energy-Chairperson (2011 to 2014); Member of Rules Committee, Trade&Industry, Health, Parliamentary Group on International Relations. Policy on International Relations Task Team; ICT Focus Group; Chair: Leadership Development Project Steering Committee; GLOBE International – SA Chapter (Deputy Secretary); APRM Socio-Economic Joint Sub-Committee; ANC Constituency Work Support Unit. He holds a Diploma in Applied Social Studies ( Ruskin College, Oxford) and a certificate in Leadership in Communications (Rhodes University) DR KAREN SURRIDGE-TALBOT Dr Surridge-Talbot is engaged as Centre Manager for the Renewable Energy Centre of Research and Development at the South African National Energy Development Institute. This centre is mandated, through the government act (National Energy Act 2008, no. 34) that established SANEDI, to coordinate renewable energy research and development in South Africa. During 2012 Dr Surridge-Talbot visited many solar installation and research facilities in Spain and Germany to observe and learn from global expertise and experience in this sector. Finally, Dr Surridge-Talbot is also currently serving on the council of the South African Coal Ash Association as well as on the executive committee of the South African Solar Energy Association. SAKKIE LEIMECKE Sakkie Leimecke holds a BSc and MBA from the University of Pretoria. He joined Nedbank in 2007 from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) where he gained extensive experience in limited recourse finance transactions in the Industrial Infrastructure and Energy sectors and is also experienced in a wide range of other industrial sectors. He started his career in finance at a commercial bank before joining the IDC in 1988. Currently Sakkie is heading the Energy Finance Unit of Nedbank’s Corporate and Investment Bank focusing on of all types of finance in the power sector.
PETER NEILSON Peter Nielson obtained his National higher Diploma, Electrical Engineering. In 1991 he was presented wiht the Government Certificate of competency for Electrical Engineers. from 1992-2000 Mr Nielson was the assistant Town Electrical Engineer and Deputy Town Electrical Engineer of the uitenhage Municipality between 20002004. In 2004 he was appointed as Director Projects at the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. Mr Nielson has addressed delegates and chaired numerous meeting and lead a vast amount of workshops.
PIETER OOSTHUIZEN Pieter Oosthuizen is a Graduate Engineer with an M.Eng in Mechanical Engineering. He has been involved in the biogas field for the last 8 years, of which, 5 years were spent in the USA working on Landfill gas projects. Since returning to SA he has been looking at various local biogas opportunities in the South African market and have been working for Bio2Watt in the biogas to energy field for the last 6 months.
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FRANS MANGANYE
Focused and dedicated person keen to meticulously contribute to the society at large. Having vast experience in the application of the principles of project management, operations management and people management. Enjoys conducting research in investigating and diagnosing underlying factors in solving complex problems. Source: www.linkedin.com
SEELAN PILLAY Seelan Pillay is Business Manager and a Professional Mechanical Engineer with over 23 years experience in business development, operations management, engineering consultancy and project management primarily in power generation, process and plant optimisation. He holds a MBA from GIBS (University of Pretoria) as well as a BSc Eng (Mech) from the University of Natal. He is aprtner in a private Energy Consultancy and current sits on the MANCO of SAIPPA where he heads up the Wheeling Work Group and is on the NERSA Advisory Forum attempting to revise the Wheeling Framework. TIM CROMBIE Tim Crombie (BSc Chemical Engineering, UCT) is a project engineer at Mulilo, a South African-based renewable energy project development company. His interests are around emerging technologies in the renewable energy sector with a focus on battery storage. He is currently involved in developing projects in South Africa in collaboration with international technology providers.
ETIENNE GERBER Etienne Gerber was previously responsible for the Vodafone Site Solutions Innovation Centre, where he was tasked with developing innovative solutions for telecommunications infrastructure and energy. The innovation centre in Midrand in itself is Africa’s first six star rated green building. As Technical Head of Mitochondria he has a passion for technologies that will bring prosperity to South Africa.
BARRY BREDENKAMP Barry bredenkamp is a Senior Manager at SANEDI, responsible for the energy efficiency portfolio. He has worked in the distribution, customer service, marketing and Demand Side Management (DSM) areas of the national electricity utility in South Africa (Eskom) for a period of 27 years. While at Eskom he helped develop and implement the Eskom and Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded, Efficient Lighting Initiative (ELI) which set the scene for the current roll-out of efficient lighting in the country.
DR MKHULU MATHE Energy Champion and Strategy Leader for Research Strategy and Government Policy development for Departments of Science and Technology (DST), Trade and Industry (dti), Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) in South Africa. Energy and Utilities experience includes Solar Research, Nanotechnology for Hydrogen Storage, Electrocatalysis in Fuel Cells and Li-ion Battery Storage technologies for Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles.
MUZI MKHIZE Muzi Mkhize is the chief director at South Africa’s Department of Energy (DoE) responsible for hydrocarbons policy formulation and implementation. He has eight years experience in the energy industry gained after obtaining his engineering degree. As part of his duties, Muzi serves as the gas commissioner on the Gas Commissions with Mozambique and Namibia. He has served in various strategic committees, interdepartmental task teams and multilateral organisations in the energy sector. Muzi has served in the boards of directors of the state owned companies reporting to Energy Department. Taken from: https://www.argusmedia.com/Events/Past-Argus-Events/Europe/2014/Argus-Africa-LPG/Speakers www.sustainabilityweek.co.za
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SPEAKERS DR TOBIAS BISCHOF-NIEMZ Dr Tobias Bischof-Niemz is the Centre Manager: Energy at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria where he leads the establishment of an integrated energy research centre and a growing team of scientists and engineers. Before joining the CSIR, he was for two years with South Africa’s electric utility Eskom in the Energy Planning Unit, where he was part of the team that developed the power-capacity expansion plan for South Africa until 2030/2050. Originally from Germany, Tobias holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, which he studied at TU Darmstadt, Germany, and at UC Berkeley, USA, and a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University in New York, USA.
RESHARD SAYED I am the Energy Manager for BMW South Africa and responsible for strategic conceptualising, planning and implementing of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects at all BMW SA sites. Prior to BMW, I was the Principal Energy Advisor at Sasol Gas. I graduated with a BSc(Chemical Engineering) degree from the University of KwaZulu Natal. I am a Chartered Industrial Gas Consultant (Chicago, USA), a Certified Energy Manager and an Energy Management Systems Expert (UNIDO/NCPC).
ROSALIND DOS SANTOS Rosalind Dos Santos works as a key account manager at the Private Sector Energy Efficiency (PSEE) Programme, where she manages a portfolio of large companies which are receiving energy efficiency services through the programme. Her portfolio includes companies in the banking, cement production, mining and minerals processing sectors. She completed a degree in Chemical Engineering in 2008 and a master’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering in February 2013 both from the University of the Witwatersrand. During the completion of these degrees and her working career she has maintained a strong interest in sustainability, energy efficiency and carbon & climate change consulting. AJAY TRIKAM Since joining the NCPC-SA in August 2012, he has served as Project Manager in the Western Cape Region, primarily focused on the promotion and implementation of energy management systems and standards in industry through the Industrial Energy Efficiency Project (IEE Project). He is an expert Energy Management System Implementation (EnMS) graduate, and also facilitates on the advanced level EnMS course. Prior to joining the NCPC-SA, Ajay worked on a variety of research projects at the University of Cape Town’s Energy Research Centre (ERC). He is well experienced on energy efficiency, greenhouse gases and mitigation modelling. He holds a BSc Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town. HEMANT GROVER Hemant Grover is an Electrical Engineer and has been extensively involved in Energy Management for the past 14 years ranging from R&D, to Facilities Management, Commercial and Industrial Energy Management, ISO 50001, M&V and Renewable Energy. He is currently the National Technical Manager for the NCPC-SA. Hemant sits on the SABS mirror committee TC 242 for the ISO 50001 standard and he represents South Africa on a number of GSEP activities (Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership) rel
JERUSHA JOSEPH Jerusha Joseph is a Mechanical Engineer. She completed her BScEng degree at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal in 2009 and her MScEng degree in March 2013. She completed the Expert Level Energy Management Systems Training, is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), passed the Certified Energy Auditor Course Exam and is applying for Certified Energy Auditor (CEA) status. She is currently working on her PhD Eng degree. She has more than five years of work experience with airports as an engineer.
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SPEAKERS MOTHUSI GUY Mr. Guy has more than 30 years of international business development experience in the private sector, and spent the last 20 years working in partnership Government, EnerKey (German Government), private sector, and public stakeholders, creating sustainable communities via innovative self-help methods. He is the chief architect of the “integrated energy environment empowerment - cost optimized” (iEEECO™) developmental methodology and also the COO and co-founder of PEER Africa WC CC
PIETER MALHERBE Pieter Malherbe is passionate about sustainable living and youth development in SA. Pieter Malherbe is MD of TEVA, suppliers of energy efficient windows and doors. He has trained and employed around 100 youth since TEVA opened shop in 2007.
JACO CRONJE Jaco Cronje is the Managing Director at Katika Consulting (Pty) Ltd and a registered Professional Engineer (Electrical and Electronic). He has built his career on business technology consulting and hands-on engineering of projects from FIFA World Cup Stadia across South Africa to urban surveillance projects, corporate head-offices, IT networking and wireless connectivity to shopping centres throughout Africa. He has extensive knowledge in the solar PV industry and consults on energy management.
MELUSILE NDLOVU Melusile Ndlovu is a Project Manager at Sustainable Energy Africa where he has been working on sustainable urban energy transitions within South African cities for over 6 years. He works at the intersection of energy, environment and climate change policy in cities. Melusile has experience working with urban municipalities in South Africa, Ghana and Uganda. He read for his master of philosophy in environmental management at the University of Stellenbosch.
DR CHRIS HAW Dr Chris Haw is the co-founder and director at Aurora Power Group representing a range of companies operating in the energy sector in South Africa. Chris is also co-founder of the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA), representing 118 member companies. Through SAPVIA Chris has successfully contributed to the lobby for increased quotas of photovoltaics in the IRP2 and established the association as the leading industry body in the PV sector. Aurora Power has successfully developed 98 MW of solar PV projects representing a capital cost of R2bn. Chris has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical engineering from the University of Cape Town and a PhD in Biomedical engineering from the University of Oxford.
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FOOD SECURITY SEMINAR Producing food for the nation and mitigating climate change are interrelated because climate change affects crop resilience and land productivity. Government has a key role to play in establishing policies that will translate into guidelines for land use in order to set in process practises that will reduce green house gas emissions yet enable food production to feed a growing nation. Business and NGO’s are each working in turn to create opportunities for small scale farmers and organic food production that enable communities to become more food secure and create job opportunities for the most economically marginalised. What more can be done and what can we learn from processes already in place and their successes? How does biodiversity preservation act as an enabler in better agricultural methods and a driver for business to take an active role in this core issue for South Africa? It’s a multi-faceted conversation that has - at its centre- the health and well being of a nation and we all have a role to play in the products we choose and the food we eat. Join us as we discuss the policies in place and hear from business leaders, small scale organic farmers, permaculturalists and scientists who interrogate what food security actually is and how we achieve it.
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FACILITATOR: MELISSA BAIRD Melissa is a multi-faceted communications strategist and talented wordsmith whose career has included heading up sustainability strategy at Ogilvyearth, traditional advertising, interactive television, web based marketing and book and magazine publishing. Currently she is an independent, strategic communications consultant, the editor Green Home magazine and publishing editor of Life in Balance.
PROGRAMME Session 1: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation 09:00 – 09:10 Speaker: MMC: Health and Social Development Cllr. Eulanda Mabusela, City of Tshwane Topic: Opening and welcome 09:10 – 09:30 Speaker: Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (invited) Topic: Key government policies affecting food security 09:30 – 09:50 Speaker: Inge Kotze/ Cobus de Bruin – WWF-SA Topic: CC and agriculture – defining the issues 09:50 - 10:10 Speaker: Dr Michiel Scholtz, ARC Topic: Agri-industry perspectives. 10.10 – 10:30 Panel discussion – Question: What are the key actions we must take to mitigate primary causes of emissions, and adapt to inevitable changes?
