Sustainability Week Post-Event Report 2018

SUSTAINABILITY

2018

WEEK

AFRICAN Capital Cities

SUSTAINABILITY FORUM

Host City

POST-EVENT REPORT

Host City

SPONSORS, AFFILIATES & EXHIBITORS

CONTENTS

CREDITS

CONFERENCE DIRECTOR Robert Arendse

EVENT COORDINATOR John Elford PROGRAMME CURATOR Greg Penfold

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY LIST OF ATTENDING MAYORS AFRICAN CAPITAL CITIES SUSTAINABILITY FORUM SUSTAINABLE CITIES AFRICA MAYORAL ROUNDTABLE SESSION MAYORS’ TOUR AND OUTING AFRICAN SISTER CITIES INITIATIVE (ASCI) URBAN HEALTH WORKSHOP SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT DIALOGUE INDUSTRY 4.0 WORKSHOP TSHWANE GREEN CAFÉ SUSTAINABILITY IN MINING SEMINAR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SEMINAR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY SEMINAR SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES SEMINAR TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY SEMINAR VISION ZERO WASTE YOUTH EVENTS YOUTH AND THE GREEN ECONOMY DIALOGUE FABLAB SCHOOL PROGRAMME RESPONSIBLE TOURISM DIALOGUE GREEN BUILDING CONFERENCE 2018 MEDIA OUTPUTS REPORT SATISFACTION SURVEY SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

TOC &CREDITS

EVENTS TEAM Abigail Botha, Beverley Stone, Nabeelah Fataar, Shannon Manuel, Adriel Mebaley, Glory Kitenge, Gordon Brown CREATIVE DIRECTOR Brent Meder DESIGNER Shanice Daniels ONLINE MEDIA Ayesha O ‘Connor, Ralph Staniforth PROJECT MANAGER David Itzkin SALES TEAM Glenda Kulp, Zaida Yon, Tanya Duthie, Louna Rae, Annie Pieters, Rudi Balie

Sustainability Week is a Carbon Neutral Event

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY S

ustainability Week 2018 represented a significant advance from the previous year's event, with innovation and growth demonstrated on a number of levels.

The event was held at the CSIR International Convention Centre from 5 to 7 June 2018, hosted by the City of Tshwane and organised by Alive2green. There were 1440 unique delegate registrations recorded over the three days, of which numerous delegates attended for several days. No fewer than 18 sustainability-related events were held under the auspices of Sustainability Week 2018, representing a tremendous feat of coordination and planning on the part of the organiser.

The event also achieved excellent media coverage, with a tangible Advertising Value Estimate (AVE) of almost R 4.5 million, representing a 73% increase from 2017.

Day One commenced with the fourth instalment of the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF) on 5 June 2018. The CSIR's Diamond Room was filled to capacity by an audience that included mayoral delegations and representatives from 38 cities throughout Africa, including 24 capital cities. An innovative format was employed whereby mayors took part in a series of panel discussions on the salient sustainability challenges and opportunities most pertinent to their particular circumstances. Discussion topics included Urban Management, City Services, Water and Sanitation, Financing and Bankability, Adaptation to Climate Change, and Waste Management, Greening and Livelihoods. The advantages of this format were that, in the first instance, mayors were afforded sufficient time to share insights (effectively becoming the stars of the show), and second, that the discussion format and topics were such as to allow the forum to be branded as a Talanoa Dialogue. This exciting development elevates the status of the ACCSF, putting it on a global footing.

Day Two (June 6) commenced with another innovation, the Sustainable Cities Africa Conference. This time, the mayors were in the audience, listening to interventions by speakers from an array of internationally recognised agencies and institutions, including Brand SA, ICLEI, C40, ULCG Africa, SALGA, UNEP, the HSRC, and the Climate and Clear Air Coalition. A highlight was a very well received speech

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by Gauteng Premier David Makhura. Once again, the Diamond Auditorium was filled to capacity and delegates benefited from the speakers' technical insights into overcoming the challenges and benefiting from the opportunities that arise from the need for sustainable development in a context of climate change.

After the conference on 6 June, a number of smaller events took place. The mayors attended the Mayoral Roundtable Session, a closed meeting of Mayors and other leaders from each capital city, with the ICLEI Africa Committee Mayors as observing guests. An important outcome of the session was formalisation of the the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum as a permanent body with a secretariat.

Also taking place on the afternoon of 6 June were the Urban Health Workshop, Sustainable Procurement Dialogue, Tshwane Green CafĂŠ Industry 4.0 Workshop, Sustainable Energy Seminar, and Sustainable Mining Seminar. Each session attracted a full complement of delegates.

On Day Three of Sustainability Week 2018, delegates attended a variety of individual seminars and dialogues on Agriculture and Food Security, Vision Zero Waste, Transport and Mobility, Youth and the Green Economy, Sustainable Water Resources, and Responsible Tourism, as well as the Green Building Council's popular annual Green Building Conference.

On 7 June, the mayors either attended a technical tour of the City of Tshwane's sustainability projects or attended the tabling by the Executive Mayor of Tshwane of the African Sister Cities Initiative (ASCI), intended "to create a platform for strategic dialogue around greater collaboration between African capital cities".

Overall, Sustainability Week 2018 reaffirmed the tremendous significance of sustainable development for the public and private sectors alike. Sustainability is being mainstreamed across Africa at every level, as government and business buy into the notion that sustainability has to be incorporated into every project and venture as a matter of course. Future success relies on more efficient integration and implementation through communication and partnership. This insight will be the point of departure for Sustainability Week 2019.

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ATTENDING MAYORS

LIST OF ATTENDING MAYORS First row from left to right: Deputy Mayor, Chilando Chitangala Nakalima, Lusaka, Zambia; Mayor Prof Davis Mwamfupe, Dodoma , Tanzania; Mayor Ekeneide dos Santos, São Tomé; Mayor Manuel de Araujo, Quelimane, Mozambique; Mayor Ben Manyenyeni, Harare, Zimbabwe; Mayor Mohamed Daoudou, Moroni, Comoros; Mayor Kagiso Calvin Thutlwe, Gaborone, Botswana; Mayor Solly Tshepiso Msimanga, Tshwane, South Africa; Advisor Thamar Sinigirira, Bujumbura, Burundi; Mayor Abdulrauf Beitelmal, Tripoli, Libya; Mayor Muesee Kazapua, Windhoek,Namibia; Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Obe, Freetown, Sierra Leone ; Deputy Mayor Sarah Sabaggala Kanyike, Kampala, Uganda; Mayor Pinias Rabson Mushayavanhu, Ruwa, Zimbabwe Second row from left to right Mayor Jefferson T. Koijee, Monrovia, Liberia; Personal Assistant Bakinam Osman Rahama, Sudan, Khartoum; Mayor Abel Langsi Ngwasoh, Cameroun, Bafut; Director of International Affairs Alcresia Cavala, Luanda, Angola; Director, Office of the Permanent Secretary, FCTA: Udo Samuel Atang,Abuja, Nigeria; Deputy Mayor Sickout Iguendja Nicaise, Libreville, Gabon; Advisor Moulaye Gharabi, Mauritania,Nouakchott; Councillor Semba Ignatius, Windhoek, Namibia; Mayor Vincent de Paul Kayanja,Entebbe, Uganda; Technical Advisor Narikutuke Naruses, Windhoek, Namibia; Deputy Mayor.

Saleh Kotchi Zougoulou, N’djamena, Chad; Head of Community, Environment Cabinet, Sylvio De Jesus Silva Alvarenga, Luanda, Angola; Technical Advisor Ndeye Fatou Sarr, Dakar , Senegal; Mayor Sylvia Tabitha Muzila, Francistown, Botswana Third row, from left to right: Deputy Mayor Wore Diaw, Dakar,Senegal; Administrator Franquilim Moreira Nobre De Ca, São Tomé; Technical Advisor Jada Albert George Modi, Juba, South Sudan; Technical Advisor Valeria Bupe Mulenga, Lusaka, Zambia; Director of Infrastructures & Projects of the city of Bissau, Carlos Alberto Silva Santos Costa, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Chief Scientific Officer Michael Bangole (Miccon), Lagos, Nigeria; Mayor David André, Victoria, Seychelles; Member of the City Council Dr. Mohamed El Fadil Jubran, Tripoli, Libya; Deputy Mayor Benjamin Ndalichako, Dar es Salaam , Tanzania; Head of Financial Commitee Songoro, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Chief Resilience & Sustainability Advisor.Desmond Appiah, Accra, Ghana; Administrator Ibrahim Tackie, Accra , Ghana; Officer, Health and Safety, John Paul Sajjabi, Kampala, Uganda; UCLG Regional Director of West Africa Regional Office, Juliet Mekone Sale, Accra, Ghana Fourth Row from Left to Right Research Officer Jean Anicet Ngadi, Libreville, Gabon; Ambassador of the Saharawi Republic Embassy in the Republic of South Africa: H.E. RadhiSghaiar Bachir; Amenities Manager responsible for Waste Management, Chipfunde Lisben, Harare, Zimbabwe; Xolile George, CEO: SALGA; Municipal councillor Khalifa Malloum, N’djamena, Chad; MMC Corporate and Shared Services: Cllr Celliers Brink; Unidentified; MMC Roads and Transport: Cllr Sheila-Lynn Senkubuge;Unidentified; City Engineer Ing. Horatio Max Gorvie, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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Climate Response Strategy

CITY OF TSHWANE 2030 VISION A prosperous capital city through freedom, fairness and opportunity

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Interventions 1: Enhance and protect the cityĘźs natural ability to buffer climate change impacts 2: Develop an integrated approach to water management in the city 3: Build climate-resilient communities 4: Promote mixed-use densification and transit-oriented development 5: Promote cleaner mobility

6: Retrofit existing buildings and build green buildings 7: Promote energy efficiency

8: Promote cleaner and renewable energy 9: Divert waste from landfills and find innovative uses for waste 10: Pursue sustainability support mechanisms

ACCSF

AFRICAN CAPITAL CITIES SUSTAINABILITY FORUM

AFRICAN Capital Cities

SUSTAINABILITY FORUM

ACCSF DAY ONE, 5 JUNE 2018

Lindiwe Mazibuko The expressed goal of the ACCSF is to enable the formation of a network of capital cities across Africa, emphasising the duty and, indeed, the opportunity for capital cities to assume a leadership position in relation to sustainable development at the city scale.

The singular objective for the first day of the conference was for the mayors to share their perspectives and experiences of the sustainability challenges that they have successfully addressed and overcome with the view to sharing experiences and best practice with the other mayors. Each mayor was requested to participate in a panel session aligned to their known areas of strength.

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n a cool autumn morning in the City of Tshwane, delegates were welcomed to Sustainability Week 2018 with typically warm African hospitality.

The Tshwane Metro Police Department Choir greeted the delegation with rousing renditions that encouraged and enlivened all present. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was an efficient and organised host as always, directing delegates to a hearty breakfast and refreshments.

There was a festive energy of optimism and an outlook of opportunity as the delegates arrived and began to consider sustainability on the African continent.

The Programme Director, Lindiwe Mazibuko, officially welcomed and induced

a call for the “catalysis of the green economy”.

She proposed that the African philosophical concept of “Ubuntu” be incorporated into environmental and sustainability issues.

“Ubuntu” is a term meaning "humanity” and is often understood as, "I am because we are", and more philosophically; "the belief in a universal bond that connects all humanity".

Dr Moeketsi Mosola, the City of Tshwane Municipal Manager, commended 35 of 55 African capital cities with mayors present for their devotion to sustainable service delivery and reducing impacts and emissions. He encouraged the representatives to pledge their duty to sustainable development across the African continent.

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Cllr Solly Msimanga, Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane that the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF) is a platform for the shared interest in Africa. He expressed increased optimism and praise for the attendance of 63% of the African cities represented and was pleased by the further representation from delegates throughout Africa. He called for leaders to become “drivers of development” on the continent.

Mayor Msimanga noted that the Sustainability Forum coincided with World Environment Day, which had a theme of preventing plastic pollution. He powerfully motivated delegates, stating that “Africa must come up with African solutions to African problems” and seek to be resilient and selfreliant. The mayor proceeded to discuss the necessity of educating the youth about the promotion of the care of the environment and the care of oneself. He mentioned the challenge of youth and tobacco usage, and the potential harm to health and subsequent drug experimentation and usage. This is severely detrimental to the family structure and the fabric of society.

Furthermore, the mayor expressed thanks to the sponsors and all in attendance, along with his hopes for a fruitful and productive interaction during the week.

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the increased demand placed on services and supply due to migration into cities.

The resultant pressures and potential inadequacies of services may result in poor living conditions for large populations within the cities. The minister welcomed the delegation and expressed thanks to the City of Tshwane for its responsible and responsive leadership. He mentioned the necessity of the public transport that serves the city and surrounds in providing access to resources and services. This is increasingly relevant because more than half of Africans will live in cities by 2030.

ACCSF 2018 was then officially opened and inducted as a “Talanoa Dialogue” by representatives from ICLEI Africa. This is in line with the principles established by “Talanoa”; a traditional word used in Fiji and the Pacific to reflect a process of inclusive, participatory and transparent discussion. The purpose is to share stories, build empathy and to make wise decisions for the collective good.

ICLEI representatives defined guidelines and principles proposed via Talanoa Dialogues: • Respect each other and ideas.

• Share constructive, positive stories.

• No shame or discrimination.

• No blaming.

• Listen to others.

• Provide feedback.

• No criticism or degrading.

They also posed the following questions of all the citizens of the African continent: “Where do we want to go? And how are we going to get there?”

Representatives from across the African continent then joined to form a series of discussion panels to address pressing issues facing African cities. The following is an overview of the discussions and findings from each panel.

Urban management Panellists: • Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor, Freetown, Sierra Leone • Pinias Rabson Mushayavanhu, Mayor, Ruwa, Zimbabwe • Chinyeaka Christian Ohaa, Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Abuja, Nigeria • Moulaye Gharabbi, Advisor, Nouakchott, Mauritania • Abel Langsi Ngwasoh, Mayor, Bafut, Cameroon • Mr Beitelmal, Mayor, Tripoli, Libya It is essential to incorporate people into the urban planning process. Climate change is an immediate threat to basic service delivery, water and sanitation. Local populations

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ACCSF are undergoing increased urbanisation and alteration is occurring in rural settings. An essential shortfall to be addressed is the communication between government and citizens, especially at a local level. Migration into urban areas and informal settlements is a pressing matter that poses challenges to governance, service delivery and infrastructure. An interesting insight from Tripoli was that municipalities can cooperate together and deliver services, even in the complete absence of a central government. The session chair called for action in addressing issues and encouraged cohesion with communication across the continent.

City services: energy and transport Panellists: • David Francois Marc Andre, Mayor, Victoria, Seychelles • Sarah Sebaggala Kanyike, Deputy Mayor, Kampala, Uganda • Kagiso Calvin Thutlwe, Mayor, Gaborone, Botswana • Daniel Eric Clive Laurent, Mayor, Port Louis, Mauritius • Freddy Mbonimpa, Mayor, Bujumbura, Burundi • Amine Sadak, Deputy Mayor, Rabat, Morocco • Alcresia Cavala, Head of Interchange Cabinet, Luanda, Angola • The importance of energy provision cannot be overemphasised. Transport is an enabling factor, linked to social well-being while

meeting the needs of a variety of stakeholders. The question of how sustainability is being integrated into the provision of services was posed.

Seychelles was asked to comment on the extent and efficiency of the renewable energy uptake across Africa. The respondent told the panel that in order to promote renewable energy and encourage the uptake in the private and public sectors, beneficial schemes had been implemented. Essential considerations when applying renewable technologies are the extent and enabling ability. Community incorporation into plans at a local level was noted. Wind farms operate on a large scale with solar panels contributing to communities on a small scale.

Uganda was asked how the government had partnered with the private sector.

They noted that policies conducive to private sector benefits and incorporation had been established. The government has promoted and implemented the use of biogas, especially in schools. Solar energy in streetlights, LED bulbs for energy saving and city-focused public-private partnerships are further projects.

Gaborone, Botswana was challenged by the question of solar energy challenges to the non-renewable sector. How had the shift from conventional coal-fired power stations impacted industry and individuals?

The respondent highlighted the potential for solar in Africa and that power cuts had been reduced, crime decreased

and security increased due to projects.

He said that for all the job losses in the conventional energy sector, employment and economic stimulation was offered in the renewable energy sector. Renewables provided increased opportunities for employment. Youth education and upliftment programmes were provided by the private sector. Renewable energy had been shown to benefit communities, society and the economy.

Port Louis, Mauritius stated that the Mauritius Metro Express public transport rail project would be completed by 2021 and operate to reduce pollution and traffic.

High population density was noted as a challenge in cities. Resultant traffic costs the economy. The rail lines are high tech and serve 100 000 people daily. Extended networks are planned for the future.

In Burundi, government policies were implemented to solve problems and this enabled private sector partnerships. The intention is to build energy centres by 2022, which would enable the state to send excess energy to neighbouring countries.

Successful partnerships with U.S. companies were undertaken. Community participation is essential, as everyone can benefit. A Swedish firm is assisting with the collections of solid waste and transforming it into energy. Stimulation of small businesses has occurred. Schools and universities have been provided with electricity since 2017 and the aim is to be devoid of energy deficits across the country by 2022.

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South African Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe Angola boasted a target of hydropower energy mix at 64% by 2025. A 43% energy supply is currently achieved in cities. Diesel generators are relied upon to offset deficits.

The economic impact and GDP revenue have been notable. Political willpower has been driving the incorporation of natural gas.

Municipalities are taking action to supply and maintain energy and equipment.

The state installed resource centres using butane gas. Solar panels have the potential for home usage (small scale). The government’s vision is to develop natural and sustainable projects. Maintenance and upkeep is an ongoing challenge; this, however, opens an opportunity for private sector involvement and support. Dams are being developed for hydropower. Publicprivate partnerships are being called for, looking toward 2025; this creates the potential for investment.

Water and sanitation Panellists: • Chilando Nakalima Chitangala, Deputy Mayor, Lusaka, Zambia • Jada Albert George Modi, Technical Advisor, Juba, South Sudan • Muesee Kazapua, Lord Mayor, Windhoek, Namibia • Sylvia Tabitha Muzila, Mayor, Francistown, Botswana • Mr Manyenyeni, Mayor, Harare, Zimbabwe www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

• Bakinam Osman Rahama, Adviser to the Mayor, Khartoum North, Sudan • Facilitator: Lindiwe Mazibuko The session chair contextualised the concept in light of a rapidly urbanising continent.

Lusaka, Zambia presented challenges in the form of high population densities in cities. Current infrastructure was never intended to support such a large and dense population. Upwards of 70% of urban residents live in unplanned settlements.

Large outbreaks of cholera were experienced.

An emphasis was placed on the supply of adequate water and sanitation services.

The government expanded sewer lines and created water points for potable water. Flooding remains a challenge, causing seasonal cholera outbreaks. The government’s response managed to reduce the severity of the impacts. Public pit latrines were safely constructed. The priority is to supply flush or pour-flush toilets that result in reduced water usage. Leaking and unmaintained infrastructure coupled with illegal connections cause water losses of 30% before reaching users.

For Juba, access to clean drinking water remains an issue. Very little maintenance or the extension of service lines have been done. An influx of citizens placed pressures on the developing infrastructure. Migration remains an issue: the attraction to work

opportunities and living standards drive the population movements. The government, national and local entities must meet and communicate with citizens and stakeholders.

PPPs require an enabling environment.

Windhoek, Namibia has been operating water reclamation schemes since 1960. The country is currently improving water supply and facilities with large programmes and development. The renewal of the old plant and the construction of a new plant are underway. The economic importance of water supply and sanitation services cannot be overstated.

For Francistown, Botswana, gender inequality due to inadequate sanitation services places women in danger. Safe water is provided by dams and well-established infrastructure. Informal residents required an upgrading of facilities. Sewerage systems are still required and in demand.

In Harare, Zimbabwe, the water supply authority supported by a Chinese-funded project has nearly doubled the water supply to communities. Sewer treatment plants are required and have received great improvements and repairs. Containing and controlling unplanned settlements is a challenge. Migration adds to the demands on the government and services supply.

Illegal or informal water extraction occurs.

In Khartoum North, Sudan, water scarcity and disease are increasing due to climate

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ACCSF The Financing and Bankability panel

change. Drought occurs in the dry season and floods in the rainy season. Overpopulation, high-density living conditions and migration place pressure on supply and services.

A city initially set up to serve 650 000 people is now expected to support five million. Research and development into dams, the mitigation of climate change and resource management are required.

Remote or informal settlements often have no infrastructure. Smaller focused management units are operational and not entirely reliant on the government. Citizens and consumers must be educated in terms of sustainable usage. Community committees are successfully incorporating women into problem-solving. Sustainable solutions are being found. An improvement was noted but the misuse of water and resource losses still occur.

Financing and bankability The session consisted of a panel discussion followed by reflections from financial institutions.

Panellists: • Solly Msimanga, Executive Mayor, Tshwane • Councillor Nkosehle Madlala, Deputy Chair of Climate Change Committee of Counciland Economic Development Committee of Council • Benjamin Lazaro Ndalichako, Deputy Mayor, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania • Wore Diaw, Deputy Mayor, Dakar, Senegal • Hastings Chikoko, Director, C40 Africa Financial institutions: • Martha Stein-Sochas, French Development Agency • Lisa da Silva, International Finance Corporation

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• Tshepo Ntsimane, Development Bank of Southern Africa • Kenneth Brown, Standard Bank Group • Khensani Mnisi, ABSA • Facilitator: Dr Krish Kumar Mayor Msimanga mentioned the pillars of transformation when considering financing a project: spacial, economic, ecological and human. Projects should show economic benefits and returns in the future. In the City of Tshwane, processes are underway to update and improve water reticulation. Power stations are to be converted into renewable energy centres. All investors and interested and affected parties stand to benefit from the involvement.

Further comments and findings from respondents are recorded below: The link between politicians and officials: it is necessary to maintain creditworthiness and clean audits in municipalities; cohesion between consumers and the local government is essential; it is necessary to strictly control finances and ensure viable investment and successful borrowing potential for bonds in future.

