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John Collier Golf Insight for the South African golf industry
The winner for 2019-2020 was St Francis Links in St Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape and a Special Mention Award went to Eagle Canyon in Gauteng. Jeff Clause, CEO at St Francis Links is seen above second from left with his dedicated team.
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ohn Collier Golf is a boutique governance and environmental consultancy that provides audit, advisory and research services for the South African golf industry. John Collier Golf publishes the John Collier Survey on Governance and Environmental Compliance for South African Golf Course annually, providing the only governance and environmental compliance bench marking data for the South African Golf industry. Biodiversity and our planets well-being: How golf plays its part. Principle 13 in the KingIVTM Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa states that; “the governing body should govern compliance with applicable laws and
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adopted, non-binding rules, codes and standards in a way that supports the organisation, such as golf clubs, being ethical and a good corporate citizen”. In this regard the John Collier Annual Survey illustrates just how much legislation has been promulgated regarding biodiversity. The knowledge of applicable biodiversity laws and their implementation is central to the sustainability of a golf club. There are many clubs throughout South Africa which are doing amazing things regarding biodiversity, but biodiversity loss and the degradation of its contributions to our planet’s well-being continues. The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the importance of the relationship between people and nature. We are reminded that when
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