TEA Session 2: Biodiversity and Productivity 11:00 – 11:20 Speaker: Jan Coetzee, SAB Topic: Case Study: Better barley, better beer 11:20 – 11:40 Speaker: Shelley Lizzio, Endangered Wildlife Trust Topic: Business and biodiversity 11:40 – 12:00 Speaker: Claire Slabber and Tererayi (Terry) Dhliwayo, Talborne Organics Topic: Organic Farming 12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion – Question: Can intensive farming work co-exist sustainably with the local biodiversity to ensure conservation and the ongoing supply of ecological services?
LUNCH Session 3: Addressing rural poverty by stimulating the rural economy 14:00 – 14:20 Speaker: Constansia Musvoto, CSIR Topic: Converting subsistence farmers into successful commercial farmers to extract the economic potential of the land 14:20 – 14:40 Speaker: Dr. Michael Aliber Topic: Best practice approaches to transformation in Agriculture 14:40 – 15:00 Panel discussion – Question: Framing the required policy and infrastructure foundations to enable broad based urban farming
TEA Session 4: Household food security 15:30 – 15:50 Speaker: Leonie Joubert Topic: What does food security mean? 15:50 – 16:10 Speaker: Paul Barker, Here We Grow Topic: Direct impact of food gardens 16:10 – 16:30 Speaker: Mr Letsutla Moroaswi, Executive Director : Agriculture and Rural Development, City of Tshwane Topic: Urban Food Security in Peri-Urban Areas 16:30 – 17:00 Panel discussion – Question: What are the key learnings from existing initiatives – how can these approaches become broadly adopted?
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SPEAKERS MMC: HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CLLR. EULANDA MABUSELA
INGE KOTZE Studies: 1996. Univ. of Stellenbosch (Masters in Env. Sciences). Work experience:10 year as environmental researcher in Biodiversity Research Group with CSIR, in the fields of biodiversity research, conservation planning and environmental management. Then joined conservation NGO, WWF-SA as Biodiversity and Wine Initiative Coordinator, a conservation partnership with the wine industry for 5 years, moving to Senior Programme Manager of WWF’s Sustainable Agriculture Programme, 2011-present
JAN COETZEE Senior Agricultural Stewardship Officer & Project Manager SAB & WWF – SA; Assistant Manager (Consultant) – Parks & Reserves Smart Environmental – Thames New Zealand; Greater Gouritz Biodiversity Corridor Manager CapeNature; Conservation Manager – Swartberg Nature Reserve – CapeNature; Extension Officer – CapeNature; Manager Sanbona South (Wildlife Department) – Sanbona Wildlife Reserve (Western Cape
SHELLEY LIZZIO Shelley Lizzio (nee Currin) manages the National Biodiversity and Business Network at the Endangered Wildlife Trust where she strives to mainstream biodiversity into businesses across various sectors in South Africa. Shelley previously worked at Anglo American where she facilitated the mainstreaming of biodiversity into the Group’s strategies and activities. Shelley completed her Masters in Zoology at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
CLAIRE SLABBER Claire Slabber completed a BComm in Business Management before joining the family business Talborne Organics. She is the Marketing Manager and National Retail Manager and has a passion for Food Safety and great concerns for the effects of chemicals being used on Food and the environment with unknown consequences over time. Claire is well respected as a project manager who achieves great things through her persistence. She has mentored and guided small businesses to achieve success.
TERERAYI (TERRY) DHLIWAYO Tererayi Dhliwayo (Terry) has a MTech in Agriculture (Crop Protection) & Bsc Hon Natural Resources Management & Agriculture (Crop Protection & Horticulture) and was an Organic Inpector for EcoCert & Afrisco from 2009 to 2015, before joining Talborne Organics Sales & Marketing Team with a focus on Technical Support. He has a practical knowledge of Crop production and Food Security, and a special interest in organic and sustainable farming methods.
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CONSTANSIA MUSVOTO Constansia Musvoto is researcher in the Natural Resources and the Environment Unit of the CSIR. Her research focuses on the sustainable management of the interface between agricultural systems and the natural environment. She currently leads a programme which is assessing prospects for crop-based agriculture to contribute to green economic growth in South Africa.
DR MICHAEL ALIBER Michael Aliber is Professor of Agricultural Economics and Extension at the University of Fort Hare, as well as Acting Director of the Agricultural and Rural Development Research Institute. Michael’s main interests are rural development, land reform, and agricultural development
LEONIE JOUBERT Leonie Joubert is a science writer and journalist whose books include Scorched, Boiling Point and Invaded. Her latest book is The Hungry Season: Feeding Southern Africa’s Cities. She contributed to Max du Preez’ Opinion Pieces by South African Thought Leaders. She was the 2007 Ruth First Fellow, was listed in the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans You Must Take To Lunch (2008), and was named the 2009 SAB Environmental Journalist of the Year
PAUL BARKER Paul Barker received his foundation in farming and love for quality food from Weston Agricultural College in Kzn, which become a passion of Regenerative Agroecology. Paul is a social development worker with extensive experience in community market gardening and helping people grow.
LETSUTLA MOROASWI Mr Letsutla Moroaswi is currently an Executive director of Agriculture and rural development in the City of Tshwane. He served Gauteng department of education on several key positions. He obtained B SC in life Sciences education with Unisa in 2006, B SC honors with Wits University in 2008 and Masters in Science education in 2012 all specializing in life sciences and researched on Genetics and Biotechnology. Currently completing his Masters in Agricultural science with Wits University.
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TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY SEMINAR Mobility is critical to human survival and prosperity, but for most urban-based Africans moving around our cities, as individuals or to deliver goods and services, has become an economic inhibitor! Poor urban planning and rapid urbanisation has resulted in massive pressure being placed on ailing infrastructure. How can we change our approach to how we move around our cities, to improve the speed, ease, and safety of transport and mobility?
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FACILITATOR: GARTH BARNES Coupled with 20 years’ experience in the advertising, marketing and environmental sector, Garth also holds a graduate diploma in marketing management, an undergraduate degree in environmental management and a Master’s degree exploring the relationship between water stewardship, values and social learning. He is now a Deputy Director in the Department of Environmental Affairs while serving as a trustee of the South African Wetland Society and a founding Board member of the Environmental Assessment Practioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA).
PROGRAMME Session 1: Integrated Sustainable Urban Mobility – making the modal shift 09:00 – 09:10 Speaker: MMC: Roads and Transport Clllr. George Matjila, City of Tshwane Topic: Introduction and welcome; Where are we now? 09:10 – 09:30 Speaker: Pumza Letsoalo, City of Tshwane Topic: Addressing sustainability through Transit Orientated Planning 09:30 – 09:50 Speaker: Gail Jennings, Cycle Map Topic: What will get us out of our cars? Behaviour change, what is the tipping point? 09:50 – 10:10 Speaker: Mike Krynauw, City of Tshwane Topic: Public transport (mini buses/professionalisation of taxis) 10.10 – 10:30 Speaker: Rory Williams, Carbonsmart Topic: Strategies for cities to promote the use of public transport
TEA Session 2: Alternative propulsion/low carbon mobility, electric cars, bio fuels, fuel cell cars, hydrogen powered cars etc. 11:00 – 11:20 Speaker: Anthony King, SCANIA Topic: Sustainable Biofuel Solutions for South and Southern Africa 11:20 – 11:40 Speaker: Bless Nenzhelele, Nissan Topic: Electric 11:40 – 12:00 Speaker: Carel Snyman, Sanedi Topic: Alternative propulsion methods 12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion – Question: Requirements for infrastructure development for greener transport modes, can we scale up manufacturing – inspirational international case-studies
LUNCH Session 3: Sustainable approaches to Freight 14:00 – 14:20 Speaker: Liesl de Wet, Barloworld Logistics Topic: Efficient logistics 14:20 – 14:40 Speaker: Sean Doherty, Mott MacDonald PDNA Topic: Modal shift – moving appropriate freight from road to rail 14:40 – 15:00 Panel discussion – Question: Quantifying the value of efficiency in advancing towards sustainable transport.
TEA Session 4: Urban transport - Radical ideas 15:30 – 15:50 Speaker: Andries Louw CEO, Milotek Topic: Radical problems require radical solutions (small step changes will not cut it) - Cable cars (3m above road so all are walking); can also be used for freight; battery powered skateboards and ride-ons; 3 wheel electric vehicles etc. 15:50 – 16:10 Speaker: David Schmukler, Dash Couriers Topic: - How to move goods inside the city esp in city centre/zero emissions in certain areas 16:10 – 16:30 Speaker: Neil du Preez, MellowCab Topic: - Labelling freight vehicles/distribution hub and then disseminated by solar powered tuk tuk ie. Park and ride 16:30 – 17:00 Panel discussion – Question: can we move beyond fuel efficiency and think about completely different ways to ship goods inside the city?
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SPEAKERS ROADS AND TRANSPORT: CLLR GEORGE MATJILA
GAIL JENNINGS Gail Jennings is an independent transportation researcher/consultant. With an academic background in public health, and communication strategy and behaviour change, her key interest in the transportation field lies in strategic policy and planning, the needs of transport users, and the subsequent and ongoing monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects. Gail has published and presented nationally and internationally about cycling mobility, transport behaviour, transport justice, and citizen activism. She currently publishes the Cape Town & Winelands Bicycle Maps (print and online), and is involved in a variety of local and provincial planning and evaluation projects.
MIKE KRYNAUW Mike Krynauw, a trained civil and transportation engineer (Univ. of Stellenbosch and Pretoria), has been involved with integrated transport planning and implementation at the City of Tshwane (CoT) and its predecessor, the Greater Pretoria Metropolitan Council (GPMC), for more than 13 years. During his career spanning from 1978 he worked for all three spheres of government. Mike is passionate about sustainable transport in the challenging environment of the developing world.
RORY WILLIAMS Rory Williams is a civil engineer with over 25 years’ experience in transport planning in South Africa and Canada. He has a particular interest in the relationship between urban planning and transport systems, and how integrated systems can influence travel patterns. He writes a weekly Cape Times newspaper column on urban issues.
ANTHONY KING Anthony King, Key Account Manager, Alternative Fuels, joined Scania in 2014. Responsible for managing and developing Scania’s solutions for Sustainable Transport on buses and trucks in Southern Africa. Previously, held positions as: Technical Product Manager - Australia, Regional Sales Manager - South Africa, Sales Engineer South Africa. Member of the Institute of Automotive Mechanical Engineers (MIAME) - Australia. Accredited with the Office of Energy - Australia, Dip. Auto Man. - Australia.
BLESS NENZHELELE In his role as Senior Manager: Product Marketing, Bless is responsible for managing the passenger vehicle business portfolio including electric vehicles for both South Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa countries. Bless has more than 10 years’ experience in the motor industry and has worked for brands such as Ford, Mazda and Volvo Cars.
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CAREL SNYMAN Carel’s involvement in energy started in 1988, when he joined the National Energy Council (NEC), responsible for the alternative transport energy portfolio. When the NEC closed their doors in 1992, he continued at Eskom where he was responsible for the Electric Transport Programme. Various electric vehicle conversions were done to demonstrate their utility and practical use. Carel joined SANEDI in June 2013, responsible for Green Transport. The aim is to power mobility with Renewable Energy.
LIESL DE WET Liesl De Wet is the senior manager sustainability for Barloworld Logistics. She also sits on RFA (road freight Association) carbon tax committee and the NBI business climate change committee whose main objective is to provide input towards a South African business position on climate change.
SEAN DOHERTY Sean Doherty is the Sub-Saharan Transport Sector Lead for Mott MacDonald PDNA. He is a Strategic Transportation Planner with 20 years of experience across all transport modes. He has a repertoire of global experience having worked in both public and private practice from Russia through Europe to North America and also in Africa. He has developed regional multi-modal strategies and freight strategies. He has served on the EU’s Best Urban Freight Solutions programme and now lives in South Africa.
ANDRIES LOUW Andries Louw is the CEO and founder of Milotek, the South African based company that is developing and commercializing the Futran transportation system. The Futran system was initially developed as a low cost people transportation system but after significant interest was shown by the mining industry, the system was adapted to also work as a energy efficient bulk haulage system in the mining industry.
DAVID SCHMUKLER Businessman and entrepreneur, responsible for launching the first bicycle messenger service in the greater Sandton area.