Scaling and steering financing toward sustainability while including the private sector: the effects of climate change and urbanisation have driven a shift in operations; overpopulation, waste management, flooding and disease are challenges to cities; BRT systems can serve people as public transport; roads, stormwater and drainage have to be upgraded; the private sector needs to be invested in waste management practices.

Municipal investment programmes’ funding from banks to improve infrastructure: challenges with mobility and transport must be overcome to increase the movement and

efficiency of people traveling in and around the city; the idea of bonds was rejected; coastal cities are especially vulnerable to climate change with an influx of international and migrant populations; the intention is to enhance infrastructure and uplift industry; resource usage and management are essential for sustainable development; resilient cities demand responsiveness to climate change; international funding is also essential.

The importance of sustainable financing: money with a plan is essential—priorities and projects must lead to meaningful outcomes and measurable change; it is necessary to apply data to develop climate action plans; national and local considerations should be integrated into plans and executions; planners should consider international obligations and climate goals (NDC and SDGs).

Banks and financiers: climate challenges resonate with financing; all funding should include climate considerations; project loans and public policy loans require plans in order to access funding; cooperation between nations assists in developing city climate plans.

World banks working at local levels: cities and investors must work together; cities are long-term projects themselves; no financing can occur without a clear intention, plans and outcomes; publicprivate partnerships are important in ensuring successful results.

Par tnerships and collaborations: municipalities must foster relationships with international organisations and the government, especially with banking and markets. Long-term and life-cycle maintenance and responsibilities must be prioritised. www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

ACCSF In summary: municipalities are not financially sustainable at present. Clean governance is essential. Leaders must think in terms of generational outcomes. Action is crucial.

Adaptation to climate change Panellists: • Manuel Antonio Alculete Lopes de Araujo, Mayor, Quelimane, Mozambique • Sunael Singh Purgus, Chair man, Pamplemousses, Mauritius • Vincent De Paul Kayanja, Mayor, Entebbe • Mohamed Daoudou, Mayor, Moroni, Comoros • Jose Antonio Pires Goncalves, Director of Infrastructures & Projects, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau • Facilitator: Lindiwe Mazibuko Coastal cities are affected by sea level rise, flooding, the salination of soil and loss of arable land, and the destruction of mangrove swamps that are used for housing or farming. However, this natural capital is more valuable undeveloped: it acts as a wetland, reduces erosion and prevents flooding. Overfishing and the reduction of biodiversity due to usage by the community are also problematic. The transformation of waste into compost could mitigate and

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aid food security. Nutrition is an issue in the developing world. The education of youth in the importance of environmental thinking is the way forward.

Another coastal city theme is disaster risk reduction: the maintenance of and benefits from environmental areas in this regard are becoming more widely understood.

However, sudden and severe environmental incidents are increasing at the same time as population displacement and migration.

Local government has to take responsibility.

Ecosystem services around the African lakes are being degraded: wetlands are being impacted by changing climatic and anthropogenic conditions; agricultural pollution, industrial waste, human waste, land pressures and prices, and encroachment onto sensitive natural areas are exacerbating the risk.

Waste management, greening and livelihoods Panellists: • Sickout Iguendja Nicaise, Deputy Mayor, Libreville, Gabon • H a n s B e r t y M a rg u e r i t t e, M a yo r, Curepipe, Mauritius • Davis George Mwamfupe, Lord Mayor, Dodoma, Tanzania

• M ichael Omoniyi Bank ole, Chief Scientific Officer, Lagos, Nigeria • Ekeneide Lima dos Santos, Mayor, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe • Jefferson Tamba Koijee, Lord Mayor, Monrovia, Liberia • Saleh K otchi Zougoulou, second Deputy Mayor, N’djamena, Chad • Facilitator: Lindiwe Mazibuko Green, clean cities are essential to our health and future. Applying the three R’s—reduce, reuse, recycle—and incorporating civil society into processes are required.

Citywide initiatives include tree planting and garden composting, greening schools and educating youth from an early level, separation at source programmes and plastic reduction and recycling. The involvement of communities is essential for lasting change. Encouraging results continue to drive initiatives. The private sector is often not equipped to assist. Assistance and expertise are required. Uncertainty and unpredictability of climate outcomes complicate planning. Cooperation with the international community helps cities access knowledge.

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Cllr Clive Napier, Cllr Ntsiki Mokhotho, Cllr Christiaan van den Heever, Cllr Mare-Lise Fourie, Cllr Randall Williams

Cllr Solly Msimanga, Cllr Derrick Kissoonduth

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Executive Mayor participating in C40 Panel on Financing and Bankability

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SUSTAINABLE CITIES AFRICA CONFERENCE

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AFRICA CONFERENCE

URBAN SET TLEMENTS OF THE FUTURE

Sustainable cities are safe, efficient, clean, people-friendly and in Africa, still developing at a rapid rate. The ethos is one of development taking place within the context of a strategy and a plan, where developments in line with the city’s vision are fast-tracked and supported.

As such, sustainable cities strategically attract investment and talent, which drives economic progress in a virtuous circle of positive outcomes into the future. Becoming a more sustainable city is about appropriate policy frameworks, which flow through all service delivery departments into practical approaches and projects that make the city more liveable and more conducive to business, within a context of known and managed risks.

Drawing on the insights derived from the ACCSF, the Sustainable Cities Africa Conference presented technical solutions to the challenges faced by cities tasked with leading pro-poor, climate-resilient social and economic transformation.

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n the morning of 6 June 2018, the Tshwane Metro Police Department Choir once again welcomed delegates and opened the session with welcoming singing and dancing. MC Xolile George, the CEO of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), greeted and welcomed the assembled delegates to the first edition of the Sustainable Cities Africa Conference.

The purpose of the conference was to bridge the discussions of the African Capital Cities Sustainabilit y Forum (ACCSF), held the previous day, with technical solutions to the issues posed on that occasion.

After calling for leaders to address issues and drive development as Africans, George honoured and thanked the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Councillor Solly Msimanga, and the host City of Tshwane. He also gave thanks to the

mayoral committee and all the mayors and delegates in attendance as well as ICLEI Africa and the Premier of Gauteng, David Makhura and, on behalf of the South African government, all international delegatedelegates, urging them to commit to defining a "declaration of action in Africa".

Cllr Solly Msimanga then honoured and welcomed all in attendance and thanked and encouraged the delegates before reviewing the discussions held during the ACCSF on the previous day.

The keynote address followed, delivered by the Premier of Gauteng, David Makhura.

He said that the ACCSF is an essential platform that shapes the role of cities in the modern world. Emphasising the importance of the forum, he committed the Gauteng Province to a sustainable development path. He said that collaboration between cities and the provincial administration was essential, even when held by different political parties, and congratulated the executive mayor on his

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abilities in this regard. Mentioning a number of upcoming investment forums, he said that it is necessary to direct development away from aid and towards investment. Calling for a “United Africa” that is self-sufficient and self-reliant, he urged a continental level of commitment to sustainability. Saying that “the ideal Africa is an important synthesis of ideas”, he called for a new dimension, with the role of African cities prominent in achieving the dream. African people, priorities and resources should be at the centre of all initiatives.

The importance of cities is further emphasised by increasing urbanisation: by 2050, 70% of the population will live in cities, which must provide increased opportunities, especially for the youth, as impatient and demanding individuals continue to enter the cities.

Makhura went on to consider the “Future Gauteng” concept of post-Apartheid cities and mega human settlements. He noted that effective, accountable and transparent institutions are needed at all levels of the government. Calling for an Africa of good governance, he said that development is people-driven. Women and youth are important. Decentralisation and community involvement are key.

Inequality can be combated with an integrated approach to generate wealth and employment.

The importance of the local government in the development and implementation strategies for economic stimulation cannot be overestimated. Joint ventures between business and the government lead to practical partnerships and private sector integration into uplifting communities.

Addressing the topic of sub-Saharan Africa’s population growth and urbanisation, Makhura commented on the pressures of migration and population growth, the urbanisation of poverty and the informalisation of cities. These are challenges faced by African cities across the continent.

City streets are buzzing with hope, innovation, ambition, diversity and impatience. Dynamic cultural and intellectual idea sharing is actually fostered by migration and population growth. At the same time, there is a need for the provision of housing, services, education and infrastructure. New ideas are called for: the housing backlog is at a standstill. As such, the Premier and the Mayor stand together on their common challenges/ Building environmentally sustainable cities on the continent will help to address climatic impacts on human settlements, as well as human-induced impacts on the environment. Environmental issues are linked to human challenges. Makhura ended with www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

SUSTAINABLE CITIES AFRICA a call for a “United Africa” that “builds the African brand”.

Next to speak was Leigh-Gail Petersen, the Research Manager at Brand South Africa. The city, metro and national levels were called to action. South Africa became highly urbanised during the 1900s, which led to a historical segregation of populations.

Socioeconomic and political complexities are due to population demographics and distribution. The essential and significant role of metropolitan municipalities in the global economy was highlighted. The South African "brand" should be clearly defined. Gauteng is ranked as an important emerging economic conurbation.

A video reviewing the previous day’s events was then played. Thereafter, Juliet Sale, Regional Director of the UCLG West Africa Regional Office took the podium. She discussed decentralisation and sustainable development, focusing on how cities and the local government can work together to fight inequality and create wealth and jobs.

She proceeded by defining sustainability as “a collective principle for meeting human development goals while sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide resources and ecosystem services upon which the economy and society depend”, maintaining a state of society where living conditions and resource use continue to meet human needs without undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system.

Sustainable development can be classified as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet future needs”. It is essential to define local economic development to allow municipalities and communities to collaborate and address the same issues. A focus on community and youth and risk groups is important.

The next session, entitled “Funding the City” was facilitated by Carl Bernadac, Regional Director of the Agence Française de Développement (French Development Agency) in Africa, who confirmed his agency’s dedication to stimulating development activities in Africa.

Kobie Brand, CEO and Regional Director of ICLEI Africa, spoke about “financing the future we want”. Africa is a continent in transition. Resilient and sustainable futures are a possibility but finite resources are a hindrance, while population growth continues to stress cities. Africa and Asia, in particular, are experiencing a population boom. However, there is an inherent interconnection between risk and opportunity. Resource impacts include extraction and waste generation, but these are opportunities in themselves. The global human footprint is increasing, making www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

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SUSTAINABLE CITIES AFRICA the SDGs’ target achievement by 2050 a necessity. This must be addressed at the city levels. Transport and mobility of the population are key. Working with nature can bring about nature-based systems and green solutions that bring nature into cities.

Blending green, blue, and grey infrastructure is the way forward. For example, Beijing is investing in forests around the city.

Reforestation, infrastructure development and maintenance are integrated. A better understanding is required between municipalities and financiers in terms of projects, skills, processes and risks. Integration is essential, as projects and initiatives often work in isolation. Innovation. Cities need to devise transformative action programmes financing local plans and enabling municipal projects.

Hastings Chikoko, Regional Director for Africa at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, described cities as green engines of growth in Africa, capable of delivering affordable, replicable projects that resist climate change and promote prosperity. Resilience, sustainability and prosperity are interlinked with green growth in cities. Urban areas are experiencing the impacts of climate change and environmental change. Solid waste is currently at high levels in Africa. By 2030, 100% of waste will have to be collected, with 20% diverted away from landfills. It is necessary to reduce city sprawl by creating more dense activities and housing projects and adapting building projects toward green and efficient buildings. This will yield air quality improvements and enable cities to adapt to climate challenges. The state of infrastructure in African cities is a concern in this regard. It is necessary to devise contextual solutions and maintain involvement to ensure outcomes.

Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga, Head of the UNEP Office in South Africa, inducted the launch of African Waste Outlook initiatives.

She called for changes in the perceptions of waste to see it as a resource. Innovative projects and supportive financing are required. City projects are not attractive to investors or financiers. Projects often address only a single issue at a time. Political and financial risks must be mitigated through long-term, life-cycle approaches: a city is a very long-term investment.

Speaking about the ICT investments necessar y for sustainable urban development, Thando Manzi, faculty member of the Gordon Institute of Business Science, addressed future ICT challenges in the medium to long term. ICT is a means of bringing citizens, services and resources together. Community and family units can be connected. It is necessary to focus on building the fibre of society. This encourages friendships and understanding

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Hastings Chikoko, Regional Director for Africa, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group amongst residents and facilitates service provision at a grassroots level. Enabling the youth and empowering communities implies that the local government should serve the community in a spirit of holistic governance. Cities should, therefore, increase investment in connectivity. This will have the added benefit of increasing awareness and education and uplifting the youth. It will also help map service delivery processes through collecting data and documenting historical issues. This will also provide continuity in solving complaints.

The next session of the conference, entitled “ The City of the People”, was facilitated by Gordon Brown, the Director of Alive2green.

The first to speak was Dr Ivan Turok, Executive Director at the Human Sciences Resource Council, on the topic of “Building productive and liveable cities from the bottom up: Insights from upgrading informal settlements”.

Focusing on the relationship of the urban housing crisis with the challenge of creating liveable cities, Turok spoke about land occupation and invasion challenges and said that government policy and inaction has failed. However, through a‘backyarding’ practice, it is possible to envisage the conversion of the dead space in backyards to become functional, liveable, dense habitation areas. The physical and geographical location is a necessary consideration.

Public space occupation cannot be addressed through the traditional publicsector approach of top-down management: the poor must be consulted as stakeholders and creative partners. Departments are silos and operate in isolation, which has led to density, overcrowding and poor public

services. A creative, inclusive, pro-poor approach can change this.

Susanna Coleman of the environmental justice group known as the PHA Campaign delivered a message about climate justice and food security with her address on “integrating environmental rights with urban development”. She said that city planners and policymakers are not supporting small-scale farmers on urban peripheries, even though South Africa is losing large areas of arable land to mining and development every day. The carbon sink value of the Phillipi Horticultural Area (PHA) alone is enough to justify its protection. As an aquifer recharge point, it is invaluable in a time of water scarcity.

The session was concluded with a presentation by Sandra Mazo-Nix, Waste Initiative Coordinator for the the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Secretariat.

Her presentation, “From rubbish to riches: city climate action plans that cut pollution and raise living standards”, provided an overview of a number of waste management programmes overseen by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition. Solid waste is a substantial source of shortlived climate pollutants, particularly black carbon from waste burning and methane from landfills. Financial impacts are also massive, with waste management often accounting for between 20% and 50% of the total municipal budgets. In addition, there are major barriers to accessing the finance required to switch to best practice actions, which are capital-intensive in nature. The solutions begin with municipalities increasing or initiating new waste management revenue streams and then leveraging these revenue streams to raise the finance to enable the infrastructure upgrades. www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

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he Mayoral Roundtable Session commenced at 14h00 on Wednesday 6 June 2018, after a brief lunch, as a closed meeting of the mayors and other leaders from each capital city, with the ICLEI Africa Committee Mayors as observing guests. The session was formally opened by the host, Executive Mayor Solly Msimanga of the City of Tshwane, and chaired by the Regional Director Kobie Brand, the Regional Director of ICLEI Africa.

After the Executive Mayor’s welcome and initial introductions by the session chair, a special portion of the roundtable session was dedicated to allowing each mayor to share a message or inputs from their local government.

Statements from the cities Moving across the room, a representative from each city present—usually the mayor

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or a political leader—shared messages or a statement on behalf of their city.

The mayors repeatedly voiced praise for and gratitude to the City of Tshwane and its mayor for convening and leading the forum.

Many city leaders also repeatedly expressed the desire to join hands for the sake of their communities, connecting their cities across the continent as cities facing similar challenges with regard to sustainable development. The mayors emphasised the need to learn from each other and to come together in order to reflect on the future Africa that they needed to build.

Many other statements calling for unity noted specific focus areas, such as the need to bridge linguistic divides across the continent, and the ACCSF’s efforts to balance language use with simultaneous French and Portuguese translations were praised.

Others spoke about regional divisions and conflicts, with the representatives of

the capitals of Sudan (Khartoum) and South Sudan (Juba) embracing and stating their wish to unite and put aside any historical differences, for a united and sustainable Africa.

The representatives of some capital cities, such as the Abuja, Nigeria, used their statement to announce the news of a formal adoption by their City Council, recognising and supporting the forum.

In addition, the mayors of the ICLEI Africa Committee, observing guests at the Roundtable, introduced themselves and added their messages of goodwill for the forum.

The formal constituting of the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF) The session chair presented the documents formalising the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum as a permanent body with a secretariat. These documents had been drawn up in response to the call

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from the previous year’s African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum 2017 Tshwane Declaration, in which the need for such institutions had been voiced.

Going through the documents together, the mayors and city representatives commented on the points, and also shared their wishes and ambitions from the documents.

The documents and their enactment in constituting the forum then received an overwhelming vote of consent. There followed summary comments and their formal adoption.

Among the specific outcomes of the discussion, Executive Mayor Solly Msimanga established a dedicated secretariat for the forum. The session chair thanked and hailed ICLEI’s city network partners—C40 and United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG-A).

Juliet Mekone Sale, Regional Director of the UCLG West Africa Regional Office, offered the support of UCLG-A in bringing other cities into the forum. This intention was echoed by other participants. Executive Mayor Solly Msimanga was then endorsed as the host for the following ACCSF event, a call that received enthusiastic support from the cities present. Furthermore, it is agreed that at the next ACCSF event, the mayors would report on their progress and challenges, as well as on the areas around which they would wish to collaborate in the future.

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n 7 June 2018, the itinerary was dedicated to a technical tour. After breakfast, delegates met in the hotel foyer at 08h15 and walked to the Aurecon building, a short distance from the hotel.

Aurecon, Lynnwood Bridge Office Park (08h30 - 09h30) Aurecon’s Tshwane office at the Lynnwood Bridge Office Park was the first office building in Tshwane to receive a Green Star rating, and it was also the company’s first Green Starrated building project in South Africa. The tour aimed to explain the building’s sustainability features and its separation-at-source programme.

They had an hour’s tour of the building from 08h30 to 09h30.

African Sister Cities Initiative (10h00 - 12h00) At the end of the tour, several cities (Abuja, Kampala, Lilongwe, Maputo and Nairobi) remained at the Aurecon building for a separate meeting, to be introduced to the African Sister Cities Initiative being spearheaded by the International Relations team in the Office of the Executive Mayor. After the

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presentation, the aforementioned cities met up with the rest of the delegates at the Iveco manufacturing plant in Rosslyn.

Atteridgeville Eco-Park (10h00 - 11h30) The rest of the delegates departed by bus to visit the Atteridgeville Eco-Park. This is a multi-purpose material recovery facility built by the private sector, in partnership with the municipality, with the aim of diverting waste from landfill.

Iveco (12h30 - 13h15) Manufacturing is a key economic sector for any economy and in the City of Tshwane, automobile manufacturing is a multi-billion-rand industry with most of this investment being directed to an area known as Rosslyn. On this occasion, the delegates visited the Iveco plant, which is responsible for manufacturing trucks and in particular trucks propelled by compressed natural gas, a sustainable alternative to petrol and diesel-propelled vehicles.

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frica is beyond bemoaning its past for its problems. The task of undoing that past is ours, with the support of those willing to join us in a continental renewal. We have a new generation of leaders who know that we must take responsibility for our own destiny, that we will uplift ourselves only by our own efforts in partnership with those who wish us well. -- Nelson Mandela At the turn of this century, scholars agreed that Africa’s development crisis was largely characterised by policy failure. One of the key reasons for this policy failure was simply that Africans had not conceived, owned and driven their own policy agenda. However, the combined effect of African governments’ commitment to transformation (as embodied in the Millennium Development Goals and the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Plan) and the rapid rise in economic growth rates in resource-abundant economies was a change in global perspectives on Africa within the first decade of the 21st century. The visions shifted from a “hopeless continent” towards

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“Africa rising” as emerging evidence documented the major transformations in the region’s agricultural sectors and broader economies.

Today, the pace and scope of transformation rest on enlightened policies informed by solid evidence and constructive engagement between African policymakers. The fundamental questions at the core of Africa’s future are linked to issues of political governance—whether governments will adopt policies and spend their scarce resources in ways that truly promote growth across all sectors— and mutual learning through greater intra-African cooperation. For this reason, Tshwane’s Executive Mayor, Councillor Solly Msimanga, invited a select group of African capital city mayors to attend the African Sister Cities Initiative’s (ASCI) side event.

Theme: Continental renewal through Ubuntu To the overarching theme of “Continental renewal through Ubuntu”, the Executive Mayor tabled the African Sister Cities Initiative.

Objectives The purpose of the side event was to create a platform for strategic dialogue around greater collaboration between African capital cities across six thematic areas: regional trade and investment, climate change resilience, cross-cultural understanding, safety and security, health and youth empowerment.

To that end, the key objectives of the side event were to: • sensitise African mayors regarding the scope of the ASCI; • demonstrate potential areas of engagement under the ASCI; and • articulate the next steps towards a closer collaboration.

Approach The Executive Mayor’s ASCI side event convened from 10h00 to 12h00 on Thursday, 7 June 2018, and was graciously hosted by Aurecon at their Lynnwood Bridge Office Park. It comprised the following activities: • Four brief presentations that outlined the scope of the proposed collaboration

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ASCI under the ASCI articulated the role of evidence and demonstrated the potential areas of investment; and • Dialogue with mayors on how best they could support the collaboration efforts under the ASCI at a local government level as well as the identification of concrete next steps to move the initiative forward.

Participants The participants included the following: African capital city mayors attending the 4th annual African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF) in Tshwane, held from 5 to 7 June 2018, in particular: 1. Benjamin Lazaro Ndalichako, Deputy Mayor, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2. Bernard Manyenyeni, Mayor, Harare, Zimbabwe 3. Sarah Kanyike Sebaggala, Deputy Mayor, Kampala, Uganda 4. Guy Matondo, Provincial Minister of Finances, City of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo 5. Chilando Nakalima Chitangala, Deputy Mayor, Lusaka, Zambia

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6. Jefferson Tamba Koijee, Lord Mayor, Monrovia, Liberia 7. Solly Msimanga, Executive Mayor, Tshwane, South Africa 8. Juliet Mekone Sale, Regional Director, West Africa Regional Office, United Cities and Local Government of Africa 9. Research organisations (regional and international) • Prof. Emilio Tostao, Chairman of the Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ReNAPRI) • Prof. Richard Mkandawire, African Director of the Alliance for African Partnership (AAP), Michigan State University (MSU) 10. Private sector organisations and companies • Louise de Klerk , CEO of Timbali Technology Incubator • Michael Sudarkasa, CEO of Africa Business Group Outcomes • The awareness of the Executive Mayor of Tshwane’s African Sister Cities Initiative.

