AFRICA EVENT REPORT POD 2 : MEETING ESG AND CLIMATE GOALS WITH HYBRID SOLUTIONS
KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR SWITCHING TO RENEWABLES
Chair: Luuk van Duijse, Mining Account Manager, Electric Power Division, Caterpillar Oliver Milambo, Commodity Manager - Engineering, HME, Fuels, Power & Water, AngloGold Ashanti Derk Hartman, President & Chief Operating Officer, Giyani Metals Corp. Kirsten Hund, Head of Carbon Neutrality, De Beers Group Katambi Bulawayo, CEO, Insignia Corporation
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The panel opened with a very interesting question from the chair. Luuk van Duijse asked the participants to comment on whether, in addition to internal motivation, they faced any external, positive “pressures” to make the transition to renewables. Diamonds group De Beers has a twopronged incentive for decarbonisation. One, an internal drive and sustainability framework to do good and leave a lasting legacy. Another, a more customer-facing one. “We are facing very direct demand from consumers and also from luxury brands to give them carbon neutral diamonds,” revealed De Beers’ Head of Carbon Neutrality Kirsten Hund.