NEIL DU PREEZ I’m a serial entrepreneur, and a real start-up enthusiast. My first business was a kid’s stroller called the Riksha that we designed and developed, which is still on the market, and is now expanding to the European market. Mellowcabs is my pride and joy, and has received tons of international interest. I have a lovely wife, new-born twins, and a six-year old son, they really are my inspiration for doing what I do. I enjoy mountain biking, standup paddle boarding and fishing
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GREEN MANUFACTURING & SUPPLY CHAIN SEMINAR Introducing the Green Manufacturing and Supply Chain Seminar, where stakeholders compare experiences and best practice in finding ways to localise manufacturing along the supply chain, seek out energy, water and waste effi ciencies, and protect communities and the environment, and compete locally and internationally.
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FACILITATOR: LLOYD MACFARLANE Lloyd is the Chief Executive and founder of GSA Campbell Consulting and a Director at Alive2green. GSA Campbell provides strategy, sustainability and marketing services to corporates and SME companies and Alive2green is a leading sustainability media company that owns and operates conferences, exhibitions, handbooks, agazines and electronic media properties within the broader sector of sustainability. Lloyd has an MBA and a BSocSci and also possesses relevant qualifications and experience in reporting, marketing, assurance and strategy. Lloyd is the Editor of the Green Business Journal as well as the Sustainability and Integrated Reporting Handbook.
PROGRAMME Session 1: Context and legislative force 09:00 – 09:10 Speaker: MMC: Economic Development & Planning Cllr Subesh Pillay Speaker: Ndivhuho Raphulu, NCPC Topic: Opening and welcome 09:10 – 09:30 Speaker: Gerhard Fourie, dti Topic: Macroeconomic/ Incentivised legislation 09:30 – 09:50 Speaker: Bongani Memela, CSIR Topic: The role of SIIU as the host and incubator for strategic sustainability initiatives and how it operates within the governance structures and procedures of the CSIR 09:50 – 10:10 Speaker: Sharlin Hemraj, National Treasury Topic: Reducing emissions and carbon tax as an incentive to ‘go-green’ 10.10 – 10:30 Panel discussion
TEA Session 2: Resource Efficiency 11:00 – 11:20 Speaker: Thembi Kodisang- Sibanda, NCPC-SA Topic: RECP case study- (VAMCOSA) The Valve and Actuator Manufacturers Cluster of South Africa 11:20 – 11:40 Speaker: Faith Mkhacwa, NCPC-SA Topic: Energy case study (Mogale Alloy case study) 11:40 – 12:00 Speaker: Angus Ryan, GCX Africa Topic: Waste case study 12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion
LUNCH Session 3: Greening the supply chain 14:00 – 14:20 Speaker: Sally-Anne Käsner, Jeffares & Green Topic: Specification of inputs/ Standards 14:20 – 14:40 Speaker: Eddie Vienings, Blue North Sustainability Topic: Lifecycle analysis: cradle-to-grave greening of the supply chain 14:40 – 15:00 Panel discussion
TEA Session 4: Green Economy and Manufacturing Opportunities 15:30 – 15:50 Speaker: Phumlani Tetyana, SAASTA Topic: Nanotechnology in Manufacturing 15:50 – 16:10 Speaker: Phillip Button, Belgotex Topic: Greener carpets 16:10 – 16:30 Speaker: Daniel Matlhare, NEF Topic: Sustainable funding solutions for green construction materials businesses 16:30 – 17:00 Panel discussion
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SPEAKERS MMC: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING:- CLLR SUBESH PILLAY
NDIVHUHO RAPHULU Ndivhuho Raphulu heads up the National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA), the resource efficiency and cleaner production programme of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti), hosted by the CSIR, with offices in Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban. He oversees the NCPC-SA’s efforts to promote the implementation of Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) methodologies to assist industry to lower costs through reduced energy, water and materials usage, and waste management.
GERHARD FOURIE Gerhard Fourie Chief Director: Green Industries Unit (IDD) Directorate: Environment and Energy Efficiency Department of Trade and Industry
BONGANI MEMELA Bongani started in the private sector working in AECI as a Research Scientist, moved to the Department of Science and Technology wherein he was involved in National Research and Technology Foresight coordinating the Manufacturing and Materials Foresight programme. Subsequent to that he moved to CSIR as Manufacturing Policy Centre Manager, Contract R&D Manager, Strategic Initiatives Implemenation Coorrdination Manager until now as Manager: Strategic Initiatives Implementation by design, establishing and managing these Strategic Initiatives on behalf of the CSIR and or Principal funder of that specific initiative or programme to incubate ,grow and sustain them at the stakeholder’s behalf and satisfaction. SHARLIN HEMRAJ Sharlin Hemraj is employed as Director for Environmental and Fuel Taxes at the National Treasury and responsible for environmental and fuel tax policy development. She is trained as an environmental economist and has been involved in the design of the carbon tax, motor vehicle emissions tax and a range of environmentally related tax incentives since 2005.
THEMBI KODISANG Thembi Kodisang-Sibanda has been instrumental in forging mutually beneficial relationships within manufacturing sector, primarily with members of the SA Capital Equipment Export Council and AIDC. She holds an Honours and a project management degree. She’s a certified UNIDO Energy Management Systems expert. Thembi has served on the board of directors for Environmental Management Accounting Network Africa and is a registered member of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions. Before joining the NCPCSA, she was an environmental coordinator at Lonmin Platinum Mine and the founding member and Principal Environmental Specialist at MWC.
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FAITH MKHACWA Faith Mkhacwa is a Regional Project Manager for the Industrial Energy Efficiency Project in South Africa. Her responsibilities include assisting organisations to become more energy efficient by successfully implementing Energy Management System (EnMS) and Energy Systems Optimisation (ESO) in the Northern Region (Gauteng, Limpopo, North-West, Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape). As one of the UNIDO international EnMS Experts, Faith facilitates the EnMS advance and expert level training.
ANGUS RYAN Angus Ryan works as a Business Sustainability Strategist with GCX Africa, where he engages with business over understanding their own strategies, and identifying ways in which to incorporate practical sustainability action plans. He has completed courses in Carbon Manager, Executive Sustainability and GRI, and have degrees in Physical Education and Biokinetics.
SALLY-ANNE KASNER Environmental consultant since the end of 2003 involved in a myriad of projects including, Cleaner Production Studies, Environmental Auditing, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes, waste characterizations, development and implementation of Environmental Management Systems and the development of Integrated Waste Management Plans. She is a founding member and current Chairperson of EcoStandard, the first South African Ecolabel, for the assessment of sustainable building materials
EDDIE VIENINGS Eddie is a Consultant and Founding Partner of Blue North Sustainability. He has substantial management and project management experience in production, FMCG and agricultural business environments. Current consulting engagements focus on life-cycle analysis of waste, carbon and costs in export supply-chains and he is interested in “bottom-up” environmental supply-chain sustainability.
PHILIP BUTTON I have been in the flooring industry for 23 years, exposed to various conditions such as residential, commercial, hospitality, corporate and government. Have travelled extensively nationally with exposure to the European and African market. Have interest in various recycling processes, low impact production processes and understanding alternative production methods that have low impact or no impact on the environment.
DANIEL MATLHARE Daniel Matlhare is a Senior Investment Associate in the NEF’s Strategic Projects Fund. He graduated with a BCom in Finance and Business Management. He has over 10 years’ experience in Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Project Development and Debt Origination.
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THE AFRICAN MAYORS BUSINESS LUNCH This lunch function, presented by the Independent Newspapers, will take place on Wednesday 24 June in the Amber Room. Leading business executives involved at Sustainability Week or otherwise engaged in business activities in the City of Tshwane, have been invited to attend the African Mayors Business Lunch. The event will see the Editor of the soon to be launched African Independent Newspaper, Mr Jovial Rantao, chairing a panel discussion on green economy opportunities in Africa. The event promises to help forge good business relations with visiting City Mayors and representatives in an informative and constructive environment. Please note that RSVP for this lunch will have closed by the time event starts, however if you wish to attend, please enquire at reception, and you will be accommodated if seating is available.
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PROGRAMME 12.30 – 12.45 12.45 – 13:15 13:30 – 14:00
Take seats, Hors d’oeuvres served Lunch is served Panel discussion
FACILITATOR JOVIAL RANTAO Editor, The Sunday Independent; Independent Media
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July 2014 The Carbon Fo otprint for 2012/13 Fina ncial Year is announced an d vulnerability assessment u ndertaken
July 2014 City of Tshwane is announced as the most liveable city by the Gauteng City Region Observatory
November 2014 City of Tshwane announced as 70th member of the C40 joining as an Innovator City, a category reserved for cities that have shown leadership in climate action.
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May 20 15 the City invests in 10 electric cars for its fleet
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March 2015 The new City of Tshwane headquarters , Tshwane Ho use, is announced a sa building with green a 5 star Green gradin g status
VISION ZERO WASTE SEMINAR As the cost of natural resources and their availability become more compromised due to climate change and natural scarcity the potential to unlock what is left over in ‘waste’ products is becoming an economic and social prerogative, not only for the resources that can be re-used but also for the potential to create employment within the waste economy. The other consideration driving adaptation is the natural capital that has remained external to balance sheets will now be a factor affecting the considerations of business and government procurement departments. Waste and the environmental impact of recycling and upcycling offers a very different perspective on the true cost of a product and the impact its life-cycle has. Ideally we would be operating within an environment that supports a circular economy where nothing is wasted and everyone gets access to the resources they need. There are many players in the waste economy and innovators looking for solutions within various sectors that will offer insight into developing a new approach to the problem of waste and how to turn it into economic and social opportunities. Designing for a no waste future - How do we get there? Join us as we grapple with the topics and discover a way forward.
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FACILITATOR: MELISSA BAIRD Melissa is a multi-faceted communications strategist and talented wordsmith whose career has included heading up sustainability strategy at Ogilvyearth, traditional advertising, interactive television, web based marketing and book and magazine publishing. Currently she is an independent, strategic communications consultant, the editor Green Home magazine and publishing editor of Life in Balance.
PROGRAMME Session 1: Design for deconstruction and recyclability – construction sector example 09:00 – 09:10 Speaker: MMC: Agriculture and Environmental Management Cllr. Petunia Mashaba, City of Tshwane Topic: Opening and welcome 09:10 – 09:30 Speaker: Dimitri Delivasilis , HLM Architects Topic: Architectural design of buildings for zero waste 09:30 – 09:50 Speaker: Bernd De Smedt, Van Dyck Carpets Topic: Building materials designed for recovery and recyclability 09:50 – 10:10 Speaker: Nick Mannie, Aurecon Topic: Construction and Demolition waste in terms of management and planning 10.10 – 10:30 Panel discussion – Question: Can we use design to eliminate future waste in the construction sector?
TEA Session 2: Beneficiation of waste Facilitator: Nick Mannie, Aurecon
11:00 – 11:20 Speaker: Stacey Davidson, REDISA Topic: The Development of a Circular Economy 11:20 – 11:40 Speaker: Dr Jaisheila Rajput, Tomorrow Matters Now | TOMA- Now Topic: Driving the value of waste: From waste management to a waste economy- case study 11:40 - 12:00 Speaker: Henry Nuwarinda, NCPC-SA Topic: Industrial Symbiosis Project - connecting industry, creating opportunity 12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion – Question: With ideal approaches to design, recycling and beneficiation, can a vision for zero waste genuinely begin to emerge?
LUNCH Session 3: The Waste Management Acts’ WMP’s and proposed pricing 14:00 – 14:20 Speaker: Anben Pillay, Director: Waste Policy and Information Management Topic: Government policy and approach 14:20 – 14:40 Speaker: Charles Muller (PACSA) Topic: Private sector response 14:40 – 15:00 Panel discussion – Question: Seeking consensus on the way forward.
TEA Session 4: Separation at source - advancing the practice and collections at all levels 15:30 – 15:50 Speaker: Linda Godfrey, CSIR Topic: Evaluation of cooperatives as a developmental vehicle to support job creation and SME development in the waste sector 15:50 – 16:05 Speaker: Bertie Lourens, Waste Plan Topic: Waste to energy for non-recyclables – can recycling and W2E co-exist or is there an inherent and fatal competition for materials? 16:05 – 16:20 Speaker: Reon Pienaar, AECOM Topic: Separation at source – best practice and case studies 16:10 – 16:30 Speaker: Strategic Executive Director: Mthobeli Kolisa, City of Tshwane Topic: Update on the Separation at source/clean MURF mega project PPP 16:30 – 17:00 Panel discussion – Question: Separation at source is the key to recycling – can we agree on an approach and roll it out nationally?