• A commitment to a closer collaboration.

• The identification of concrete strategies aimed at addressing the thematic focus areas.

Planning/organising committees The planning and organising of this meeting were coordinated by the international relations unit in the Office of the Executive Mayor of Tshwane in the Republic of South Africa. The next steps include: • Deliverable: draft and approve a multilateral partnership agreement; • The identification of and liaison with international relations counterparts within each ASCI member city; • The circulation of the draft agreement to IR counterparts for review and comment; • A proposed IR working group meeting to finalise the draft agreement; • Budget commitments—using the baseline assessment and private sector investment strategy report and providing each ASCI member city with the opportunity to determine budget allocations; and • A signing ceremony of the multilateral agreement at the 5th Annual ReNAPRI Stakeholder Conference.

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he Urban Health Workshop took place from 14h00 to 17h00 on 7 June 2018.

The seminar was opened by City of Tshwane’s Health MMC, Councillor Sakkie du Plooy. He discussed the Bill of Rights and constitutional obligation in South Africa from a health perspective, saying that all activities have health implications, sectors are interdependent on each other, and that policy should focus on improving the health of citizens.

Dr J.L. Bekker, Principal Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Health at the Tshwane University of Technology, discussed the issue of pandemics with a presentation titled, “An international problem—is Africa ready to control the outbreak?”. Adopting the perspective of an environmental health principle practitioner, Bekker used listeria as an example: listeria (the bacillus L. monocytogenes) is an international issue. It is a prevalent foodborne disease with a 25-30% mortality and 95% hospitalisation rate.

Vulnerable groups are at risk. It can lead to brain infection and septicaemia.

Unfortunately, bacteria are present throughout the food production and distribution chain and the source frequently cannot be traced, owing to the complexity of interactions. There is no single monitoring body for all African countries.

From October to December 2017, Listeria caused 60 deaths in South Africa with 1 034 infections and 205 deaths over six months.

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infection after the discovery and shutdown of the plant. Costs to society, the economy and state were enormous: personal costs, workers being off sick, reputational damage to the companies concerned and the impact on pork farming all contributed. Policy and regulation implementation is, therefore, required. A large free trade agreement has been signed in 44 countries across Africa, which not only offers trade opportunities in agriculture but also opens borders to biological hazards. Food travels globally very quickly but the identification of threats and the recall of products is slow. Roleplayers and stakeholders must, therefore, network along with consumers.

Communication and collaboration within the country and across borders, including import/export control, is paramount. The development of a pan-African food safety control forum for health and security was proposed.

Boitumelo Modikoe, Environmental Health Practitioner at the City of Tshwane, discussed the City of Tshwane’s response and reaction to the Listeria outbreak from an environmental health perspective. An issue was the number of migrants who work in the food processing or serving sector. The city was unprepared for the outbreak. It is necessary to increase efforts to foster health and hygiene promotion and education, spread information and collect data and samples. A complication is that early cases present as food poisoning. Migrant workers come to the City of Tshwane hospitals. Legislation and regulation are essential in addressing issues.

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on cross-border control, regulation and international management.

Dr Heng Koong, lung surgeon and founder of the Tobacco Free Generation international movement, as well as the Singapore Tobacco Free Generation social movement, addressed the topic of air pollution from the perspective of his experience as a surgeon for Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

The use of tobacco leads to social challenges between smokers and nonsmokers and discrimination. Smoking is a personal choice that impacts those around individuals who smoke.

Behavioural pressures play a role in the choice to smoke: psychosocial maturity in the youth lags behind their mental and physical maturity. Solutions begin with youth education and information campaigns. Date-based policies entail strict regulations and enforcement after a certain date and increasing improvement thereafter. There is a shift toward not victimising smokers but encouraging them to keep their habits to themselves.

Dr O.M. Morakinyo, Public Health Practitioner and Lec turer at the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, presented on the topic of “Respirable particulate matter in South Africa—a synthesis of funding and future direction”. Air pollution is an invisible killer: nine out of 10 people globally breathe air that is unsafe for one’s health. Very little air pollution monitoring occurs in Africa. It is necessary to establish guidelines for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) priority areas in South Africa. Air quality limits are being repeatedly exceeded.

South Africa is encouraged to establish new pm 2.5 guidelines. Exposure limits and types of substances and particles are important considerations.

Nomsa Thabethe, Senior Environmental Health Practitioner for the Gert Sibande District Municipality, spoke about urban air quality. Advocating a multidisciplinary approach to planning and project implementation that includes interested and affected parties, Thabethe identified linkages between energy, air quality and health. Air pollutants enter ecosystems’ soil, water and organisms and thereby enter the food chain.

Dr L.S. Mudau, Senior Lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology, addressed the question: “Hygiene and water scarcity: What needs to be done?”. Society, the government and the environment are interrelated by system-dynamic approachfeedback loops. Nothing occurs in isolation: water scarcity and hygiene concerns are exacerbated by the situation in the Western Cape. Sustainable Development Goals and constitutional rights go hand in hand. Water stress is prevalent across Africa. Unpredictable climatic changes and weather systems give rise to challenges associated with drought and flooding, wastewater processing, and drinking water sources. The limited water supply is coupled with poor water quality and the failure of infrastructure and processes. Gauteng is dependent on Lesotho.

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t has long been the ambition of City of Tshwane (CoT), in the framework of the Sustainable Procurement (SP) Strategy, to have a Sustainable Procurement Dialogue as a way of igniting a discussion amongst the key stakeholders in the green procurement trajectory. This happened successfully in the afternoon of 6 June 2018 during Sustainability Week 2018 at the CSIR ICC. It was very well attended and included an interactive session between the panellists and audience. The dialogue is one of the awareness drives identified to communicate the SP intentions of the CoT. Contextual overview CoT is embarking on a supplier development programme by utilising various formats depending on the circumstances. Either way, there needs to be a constant robust dialogue, especially because the issue of SP in a local sphere of government is still a new concept that is viewed as impossible to implement.

Various collaborative partnerships on different platforms will be initiated to support the notion of SP, which will ultimately be aligned to the supply-chain management (SCM) practices. City Sustainability and SCM

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units are the key drivers of SP in the City. It was acknowledged during various consultative processes that SP is a new, complex concept that needs to be gradually introduced into overall institutional strategic plans.

It is for this reason that the Tshwane Green outreach programme has amplified its presence by adopting the supplier development activities, one of the keys to SP roll-out, and also to assist in mainstreaming sustainability into the City operations through procurement.

The design and planning of the SP Dialogue was done in partnership with the African Sustainable Development Association (ASDA). The intention of the partnership is to drive the Tshwane Green Pitch process by tapping into a supplier development programme in an innovative manner so that there are tangible results beyond the finalization of the partnership. Co-hosting the SP Dialogue with ASDA has been the first result of this collaborative partnership.

Key messages The objectives of the Dialogue were realised tremendously well through the key messages, which were sent across through the general

dialogue undertaken between the panellists and the audience at large. The panel was a balanced representation of academia, public and private sector by way of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA); ICLEI Africa; City of Tswhane Supply Chain Management; South African Cities Networks (SACN); WWF; Earn it; Employment solutions; University of South Africa (UNISA); the National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC); ASDA and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

The audience consisted of representatives from academia, SMMEs, industry, mines and banks.

Framing the business case for SP UNISA, as a representative of academia, outlined how best the City should stimulate the Green (circular and low carbon) economy and promote innovative partnerships towards the development of products and services with lower environmental impacts (decoupled from finite resources) throughout the product life cycle. They also had to frame the business case for CoT to pursue SP. Professor Godwell Nhamo of UNISA gave various scenarios, basing the analysis on the nine pillars, which generally confirms the fact

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The current positioning of Green Economy activities within the City vindicates the City’s effort to confidently drive SP forward.

Enablers and barriers of SP in South Africa ICLEI brought for ward a thoughtprovoking aspect of outlining the enablers and barriers of SP in the country. Most of them are hinted at in the SP strategy but the dialogue assisted in contextualizing the issues by way of extracting ways of handling the barriers and taking advantage of the enablers. The dialogue also suggested that though the SP concept seems to be a dream, it is possible to introduce the subject in smaller pieces using the current resources.

To what extent will collaborative partnership between private and public sector enhance SP implementation? This topic was ushered in by the WWF with the intention to reflect on the extent to which collaborative partnerships between

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private and public sector enhance SP implementation.

What key collaborative partnerships are needed to drive markets towards innovation and sustainability, especially in a green economy sector? How feasible is decoupling our growth and urbanization from finite resources (circular economy and new technology) – ensuring sustainable City transformation?

It was emphasized that it will not be practically possible for CoT to drive the SP on its own, mainly because procurement directly and indirectly involves various stakeholders.

It is therefore important for the City to instead create an environment conducive to driving innovation and sustainability in a green economy sector. In the case of SP, the collaborative partnerships needed are mainly between the private sector and public sector with SMMEs in the middle. Considerable intelligence is needed to identify and screen the partners and to align them to the important areas of need. The partnership needs to be subjected to performance indicators that are constantly analysed to

ensure that they are still addressing the initial objective.

Industrial Symbiosis in Gauteng The NCPC outlined the programme of Industrial Symbiosis, which most of the stakeholders found to be a great solution.

They outlined the best way of working with industries to ensure green economy transformation, e.g. implementing SP. The best mechanisms to accelerate SMME and Industries development in order to stimulate green and inclusive economic growth in CoT were also well reflected.

The dialogue was very instructive on how SMMEs need to leverage the available government and private-sector programmes.

SMME competitiveness What could lead to SMME competitiveness in issues relating to sustainability management and reporting on SP? GRI gave an interesting picture of what could lead to SMME competitiveness in relation to Sustainability Management and Reporting.

The dialogue reflected on the importance

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of supplier performance tracking as a way of assisting them to become competitive.

Rich knowledge was shared amongst the participants regarding a way of introducing sustainable reporting and the support available for the suppliers through a digital platform. The presentation confirmed the fact that there are already programmes in the platform for suppliers to take advantage of if they really want to position themselves strategically.

Tshwane Green Pitch ASDA outlined the Tshwane Green Pitch event, which intends to find links between suppliers and industry. Green Pitch is a platform where private sector, suppliers, and the City collaborate to increase momentum and incentivise entrepreneurs to become responsible suppliers of goods and services.

The City requires specialised expertise to focus on linking key role players whilst addressing specific producer and market needs.

The call for proposals was to go out within a month, upon which suppliers need to pitch innovative green ideas to be taken through the process.

The SP Dialogue had paved a way for the rollout of the Tshwane Green Pitch programme, which would unfold in the coming three months.

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tool of procurement in CoT. The commitment made includes gradually incorporating sustainability elements into the SCM policy; shifting towards SP and production patterns; encouraging responsible procurement behaviour; and stimulating local markets for more sustainable gods and services.

The Divisional Head indicated that demand is focused currently on sustainable energy; low carbon mobility; waste to value; water; agriculture and agro-processing; and stakeholder engagement.

Life-cycle cost analysis SALGA led a discussion about how Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) or Total Cost Analysis ( TCA) can best be fully implemented.

What mechanisms could be utilized to implement these systems? Is it practical or possible to do it in the City?

There was a very heated discussion on current SCM policy. Though it seems utopian in light of the current procurement status of the country, it is actually the solution that should be given a greater focus if organizations are serious about saving costs. There was a clear illustration of how the City could benefit from the model in the long run during its service delivery programme on areas relating to municipal health, energy efficiency, water conservation, air quality and waste management.

Eco-systems and incubation Two SMMEs (Earn International and Employment Solutions) led a discussion on

various issues relating to suppliers in the SP space, including the effectiveness of SMME incubation support systems in SA; readiness of SMMEs to scale up; how business ecosystems can enable sustainable growth; and how private sector investment in green innovation generates private profits and create large positive externalities for society and the environment.

This topic ignited an interactive discussion especially from the SMMEs present in the room. It was clear from the discussion that it is important to explore the topic further.

Conclusion The collaborated facilitation by both CoT through SCM and AWISCA representatives made a good combination and allowed significant information mining from the audience. It also illustrated the fact that the subject of SP does not necessarily have boundaries amongst the public and private sectors.

The comprehensive report regarding the overall discussion will form part of the report to be developed that will include the contextual information for the specific topics tackled by each panellist.

It was clear that this kind of dialogue should be continuous until stakeholders grasp the importance of SP; driving a programme of this nature requires collective efforts from all parties. CoT is well positioned and most importantly ready to increase its implementation effort on the SP programme as a whole.

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he Industry 4.0 workshop took place from 14h00 to 17h00 on 6 June 2018.

The session was facilitated by the Economic Advisor to the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Shaakira Karolia, who welcomed participants and set the scene for the following discussions.

Fuad Siddiqui, Senior Partner at Nokia Bell Labs, presented on the topic of “Fourth Industrial Revolution: Hype or hyper-engine for growth?” Stating that the world is at the nexus of a human technological revolution that will be different than any prior era, he said that the digitisation and connection of everything and everyone will allow people to effectively create time by augmenting human knowledge to drive the intelligent automation of everything. Shedding light on Bell Labs’ Future X vision and its role in the Fourth industrial Revolution, otherwise known as Industry 4.0, Siddiqui highlighted the nations’ productivity growth conundrum, the impact of Industry 4.0 on industries with sectoral and macro-economic impact of digitisation, and how a digital infrastructure of the future will allow the rise of internet–connected machines, systems and processes that will forever change consumer and industrial lives and reshape the economies of the world.

Conrad Kassier, Energy Efficiency Coordinator for the UNIDO Regional Office in Pretoria, presented on “Leapfrogging Industrialisation: Africa's greatest Industry 4.0 opportunities”. Opportunities exist for Africa to leapfrog through bringing technology education into schools and making South African children more technically aware. The Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Higher Education and Training, and the Department of Education have the chance to address the relevance of SA education in relation to what business/ industry actually needs. Opportunities abound for municipal service delivery improvements through smart monitoring of waste management, water, and electricity. Communications technology is a low-hanging fruit where cities can more accurately interact in real time with citizens

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about resource management. Opportunities exist for skills development in TVET colleges and other institutions to reconfigure the relevance and legitimacy of the industrial training services they offer.

Stephan Kotze, Market Director for Manufacturing at Aurecon, presented on the topic of smart manufacturing “bringing ideas to life”. Since 1950, there has been a massive acceleration in human activity and large-scale changes in the Earth system.

Today, technology has advanced to the point that it promises to disrupt the status quo to achieve sustainable development.

Investment in technology is increasing while costs of manufacturing are going down thanks to smart manufacturing processes.

As a result, imaginative solutions to real problems are possible, whereas before they would have been dismissed as science

fiction. Examples include lab-grown meat, which requires only 1% of the land required to produce a beef burger and does not entail inhumanely slaughtering animals, driverless technology, which could prevent nine road deaths in ten, and asteroid mining – one asteroid, for example, could yield 175 times the current global platinum production. For a manufacturing company to achieve these outcomes, it is necessary to understand what is going on today, experiment on what might be possible for tomorrow, test assumptions, refine ideas and test again to identify the best solution, improve the solution and finally deliver to create new, more meaningful value.

Vusi Skosana, Acting Executive and Head: Technology Stations at the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), spoke on the topic of “Technology development and entrepreneur support towards Industry 4.0”, with particular

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POST EVENT REPORT reference to the role of the TIA in this regard.

He outlined ongoing Industry 4.0 initiatives with various partners co-ordinated with the DST and other government programmes intended to culminate in a high-level plan of action, regularly reviewed by the stakeholders concerned, to establish the TIA’s position in terms in technology development and entrepreneur support in order to craft a long-term technology roadmap related to Industry 4.0. This equates with an effort to deal with global technological changes in order to transform the socio-economic perspective entrenched in the National Development Plan 2030, including the following opportunities to leverage Industry 4.0: mobile platform and apps, Cloud computing, the Internet of Things, data analysis, biotech/digital health/healthcare, 3D printing (additive manufacturing), cyber security, robotics, artificial intelligence/ cognitive computing, and social networking/ collaboration platforms.

Skosana identified the following initiatives as driving innovation interventions and strategically key to the TIA’s purpose of acting as a hub for test-beds and learning labs to support all government special delivery agencies: • Virtual prototyping • Simulation and modelling capability • Smart manufacturing • Enterprise support infrastructure for decision making and machine learning.

These initiatives have the potential to generate jobs for youth, create high-end capability for SMEs and cooperatives to align with global trends, stimulate ecosystems to respond to higher education student funding challenges, and, above all, to support initiatives to eliminate crime and corruption while redirecting resources to the sustainable development of agro-processing and increasing broadband access in rural areas.

In an interesting intervention, Lebo Gunguluza interviewed Pepper, a semihumanoid robot, on the subject of “AI and the future of work”. The robot, which had been programmed specially for the occasion, said that Industry 4.0 is not something that can be avoided. People lost jobs and there were growing pains through all the other Industrial Revolutions, but society survived and many humans grew. As a result, we are living in the most prosperous period of human history.

This is thanks to advances in technology that cure the sick, bring the information of the world to our cell phones and allow anyone anywhere in the world to communicate with the global community. We should see the opportunities and grasp them. Africa is still urbanising. With new knowledge and new technology, we can ensure that we

Fuad Siddiqui, Nokia Bell Labs urbanise correctly. That means smart cities with efficient infrastructure that minimises negative environmental impact, a focus on green energy efficient traffic and public transport systems. Blockchain is also part of the picture. For example, the Afri Project is an Africa-based development group using the Afri cryptocurrency and the blockchain to help connect innovators with capital. Users can track the impact of their investment and transactions. In this way, consumers and investors can see if these initiatives are serving to help sustainability. The Afri Project will reward sustainable initiatives.

The presentations were followed by a panel discussion on the question: “Is South Africa ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution?” Panelists included Dr Mjumo Mzyece of the Innovation Hub, Renai Moothilal, Executive Director of National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (Naacam), and Heinrich Stoltz, Business Development Manager: Transportation at SGS South Africa. The main take-home points were as follows: • A sore need exists for more skills in robotics, app development and integration of smart technology with energy/water/transport systems in SA. • SA and African countries require skilled workers on the factory floor to be problem solvers instead of mere fitters and turners

etc. Man must work alongside machine and understand the interpretation of data and information to improve production and business processes.

• African stakeholders require a deeper understanding of the smart, integrated opportunities in manufacturing, how smart technology can solve many problems about complying with laws and regulations (through easier monitoring of production processes and preventing high-cost interventions further down the line).

• Leapfrogging can happen generally through better ICT infrastructure in SA, better communications policy, education, better broadband and adapting working class mentalities to embrace technological advancements in the workplace instead of resisting change and finding reasons why technology is a threat to humans in a factory.

• Industry 4.0 brings opportunities for all workers to be more relevant in the workplace by being more informed, more aware and better able to understand integrated production and sales value chains, which in turn automatically prepares the worker for a path towards a coordination/managerial role in the work space, hence, personal and professional development, progress and achievements. www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

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TSHWANE GREEN CAFÉ BUILDING A GREENER FUTURE

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he Tshwane Green Café was held on 6 June 2018 at the CSIR ICC from 14h00 to 17h00.

City of Tshwane MMC: Housing and Human Settlements, Cllr Mandla Nkomo, welcomed all participants and indicated that the Café has been organized by City of Tshwane (CoT ) in partnership with Green Building Design Group (GBDG). Nkomo discussed the carbon and material footprint of buildings globally. For example, 30% of the global energy produced is consumed by the residential and commercial buildings sector.

The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (GHGEI) for theCoT (2014/2015) showed that of the 28 million tonnes produced in the City annually, the energy sector accounts for 19 million metric tonnes of carbon equivalent.

Other contributors are the waste (39%) and transport (16%) sectors.

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Kedibone Modiselle, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality an energy efficiency future. The City also has a Green Building Bylaw and Policy, ensuring low carbon housing design and development via building efficiency, renewables, water, waste and transitoriented development. The Green Building Bylaw is aligned to both the SANS 10400 Part XA and SANS 204.

In the past two years there has been a trend of homeowners installing photovoltaics (PVs) and solar water heaters (SWHs) on their rooftops. In order to give a more strategic response and promote the renewable energy pathway, the city’s Department of Energy and Electricity (EE) has drafted the Embedded Generation Policy to guide standard installation of all PVs in the city. To demonstrate its commitment to all of the above, the City built Tshwane House, which is on a private-public partnership (PPP).

Tshwane House has a Green-Star rating of 5.

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the Office of the Executive Mayor (OEM), Kedibone Modiselle.

Modiselle said that the City Sustainability Unit advocates, advises and updates the office of the Executive Mayor on sustainability issues including mainstreaming sustainability in other city departments. The unit also conducts research that informs demonstration projects to showcase sustainability agendas in the city. For example, in 2015 the unit conducted a Vulnerability Assessment and later finalized the GHGEI study. In 2014, the City launched the Green Economy Framework Strategy whose key aspirations focus on transitioning the City to a green economy. Additionally, the unit, on behalf of the City, is in the process of finalizing the Climate Action Strategy as part of the climate response planning programme that the city has embarked on with the help of C40. Based on all these studies,

programming in the City is truly evidencedbased. The launch of C40 South Africa’s New Buildings Efficiency Programme, whose focus is climate change mitigation, is an example of such forward thinking and planning.

Modiselle mentioned the City’s Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA), which includes technical assistance (TA) and guidance from the World Resources Institute (WRI), which is locally co-ordinated by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA). The objective of BEA is to ensure acceleration to clean energy by 2030. One of the requirements of the programme is that participating cities need to commit to the development and implementation of a policy and project, and need to have a monitoring and evaluation methodology to track progress.