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SPEAKERS MMC: AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CLLR PETUNIA MASHABA
DIMITRIOS DELIVASILIS Dimitrios is a Senior Architectural Professional with over 18 years international experience in the construction sector, primarily on the architectural side. He has a MSc specialisation in sustainability for buildings, a GreenStar AP and licensed BREEAM assessor and auditor, and has been promoting sustainable solutions for the built environment since 2008. He approaches architectural solutions from the principle of sustainability through design. Profile Image
BERND DE SMEDT Being the Sales & Marketing Director of Van Dyck Carpets, I have been actively involved in a complete rebranding & repositioning of our company a few years ago when we decided to change our logo and image and bring it in line with our vision to become the greenest flooring manufacturer in Southern Africa. We have plenty of green credentials and have won various green flooring awards both locally and internationally and we are the only SA company being awarded the Carbon Trust certification .
NICK MANNIE Nick Mannie is employed as a Technical Director in Aurecon’s Tshwane office. He has more than a decade of experience in solid waste management, including specializations such as landfill construction, planning and policy formulation, technical and operational support, efficiency and optimization in public solid waste management practices, system implementation, change management and the introduction of alternative waste management approaches.
STACEY DAVIDSON
Stacey Davidson joined REDISA in 2010 as a director, after working in various industries including finance. Davidson’s interest in the economic empowerment of previously disadvantaged communities resulted in her volunteering for community-based organisations such as NICRO, CAFDA, and Triple Trust Organisation. It was Davidson’s passion for community development which prompted her to join REDISA. Stacey’s passion and drive enabled her to start her own business, Melsta Business Solutions in 2003, which specialised in providing data sanitisation and community-based marketing strategies to financial services companies looking to trace members of Pension and Provident funds. JAISHEILA RAJPUT Jaisheila Rajput, PhD, is Founder & CEO of Tomorrow Matters Now | TOMA-Now, a management consultancy that focuses on fostering responsible business through sustainability. We help companies enhance their existing operations by identifying opportunities for cost saving & optimization, become leaders in their industry sector by identifying sustainability-related issues through an integrated value chain analysis & evolve their sustainability agenda to meet changing market needs.
HENRY NUWARINDA Henry Nuwarinda is responsible for waste management at the NCPC-SA with a focus on Industrial Symbiosis as an application that looks at waste as resource. The goal is to assist industry in developing waste management strategies, link waste minimisation stakeholders to other waste projects and material recovery facilities, and encouraging investment in cleaner technologies and waste minimisation.
ANBEN PILLAY Anben has approximately 27 years of experience. He has worked in the Academic sector, Water and Waste Water industry, Petroleum industry, Local, Provincial and National Government and in the Heavy manufacturing industry. Working in the Heavy manufacturing sector as an environmental specialist he gained tremendous experience in the mining and production operations. Currently he is responsible for South African Waste Information System (SAWIS), Waste Policy and Legislation. He is currently leading the finalisation of the National Pricing Strategy for Waste Management.
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DR LINDA GODFREY Dr Linda Godfrey is a Principal Scientist with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, based in Pretoria. Her research interests include the role of the waste sector in transitioning South Africa to a green economy; waste innovation; waste economics; and the governance, social and behavioural aspects of integrated waste management. She currently heads up the Waste Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Roadmap Implementation Unit on behalf of the DST.
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BERTIE LOURENS Bertie Lourens is the Managing Director of WastePlan Holdings. WastePlan is a national on-site waste management company that specializes in recycling and landfill reduction. Their services include on-site sorting and cleaning, waste reduction, electronic monitoring, carbon footprint audits and total greening. WastePlan employs 1200 staff and services over 200 clients in most of the major cities in South Africa. Bertie is married and have 3 (almost 4) kids and is a passionate aviator.
REON PIENAAR Reon Pienaar is Associate Engineer and Practice Area Lead for Waste Services Africa at AECOM SA (Pty) Ltd. He is registered as a Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa and holds BEng and BEng Honours degrees from the University of Pretoria where he is currently finalising a Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering.
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Mthobeli Kolisa is the Strategic Executive Director for Environmental Management Services at the City of Tshwane. This portfolio includes waste management, environmental management, Parks and resorts, nature conversation, cemeteries and the CoT Fresh Produce Market. He has been in the public and development management field for more than 15 years as a researcher, a consultant and a senior manager. During this period, among others, he served as an Executive Director of Municipal Infrastructure Services at SALGA responsible for the following municipal services: water supply, sanitation, electricity distribution, roads and transport, waste management, renewable energy and energy efficiency, human settlements, environmental services and climate change response.
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SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE SEMINAR
In order for society and indeed for the economy to operate sustainably, it is imperative that the infrastructure to do so is put in place. Reducing tail pipe emissions in the transport sector calls for efficient logistics and vehicles, but the key is to move appropriate freight to rail – a matter of infrastructure.
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FACILITATOR: LLEWELLYN VAN WYK Llewellyn is an architectural scientist, specializing in advanced construction technologies, built environment professions skills development, and sustainable building and construction methodologies, and with an interest in design and construction theory. Llewellyn is a Principal Researcher in the Built Environment Unit (Building Science and Technology) at the CSIR. In addition to chairing this conference, Llewellyn is also editor of the annual Green Building Handbook and the monthly eJournal of Green Building.
PROGRAMME Session 1: Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities 09:00 – 09:10 Speaker: Chairperson of Section 79 Oversight Committee on Services Infrastructure Cllr. RHM Mogotadi, City of Tshwane Topic: Opening and welcome 09:10 – 09:30 Speaker: Lindiwe Kwele, City of Tshwane Topic: Sustainability challenges and opportunities: the creation of people centric African cities 09:30 – 09:50 Speaker: Tshepo Kgobe, Gautrain Topic: Creating efficient mobility; Intellegent transport systems and integration 09:50 – 10:10 Speaker: Kerry Bobbins, Gauteng City Region Observatory Topic: Infrastructure to enable sustainable cities (Case Study) 10.10 – 10:30 Panel discussion
TEA Session 2: Infrastructure for Sustainable Utilities 11:00 – 11:20 Speaker: Nishan Rathanlall, Gibb Topic: Infrastructure required to facilitate a transfer to urban scale sustainable energy. (Focusing on Grid connection challenges for renewable projects) 11:20 – 11:40 Speaker: Jeremy Taylor, Water Rhapsody Topic: : Infrastructure required to facilitate a transfer to urban scale sustainable water infrastructure 11:40 – 12:00 Speaker: Masopha Moshoeshoe, NewGX Topic: Infrastructure required to facilitate a transfer to urban scale sustainable waste 12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion - To enable corporate and individualcitizens to operate and live more sustainably, our cities require infrastructure, how can we ensure that infrastructure planning and investments achieve this outcome?
LUNCH Session 3: Infrastructure for Sustainable Human Settlements 14:00 – 14:20 Speaker: Paul Marais, Cardiff Metropolitan University Topic: Infrastructure for Sustainable Human Settlements 14:20 – 14:40 Speaker: Diane Arvanitakis, Spacial Strategist Topic: Best practice design and planning for new sustainable developments 14:40 – 15:00 Speaker: Khaiko Makwela-Wali, Green Globe Architecture Ltd Topic: Integrated infrastructure development for sustainable communities. 15:00 – 15:30 Panel discussion
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SPEAKERS CHAIRPERSON OF SECTION 79 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE: CLLR RHM MOGOTADI
LINDIWE KWELE I’m responsible for the Strategy Development & Implementation.This portfolio includes inter Alia: Economic Development, Tourism,Marketing Communications & Events City Planning& Development, Strategic planning, Research & Innovation. www.linkedin.com
KERRY BOBBINS Kerry Bobbins is a researcher at the Gauteng City-Region Observatory, a partnership between the University of Johannesburg, the University of the Witwatersrand and Gauteng Provincial Government. She graduated from Rhodes University, South Africa, with an MSc in Geography and has completed additional Masters’ courses in International Environmental Policy and Environment and Development. Kerry’s research interests include green infrastructure and the provisioning of ecosystem goods and services.
NISHAN RATHANLALL Nishan Rathanlall is a Sector Unit Manager/Technical Executive in the Power and Energy Department at GIBB Engineering and Architecture. He holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering and a MBA. The industry areas that are covered in his area of responsibility at present include T&D, Electrification, Buildings Services and Generation including Renewables. Nishan also worked at Eskom in Grid Planning department of Transmission previously.
JEREMY TAYLOR Jeremy started Water Rhapsody in 1994. Since then, he has installed many thousands of water saving devices for clients that have saved hundreds of millions of litres of water. All the systems installed today by the Water Rhapsody Franchisees are products of his innovations, ideas and developments.
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MASOPHA MOSHOESHOE Masopha Moshoeshoe has held the position of the Head of New GX Enviro Solutions and Logistics Holdings since May 2011. The business began as a concept on a spreadsheet and by June 2012, it had employed over 160 people from the local community and was incubating six SMMEs. From 2008 to 2011, Masopha was the CFO of MCT Telecommunications (‘MCT’) and in 2009 was appointed to its board of directors. From 2001 to 2007, Masopha worked at Alexander Forbes Financial Services holding a number of roles.
PAUL MARAIS Paul Marais, after graduating with a BArch from University of the Witwatersrand 1991, has worked as an Architect designing hospitals, before starting his own practice as a sustainable architect working with natural materials, having designed straw bale, cob, adobe and rammed earth energy efficient structures. He is presently researching rammed earth.
DIANE ARVANITKIS Diane Arvanitakis is a Spatial Strategist, with her background in architecture and public + development management applies her expertise in the field of urban design toward the creation of sustainable, humane and inclusionary settlements. She has extensive experience in the human settlements sector, particularly social housing and sustainability of the built environment. The integration of various functional components of the built environment and their contributions to the social, institutional, economic economies are key principles she applies to creatively solving the challenges of spatial restructuring.
KHAIKO MAKWELA-WALI Specialisations: Research orientated integrated sustainable design that fully utilise Renewable Energy Technology intended to assist the understanding of the dynamics of transformational development and its impact on the rural and peri urban communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Public, Private and Commercial, Sports Facilities Design and Management; Project Management; Capital and Revenue Funding Applications; Strategy for leisure provisions for the private and public Sectors. Listed buildings and Conservation work experience.
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SUSTAINABLE WATER SEMINAR Climate variability and change are a major risk to one of the most vulnerable continents on the planet – Africa (Boko, et al., 2007; UN Habitat, 2014). This vulnerability is compounded by existing challenges such as limited access to capital, environmental degradation, endemic poverty and complex governance. All of this has contributed to a low level of Africa’s capacity to adapt to climate change (Boko, et al., 2007). Furthermore, Africa’s water availability, accessibility and demand will become even more scarce due to climate change. Two key strategies in guarding against absolute scarcity are demand- and supply-side management. Water efficiency remains the key to the sustainability of our water resource on the demand side. On the supply-side, it is imperative that issues such as pollution, land-use management, groundwater management, ecological infrastructure and acid mine drainage management are considered amongst other strategies. Leading experts and proponents present the latest technologies and best practice in regard to these considerations.
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FACILITATOR: GARTH BARNES Coupled with 20 years’ experience in the advertising, marketing and environmental sector, Garth also holds a graduate diploma in marketing management, an undergraduate degree in environmental management and a Master’s degree exploring the relationship between water stewardship, values and social learning. He is now a Deputy Director in the Department of Environmental Affairs while serving as a trustee of the South African Wetland Society and a founding Board member of the Environmental Assessment Practioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA).
PROGRAMME Session 1: Urban Water Security – The Story of African Cities “Water realities for African cities” 09:00 – 09:10 Speaker: MMC: Housing and Sustainable Human Settlements Cllr. Joshua Ngonyama Topic: Opening and welcome 09:10 – 09:30 Speaker: DDG:NWRI: Ms Zandile Mathe Topic: Urban water – the realities facing South African cities 09:30 – 09:50 Speaker: Hastings Chikoko, C40 Topic: Water security in the context of climate change for African cities 09:50 – 10:10 Speaker: Alex McNamara, National Business Initiative Topic: Water scarcity as it affects business in developing cities “Water scarcity as an impediment to economic development. (Opportunities for private sector in solving the problems)” 10.10 – 10:30 Panel discussion – Question: How can we best deal with water scarcity challenges in the urban environment?