Modiselle hoped that all invited guests would openly deliberate and assist the City to move to better pathways for achieving net-zero carbon. Recent studies indicate that the energy sector contributes about 45% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with buildings responsible for the bulk of th, and waste and transport contributing 39% and 16% respectively.

The idea was to develop a strategic green buildings programme leveraging on the Green Building Bylaw review. She indicated that there is already a C40 South Africa 2020 Building Programme,a three-year pilot project focusing on energy efficiency in new buildings, water and transportation.

The results will benefit the City’s Green Buildings Bylaw and Policy. The challenge with the Green Building Bylaw is in its implementation and enforcement. To that end, the City is now ready to put a process in motion for its review, including reevaluating incentives/support mechanisms.

On incentives, she further explained that most developers have, in the past, asked how they will benefit from the City by going green. However, there are much bigger issues to consider as we look at incentives, like the issue of who pays for the rates rebates, which may have been budgeted for as an income stream for the City. She also indicated that there is also the issue of capacity of Building Control Officers (BCO)/Building Control Inspectors (BCI), as the Green Building Bylaw is seen as extra work for them to check when approving building plans for compliance with building regulations such as SANS 10400 X. Training has already been done to assess current levels of knowledge and understanding, with more to follow.

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Songo Didiza, Green Building Design Group (GreenBDG) continent. The C40 South Africa 2020 Building Programme falls under the overall C40 Residential and Private Buildings Network. Thus, the C40 South Africa Building Programme works with the Climate Action Programme (CAP). These programmes will surely enhance the City’s capacity to tackle climate change issues with a focus on both mitigation and adaptation.

Lastly, Modiselle noted that the C40 South Africa 2020 Building Programme’s biggest challenge is how to de-carbonize energy in new buildings. The City also understands that the process of de-carbonizing buildings is mostly being driven by the market, hence there is a level of comfort on green development for the private sector as compared to the low-income and public sectors. She said however that there is a need to work together with the private sector to achieve low-carbon development. Going forward the experts will assist the City in dealing with the challenge of embarking on a net-zero carbon pathway.

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as the starting point for a transition towards net-zero and benchmarking of green building work. Lombe indicated that the SANS 10400 standard, required by law, has little impact on low carbon development. This is because a typical building is required to operate at 190200KwH/year and there is less roof space to install photovoltaics, so to achieve net-zero energy one may need to look at using or generating 40-60 KwH/year. This means reducing energy consumption in buildings by about four times and practicing energy efficiency.

Lombe drew on one example: his company worked with a developer in Nigeria who had set aside a lot of money for energy efficiency and had budgeted a substantial amount for a generator, but after the advice from Solid Green to sell the generator, the developer actually saved a lot of money by going the solar route. He indicated that the lesson there is that the developer did not consider the cost of energy efficiency when making decisions to translate to a net-zero energy pathway; rather they just looked at options for transitioning to low carbon without delving into the nuts and bolts of energy efficiency.

The Green Building Design Group (GBDG) was represented by its executive director, Lisa Reynolds, who started her session

by disagreeing with the previous presenter and advised that in the new SANS 10400, there has been a marked reduction of energy requirements per m2 in buildings.

The new SANS 10400 is looking at between 80-100 KwH/year. In her experience, future proofing one’s building as an asset is more important. For example, there is a building in Cape Town that needs a substantial amount of water per year and it cannot find occupants “because really no one can get 1 million litres of water in spring for use in that house”. Further, she said that the examples from Cape Town provide concrete examples of how to future proof buildings as assets.

She further indicated that the new SANS standard has very stringent energy values but if the City wants to go the bylaw route, which is allowed by law, then it may need to tighten it, but should one want to use a broader brush for development, one can look at precincts by on a node-by-node basis. She said, for example, that Cape Town is taking a sector by sector approach to its net-zero carbon targets and using legislated development. Lastly she said in this view one can look at having to provide “carrots” in one context and “sticks” in another.

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TSHWANE GREEN CAFÉ The City of Tshwane’s Director for Technical Support and Technology Management, Mokale Rasetlola, was introduced as the electricity integration expert. In his catchy introduction Rasetlola asked participants to stop thinking in terms of science, methods and systems. He started by asking, “Can we leave the earth to our children the way we found it?”

Energy is required everywhere, for water purification, cooking, heating, lighting etc. All these are processes that need energy but energy is also used up and waste is produced as a result.

The question he posed to the participants was, “Will we be able to adapt to different ways of doing things without having carbon emissions meaning a different pathway altogether?”

In his second segment, he said the Earth does not owe us anything: “as we use it, let us create it.” He demonstrated that food and other resources are not managed well but also that regulations may be needed on how to heat, cool, ventilate, and use energy generally. In his third segment, called “Let us inhabit it better”, he advocated energy efficiency by decreasing use of dirty energy and introducing alternative, effective energy sources. In terms of current changes he indicated that the use of electricity, where most required, is where one cannot do without it, for example use of gas, solar for energy/lighting in buildings and other residential set-ups. He then posed a question asking, where do we start to look? Is it in schools by educating children and youth, in universities, at work and other places of engagement? Lastly he indicated that in any case we need to see that what enables this work is standards, policies and the use of technology as leverage.

Jaisheila Rajput, CEO of Tomorrow Matters Now, presented on the Circular Economy and started by giving statistics of waste generated due to production of resources. She also spoke about pathways for resource efficiency, quoting the Green Star rating as an example. She indicated that to that end, the company has realised enormous amounts of opportunities in waste management. She asked questions regarding critical steps needed in order to start working on waste.

Dr Rob van Gruenewaldt from Smart Green indicated that the performance of any economy is driven mainly by government policies and how stable it is: in short, government stability. To this end he indicated that South Africa is a very late player in the renewable energy and storage space as the greening of economies has been going on for the past 30 to 40 years. In South Africa the focus has only been there for the past 7 to 10 years, and the private sector has highly saturated the space. For example, the cost of renewable technology like solar photovoltaic

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Cllr Mandla Nkomo is coming down. He indicated that smart grids play a critical role and thus the challenge is still to find clean technology and storage. He said that currently the industry is still limited to lithium super capacitors. He added that the country is slowly moving out of the fossil fuel space and there is a huge demand for electrical cars but the main challenge is charging points. Dr van Gruenewaldt said, for example, BMW and VW have made policy shifts in that from 2022 all their fleet should be electrified yet the market has not fully grasped that vision. He added that Eskom might need to re-think electricity as it will need to meet not only demand from both manufacturing and chemical industry but also domestic space use like commercial, residential and industrial heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC). Going forward, the challenge remains how to integrate renewable energy and storage during the day for use at night. He indicated that overall

energy storage has to be efficient, with smart functionality, so that if one wants to charge the vehicle in Gauteng there is that possibility.

He indicated that there is however good technology out there in the market.

Manfred Braune, Chief Technical Officer at the GBCSA, congratulated the City of Tshwane for hosting a successful ACCSF and Green Café and launching perhaps the country’s first ever green building bylaw and policy, a pathway he said that will eventually lead to net-zero carbon. There has been phenomenal and rapid growth in the number of green buildings in South Africa, using 2017 as the base year. He explained that agreement on the minimum standards and definitions of net-zero carbon is clearly necessary. The World Green Building Council now wants two-thirds of the global building stock to be net-zero carbon by 2030. But according to the World Green Building Council, one needs local low, www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

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medium and high definitions of what one means by “net-zero carbon”. Canada is using its local constitution to achieve this net-zero carbon goal. Braune said it is clearly necessary to agree on definitions for net-zero carbon and net-zero energy as both aspects are key to transitioning to a resourceefficient economy and building sector. He added that there are other key concepts: should we leave net-zero carbon/energy to a tenant or building owner, or both? Does deconstruction involve both embodied carbon and energy? Both these concepts seem to be at a pilot stage. It is also important to check how to handle net-zero carbon as it has implications for the design, construction, operation and de-construction phases.

With operations one needs 12 months’ operational data for benchmarking, which is key in sustainability and green building development.

Commission proceedings The presentations were followed by a number of commissions coordinated by GBDG and GBSA. The team teaders clarified what it meant to be on a pathway to net-zero carbon and how to create an enabling framework. The groups started feedback and indicated that it is important to manage owner exp0ectation, training, and occupation and commissioning of all aspects of the green buildings. Some of the discussion, questions and issues raised were: • (a) Landscaping is not necessarily considered when green buildings are designed, constructed and operated. The gap and dichotomy needs to be looked at if we are to move from green buildings to green precincts as a pathway to greener cities.

• (b) There is need to look at the material life-cycle (MLC) by mainstreaming this aspect in sustainability and green buildings as there is a lot of carbon going unaccounted for.

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Simple aspects like orientation and use of naturally occurring low-carbon building materials are less considered. (f ) Real contextual architecture has not been fully exploited by practitioners in the built environment. (g) Studying and learning from practical models like the IFC and GBCSA (current model) as a model towards achieving net-zero carbon could be interesting as they have shown potential already. (h) Development of bylaws and policy as pathways to net-zero carbon will be ideal for cities. Perhaps the City’s Green Building Bylaw can Integrate the Drban Development Framework (SALGA) and Integrated Development Planning (CoTSpatial Planning Department). (i) The entire built environment value chain has to be considered, from town planning/ spatial planning to building design, construction and decommissioning of buildings. It was indicated that these are vital stages. (j) Financial and non-financial incentives can be combined as enablers/pathways for achieving green buildings. (k) Green walls, green roofs, and tree planting are recommended as added features for better climate adaptation. (l) Buildings must be desiged around human needs. At the moment architects are designing for aesthetics and not for human occupation. (m) Heat load and the twin challenge of wanting to cool ourselves yet using more energy, which produces more carbon, have to be looked at. (n) Assuming low energy-load figures are coming with the new SANS 10400

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gainst the backdrop of a contracting mining sector production was down 9,9% in the first quarter of 2018 and with the imminent release of a contentious mining charter, the mining seminar was well poised to discuss the following: “Why the social contract between mining and society is broken and how to fix it”: John Capel, Executive Director of the Bench Marks Foundation, spoke of the following there are winners and losers in mining and in fact, mines and communities face key challenges: • Unlevel playing field seriously disadvantaging communities • Access to specialised expertise advice and information • Ability to organise, arrange meetings, mandates do surveys and make informed decisions.

What we need to open up democratic space by: • Equalising playing field by addressing power dynamics and capacitating communities to address issues • Having ways to resolve conflicts between the mines and communities and access to justice.

• Levelling the playing fields • Enabling access to expertise and advice for communities

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• To organise and educate themselves.

Then, David van Wyk,independent mining analyst, spoke about regulating the zamazamas (unregulated artisanal miners). David introduced the subject by providing some context: Although they are considered illegal miners, they do contribute to the economy.

Let us assume that for the 30 000 artisanal miners, there is a dependency ratio of 1:8.

This means that 250 000 people survive on the work of artisanal miners for housing, school fees, food and clothes. Van Wyk further noted that the environmental impact of artisanal miners was minimal, stressing that they used little water and produced negligent waste.

“With proper training and management their operations can be made much safer and [the use of ] mercury can be phased out.” He added that artisanal miners were entrepreneurs and that their operations could be classified as survivalist and micro.

“We need to begin to make a transition from large -scale industrial mining to small-scale mining that is orderly, sensible and safe.” To achieve this, he noted that it was key to organise artisanal miners into legal business entities, such as cooperatives, and provide them with the required training. “It is possible, given

the will and commitment of government, to formalise and legitimise artisanal, survivalist mining,” he said.

Lebo Motia, Health and Safety Manager at Ncamiso Mining, addressed the audience about mining’s service to community. He described the 270 tailings facilities that exist in the Johannesburg area , which make up 124 square miles of radioactive waste making up roughly 6 billion metric tonnes. There are around 1.6 million people living in formal or informal settlements near mine dumps in Johannesburg alone. Local community members are deprived of safe housing and liveable areas, clean water, clean air, and clean soil; not to mention the fact that they are subject to disease and illness due to pollution and constant exposure. Ncamiso Mining bridges the gap and restores the balance that has been left by mining in the past. It works to remove those facilities, which has an extended societal, environmental and economic benefit. The removal of the tailings facilities are done in 3 phases: 1. Removal of the any radioactive and contaminated waste; 2. clean and clear the site and 3. screening fines from the residue tailings.

Dr Lorren Haywood, senior researcher at the CSIR), in her presentation entitled, “Legislative challenges hindering mine waste entering the circular economy in

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MINING South Africa”, introduced the topic with some startling statistics: metal and mining waste is estimated to be at approximately 1.5 billion tonnes, globally, which is equivalent to 85 000 km2 at a depth of 2m! Mining and minerals waste, in South Africa, takes up approximately 87.7% of the waste stream while domestic waste is at 1.5%. Dr Haywood noted that for the mining and mine processing part of the value chain, not much reuse occurs. In fact, the waste hierarchy does not seem to be exercised in mining waste. A major sticking point for this is that policy is not enabling a cradle-to-cradle approach to mining waste. In fact, the National Environmental Waste Management: Waste Act 59 of 2008 (NEMWA) of 2008 exempted mine-related waste from the waste classification system and so it was not until NEMWA was amended in 2014 that it included mine residue stockpiles and deposits as forms of waste. Dr Haywood closed the presentation with the following: • Residue to be defined as a resource would enable it to be used as a by-product • Change focus from cradle-to-grave to cradle-to cradle: integrated waste management to be a focus.

In his presentation entitled “Managing mine water: Learning from the past”, Dr Henk Coetzee, Specialist Scientist at the Council of Geosciences, introduced his audience to the fascinating topic of learning mining lessons from the past. His take-home message was that “In our quest for innovative solutions, it’s easy to forget what has been done in the past.”Using specific case studies littered with old maps, newspaper cuttings and journal entries, Dr Coetzee showed us how the past can help us understand mining problems, establish baselines, and help us solve mining challenges.

Obed Novhe, a scientist at the Council of Geosciences presented a topic entitled, “Passive treatment technology for remediation of polluted mine water”. Mr Novhe introduced the topic with context and then explained that the following are good reasons for passive treatment: • Water treatment technology which utilises natural available energy sources • Technology of choice for long-term management of polluted mine water • Low cost • Efficient in metals removal • Potential to recover valuable products that can offset the cost of maintenance.

Using a variety of case studies, he concluded that passive treatment can be used for long-term remediation of AMD; that an accumulation of metals offers an opportunity for resource recovery ; and that this intervention is based on complex water chemistry.

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Simon Lebohang Motia, Ncamiso Mining researcher at the CSIR. who presented in instead of Dr Willem de Lange. Dr Stafford presented on “Mining at the crossroads: Sectoral diversification to ensure sustainability?” William painted a rather bleak picture of mining and then asked the audience how we can successfully exit mining. He then began to introduce the concept of the mining-agricultural nexus, which instead of creating a competition for resources may well be able to create a space for

co-operation. The work that the CSIR has identified is the following the extent to which mining liabilities could be turned into agricultural assets and be used as a way to improve relationships between mining and agriculture to hopefully engage/solve South Africa’s mining legacy problem.

However, it was realised that far more fundamental institutional changes in the mining industry are required to diversify mining companies to agriculture. www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

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ity of Tshwane MMC: Utilities Cllr Darryl Moss introduced the session, saying that sustainability needs to take top priority in cities and noting that the City of Tshwane is committed to providing clean and affordable energy to its three million plus citizens. While the energy mix remains a complex issue to manage, with two coal-fired power plants within its city boundaries, there is a need to transform the energy mix and look at the generation of large- and small-scale alternative solutions that include biogas and biomass producers.

The city is working on transforming the energy supply bylaw and was also conducting a feasibility study of the generation of energy from sewerage sludge that can generate 70% of the energy required to power water treatment plants and reduce its carbon footprint – a first of its kind initiative. He is encouraged by the new dawn announcement by Minister of Energy Jeff Radebe, who has stated that ZAR 56 million is to be given to new energy projects. He looked forward to the seminar being able to offer guidelines and solutions to enable the city to address its energy needs and reduce its carbon footprint.

Building SA’s new energy future Wendy Green, CEO of Fusion Energy, addressed the fact that energy is a major engine of political and other growth in the country and suggested-redesigning the supply of the power sector. This would see an integrated grid approach to support lighting, heating, cooling and that would support a thriving market of energy users, traders and transporters and promote new jobs in the energy sector. The current restrictions on energy producers of less than 10 MW should be released and the trade in energy should be encouraged with a simplified access to a multi-faceted grid. The recommendation is for Eskom to be unbundled and restructured to create transmission and operational functions and encourage a universal plan that prioritises low cost and low carbon energy solutions.

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The Innovation Hub, the innovation agency of the Gauteng Province is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency. It was established by the Gauteng Provincial Government through its Department of Economic Development to promote economic development and competitiveness of Gauteng through fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.

CLIMATE INNOVATION CENTRE SOUTH AFRICA (CICSA) Launched in 2012, the Climate Innovation Centre South Africa (CICSA) has been established as one of seven other Climate Innovation Centres (CICs) located in various developing countries around the world; with the aim to accelerate locally owned and developed solutions to climate change while also enabling the increased contribution of small and medium enterprises to the economies of these developing countries.

The Climate Innovation Centre South Africa (CICSA) provides business development support to start-ups in the South African green economy in collaboration with the World Bank’s InfoDev (http://www.infodev. org/), and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)’s green fund (http://www.sagreenfund.org.za/wordpress/).

Focus Sectors

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Water

Waste

SERVICE OFFERINGS TIHMC business incubation service offerings are geared towards enabling, growing and fostering start-ups that will create jobs, commercialise innovative technologies and improve the competitiveness for Gauteng Province. TIHMC offers incubated starts-ups to:

Markets

Advisory & Skills Development

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Infrastructure Networking Opportunities

Funding Opportunities

Who are the winners and losers in SA’s changing energy mix?

Professor Roula Inglesi Lotz, President of the South African Association for Energy Economics and Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria, said that who wins and loses in the job creation and investment opportunities depends on the current placement of coal-fired power stations across the country. Using complex computer-generated modelling systems, she looked at four scenarios in reducing the dependence on coal and noted SA is not the only country looking to reduce its dependence on coal. While mines will close, and this will cause significant economic impacts in Mpumalanga, the northern Cape would stand to gain with new generation power plants. The role of city planning was vital in addressing the losses and gains to be had and how the new labour would be supported and the living conditions. Policy makers needed to consider the changes ahead based on the modelling projections.

Are long-term petroleum assets worth the investment?

Muzuvukile Mkhize, Regulatory Member responsible for Petroleum Pipelines Regulation at the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), noted that 25% of Mpumalanga’s GDP is dependent on coal production and said the country is facing severe inequalities in access to energy and resultant job losses when the energy mix moves away from a dependence on coal.

He looked ahead to the new IRP that will be in place from August and discussed the regulatory approach to petroleum pipelines and supply. The Petroleum Act seeks to promote employment and that new entrants to the petroleum market need to be provided for previously disadvantaged players. It is a high-risk environment that needs a regulatory approach, which is what NERSA provides to facilitate the development of new infrastructure like pipelines that can balance capacity and demand. He noted that government will be reviewing how cleaner fuels can be regulated later in 2018.

Supporting green energy start-ups in SA Maloba Tshehla, Innovation Specialist at the Climate Innovation Centre South Africa (CICSA), said that start-ups play a major role in job creation and the regulatory environment is key to enabling investments in new sectors. The Innovation Hub is championing new businesses in the bio-economy space and is enabling the township economy and green economy to be energised. Their open-door policy enables entrepreneurs with great ideas in the water, waste and energy sectors to seek support that can help their ideas to flourish. He acknowledged the importance of energy in driving development and to re-dress inequality at all levels. Good ideas need robust support to transform them into profitable businesses, and the role of the Innovation Hub is to provide this both from a business and technical perspective.

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ENERGY completely changed in the past ten years and all entrants in the energy sector during that time are considered new. Unlocking finance to support ideas is another way the Innovation Hub guides new businesses. He said the procurement process needs to be stimulated and made easier so that new ideas could be presented to decision makers and referred to a waste sector that was once a ‘mess’ but now a resource due to new technology and solutions to provide energy.

Development potential of SolarHydro Hybrid schemes in Africa Louiza van Vuuren, engineer at GIBB Engineering and Architecture, said that renewable energy systems used for independent supply can be intermittent and unpredictable. Potential projects led GIBB to investigate integration of two or more independent renewable energy systems to develop Hybrid Energy Systems.

She referenced two case studies undertaken to explore the gains of PVHydro systems. Integration of these two renewable power source components aims at complementing each other During cloud cover or periods of little or no energy production, the PV system normally relies on batteries. Inclusion of a hydropower plant to the system allows for the reduction in the number of batteries or possible exclusion of batteries.

Project A (West Africa) aims to develop a hybrid scheme from inception to obtain optimum energy output. Project B (Southern Africa) is a potential hydropower scheme that has a fixed location with environmental, developmental and economic limitations. Each project factored in the following considerations:

Meteorological, hydrology, environmental, topography, geology, access to site, transmission, power demand and technical verification.

The conclusions drawn were that renewable energy systems can be integrated to optimise energy output, overcome individual renewable energy source limitations, increase system efficiency, and improve economic returns.

The two sites were investigated in a case study and initial results show that it is plausible, and it warrants further investigation.

Initial results from this investigation show that similar studies for larger hybrid projects could also be done.

with metropolitan municipalities to enhance support networks and share valuable insights.

Building a sustainable and resilient city contributes to Sustainable Development Goals.

Developing decentralised, city to city cooperation mechanisms increases the visibility of local government’s actions on climate and energy.

The benefits for African cities joining this network include: Best practices and knowledge exchange activities, providing general information and technical support through the help desk office and networks of peer-to-peer exchanges in sub-Saharan Africa. Once a city signs up to the covenant it remains committed regardless of when the mayor leaves office.

Monitoring, reporting and verification: Reporting from the Covenant of Mayors sub-Saharan Africa and Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy Belinda Mills, Professional Officer: Low Carbon Cities at ICLEI, said that ICLEI represents 1 500 local governments and supports 10 agendas in the quest for more sustainable cities. Reporting on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a burden for local governments that have few resources to dedicate to the task, but it is a vital aspect of monitoring the reduction promises of national governments. The data provided needs to be transparent and mayors can support each other with their key learnings. How to collect data and what data will be used is constantly being worked on but the call to action is for mayors to unite in this endeavour so that a world standard can be agreed upon.