TEA Session 2: Water in Industry 11:00 – 11:20 Speaker: Dr. Kevin Harding, Wits Topic: Measuring water use as a means to increase efficiency (case study) 11:20 – 11:40 Speaker: Francois Theron, SAB Topic: Industry Case Study (Onsite water processing- moving from compliance (cost) to recycling (opportunity)). 11:40 – 12:00 Speaker: Mr. Van Dijk , Water and Sanitation, City of Tshwane Topic: Municipalities working with industry to advance sustainable water practices 12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion – Question: Understanding the relationship between water and industrialisation - can we use alternative thinking and approaches to solve the conundrum of needing more water in the face of decreasing forecasts?
LUNCH Session 3: Domestic Water Use/Addressing water poverty 14:00 – 14:20 Speaker: Dr Jean-Marc Mwenge Kahinda, CSIR Topic: Extending water access through alternative means – rain water capture and efficiency (case study) 14:20 – 14:40 Speaker: Dr. Marco Lotz, Nedbank Topic: Alleviating water poverty through funding sustainable water projects 14:40 – 15:00 Panel discussion – Question: How can we address the contradictory need to extend water access and increase water conservation among urban households?
TEA Session 4: Buildings 15:30 – 15:50 Speaker: Etienne Terblanche, PJC Topic: Building design for water efficiency 15:50 – 16:10 Speaker: Anton Swanepoel, Geberit Topic: Water efficiency in buildings 16:10 – 16:30 Speaker: Patrick Rosslee, JoJo Tanks Topic: Strategies for rain water capture and usage 16:30 – 17:00 Panel discussion – Question: What effect can wide spread implementation of water efficiency in buildings have on water demand in cities?
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South Africa is rich in natural resources. However, water is not one of them. The country has an average rainfall of 490 mm per year – well below the world average of 860 mm per year. South Africa is ranked the 30th driest country in the world. Four of its main rivers are shared with neighbouring countries. These include the Limpopo, Inkomati, Pongola, Usuthu (Maputo) and Orange (Sengu) rivers which are shared with Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana and Lesotho. Together, these rivers drain about 60% of the country’s land area and contribute to about 40% of its total river flow. The new South African National Water Act (No. 36 of 1998) enables people to partake in the management of the water resource. Devolving the management of the resource to the local/catchment level is led by the new Water Resource Management Institutions to be established under the NWA (No. 36 of 1998). These new institutions are called Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs). The Inkomati Catchment Management Agency (ICMA) is the first to be established in the country (established under Government Notice No.397 of 26 March 2004). Patience Nyakane-Maluka, Chairperson of the Governing Board of the Inkomati Catchment Management Agency (ICMA), has indicated that the ICMA is the first of the 19 CMAs established by the then Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry. After the establishment of the ICMA the process of Institutional Re-alignment and Reform (IRR) project reduced the number of CMAs from 19 to 9, resulting in the Inkomati Catchment Management Area’s amalgamation (still under way) with the Usuthu Catchment in the Piet Retief area. As soon as the amalgamation is concluded, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs will appoint a new Governing Board for the Inkomati-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency which will take into account the larger catchment area. The chairperson of the Governing Board reports to the Minister and also to Parliament, while accounting to its stakeholders. The current Board is made
up of representatives of water users. It is anticipated that the future Board will be skills based while also taking into account the water users groupings. The ICMA, with its head office in Nelspruit, is the official Catchment Management Agency for the larger part of the Mpumalanga Province. The organisation is responsible for the protection, conservation, development and management of the water resources in the Inkomati Water Management Area (IWMA) (or simply at Catchment level). The main rivers in the IWMA are Komati River, Crocodile River, Sabie River and Sand River. As the first of the Catchment Management Agencies to be established by the South African government, the organisation has become a pioneer for all other agencies to follow. The ICMA has several key functions, which include preserving water resources and ensuring that its quality is maintained. This is carried out by teams of trained personnel who conduct random river monitoring. Another priority of the ICMA, is making sure that the communities and water users are aware of the seriousness of water scarcity. This includes, but is not limited to, encouraging people not to waste this precious resource, educating people on how to save water, for example only using what is needed and closing taps that are leaking. The ICMA draws its mandate from the National Water Act (No. 36 of 1998) that requires water to be equally distributed to all as a human right. However, we need to acknowledge that water service intuitions also come into play to deliver potable water to communities, to complete the water value chain. As part of its awareness campaigns, the ICMA adopted the Department of Water Affairs’ Adopt-a-River campaign to involve and educate local communities on taking care of water. The ICMA developed its first Catchment Management Strategy (CMS) in consultation with its stakeholders. Nyakane-Maluka says that the ICMA is a public entity that
welcomes feedback from communities. This is why public participation, as one of the strategic objectives of the National Water Act, is very important for the organisation. It allows the ICMA to make the public aware of what is happening within the organisation. Apart from water users, the ICMA also has special working relations with the Mpumalanga House of Traditional Leaders, the Provincial Department of Corporative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Department of Agriculture, the Department of Education to mention but a few. “It is about having ordinary people participate in the management of our water resources, that makes the whole organisation so special,” says Nyakane-Maluka. The Catchment Management Strategy sets out principles that guide the operations of the ICMA as well as other relevant planning institutions within the Inkomati WMA. It allows the ICMA to see exactly how they will achieve catchment water use that is sustainable, equitable and efficient, while looking at all matters relevant to the production, use, development, conservation, management and control of water resources. “In anything that you do, you need a plan. The CMS lays out the core of the entire business and gives us the mission to achieve our vision”, says Nyakane-Maluka. She urges South Africans and Africans in general to take care of our water resources as these resources will limit the development of our continent.
SPEAKERS MMC: HOUSING AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS:- CLLR. JOSHUA NGONYAMA
DDG: NWRI: MS. ZANDILE MATHE
Experience: Deputy Director General: Water Resource Infrastructure Education: University of South Africa, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Strategic Management (2008 – 2011); University of KwaZulu-Natal: B Proc, Law (1992 – 1995) Source: www.linkedin.com
HASTINGS CHIKOKO Hastings is the Regional Director for Africa at C40. He serves on the Advisory Board of African Centre for Cities. His work with local authorities started at the City of Blantyre and later at the Ministry of Local Government in Malawi. Prior to joining C40, Hastings had a long career with IUCN in Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa and Switzerland; including being the Regional Director (ad Interim) for East and Southern Africa and Head of IUCN in South Africa
ALEX MCNAMARA Alex Mcnamara is the Programme Manager for Climate Change and Water at the National Business Initiative (NBI). Alex is an inter-disciplinary expert in the field of sustainable development, focusing on climate change, energy and water. He has advised a range of companies, industry bodies, government departments and international donors. Prior to joining the NBI, Alex worked as a Principal Consultant at Camco Clean Energy.
DR KEVIN HARDING Dr Kevin Harding holds PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town. He previously worked at Environmental Resources Management on industrial risk assessment projects. He is currently employed at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg as an LCA and water footprinting researcher and lecturer in Chemical Engineering.
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SPEAKERS DR JEAN-MARC MWENGE KAHINDA Dr Jean-Marc mwenge Kahinda is a catchment hydrologist at the CSIR. He holds a PhD and an MSC (Eng) in Civil engineering an MSc (Eng) in Water Resources Engineering and Management as well as a BSc(Eng) in Mining Engineering. He lectures water subjects in three universities of the SADC region; organises and facilitates trainings and short-courses. His skills and expertise are in catchment hydrology, water resources management and integrating catchment water and ecosystem management processes.
DR MARCO LOTZ Dr Marco Lotz is the Sustainability Carbon Specialist within Nedbank’s Enterprise Governance and Compliance Division. He has a BIng and a MSc in engineering from the University of Stellenbosch and a PhD in engineering from the University of Pretoria. His PhD focused on the project management and risk management of GHG emission reduction projects. Among his range of roles at Nedbank are the monitoring, management, and reduction of the group’s carbon footprint as well as obtaining carbon neutral status. Marco also contributes to the development of the group’s policies on electricity, climate change, liquid fuels and diverse environmental matters. He also liaises with clients and external parties in the implementation of sustainability projects and acts as a centre of excellence and thought leadership in the climate change and green economy developments spaces.
ETIENNETERBLANCHE
Etienne is an Industrial Engineer, working as a Green Building Design Consultant at P.J. Carew Consulting, Cape Town. His work focuses on Energy and Water consumption analysis, and the development of integrated demand reduction strategies. He assisted with the development of the GBCSA potable water calculator for the Public and Education Building rating tool.
ANTON SWANEPOEL The Geberit Group is the European market leader in sanitary technology with a global orientation. Since its formation in 1874, the company has been one of the pioneers in the sanitary industry and is constantly setting new trends with comprehensive system solutions. Anton Swanepoel has been working for the Geberit group since 2004. He has supported professionals with sustainable building design all over the African continent and Indian Ocean Islands in the area of water efficiency
PATRICK ROSSLEE Patrick Rosslee from Jojo Tanks is a consultant focussing on rainwater harvesting systems.
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RESPONSIBLE TOURISM DIALOGUE
Tourism is the point of convergence between theeconomy and the environment. The prospect of tourism dollars justifies conservation and helps to place an economic value on the environment – as such the tourism sector should be a leader within the area of sustainable business practice, and for some leading companies this is the case.
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FACILITATOR: NIKI GLEN Niki Glen is the co-founder of the Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme. She is a Civil and Structural Engineer cum MBA. After a stint with Transnet and Gibb Africa, she became a programme Manager She left her corporate career to pursue sustainability in tourism and business. After consulting for Green Leaf Environmental Standard and completing Travelife training, she joined forces with Caroline Ungersbock in early 2012 to establish the ground breaking programme, which has received many accolades in it short period of existence, Niki is the editor of the Responsible and Sustainable Tourism Handbook Volume 1, 2 and 3. She is also studying to attain her Doctorate in Environmental Management and Responsible Tourism and is now a trainer for both the ILO SCORE Programme and the SEED BDS for Social and Environmental Enterprises.
PROGRAMME Session 1: South Africa’s responsible tourism scorecard 09:00 – 09:10 Speaker: MMC: Sports, Recreation, Arts, and Culture Cllr. Nozipho Tyobeka Makeke Topic: The Sustainable Tourism through Partnership Model 09:10 – 09:30 Speaker: Simba Mandinyenya, RETOSA Topic: Promoting Southern Africa as a responsible tourism destination 09:30 – 09:50 Speaker: Llewellan Vance, EVOLVE Topic: EVOLVE – Resource Efficiency through Partnership 09:50 – 10:10 Speaker: Franz Rentel, Climate Neutral Group Topic: Carbon Offset through Partnership 10.10 – 10:30 Speaker: Rhian Berning, Eco Atlas Topic: Celebrating achievements
TEA Session 2: Operational Sustainability (Green Hotels and Resorts) 11:00 – 11:30 Speaker: Nicholas Plewman Architects Topic: Green leisure building (Sandibe Lodge, Okavango Delta Case Study) 11:30 – 12:00 Speaker: Samantha Annadale, Hotel Verde Topic: Hotel Verde Case Study 12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion – Question: What are the benefits of green design for hotels and resorts?
LUNCH Session 3: Conservation as a driver of tourism 14:00 – 14:20 Speaker: Amiene van der Merwe, Green Cabs Topic: Green Cabs and Women Empowerment 14:20 – 14:40 Speaker: Daphne Kayster, Metrorail Topic: Rail Tourism 14:40 – 15:00 Panel discussion
TEA Session 4: Sustainable Tourism as a driver of economic development 15:30 – 15:50 Speaker: Letticia Naid, SALGA Topic: Small Town Regeneration 15:50 – 16:10 Speaker: Ian Cruickshank, SAA Topic: Case Study: SAA Biofuel Project 16:10 – 16:30 Speaker: Neliswa Nkani Topic: The contribution of business tourism to the sustainable and inclusive growth of City of Tshwane 16:30 – 17:00 Panel discussion
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SPEAKERS MMC: SPORTS, RECREATION, ARTS AND CULTURE CLLR. NOZIPHO TYOBEKE MAKEKE
SIMBARASHE MANDINYENYA Mr. Simbarashe Mandinyenya is the Acting Executive Director of the Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa (RETOSA), the tourism arm of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). He holds a BSc in Economics and MSc in Population Studies and holds a MBA from the University of Zimbabwe. Mr. Mandinyenya is responsible for the day to day running of RETOSA, the implementation of the organizations programmes as well as providing strategic direction and leadership.