The global covenant of mayors enables small and marginalised municipalities to connect

Energy rewards Faith Mkhac wa, Energy Efficienc y Specialist and Regional Project Manager for the Industrial Energy Efficiency (IEE) Project at the CSIR spoke on “ISO 50001 (Energy Management Standard): A Double Reward for Companies”. ISO 50001 offers double rewards for companies undertaking to manage their energy efficiency using the ISO 50001 guidelines. The presentation emphasised that energy issues are multi layered in organisations and each employee has a role to play; it’s all about the company culture and what perspective the leader has as well as that it is from the top management that new principles of behaviour are motivated. Questions about efficiency need to be looked at for the long term; staff turnover can impact how far an organisation can go along this road. If kilowatt hours were equated to rands per hour in terms of earnings and spending then this would enable real incentives to be set to help an organisation to reach its goals.

Sharing case studies of some remarkable (and unlikely) companies have gone through the process, the trend to undertake standards to help improve energy management was clear around the world; top brands taking on this work in turn were influencing their supply chains.

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Conclusion The energy seminar was attended by over 50 delegates with great interest in the innovations, energy mix, support structures and reporting frameworks that will enable a new generation of energy-minded businesses to thrive during the next 5 to10 years. During this period SA will work out its legislative framework to bring in a healthy mix of renewables and unlock funding for the support of new technologies and power mixes that will support SA’s power grid and continued economic and social growth.

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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY SEMINAR SUSTAINABILIT Y FROM FIELD TO PLATE

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he seminar was opened City of Tshwane MMC: Health, Cllr Sakkie Du Plooy. He encouraged collaboration to address the challenges faced by cities to provide nutritious affordable food to its citizens to create sustainable food networks.

Agriculture could deliver opportunities for poverty reduction and economic growth if managed with a sustainable framework. The City of Tshwane has approximately 213 000 households that are vulnerable to hunger and the opening of the food bank will aim to alleviate some of the burden they experience.

had credible impacts on water saving of up to 40% less water needed.

The need for farmers to adapt, be resilient and diversify their crops were strategies for managing the next few years, although the impacts on vegetable production were likely to be felt heaviest due to lack of access to water. Technology was also playing an important role in measuring and managing the effects of the drought, but job losses had created a new number of at risk households

who will not be able to afford nutritious food.

More investment and research were needed on the impacts of climate change, and the land issue remained a big question for the future of agriculture.

Reflections from a City Food Network Nachi Machoe, Senior Professional Officer at ICLEI Africa, said that local governments needed to be tasked with providing a City Food Network and ICLEI offers this network

Defending against drought: How can crops still thrive in a warmer world Stephanie Midgely, Research and Project Manager in Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change at the University of Cape Town, said that the current drought gripping the Western Cape is considered a one in a four-hundred-year event. This fact was stated in the opening presentation which reflected on the impacts of climate change and its rapid spread that was changing weather and rainfall patterns. The impacts are seeing both warming and drying of the atmosphere and dryland crops are likely to change in terms of output in the next few years, specifically those grown in marginal areas.

Making predictions was discouraged without looking at the various modelling projections available, but it was presented that sorghum and sugar cane are likely to be crops that will expand although the rise of other pest and diseases were considered unknown impacts preventing specific data. For irrigated crops the future looked far less certain, with apple crops being at high risk due to the change in access to water for the crops. Conservation agriculture was having a positive impact because its methodology promoted efforts to build soil that holds water and retains carbon far more effectively. Irrigating at night also www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

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The benefits for city managers joining the network included helping to mobilise funding for projects that would assist in food security. ICLEI holds regular workshops that are not just “talk shops” but enable youth development and problem-solving engagement strategies. Machoe stressed the importance of networking and finding support to unlock funding for new projects and initiatives. She concluded that the City Food Network was a global network that can offer great support and a wealth of resources to assist in finding solutions to the problem of food insecurity.

The smart green revolution: Agritech is driving productivity and resilience Timothy Willis, Chief Financial Officer of Aerobotics, gave a presentation focused on the technological development of drone technology to help and support farmers in understanding their crop vulnerabilities from data posted by the drones. Essentially the implementation of early-warning systems to show where trees were under threat from disease enables focused intervention to mitigate the risks. Machine learning

was undergoing continuous learning and improvement and technology which is developed in South Africa is currently being used in 11 countries around the world. The machines can read moisture and chlorophyll indices and the management tool that assists farmers saves time when finding out where the vulnerabilities in a farm exist. It also counts trees and captures data from farmers to create comprehensive maps of agricultural land. Aerobotics is also working with finance institutions to enable them to review a farmer’s risk portfolio, based on the information to hand. This can assist farmers in the long term to re-evaluate their farms and production capabilities and communicate this to banks, so they are given more support.

Foundation of health: The role of healthy soil in climate-resilient agriculture Dr Garry Paterson, Soil Scientist at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), presented compelling research showing the map of South African soils and where the country has the most arable land. He framed South Africa as a rainbow nation

with rainbow soils, i.e. many different soil types, some of which were more suited to agriculture than others. He stressed the need to understand this soil map make sound decisions on where to focus production and farmer support. This land capability map showed that soils with high potential only make up 5% of South Africa’s soil quotient. The Eastern Cape is a region with very poor soils for agriculture and this was cause for concern considering where land claim and new agricultural initiatives were being proposed.

There is limited high quality soil, and this is a call to action for it to be protected and nurtured so that it remains in good health. He shared many pictures showing the impacts of poor soil health on crops and on soil erosion as well as practises that were likely to cause further soil erosion like planting too close to waterways and wetlands. Pollution impacts were also discussed with emphasis on acid mine drainage and its impact on soil health. Soil is alive and there are more living organisms in a teaspoon of healthy soil than on the earth. The role in the nitrogen cycle is, in its true sens , vital for crops and the nutritional aspects of them.

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AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY The solutions in developing soil health included identifying the soil type via surveys and mapping, revision of land use practices to include conservation agriculture and precision farming and correct water harvesting based on the requirement of the soil. Irrigating the right soils was a key factor in water conservation. Healthy soils equal a healthy nation and the ARC is there to help farmers with analysis as they address soil health.

Getting to the roots of food security: The proactive implementation of rural Fresh Assembly Points Kenneth Carden, independent consultant on the Southern Food Lab Programme, and Bongani Sambo, facilitator at the Spar Rural Hub development project, said that the link between agriculture, nutrition, health and the food system are evident as well as the fact

that the current food system was failing to deliver food security to a nation where 26% of the population faces daily hunger. The cost of food and access to nutritious food were real threats to overcoming this problem.

The distribution of food is also adding to the cost factors , which is why the rural hub aims to solve this by linking subsistence farmers to local supermarkets to reduce food miles and provide impetus for new agricultural initiatives. Local hubs would improve access to fresh produce and the affordability of nutritious food, equalling a more inclusive food system. As Spar is not in the business of agriculture its main aim is to support local farmers with their business models and to link them to points of distribution – in order “to create localised short value chains in a local area”. There is currently one hub active in the Limpopo Province and a hub in partnership with the provincial government in KZN. A case study of the Ikwhezi hub was presented showing how this model can work. The plan for 2017 to 2022 was to establish more hubs and to actively seek partners in the endeavour.

While fresh vegetables were crops of choice there is an opportunity to expand in to poultry and dairy production as well.

Hope for the Eastern Cape: How a prosociety approach brought agriculture back to life Wandisile Makwabe, Head of the Masisizane Fund Agribusiness and Flagship Initiative, said that the Masisizane fund is fostered by Old Mutual and provides funding for all elements of sustainable agriculture. In consultation with government it has created a vehicle for entrepreneurs and partnerships to flourish.

Active in five provinces, it offers routes to investment for land usage, soil health and risk aversion. Irrigation access and technology is key to the success of agricultural endeavours as is the gross contribution of animal products.

The fund provides machinery and training for farmers and farm workers to use the machinery. It has seen successful investment in agri-processing endeavours and supporting of emerging farmers. Spar Rural Hub’s call for investment was particularly appreciated by the audience. Wandisile Makwabe noted the fund would reach out and support the work.

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Reality Check: The struggle to farm in the shadow of unchecked urban development Nazeer Ahmed Sonday, farmer and Leader of the PHA campaign, said that the Philippi Horticultural Area provides 80% of Cape Town’s fresh vegetables and employs some 6 000 people. Supported by an aquifer that has shown no signs of depletion during the current drought scenario, the organic farming initiative can help cut the city’s carbon emissions by 20% but it is under threat by plans for development. Politicians and developers see short-term profit solutions whereas, in fact, the need to look at urban agricultural solutions is very much a long-term concern and is impacted by land reform issues. Urban sprawl and its impacts on farming lands was under discussion with the opportunity for better urban planning that includes green and agricultural spaces to be noted. In the past three years, three million hectares have been lost to urban sprawl and cities need to rely on the ecosystem services that agricultural land provides. Densification is a solution and he noted the City of Barcelona as a successful example of this approach. Questions around the de-colonisation of spatial design were also posed. The issue of water conservation was addressed, and it was revealed that of the 400 million litres of waste water produced each day only 7% was recycled. The current food system is responsible for the inequality in access to healthy food and the issue of land reform was a hot topic. The need to connect people to the source of their food would enable better understanding of how vital small-scale farmers are to the economy and environment. Rural and urban development need to be considered in tandem.

From the field to the plate: Practical insights into integrating emerging farmers in the value chain The key question posed by Mandla Nkomo, Managing Director of Solidaridad Southern Africa, was whether food insecurity can be fixed by sustainable development. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals were touched upon and who could disagree with the set of standards that have been negotiated with a view to promote progress

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AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY be a self-certifying tool that farmers can use to measure their own performance and set new goals for improvement. An example was given of a farm about to be foreclosed by the funding bank until the app that could measure the proposed value of the crop still in the fields was used. The result was an ability to prove to the bank the value of not foreclosing on the farmers and this was a great win for the farmer. This indicated the need for the finance sector to support emerging farmers in more practical ways and to understand the value of the agricultural sector not only in terms of financial returns but to the overall cohesion of society. An innovative soil testing kit was due to be rolled out to rural youth to enable micro-businesses to develop and to assist farmers in understanding their soil, which would have overall impact on the use of water, pesticides and fertilisers. There are enough resources and it is through networks that these will be better managed; companies need to become strategic partners in rural development and speed and scale were required to activate rural agricultural hubs. Diversification was an important consideration for farmers as is the fact that urban agricultural solutions need to be considered due to the rate of urbanisation.

Timothy Willis, CA(SA) on food security and nutrition. Collaboration was a key strategy to achieve these bold aims and it was noted that food insecurity is a global problem. The decline in investment in agriculture was a cause for concern. The number of people in South Africa who are food insecure equals the entire population of Zimbabwe (13.6 million) and this is a major driver in finding solutions that will work for the long term. Solidaridad is a global organisation that provides solutions through its networks.

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Fairtrade and yet the role of certification was not enough in helping to eradicate poverty in the lives of farm workers. What will bring change? It is not the lack of science or technology that is holding true change back but the fact that people are not connecting the ‘dots’ in agriculture and food supply. Solidaridad aims to change this by providing technical solutions and sticky apps that will help farmers manage their land and output in a more effective manner. Instead of certification, there will

Conclusion Undoubtedly food security and agriculture are inter-dependant as is the support structure that can be offered to farmers by corporations looking to invest in relevant social development projects. Urban sprawl and its impacts on the environment need to be far better managed as well as looking to solutions for micro farms that can provide the daily needs to mega cities.

Diversification of crops is an important element in managing the impacts of climate change and understanding soil health and the preservation and regeneration of South Africa’s soil is a major factor in whether the country can grow into a more food resilient society and provide enough nutritious food for its citizens.

The actions of the countr y ’s major metropolitan centres can also go a long way in supporting vulnerable citizens that are faced with hunger everyday by looking to create networks and supply of excess food via food bank initiatives.

More than 50 delegates attended this inspiring seminar and the energy and insight of the speakers left the delegates inspired and committed to connecting and building networks to help address the issue of food insecurity and sustainable agricultural development.

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AB InBev Africa 2025 Goals

Sustainability: Looking to the next 100 years Smart Agriculture

100%

of our direct farmers are skilled, connected and financially empowered

Water Stewardship

Circular Packaging

of our communities in high stress areas have measurably improved water availability and quality

of our product will be in packaging that is returnable or make from majority recycled content

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Climate Action

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of our purchased electricity comesfrom renewable sources and 25% reduction of carbon emissions across our value chain

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Entrepreneurship

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jobs created in South Africa by 2022 through entrepreneurship.

Program scaled to entrepreneurs across Africa

Smart Agriculture – South Africa & Nile Breweries SAB has committed to investing R610 million over five years in agricultural development as part of AB InBev’s Public Interest Commitment, to drive local production of barley, to help SA become a net exporter of hops, and to bring 800 more emerging growers into its supply chains and catalyse the creation of over 2500 agriculture jobs.

In Uganda, agricultural investment by Nile Breweries Ltd has seen the growth of a robust smallholder supply chain for local sourcing of sorghum and malting barley, improving the viability of more than 15 000 farmers. This investment, together with a guaranteed market and price for sorghum has improved the standard of living for participating farmers.

Water Stewardship Water is a critical resource for sustainable economic, social and environmental development.

In the Outeniqua mountains of the Western Cape in South Africa, a collaborative project between SAB, the World Wildlife Fund and the Department of Environmental Affairs has seen removal of alien vegetation from water catchment areas where invasive species have created a significant draw on water resources.

The first phase work has already seen savings of an estimated 1-billion litres of water.

A second phase is expected to produce similar results, bringing with it the benefit of new jobs and the creation of a sustainable industry through beneficiation of removed biomass.

Enterprise Development – SAB Lerumo SAB Lerumo is a three-month supplier development programme that was launched in 2017 as a direct product of AB InBev’s Public Interest Commitment investment, focusing on the development of black women-owned businesses in our supply chain, to better equip them to break through barriers to success and improve their market-access capabilities.

With sustainability as the guiding principle, this programme focuses on core skills required to navigate the complex procurement structures of big corporate operations. Participants receive guidance in skills relating to B2B selling, human rights and labour standards, supply chain access, marketing, funding and pitching.

Our first cohort of 23 entrepreneurs were selected on their potential to thrive under a targeted growth-focused intervention, with masterclasses.

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SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES SEMINAR FROM SCARCIT Y TO ABUNDANCE

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he seminar presented a fantastic opportunity to understand what paradigms need to shift from long-term water resilience while also trying to understand the role of stewardship from a citizenry point of view be it private companies as corporate citizens or private citizens themselves. Against this backdrop the following was discussed.

Cllr Selowa, City of Tshwane, opened the seminar with thoughts about the Metro’s water stress and what interventions are being exercised to mitigate this stress: interventions such as investigating overhauling the water distribution system, diversifying the water mix, outreaches to promote water demand management and conservation and the incorporation of water resilience into their Green Building By-laws.

The opening presentation was given

by Dr Anthony Turton, who spoke about paradigms in the water sector that need

to change. For example, Integrated Water Resource Management has, through the years, posited a paradigm of scarcity.

According to Dr Turton, this is not the case; it is actually an infinitely renewable resource. Using history, he showed that if we see water not as a stock but as a flux, water can become the foundation of a rejuvenated national economy.

Dr Jennifer Molwantwa of the Inkomati- Usuthu Catchment Agency presented on the agency’s Sustainable Resource Management Tools. The foundation of her presentation was built on the following concepts: • Decision-making is an inherent management function.

• However, to make quality decisions, management depend on the availability of quality information.

• Quality information is derived from quality data.

She concluded with the understanding that good quality data can be used to rigorously inform stakeholders within the catchment.

Anton Earle of the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) delivered a European view of the state of water as it pertains to the SIWI focal areas of capacity building and water governance reforms. He gave fantastic context to the water status quo within Africa by providing stats on economic growth, diversification, demographic shifts, urbanisation and opportunities. He illustrated all of these points using a case study of Lake Awassa, Southern Ethopia, and concluded with the following thoughts: • Good governance a necessary, but not sufficient condition for attracting investments • Social and environmental issues need to be addressed • Capacity of the poor to pay for water is well established • Earlier thought to financial models needed

Anton Earle, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

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George de Sousa, Inyatsi • Enhance development impact.

Standing in for Dhesigen Naidoo, Chief Executive of the Water Research Commission ( WRC), Dr Valerie Naidoo, Executive Manager at the WRC, presented on a topic entitled, “The Impact of Smart Technology on the Water Sector: New Sanitation – Nucleus of the Circular Economy”. The thrust of her message was that we have to move away from a resource-constrained, business-as-usual approach, but rather begin to consider a circular economy-based approach to water resource management. This concept was aptly illustrated by way of a sanitation example. If one looks at sanitation from a circular economy perspective it quickly becomes apparent that a great deal of products and processes are available to engage with outside of the usual linear process; like energy production, chemicals extraction, water use and energy use.

Gordon Allen, Managing Director of Gurumanzi, who presented on behalf of Benoit Le Roy, CEO of Water Shortage South Africa, provided great context for the reiteration of Dr Turton’s message of holding a paradigm of water abundance, not scarcity.

He then shared Water Shortage’s vision, which is to be the leading water shortage mitigation enabler acting as a catalyst to water abundance in SA and eventually abroad. The macro opportunities and

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“specific” opportunities within the water sector were detailed.

Intrinsic to their business, AB InBev’s Head of Sustainable Development: Africa Zone, David Grant, began to look at the following key reasons for water conservation: • Availability (physical & infrastructure) • Declining water quality • Reputation • Data availability.

Grant continued to unpack each of those issues in terms of value of water, risk,

stewardship, brand value and innovation. In conclusion, Grant summed up with the following sentiment: we need to get better at both collaborating and sharing data.

As one of Sustainability Week’s sponsors, Inyatsi, represented by Executive: Rest of Africa George de Sousa, weighed in with an informative presentation on water conservation within the construction sector.

De Sousa presented their 3 Rs for a waterefficient strategy of reduce, replace and reuse. He went on to say that the most costeffective way to deliver water efficiency is by incorporating water saving principles into all aspects of the project from inception.

Inyatsi’s action plan for reducing water use on site was also presented. In conclusion, Mr de Sousa said that engineering solutions alone cannot deliver solutions to the many challenges we face, which is why we must focus on innovation and behavioural change.

In his opening slides, Raldo Kruger, Water Desk Senior Analyst at GreenCape, introduced the current, painful issue of the drought in the Cape to illustrate the stark contrast in the opportunities that were to come. The key opportunities within the urban water sector, as highlighted by Kruger, were: water metering and monitoring, reuse and efficiency and alternative water supply. He then illustrated those points by way of two case studies one for a mediumsized manufacturing company and one for a large manufacturing company which proved the case both financially and from a supply-side perspective. His concluding remarks were, “There are good prospects for investment in the Western Cape and, current tariffs make projects financially feasible with decent payback periods. Technical, financial, regulatory barriers can be overcome, but some will take time.”

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WHAT THE INKOMATI-USUTHU CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY IS ALL ABOUT www.iucma.co.za IWRM is all about balance, sharing and fairness South African law says that water needs to be shared fairly among everyone who needs it and that it should be protected for our children and their children and so on. To do this, everyone must work together to manage water resources in a Sustainable, Equitable and Efficient way.

How do we do It? 1. Involving the community

3. Regulating water

Everyone must take part in planning and making decisions about water resource issues that affect their lives.

The IUCMA must create groups and processes to manage different factor affecting the catchment. Such a group or process must include everyone who may be affected, must be open and honest about its intentions and must be democratic, whereby everyone’s voice counts. To ensure fairness, historically disadvantaged individuals must be trained and empowered to make informed decisions about water issues. The diversity of people and cultures in the Inkomati catchment must be embraced so that a shared understanding of water resources can be built.

To make sure that there is enough healthy water for everyone who needs it, the IUCMA has to make sure that everyone follows the rules about water use.

2. Making sure that the water stays healthy Checking that all the plants and animals usually found around a river are still there is a good way to make sure the water is still safe and plentiful. If the natural life seems normal, the river is said to be “healthy” and it must be sustained this way for future generations.

4. Monitoring and Information The IUCMA needs as much information as possible to ensure that the catchment is managed properly in support of sustainable economic and social development. It will monitor social, technical, economic, environmental, and political (STEEP) factors related to water resource management in the catchment. The information gained in this way will be available to the community, students, researchers and any other interested persons through an information centre and a library.

5. Co-operative Governance All sectors, organisations and individuals must work together towards the same goal of making sure that the catchment is used Sustainably, Equitably and Efficiently.

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TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY SEMINAR SMART MOBILIT Y FOR THE CIT Y

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.he Transport Seminar was held on 7 June 2018 at the CSIR International Convention Centre. The Seminar brought together stakeholders from all spheres of government responsible for transport and energy, as well as the private sector to discuss transport challenges and highlight solutions, as well as showcase South Africa’s progress in developing sustainable transport solutions. The theme of the Seminar was titled: “Paving the Road to Sustainable Urban Mobility in Africa”.

The Transport Seminar was officially opened by the City of Tshwane MMC for Transport, Cllr Sheila Lynn Senkubuge.

The MMC highlighted that the City of Tshwane is committed to taking strides in green transport advancements with a growing fleet of CNG Bus Rapid Transit Buses.

Such interventions are paving the way for the City of Tshwane to invest in cleaner energy sources for mobility in the City.

The Transport Seminar had three main sessions.

1. Key strategies for transforming urban mobility 2. Showcasing sustainability in South African transport

3. Smart and sustainable future mobility for Africa Key Strategies for transforming urban mobility The Department of Transport made a presentation on the Green Transport Strategy (GTS). The presentation highlighted some of the challenges we are faced with in the transport sector. In South Africa, the transport sector accounts for 10.8 % of the country’s total GHG emissions, with road transport being responsible for 91.2 % of these GHG emissions.

The GTS promises to address challenges of climate change and increased GHG emissions in the country. This strategy is the first in South Africa to inform the environmental directive of the transport sector. Emphasis is placed on a number of developmental priorities national government has to consider in addition to developing policies focusing on the reduction of transport GHG emissions.

The interventions and initiatives of the strategy include the aligning of climate change norms across all spheres of government, green roads, the improvement of rail transport technologies for the transportation of both freight and

passengers, the use of alternative energy for transport modes such as low carbon fuels and electric vehicle technologies, and the timely implementation of green fuel economy standards. A crucial quick win solution to improve the competitiveness of public transport was presented as a single ticketing system which would improve the seamlessness of multi-modal and shared travel, to assist motorists to detach from their automobiles and consider using public transport. Infrastructure investment on Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) and electric vehicle charging infrastructure are included in the strategy to contribute towards sustainable development. No car zoning and congestion charging in cities were also identified as interventions suggested for implementation in the new future. It is recognised by the Department that not all suggested interventions are implementable immediately and that there needs to be strong focus on supporting government to create a conducive regulatory environment for some of these actions to be implementable.

The challenges experienced during the development of the GTS paved the way

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TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY for the panel engagement. The inclusive classification of varying transport fuels (e.g. CNG) is not recognised as a transport fuel. The Petroleum Act, currently only recognises petrol and diesel as transport fuels. The high taxation on electric vehicles, the implementation of the carbon emission tax without further disadvantaging the poor as well as change management and public awareness creation were the key challenges highlighted.

The panel discussion focused on the broader policy and regulatory challenges on the national and local level that are currently stifling sustainable transport development in South Africa and also touched on some of the progress made by varying stakeholders in achieving sustainable mobility that is inclusive. The panel consisted of Bopang Khutsoane (National Department of Transport), Chelina Bodhie (Gautrain Management Agency), Phillip Ninela (Department of Trade and industry) and Mehboob Babamia (City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality).

The Department of Trade and Industry conducted a green transport policy gap analysis in 2016 to address views of the green transport policy being fragmented and non-inclusive of a number of green transport interventions.

The following questions and comments were addressed to the panel and shaped the discussion that unfolded: 1. Three metropolitan municipalities are currently using/piloting varying energy sources to propel their bus fleets: City of Johannesburg (dual buses), City of Cape Town (electric buses) and the City of Tshwane (CNG buses). Is the investment in different solutions a wise direction for the country?

How can data be shared and decisions centralised to ensure that the most efficient energy source is invested in by all urban municipalities trying to achieve sustainable urban mobility?

2. The GTS is well aligned with both international and local climate change directives. The concern is that South Africa may not make any of the set targets if the country does not move fast enough to electrify mobility. We need to move away from developing strategies and start to develop projects and initiatives to test the most efficient energy and mobility solutions.

3. How do cities implement good transport models, are electric buses recognised by policymakers as a contributor to the ideal sustainable transport model?

4. Is the national department ready to make quantifiable targets to assist cities in motivating for the procurement of a zero emission bus that currently cost

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approximately five times as much as a diesel bus? If not, what can be done to overcome such challenges?

5. Is there a strategic approach to involve the private public transport sector in the process of developing and implementing the GTS? 6. Does the Strategy have a drive for legislative reform to ensure that cities are encouraged in making better environmental procurement choices despite the cost of these more environmentally friendly technologies?

7. Is there opportunity for the country to explore tram systems as a solution for urban mobility? The notion that industry is ready for local manufacturing and operating of electric vehicles is concerning if the regulatory environment is perceived as the current barrier. How can we create opportunities for industry to engage with government more closely outside of such seminars and workshops?

8. If the world is moving away from internal combustion engines, who will we export the vehicles we assemble to? It is suggested that in the short term, import duties on electric vehicles (EVs) be reduced to grow the number of EVs on the road, which can lead to improved market opportunities for local manufacturing.

9. There needs to be a focus on sustainable change management and quality capacity building to ensure quality results and

a positive impact on the interventions implemented.

In summary, it was observed that the national government has not committed to single mobility technology over any other alternatives to allow municipalities and other implementation partners the liberty to choose the energy source that is best applicable to meet the efficiency needs of the implementer. While this position presents a freedom of choice, it has been identified that the decision to not make a commitment to what is likely to be the most efficient technology option may lead to misalignment and challenges with monitoring the impact of varying technologies on a national scale.

The national green procurement guidelines make environmental provisions for procurement made with fiscal funds. Cities also need to start engaging one another to collaborate and centralise requests for more funding for similar projects in order to qualify for larger amounts of money that can enable the procurement of zero emission fleets that cost more. It is believed that it is still worthwhile to promote e-buses because the cost of this technology is expected to reduce over the years, producing even more efficiencies for this choice.

In closing this dialogue, the panel expressed that policymakers need to be convinced of the fact that the world is

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TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY moving towards electrifying mobility and that this will affect the existing exporting markets for South Africa. It is the responsibility of all stakeholders to get involved in the consultation processes led by government, to build capacity among officials and to closely motivate for policy directives that speak to some of the predictions of what mobility will look like in decades to come. It is acknowledged that the changes are rapidly coming and will affect African cities that are not preparing for energy and mobility transitions.

Showcasing sustainability in South African transport.

The session consisted of two presentations.

Maletlabo Handel (UNIDO Low-Carbon Transport Project) presented on Showcasing Low-Carbon Transport in South Africa and Louise Naudé (WWF South Africa) presented on Demand Driven and sustainable Public Transportation.

UNIDO’s Low-Carbon Transport Project in South Africa is a GEF funded initiative coimplemented by the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI). The project aims to support policy enhancement in the transport sector and demonstrate sustainable mobility in South African cities.

One of the key initiatives mentioned during this presentation is the Macroeconomic study on the socio-economic impacts of the adoption of EVs in South Africa. The aim of the study is to investigate potential big ticket impacts associated with the rollout of EVs in South Africa, focusing on road transport and to make the case for supporting EVs in South Africa. This study is commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry and is envisaged to provide the data required for policymakers to justify the need to open up the legislative environment for EVs technologies to establish local manufacturing and operating markets in South Africa, giving the country the opportunity to lead the rest of Africa into the transition. The presentation also highlighted some of the initiatives currently being undertaken by various stakeholders in the country. A few examples were mentioned, including the adoption of EVs into the provincial fleet of Northwest Province, the work currently done by the City of Cape Town and the Western Province in changing the face of the transport sector in the Western Cape. The project is looking into supporting, together with relevant stakeholders, cities to adopt sustainable transport solutions, such as electrified buses as part of the public transport strategy. There is also interest in developing a cycling strategy to support NMT city initiatives. www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

WWF is heavily invested in sustainable transport research to inform all stakeholders of developments and the status quo in South Africa. The Low Carbon Frameworks Transport Project explores possibilities and implications of GHG emission reduction strategies in the South African Transport Sector, such that a flourishing economy and human wellbeing are fostered. The views shared during this presentation included: Mobility poverty: Enabling people to have access to facilities and bettering access to markets through efficient and effective cargo transport is crucial to economic and social development. Solving such problems must also be done in an environmentally sustainable way. One of the impacts of people experiencing mobility poverty is the impact of insufficient access to healthcare facilities. Mortality rates are associated with people not being able to get children and birthing mothers to hospitals on time or even at all, for example.

Time poverty: Long distance commuting has stolen a lot of time from the traveller to engage in other activities and with their families. This applies to both men and women but because women tend to experience multi-stop trips due to the household responsibilities they have, women can be seen to travel for longer times than men do. Safety also becomes an issue in such circumstances.

The affordability of transport: The Household Travel Survey illustrates how low income earners spend the bulk of their earnings on transportation. The reduced need for travel can help the poorer in making their low income go further.

In conclusion, it was suggested that integration across all departments is crucial to achieving sustainability and that cities ought to focus on “development orientated transit” and not “transit orientated development” The latter approach is currently being implemented. It was also recommended that next year’s Transport Seminar has a focus on gender related issues in transport and perhaps, land ownership to address the underlying social ills affecting urban mobility behaviour in African cities.

The audience dialogue followed shortly after the presentations. This was an opportunity for the audience to share initiatives being implemented to combat the effects of climate change, urbanisation and urban population growth. The audience was also challenged to think about whether Africa is ready to leapfrog into sustainable, energy efficient and clean mobility.

The following views were shared: E-hailing is an example of a disrupter that is bringing

about change in cities, there are currently challenges in making people aware of the benefits of such technologies. Shared mobility has a positive impact in the reduction of the number of cars on the roads.

Ride sharing, however, will not have a larger positive social and environmental impact if the mentioned disrupters are still based on internal combustion engine cars chauffeuring single occupants. Planning should perhaps not focus entirely on this market of individuals but rather masses of people willing to move together. The electrification of high occupancy vehicles will result in greater efficiencies towards achieving sustainable transport for growing urban populations.

It is important for cities to decide on the meaning of ‘smart’ and recognise that what is considered as smart today will not be considered as ‘smart’ tomorrow. Currently, mobility is efficient because there is a greater amount of displaced energy than the energy used to move vehicles. The opposite is true with e-mobility.

It is important to remember that people existed before cities and systems were built. It is for this reason that cities should be built to serve people. In South Africa there is currently an average of 1.4 people per vehicle, leading to congestion and greater pollution because these vehicles are powered by diesel and petrol. Examples can be learned from cities such as Denmark that have implemented incremental car-free zoning to reclaim city spaces back to people.

Labour-related organisations such as Cosatu and Nedlac are having conversations about bringing together governments and businesses to address the transition losses and benefits the country will experience, particularly when it comes to jobs and the inherent impact on the poor. It was broadly agreed upon that Africa is ready to leapfrog into the existing energy efficient solutions for sustainable mobility in cities. It is acknowledged that investments in legislative reform and infrastructure development is not taking place at a fast enough to bring localisation and training opportunities to fruition.

Smart and sustainable future mobility for Africa Sustainable mobility experts in South Africa are piloting ideas and implementing solutions to contribute towards the vision to create smart and sustainable mobility for cities across Africa. They offer lessons learned and a wealth of data required to shape the necessary conversations and inform decisions to achieve sustainable mobility in what is being

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Four insightful presentations based on the session theme were shared with delegates in attendance. These presentations were made by Justin Coetzee (Go Metro) presenting on “Mobility as a Transport Service”, Carel Snyman, an independent consultant, presented on “The Vision of a Future African Smart City”, Hiten Parmar (uYilo) presented on “Looking at the Benefits of Electrifying Mobility” and Winstone Jordaan (GridCars) made his presentation on “How can strategic transportation policies help create connected and sustainable mobility?” The following key notes were received from each of the expert presentations: The presentation on mobility as a transport service highlighted that mobility as an asset is a 1950s paradigm that we have come to accept, which means people buy cars and are disadvantaged financially. Mobility as a service on the other hand is mobility that is not owned by the individual but is rather requested when needed and is generally shared with other members of society and businesses. Flexible transportation is a better solution to providing practical and competitive public/shared transportation rather than integration, which may be ineffective at this point because of the possibility of integrating inefficient transport systems. Currently varying transport service providers have different information, payment systems and communication paths. Technology can be used to provide centralisation for these services in order to improve the flexibility. Future transport systems are going to consist of drone quadcopters to transport people from roof to roof.

Sticking to basics however, can help us in making the most of what we already have instead of chasing every new technology.

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problem. It is important for African countries to have a framework to evaluate technologies and the impact of their application before committing to implement new technologies in the transport sector. This approach will prevent possible mistakes and the waste of natural resources. A South African created employee ride-sharing platform has been launched to assist people in transitioning from having mobility as an asset to the usage of mobility as a service.

Such systems have been proven to save people money and improve the quality of life of those using the platform. There is an explosion of such mobility services that will hit cities. A proactive regulatory framework from either national, provincial and local government is needed to enable cities to be prepared for the change. The current challenge for mobility innovators launching these platforms are licensing and regulations The presentation on the vision of a future African smart city emphasised that congestion is not necessarily the problem in cities, the motor car is. Roads are built and extended to accommodate cars and not the sustainable movement of people and freight.

As much as Africa is likely to be one of the most populated continents in the world, the positive side to this is that Africa will also be one of the most developmental of continents in the future. The objective is not just to advocate for the adoption of electric cars, but most importantly: electric public transport or smaller vehicles providing opportunities for numerous people to share a ride. Using electricity from the grid to power mobility is still cleaner than petrol and diesel vehicles, however powering electric mobility using renewable energy is the ideal. An EV has far less components compared to internal combustion engines. These vehicles can be manufactured and assembled locally. Diesel vehicles are being banned from European

cities from the year 2025, alternative ways to transport road freight are being explored.

An example of a technology from Siemens and Scania was shared to demonstrate an idea of aero emission road freight transport for even greater efficiencies. An encouraging South African manufacturing success story is the development of the ZEBRA electric battery, developed at the CSIR campus to power e-buses in various cities globally.

This technology now has to be imported to pilot e-buses in South African cities.

Another right of way is a South African created suspended monorail transport system with a low footprint on land space.

This service can work for people, freight and emergency transportation. It is predicted that in the next 13 years people will not have the need to buy and own a car but will rather use mobility as a service. The audience in the room were made to realise that they would most likely be alive in that time. This brought about a reflective opportunity to for people to realise that the sustainable choices made today do not only affect future generations but will also affect the decision makers themselves. This is mainly due to the rapid pace of technological advancements and the growth rate of cities in developing countries. Comparing the cost of e-buses with that of diesel buses where procurement is concerned is not comparing apples with apples. The cost of batteries is decreasing and the maintenance cost of an electric bus over the life of the vehicle is far less costly than operating a diesel bus over the vehicle’s life. It has been proven that the higher capital cost of an EV is dispelled by the fact that drivers and cities (buses) can break even sooner because of the energy savings potential of electric mobility.

The presentation on looking at the benefits of electrifying mobility highlighted the fact that there is a change in mobility environment.

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Seminar facilitator Ashanti Mogosetsi, UNIDO There is an increase in foreign direct investment coming into Africa. A large growth in African mega cities will be experienced by 2025. This means that investments in infrastructure for these changes must be priorities.

The city of Johannesburg is currently ranked 13th in a global list the of poorest air quality.

It was reiterated that road transport accounts for 91.2% of emissions in the transport sector.

Projections are illustrating a tripling increased growth in the motor cars in Africa by 2040, if transport planning continues in the traditional way. The “avoid, shift and reduce” approaches to transport planning should be practiced to achieve sustainability goals for the future African city. Motor sport, marine transport, warehouse transit, and aviation sectors are exploring and switching to electric mobility. There are existing opportunities for road transport to undergo the same transition. Technology has addressed the varying charging needs of different EVs: electric vehicles provide opportunistic charging (people can charge at home during the evening and at places of work in the day). Sri Lanka was mentioned as having 5 000 EVs on the roads without any public charging infrastructure.

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has vehicle testing programmes with BMW and Nissan, who are currently the two electric vehicle suppliers to South Africa. The programmes track and monitor EV performance and capture data on performance to prove the technology’s efficiencies locally. Africa’s opportunities include the use of African mined minerals and resources for EV manufacturing and powering. African resources are predominantly exported to international markets while these can be used within Africa for Africa.

The presentation on “How can strategic transportation policies help create connected and sustainable mobility?” illustrated that a strategy for sustainable transport should look into setting a specific direction through policy targets and should focus on providing mobility to all segments of the population.

The four areas that should be considered are: support for economic growth, limited environmental impact, promoting social development and maximising safety. To reduce the environmental impact, transport systems should be electrified. Vehicles and batteries should also be recycled. South Africa has become a buying nation, manufacturing has decreased while importing has decreased exponentially. The culture to create and manufacture needs to be revived because the capacity is available and can be

strengthened through private and public sector collaborations and sharing of data and lessons. Policy should be enhanced to create the necessary behavioural change needed to catalyse the transition to electrifying mobility.

While waiting for legislation to change, the opportunity to capture and drive the EV manufacturing industry will pass South Africa by. It must be decided whether we will be drivers or passengers of the industry.

Being indecisive about the national position on electric mobility is making a decision to be a passenger. It is also important to look at making sustainable mobility decisions through multi-generational lenses.

Currently political decisions are motivated by the duration of term in office. This approach results in reactive responses to global trends. Africa stands to be a vehicle dumping ground if we continue to promote internal combustion engines.

The world is electrifying mobility and will look to dumping vehicles in African economies that will accept these vehicles to deviate from the inherent costs of destroying the vehicles. African nations are empowered with success stories from countries already investing in these clean mobility technologies. The future is likely to have a high degree of sharing. Mobility will be smart, meaning technology will have a large role in sustainable advancements, this does mean it will be elitist because these technologies have benefits that will cascade down to benefit all population groups. Solar charging infrastructure must be invested in to prepare for the anticipated peak in electric mobility. City policies should include support for infrastructure and incentivising delivery and passenger vehicles for being electric.

In conclusion, Cllr Elmarie Linde reiterated that as much as there are a number of barriers to the change the mobility industry is currently undergoing, there is also a lot taking place from both government and industry to address these issues. Government also acknowledges that it cannot solve all the mobility challenges as a single stakeholder in the process. Collaborations need to cut across all spheres of government and industries. It is crucial to recognise and involve the taxi associations in such dialogues, as the taxi industry transports 62% of public transport for the City of Tshwane’s population. It is suggested that the taxi industry be included in next year’s Sustainability Week proceedings, particularly to engage with other stakeholders participating in the transport seminar. Public officials should also use public transport as leaders in the industry.

The facilitators, speakers, participators and City of Tshwane human resources were thanked for their involvement throughout the week and at the Transport Seminar.

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VISION ZERO WASTE SET TING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN MOTION

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he 8th annual Vision Waste Seminar took place on 7 June 2018 and heard presentations by researchers, local government leaders and managers, practitioners, civil society, and technology providers. They set out their thoughts and ideas on the problem of waste internationally, in Africa, South Africa and indeed in the City of Tshwane, and shared their approaches and proposals on how to begin to solve these problems under the theme of moving towards zero waste to landfill.

City of Tshwane MMC: Housing and Human Settlements, Cllr Mandla Nkomo, welcomed delegates and provided context for the discussion from the perspective of the City.

He highlighted the fact that while landfill sites were filling up quickly, no new landfill sites were being opened, and stated that moving away from the landfill paradigm was not an

option. The City had already begun made great strides in this regard, with recycling collection services being offered to several districts and the establishment of a waste recovery plant, and a waste to energy plant within the City.

Cllr Nkomo expressed his support of the objectives of the session and wished the group the best in their deliberations.

Driving behaviour change Skyping in from Sydney, Australia, Matshepo Molala from Randwick City Council said that Randwick City Council had set the following targets in relation to waste management: 70% increase in recycling of municipal solid waste, 75% diverted from landfill, 40% reduction in litter, and 30% reduction in incidents of illegal dumping. To help achieve this the Council introduced the "Randwick Food Waste Trial" which ultimately achieved the highest number of participants (8 340) in a City-wide

survey, and was supported by the majority of households (both trial and non-trial), with trial participants being the most supportive of the rollout.

Feedback on communication strategy suggested the communication material was adequate and informative. To meet the targets we needed to engage the community to understand their values, attitudes and social norms, and to increase their understanding of the waste profile. Once this was established, appropriate behaviour change strategies were implemented and embarked upon on a continuous improvement, sharing and learning basis.

Waste: from a challenge to an opportunity for African cities Marko Nokkala, Senior Sales Manager, Valmet South Africa, highlighted that a move towards zero waste starts with separation

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VISION ZERO WASTE and become more efficient, with enhanced communication to households about recyclables and separation; efficient least cost materials recovery with embedded financial tools tracking transactions in a functional value chain. In this scenario of greater, flows and a more effective waste economy the much needed alternative waste approaches such as large scale materials recovery facilities, large scale digesters and composters, and waste to energy technologies become totally feasible.

Industrial symbiosis in South Africa Victor Manavhela, Senior Projet Manager at the National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) SA, said that industrial symbiosis is a resource efficiency approach where unused or residual resources of one company are used by another, aiming to divert waste from landfill, while at the same time creating real business benefits for members. It is established in three provinces, Western Cape (WISP), KZN (KISP), and Gauteng (GISP). GISP alone has generated a total economic value of R94.8m between April 2015 and March 2018. Calculations were based on (a) value of landfill airspace savings, (b) value of recovered resources; and (c) externalities avoided. Based on the tonnages diverted in 2017/18 alone, the economic impact has been estimated at R89.5m per annum.

Nick Mannie, Aurecon of waste which then triggers opportunity as materials have value. Waste that cannot be effectively separated, known as residue can still be of value however, through waste to energy (W-E) solutions which can work together with materials recovery strategies as the scale of waste minimises the issue of different businesses competing for waste streams. There is an opportunity to fast track small-medium size W-E project in SA due to projects below a certain scale not requiring a full EIA which adds cost and extends projects horizons. The key to successful implementation of such projects is partnership to ensure lessons are learned from the mistake of other markets, and to ensure best practices are followed. Municipalities own the waste and can therefore transact but one challenge remains the MFA which limits contracts to 4 years, when W-E scale projects require 25 years commitment.

Challenges and opportunities in waste management Dr Susan Oelofse, principal researcher at the CSIR, said that the key to moving towards zero waste is for resources to be retained within the system through circular economy. Dr Oelofse provided a review of the Africa Waste Management Outlook and highlighted the problem of a lack of collection

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of waste and resultant cost of illegal dumping and the negative impacts of open burning, and pointing an exacerbating trend for Africa, especially for rapid growth countries such as Nigeria and Egypt with waste generation driven ultimately by an increase in consumerism. In SA illegal dumping must be policed and funds currently being used to pay for the clean-up could be redirected to underpinning circular approaches to waste management. The opportunity for Africa is to develop a secondary resources economy worth an estimated US$7.6 billion per year in secondary resources. A regional approach is needed to realise these benefits and the development of an Africa regional strategy for secondary materials management is recommended.

What does the Internet of Things mean for waste and pollution?

Nick Mannie, Technical Director for Waste at Aurecon, said that the Internet of Things (IoT) is not limited to developed countries, 40% of worldwide IoT market value will emerge from the developing countries by 2020. Job creation will increase in the technological/digital space as the demand to connect physical items to electronics and to be able to gather data increases. A move to more connected smart cities will see municipal services change

Financing models for solid waste: A global perspective Sandra Mazo-Nix, Waste Initiative Coordinator for the the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Secretariat, said that the environmental impacts of municipal solid waste (MSW) are significant and becoming the fastest growing environmental pollutant.