LLEWELLAN VANCE As a Director of Evolve Technologies Pty Ltd Llewellan is responsible for handling new business development and stakeholder engagement to drive the mass adoption of low carbon technologies into the South African market. Llewellan’s experience for the past 7 years has been in Business Development and he has successfully secured and architected several mass rollout projects for low carbon technologies for government, corporate and banking institutions while heading up the Alternate Energy Division for Innovation Group South Africa.
FRANZ RENTEL Franz is the Country Director for South Africa for Climate Neutral Group, a leading Dutch carbon management company. He holds a Masters in Environmental & Resource Management. He has been active in the carbon markets for almost 10 years with diverse roles ranging from developing and sourcing carbon offset projects to working with businesses on their carbon strategies. He believes in bringing together all aspects of sustainability, innovating and then selling the posititive business case.
RHIAN BERNING Rhian Berning is an environmentalist and eco entrepreneur who initiated Eco Atlas, an ethical platform for South Africa which empowers both locals and tourists to make informed choices about where to eat, play and stay based on social and environmental criteria. She strongly believes we should vote with our wallets for a viable future.
NICHOLAS PLEWMAN Nicholas Plewman (B.arch UCT 1991), grew up with one foot in the Southern African bush and a strong environmental conscience, and although perhaps as much a consequence of happenstance as by design, its nonetheless appropriate that his architectural practice has gravitated toward specialising in the design of environmentally sound buildings in ecologically sensitive areas. The practice has completed over 40 projects across southern and East Africa and India and has been well published in books and magazines.
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SAMANTHA ANNADALE Samantha has 23 years of hospitality experience and is currently the General Manager of Hotel Verde, Africa’s greenest hotel. This 4-star eco hotel is situated 400m from Cape Town International Airport. Samantha is committed, positive, exceptionally organised with acute business acumen and has a specific focus on growth, profitability and overall pioneer on sustainable hospitality management.
AMIENE VAN DER MERWE Amiene van der Merwe, the Marketing Director, holds a Masters Degree in Education obtained at the University of Oregon, USA She was elected by the Department of Trade and Industry as a representative for women in craft in the Western Cape to attend the Global Summit for Women in Hong Kong in 2001. Upon entering the tourism industry in 2002, she qualified as a tourist guide and shortly afterwards launched her own specialist Tour Operation catering primarily for the need of women travelers. For the past year and a half she is the sole proprietress of a Boutique Backpackers in Kalk Bay. Source: http://thegreencab.co.za/about/the-green-ladies/
DAPHNE KAYSTER Marketing and Promotions Manager at Metrorail Western Cape Responsible for promoting Metrorail’s off-peak service offering which also includes the development of rail tourism (Southern Line Tourism Route), in collaboration with the City of Cape Town. Recently completed Masters studies – with topic of mini dissertation : ‘Effective communication in developing rail tourism within Cape Town, South Africa’
LETTICIA NAID Programme Manager: Economic Development, South African Local Government Association (SALGA). An anchor contributor to supporting municipalities to make their towns good places to live, do business and play through professional capability development and facilitation of small town regeneration interventions. Also engage in lobbying and advocacy for effective local governance. Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/letticia-naid/4/579/637
IAN CRUICKSHANK Head of SAA Group, Environmental Affairs. All matters relating to the SAA Group’s Environmental Affairs from setting policy to sustainable alternative fuels to environmental management systems to carbon emissions trading. Member of the IATA Environment Committee and Chair of the IATA Environmental Assessment Working Group.
NELISWA NKANI Director for South African Tourism in Amsterdam for 3 years as of 2003-2006, prior to that I was the Chief Marketing Officer for a Government Investment Agency focusing on Europe, Middle East and Africa. Upon returning in2006 I started a company called Lunathi specailising in Marketing activation in Tourism, Tourism hosting. I also do work for Ajax Cape Town and was instrumental in Hosting Ajax amsterdam in 2007, through that mission I was the one instrumental in inviting Johan Cryff foundation to launch Cryff court in cape town with assistance of Wim Bonen of Telegraaf newspaper. Currently Director she is the Tshwane Destination Marketing and Research Director. Source: www.linkedin.com
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GREEN BUSINESS SEMINAR
Harnessing market forces to drive innovation towards sustainability is the only way to redirect the planet away from its current cataclysmic path and the wheels are already in motion. How do we harness the market to a significantly greater degree to drive SA towards the green economy – is the key question this session will seek to answer.
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FACILITATOR: LLOYD MACFARLANE Lloyd is the Chief Executive and founder of GSA Campbell Consulting and a Director at Alive2green. GSA Campbell provides strategy, sustainability and marketing services to corporates and SME companies and Alive2green is a leading sustainability media company that owns and operates conferences, exhibitions, handbooks, agazines and electronic media properties within the broader sector of sustainability. Lloyd has an MBA and a BSocSci and also possesses relevant qualifications and experience in reporting, marketing, assurance and strategy. Lloyd is the Editor of the Green Business Journal as well as the Sustainability and Integrated Reporting Handbook.
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PROGRAMME 09:00 – 09:10 Speaker: MMC: Community Safety and Shared Services:- Cllr. Terence Mashego Topic: Opening and welcome 09:10 – 09:30 Speaker: Alistair Schorn, Sustainability Consulting Topic: Global and local instruments that are driving the Green Economy 09:30 – 09:50 Speaker: Corli le Roux, JSE Topic: How the JSE is driving change in context of the sustainable development agenda 09:50 – 10:10 Speaker: Kerri Savin, Nedbank Topic: Sustainability as a lever for growth 10.10 – 10:30 Panel discussion
TEA 11:00 – 11:20 Speaker: Alexander Haw, Massmart Topic: A strategic approach to sustainability in South Africa 11:20 – 11:40 Speaker: Ms Dolly Mafa, Finance Mechanisms, City Sustainability Unit, City of Tshwane Topic: Innovative partnerships in advancing the sustainability agenda- include partnerships and funding 11:40 – 12:00 Speaker: Dr. Mao Amis, African Centre for a Green Economy Topic: Green business incubation and capacity building 12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion
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SPEAKERS MMC: COMMUNITY SAFETY AND SHARED SERVICES CLLR. TERENCE MASHEGO
ALISTAIR SCHORN Alistair is the Managing Director of Sustainability Consulting and an Associate with GSA Campbell Consulting, He is a Faculty Associate at the University of Pretoria’s Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership, an external Research Supervisor in the MBA Programme at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), and a member of the Adjudication Panel for the Eskom eta Awards for Energy Efficiency. Alistair holds a Masters degree in International Economics, and has researched and written extensively on a variety of subjects including the Green Economy, Integrated and sustainability reporting, and corporate sustainability across a number of industry sectors.
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BANKING FOR A GREENER FUTURE HAPPEN
Open a Nedbank Green Affinity Account and conserve the environment, at no cost to you. Together with Nedbank you can support over 200 environmental projects that aim to educate our youth on environmental and sustainability issues, conserve endangered species and freshwater ecosystems, and fight against climate change. Simply open any Nedbank Green Affinity Account, and every time you insure, invest or transact with your credit or current account we will make a donation towards the WWF–Nedbank Green Trust on your behalf. Thank you South Africa for 25 years of your continuing support.
Visit your nearest Nedbank branch, call us on 0860 DO GOOD (36 4663) or go to nedbankgreen.co.za. nedbankgreen.co.za
Nedbank Limited Reg No 1951/000009/06. Authorised financial services and registered credit provider (NCRCP16).
SPEAKERS CORLI LE ROUX Corli oversees the JSE’s advocacy and engagement on sustainability and responsible investment and has been responsible for the JSE’s Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Index since 2002. She represents the JSE on various committees on sustainability, integrated reporting and responsible investment and currently Vice Chairs the World Federation of Exchanges’ Sustainability Working Group.
KERRI SAVIN With a back ground in Public Relations and Communication, Kerri Savin is the Stakeholder Engagement Manager at Nedbank Group. Responsibilities, in addition to managing key aspects of the group’s engagement with stakeholders, include the integration of sustainability into Nedbank’s strategy, implementation of Fair Share 2030 and integrated reporting. Before joining Nedbank Group she headed the Communication Practice at Alexander Forbes Financial Services.
ALEXANDER HAW Subsequent to completing a Bachelor of Science Honours degree at Wits University, Alex worked as an environmental consultant before joining Massmart in 2011. In his current role as Group Sustainability Manager he oversees Massmart’s Social and Environmental sustainability programs. During his time at Massmart, Alex has been involved in the development of group wide energy strategy, that enabled Massmart to avoid more than R50 million in energy costs in 2014 and the rollout of a countrywide post-consumer waste take-back program, in collaboration with Samsung, that supports the collection of approximately 130t of e-waste annually.
DOLLY MAFA Sustainability specialist: Finance mechanisms at City of Tshwane. Initiats practical financial mechanisms for the sustainability climate change projects, identifies suitable investors for the green economy projects and programs of the city. Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dolly-mafa/1a/50a/b7
DR MAO AMIS Dr Amis is Co-Founder and Executive Director of African Centre for a Green Economy (AfriCGE), a research, capacity building, and green innovation centre based in South Africa. Dr Amis has extensive experience on Green Growth issues, and in promoting action at the grassroots level to catalyze local economies. He is a founding member of the Wellbeing Economics Network for Africa (WE-Africa), a member of the UN CEO Water Mandate and a member of UNEP’s Continental taskforce on Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EBA) for food security in Africa. Dr Amis holds an MSc and PhD in Conservation Biology from the University of Cape Town.
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GREEN HOME FAIR Green Home Fair is an exhibition showcasing myriad eco products and service providers offering a range of innovative ideas to help consumers and households reduce impacts on people and the environment, and to save money too: Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Appliances, Domestic Waste, Recycling, Gardening, Eco Decor (Paints, Natural Fibre Products/Linen, Carpets), Health & Wellness, Eco Sport, A to Z of Eco Friendly & Sustainable products.
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YOUTH & THE GREEN ECONOMY Creating wealth and employment and improving quality of life is achievable through a common vision. Be a part of the engagement where young people interrogate a panel of experts on how to maximise opportunities within the Green Economy!
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PARTNERS & SPONSORS City of Tshwane
Tshwane, home to no less than three million residents, is the single largest metropolitan municipality in South Africa. It has 105 wards, 210 councillors and is divided into seven regions. The City has a diverse and rich natural, historical and cultural heritage. As a knowledge centre, it has an impressive concentration of academic, research, technology and scientific institutions. It is a diplomatic hub providing accommodation to more than 100 embassies, trade delegations, consulates and non-government organisations. It is also a leader in the fields of manufacturing, technology, electronics, defence design and construction. www.tshwane.gov.za BASF in South Africa and Sub-Sahara
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company. We offer intelligent solutions based on innovative products and tailor-made services. We create opportunities for success through trusted and reliable partnerships. BASF has been operating in South Africa since 1966. Today, the BASF Group in South Africa consists of a holding company providing services and governance to the sales organizations and five group companies manufacturing products and providing services for many industrial sectors in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. We have manufacturing sites at Westonaria (construction chemicals), Port Elizabeth (catalysts), Isando (polyurethane systems) and Vanderbijlpark (industrial coatings). www.basf.co.za Nedbank
Nedbank Group is one of SA’s four largest banking groups by assets and deposits, with Nedbank Ltd being our principal banking subsidiary. We are a JSE Top 40 company with our ordinary shares listed on JSE since 1969. www.nedbank.co.za
Lafarge
Lafarge South Africa is one of the major building material manufacturers in Southern Africa, offering cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, gypsum-plasterboard and interior building fittings. The company is the local presence of the international Lafarge Group, the world leader in building materials. Lafarge is committed to ‘Building better cities’ by providing innovative solutions, products and service that help to create sustainable, desirable environments for all people www.lafarge.co.za UNIDO
UNIDO is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability. The mandate of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) in developing countries and economies in transition. www.unido.org
NCPC
The National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA) is a national programme of government that promotes the implementation of resource efficiency and cleaner production (RECP) methodologies to assist industry to lower costs through reduced energy, water and materials usage, and waste management. It is hosted by the CSIR on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti).The NCPC-SA is a member of UNIDO and UNEP’s global resource efficiency and cleaner production network (RECPnet) and plays a leading role in the African Roundtable on Sustainable Production and Consumption (ARSCP). www.ncpc.zo.za AECOM
AECOM is a global leader in providing fully integrated professional technical and management support services for a broad range of markets. From transportation, energy and water systems, to enhancing environments and creating new buildings and communities. Our vision is to make the world a better place. www.aecom.com
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PARTNERS & SPONSORS Azize
YOOBAO Africa’s portable power banks ensure that you are able to enjoy your digital experience; anytime and anywhere free from the worry of power limitations. Whether for business, travel or play - recharge your device with YOOBAO power banks! Established in 2007, YOOBAO (Pronounced ‘YOU-BOW’) is a world leader in the manufacturing of mobile accessories. Exclusively distributed by Azize Holdings (Pty) Ltd. www.yoobao.co.za
Builders Warehouse
Builders is a leader in home improvement and building materials with complete project solutions. Builders has four store formats that cater to different markets with their own personalised feel and service offerings. Builders promises exceptional value and offers a comprehensive range of competitively priced products, with the latter having experts on hand to give advice on home, DIY and gardening needs. Call 0860 BUILDERS (284 533), email wecare@bwhouse.co.za www.builders.co.za
Backsberg Estate Cellars
Backsberg Estate Cellars is located between the historical towns of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Paarl. The vineyard dates back to 1916 and produces several ranges of wines for every palate and occasion. Voted internationally as one of the Top 100 Wineries of the Year, by a leading US wine magazine, Backsberg Estate Cellars has the portfolio and the awards to prove it.
Brooklyn Mall
Situated in the heart of Pretoria’s cosmopolitan Embassy suburbs, Brooklyn Mall and Brooklyn Square combine all the components to create a vibrant hub of activity for the Capital’s most prestigious neighbourhood. Brooklyn Mall and Brooklyn Square offer customers the convenience of one-stop-shopping catering to the requirements of the most discerning shopper. A full complement of national retailers along with approximately 220 specialist retail stores provides the very best luxuries and shopping of choice. There is also an assortment of restaurants and coffee bars satisfying an astute palette. The Inkomati Catchment Management Agency
The Inkomati-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency (IUCMA) is a schedule 3 Water Resource Management Institution responsible for the protection, conservation, development and management of the water resources and coordinating water-related activities of water users in the Inkomati and Usuthu Water Management Areas. The Inkomati-Usuthu Water Management Area consists of four largely independent catchments namely, Komati, Crocodile, Sabie and Usuthu. The Inkomati and Usuthu catchments are international river basins shared between South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique. Participate Technologies
We are specialists in interactive learning and the African authority in response technology devices and software. Our solution offers real-time, measurable results, increasing trainer effectiveness in the delivery of content, improving participants’ retention of information and enjoyment of learning. In addition we are providers of mobile interactive whiteboards and several other world leading interactive technologies. www.participate.co.za
The Pretoria News
The Pretoria News, is a quality newspaper focused on Pretoria and surrounding urban areas. The paper has an average of 141,000 readers per issue with a circulation of 14,968. Pretoria News is the authoritative voice of the capital with broad appeal across the socio-economic and cultural spectrum from cabinet ministers to company directors and teachers to budding entrepreneurs.
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PARTNERS & SPONSORS REDISA(Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa)
REDISA(Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa), is committed to new business development and job creation which is essential to help combat unemployment in the country while developing a sustainable South African tyre recycling industry. www.redisa.org.za/
Sanedi
Energy innovation and the efficient use of energy are two key components of mitigating our current energy challenges. SANEDI’s focus is primarily on accelerating the awareness and uptake of green energy in South Africa. Its current portfolios are divided between Advanced Research, which includes Energy Data, Advanced Fossil Fuels, Clean Energy Solutions, Green Transport, Smart Grids and more, and an Energy Efficiency portfolio. www.sanedi.org.za
Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme
The Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme (STPP) is leading the way to become the most impactful mass sustainable tourism implementation programme. The STPP effectively engages stakeholders accross many disciplines to create local economic development opportunities, using tourism as the vehicle.
The Star
The Star, has an average of 598 000 users per issue with a circulation of 91 735. The Star provides Greater Johannesburg with quality journalism covering current affairs and politics along with a range of topics from leisure to jobs. The paper favours a tolerant, democratic society and is highly proactive in its reporting.
Tshwane University of Technology
The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) is a proud product of South Africa’s first decade of democracy. While the size and scope of this dynamic new institution impress, the quality of its teaching, research and community engagement is what makes the University really stands out.TUT was established on 1 January 2004, with the merging of the former Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. At the time of the merger, the uniquely South African institutional designation of “technikon” was dropped in favour for the internationally accepted “university of technology” designation. The National Recycling Forum (NRF)
The National Recycling Forum is a non-profit organisation promoting the recovery and recycling of recyclable materials in South Africa through education and awareness campaigns www.recycling.co.za
NRF SAASTA
The South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) is a business unit of the National Research Foundation (NRF) with a mandate to advance public awareness, appreciation and engagement of science, engineering and technology in South Africa www.saasta.ac.za
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AFFILIATES The Association of Cementitious Material Producers (ACMP)
The Association of Cementitious Material Producers (ACMP) is an industry body convened to represent the mutual interests of its members in the context of sustainable development. Presently, ACMP members consist of six cementitious material producers in South Africa. All the members are registered as Propriety Limited (Pty Ltd) with the exception of one which is Limited (PPC).The ACMP’s primary function is to identify areas of mutual interest with regard to sustainability, and act on behalf of the member companies or facilitate the participation of member companies through two main avenues. www.acmp.co.za Architecture Africa
The Architect Africa News Network is an autonomous built environment news and information broadcasting network, news aggregator and trends analyser focused on Architecture, Construction, Development, Urbanisation and the Human Condition; with the primary goal of being Africa’s leading business and research information system for built environment specialists. www.architectafrica.com
Bizcommunity
Bizcommunity is Africa’s premier promotional and news distribution channel, with a mix of daily industry news designed to enable and connect 20 business communities in our region. 2.63 million monthly page views and 4.7 million monthly newsletters make Bizcommunity.com the go-to place for advertisers, PR professionals, companies and individuals to share business news, opportunities and events. Bizcommunity.com’s Press Offices allow distribution of professional business-to-business news to more than 370,000 African marketing, media and business communities in Africa and the rest of the world. www.bizcommunity.com CBE
The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) is a statutory body established under the Council for the Built Environment Act (no. 43 of 2000). It is an overarching body that coordinates the six built environment Professional Councils (Architecture, Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Project and Construction Management, Property Valuation and Quantity Surveying) for the purpose of instilling good conduct within the professions, transforming the professions and advising the South African government on built environment related issues. www.cbe.org.za Cape Institure for Architecture (CIFA) • To promote the art, science, research and practice of architecture. • To serve the interests of its members. • To uphold the dignity of the profession through maintaining a code of conduct, professional competence and integrity, which has been established by its affiliated bodies, the South African Institute of Architects (SAIA) and the South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP).
www.cifa.org.za The Chartered Institue of Building (CIOB)
The Chartered Institute of building (CIOB) have over 46000 members around the world and are considered to be the international voice of the building professional, representing an unequalled body of knowledge concerning the management of the total building process. www.ciob.org
Channel Africa
Channel Africa is an International Radio Service of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The broadcast is designed to address the station’s vision of “To be the Voice of the African Renaissance”. Our mission statement is to produce and broadcast innovative and dynamic programming that informs, educates, entertains and empowers African citizens. The station’s broadcast is carried on multi-platform, i.e. Shortwave, Satellite, Internet and soon on DTT. Now available on DSTV audio bouquet CHANNEL 902. Platforms primarily cover the regions of Sub Saharan Africa and the station broadcasts in six (6) African languages, which are, French, Portuguese, Kiswahili, Silozi, Chinyanja and English.
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Claybrick
ClayBrick.Org sets and maintains the standard of clay brick manufacture. ClayBrick - with its high thermal mass and high thermal performance is one of the most energy efficient building materials, fully recyclable Designers will gain from the consistent quality, durability and reliability, when building with bricks produced by a ClayBrick. org member. Tel 011 805 4206 . www.claybrick.org.za
e-Waste Association of South Africa (EWASA)
eWASA is an industry association that was established in 2008 to address a growing problem with the disposal of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste). Substances that can be reclaimed and used, can be harmful to the environment and human health if disposed of in an inappropriate manner www.ewasa.org
FABASA
The Family Business Association of Southern Africa (FABASA) is a non-profit organisation that has been established to act as the official mouthpiece of family-owned business in Southern Africa as well as to promote the overall interests of this economic sector. First of its kind on African soil, FABASA plays a crucial role in educating and streamlining the needs of this significant contributor to economies on the sub-continent taking into consideraton that some 80% of all businesses in South Africa belong to families. www.fabasa.co.za Food and Trees for Africa
Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) is South Africa’s first national social and environmental enterprise since 1990 working towards a healthier more sustainable and low carbon future through developing, managing and promoting greening, climate change action, sustainable natural resource management, organic farming and food security programmes. www.trees.org.za
GIFA
GIfA is one of the oldest architectural institutions in South Africa. We serve our members interests and promote a better built environment and greater awareness of architecture to the public. This newsletter is a format to keep our architectural community updated on events, workshops and other news that would be of interest for them www.gifa.org.za
Green Tag
Global GreenTag South Africa Certification is a world first, third party, green building product rating system underpinned by rigorous scientific and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Health, Ecotoxicity, Greenhouse Gas Emission and Biodiversity assessment processes. It’s advanced, robust ‘beyond LCA’ certification methodology is independently verified as an ISO 14024 compliant Type 1 Eco label recognised by the Green Star® rating tool in several countries for interiors and cleaning product sectors. www.globalgreentag.com Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA)
The Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA) is a voluntary organisation registered with the South African Council for the Landscape Architectural Profession (SACLAP) and has three regional bodies, one in the Western Cape (ILASA Cape), one in KZN (ILASA KZN) and one in Gauteng (ILASA Gauteng), that represent members countrywide. Its mission is to advance the profession of landscape architecture and uphold high standards of professional service to its members; furthermore to represent the profession of landscape architecture in any matter which may affect the interests of the members of the Institute. www.ilasa.co.za www.sustainabilityweek.co.za
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National Business Initiative (NBI)
The National Business Initiative (NBI) is a voluntary coalition of South African and multinational companies, committed to working towards sustainable growth and development in South Africa and the shaping of a sustainable future through responsible business leadership and action. This collective action provides progressive leadership and advocacy needed in South Africa to support and accelerate business action to achieve a sustainable, equitable and thriving society. www.nbi.org.za
Packaging SA