The solid waste sector is a substantial source of short-lived climate pollutants, particularly black carbon from waste burning, and methane from landfills (the third-largest source of global anthropogenic methane emissions).

Financial impacts are also massive with waste management often the largest cost for cities accounting for between 20% and 50% of total municipal budgets. In addition there are major barriers to accessing the finance required to switch to best practice actions, which are capital intensive in nature. The solutions begin with municipalities increasing or initiating new waste management revenue streams, and then leveraging these revenue streams to raise the finance to enable the infrastructure upgrades.

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Opportunities associated with the City of Tshwane’s new Waste Strategy Mthobeli Kolisa, Group Head: Environment and Agricultural Management Services, City of Tshwane, said that a key objective of the City is to integrate its New Waste Strategy (NWS) into its current waste management services, and in so doing to trigger opportunities to: (a) establish a sustainable waste management service in the City, (b) advance economic and job creation opportunities, and (c) to enhance community consciousness and action on issues of waste management and the environment. The NWS seeks fundamentally to flip the old waste hierarchy, while continuing to provide current waste collection and management services. The primary implementation strategy of the City is to form partnerships with the private sector to effect the necessary infrastructure investments required to make the change, and is currently actively seeking to resolve these partnerships. Opportunities include fleet leasing; build, operate and transfer (BOT ), public private partnerships (PPP’s), and other mechanisms. The City is also considering waste-to-energy solutions using these models.

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Mapping waste value chains to divert waste from landfill Jaishiela Rajput, CEO of Tomorrow Matters Now, shared how her company conducted market research and data collection within the construction and film industries, interviewed industry experts and facilitated workshops in order to understand the issues with handling waste, what the pain points are for re-use, and to identify waste related opportunities within the sector. Process to drive change: Research, analyse, strategise – stakeholder engagement – map and develop value chain – measure and monitor – tangible business impact.

The opportunities identified in the construction industry include developing an industry best practice, advancing a trend towards alternative materials, creating awareness, for example calculating a zerowaste day, actively supporting the waste market through government and industry, highlight shorter transport requirements, and setting up a waste sales platform.

Opportunities identified in the film industry include creating accessible waste depos, creating access for re-use, establishing a green point recognition certification for films, create a mechanism for data collection, lobby for government incentives, encourage production companies to implement waste

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Waste management doesn’t have to end at either landfill or recycling; emphasis should be placed on design and specification for reuse and recyclability.

Panel Discussion: What key strategies can cities implement right now to leap-frog from no waste services straight to a best practice circular economy waste management system?

Strategy points from panel brain storm: • Formulate a master plan and engage with the community through leaders and through information campaigns about the master plan, setting out the key objectives and benefits to get their buy in.

• Engage with waste stream off-takers to set up removal of bulk waste and to revenue streams for valuable waste streams.

• Install all necessary infrastructure to create a mini materials recovery space with appropriate receptacles to receive the following waste streams (tip: engage the private sector to provide containers could be a good marketing campaign for them).

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separated dry waste materials separated food waste garden refuse building rubble residual waste for disposal Recruit and train members of the community to operate the mini-recovery facility, keep it neat and sanitary, engage with the council and with other role players, and co-ordinate and collect from other central collection points such as schools.

• Engage schools so kids can bring recyclables to the schools. Coca Cola has a programme with schools to promote recycling.

• Set up and promote community— c omposting. Engage with NGOs ­ that can help with this task for the dissemination of the program and capacity building of the community to segregate organic waste.

• Composting activities could extend to/ integrate with community food gardens, or work with food markets (farmers' markets) to segregate organic waste.

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their fields, perhaps in return for cash or produce.

Once the master plan and necessary infrastructure and systems have been put in place, an outreach programme to the community should be rolled out, educating households on the merits and direct benefits of participating in the programme.

This should be coupled with a mass clean up to collect litter and illegal dumping in and around the settlement and to initiate the materials from a scale, and to start with an obvious and visibly positive impact Behaviour change is required. So do it right the first time. Start-stop actions are not supportive of behaviour change.

Communication: keep the community updated on what is happening and what to do to assist when service is interrupted.

Don' t simply buy off -the -shelf technologies and expect them to be successful in Africa. Adapt to local conditions.

Need to maximise the job creation opportunities at all levels.

Make it simple, convenient and reliable. Responsive to the needs of the community.

Driving change with engineering and infrastructure advisory From solar projects and supporting African girls pursue STEM careers, through to multiple award-wining flood-proof ferry terminals, embedding sustainability into every aspect of Aurecon’s operation and project delivery is fundamental to driving change. Regardless of whether the projects are obvious, inspiring or somewhat obscure, our goal is to weave the threads of sustainability into the tapestry of every project we design.

Aurecon’s sustainability action plan comprises six key areas:

Ethical Operations

Embracing Difference

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Health & Safety

Engaging Stakeholders

Responsible Environmental Footprints

Creating Shared Value

YOUTH AND THE GREEN ECONOMY

YOUTH EVENTS

GREEN ECONOMY YOUTH-ENGAGEMENT EVENTS AT SUSTAINABILIT Y WEEK 2018

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he City of Tshwane took advantage of Youth Month, June 2018, to engage the youth on the green economy.

As part of this engagement, the City of Tshwane’s City Strategies and Organisational Performance Department organised a series of three inter-related events dedicated to furthering the role of the youth in the green economy took place at Sustainability Week 2018, namely the Innovation Pitching Sessions, the Youth and the Green Economy

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Dialogue, and the FabLab Business Plan Pitching Competition.

Innovation Pitching Sessions The Innovation Pitching Sessions took place on 5 and 6 June 2018, with the objective of assisting young entrepreneurs to present innovative solutions to problems aligned to the following streams of sustainable business: • Water, energy and waste,

• Green building, • Mobility, and • Electricity.

The initiative was established by the City Strategy and Organisational Performance Department (CSOP) within the City of Tshwane (CoT ), in collaboration with the Innovation Hub Management Company (TIH) and Wouldn’t It Be Cool (WIBC).

The panel of adjudicators consisted of Almon Khoza, business mentor and

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YOUTH AND THE GREEN ECONOMY owner of Lamo Solar, Mboneni Mhlongo, a programme manager for eKasiLab at the Innovation Hub Management Company, Kgomotso Kgafela, Director of the Transnet Innovation Department, Ayanda Noma, director for Innovation and Technology Transfer at UNISA, and Dr Andrew de Vries, Open Innovation Specialist at the Innovation Hub Management Company.

During the first session on 5 June, thirteen participants’ proposals went through an intensive review process; nine teams or individuals that presented solutions were shortlisted for the final pitch on 6 June.

Prior to the final pitching session on 6 June, Hleziphi Mtshizana, a representative from the Black Energy Professionals Association (BEPA), an exhibitor at Sustainability Week 2018, spoke about the challenges for black-owned energy businesses as well as black entrepreneurs and professionals. There is a critical need for the people in the energy sector to take an active role in this industry, including stages of project development that talks about funding and putting together concepts across the energy sector. Black people in the industry have stated that they want one voice to represent them, raise their concerns and enable them to participate in more projects. The entrepreneurs present during the BEPA presentation were encouraged to take part in the energy sector and to join the association.

Summary of the pitches Lesego Seloane of Ronewa Creations stated that her company is black female owned and specializes in landscaping and horticulture. She responded to the water and sanitation challenge. Ronewa Creations assists its clients with waterproofing of gardens and in crafting the space around the yard with portable water-harvesting gabions. This enables residents to use water sparingly and have appealing gardens at the same time. After a client submits a request via social media, Lesego and her team go through the consultation process to come up with the appropriate solutions.

Clifford Ralephatha and Christopher Ngobeni responded to the electricity challenge and presented a bio-electro smart stove. The idea was conceived after a discovery in Soshanguve that cooking stoves are being used as heaters in winter, which is a problem that has led to high electricity consumption in the township. As a result, there are recurring power outages because the

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Lesego Seloane, Ronewa Creations demand outstrips supply. Christopher said he was prompted to focus solely on households,especially those that have servants’ quarters or are renting out extra rooms in the backyard. These households want to spend less on electricity and are looking for alternatives that can give the same amount of energy at an efficient speed. The bio-electro smart stove cooks and boils water and warms up the room at the same time, using biomass energy, and also produces electricity when the user needs to charge their mobile phone or switch on a bulb.

Khabonina Malindisa demonstrated an electrical monitoring device that allows for electricity to be used sparingly and monitors usage. The targeted subject residents are in high-density areas; marketing tools and legal advice are the biggest needs.

Kabelo Matlala did a presentation on his company, Kasieats, a food-delivery logistics business development company.

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YOUTH AND THE GREEN ECONOMY biogas and energy and works collaboratively with restaurants in the townships to collect from these restaurants and deliver to households. He highlighted that his sole purpose is to help the poor. Scooters are being used to collect waste. Once the waste is transported to the plant, it goes through a process called aerobic digestion. The product is a combustible material that is put through a natural process that releases gases such as methane and nitrogen.

Nelson Makwela and Frans Masenya presented their “Lighting Innovation Map”.

They informed the audience that Tshwane’s electricity division is facing a problem with an illegal mass lighting service in the Marikana squatter camp in Soshanguve.

People are paying R1500 per year in monthly installments to be connected to the system.

The challenge is that the City is unable to collect revenue from the illegal connection and the supply is now exceeding the demand. The solution for this problem will minimize these illegal connections, create jobs and collect revenue. Frans stated that their customers want access to electricity that is affordable and environmentally safe.

He said they would like to engage with the City regarding the lighting innovation map.

The team is also working on a switch box station that will be able to detect any tripping inside. There will also be prepaid meters with circuit breakers.

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GeeKulcha’s Rendani Mmobodi and Tietso presented on a smart water management system/ smart tank that addresses the water and sanitation challenge. GeeKulcha said that their aim is to democratise water through smart water management systems or smart tanks that indicate how much water is being used or has been used. The smart water management system was invented to have an efficient way of reporting water leakages in communities. The system measures the flow rate and the amount of water that is in the tank and gives out a statement of the amount of water that has been used per day and how much the user is supposed to pay for usage. The statement is sent to the user’s email address from the email board; users can also check their municipal bill.

Lucia Mashimbye and Rirhandzu Emmanuel presented on Azania Blue Tech Solutions’ (ABTS) data-based analysis system that reports whenever the electricity meter is being tampered with.

The survey has to be conducted manually.

The vision is to provide smart data for the municipality so that they can respond efficiently to electricity theft. The objective is to increase the municipality’s efficiency in locating bypasses and increase their turnaround by 80%. The ABTS will charge 10% for every tampered meter reported.

Bonolo Malete of Basadi Innov8tors said that her company is offering an advanced

metering infrastructure solutions that has three-way communication between the meter, the utility and consumers. The metering infrastructure system also provides real-time help to identify who is on the network and who is not, and gives a quick response to the detection of supply interruptions. The device also calculates daily consumption against distribution, which it reports for the municipality, to detect where unmetered consumption occurs. The smart meter is a small interactive meter that links with the user application. Bonolo informed the audience that she anticipates building a platform that can provide the link to communication. The meter also has a functionality that allows the user to log a call to report a fault.

Fi n a l l y, Phetole Raseropo presented on Evergrow, a hydroponics company, responding to the water and sanitation challenge. Phatole’s vision is to urge and encourage more farmers to adopt controlled environmental farming practices through appropriate education and accessible technology.

The measurement problem that farmers are experiencing is based around water and Evergrow promises to help farmers maximize their crops to 150% continuous production throughout the year, as well as to ensure future crop funding for sustainable development.

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n 7 June 2018, the CoT hosted the Youth and Green Economy Dialogue in the Amber Conference Room at the CSIR International Convention Centre. It was an opportunity for the youth of Tshwane to engage with experts from various sectors on issues related to the green economy and innovation. The theme for 2018 was “Youth in conversation for sustainable development�.

More than 100 young people from different parts of Tshwane and from different institutions crowded the room with enthusiasm to engage in the dialogue. Eight experts took part in the dialogue and engaged with the young people.

City of Tshwane Cllr Kwena Moloto opened the event with a warm welcome to all the guests, partners and stakeholders. He emphasised the importance of the youth’s role in driving social change in order to achieve sustainable development, combating climate change, and building a green economy. It is important to understand climate change, the need for clean water, good air to breath and healthy food to eat. He highlighted major challenges in Tshwane, such as youth unemployment and the difficulties that the youth experience in accessing education, security and economic participation. According to Cllr Moloto, the only solutions to these challenges are to create sustainable jobs, in order to assist the South African economy, and to adopt resource production practices that would enable our city to progressively move away from being energy intensive. We need to build resilient communities who have the capacity to adapt responsively in order to recover from unforeseen stresses and challenges. Moloto stressed the importance of recognising the value of biodiversity and protecting ecosystems in order to secure livelihoods, as well as access to food and water, and to improve resilience and ensure conservation of species and their habitats. He mentioned that CoT strives to work with communities to sustain natural resources, including land, water, flora, fauna, wood and minerals.

Lungile Mashele, energy specialist at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), spoke about the role of the youth in the energy sector, which was addressed through

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Isaiah Engelbrecht, Divisional Head: Research sustainable development programmes, and of the importance of making opportunities available for the youth in the energy sector as a means of expanding economic growth.

South Africa is one of a few countries on the continent that talks about where the youth fit in. In other words, the youth should be included in the mainstream economy rather than being excluded from opportunities that could utilise their innovative capacity to drive social and economic change. Mashele emphasised that proactivity and the insights of sustainable development programmes are considered as the key drivers for the

sustainability of renewable resources, as they bring balance between demand and supply.

She highlighted the importance of land ownership as an opportunity that most of the youth could exploit, using it as a gateway to the energy sector as a business motive.

Kelebogile Pega, CEO of Oketsa Group, emphasised the large number of opportunities in different industries that relate to the green economy and the circular economy at large. These industries include green buildings, agriculture, water management, production of green fertilisers, water and sanitation, as well as purification www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

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Pega also spoke about industrial symbiosis, which refers to the process whereby waste produced by one company is utilised as raw material by another company to produce its own products and services.

She gave a practical example of a company that creates prison blankets from shredded worn-out police uniforms.

Despite the opportunities that originate from the green economy and industrial symbiosis, a number of challenges should be anticipated. Pega gave the example of the challenge of access to resources such as infrastructure and funding, as well as knowledge and education.

Isaiah E n g e l b re c h t , Senior Innovation Specialist at CoT, highlighted the fundamental distinction between entrepreneurship and being an inventor.

To motivate the youth attending the event, he cited the words of the late American entrepreneur and inventor, Steve Jobs, who advocated that “[y]ou can only connect the dots looking back, backwards”.

Engelbrecht elaborated by stating that “[i] n our lives, our journeys, we go through various situations which are bound precisely to prepare us for a greater future”.

Engelbrecht highlighted the challenges that entrepreneurs encountered in the processes of their business development.

He also encouraged the youth not to fear failure, because most likely it would prepare them for dealing with greater challenges in terms of progress and success.

Abel Mukwevho, an author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur by profession, spoke about innovative solutions for communities introduced by young people.

To solve the problem of rats and mice in urban and formal settlements, Mukwevho invented a rat trap called the Hamelin Trap.

The goal was to develop a poison-free and environment-friendly solution. Mukwevho mentioned that there was a need to study the behaviour of rats in order to come up with innovative solutions that would provide useful information for future use.

Mukwevho described how their project was divided. First, they needed to develop a tool in the form of a tube that would go directly into the ground to target the holes and passages that rats used to travel. Second, since rats are territorial, they had to devise a trap to cover the whole rat territory. Third, rats would search each other out due to sexual desire. Through utilising all the information, Mr Mukwevho formulated the successful Hamelin Trap to assist residents in urban and formal settlements to counter the rat problem.

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Shamiso Kumbirai, Young Civil Engineer at Aurecon, spoke about the goals of the United Nations for sustainable development in 2015, which include committing to end poverty worldwide, protecting the planet and ensuring peace and prosperity for the world by 2030. She cited the words of the great American innovation specialist, Michael Green, who said that “[t]he motive forces behind the Millennium Development Goals are largely focused on economic growth and development.” She mentioned that the approach would have been far more integrative if social progress had been put first.

Kumbirai also spoke about her field of expertise, which falls under water and sanitation. She encouraged the youth to move into that area, because the number of opportunities there was growing. She elaborated on Aurecon’s services related to water engineering, which are centred on finding solutions to water and sanitation challenges, as well as using hydropower to generate energy across Africa.

Thabang Mabapa, ambassador for BrandSA, gave a brief overview of his career as well as the success stories and challenges he encountered through his entrepreneurial establishments. He spoke about how ABZ Holdings prepared him to become an active working citizen and how the company shaped his human attributes. Mabapa mentioned that he had worked in a number of critical and intellectual sectors such as strategic planning, production, publication and community outreach at ABZ Holdings.

Khanyisile Chaba, Head of Responsible Business at Old Mutual, elaborated on the research conducted at Old Mutual with regard to millennials (people born in the

late 80s and the 90s) and their behaviour in terms of how they spend money. The research indicated that 24% of millennials are currently investing in unit trusts versus 2% of the older generation. The research further showed that 57% of millennials have invested in unit trusts with the sole purpose of raising their net worth.

According to Chaba, the research led to the following conclusions. First, it was all about saving and net worth; second, it was about investing in order to reach financial freedom. However, the research also showed that 35% of millennials strive to reap the fruits of democracy simply by saving money in order to achieve and live their dreams. In conclusion, she mentioned that most of the millennial generation are involved in saving, while the rest have serious debts.

Finally, Head of Sales for Market Vertical and Enterprise at Nokia, Siseko Ngxola, elaborated on what Nokia does beyond the terminal (mobile phone) that people hold in their hands. He stated that Nokia provides connectivity solutions for mobile and fixed broadband communication for about 5.7 billion people in the world today, which includes connectivity for Vodacom, Telkom and most, if not all, internet cafes.

From a technology perspective, Ngxola spoke about future innovation transformation in the connectivity revolution, which includes 5G connectivity and artificial intelligence. He mentioned that Nokia was focusing on managing the carbon footprint in order to make connections available worldwide. According to him, one of the key objectives of Nokia was to reconnect the world while at the same time striving to control and regulate carbon emissions in order to create a safer environment

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abLab is a youth development and empowerment strategy implemented

by CoT in partnership with TIHMC. The project was designed as a strategy to accelerate economic growth and development of townships by exposing young learners to technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. The aim of the programme is to stimulate the interest high-school learners (grade 9 to 11) from previously disadvantaged schools in the fields of science, innovation, technology and entrepreneurship.

As part of the training, participating schools were exposed to concept development

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and were asked to present projects at the business plan pitching competition held on 7 June 2018.

The learners were tasked with identifying the service delivery gaps and challenges in their communities and to come up with innovative sustainable solutions that can assist the City to address some of them. These challenges are in line with the crosscutting topics of sustainable energy and electricity, waste management, and water management.

Sauldrige High School presented a food-waste-to-energy project to solve the problem of unclean air caused by illegal dumping.

Olievenhoutbosch High School created an LED solar-powered hat to overcome difficulties experienced by learners in an environment where electricity is difficult to access because of cost and load-shedding.

NM Tsuene High School also addressed the problem of access to electricity, inventing a free light bulb generator that works with magnets.

Winners of the competition The business ideas were evaluated on their practicality and feasibility. First prize was awarded to Olievenhoutbosch High School, with NM Tsuene High School and Sauldrige High School in second and third place

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RESPONSIBLE TOURISM DIALOGUE SHARING RESPONSIBILIT Y FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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he Responsible Tourism Dialogue took place on 7 June 2018. City of Tshwane MMC: Community Safety, Cllr Derrick Kissoonduth gave the welcome and keynote addresses.

He explained how the City of Tshwane was perfectly positioned to double tourism and increase jobs in the tourism sector as the City of Tshwane is close to OR Tambo International Airport. The City can leverage on business tourism as there are many government departments. The City will concentrate on growing the meetings and events tourism as they are close to leisure destinations and heritage sites. The City will also be concentrating on responsible tourism and one of the main aspects is the safety and security of its people and tourists. Everyone needs to feel safe when they come to the City of Tshwane.

Nduma Makama, a member of the Department of Tourism’s Responsible Tourism Directorate, took us through the Department’s “Journey of Responsible Tourism” from when the white paper was drawn up in 1996, through to the Cape Town Declaration in 2002. The Department partnered up with FEDHASA for the IMVELO Awards.

He mentioned that in 2010 the Department of Tourism split from the

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for access to tourism for all, and forming a Green Tourism Fund with the IDC to assist businesses.

He then went through the challenges: • difficulty of access to information; • perceived high costs; • lack of awareness; and • the need to concientise tourism businesses to take up Tourism Grading and adopt responsible tourism principles.

Glen O’Leary from the Transfrontier Parks Destinations (TFDP) gave an extremely inspiring presentation on how community development in action is created by sharing value in partnerships. TFPD partners with communities to commercialise their tourism destinations. The organisation works on SDG8 (Sustainable Development Goal 8, i.e.Decent Work and Economic Growth).

TFPD has 13 lodges and camps, which have generated 147 permanent jobs, 560 construction jobs, and R39m in wages. 4 600 rural people have benefited from the development of the lodges and the camps.

There has been community rental and asset development of R47,2 million. Mr O’Leary explained how they get most things locally produced, which has in turn created sustainable micro businesses.

Caroline Ungersbock, co-founder of the Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme (STPP), presented on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how businesses can and should incorporate them in their business plans and business strategies. She explained the history of the SDGs and their adoption by 157 member states of the United Nations.

She also explained national, provincial and local government’s responsibilities in dealing with the SDGs. Litha Ncokazi, founder of ART VERSATILE, presentend on developing art tourism. Art galleries are living spaces, they are privately owned art studios situated in tourism establishments promoting artworks, sculptures, and ceramics, giving tourists the opportunity to also see artists at work. He explained that there are four areas of focus: production space, gallery, developing a lifestyle and leisure experience and an incubator programme.