Packaging SA is a non-profit organisation whose primary objective is to represent the macro interests of the packaging sector, including those of converters and other suppliers, on matters of broader industry concern www.pacsa.co.za Pretoria Institute of Architects (PIA)
The Pretoria Institute for Architecture (PIA) is a Voluntary Association recognised by the South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP), and is a ‘Regional Institute’ of the South African Institute of Architects. The PIA has its origins in the Pretoria Architectural Society which was founded in 1945. The PIA was created to serve the interests of architects in the Pretoria area, to further good Architecture and to care for the Architectural heritage unique to Pretoria. Members of the PIA have been called to offer professional service at various universities throughout the country and to serve on various national and international professional bodies, giving credence to its mission and value to its members.www.pia.org.za The Power Institute for East and Southern Africa (PIESA)
The Power Institute for East and Southern Africa (PIESA) is a voluntary regional electrical power distribution industry association whose aim is to improve electrification in East and Southern Africa through sharing information, research, technology, skills and experiences for the benefit of customers and suppliers. A key focus area is the development of localisation of the supply chain through harmonization of standards in the region. www.piesa.com
Railroad Association of South Africa
The RailRoad Association of South Africa is a registered non profit company. It was formed in October 2000.We are an influential non-profit organisation promoting an effective land transport system where the rail and road modes can operate to provide sustainable long term solutions. Our main object and purpose is to promote the common interests of persons, companies and organisations within or associated with the railway industry in the sub-continent and in Africa. www.rra.co.za Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
REEEP invests in clean energy markets in developing countries to reduce CO2 emissions and build prosperity. Based on a strategic portfolio of high impact projects, REEEP works to generate energy access, improve lives and economic opportunities, build sustainable markets, and combat climate change. REEEP is committed to open access to knowledge to support entrepreneurship, innovation and policy improvements to empower market shifts across the developing world. www.reeep.org Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa (RETOSA)
The Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa (RETOSA) is a Southern African Development Community (SADC) body responsible for the development of tourism and regional destination marketing across the 15 Southern African countries RETOSA works in close cooperation with the Member States’ Ministries of Tourism, national tourism organisations, the private sector and media partners and International Cooperating Partners (ICPs). In part, the aims of RETOSA are to increase tourism arrivals to the region through sustainable development initiatives, improved regional competitiveness, and effective destination marketing. www.retosa.co.za
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Southern African Alternative Energy Association (SAAEA)
The Southern African Alternative Energy Association (SAAEA) represents and actively promotes Renewable Alternative Energy Solutions in our region. Its focus is the whole industry, rather than sector. www.saaea.org
The South African Association for Energy Efficiency (SAEE)
SAEE is your source for information on the dynamic field of energy efficiency, utility deregulation, facility management, plant engineering, and environmental compliance. With a full array of information outreach programmes, from technical seminars, conferences and books to critical buyer-seller, networking tradeshows, job listings and certification programmes, the SAEE a chapter of the AEE offers a variety of information resource tools. www.saee.org.za South African Institute of Architects (SAIA)
SAIA and the Regional Institutes are committed to maintaining the highest standards of professionalism, integrity and competence in architecture. Members of the Institute, registered as professional architects, subscribe to a Code of Ethics with established principals which remain core to members as they conduct their business. To continually elevate the architectural profession and support members as they strive to attain the highest standards of workmanship, SAIA ensures its members are educated and trained appropriately. Thus, SAIA members are equipped to provide leadership and critical judgement, while also exercising their specialist knowledge, skills and aptitude for the betterment of design and development in the built environment. www.saia.org.za SAICE
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) is a learned society and voluntary organisation with a 112 year history. Commonly referred to as a central home for South African civil engineering practitioners - we provide technical leadership in support and enhancement of poverty alleviation, sustainable development, and the development and maintenance of infrastructure. www.saice.org.za Southern African Wood Laminate and Flooring Association (SAWFLA)
The Southern African Wood, Laminate & Flooring Association and its Members are committed to improving the quality of not only the finished flooring product but the installations. We believe that good installation practice and techniques are of paramount importance in supplying the customer with a product that both they and the installer are proud of. www.sawlfa.co.za SAYTC
SAYTC is a proud network of tourism businesses from the youth travel sector. Members include backpacker hostels, transport providers, tour and adventure operators, language schools, volunteer organizations and tourism service providers.You know you are in good hands when you use a SAYTC member as we place value on quality products and services. Sustainable Energy Society Southern Africa (SESSA)
The Sustainable Energy Society of Southern Africa or SESSA, is dedicated to the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency including all solar-based energies such as solar thermal heating, photovoltaics and cooling, wind, biomass and hydro. Other utilization possibilities of this principle source of energy are in passive building design and energy efficiency. www.sessa.org.za Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry South Africa (TAPPSA)
TAPPSA is an internationally respected association which covers the whole process chain from forest to converted product in Southern Africa. It organises conferences, workshops and discussion groups, produces a bimonthly technical magazine and maintains its own web site. www.tappsa.co.za www.sustainabilityweek.co.za
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EXHIBITORS A-Thermal
A-Thermal, the leaders in waste treatment, is the only company in Africa using state of the art engineered solutions to treat and permanently destroy hazardous, toxic, pharmaceutical and healthcare risk waste through pyrolysis. www.athermal.co.za/
Bluescope Stee;
BlueScope Limited’s premium brands ZINCALUME® steel and Clean COLORBOND™ steel ranges are used in the manufacture of roofing and walling sheets as well as roofing accessories including flashings and rain water goods. www.bluescope.co.za
Canon
Canon South Africa (Pty) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon Europe, came into being on January 4, 2000. Canon Europe is the regional sales and marketing operation for Canon Inc, represented in 120 countries and employing over 11,000 people across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Canon Europe invested in South Africa with a view to growing and expanding its market share in the country. www.canon.co.za
Easy Motion
At Easy Motion we offer a wide range of electric bicycles from high-speed commuters to dual suspension mountain bikes. All our bicycles have been designed from concept to be electric bicycles and are equipped with the latest in pedal-assist technology, making them easy to use and extremely powerful.
ECSA
ENGINEERING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA
The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is a statutory body established in terms of the Engineering Profession Act (EPA), 46 of 2000. ECSA’s primary role is the regulation of the engineering profession in terms of this Act. Its core functions are the accreditation of engineering programmes, registration of persons as candidates and professionals in specified categories and the regulation of the practice of registered persons. www.ecsa.co.za G & W Mineral Resources
G & W Mineral Resources and Industrial Minerals, T/A G & W Mineral Resources is a member of the Zimco group of companies in South Africa which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ecobat Technologies group in the USA. This gives G & W Mineral Resources access to global technology and resources. G &W Mineral Resources is the leading supplier of specialized industrial minerals in South Africa and has been servicing the needs of both local and overseas customers for more than 60 years. www.gwminerals.co.za
Gautrain
Celebrating 5 years of golden excellence, the Gautrain has 10 stations and 80 km of track linking Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Pretoria; from 05h30 to 20h30, 7 days a week, with the award-winning designated link to OR Tambo International Airport operating at extended hours for maximum customer convenience. www.gautrain.co.za
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The Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) for SMEs is a global initiative with the goal of promoting clean technology innovation and supporting Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups. The GCIP is a United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) initiative, hosted and jointly implemented in South Africa by the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA). GCIP combines a competition and business accelerator programme for small businesses with local innovations in energy efficiency, renewable energy, waste beneficiation and water efficiency and offers participants extensive mentoring, training, and opportunities to showcase their innovations. www.tia.org.za Greenfund
The Green Fund is a unique, recently established national fund that seeks to support green initiatives to assist South Africa’s transition to a low carbon, resource efficient and climate resilient development path delivering high impact economic, environmental and social benefits. www.dbsa.org
Innovation Hub
The Innovation Hub, Africa’s first internationally accredited Science and technology park and a full member of the International Association of Science Parks is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency. The Innovation Hub’s intelligent community has become a regional centre of innovation and knowledge creation, linked to the fast moving world of global interconnectivity. Its enterprise programme include the Maxum Business Incubator, mLab, the Climate Innovation Centre, and the BioPark and EkasiLabs. In the area of skills development are CoachLab, Thought Leaders, Future Leaders and FabLab. www.theinnovationhub.com Maskam Water
Maskam Water provides our customers with turn-key solutions, by importing a wide range of water related products from the USA and Europe. Maskam Water Dealers in each country are trained to sell these products, design systems to their customer’s needs and provide the necessary backup service www.maskam.co.za
The National Empowerment Fund (NEF)
Established by the National Empowerment Fund Act No 105 of 1998 (NEF Act), the National Empowerment Fund (the NEF) is a driver and thought-leader in promoting and facilitating black economic participation by providing financial and non-financial support to black empowered businesses, and by promoting a culture of savings and investment among black people. Strategic Projects Funds: As a leader in venture capital finance which allows entrepreneurs to participate in projects that are at an early stage within sectors identified by the RSA government as key drivers to the economic growth of South Africa. The fund also provides project finance and private equity in these projects once they are regarded as bankable. Nissan South Africa
Nissan South Africa is the operational hub for Regional Business Unit South, serving the South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa markets. Its vehicle range includes the Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun brands. One of the top five motor companies in South Africa, Nissan is a leader in the crossover and electric vehicle segments. www.nissan.co.za
NOSA
NOSA is a leading global supplier of occupational risk management services and solutions and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the South African listed MICROmega Holdings Limited. NOSA constantly strives to enhance our clients’ business performance while simultaneously creating a safe environment for their employed workforce and suppliers. www.nosa.co.za
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The South African National Roads Agency is responsible for the financing, maintenance and management of the country 19 704km national roads network. Established in 1998 by an Act of Parliament SANRAL is widely regarded as a global leader in engineering, technology and in mobilising public-private sector partnerships to keep South Africa’s strategic road infrastructure in excellent shape. It is also committed to protect and preserve the environment through innovative solutions. Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric, the global leader in energy management, focuses on energy efficient smart- and off grid solutions, adapted to the means and needs of populations in both urban and rural communities. www.schneider-electric.co.za Talborne Organics
TALBORNE ORGANICS believes that a HEALTHY SOIL=HEALTHY PLANTS=HEALTHY PEOPLE. We celebrate 15 years of “growing together” with VITA Organic Fertilizers (Certified Inputs Control Union), pest & disease control and The URBAN BOX, for your safety and the environment. See www.talborne.co.za www.talborne.co.za
TEVA
The most energy efficient windows in South Africa. uPVC is by far the least conductive window framing material available at 1.5 W/m2K (compared to aluminium which is the highest conductive material at 10.4 W/m2K). One of the main areas of energy loss in any home is around the windows and doors Our uPVC windows ensure comfortable temperatures in the home all year round whatever the weather Our windows easily achieve an A rating, the highest possible Window Energy Rating (WER) for thermal efficiency The multi-chamber design significantly reduces heat loss, keeps out draughts, and reduces noise Homes will be cozier and owners will enjoy reduced electricity bills. www.tevawindows.co.za TIASA
The mission of the Thermal Insulation Association of Southern Africa (TIASA) is to improve the environment, and the social and economic wellbeing of Southern Africans through the greater use, and better application of, thermal insulation. www.tiasa.org.za
UIS Analy tical Services (Pty) Ltd
UIS Analytical Services (Pty) Ltd is an independent testing laboratory company offering a wide range of analytical techniques and consulting services, with focus on analysis for the mining industry and environmental samples (water analysis).Many of our methods are SANAS (South African National Accreditation System) ISO/IEC 17025 accredited and we provide analytical services and expertise unrivalled by other laboratories in Southern Africa www.uis-as.co.za Van Dyck Carpets
With more than 65 years of expertise in carpets and flooring, we offer top quality and sustainable products at affordable prices. We have a wide variety of colours & textures for any area, manufactured in an environmentally and socially responsible way. www.vandyckcarpets.com Water Wise
Water Wise is Rand Water’s environmental brand that promotes the wise and sustainable use of water through its education and awareness campaigns. This is essential for a water-scarce South Africa. www.randwater.co.za
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African Capital Cities CSIR: Diamond 09:00 - 16:30
Green Building Conference CSIR: Diamond 09:00 - 17:00
Sustainable Energy Seminar Day 2 CSIR: Ruby 09:00 - 17:00
Green Home Fair Brooklyn Mall 09:00-17:00
Sustainability in Mining Seminar CSIR: Emerald 09:00 - 12:30
Sustainable Energy Seminar Day 1 CSIR: Ruby 09:00 - 17:00
Vision Zero Waste Seminar Youth & the Green CSIR: Emerald Economy Seminar 09:00 - 17:00 TUT 09:00-12:30
Food Security Seminar CSIR: Emerald 09:00 - 17:00
Sustainable Infrastructure Seminar CSIR: Amethyst 09:00 - 15:30
Transport & Mobility Seminar CSIR: Amethyst 09:00 - 17:00
Sustainable Water Seminar CSIR: Jade 09:00 - 17:00
Green Manufacturing Seminar CSIR: Jade 09:00 - 17:00
Responsible Tourism Dialogue CSIR: Crystal 09:00 - 17:00
Tshwane Mayors’ Lunch Amber/Deck 12:30 - 14:30
Green Business Seminar CSIR: Onyx 09:00 - 12:30
Exhibition CSIR: 08:00-17:00
Exhibition CSIR: 08:00-17:00
Exhibition CSIR: 08:00-17:00
African Mayors’ Function CSIR: Amber 17:00-20:00
Cocktail Function CSIR: Exhibition 17:00-20:00
Expo Breakdown Party CSIR: Deck 16:30-18:00
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SUNDAY Green Home Fair Brooklyn Mall 09:00-17:00