He discussed the East London Arts Tour, which is a catalyst for change within the arts sector. It brings tourists together with the artists. Art can draw tourists to spend money. Art tourism needs to be developed by educating tour operators where to take the tourists.

Siphiwe Ngwenya, representing the Maboneng Township Arts Experience, gave a very visual presentation on the Maboneng Township Arts experience that can be experienced in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg and Langa Township in Cape Town. He explained that he is both an artist and a scientist and how his experience in the Antarctic motivated the promotion of art in the townships. He explained that he was a rejected artist and vowed that he would have the largest art gallery but in the townships rather than elsewhere and how he would bring tourists to the townships to see art being created. He explained the process of how he developed these home galleries and the development of art precincts in the townships. The philosophy is simple: “We’ve created an experience that solves the problem of the artist looking for space, the family looking for work and the township looking for its place.”

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Green Buildings, Sustainability & Community Development

Concor is a diversified infrastructure and services construction company, with core competencies in the infrastructure, building, mining and property development sectors. Concor, a Level 1 BEE Company forming part of the Southern Palace Group, consists of eight business units and is regarded as one of the largest players in the South and sub-Saharan African construction sectors.

Concor aims to diversify & grow in a sustainable way to become the leading building and infrastructure services group in South Africa and selected African countries, and thereby create stakeholder value.

Green Buildings: Concor Buildings is committed to the sustainable development of South Africa and its people, through the delivery of infrastructure that supports both economic and social development. We offer a unique combination of building and engineering disciplines and expertise, enabling us to deliver world class solutions to our customers across the broad spectrum of building, industrial and civil projects. Concor Buildings is a proud and active member of the Green Buildings Council of South Africa and has a proven track record of delivering certified buildings to our clients, through established material sourcing and by helping our sub-contractors observe the specifications required submit evidence for certification.

We have successfully certified Green Building projects across South Africa.

Sustainability: Concor aspires to Zero Harm in all aspects of its business including the natural environment in which it operates. Concor has established practices to prevent and mitigate pollution emanating from our industrial processes and this knowledge is expanded on and spread to all projects. We have developed critical environmental standards to ensure environmental performance against which risks and opportunities can be assessed and managed. In addition, we have developed several performance strategies to limit our use of or manage: water, energy consumption, process waste and prevention of pollution to water, air and land.

Concor also acknowledges that climate change is a major threat and is committed to making a determined effort to operate in an ever more efficient and sustainable manner. Our client’s EMPs and Environmental Authorisations are embedded in our daily processes to ensure our operations constantly understand their obligations to our legal commitments and therefore ensure our operations are legally assessed annually.

Community Development: Concor’s Community Engagement is a strategic part of delivering successful projects and plays a major role before commencing with a project. Effective community and stakeholder engagement is a means of improving the efficiency of project delivery by ensuring that it meets local and contractual needs and should be accessible and inclusive so that everyone affected by the project are able to contribute.

We look forward to meeting you at stand no. 50 and 51 this year.

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GREEN BUILDING CONFERENCE 2018

INTEGRATING THE NATURAL AND CONSTRUCTED ENVIRONMENTS

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his year’s Green Building Conference, which took place on 7 June 2018 at the CSIR ICC, was structured around the theme of the movie Blade Runner 2049, in recognition of the impacts of climate change on South African cities. The conference structure was based on spatial and temporal scales, commencing with the long-term temporal scale of climate change, and the environmental impacts at a national scale. From here the programme progressively drilled down in both temporal and spatial scale through structural elements of the city including the natural environment and the constructed environment, illustrating that ultimately the two structural elements will need to become one.

Following the introductions and welcome by City of Tshwane MMC: Spatial Planning, Cllr Randall Williams, the conference theme was introduced by Llewellyn van Wyk, Principal Researcher at the CSIR Built Environment Unit.

Willemien van Niekerk, Senior Researcher at the CSIR Built Environment Unit, presented the keynote address on climate change adaptation strategies for South African towns and cities. She was supported by Stanley Nyanyirai, Technical Adviser: New Buildings for the C40 South African Buildings Efficiency Programme.

After morning tea, the focus shifted to strategies to deliver green buildings. Dr Dirk Conradie, Senior Researcher at the CSIR, provided examples of how adopting passive strategies could assist buildings in both adapting to and mitigating climate change. He was followed by Mark Fugard, Divisional Managing Director of Concor Western Cape, who provided a contractor’s view of constructing green buildings. Bongi Maposa, Senior Researcher at the CSIR, continued the theme by focusing on water efficiency in buildings. This session concluded with a presentation from Naalamkai Ampofo-Anti, Senior Researcher at the CSIR, who spoke about sustainable material use.

After lunch the focus shifted to the urban environment, with a presentation by Martin Smith, Technical Director for Green Buildings at Aurecon, on green precincts. This was followed by a presentation by Jack van der

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Merwe, CEO of the Gautrain Management Agency, on smart green transport infrastructure. Nico Mienie, Technical Director of the Clay Brick Association of Southern Africa,followed with a presentation on clay bricks, and this was followed by a presentation from Inyatsi CEO Tommy Strydom on current and future views of implementing infrastructure.

The session ended with a presentation

by Concor Group Environmental Manager Bruce Paul on project environmental planning.

Following afternoon tea, Green Building Council CEO Songo Didiza spoke about developing a roadmap to achieve net zero carbon emissions in the public sector. This was followed by a presentation by Graham Young, a senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria on landscape and the city. The last presentation was on Smart Cities, and how all the topics presented at the conference could be brought together.

The conference ended with a summary and conclusion by the conference chair.

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he Gautrain Rapid Rail Link was the first rapid rail network in Africa. The rail connection comprises two links, one between Tshwane and Johannesburg and the other between OR Tambo International Airport and Sandton.

The system offers a fast, convenient, safe and efficient public transport service. It takes 15 minutes to travel from Sandton to OR Tambo International Airport on the Gautrain and 35 minutes from Pretoria in Tshwane to Park Station in Johannesburg.

A cash-free ticketing system and the use of reloadable smart cards, the Gold Card makes travelling on the Gautrain quick and convenient.

Passengers can buy their Gold Cards at any Gautrain station as well as approved service outlets.

Buses and shuttles are available to transport passengers during weekdays to and from all stations excluding the OR Tambo International Airport station.

Since the start of operations in June 2010, various objectives have been met on the overall Gautrain system (train, busses, midibuses and parking) has performed extremely well.

The service has delivered at an excellence of 99% train availability and 98% train punctuality. Approximately 55 000 passengers utilise the Gautrain train service on any given day and on average 23 000 bus passenger trips are recorded on a daily basis.

Gautrain is not competing with other modes of public transport, such as taxis and buses, which all have an important role to play in the total transport system. The service comprises of a fleet of modern low-entrance

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and low-emission buses with comfortable seating, providing feeder and distribution services to and from the Gautrain stations. The municipal Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) services are also integrated with Gautrain at some of the Gautrain stations. Commuters, therefore, does not have to experience the same frustrations and delays as motorists associated with escalating traffic congestion.

THE BRAND

Gautrain’s brand unlocks the ambition of Gauteng residents and their upwardly mobile aspirations. These people are driven, hungry for success and anxious to get ahead. The Gautrain brand is supported by three core values: Freedom Pride Relationships.

The brand is rooted in the value of relationships which is about connecting people to each other and places interests. This also means government’s commitment in fostering relationships with business and its people. Another value of the brand is pride, being the first rapid rail system in Africa, Gautrain is indeed Africa pride especially with its international award winning airport line. The last value is freedom, which means commuters are now free from traffic congestion. Visually, the Gautrain brand encompasses the golden train speeding across the Gauteng landscape.

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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

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his report of Sustainability Week 2018 incorporates all seminars, workshops, events, exhibitions and activities that are included, or associated with the Sustainability Week brand, and which took place between 5 and 7 June 2018.

The report aims to convey relevant information regarding sustainability performance to all interested stakeholders.

The report is partially aligned to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Reporting Guidelines.

Sustainability Week is a multifaceted and integrated event that traverses sectors and emphasises opportunities for investors, policymakers, business people, and consumers to improve environmental and economic performance – be it through achieving efficiencies, introducing alternative approaches, and by unlocking value. Sustainability Week showcases innovation and seeks to inspire and educate attendees. Multiple platforms highlight the actions and interventions of leading thinkers, policymakers, practitioners and producers as they set the benchmark for how to respond to global and national

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Sustainability Week is the largest diversified green-economy-focused event in Africa, and among the most-long standing in the sector. Sustainability Week’s primary market is green economy companies and organisations in South Africa. Alive2green is a media company promoting and www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

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This report includes information relating to the event dates (5, 6 and 7 June), and in some instances refers to activities leading up to the event, from January 2018.

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The company works in partnership with leading research institutions such as the CSIR, industry representative organisations and government departments to develop and produce publications, events websites that communicate the fundamental issues, thereby seeking to facilitate in the most effective way possible the knowledge transfer needed to advance towards a sustainable future. Alive2green has been in operation nationally and regionally since 2006.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Alive2green (Pty) Ltd is a private company in the Republic of South Africa owned by Cape Media Corporation and is the sole owner of the Sustainability Week events and properties. Alive2green is a member of the Green Building Council of South Africa and the

Western Cape Government’s 110% Green initiative. The company is also a member of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and has affiliation agreements with various industry organisations such as[LM1] : • The South African Institute of Architecture • Bizcommunity • Food and Trees for Africa • Global GreenTag South Africa • ClayBrick Association • FABASA • 3S MEDIA • The Southern African Wood, Laminate and Flooring • Master Builders South Africa • IFAT Africa Association • REEEP • The Southern African Alternative Energy Association • The Sustainable Energy Society of Southern Africa

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PRODUCTS AND FOCUS

Alive2green is the owner and operator of Sustainability Week, incorporating the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum.

Alive2green publishes the Sustainability Handbook Series - peer-reviewed handbooks on various topics and sustainability sectors, working closely with industry experts and researchers, and industry representative bodies. The handbook series forms an invaluable resource of thought leadership and case study content for multiple industry sectors.

Alive2green provides content about the green economy relevant to the public and private sector in South Africa and regionally.

REPORT CONTENT

The process for determining the content of this report is led by the event committee in consultation with key stakeholders. In analysing the information to be included in the report, the team considered the questions: “Who is our reporting aimed at?”, and

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“What decisions will they be able to make from our reporting?”

In this context, it is the intention of Alive2green that this report: Informs and adds value for all stakeholders with a valid interest in the group and event; Considers all issues that can impact on the group’s ability to create value for these stakeholders; Reports as comprehensively as possible on the known and potential impacts of these issues for the group and its stakeholders.

In identifying the issues and information to be included in this report, the team considered the relative importance of each matter in terms of its known or potential effects on Alive2green’s ability to continue creating value for all stakeholders. These matters were then prioritised for relevance to the intended users of the report, so that non-pertinent information need not be included. Alive2green is of the view that this process is well aligned with generally accepted ‘reporting principles for defining report content’.

MATERIALITY

Alive2green uses an approach to determine material issues for the company and for key stakeholder groups. This process serves to inform the content for engagement and also provides the company with clarity around which issues should be managed. Materiality is determined by a process similar to that used to identify key stakeholders. The event

committee uses a workshop to determine issues of importance to the company and of importance to key stakeholder groups, including risks and opportunities relevant to the South African context. The major issues impacting and influencing the business and key stakeholder groups are plotted on a matrix in order to establish the relative importance of certain issues compared to others.

MATERIAL ISSUES

• Identifying, inviting and working with the best possible speakers • Targeting, inviting and working with a meaningful number of the most relevant delegates • Providing sponsors with a meaningful return on objective/investment • Pro-actively managing and developing perceptions • Avoiding and mitigating negative environmental impacts • Energy use, waste and water are discussed in the Environmental Sustainability section of this report, and procurement issues are discussed in the Economic / Environmental sections of this report.

• Being as effective as possible in the way that we promote the event, particularly via affiliate organisations • Ensuring that the event and related activities are managed sustainably • Engaging key stakeholders effectively and collaboratively

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ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY Climate Change Alive2green is subject to general business risk associated with climate change. The financial impact of increased tariffs, carbon taxes and emissions regulations will reduce the organisations’ potential to operate as effectively without corresponding increases in funding. However, given that the activities

SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY Human Capital Alive2green subscribes to the principles of broad-based black economic empowerment and provides on-the-job training. Staff at Alive2green are expected to uphold the company ethos in their dealings with customers and suppliers. Open, honest and respectful communication, and freedom of expression is encouraged, and the company ensures a safe and healthy work environment for all employees.

Employment and remuneration As a relatively small business, Alive2green offers the best possible packages it can afford to administrative staff and offers competitive basic-plus-commission packages to sales staff.

The company boasts high levels of staff retention and long service, and attracting good employees remains an ongoing objective for management.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Energy and emissions Large events such as Sustainability Week can be major sources of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. The use of electricity, heating, air conditioning, transportation and paper all contribute to climate change in some way. Electricity and fuel consumption were regarded to be the most material environmental impacts for Sustainability Week and it was important to measure and www.sustainabilityweek.co.za

of Alive2green and the event are directed specifically at climate change mitigation and adaptation, the opportunity is for Alive2green to add value by bringing a focus to these issues, and to demonstrate leadership in this space. This has the potential to position the organisation as an essential solution to climate change mitigation and growing the company’s relevance and revenues.

Suppliers Alive2green follows an active policy of attempting to procure the best environmental choice locally, whether it is for food, paper or Alive2green’s employees are executives and consultants, generally not represented by bargaining councils or unions in South Africa. No employees are therefore members of such organisations or bodies.

Training and education Education and training are treated as very important at Alive2green and this is particularly relevant in the context of Sustainability Week, which required staff to possess the skills and experience required to manage so many moving parts. An additional requirement is that staff understand certain basic tenets of corporate sustainability. This is important given that employees are required to engage with key stakeholder groups that need to understand the value proposition of the events.

Volunteers who work at Sustainability Week are trained beforehand and a large number of these volunteers have worked at a number of Alive2green events in the past. Volunteer retention is excellent. Volunteers are always typically students in the architectural, engineering, technical or science faculties of tertiary institutions in the local community.

Volunteers are paid a stipend that covers food and transport for the time that they are mitigate consumption wherever possible.

This included creating awareness among key stakeholders.

Roughly 90% of electricity generated in South Africa comes from coal-fired power stations, which emit tons of CO2 (Carbondioxide) into the earth’s atmosphere. Events are also usually associated with the use of planes, cars, buses and trains that use carbon-emitting fuels to various degrees.

A carbon footprint is an effective measure of the emissions associated with the event.

For the third year in succession Alive2green undertook a GHG reduction and offsetting initiative in an attempt to make the event ‘carbon neutral’ at a material level and all stakeholders were encouraged to make

publishing, within certain price parameters.

In this context ‘local’ means based in South Africa. An effective management approach involves ongoing identification of suitable suppliers, building relationships with existing suppliers and ensuring that staff have up-todate information at their disposal regarding developments in various procurement categories. There is room for improvement in that we could be more proactive in educating suppliers and emphasising the importance of sustainable procurement, which would encourage and influence suppliers to make their own changes. at the event and most of the volunteers view the week as an opportunity to engage with prospective future employers or influencers.

Youth development In 2014 Alive2green established a successful platform that focuses on youth and the role they can play in the green economy. The ‘Youth and Green Economy’ dialogue continues to be successful on social media platforms and at the Event.

Carbon credits and social value Alive2green has purchased carbon credits to offset GHG emissions from Sustainability Week 2018. This process included tracking and reporting on material Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 GHG emissions, using the ReportFast system.

The Wonderbag project has significant sustainable development benefits: first, employment is created in South Africa, where the bags are used in large numbers; second, field surveys indicate that bag users have reduced fuel bills; third, there is published evidence that fossil fuel consumption reduction drives down illnesses caused by fumes, smoke and soot. ‘low-carbon’ decision leading up to, and during the event.

The offset initiative for Sustainability Week 2018 consisted of implementing event greening measures, establishing the event’s overall carbon footprint, and then offsetting the Scope 1 (direct), Scope 2 (electricity) and certain material Scope 3 emissions with the Wonderbag Project facilitated by the Climate Neutral Group in South Africa.

• Electricity consumption 31,058.2 kWh • GHG Emissions 94,193.495 tCO2e Waste, recycling and packaging The CSIR International Convention Centre is the preferred home for Sustainability Week - a venue with excellent energy, water and waste

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SUSTAINABILITY WEEK

Sustainability Week

Conducted on:

CSIR International Convention Centre

Reporting Period:

5 – 7 June 2018

Carbon Dioxide Equivalent Emissions (tCO2e) Scope 1 0

policies and practices. Waste is separated and recycled, and waste destined for landfill has been significantly reduced over the years, relative to delegate attendance.

Alive2green specifies uncoated paper and insists on paper products that have come from sustainably grown forests. Where possible event products made from recycled materials are specified.

Other 0

Scope 2

Scope 3

31989.946

62203.875

Total tCO2e

94,193.821

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Packaging materials were avoided or recycled where possible, and delegate bags were reclaimed for re-use. The company prints generic reusable signs where possible and offers bins for used badges, lanyards and plastic sleeves.

• Waste recycled 400 kg • Waste to landfill 1200 kg

has offset 94.193 tonnes of CO2 equivalent for Sustainability Week 2018

with carbon credits from the Wonderbag Project (VCS): 94.193 tCO2e

Climate Neutral Group invests in emission reduction projects which combine energy, environment and developmental solutions into sustainable business opportunities in developing countries.

Our offset projects are carefully selected for their wider social and environmental benefits. These socially progressive projects simultaneously reduce carbon emissions and improve the quality of life of people who are threatened by the impacts of climate change. As such, they are a powerful tool for sustainable development.

Customer health and safety The event met all Joint Operations Committee (JOC) requirements for customer health and safety. The JOC was established to ensure that all events held in Gauteng are safe and that event organisers comply with all the by-laws and regulations for the region. The CSIR venue, used for many large events and exhibitions has multiple health and safety amenities in place.

Water conservation Water conservation is an important issue for South Africans, particularly in the context of the many water stressed regions in South Africa at this time. The CSIR venue has effective water efficiency measures in place, and during the event attention is drawn to water efficiency, using strategically placed signage.

• Net water consumption 950 litres Creating awareness Alive2green publications and events play a meaningful role in spreading the message about sustainability, by stimulating the green economy and by facilitating knowledge transfer and providing a source of information for green business and entrepreneurship.

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MEDIA OUTPUTS REPORT SUSTAINABILIT Y WEEK 2018 RECORDS AN IMMENSE SUCCESS

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ustainability Week 2018 was an immense success. With experts and professionals from across the country gathering for South Africa’s biggest greening event, it is not surprising that print, online and broadcast media jumped at the chance to cover the various aspects of the conference.

Reputation Matters was part of Sustainability Week to help achieve maximum media coverage for the event.

Besides the awareness and reputational value created through the media relations role, we achieved a tangible Advertising Value Estimate (AVE) of almost R 4.5 million, a 73% increase from the 2018.

Overview of activities The following media items were distributed during the reporting period: • Save-the-date: a media invitation detailing the highlights of Sustainability Week.

• •How sustainable is your city: a media release requesting the public to complete the African Capital Cities Sustainability Forum (ACCSF) survey to gather public perceptions sustainable these cities are.

• Fourth Industrial Revolution: a media release about Industry 4.0 in the SW2018 programme.

• SA’s first humanoid robot at Sustainability Week 2018: a media release about Pepper the robot.

• Addressing water scarcity through an abundance mindset: a media release about the Water seminar.

• Youth Innovation Challenge: a media release ahead of the Youth and Green • Economy Dialogue.

• Tshwane is the most sustainable city: a media release detailing the results of the ACCSF survey. The research results

indicates that the City of Tshwane is perceived to be the most sustainabily run capital city in South Africa.

• Media reminder: reminders inviting the media to SW2018.

• Youth Innovation Challenge: a media release presenting the highlights of the Youth and Green Economy Dialogue, and the winners of the Youth Innovation Challenge.

Following the distribution of the media releases, Reputation Matters liaised with the following media: • Network24 requested more information from Scott Giles at deftech about Pepper the robot.

• SAFM requested an interview with Pepper the robot, which Reputation Matters coordinated.

• Sunday Times requested an interview with Scott Giles and attended SW2018 for more information about Pepper the robot.

• Envirokids Magazine requested more information about Thabang Mabapa from the Youth and Green Economy Dialogue, which Reputation Matters coordinated.

• Earthworks Magazine requested more information about the City of Tshwane’s sustainability, following the release of the research results.

• SABC Channel Africa conducted an interview with the City of Tshwane about the City’s sustainability.

• Mining Mirror requested interviews with speakers from the Mining seminar.

Reputation Matters engaged with Newsclip on behalf of SW2018. Any print and broadcast SW2018-related articles and/or interviews that took place in the media were communicated directly to Alive2green and Cape Media

as soon as they were received. All media coverage is available on Google Drive for easy access.

SW2018 achieved the following: • Advertising Value Estimate (AVE): R 4 496 946.08. This is the amount that SW2018 would have paid for advertising had they advertised in the identified media channels.

• Public Relations value: R 17 987 784.32.

This is the credibility value created for SW2018.

• Circulation figure: 64 429 232. This is the number of people that were exposed in total to all the media channels that SW2018 was mentioned in. Unfortunately, not all the circulation rates are available for online media. This number would be considerably higher if these figures were available.

To measure the effectiveness of communication and media management, our media comparison tool compares the media received for the 2018 event compared to the coverage for Sustainability Week 2017. The reason for implementing media comparison is to gauge media interest of SW2018 in order to plan media liaison more strategically.

As seen from the table below, Sustainability Week 2018 achieved 70% more coverage than the 2017 event.

REPUTATION MATTERS

Managing Director: Regine le Roux | regine@ reputationmatters.co.za Event Media Specialist: Nalene de Klerk | nalene@reputationmatters.co.za www.reputationmatters.co.za A full copy of this report is available on request.

Last year (2017)

This year (2018)

AVE

R2 595 091.15

R4 496 946.08

PR-Value

R10 380 364.60

R17 987 784.32

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